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Well, how do folks, And
good morning, afternoon, or evening,
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wherever and whenever you may be listening. My name is Tim, and welcome
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to One Day in so Cal.
Whether you've lived here your entire life or
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visiting from across the world, whether
you only have one day in so Cal
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or one month, I want to
share some of the coolest, most fun,
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and most unique things to do right
here in southern California, whether that's
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solo or with friends and family.
So join me on my next adventure and
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hopefully yours right now on one day
in so Cal? How are you doing
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on a Friday night? I was
good. That was good, but I
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know you can make more noise from
that. I might have got you a
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little lot aware today, Let's try
it one more time. Sand Verdendo,
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how are you feeling tonight? Wants
to looking crowd with an awesome looking crowd
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out there in our grand stand.
He usually not part of my opening buck.
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We have a route toil. This
is the X nine and it is
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eight y D five five. It's
locked in the call and running, so
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I don't know. Maybe you've been
about that way, so let's be tight.
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If you got back to the pure
and so check it out anyway.
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By days were plays and on behalf
of the sand and go share us be
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part of it. We want to
welcome each and every one of you to
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our rodeo tonight. If you want
to see how good look if you are
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just take a look at the big
straight right down. Because I had to
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ask rodeo this showing you some of
the great fans again, the grand stands,
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the ladies and gentlemen without any further
ado. We are denied on the
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Cowboy Channel, on the Cowboy Channel
plus half as well, so you can
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check all of that altum. But
what do you say? Right now we
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meet some of the pretty ladies that
we pulled our rodeo royalty is would be
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off on Friday night and bread these
three ladies. Welcome to episode twelve of
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the One Day in SoCal podcast.
It's Friday septem and I am recording from
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beautiful right with California. Visit me
on the web One Day in SoCal dot
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com, One Day in SoCal dot
com for the latest episodes, travelog videos,
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interactive map, social media links,
and more. New episodes of this
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podcast are at least every Friday morning. All right, grab your boots and
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cowboy hats because Garth Brooks is gonna
tell us where we're headed this week.
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It ain't no woman flesh and blood. It's that damn dol Rhodio and blood.
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It's a dozen bud, it's crown, it's wide and its numbs.
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The girl in the bubble lands and
the next door had shaps. It's cab
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hans. It's it's ropes and the
rain. This week I attended the Sheriff's
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Rodeo hosted by the San Bernardino County
Sheriff's Department into Vore, California, where
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the fifteen and to fifteen freeways meet
at the base of the Cajone Pass.
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Rodeo is a pretty popular sport in
this country, but as far as I
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know, the sheriffs Rodeo is the
only rodeo event sponsored by an actual law
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enforcement agency. I could be wrong. There could be a small sheriffs department
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Georgia that hosts one, perhaps,
but this is as far as I know.
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In addition to the Sheriff's Rodeo,
over the past month, I also
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attended the Hesperia Rodeo and the to
Hatch By Mountain Rodeo and Asperia and to
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hatch be respectfully. I bet some
of you didn't even know we had rodeos
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and SOCl did you, But yes
we do. To those of you who
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are not overly familiar with a rodeo, allow me to give you a very
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brief over your overview. A rodeo
is a competitive, competitive exquestrian sport that
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a rose out of the working practices
of cattle herders in Spain and Mexico,
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expanded to the United States and eventually
other nations. You've probably all heard of
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the Calgary Stampede, for example today. It is a sporting event that involves
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horses and other livestock designed to test
the skill of participants. I've always wondered
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how rodeo got started. I can
just picture a bunch of cowboys after a
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hard day's work for a hard day's
pay on a ranch in Texas, talking
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about the meanest bull in the planes, and after a couple of drinks.
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Of course, hey couder, bet
you can't rob that bullet for five seconds
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and out here throwing you off.
I'll bet you a silver dollar I can,
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boy, you're on. Some of
the events you might see at a
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rodeo include tie down roping, team
roping, steer wrestling, saddle bronch riding,
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bare back bronch riding, bull riding, barrel racing, and mutton busting.
