Episode 81 - Väderöbod Lighthouse

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Hi, everyone. Hi, everyone. I'm Vince. And I'm

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Emily. And you're listening to The Lighthouse

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Lowdown. We can't help but dance every time.

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Yeah, we've had some difficulty getting started

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this morning. That's not true. Yeah, well, we

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had some coffee. We went to a banging, what is

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it, French bakery. Yeah, what is it called? How

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dare you? Something French. I don't know. It's

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on the box. It was off of Metcalf. If you guys

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are local to KC. Right next to Jose Peppers.

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In an oriental supermarket. So we got fired up.

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We got some pastries. We got some coffee. Ready

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to go. It's like one of those special mornings

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where you don't think there's going to be anything

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special happening. And then all of a sudden it's

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like, oh my gosh. This is the best pastry I've

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ever had in my life. Look at how European this

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place is. That's what happened. I'm really excited.

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Good. I love pastry shops. I always wanted to

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work in a bakery. Really? Yeah. That's like your

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thing? Mm -hmm. We had a friend who worked in

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a bakery, kind of. Yeah. Bakery? Was it a bakery?

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It was a bakery. Yeah. Hurt her elbow. Too much

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baking. Yeah. Lots of piping bags squeezing.

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Gotta keep the elbow in. Well, today we're on

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episode 81. 81! It's a Sunday morning. Thank

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you for joining us. Hopefully you are caffeinated

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as well. And this is my episode. It's been a

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little bit, so let's go. I'm so ready. Yeah.

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The history buoy of the day. You are familiar

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with the Lyle gun. I'm not familiar with it.

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Well, we're about to be. So there's a man named

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David. Well, he's passed now. David A. Lyle.

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He was a graduate from West Point, which is the

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Army's military academy. Like super elite, very

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hard to get into academy. In 1869, way back.

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That's when he graduated. So his specialty was

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ordnance. So explosions, cannons, guns. I didn't

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know that was called ordnance. Ordnance. Yeah,

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they still use that word for bombs and rockets

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and shit. So kind of cool. There was a request

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from the Secretary of the Treasury in the United

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States at the time who was in charge of what

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was called the Life Saving Service. Later on,

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that would be incorporated into the U .S. Coast

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Guard. But at the time, Life Saving Service,

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which I think is a military body, they asked

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for the Army's assistance in improving their

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life -saving apparatus, the tools that they used.

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Oh, yes. Specifically for ships that were running

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aground because... It happened over and over

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again where near lighthouses, ships, that's the

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reason lighthouses were there, but ships would

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run aground or hit a rock or a reef or something

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they weren't expecting. And then they would begin

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to sink. And even though you could see them from

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the shore, most of the time, like. We were at

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Cape Cod at the life -saving station, and we

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saw they had a horse -drawn carriage where they

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would take a boat, and a horse would pull the

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boat, and there's a bunch of men, and they'd

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try to go out. But imagine it's storming, as

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almost always, the ocean. Storming, it's sand.

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These boats are not flimsy. They're solid wood,

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just powerful. What do they say, like 1 ,000

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pounds or something? Maybe thousands. They're

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huge, 30, 50 feet long. Even though it's a rowboat,

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it's still like... So you had to get that into

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the water, manage a horse and a cart and a bunch

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of people, wake them up, and then try to get

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to the boat. And then the ship that's sinking,

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you can't easily connect to it very well. So

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anyways, you can see there's some challenges.

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So they wanted to get some tools to help improve

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that process. So they contacted the armory. Lyle

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was, I think he was an officer. Yeah, as a graduate

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of the academy, you're an officer. He transferred

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to the Springfield Armory. which today is the

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name of a gun brand in the United States. Oh,

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cool. But Springfield Armory was historically

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the large armory of the United States Army. Was

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it in Springfield, Missouri? I think Illinois.

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Oh. Got excited there. Not Mo. That's only two

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and a half hours from here. So we went to the

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Quad Cities, remember, for my family's... thing

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where we found milltown coffee yes yeah if you

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want emily to remember exactly if you want emily

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to remember a trip just tell her well it's the

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coffee shop where we saw the police officers

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going right before close oh yeah yeah yeah so

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wow you you really did conjure up the memory

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by saying that there you go um but yeah that's

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so springfield armory uh and he spent two years

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there um and there was an air quotes in addition

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to his regular duties oh Who knows what else

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he was doing. Yeah, he was stretching. He was

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an ordnance guy, so he spent two years playing

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with the things that they had available in the

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armory and kind of coming up with some new ideas

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and testing things. So in 1878, he had developed

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an accurate, lightweight gun cannon, mini cannon,

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which was put into service at life -saving stations.

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Life -saving stations along the nation's coast,

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the United States. As a testimony to the effectiveness

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of this work, Lyle's gun, it's been estimated

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that by the year 1906, so roughly 30 years later,

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the gun was responsible for saving 4 ,500 lives.

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And this was the one that they shot a harpoon

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into the boat? We'll talk about it. Okay, okay.

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I didn't know if you were assuming that our listeners.

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I'll show you and we'll talk through it too in

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case people are just listening. It's interesting

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because I... Because we learned about it twice

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at two different life -saving stations, I felt

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like, wait a minute. Oh, no. I learned it twice

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because I went with Carly to Rehoboth Beach.

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Oh, yeah. And they had a life -saving station.

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So anyway. And then Cape Cod had one. Yes. Yep.

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I felt like, was that Indian Point? Cape Cod?

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Yeah. Race Point. Race Point. Okay. So the one

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that I went to must have been Indian Point. Oh,

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no. I can't remember. So. It's fine. But I was

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just going to say that. Because we've learned

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about it twice. It feels like we've talked about

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it already on the podcast, but we haven't. Right.

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It's special. It's been in the background. But

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now it's a lighthouse buoy. But now it's a focus.

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Like a pyramid. So, you know, 1878 was the launch

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of this. That's the beginning of production.

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It went 4 ,500 lives is the count by the year

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1906, which is crazy. Yeah, that's wild. I don't

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understand how that number exists, but that's

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the number. And then this is from the National

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Parks website, by the way. Kind of cool. Lyle's

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life -saving gun remained in production through

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World War II. So through the 1940s. 52, I think,

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was the end of World War II. 45 was... I forget

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now. I thought it was like 44 was the beginning.

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I know it was in the 40s. Anyways. So what he

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did, he developed a small cannon that shot a

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projectile. to which a lightweight line, a small

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rope, was attached to a stranded vessel. So it

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shot the projectile over the vessel or to the

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vessel. And let's go to the website. I want to

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show you some photos as we talk through this.

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So this is the website I'm referencing, National

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Park Service. And this link is going to be in

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our description, of course. Massachusetts. So

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here's the small cannon. This is David. They're

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always fancier than I think about them in my

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head. Handsome son of a bitch. Look at that mustache.

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Well, the mustache is crazy. The goatee could

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go. For the time? Bold. Yeah, true. So there's

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a little cannon. Beautiful woodwork on this one.

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I think this is an exhibit, but who knows. They

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still use these as far as exhibits go. They're

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not used today in modern rescue missions, but

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they were used for a long time. Here's the boat

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we were talking about with the horse -drawn carriage.

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Load of effort looks like 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,

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8. That horse is pushing. So like 16, 17 men

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to make this happen versus going with the Lyle

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gun. We'll talk about this painting in a second.

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Okay, so here's this thing. It looks like a torpedo

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backwards. So you load it. It's about 18 pounds.

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You load it into the small cannon after loading

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a small pouch that has gunpowder in it. And then

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this end has a loop on it. They tie a rope to

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that loop. And do you remember, I think there's

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an image in here, this thing. Do you remember

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the box that had a bunch of rods in it and rope

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was woven up and down and up and down? So when

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they shot it, it would quickly unravel. So I

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saw a video of this demonstration on YouTube.

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They tie the line. They wet the first six feet.

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That way the gunpowder doesn't burn the line,

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which is crazy. They tie the knots to the harpoon,

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if you will. And then... um they flip the box

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over so they dump out the line yeah and it's

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it's it's ready to unravel at crazy speed as

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this cannonball basically yeah because no way

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if it was touching anything it would get tangled

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yeah which or if you had a knot it'd be a problem

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and so what they would do is they'd fire an 18

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pound thingy up to 600 yards oh wow which is

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insane six football fields six football fields

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in length shoot which is crazy the demonstrations

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i saw looked like 100 yards so i think they're

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using less gunpowder for safety and to not damage

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to be reasonable yeah you know something bad

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happens like for pure functionality and nowadays

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it's like we just want to demonstrate why we

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don't need to do the yeah also where do you find

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space to demonstrate 600 yards well the yeah

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the one i saw they fired it into the water oh

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okay But again, they had to make sure those knots

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were tied because we lost our projectile. Anyway,

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so they shoot this rope. And then it's, I don't

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know what the, it's not a heavy rope that appears.

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It's like half an inch maybe in diameter. And

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so they can use that. The design was the ship

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receives this thing. Yeah. And then they can

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pull a heavier rope if they need a heavier rope

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to like pull the boat or to do whatever they

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need to do. In some cases, they would just put

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on what were called breeches buoys, which is,

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there's a lot of things shown in this painting

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that I want to talk about. It's just a really

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cool painting. Give me a second to find my note

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on it. You're good. So it's called The Lifeline.

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It's painted in 1884 by Winslow Holm. Absolutely

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awesome. It's a beautiful painting. And it was

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mentioned, there's, you know, all on this website,

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it mentions that this woman that's shown, she's

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shown overwhelmed. So she's passed out. Oh, of

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course. They always are. In the 1800s. It's so

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funny how, like, women in these time periods

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are like, oh, they're so delicate. They can't

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handle it. Like, they had to have been fainting.

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Sorry, this is a totally unrelated, but I just.

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Honestly. So it's so funny every time that they're

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like, you know, the fainting couches like they

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can't. I don't want to say something that's inappropriate,

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but I do have an honest question. If we were

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to go back in time to the 1800s and men were

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weaker and smaller, they just they just were.

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They had more testosterone that's been shown.

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More intellectual focus. But they had. Poor nutrition.

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They didn't know anything about sleeping. They

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slept on terrible mattresses. They were crazy

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shifts. People died younger. They didn't, you

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know, we talked about mercury poisoning, that

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lead poison. Things were crazy all over the place.

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Yeah. And they'll probably say this about us

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in 200 years from now. Plastics everywhere. Microplastics

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in their blood. It's much easier to be a human

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now. Yeah. So if you're a woman and you had,

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you worked all the time on the house or at. a

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laboring job, whatever life was not super easy.

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Also malnutrition, also lack of sleep, also caring

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for the babies, caring for the family, wearing

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these tight clothes that were period specific.