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Now tie down roping involves a rider
mounted on a horse and a calf.
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The goal of the tim to event
is for the rider to catch the
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calf with a rope, just mount
from his horse and restrain it by tying
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three legs together and the shortest amount
of time possible. Team roping involves a
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steer and two mounted riders. The
goal is for one cowboy to rope the
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steer around the neck and the other
to tie the rope around the hind legs
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and temporarily restraining in the shortest time
possible. Steer wrestling is a rodeo event
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that involves a horse mounted rider chasing
a steer. In this event, the
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rider must drop from his horse onto
the steer and wrestle the animal to the
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ground by grabbing it by the corns
and getting the animal's head to touch the
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ground. It's a lot harder than
it looks, by the way. You
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gotta be a pretty beefy boy to
to get that thing down. But I've
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seen it done. And saddle bronch
riding. A cowboy must ride a bronch
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a bucking horse that attempts to throw
a throw or buck the cowboy off its
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back. This rodeo event was based
on the original skills of a working cowboy
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trying to tame a horse. Bare
Back bronk riding is similar to saddle back
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ronk riding, but obviously without a
saddle. If you're lucky like I was
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the Hissparia rodeo, there is mutton
busting. It's not as bad as it
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sounds. That's where a very young
child okay maybe it is like literally five
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or six, rides on the back
of a sheep, holding on for dear
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life as the sheep runs around trying
to get him off. The kids wear
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a complete safety get up from helmet
to paths, and there are cowboys standing
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by uh to grab the kid as
soon as it looks like he's about to
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fall or as soon as he completes
his run for a score. Obviously,
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sometimes the kids do fall off,
but these are I don't know, these
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are prison pretty tough kids. They
probably had a lot of practice because they
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get right back up. I even
have I saw one kid riding in the
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sheep and he wrote it. All
the keep was thrashing around and he finally
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fell off and he just jumps right
up and just you know, throws the
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peace sign up in the air,
and like, uh, you know,
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he was all into. The crowd
cheered, went crazy and it was just
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a lot of fun to watch.
The kids even get belt buckles and other
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prizes for their actions, and many
current rodeo athletes started with mutton busting.
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But in any case, it's part
way adorable, part way nail biting,
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and part way hilarious watching these children
hang off her dear life on top of
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a sheet. Another event in rodeo
is called barrel racing. This is a
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sport uh that cowgirls usually participated as
opposed to the other events. Barrel racing
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is a competitive or let's say,
a competition of agility which a rider on
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a horse attempts to run a clover
leaf pattern around a preset around preset barrels
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in the fastest time possible. It
requires a combination of of the horses athletic
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ability and horsemanship skills of the rider
in order to safely and successfully maneuver the
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horse around three barrels placed in a
triangle pattern. And I'm gonna tell you,
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even though this is usually the only
event in rodeo that women participate in,
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it almost always garners the highest cheers
in excitement from the crowd every rodeo
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event I've attended, and that includes
bull riding. Uh, it's just it's
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a race almost, you know.
And it's it's nail biting down to the
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last second to see if they can
beat the time of the previous rider or
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who's gonna score best next. Um. Sometimes they just do a magnificent like
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uh, turn on a dime around
a barrel. Sometimes they nudge the barrel
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as long as the barrel doesn't fall
over, they don't. They don't lose
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points or rather get points added to
their to their time. But it's it's
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uh, it's a lot of fun
to watch. Speaking of bull riding.
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By the way, bull riding is
what is often considered the heavyweight main event
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of rodeo. It's also undoubtedly the
most dangerous. Bull Riding is an event
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that involves a rider getting on a
bucking bull and attempting to stay mounted on
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the animal while it tries to buck
him off. Sometimes called the most dangerous
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eight seconds in sports, the goal
is to achieve the highest amount of points
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possible from sanction rodeo judges um.
Both the rider, the writer's ability and
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the activity of the animal are judged
in this event. So if the animals
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not putting out like the judges think
it should, the cowboy's gonna lose points.