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I wonder if women didn't faint more. I mean,

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I know like, yeah, I know. And that was most

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of the point people would make is, Oh, sorry.

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Sorry. Is that, uh, women were wearing clothes

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that restricted their breathing. They got hot

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at all. Then yeah, there was a real chance of

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them passing out, you know? And And modesty was

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a thing. They're heavily covered. Like they're

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wearing like eight layers of fabric. So like,

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I get it. I just, I think it's so funny. It's

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like, of course. Yeah. In a stressful situation,

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she's passed out. Yeah. I mean, in the painting,

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the sea is super rough. There's a cliff off to

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the right. So they're near land. Yeah, they're

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doused with water. Today, if this happened, people

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would be fainting for sure. Yeah. People would

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be passing out, getting sick. It would be bad.

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It's an interesting. The painting, like a stylistic

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choice that they would cover the face of the

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rescuer. So they talk about that. Oh. Just briefly

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in this text, they say that they obscured the

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face of the rescuer because then it could be

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any man. It could be anyone in the service. You

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can see his uniform, but not him. Yeah, it's

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not like a guy. It's like it's the entity of

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this life -saving service. That's cool. He's

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wearing a cap. It might be a helmet. I can't

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tell. And it talks about how her dress. shows

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her knees. Yeah, just a sliver of knees. And

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it's clung to her body because it's wet from

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the sea spray. Yeah, right. And they said normally

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this would be left out of any reputable gallery

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of the day. It would not show these risque knees.

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Yeah, it's like you can see the outline of her

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thighs. Exactly. But it was such a well -known,

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beautiful, important painting that they let it

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go. Well, because it's all, it's... It's real.

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Yeah, exactly. It's not like they didn't paint

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this like, oh, look at her thighs. It's like,

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this is what it would be like if you were being,

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and if they wouldn't be showing that in galleries,

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like you wouldn't be seeing real stuff. It's

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probably evokes a lot of emotion in this time.

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Well, it's funny too. That's like the American

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mindset where if you go back even further in

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time, the statue of David is a naked man and,

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or then there's naked women all over. Yeah. Like

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sculptures covered. Yeah. So I just thought it

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was a beautiful painting. I wanted to include

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it, and it's really, really interesting. But

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you can see the lightweight rope going to the

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bottom of that pulley. Oh, yeah, you're right.

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And then the heavier rope supposedly was transferred

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after the lightweight rope, you know, via the

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Lyle gun. In the top corner, is that the ship

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sails? I think so. I think it's kind of amorphous.

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We know there's land on the right. We know there's

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a ship on the left. They're being pulled to the

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right effectively by this. Cool. And then the

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other thing that's not really well shown here,

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I think I'll go up or down in a second, but the

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breeches buoy. I was like, what does that mean?

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It's pants. Yeah, yeah. As in your breeches.

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Floating pants. So I can't really tell in this

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painting if they wanted to use that or not, but

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essentially it was a flotation ring, and then

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inside they had sewn leather shorts that your

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legs would be inside of. I guess that was a big

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deal because someone could be passed out or they

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could be rocked pretty hard and they'd still

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be able to get across this line. So Breach's

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Bowie is something else maybe we can talk about

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in the future. But the painting was really cool.

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And then this is a side story, but it showed

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a 600 -yard shot that was made because a river

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was overly wide. There was some flooding. Connecticut

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River flooded in 1936. The Lyle Lightsaving Gun

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helped establish communications by throwing lines

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to pull phone lines across the swollen river.

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It was in the local newspaper. So they showed

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in dashes where they made these shots and then

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brought temporary lines. Yeah. Super cool. Not

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related to a ship, but. Yeah. So I just thought

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that was a really neat one. Oh, and so if you

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want to see one today, obviously YouTube has.

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videos like i just talked about there's two places

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they said in the united states that still show

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exhibits i can't remember the second was the

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first was at race point okay yeah right next

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to the it's a u .s national cape cod seashore

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and it's next to the life -saving station so

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there's a race point lighthouse and the life

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-saving station we walk to along that big boardwalk

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yeah and they have kind of the i forget what

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it's called the land mass where they have flags

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they hang on um It's like the mast of a ship,

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but it's built into the earth. So they have firing

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sessions over there. And they said they give

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exhibits weekly each summer. And that was printed

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in the Cape Cod Times newspaper in 2005. So it's

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cool that when we were there in 2024, right?

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Yeah, 2024. One of those two years. They're still

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doing it. The guys we saw there were super passionate.

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The Life Saving Station is definitely worth a

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visit. So, that is your history, Bowie. Very

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cool. Of the day. I like that. A little good.

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I kind of forgot that that was a thing we could

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cover. It's been on my list for a while. Yeah.

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Excellent, Bowie. What do we have next? Oh, no.

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We're going to Sweden. I'll just let you. The

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pronunciation. Okay. Best I can say. I've quested

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Google for this. Of course. Vaderobod. Vaderobod.

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Vaderobod. Vaderobod. And anyone who's Swedish

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or speaks Swedish. So sorry. Please chime in.

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I can say in the word Fjallbacka, I think is

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the town. Fjallbacka. Because I was there and

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I heard it many times. And then that word is

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in English. Archipelago. And we got that one

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down for sure. So Vaderobod. and the Falbeca

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Archipelago. And I'm going to cover kind of two

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things, and I'll tell you why. So Baderabud,

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I did not physically see because it's about nine

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miles off the coast on a small archipelago, a

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small collection of islands we're going to talk

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about. And it's the big lighthouse out west.

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There's a couple, but one of the big lighthouses

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out west of where I was in Falbeca area in Sweden

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on my trip just two weeks ago. So I wanted to

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just, I have some personal photos I'll show.

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But this lighthouse is a really big one. And

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then the archipelago has several lighthouses.

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But there is no information on the internet.

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Oh, shoot. I can tell you what the boat captain

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told me and what I observed, which is interesting.

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But I wanted to give a real lighthouse call out

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with some background information. He talked about

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the lighthouses a little? A little bit. I asked

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him. I told him about our podcast. Oh, yes. We

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may have one listener in Sweden now. So that's

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just what I wanted to get talking about. So I

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looked up some pronunciations to get this going.

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So Vader Obode. And then I went into Google Translate

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to figure out what's happening here. So there's

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a lot of things. So Vader means weather. Oh.

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Obode means island hut. So weather, island hut,

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maybe. Also, Bode, B -O -D, means shed. Okay?

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Okay. And I was like, didn't we talk about lawn

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sorts, fear? Wasn't that the word lighthouse?

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Yes. Fear is lighthouse, which is not used here.

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Yeah. And then I had fun with this. Light and

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house, the words. The word light is use, which

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is L -J -U -S. Oh. Use. And house is huse. H

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-E -H -U -S. A lighthouse is a use -use. Now,

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I don't think that's what they actually say,

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but as far as Google Translate goes, that was

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the source. I thought that was funny. That was

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cute. So, Vejderabod is considered the most solitary

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lighthouse in Sweden because it's the furthest

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out. Obviously, it's quite isolated. It's on

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the outer islands in the southwestern Vejdero

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archipelago. The archipelago... It compromises

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10 kilometers long row of islands. So we have

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the inner land and then two archipelagos that

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are western, out to sea, if you will, from Sweden.

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I'm going to show you on a map shortly what those

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look like. The lighthouse is 15 kilometers west

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of Hamburgsund and Fjellbeke. So about nine miles

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is what my math said. And where's the map? It

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has great reviews. Yeah. I'm going to leave it

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open. But for a moment, here we are in Sweden.

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We're on the southwest coast. Oh, yeah. So you

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have Norway over here and Denmark below. But

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this is the open ocean. So you have two towns

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in here. Fjallbeka. My gosh, you guys did a lot

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of driving. Hamburgsund. So these are only about

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15 minutes apart, weirdly. What are? Fjallbeka

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and Hamburgsund. Oh, yeah. I was just looking

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at, what is it? Jottenberg. Jottenberg. Yes,

00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:47.839
we'll talk about the trip for a second. So we

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flew into Gothenburg, Jottenberg, Jottenberg.

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And then people are going to love this. Uddevalla

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is a university town, by the way. So we went

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up after, so we spent a couple days in Jottenberg,

00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:08.890
went up to stay out here. No, we didn't. We went

00:22:08.890 --> 00:22:11.029
up north first, and we met some family members

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on this area. And we saw... What area? Just south

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of the Norwegian border. I forget what the region

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is called. I have to ask my mom. She named the

00:22:23.670 --> 00:22:28.150
region, no problem. But I cannot right now. Sorenberg?

00:22:29.309 --> 00:22:30.690
I don't think it's going to be on Google Maps.

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But just south, so you can see there's a jetty

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that comes in of the Norway and Sweden border.

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So I talked to my family members. Andreas was

00:22:40.910 --> 00:22:43.769
his name. Very talkative, super nice dude. Monica

00:22:43.769 --> 00:22:49.029
is Andreas' spouse. Okay. So you heard Monica,

00:22:49.049 --> 00:22:51.950
the name. Yes. These are very distant relatives

00:22:51.950 --> 00:22:54.650
my mom reconnected us with, and it was really

00:22:54.650 --> 00:22:56.950
awesome. They hosted us for dinner at their house.

00:22:57.109 --> 00:22:58.589
Oh, that's nice. We drove around. We saw some

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graveyards and churches that were historical

00:23:00.569 --> 00:23:03.269
for our family. Then we saw our old family farm.

00:23:03.849 --> 00:23:06.250
which is all in this area. So my mom's side of

00:23:06.250 --> 00:23:11.210
the family goes back to Sweden. Great, great.

00:23:13.029 --> 00:23:15.990
My great grandparents were Swedish on my mom's

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side. So they came to America in the 1800s when

00:23:19.329 --> 00:23:21.950
this part of Sweden was like starving. Things

00:23:21.950 --> 00:23:25.509
really went poorly. There's a big economic downturn.

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Jobs were hard to find. So a bunch of them moved

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to the United States in one fell swoop. And then

00:23:32.619 --> 00:23:34.779
they kind of stopped. So it's not that common

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:36.779
for immigrants from this part of Sweden to go

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:39.559
to the U .S. Okay, just that one time. They were

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:42.720
farmers, and it's beautiful land out here. Super

00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:46.440
green, rolling hills, rains a ton. The winters

00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:49.660
only get down to like 50 Fahrenheit because it's

00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:52.019
right on the ocean. Oh, I thought, for some reason,

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:55.119
I thought Sweden was all very snowy and icy and

00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:57.500
dark. No, no. They said sometimes it'll get colder,

00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:59.920
but usually it's not. Interesting. We should

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:03.039
be there. It was really beautiful. And my mom

00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:05.079
kept saying, oh, my gosh, this looks just like

00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:08.220
her hometown, which was Illinois. And then before

00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:14.019
that, the family lived in Iowa. Yeah. There's

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:15.720
certain parts of Iowa that are really green and

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:17.640
rolling. So anyways. Can I ask you a question?