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The cowboys can't hang on or it
just isn't are doing a good job
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falling off, he's gonna lose points
both of the matter and UH. In
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UH saddleback bronch riding as well as
UH bull riding. Bull riding has involved
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many injuries and even deaths, unfortunately, because once the cowboys knocked off the
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bull, the bull doesn't just take
off like a horse. It immediately turns
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around and seeks retribution. In order
to increase safety out of rodeo, professional
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bullfighters and rodeo clowns attract the animal
so that the cowboy can run sometimes limp
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away. Bullfighters don't literally mean UH
fight the bull or hang a red cape
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to their side. They're trained to
make noise and moving aways that garner the
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bull's attention, and dash around the
charging bull, which can't make turns easily
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as a bullfighter can It's entertaining in
and of itself watching these bullfighters work,
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and sometimes it looks a little scary, but usually these guys are pretty on
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top of it. They can dash
around really quick, jump on the side
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of of a fans. They can
do all kinds of things, jumping a
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barrel like the clowns do. In
addition to bullfighters. Speaking of clowns,
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the rodeo clown always kind of hangs
out in a hollow barrel. It's very
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rare for a bull to charge and
hit the barrels. It often thinks solid
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mass of wood. They can't be
moved. I've seen rodeo clowns comically duck
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into a barrel as the bull comes
at him, throw his hat out like
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he's offering into the bull in exchange
for saving his life. Basically. Um.
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The rodeo clowns are arguably my personal
favorite part of the rodeo. They
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keep the crowd entertained in between matches
or events and are quick thinking as far
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as jokes. Sometimes they'll play catch
with the football with the fans and the
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stands. Sometimes they'll white fans down
in the field for some crazy competition.
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Um like uh at the Sheriff's Rodeo, they had a a what's it mullet?
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That's what I'm thinking of. They
had a mullet competition and basically they
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you know, he said who's got
the best mullet? And two guys came
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down, they were already path drunk, had him spin around and do a
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dance off, and they were just
falling down. One guy took off his
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shirt and did a belly flop and
it was just it was crazy. Um
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And obviously they got they got something
cool out of that. But um.
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At another event, one of the
rodeo clowns, they asked all the families
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to hold toddlers and babies with both
hands out in front of them as he
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proceeded to play the opening theme to
the Lion King. At another event,
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I remember, um, I remember
we were we were waiting in between I
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think we're waiting for the bullfighting and
uh it was they were switching events and
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all of a sudden, out of
nowhere, a a a police cruiser just
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jumps out into the ring, starts
racing around, lights and sirens going.
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It's it's like making turns and uh
um, like it's on a dirt race
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track and the thing stops in the
middle of the arena and we're all thinking,
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Okay, the sheriff's partly just put
on a little show. But now
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it jumps out out jumps the rodeo
clown and he's just you know, everyone's
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cheering and all of a sudden,
you know it's part of the act.
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But a deputy jumps out from over
the stand, from over the fence,
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comes out. It's like, really, dude, really and basically proceeds to
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rest him and take him away,
but of course he comes back for the
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bullfighting because it's just part of the
act. But a little little function aigans
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like that make really add to the
rodeo experience and it's really entertaining, funny
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to watch and uh and uh,
quite a bit of fun. Um.
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It's probably my second favorite episode of
King of the Hell to where Bobby becomes
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a rodeo clown. Lady, everyone, everyone avoid the nacho. Don't worry
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everybody, I'm fine. Not so
following that seems better visualized and with sound,
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But basically Bobby has a hard time
in the rodeo and so but when
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he sees the rodeo clowns, he
instantly has insistantly light up and that's what
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he wants to do, and of
course, uh, you know, Hank
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doesn't approve, and either does his
friend Joseph, who tries to you know,
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kind of distance himself from him so
he's not embarrassed that his friends are
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rodeo clown you know, with his
new friends who are cowboys and bull riders
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and everything else. But in any
case, Joseph ends up getting knocked off
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and hurt and you can't escape,
and the bulls about to basically you know,
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slaughter him, and Bobby jumps out, you know, steal some old
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lady's hat and puts on some makeup
from his mom's purse and goes out there
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and distracts the bowl and uh with
the fire hydrant and jumps in a barrel
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and um um. Basically the bull
hits it, which is what they typically
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don't do. But he hits the
barrel and knocks him over, and he's
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like, I'm good and keeps the
jokes coming. But in any case,
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uh, that that kind of scene
just kind of proves the point that rodeo
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clowns and bullfighters are really important in
rodeos. They really honestly, they probably
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honestly have saved cowboys lives for sure
by distracting the bull and getting you know,
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letting the cowboy escape before he gets
you know, run over and uh
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and providing some entertainment at the same
time that wow, you know these guys
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will face off with this A bull
is like, uh, like a solid
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muscle almost. It's uh, they're
they're really fierce and uh intimidating. Um
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I any case, let's let's get
out with the rodeo. Here a little
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bit more about it. Rodeo is
a sport, complete with rules, a
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national organization, a couple of them
actually fees, referees, announcers, and
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events. Going to a rodeo.
It's not like going to a baseball or
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football game, though instead of paid
salaries, rodeo participants earned based on their
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performance at each event. Some people
go away with nothing but their entry fee.
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Others come away with thousands, potentially
up to millions of dollars um.
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Uh. So some events pay better
than others, obviously, and thus bigger
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events like the Sheriffs Rodeo tend to
attract more people and wrote more rodeo participants.
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Everyone tends to dress up to some
degree. Men in cowboy hats,
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women in daisy duke shorts, you
know that kind of thing. Rodeos feel
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more like a community event of like
minded people, like a little league or
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are youth soccer. That's one thing
that makes it so cool. It feels
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like a community festival or fair,
and in communities across the US, that
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is in fact what it is.
If you go to any rodeos and so
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Cal, you know the one day
in so Cal golden rule. Get here
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early, and by early I mean
minimum two hours early. If you end
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up at the Sheriff Rodeo, I
would say two to three hours early.
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Now you might show up three hours
early. Look around empty stands. If
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I feel my advice is ridiculous,
but claim your spot now and feel free
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to test me on this. On
every event except maybe a Sunday, the
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stands will be packed. You will
be sitting shoulder to shoulder with strangers in
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some cases. So I'd like to
compare and contrast the three rodeo experiences I
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attended over the past month and a
half, including this week's Sheriff Rodeo event.
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All of them were fun um and
I had a blast at each.
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So let's start with the tatch Py
Rodeo that the hatch of P Rodeo say
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that twenty times fast. To hatch
a p Rodeo takes place a few times
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a year in the city at Hatchbe. To hatch A Pee is a beautiful
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mountain town in Current County in the
mountains northwest of Lancaster and Palmdale. To
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Hatchb has radio grounds that are purpose
built four of the rodeo. They remain
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all year long for rodeos and other
events. There are plenty of other things
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that do attatched me too, but
a lot of railway buffs make the trip
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to attached Me to witness that the
hatchet P Loop a three thousand, seven
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vent actually three thousand, seven seventy
nine ft helix that rises over itself on
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a two percent grade. Trains that
make the journey through the TATCHB Loop and
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are at least three thousand, eight
hundred feet long pass over themselves, and
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that's still something kind of cool to
witness. The largest Hatchbe Rodeo event is
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the fourth of July fireworks show.
After the rodeo festivities, a fireworks show
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follows. Last time I was here, the fireworks started several small brush fires
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around the stadium. But they must
have learned their lesson in past years events,
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because each time I attended the Fourth
of July fireworks Rodeo and show at
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datch P, an army of firefighters
is already there on standby waiting for the
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fireworks, and you get both fireworks
and a live firefighting demonstration if you go
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to this event to hatch a Pee. In contrast to uh California in general
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is a very conservative town and they
pride themselves on the country lifestyle. Hatch
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We does not feel like California.
You really do feel like you're in the
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Midwest, maybe Utah are Colorado.