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:20.619
Yeah. What did you guys have at their house to

00:24:20.619 --> 00:24:23.619
eat? I can't remember what it's called. It was

00:24:23.619 --> 00:24:30.329
a Swedish sandwich cake, smorgasbord. Yum. So

00:24:30.329 --> 00:24:33.789
it didn't have this on the side, but it was full

00:24:33.789 --> 00:24:38.529
of mayo. It was really good. So it was like bread

00:24:38.529 --> 00:24:41.509
and like veggies? Yeah, veggies and bread. There

00:24:41.509 --> 00:24:43.210
was some meats on top. It looked a lot like this.

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They just made that? She said she bought it from

00:24:46.250 --> 00:24:49.190
the store. Because she is a teacher. Monica is

00:24:49.190 --> 00:24:53.200
a teacher. And she had just done the... year

00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:55.440
end, like day before we showed up. Oh, really?

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:56.740
So they just finished and sent their students

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:59.420
off. Oh, that's so fun. Yeah, it was super refreshing.

00:24:59.619 --> 00:25:02.140
I will say that was a lot of mayo. Yeah. They're

00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:03.740
like, oh, the Americans are coming. Let's give

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:06.220
them. Let's give them just fat. Apparently it's

00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:08.460
a really traditional thing and it was really

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:10.700
good. It looks tasty. Ooh, like egg stuff in

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:12.319
there. I've never even heard of it before. My

00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:16.759
mom's making fresh homemade potato salad. Great.

00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:22.259
I'm not a potato salad guy. Well. Sorry, I just

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:25.720
saw the egg part of that sandwich, and I was

00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:27.799
like, you know what else is happening today?

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:32.460
Yeah. So I'll try it. Maybe it'll be great. I've

00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:35.019
never had my mom's homemade potato salad. Yeah.

00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:41.180
Pinky's up. So as we go, I'm just going to show

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:43.380
the map for a moment. So we were up here, and

00:25:43.380 --> 00:25:47.740
then we went and spent two days down in Hamburgsund,

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:50.740
which is here. It's a beautiful little town.

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:52.319
We're going to talk about some more. Oh, I thought

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:55.339
you said Hamburgsund. Oh, yeah. Sorry. I pointed

00:25:55.339 --> 00:25:57.380
at the wrong one. Oh. I'm looking at a tiny screen

00:25:57.380 --> 00:25:58.920
too far away. I should look at the big screen.

00:25:59.099 --> 00:26:02.220
There's H's everywhere. Yeah. So Swedish is difficult.

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:05.279
Apparently, they told me that it has ties to

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:07.440
German and German can understand Swedish really

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:10.180
well. I can believe that. I speak a little German.

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:13.640
I'm Bishan. But I don't understand almost anything.

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:16.819
As somebody who doesn't speak either one, they

00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:19.140
sound similar. Okay. They have the same like.

00:26:19.529 --> 00:26:23.910
throaty stuff yeah well it was people are super

00:26:23.910 --> 00:26:26.750
nice which is really the best part yeah traveling

00:26:26.750 --> 00:26:29.849
we love that and is that what we discovered in

00:26:29.849 --> 00:26:31.710
sweden too is that people were just like yeah

00:26:31.710 --> 00:26:33.529
we were in stockholm they were really pleasant

00:26:33.529 --> 00:26:37.109
and left you alone so it wasn't um yeah the wait

00:26:37.109 --> 00:26:39.369
staff and whatnot they weren't pushy sales people

00:26:39.369 --> 00:26:42.210
you walk into even like a trinket store which

00:26:42.210 --> 00:26:45.009
is for us tourists you walk in and they're like

00:26:45.009 --> 00:26:47.190
hello and then yeah They just leave you to your

00:26:47.190 --> 00:26:49.450
own devices. They just leave you alone. They're

00:26:49.450 --> 00:26:51.549
like, you know, you'll ask if you need something

00:26:51.549 --> 00:26:55.269
is the expectation. So that was nice. So we went

00:26:55.269 --> 00:26:58.150
up here two days in a little cottage in Hamburg.

00:26:58.450 --> 00:27:02.269
We took a boat tour, saw this island archipelago.

00:27:02.910 --> 00:27:05.990
And then we went over to through Young Shipping.

00:27:06.069 --> 00:27:08.130
That's where I sent you. We went to like a McDonald's.

00:27:08.150 --> 00:27:11.809
So you went back down. Yeah, to Wachau, which

00:27:11.809 --> 00:27:14.720
is down here. Oh, wow. So this area. I'm looking

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:18.140
for a town called Costa. Here it is. So Costa,

00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:21.799
Costa is, like Costa Boda is a really famous

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:24.759
glass brand. So there's another town right next

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:31.059
to it called Boda. If I can find it. Excuse me.

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:34.380
Can't find it right now. But we stayed outside

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:38.460
of Costa in another hut cottage out here, which

00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:40.339
is like five generations past town. All these

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:44.549
properties are. It's crazy. But yeah, Vacu Costa,

00:27:44.750 --> 00:27:46.769
this is really pretty. And this is the kingdom

00:27:46.769 --> 00:27:50.529
of glass. So Orifers is a famous name. And the

00:27:50.529 --> 00:27:54.089
glasses I brought back are Orifers. So blue dot,

00:27:54.210 --> 00:27:58.369
crystal glass. We went to Nebro. That's where

00:27:58.369 --> 00:28:01.730
that guy and his daughter were working. Oh, yes.

00:28:02.210 --> 00:28:04.609
Anyway, so I'm filling in some weird details

00:28:04.609 --> 00:28:06.890
here. But we went down here. And then we made

00:28:06.890 --> 00:28:09.390
the long drive about four and a half, five hours

00:28:09.390 --> 00:28:12.119
up to Stockholm. Okay. Turned in the car and

00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:14.119
spent another couple days in Stockholm. Nice.

00:28:14.640 --> 00:28:17.480
And Emily knows Stockholm pretty well. We went

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:20.259
there two years ago for four days, five days.

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:24.539
Yeah, four days. It was great. I highly recommend

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:27.900
traveling to Sweden. My brother was telling me,

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:29.700
he talked to some of his friends about, oh, yeah,

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:34.019
we're going to Sweden. And they said, why? He

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:37.759
goes, to visit, to be tourists. They're like,

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:40.609
why? It's awesome. What are you talking about?

00:28:40.670 --> 00:28:44.569
It's probably one, I mean, listen, Japan is going

00:28:44.569 --> 00:28:46.509
to have to be number one on my list until something

00:28:46.509 --> 00:28:48.990
knocks it off, which would be difficult. But

00:28:48.990 --> 00:28:51.829
Sweden was, before I went to Japan, Sweden was

00:28:51.829 --> 00:28:55.150
like far above any other vacation spot I've ever

00:28:55.150 --> 00:28:58.930
been to. It's just beautiful. It's easy. People

00:28:58.930 --> 00:29:02.349
are sweet. The food is delicious. It's all like,

00:29:02.410 --> 00:29:05.130
I feel like it was the easiest and most rewarding

00:29:05.130 --> 00:29:07.670
vacation we've taken. There's not that many people

00:29:07.670 --> 00:29:10.690
there. Yes, it's quiet. Stockholm's their huge

00:29:10.690 --> 00:29:14.589
city. They don't like cars in the cities and

00:29:14.589 --> 00:29:17.710
things. Public transportation is very convenient,

00:29:17.769 --> 00:29:19.789
and it's everywhere. It's really good. Yeah,

00:29:19.809 --> 00:29:23.009
the guy told me, our tour guide, long story,

00:29:23.170 --> 00:29:27.509
but in the two major cities, Gothenburg and Stockholm,

00:29:27.809 --> 00:29:31.869
there are fees for congestion. So if your vehicle

00:29:31.869 --> 00:29:34.349
is seen, the license plates are scanned in the

00:29:34.349 --> 00:29:37.640
city between 6 and 6. Yeah. then or six and 1800

00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:42.359
as they say then uh you're fined it's like a

00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:45.059
reasonable fine yeah it's more like a like uh

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:48.640
just you paid it's a tax yeah the taxes are super

00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:51.119
high uh in general like income tax and whatnot

00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:53.660
but they have really good services free university

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:56.980
free health care uh it's a beautiful place i

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:59.839
heard the summer this uh winter is uh brutal

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:03.000
yeah so dark winter yeah but because of it's

00:30:03.869 --> 00:30:06.410
The summers are super bright. People just sit

00:30:06.410 --> 00:30:09.589
out in the sun. That's an activity they do. Absorb.

00:30:10.109 --> 00:30:11.910
Midsummer is a big celebration up there. There's

00:30:11.910 --> 00:30:14.130
a horror movie I watched on it that was not really

00:30:14.130 --> 00:30:17.589
relevant. But if you look how far north it is,

00:30:17.849 --> 00:30:21.930
I think it's Toronto, is roughly the same. I'm

00:30:21.930 --> 00:30:23.509
clicked on the lighthouse, so it won't let me

00:30:23.509 --> 00:30:27.349
see big waypoints. Yeah, my brother lived there

00:30:27.349 --> 00:30:31.309
for over five years, and the summers were just...

00:30:31.769 --> 00:30:34.029
Everything that wasn't winter was just an amazing

00:30:34.029 --> 00:30:35.569
time. In the winter, it was like you were trying

00:30:35.569 --> 00:30:37.230
to hunker down and survive. When the sun's only

00:30:37.230 --> 00:30:41.190
up for like three hours, it's kind of a struggle.

00:30:41.650 --> 00:30:45.210
And then I was making fun of everyone super white

00:30:45.210 --> 00:30:48.329
like myself. And I was telling Scott, my brother,

00:30:48.490 --> 00:30:52.410
if we were to find a way to export Swedish sunscreen

00:30:52.410 --> 00:30:55.240
to the United States. We'd make a lot of money

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:57.759
because it works. And I bought some. I actually

00:30:57.759 --> 00:31:00.160
have it. You should try it. What? It's 50 SPF.

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:04.799
How dare you keep little secrets from me? It's

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:06.900
not a secret. I used it. I mean, I just need

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:09.460
it. Practically, I need it. I didn't buy it to

00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:11.880
bring it back. I'm only offended because you

00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:14.140
really talked up their sunscreen. And secretly,

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:18.640
you have a tiny stash. I have a tiny stash. I'm

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:20.819
trying it today. Anyways, it just feels different

00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:22.660
than ours. I don't think it has the same components.

00:31:23.309 --> 00:31:26.289
Probably not. So it's not as oily. It worked.