Perhaps the freeway like the Sheriff's Rodeo,
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runs alongside the event, and periodically
truckers driving by will hank their horns for
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the giant American flag and probably memories
of the rodeos in their own hometown that
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they're probably returning to. The Hesperia
Rodeo now takes a place in September,
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and this year's rodeo took place about
a week before the bigger Sheriff's Rodeo.
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Other three rodeos I attended, the
Sparrio Rodeo is the smallest event. As
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such, it had the fewest participants, but the crowds still pack the stands.
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One unique thing about the Spara Rodeo, the Sheriff's and to hatch PI
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Rodeo is the stands fill up quick, but the fans are allowed to sit
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along the fence line and watch the
rodeo, whereas at most of the other
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events they have to be seated in
the stands and not anywhere near the walkway,
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and if you do, you'll be
asked to go find a seat in
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the stands. Basically. Um.
This was also where I saw mutton busting,
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which was the only place that get
it of the three, but it's
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probably one of the more entertaining events
out of radio. Uh. The Sheriff's
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Rodeo is the grand daddy of them
all and it's hosted by the Sanridou County
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Sheriff's Department, which takes place into
vor California every September. The Sheriffs Rodeo
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is a large event and features prc
A Rodeo participant athletes participating for a large
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payout. I think this year's payout
was somewhere around tent by the way prc
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A stunds for Professional Rodeo and Cowboys
Association UM. The vendors around the Sheriffs
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Rodeo often make it feel like a
small county fair as opposed to a well
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a rodeo. There's even some rides, including a mc uncle bowl, a
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bungee jump ride, lots of cowboy, Western or country. TheRoom stores sponsored
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vehicles on display, a children's player
including petting zoo and animals on display.
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There's also a huge tent for an
after rodeo party featuring country music and dance.
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This year, I didn't eat at
the Sperry Art the hatch P rodeos,
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but I did grab some food at
the Sheriff Rodeo. I wasn't that
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hungry, but I decided to take
a walk around the concessionaires, UM see
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some of the shops, watch them
the entertainment, and grab a bite to
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eat so that I wasn't hungry during
the event. Because I didn't want to
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leave my seat and uh and miss
something. UM, I found a Mexican
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food stand. After standing in line
throughout twenty minutes, I noticed they didn't
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have a sign up with the selection
of prices. This kind of uh intrigued
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me a little bit, so I
stayed in line. Um, I saw
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some people ordered the nachos and they
looked fantastic, So that's what I asked
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for. And I should have known
better. I usually know better. Why
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I dropped my guard at the rodeos
beyond me. But a plate of nachos,
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and I'm talking a regular standard uh
cardboard plate came out to a whopping
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twenty five dollars excluding the police sign
here. But what I'm really asking for
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is a tip. Even though all
I did was slot nachos on a plate
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for you gimmick with tip, my
nachos came out to about thirty dollars.
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Yes, I know I didn't have
to pay the tip, but I often
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don't do anyways at these kind of
events. Now, to be completely fair
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to this concession stand, these are
the biggest play of nachos that I ever
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had in my life. There's not
any way to make them go out any
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further, so they went up at
least six inches tall. But still,
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I will make a solemn vow to
you now that this will be the last
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time I pay ever pay plus five
dollar tip for nachos. So help me
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God, I am not paying thirty
bucks for nachos. I don't care how
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good they are. Nachos are not
worth thirty dollars. Uh. Something else
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interesting I saw here at the Shehrieds
Rodeo was a Starbucks. Of all the
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places us to see a Starbucks usually
associate Starbucks with, I don't know Seattle
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or or urban Um, but I
guess they've tapped out there caffeine addicts in
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the in the city because they're going
after cowboy coffee drinkers. Now. Even
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the the employees were wearing, uh, their usual Starbucks uniform. Some of
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them had cowboy hats on, and
they put some hay bales around. And
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somebody must have had a meeting up
and up in Seattle someone and said,
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how can we increase profits because we've
built a Starbucks on every block in in
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in every major city. Um,
we're gonna have to expand out to um,
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Taylor's Ville, Wyoming or something.