00:31:26.450 --> 00:31:29.230
I didn't get burned. Good. And we were in the

00:31:29.230 --> 00:31:32.730
sun quite a bit. The UV index was five to six

00:31:32.730 --> 00:31:35.190
often. Okay. So the sun was burning up there

00:31:35.190 --> 00:31:37.210
in the summertime, which is kind of interesting.

00:31:37.410 --> 00:31:41.109
Yeah. But anyways. Back to our lighthouse. Back

00:31:41.109 --> 00:31:42.250
to the lighthouse. So we're going to go to the

00:31:42.250 --> 00:31:45.630
west coast, north side of Sweden. Fjallbeka,

00:31:45.849 --> 00:31:50.650
Ambreksund, right there. And then, so when we

00:31:50.650 --> 00:31:55.329
went to explore, we looked at this archipelago.

00:31:55.369 --> 00:31:57.349
Yeah, close to land. Which was about an hour

00:31:57.349 --> 00:31:59.869
on a boat that we went through. But we saw a

00:31:59.869 --> 00:32:01.829
lot of things in here. And then if you went further

00:32:01.829 --> 00:32:07.230
out, there's two island groups. Vajarana, I don't

00:32:07.230 --> 00:32:09.490
know. And Vajarobot, which we're talking about.

00:32:09.609 --> 00:32:11.789
So the lighthouse is on this island. So you couldn't

00:32:11.789 --> 00:32:14.089
see it from where you were boating. It was too

00:32:14.089 --> 00:32:16.490
far. And if you look at the Google image, it's

00:32:16.490 --> 00:32:19.329
like. This is rock. Very rocky. It's very rock.

00:32:19.490 --> 00:32:21.509
But also it's the sun that makes it look this

00:32:21.509 --> 00:32:23.690
way. You can't physically see the lighthouse

00:32:23.690 --> 00:32:27.109
in this. And the other outbuildings are like

00:32:27.109 --> 00:32:31.769
bleached. I think summer sun really is tough

00:32:31.769 --> 00:32:34.849
out here. So just wanted to give you an idea

00:32:34.849 --> 00:32:36.630
of where we're at before we keep going. All right.

00:32:36.849 --> 00:32:40.109
There was two lighthouses here. The first one

00:32:40.109 --> 00:32:44.390
was built in 1867. It was oil -powered, so conventional

00:32:44.390 --> 00:32:49.309
lighthouse. And it was one of the type of lighthouses

00:32:49.309 --> 00:32:51.529
that they copied and used a lot of places. The

00:32:51.529 --> 00:32:54.289
name was Heidenstamm. It's probably someone's

00:32:54.289 --> 00:32:57.210
name. But it's got stilts, and it's a small building

00:32:57.210 --> 00:33:00.849
on top of the stilts. Not very tall up. This

00:33:00.849 --> 00:33:04.950
one, I think, is 60 feet tall. for example, but

00:33:04.950 --> 00:33:07.309
the Alderman was shorter. So you're saying before

00:33:07.309 --> 00:33:09.109
this lighthouse, they had a different one that

00:33:09.109 --> 00:33:11.109
was one on stilts. Okay. And I think we're going

00:33:11.109 --> 00:33:13.710
to see a photo of it, but this is the one that's

00:33:13.710 --> 00:33:16.630
there today. 1867, they built that one and they

00:33:16.630 --> 00:33:19.190
built some dwelling houses and established a

00:33:19.190 --> 00:33:21.930
lighthouse staff. There was about 20 people that

00:33:21.930 --> 00:33:24.369
lived there. Oh, no way. At the peak of its time.

00:33:24.750 --> 00:33:26.930
Were they all to do with the lighthouse or was

00:33:26.930 --> 00:33:29.049
it like a little community? They were all to

00:33:29.049 --> 00:33:31.329
do with the lighthouse and then supporting those

00:33:31.329 --> 00:33:34.400
people. So there was a teacher that came and

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:36.819
started a school. The teacher lived in the lighthouse

00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:39.039
keeper's house upstairs and had her own little

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:44.180
room. And there was 20 people. So they had a

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:46.960
school that ran from January to June. I don't

00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:49.220
know why. Maybe they sent the teacher home. I

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:53.059
don't know. But she had her own room. There's

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:55.279
no real big history that happened out there that's

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:59.740
been recorded on this website. 1932, there was...

00:34:00.009 --> 00:34:02.329
New technology for navigation and communications.

00:34:02.549 --> 00:34:05.210
Obviously, telephone was growing. We're growing.

00:34:05.410 --> 00:34:08.710
So it was decided that the Heinzdenstamm lighthouse

00:34:08.710 --> 00:34:11.349
should be taken down and replaced with a new

00:34:11.349 --> 00:34:14.210
lighthouse that would be able to be automated.

00:34:14.650 --> 00:34:17.949
So 1930s. So they said, without manpower, how

00:34:17.949 --> 00:34:20.769
could we keep a lighthouse out here? And this

00:34:20.769 --> 00:34:22.610
is what they came up with. That's interesting.

00:34:22.809 --> 00:34:26.829
So they extinguished this lighthouse. No, the

00:34:26.829 --> 00:34:30.889
first one. Okay. In 1964, so 30 years later after

00:34:30.889 --> 00:34:36.210
deciding. And it was demolished in 69. So there's

00:34:36.210 --> 00:34:38.110
a couple years where the two lighthouses stood

00:34:38.110 --> 00:34:40.710
next to each other. Oh. So this is translated

00:34:40.710 --> 00:34:42.969
to English, so it's probably not perfect. But

00:34:42.969 --> 00:34:47.829
this up here, Foreindigen Veiderabod, that's

00:34:47.829 --> 00:34:50.809
the association for Veiderabod, the formation

00:34:50.809 --> 00:34:55.030
of people for. So it shows you the island. Here's

00:34:55.030 --> 00:34:58.070
a picture that I was referencing. Oh, interesting.

00:34:58.389 --> 00:35:01.750
So it's like, oh, that's so cool. It looks like

00:35:01.750 --> 00:35:04.969
a Scottish lighthouse, but skeletal, which I

00:35:04.969 --> 00:35:07.269
have never seen before. Yeah, skeletal. It does

00:35:07.269 --> 00:35:10.130
have the tower, so it's not an exposed staircase,

00:35:10.289 --> 00:35:13.349
if you will. Yeah, it looks exactly like a normal.

00:35:13.909 --> 00:35:17.250
Normally, for me, skeleton lighthouses look,

00:35:17.489 --> 00:35:19.969
like if you were to put a shell on the outside,

00:35:20.090 --> 00:35:21.750
it still wouldn't look exactly like a lighthouse.

00:35:21.909 --> 00:35:24.829
It's like it's too wide at the base. But this

00:35:24.829 --> 00:35:27.190
looks exactly just like a lighthouse you would

00:35:27.190 --> 00:35:29.949
build, except... Maybe it's because of the height.

00:35:30.449 --> 00:35:32.409
Because if you extended it up taller and kept

00:35:32.409 --> 00:35:34.429
that angle of the legs, it would go further and

00:35:34.429 --> 00:35:36.650
further. Good point. Yeah, this comment said,

00:35:36.789 --> 00:35:39.389
a rare picture, the short period when both lighthouses

00:35:39.389 --> 00:35:42.869
were erected on the island. Awesome. And this

00:35:42.869 --> 00:35:45.130
one was the original. It's on the west coast,

00:35:45.289 --> 00:35:47.869
so further out to sea. The new taller one was

00:35:47.869 --> 00:35:50.309
put inland on the east side. I think because

00:35:50.309 --> 00:35:51.929
there's a big plot of land that was flat over

00:35:51.929 --> 00:35:55.170
there. Maybe that's why... In the Google images,

00:35:55.309 --> 00:35:57.210
it doesn't show the lighthouse where the dot

00:35:57.210 --> 00:35:58.909
is. It's because the dot used to be where that

00:35:58.909 --> 00:36:02.269
is. Maybe. So the original one was black or is

00:36:02.269 --> 00:36:05.909
that rusted? So I can tell you. The original

00:36:05.909 --> 00:36:09.110
one. I can tell you. Was black. Okay. It was

00:36:09.110 --> 00:36:11.449
always black. With like an aluminum roof, it

00:36:11.449 --> 00:36:14.630
looks like. And then they built the new one and

00:36:14.630 --> 00:36:19.469
it was red with a black stripe. So 63 foot tall,

00:36:19.610 --> 00:36:27.050
the new one. So from 1964 to 85, it was up and

00:36:27.050 --> 00:36:30.829
it was orange with a black belt. Today, it's

00:36:30.829 --> 00:36:33.809
painted a bright red color, singular. They switched

00:36:33.809 --> 00:36:38.269
it up. Yeah, the new lighthouse looks very military.

00:36:39.710 --> 00:36:43.030
I think it's because of the roof that overhangs

00:36:43.030 --> 00:36:46.469
the lantern room. Yeah, the roof that overhangs

00:36:46.469 --> 00:36:47.909
the lantern room. And there's something about

00:36:47.909 --> 00:36:49.650
that. One of the lighthouses we're going to see.

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:53.260
inland on the archipelago i went to very short

00:36:53.260 --> 00:36:55.960
same structure though oh really without no without

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:59.280
a tower it's only a couple feet tall huh oh cute

00:36:59.280 --> 00:37:02.659
so kind of interesting and and again the swedish

00:37:02.659 --> 00:37:05.940
like some of their brands that are popular um

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:09.900
like volvo is from sweden husqvarna um which

00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:11.820
we toured both of those which is really cool

00:37:11.820 --> 00:37:14.179
there's a bunch of swedish brands it's a little

00:37:14.179 --> 00:37:19.239
bit german like in the sense for efficiency except

00:37:19.239 --> 00:37:22.300
it's got a little more quirk to it. Think of

00:37:22.300 --> 00:37:26.159
Ikea design and coloration and a little more

00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:29.019
positivity and artistic touch. So I think that

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:31.420
comes into the lighthouses as well. That's interesting

00:37:31.420 --> 00:37:32.840
because I do know what you're talking about when

00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:35.760
you say like German utility. Yeah, and it's like

00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:38.719
Sweden, a little bit of flair. Yeah. That kind

00:37:38.719 --> 00:37:41.119
of goes with it. Yeah, a little less serious

00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:46.190
than German design, but kind of fun. So that

00:37:46.190 --> 00:37:50.030
short lighthouse was demolished in 69. The residential

00:37:50.030 --> 00:37:52.730
buildings were abandoned and were almost to a

00:37:52.730 --> 00:37:56.250
state of dilapidation. Oh, no. They were vandalized

00:37:56.250 --> 00:38:01.550
and then condemned by the government. Okay. Until

00:38:01.550 --> 00:38:08.110
Forenagen Vedrabod was formed in 1979. So the

00:38:08.110 --> 00:38:12.010
association. Today, thanks to their work, which

00:38:12.010 --> 00:38:14.469
is all non -profit, the houses are almost back

00:38:14.469 --> 00:38:17.440
to their... original exterior condition wow so

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:19.340
i think they're not inhabited no they're not

00:38:19.340 --> 00:38:22.019
livable but they're like visually yeah i mean

00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:23.900
this picture i've pulled up they look great they

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:26.500
look good and the lighthouse is still an active

00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:29.219
signal nice it's automated of course and you

00:38:29.219 --> 00:38:31.579
can visit so this is part of a nature reserve

00:38:31.579 --> 00:38:34.000
and so it's kind of a national park and you can

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:37.280
land kayaks or other small boats and visit this

00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:39.420
place and i've seen pictures of people camping

00:38:39.420 --> 00:38:43.429
there yeah it's way out to sea so If you look

00:38:43.429 --> 00:38:46.269
at it in the Google Maps, it looks really barren

00:38:46.269 --> 00:38:47.909
out there. But then when you look at it from

00:38:47.909 --> 00:38:50.969
this photo, it actually does a lot to explore.