Now, Um, listen those Taylor's
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Yella Wyomings there, how about Cody, Wyoming? Um? Anyways, Uh,
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I just looked it didn't look out
a place. It looked like Yeah,
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I guess I could see coffee like
Starbucks at rodeos now, But um,
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I guess they're just trying something new, but it did seem kind of
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that. Usually, you know,
when I go into a Starbucks, usually
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it's it's almost like, um,
like an urban theme, modern cosmopolitan maybe
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sometimes uh and and the people behind
the desk no offense to them at all,
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are usually like like, yeah,
I could see you at a at
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a animal rights protesters and uh and
uh no, No, these guys were
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here for the rodeo and I think
after because as soon as the roady events
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started, they closed down the event
and they came and watch the show.
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So that was kind of cool.
I guess, Um, so kids,
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most kids I know, we'll have
fun here at the rodeo. They love
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the animals, they love dressing up, they love the good old fashioned country
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style food, and they love all
the activities that are available to them,
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particularly at the Sheriff Rodeo. Um
it's also fun obviously for them to participate
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if they can, like in mutton
busting. So uh. All three of
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these radios had significant law enforce and
presents as far as safety is secure to
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goes. There was no metal detectors. Something I do now is I bring
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uh, I bring my Zoom voice
recorder which has enough metal into it,
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and I keep it in my pocket
and don't take it out when I go
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through a metal detector. And this
is the test the metal detector to see
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if it's gonna go off, and
if it even if it does go off,
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I'm gonna be inspected because, as
I've told you in previous podcasts,
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most of the time that doesn't happen. Um. The last place I tested
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this that was um Staples Center which
is now Crypto Arena in downtown l A.
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When I went and watched the Monster
Jam Monster Trucks, UM, it
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went off and they actually checked me. So I was like, Okay,
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you guys are on it good as
you should be. UM. By the
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way, I was gonna put that
side note, I was gonna put that
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as a episode of this podcast,
but I left halfway through because, to
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be quite frank, I was bored. So, UM, if you're gonna
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do monster trucks, you have to
do that like in a huge football stadium
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or something. You can't do that
in a small basketball arena. It just
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doesn't work. UM. But any
case, I did leave early, and
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so I did decide not to do
an episode on that. Maybe in the
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future, maybe had a bigger event. Um. But any case, back
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on track here. All three of
these rodeo events have significant law enforce and
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presidents as security that the hatch P
rodeo had Kerrent County Sheriff's deputies, the
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Spario rodeo had Hesperia Park Rangers who
are law enforcement monsters, and the Sheriff's
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rodeo had, of course Sambridio County
s Sheriff's deputies on patrol, both in
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the parking lots and in the event
itself. That said, I have seen
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minor issues take place. This includes
arrests. At one rodeo, I saw
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either a father or stepfather getting a
fight with his teenage son. I signal
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some deputies to come over, and
they instantly ran over in handlets situation.
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Unfortunately, nobody had to go to
jail in this instance, um, but
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they separated the two for a while. At another I saw a father get
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arrested and I didn't inquire us to
the nature of the arrest, but his
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young son seemed okay. Nonetheless,
he was driven off in an ambulance.
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The kid was much to his horror, and it was kind of sad to
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watch because the deputy that had to
make the arrest. Again, I don't
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know what it was for, possibly
some kind of child abuse or endangement.
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Maybe, um, because I didn't
win as the crime itself, but um,
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basically, the father was sitting there
kind of like pleading and with with
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deputy and you know, trying to
negotiate with him, and they called an
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ambulance. The kid got checked out, and once the kid saw his father
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get arrested and that, you know, he was being forced into an ambulance
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to be taken to the hospital,
you know, he just flipped out sort
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of crying, being scared, and
you know, it was really it sucked
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to see because you know, literally
two minutes ago, the deputy was was
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out there, you know, participating
as with the rodeo clown and doing different
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things. And now two minutes later
he's over here having to do his job.