00:38:51.789 --> 00:38:54.130
It'd be a little scary, but I would be really

00:38:54.130 --> 00:38:58.809
interested to do a kayak from Fjallbeka. So you'd

00:38:58.809 --> 00:39:01.989
go nine miles. So you'd take a long time to do

00:39:01.989 --> 00:39:05.409
it. My arms. And then to go back the next day,

00:39:05.449 --> 00:39:08.050
I wouldn't be able to. Yeah. So maybe we should

00:39:08.050 --> 00:39:11.579
have like a two -person kayak. Come on! Well,

00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:14.840
think about this for a second. For us Kansans,

00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:19.360
okay, you'd be on the open ocean for miles. And

00:39:19.360 --> 00:39:22.380
I don't know what's out there, but there are

00:39:22.380 --> 00:39:26.980
large sea life out there. That's true. And it's

00:39:26.980 --> 00:39:28.559
not likely that you're going to get attacked

00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:29.940
or something. I don't mean to be overdramatic.

00:39:30.019 --> 00:39:32.119
I just mean the feeling of being on the ocean

00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:35.099
in a little kayak is scary for me to think about.

00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:38.099
Yeah. Well, I just listened to a true crime podcast

00:39:38.099 --> 00:39:42.920
where... A lady and her husband, her fiance went

00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:46.099
out when it was a little stormy to an island

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:50.460
and back in kayaks and he capsized and died because

00:39:50.460 --> 00:39:52.940
the water was so cold that he couldn't like your

00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:56.239
body locks up. You die. I've always wanted to

00:39:56.239 --> 00:39:59.659
ocean kayak. It would be really scary, but I

00:39:59.659 --> 00:40:06.719
ocean kayaked. Where? Belize. Really? Just went

00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:10.079
out for fun. It was a two -person kayak. Was

00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:14.239
it a fast kayak, very narrow? No, not particularly.

00:40:14.440 --> 00:40:17.420
It was more like to satiate the visitors. A little

00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:20.559
tourist. Yeah. Well, and that makes sense. I've

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:23.239
owned kayaks. We used to kayak just a couple

00:40:23.239 --> 00:40:27.159
times we've been. But the wider and shorter it

00:40:27.159 --> 00:40:28.980
is, the more stable it is, the better it is for

00:40:28.980 --> 00:40:31.719
floating and drinking beer. Okay. And for newer

00:40:31.719 --> 00:40:34.760
kayakers. Some waves and stuff, yeah. You know,

00:40:34.780 --> 00:40:36.739
mine that I had, one of the reasons I really

00:40:36.739 --> 00:40:41.159
liked them, I had a, I can't remember the brand

00:40:41.159 --> 00:40:45.480
now. Pungo. Wilderness Systems. Pungo. 12 foot,

00:40:45.539 --> 00:40:48.199
12 and a half foot long. So they get longer and

00:40:48.199 --> 00:40:51.559
thinner. And so mine was kind of a hybrid to

00:40:51.559 --> 00:40:54.360
where a new person would be fine. Yeah. Because

00:40:54.360 --> 00:40:56.219
it's pretty stable. But it's still challenging.

00:40:56.360 --> 00:40:58.440
But it was way faster. Oh. Like my friends all

00:40:58.440 --> 00:41:00.760
had entry level kayaks and I bought like an intermediate

00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:03.760
kayak. And we just had flat water is what they

00:41:03.760 --> 00:41:07.590
call it. lakes you know ponds um here in kansas

00:41:07.590 --> 00:41:09.809
and i really enjoyed it because it was i could

00:41:09.809 --> 00:41:12.750
get out and go exercise in it um i could go all

00:41:12.750 --> 00:41:15.429
the way around a lake edge and my friends would

00:41:15.429 --> 00:41:17.110
want to go to the middle and back because they're

00:41:17.110 --> 00:41:19.909
tired yeah or as soon as you stop paddling it

00:41:19.909 --> 00:41:21.869
starts turning that's the sign of a cheap kayak

00:41:21.869 --> 00:41:26.849
so you so so we when you my kayak was better

00:41:26.849 --> 00:41:29.170
than yours yep And you just didn't say anything,

00:41:29.289 --> 00:41:33.309
so I felt extra weak and small. Well, so I had

00:41:33.309 --> 00:41:35.730
two. The other one was also Wilderness Systems.

00:41:36.349 --> 00:41:38.329
The green? The green one. It was an old, like,

00:41:38.329 --> 00:41:43.289
90s model. It was rocky. And it was, again, the

00:41:43.289 --> 00:41:45.829
same style. It was 11 feet long, so longer than

00:41:45.829 --> 00:41:49.289
a standard 10 or 8 foot, but a little more narrow,

00:41:49.329 --> 00:41:51.050
but pretty stable. It was actually for fishing.

00:41:51.150 --> 00:41:53.550
I actually enjoyed that kayak more than the other

00:41:53.550 --> 00:41:55.659
one. Yeah. Well, and the other one was really

00:41:55.659 --> 00:41:58.119
meant for midsize people. And I was always going

00:41:58.119 --> 00:42:00.860
to buy a 14 foot, which was meant for me. And

00:42:00.860 --> 00:42:04.000
I never, you know, $1 ,200. I never bought the

00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:06.500
second one. The second we have a place, we are

00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:15.099
listed. Hold on. The second we are living in

00:42:15.099 --> 00:42:18.480
a stable location and have storage space, we'll

00:42:18.480 --> 00:42:20.440
get kayaks again. I actually really enjoyed it.

00:42:20.480 --> 00:42:24.469
It was just, it was a lot to. get them down from

00:42:24.469 --> 00:42:27.429
the roof of our garage. Well, and you, you know,

00:42:27.449 --> 00:42:29.650
like we talked about, you can go out and throw

00:42:29.650 --> 00:42:32.769
an anchor down and you can literally drink beers

00:42:32.769 --> 00:42:37.349
or fish or you can go out and exercise. Are you

00:42:37.349 --> 00:42:39.550
going to go explore some little Island off of

00:42:39.550 --> 00:42:42.829
some lake? Like there's a lot of different kayaking

00:42:42.829 --> 00:42:44.909
is not really one thing. And what, one of the

00:42:44.909 --> 00:42:47.929
things I want to do like, um, outside of where

00:42:47.929 --> 00:42:50.130
my grandma lived in Ventura, California, there's

00:42:50.130 --> 00:42:51.730
a small group of islands. I forget what it's

00:42:51.730 --> 00:42:54.880
called. But they're really pretty and they have

00:42:54.880 --> 00:42:57.920
caves. And so you can go. One of the things that's

00:42:57.920 --> 00:43:00.300
common to do there is to sea kayak on a tour.

00:43:00.980 --> 00:43:06.920
Is it hard? I don't know. My mentality is anytime

00:43:06.920 --> 00:43:10.280
you go on vacation, train for the vacation. If

00:43:10.280 --> 00:43:12.219
you're going to go around Sweden and walk a bunch

00:43:12.219 --> 00:43:14.619
of hills and walk through the city, you should

00:43:14.619 --> 00:43:16.679
be at home walking five miles a day, walking

00:43:16.679 --> 00:43:20.840
hills, getting new shoes, stretching. It makes

00:43:20.840 --> 00:43:22.719
it that much more enjoyable. Yeah, because you

00:43:22.719 --> 00:43:25.159
know that you're physically capable. Like right

00:43:25.159 --> 00:43:27.099
now, if you and I were about to go on a vacation

00:43:27.099 --> 00:43:28.739
and you're like, why don't we sign up for this

00:43:28.739 --> 00:43:31.559
kayaking? We're not ready. To an island. I'd

00:43:31.559 --> 00:43:35.980
be like, uh, no. If you were like, hey, in our

00:43:35.980 --> 00:43:38.579
trip six months from now, like, do you want to

00:43:38.579 --> 00:43:40.639
be ready to do that? And I would be like, hell

00:43:40.639 --> 00:43:43.440
yeah. Right. Even if you're doing like a hike,

00:43:43.559 --> 00:43:46.320
45 minute hike. No big deal. Anyone could make

00:43:46.320 --> 00:43:49.349
a 45 minute walk uphill. But you're going to

00:43:49.349 --> 00:43:51.130
feel it the next day. Yeah. You're going to be

00:43:51.130 --> 00:43:54.550
tired. Then you'll be stunted. Yeah. Sorry, I

00:43:54.550 --> 00:43:57.110
got us so off track. That's what the Belize kayak

00:43:57.110 --> 00:43:59.590
is for. It's like, you know, the casual floater.

00:43:59.710 --> 00:44:03.570
Yeah. We're off track. But you can visit Vida

00:44:03.570 --> 00:44:06.829
Rabote. And most often people do it by sea kayak.

00:44:07.090 --> 00:44:09.409
Yeah. I saw some sea kayaks on the archipelago

00:44:09.409 --> 00:44:13.570
in groups. The water was really still. It was

00:44:13.570 --> 00:44:16.840
crazy flat. My photos, which we'll look at. That

00:44:16.840 --> 00:44:19.820
day, so they told us the tides don't impact much

00:44:19.820 --> 00:44:21.820
inside the archipelago. They really don't go

00:44:21.820 --> 00:44:24.199
up and down much, which is interesting. Very

00:44:24.199 --> 00:44:27.559
strange. I think the formation of Norway and

00:44:27.559 --> 00:44:30.079
the island below, which is Denmark, kind of break

00:44:30.079 --> 00:44:32.039
up some of that. That's a barrier, yeah. And

00:44:32.039 --> 00:44:34.960
then the archipelago has, so Sweden has the most

00:44:34.960 --> 00:44:37.039
number of islands of any country in the world,

00:44:37.099 --> 00:44:39.179
I think is what they told me. They named all

00:44:39.179 --> 00:44:42.579
the little ones. So, anyways. I bet there's like,

00:44:42.719 --> 00:44:46.239
sorry, I won't get it. No, it's all right. I

00:44:46.239 --> 00:44:48.380
was going to say, I bet there's so many different

00:44:48.380 --> 00:44:51.900
ownerships of islands. Like rich people everywhere.