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And then even even after the arrest
happened and they took him to you
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know, probably Valley and attention center
and everything else, the you know,
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people remember seeing him out in the
stands, They're like, yeah, it
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was a good job, and he
had to he had to put on that
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brave face again, like yeah,
that was cool, wasn't it. You
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know, fist bump and and pretend
like he didn't just you know, witness
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a sad event just take place.
Um, and that's what you're gonna get
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a lot of cops, you know, they they see some horrible things and
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it does change you to some degree
or another. Uh. Most cops I
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know, for example, will not
sit with their back to a door.
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They always want to be facing and
that goes you know, that goes with
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me too, even though I don't
do the job anymore, at least not
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right now. Um, I go
to a restaurant, I gotta have my
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back to the wall and I gotta
be facing, um where people are coming
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in. I gotta see who's coming
in. And it's just it's one of
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those things. Um. You know, they just gotta get drilled into you,
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especially if you've ever worked any kind
of gel or prison setting. Um,
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you know you never turned it back
on people like that. But anyways,
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I'm getting off subject, as always, always injecting a little on enforcement
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a storian. But um, these
things do happen at rodeos. But rodeos
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are generally very safe and attended by
very respectful, often very conservative people.
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While working for the Samarkanda s Sheriffs
Department as a custody specialist back in the
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day, we would also be warned
about vins at Glenn Helen at the base
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of the Cone Pass. This area
features a lot of different concerts, races,
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and even electronic music festivals. Whenever
the rodeo occurred, extra staff was
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never utilized at the jail. Stereotypes
being what they are, we knew the
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rodeo as a family event and that
most people UM. The most amount of
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people I've seen arrested out a rodeo, usually for a mind and charge like
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being able to care for oneself because
they were drunk or some other other kind
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of disorderly conduct, was maybe one
person per event, maybe sometimes zero.
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But during Beyond Wonderland, a psychedelic
electronic dance festival, we absolutely would have
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to staff the jail to max capac
to be During one event, we once
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booked over four d and fifty people
total, about a hundred and fifty of
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them being from this ridiculous electronic dance
festival UM, and they were arrested for
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everything from trespassing to breaking in without
tickets UM, to fighting deputies to possessing
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a possession of a controlled substance or
drug dealing, to just about to just
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being an absolute a hole or B
word. Um, Okay, that's not
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a lot, but you get my
point. Usually that occurred after the arrest.
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But I still have my share of
commendation letter stating how common and um,
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how calm I was and composed compared
to my stressed out colleagues at West
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Valley Attention Center freaking out over vanload
after van load of eighteen year old screaming
404
00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:52.960
and fighting and being dragged into the
gel and crying and coming off their drug
405
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high and constitution this and at the
police of that and blah blah blah,
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and and my co workers are just
stressed out, like, oh my god,
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I cannot book them one more person. They've already done like fifty And
408
00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:06.319
I'm just like, yeah, hey, we're twenty for our facility. These
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people will get booked one way or
the other, um, you know,
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and uh, we'll be fine.
That's what I would always tell them.
411
00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:17.920
We're a twenty four hour facility.
Um, you're going home in eight hours,
412
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so chill out. Um. But
anyways, let me tell you something
413
00:30:22.119 --> 00:30:27.279
else about jail. I have looked
into the eyes of evil psychopathic murderers booking
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them into jail. And I have
booked people off the street for drunken public.
415
00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:34.880
Do you know which type of a
restaurant always wants to fight and talk
416
00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:41.559
crap and uh, just to otherwise
be a garbage human being? If you
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guess the Mr. Drunken public,
you're right. In fact, most of
418
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the murderers I booked were respectful and
well mannered. But you get some guy
419
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that doesn't think he should be there
just because he was lying on the sidewalk
420
00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:56.359
in a poll of the zone urine
and feces, and holy hell, you
421
00:30:56.480 --> 00:31:00.480
have a fight on your hands for
sure. Um, this would happen almost
422
00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:04.799
every time too, especially with this
uh, this crowd of kids that were
423
00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:12.559
coming in from from the Wonderland event. Um, that's what these kids were.