00:44:52.159 --> 00:44:54.719
Like buy an island. Buy an island. Have a tiny

00:44:54.719 --> 00:44:58.920
island. Yeah. So I made a mistake. I just read.

00:44:59.099 --> 00:45:02.579
The light is no longer active. The tower is still,

00:45:02.739 --> 00:45:05.820
I say it's active and they still paint it. And

00:45:05.820 --> 00:45:08.059
it's still a visual representation. Yeah, but

00:45:08.059 --> 00:45:10.880
it's not flashing. Yeah. And that was in 2008.

00:45:11.059 --> 00:45:14.320
They decided that it was deemed superfluous.

00:45:14.750 --> 00:45:18.090
for merchant ships and the swedish maritime administration

00:45:18.090 --> 00:45:21.030
asked that it be extinguished because it creates

00:45:21.030 --> 00:45:22.929
confusion probably if they're looking for something

00:45:22.929 --> 00:45:26.769
else but um so that's just a day mark falbeca

00:45:26.769 --> 00:45:30.510
in that that coastal area is known for herring

00:45:30.510 --> 00:45:34.670
um oh fish like massive collects collections

00:45:34.670 --> 00:45:38.230
of fish and there's not so many now that's kind

00:45:38.230 --> 00:45:40.250
of overfished it in the past which is too bad

00:45:40.250 --> 00:45:42.849
the city's been there the classic story falbeca

00:45:42.849 --> 00:45:46.289
has been there for long time they think the vikings

00:45:46.289 --> 00:45:48.590
were fishing there so wow there's been a settlement

00:45:48.590 --> 00:45:51.869
for a long time but today um lobster catch are

00:45:51.869 --> 00:45:56.530
big up there in november october um and it's

00:45:56.530 --> 00:45:58.710
mostly there's like 1100 people that live there

00:45:58.710 --> 00:46:01.750
so it's really nice yeah they say tourism it's

00:46:01.750 --> 00:46:03.809
not like that's what scott's friends why would

00:46:03.809 --> 00:46:06.349
you go to sweden yeah well it's not rome i was

00:46:06.349 --> 00:46:08.989
just about to say it's not like a rome tourism

00:46:08.989 --> 00:46:11.909
it's not paris like it's not supposed to be like

00:46:12.619 --> 00:46:14.980
We're going to go to the Coliseum, and then right

00:46:14.980 --> 00:46:16.340
next door, we're going to go see this thing,

00:46:16.400 --> 00:46:17.599
and then we're going to go see this thing. It's

00:46:17.599 --> 00:46:21.960
a place to absorb, but not a place to chip off

00:46:21.960 --> 00:46:25.079
things. It's a real place. Yeah. Anyways, so

00:46:25.079 --> 00:46:27.260
2008, the light went out. We just love travel.

00:46:27.300 --> 00:46:32.900
We're like, ooh, travel. In 2010, the Vader Abode

00:46:32.900 --> 00:46:35.679
Association, I can't say the word anymore. No,

00:46:35.719 --> 00:46:37.920
no, you're good. They bought the lighthouse from

00:46:37.920 --> 00:46:41.619
the government for the symbolic sum of one krona.

00:46:41.980 --> 00:46:45.480
Oh, that's so cute. Swedish crown. Yeah. And

00:46:45.480 --> 00:46:47.460
they took over the ownership and responsibility

00:46:47.460 --> 00:46:49.980
for the lighthouse. Nice. And has allowed it

00:46:49.980 --> 00:46:54.719
to continue to shine. So, for example, there's

00:46:54.719 --> 00:46:58.840
some translation in currency about a tenth. So

00:46:58.840 --> 00:47:00.619
if it's a thousand krona, it's about a hundred

00:47:00.619 --> 00:47:03.460
dollars. Okay. I discovered that there's some

00:47:03.460 --> 00:47:07.000
percentage off there. Effectively. So a penny,

00:47:07.159 --> 00:47:09.940
you know, one krona is potentially a tenth of

00:47:09.940 --> 00:47:13.809
a penny. So anyways, it was not a big sale is

00:47:13.809 --> 00:47:17.809
the point. Yeah, it's just symbolic, right? In

00:47:17.809 --> 00:47:21.090
the summer of 2011. Sorry, it got spooky outside.

00:47:21.449 --> 00:47:23.809
Yeah, it's a little dark. Gonna get some rain.

00:47:30.590 --> 00:47:33.630
Sorry. This is fun. I'm having a good time. Yeah,

00:47:33.650 --> 00:47:41.010
me too. Cute. Okay. In the summer of 2011. The

00:47:41.010 --> 00:47:43.289
county administrative board decided to create

00:47:43.289 --> 00:47:47.030
the nature reserve that I spoke about. So in

00:47:47.030 --> 00:47:49.789
connection with the nature reserve, parts of

00:47:49.789 --> 00:47:52.309
the former bird protection areas were also changed

00:47:52.309 --> 00:47:55.469
with regard to the lighthouse. So the southeastern

00:47:55.469 --> 00:47:57.210
part of the island was made available to visitors

00:47:57.210 --> 00:47:59.329
throughout the year. So there's areas of the

00:47:59.329 --> 00:48:02.230
island they ask you not to disturb. But the physical

00:48:02.230 --> 00:48:05.510
lighthouse in these buildings we see, that's

00:48:05.510 --> 00:48:07.469
kind of designed for people to go visit. That

00:48:07.469 --> 00:48:09.489
would make sense. Also, it's the easiest part

00:48:09.489 --> 00:48:14.090
for you to access. Yeah. Yeah. And I'm almost

00:48:14.090 --> 00:48:15.570
at the end of my notes, but I have some things

00:48:15.570 --> 00:48:17.070
I'd like to show I think will be entertaining.

00:48:17.269 --> 00:48:19.590
Okay. So we'll continue to talk. So I want to

00:48:19.590 --> 00:48:24.449
show you photos of Fjallbeka, the city. There's

00:48:24.449 --> 00:48:27.969
just this website. So it's a coastal town. It's

00:48:27.969 --> 00:48:31.210
kind of illustrated from this big -ass rock,

00:48:31.429 --> 00:48:33.989
which is granite, that's in the middle of the

00:48:33.989 --> 00:48:36.010
town. So the town is kind of separated. Huh.

00:48:36.440 --> 00:48:38.840
North and south, if you will. Yeah. And then

00:48:38.840 --> 00:48:41.619
they have a big port area. It's all small boats.

00:48:41.840 --> 00:48:44.840
They don't want to build on it? I think it's

00:48:44.840 --> 00:48:46.860
hard to, especially with plumbing. Okay. I'm

00:48:46.860 --> 00:48:48.460
guessing that's the challenge. Didn't even think

00:48:48.460 --> 00:48:50.639
about that. And then there's a hike that I showed

00:48:50.639 --> 00:48:52.239
you some photos of personally. I won't show them

00:48:52.239 --> 00:48:54.420
here because they're kind of off topic. But there's

00:48:54.420 --> 00:48:56.300
a hike you can go on up to the top of this rock

00:48:56.300 --> 00:48:58.679
where you can look down on the city. Is that

00:48:58.679 --> 00:49:01.619
where you went on? Mm -hmm. Oh, this is nice

00:49:01.619 --> 00:49:06.119
seeing it from like a top angle. Yeah. This is

00:49:06.119 --> 00:49:08.420
from the south looking north. So we got picked

00:49:08.420 --> 00:49:12.960
up right here for our little tour. Beautiful

00:49:12.960 --> 00:49:14.800
buildings, a church that's been there forever

00:49:14.800 --> 00:49:17.840
and a half. This rock you can see, but it's just

00:49:17.840 --> 00:49:20.219
a beautiful little town. It's gorgeous. On the

00:49:20.219 --> 00:49:22.400
coast. So interesting that there's just this

00:49:22.400 --> 00:49:26.599
giant hunk of rock right in the middle of the

00:49:26.599 --> 00:49:28.500
city. And they just leave it alone. They're like,

00:49:28.579 --> 00:49:31.099
I'll just build around it. Yeah. Just wanted

00:49:31.099 --> 00:49:33.860
to show some. So you get, it's green, it's rocky.

00:49:34.039 --> 00:49:36.099
All the red roofs. They told us, by the way,

00:49:36.179 --> 00:49:40.760
this rock is granite. And it's one of the huge

00:49:40.760 --> 00:49:44.340
exports from the west coast of Sweden. They send

00:49:44.340 --> 00:49:49.159
granite to Italy, Germany, France, and it paves

00:49:49.159 --> 00:49:51.900
all the streets. Oh, yeah. So anywhere, I've

00:49:51.900 --> 00:49:53.179
always been fascinated by that. They're like

00:49:53.179 --> 00:49:55.619
cobblestones or squares. In Sweden when we were.

00:49:56.019 --> 00:49:59.039
Yeah, yeah. We're dragging those damn suitcases.

00:50:00.549 --> 00:50:02.750
Over rough cobblestones. I told my mom that.

00:50:02.789 --> 00:50:05.150
I said, next time I come to Gamla Stan, this

00:50:05.150 --> 00:50:06.690
little island in the middle of Stockholm, I will

00:50:06.690 --> 00:50:11.429
not have a rolling suitcase. But my mom brought

00:50:11.429 --> 00:50:13.469
a rolling suitcase. Did she roll it over the

00:50:13.469 --> 00:50:15.449
cobblestones? Yeah. Was it terrible? I helped

00:50:15.449 --> 00:50:17.789
a little bit. Oh, okay. Because you don't throw

00:50:17.789 --> 00:50:20.010
your shoulder out. It hurts. Key tip for everybody.

00:50:20.909 --> 00:50:24.389
Unless you really can't carry it. Unless you

00:50:24.389 --> 00:50:28.139
really can't. bring a backpack or a suitcase

00:50:28.139 --> 00:50:30.400
with a handle that you can trade off hands instead

00:50:30.400 --> 00:50:33.619
of a rolling bag to anywhere in Western Europe.

00:50:33.800 --> 00:50:36.059
Because these cobblestones, which come from...

00:50:36.059 --> 00:50:37.860
They'll tear your arm out of your socket. Come

00:50:37.860 --> 00:50:41.340
from Rebecca. They're like an inch tall. In between,

00:50:41.420 --> 00:50:43.159
there's a boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. They're

00:50:43.159 --> 00:50:45.639
actually like four -inch cubes, it turns out.

00:50:45.719 --> 00:50:47.320
And they set them... But they're tall. Yeah,

00:50:47.320 --> 00:50:49.780
because the grout goes away. Anyways, so they're

00:50:49.780 --> 00:50:53.559
fantastic for walking surfaces. But they're...

00:50:53.840 --> 00:50:55.519
They're very durable and they're cheap, whatever.

00:50:55.679 --> 00:50:58.079
And beautiful. They're way better than us in

00:50:58.079 --> 00:51:00.559
the United States. We use frigging concrete everywhere.

00:51:00.780 --> 00:51:04.760
And it just, it's so boring. It's so ugly. Like

00:51:04.760 --> 00:51:06.400
there's different colors of granite. So they

00:51:06.400 --> 00:51:09.139
can have, like if there's a. a stripe around

00:51:09.139 --> 00:51:11.659
the edge of a road. They just use white granite

00:51:11.659 --> 00:51:13.960
or red granite. Yeah. Anyways, it's just so,

00:51:14.079 --> 00:51:16.119
I was fascinated by that. There's so much value

00:51:16.119 --> 00:51:19.599
into something being visually appealing. You

00:51:19.599 --> 00:51:22.000
can attract a lot of people to your city just

00:51:22.000 --> 00:51:24.219
by having cobblestone streets. People are like,

00:51:24.280 --> 00:51:28.139
Oh wow, this looks so nice. Or even my hometown

00:51:28.139 --> 00:51:31.679
has a little brick street area. It's like, Oh

00:51:31.679 --> 00:51:34.079
cool. Streets are, the roads are brick. It's

00:51:34.079 --> 00:51:36.280
just not a big deal. Cool. Oh yeah. I remember

00:51:36.280 --> 00:51:39.510
that. Like in Manhattan, there's like a little

00:51:39.510 --> 00:51:44.489
area that's in Lawrence too, I think. So here's

00:51:44.489 --> 00:51:47.550
some pictures from my trip. I trimmed them just

00:51:47.550 --> 00:51:50.829
to show the boat only. I won't click on them

00:51:50.829 --> 00:51:52.349
because I'll waste all day, but we'll click on

00:51:52.349 --> 00:51:55.469
something if we see. So it's my mom, my brother,

00:51:55.469 --> 00:51:58.989
and I went on this little boat, six people. I

00:51:58.989 --> 00:52:01.469
got to find the lighthouse. So there's a bunch

00:52:01.469 --> 00:52:03.909
of lighthouses, and I really couldn't find much

00:52:03.909 --> 00:52:08.159
information on them. But you'll see the water's

00:52:08.159 --> 00:52:11.699
super, super calm. It's really pretty out there.

00:52:12.679 --> 00:52:16.079
I think this is an overlook house. This is at

00:52:16.079 --> 00:52:19.019
the top of something. That's so small. You mentioned

00:52:19.019 --> 00:52:22.260
it's part of the lighthouse system. Really? Yeah,

00:52:22.280 --> 00:52:23.860
so the lighthouse system is a bunch of small

00:52:23.860 --> 00:52:28.280
lighthouses like this one. And my camera's not,

00:52:28.380 --> 00:52:30.300
I don't have a great zoom lens. It did clear

00:52:30.300 --> 00:52:33.260
up as you were zooming back out. But you can

00:52:33.260 --> 00:52:36.289
see it's the same turret style. Yeah. And it's

00:52:36.289 --> 00:52:39.590
white. And it's got, so I thought I saw this

00:52:39.590 --> 00:52:41.230
through my camera, and then I asked him as we

00:52:41.230 --> 00:52:42.710
were getting back to the dock, and I was correct.

00:52:43.110 --> 00:52:47.389
They're range lights. So they all have a panel

00:52:47.389 --> 00:52:51.010
of green, a panel of, two panels of red, and

00:52:51.010 --> 00:52:55.510
then. Those are not range lights. Aren't they?

00:52:55.670 --> 00:52:59.510
No, it's called sector lights or something. What's

00:52:59.510 --> 00:53:01.329
a range light then? Range light is when there's

00:53:01.329 --> 00:53:05.860
two that they line up together. Oh. Yeah. Wow.

00:53:06.179 --> 00:53:08.679
Got to go back to our history buoy a long time

00:53:08.679 --> 00:53:10.579
ago. Apparently. Well, thank you for being the

00:53:10.579 --> 00:53:12.239
specialist and correcting me. You're welcome.

00:53:12.340 --> 00:53:13.800
Some of our listeners are going to appreciate

00:53:13.800 --> 00:53:18.199
that accuracy. Well, you know, we're just learning.

00:53:18.400 --> 00:53:20.320
We don't know what we're talking about. Yeah,

00:53:20.340 --> 00:53:23.440
we're just here for fun. And I'm just clicking

00:53:23.440 --> 00:53:25.780
through photos, guys. I'm looking for some more

00:53:25.780 --> 00:53:28.739
lighthouse stuff. Oh, you should show the picture

00:53:28.739 --> 00:53:34.780
that you took of the buildings where it's perfectly

00:53:34.780 --> 00:53:38.389
reflective. Refracted in the water. I mean, here's

00:53:38.389 --> 00:53:41.070
a pretty good one. It's not as good as the one.

00:53:41.170 --> 00:53:43.090
I think we're coming up on it. Okay. And none

00:53:43.090 --> 00:53:45.510
of these pictures are edited yet. So usually

00:53:45.510 --> 00:53:50.250
my editing software. Look at that. It's just

00:53:50.250 --> 00:53:54.289
a rock. But the water was so calm. And I actually

00:53:54.289 --> 00:53:58.150
have photos in here. Yeah, those. You have a

00:53:58.150 --> 00:53:59.769
particular favorite you want to look for? Go

00:53:59.769 --> 00:54:06.489
over like. That's my mom. She's so cute. Okay,

00:54:06.630 --> 00:54:11.889
I guess everyone should be watching this on our

00:54:11.889 --> 00:54:14.769
YouTube. See Vince's pictures. Yeah, I'm sorry

00:54:14.769 --> 00:54:16.010
for those of you who are just listening. We're

00:54:16.010 --> 00:54:19.190
flipping through the pictures. If you want to,

00:54:19.250 --> 00:54:21.769
check them out on our YouTube. Oh, here's a good

00:54:21.769 --> 00:54:25.710
picture. We're close. And this area is blocked

00:54:25.710 --> 00:54:28.230
out. But the other side, which we did see. Little

00:54:28.230 --> 00:54:30.889
stairs. I think Scott actually took a pretty

00:54:30.889 --> 00:54:33.260
good picture. That's a good one. See, the last

00:54:33.260 --> 00:54:35.719
picture is always the best one for me. I'm always

00:54:35.719 --> 00:54:37.539
like, yep, satisfied. Oh, yes, the red and green.

00:54:37.699 --> 00:54:39.139
So there you go. So they're not range lights.

00:54:39.199 --> 00:54:40.880
They're sector lights. Thanks for the correction.

00:54:41.039 --> 00:54:44.400
And here's some comms solar panel probably and

00:54:44.400 --> 00:54:46.920
some antenna. But it's on the face of the rock,

00:54:47.039 --> 00:54:50.159
which makes sense. And he told me, the boat captain,

00:54:50.199 --> 00:54:52.820
there's a series of lighthouses, which all of

00:54:52.820 --> 00:54:55.960
them have these sector lights. He called them

00:54:55.960 --> 00:54:58.960
range lights. Yeah. But he's also English, second

00:54:58.960 --> 00:55:04.300
language. But he would say that, you know, more

00:55:04.300 --> 00:55:06.179
or less, they'll tell you if you're in a safe

00:55:06.179 --> 00:55:11.579
zone or not. And then I added as a bonus, this

00:55:11.579 --> 00:55:14.400
is on top of a restaurant we went to. I love

00:55:14.400 --> 00:55:16.440
it when they lean into their history, their lighthouse

00:55:16.440 --> 00:55:19.480
history. The Harbor House. Cute. And I don't

00:55:19.480 --> 00:55:21.619
want to take, I looked into this more than we

00:55:21.619 --> 00:55:24.000
need to describe, but the Harbor House, first

00:55:24.000 --> 00:55:27.519
off, really good food. It's in Hamburgsund. What

00:55:27.519 --> 00:55:31.019
did you eat? I have pictures on my phone. Okay.

00:55:31.119 --> 00:55:33.000
I went there twice. I know once was a seafood

00:55:33.000 --> 00:55:37.260
Alfredo. Oh. And the other, I don't remember,

00:55:37.440 --> 00:55:40.360
but it was good. Yum. I remember the bar. I talked

00:55:40.360 --> 00:55:43.559
to the guy about the beers there. But this also

00:55:43.559 --> 00:55:47.000
has like three little hotel rooms. One's an apartment,

00:55:47.079 --> 00:55:48.880
three apartments built into it. You can rent

00:55:48.880 --> 00:55:52.400
out above the restaurant. And this patio is attached

00:55:52.400 --> 00:55:54.460
to one of them. So you could have your own personal

00:55:54.460 --> 00:55:57.619
lighthouse. Outside of the patio. Wicked. Again,

00:55:57.900 --> 00:55:59.980
I have the website and all that, but I didn't

00:55:59.980 --> 00:56:02.820
figure it was really going to add much to our

00:56:02.820 --> 00:56:06.320
episode today. It won't add much to our episode,

00:56:06.400 --> 00:56:10.900
but it'll add to our lives someday. Big Swedish

00:56:10.900 --> 00:56:14.360
flag. Swedish. I love Sweden. I had a great time.

00:56:14.559 --> 00:56:18.400
I also feel, I understand why my mom wanted this

00:56:18.400 --> 00:56:22.539
to go. I feel like I'm always going to be more

00:56:22.539 --> 00:56:26.909
connected to Sweden. And in some ways, my ancestors

00:56:26.909 --> 00:56:30.610
from that side, that I met somebody and they

00:56:30.610 --> 00:56:33.210
were super nice and talkative. Excited to know

00:56:33.210 --> 00:56:36.130
you. We got to see more than, you know, the typical

00:56:36.130 --> 00:56:39.309
tourist would never go look at a farm or a graveyard

00:56:39.309 --> 00:56:41.550
or a church. But we saw these beautiful places

00:56:41.550 --> 00:56:43.869
that meant something to our family. Yeah. And

00:56:43.869 --> 00:56:47.090
everything over there is old as heck. You know,

00:56:47.090 --> 00:56:49.849
long history. That's the best part. And I was

00:56:49.849 --> 00:56:52.170
just telling Vince, for our listeners, that...

00:56:53.119 --> 00:56:55.360
Often, Vince and I hear something is 100 years

00:56:55.360 --> 00:56:57.880
old. We're like, oh, it's not that much. Because

00:56:57.880 --> 00:56:59.780
we're so used to researching lighthouses that

00:56:59.780 --> 00:57:02.699
can be hundreds of years old, especially overseas

00:57:02.699 --> 00:57:07.340
where lighthouses were being built in the 1600s,

00:57:07.340 --> 00:57:12.159
1500s. And so our idea of time has been warped

00:57:12.159 --> 00:57:14.980
where I'm like, 150 years is like, oh, yeah,

00:57:15.039 --> 00:57:21.309
it's old. It's not super old. And the world is

00:57:21.309 --> 00:57:24.989
so interesting because of the history. Even the

00:57:24.989 --> 00:57:29.389
non -monumental history, like family history.

00:57:29.469 --> 00:57:30.989
They were telling me about our farm and how it

00:57:30.989 --> 00:57:33.489
split in half. There was two brothers, and they

00:57:33.489 --> 00:57:34.769
didn't know how to break it up, so they just

00:57:34.769 --> 00:57:38.869
split it, and they remained close. And anyways,

00:57:38.949 --> 00:57:42.329
today, they still have ownership of that. And

00:57:42.329 --> 00:57:44.929
these two cottages we stayed at, one of them

00:57:44.929 --> 00:57:48.889
was an old lady, probably in her late 70s. mid

00:57:48.889 --> 00:57:51.809
eighties, older lady, not old. And she told us,

00:57:51.829 --> 00:57:53.710
Oh yeah, this was her mom's house. Her mom passed

00:57:53.710 --> 00:57:55.590
away and she lives right over there. She pointed

00:57:55.590 --> 00:57:57.949
at the next house next door. And so if you need

00:57:57.949 --> 00:58:00.349
anything, give her a call. And then the other

00:58:00.349 --> 00:58:02.989
cottage we stayed at, she told us another lady

00:58:02.989 --> 00:58:04.889
in her seventies. Yeah, we live in that house

00:58:04.889 --> 00:58:07.469
right there. I was born in that house. Oh my

00:58:07.469 --> 00:58:10.050
gosh. And it's, this is all their property. They've

00:58:10.050 --> 00:58:14.050
had it for generations. And, and, um, you know,

00:58:14.070 --> 00:58:17.289
we went to a church where, multiple family members

00:58:17.289 --> 00:58:20.050
are buried and they all got married and baptized

00:58:20.050 --> 00:58:22.889
there. And it's like a place in family history.

00:58:22.929 --> 00:58:26.690
It's so interesting to me compared to, you know,

00:58:26.690 --> 00:58:31.250
just not knowing that story makes, makes me kind

00:58:31.250 --> 00:58:33.469
of sad. So it's fun to be a part of it, even

00:58:33.469 --> 00:58:36.750
if I don't remember the details. Yeah. So I don't

00:58:36.750 --> 00:58:39.349
know. Yeah. And my mom went as funny. She went

00:58:39.349 --> 00:58:42.909
with her mom and my sister, Karen, uh, in the

00:58:42.909 --> 00:58:45.519
year 2000 or together. Together they went. In

00:58:45.519 --> 00:58:48.340
the year 2000, they met Monica and reconnected

00:58:48.340 --> 00:58:52.280
with some family. And then on this trip, we met

00:58:52.280 --> 00:58:57.539
Monica's daughter, who's 20 -ish, 25 maybe. We

00:58:57.539 --> 00:58:59.679
just said hi. She didn't spend the day with us.

00:58:59.699 --> 00:59:03.780
She was busy. But if I go back in 25 years with

00:59:03.780 --> 00:59:07.119
family, then hopefully she'll answer and we can

00:59:07.119 --> 00:59:10.559
say hi. But it's this connection that otherwise

00:59:10.559 --> 00:59:13.099
wouldn't exist. My grandma made the trip before.

00:59:13.710 --> 00:59:16.409
In the 80s. And she was the one who did all the

00:59:16.409 --> 00:59:19.230
research and connected with family members back

00:59:19.230 --> 00:59:20.489
then. Which would be a lot harder at that time.

00:59:21.469 --> 00:59:25.090
I don't know. On paper, if I read someone was

00:59:25.090 --> 00:59:26.909
doing that, I'd be like, okay, kind of silly.

00:59:27.150 --> 00:59:28.929
But it was fun for me. It was very meaningful.

00:59:29.309 --> 00:59:32.610
I think it is. A lot of fun. Got off track a

00:59:32.610 --> 00:59:35.650
little bit, guys. Talked to Sweden and my family

00:59:35.650 --> 00:59:39.090
more. But if you came along for the ride, I really

00:59:39.090 --> 00:59:40.889
appreciate it. Yeah, we love that you're here.

00:59:41.340 --> 00:59:44.780
We love that we're getting more reviews and that

00:59:44.780 --> 00:59:46.719
everyone's sticking around and checking out our

00:59:46.719 --> 00:59:48.780
podcast. We appreciate that. We're just doing

00:59:48.780 --> 00:59:51.559
it for fun. We're hanging. We had someone leave

00:59:51.559 --> 00:59:55.199
a comment on YouTube. Hey, we love this. It deserves

00:59:55.199 --> 00:59:58.440
more views. And he said, you should check out

00:59:58.440 --> 01:00:01.320
blank website. And I was like, okay, what's that?

01:00:01.400 --> 01:00:04.940
I looked at it. You can buy views. And so you

01:00:04.940 --> 01:00:08.980
pay and you have real, air quotes, real views.

01:00:09.760 --> 01:00:12.820
You can pay for likes or shares or follows. That's

01:00:12.820 --> 01:00:15.159
the dumbest thing I've ever heard. So I looked

01:00:15.159 --> 01:00:18.019
into it a little bit. Oh, no. Well, that's how

01:00:18.019 --> 01:00:20.679
people make it. We're not going to do that. That's

01:00:20.679 --> 01:00:22.679
the point. We're not going to do that. I keep

01:00:22.679 --> 01:00:25.340
telling people, if there's five people that listen,

01:00:25.559 --> 01:00:28.420
that's great. Who cares? We're not even doing

01:00:28.420 --> 01:00:30.400
this for anything. When we first started, we

01:00:30.400 --> 01:00:32.659
were like, oh, let's make advertisements. We'll

01:00:32.659 --> 01:00:37.380
make like $10 per episode just for fun. And I

01:00:37.380 --> 01:00:39.039
think that was good at the beginning to feel

01:00:39.039 --> 01:00:41.719
motivated, but now we're motivated by our own

01:00:41.719 --> 01:00:44.760
content in a way that I don't require people

01:00:44.760 --> 01:00:47.559
to be commenting and listening to want to do

01:00:47.559 --> 01:00:50.099
another episode. I just want to do it. So like,

01:00:50.159 --> 01:00:52.179
thank you everybody and all of our listeners

01:00:52.179 --> 01:00:56.199
for being here. And I don't feel the pressure

01:00:56.199 --> 01:01:01.880
to have more. I feel like this is, this is why

01:01:01.880 --> 01:01:04.320
we do it. Yeah. I mean, there's a dream down.

01:01:05.119 --> 01:01:07.980
Not down the line, but I mean like down a path

01:01:07.980 --> 01:01:11.079
where, you know, we would be traveling and there'd

01:01:11.079 --> 01:01:13.119
be business expenses because we're going to see

01:01:13.119 --> 01:01:15.320
lighthouses. We'd be well connected to the community.

01:01:15.420 --> 01:01:19.039
We know a lot of people now, but in the lighthouse

01:01:19.039 --> 01:01:21.320
community, we'd know people, we'd keep up with

01:01:21.320 --> 01:01:24.719
them. Um, we would be making enough money where

01:01:24.719 --> 01:01:27.960
this could be a halftime or, or maybe more than

01:01:27.960 --> 01:01:31.440
halftime job for you. But like, you know, there's

01:01:31.440 --> 01:01:33.320
merch and then there's advertisements and there's,

01:01:33.320 --> 01:01:36.980
it would be cool. But, For now and for what we're

01:01:36.980 --> 01:01:38.900
doing with our lives, we're about to get married.

01:01:40.179 --> 01:01:43.199
There's lots of things moving right now. I think

01:01:43.199 --> 01:01:45.519
this is super fun. And if no one ever listens

01:01:45.519 --> 01:01:48.619
to these, we'll have them. And who cares? It's

01:01:48.619 --> 01:01:50.239
entertaining. It's a good time for us to spend

01:01:50.239 --> 01:01:52.920
together. Anyway, so you folks who are listening,

01:01:53.059 --> 01:01:55.300
we get to learn. And when people say, what do

01:01:55.300 --> 01:01:58.510
you like? I was filling out a form for our engagement

01:01:58.510 --> 01:02:00.389
photos. And they're like, what do you and your

01:02:00.389 --> 01:02:02.869
fiance like to do together? And I'm like, we

01:02:02.869 --> 01:02:05.969
have a podcast talking about lighthouses. That's

01:02:05.969 --> 01:02:09.090
right. That's always fun. And here we are. Episode

01:02:09.090 --> 01:02:13.329
81. We're absolutely crushing it. Absolutely.

01:02:14.369 --> 01:02:18.570
So please check out our Instagram. Please check

01:02:18.570 --> 01:02:20.909
out us on Spotify, Apple Music, anywhere you

01:02:20.909 --> 01:02:23.630
podcast. Share it with somebody if you want to.

01:02:23.730 --> 01:02:27.090
Yeah. We're on YouTube as well. We've got our

01:02:27.090 --> 01:02:30.449
website at thelighthouselowdown .com. It was

01:02:30.449 --> 01:02:33.750
just renewed. Our domain was just renewed. So

01:02:33.750 --> 01:02:36.889
we're around for another year for certain. And

01:02:36.889 --> 01:02:39.150
I keep playing with the idea of swag. I'm sorry.

01:02:39.230 --> 01:02:41.469
I keep teasing it with everybody. But hats or

01:02:41.469 --> 01:02:43.610
shirts or something. We will do something. When

01:02:43.610 --> 01:02:44.989
we have more time, we'll do it. Like right now,

01:02:44.989 --> 01:02:47.769
we're in the throes of wedding planning and moving.

01:02:48.369 --> 01:02:50.429
And then shortly after that, we'll be moving

01:02:50.429 --> 01:02:54.289
again. So if anyone wants something, we'll work

01:02:54.289 --> 01:02:56.760
on it. Let us know. But yeah, thank you so much

01:02:56.760 --> 01:02:59.719
for listening. And we'll see you next time on

01:02:59.719 --> 01:03:00.980
the Lighthouse Lowdown.