424
00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:17.079
They were too young to understand there
was consequences to their actions, too
425
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young to realize they were adultson and
gel and shoving a deputy isn't going to
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00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:25.400
get you any uh, you know, out the door any faster. In
427
00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:27.039
fact, it might get you into
an ambulance and straight to the hospital.
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Or a female crying on the female
side of holding after dealing drugs isn't gonna
429
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garner any sympathy from a female deputy
that once had to do CPR in Vain
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on a sixteen year old that didn't
make it after unknowingly ingesting fentinyl um.
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Sometimes these kids would come up and
I'd be like, Okay, you know,
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here we go. You're gonna get
three phone calls. We're gonna release
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00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:48.480
you in a couple of hours.
You know, you can make a phone
434
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call your parents or whatever, because
I'm sure you're still living at home.
435
00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:57.920
Just sign here. And they wouldn't
what the what what that what would be
436
00:31:59.160 --> 00:32:01.839
is a citation for their crime,
and they would refuse to sign it.
437
00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:07.480
You know, they get some I'm
not signing out without my lawyer or my
438
00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:13.480
parents or blah blah blah. And
it's Friday night and it's a holiday weekend
439
00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:15.960
and I'm trying to I'm literally trying
to help this kid out. Look.
440
00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:20.519
Look, if you don't sign this, you're going to get booked into jail,
441
00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:24.720
and you're gonna stay here until Tuesday
at at the earliest, because all
442
00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:28.480
this is is a promise that you'll
show up to court six months or so.
443
00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:32.319
Um. But if you don't sign
this, you're going to jail with
444
00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:37.599
with the real criminals and you're not
getting out for days. And there's nothing
445
00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:43.440
I can do until you sign this, um, because if you don't sign
446
00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:45.559
it, I have to get I
have to present you to a magistrate and
447
00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:49.799
that's the only options here. And
you know, I you fter this.
448
00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:54.279
I shouldn't even be here at the
police and I'm not signing ship Okay,
449
00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:58.599
okay, okay, okay, and
uh all right, cool, yeah,
450
00:32:58.720 --> 00:33:02.119
go back to holding welcome. Um. You know, if you ever get
451
00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:05.519
arrested and they have you say,
hey, signed this to get released,
452
00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:09.160
and it's just it's just a stupid
citation signing. It doesn't mean you're guilty.
453
00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:13.880
Same thing with the traffic stop you
get pulled over, UM, signed
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00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:16.519
the stupid ticket. It's not saying
the cops right and you're wrong, or
455
00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:21.119
that you're guilty. All it is
saying is you promised to show up to
456
00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:23.200
court or take care of the tickets
somehow. You know, that's what we
457
00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:27.920
have the judicial system for. Um. Wow, I really got off topic,
458
00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:30.759
because usually don't. Anyways, it's
a theme here on this podcast going
459
00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:35.519
off topic. But let's get back
to the rodeo. Now. I know
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00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:37.839
there are more than a few people
out there that immediately saw the title of
461
00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:44.880
this week's podcast and uh, probably
moved on. Rodeos are touchy subjects to
462
00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:47.200
both sides, but one I can't
ignore since we're talking about the sport of
463
00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:52.839
rodeo, and I've gotten into debates
with friends, made pointless back and forth
464
00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:57.519
posts over social media, and basically
did my own college level research paper through
465
00:33:57.559 --> 00:34:01.480
the production of this episode of the
podcast to research rodeos. I've heard both
466
00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:06.279
sides of the argument, evaluated the
evidence, and came to my own conclusions.
467
00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:10.760
All that said, I don't want
to waddle into politics and open fierce
468
00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:15.400
debates of rodeo's here. You decide
for yourself if you want to try something
469
00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:19.639
new, if you want to see
what the fuss is all about in the
470
00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:24.159
Midwest, you know the flyover States. Take my advice, UM, on
471
00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:28.760
attending a rodeo, give it a
try. If you are a member of
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00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:32.840
PETA and you don't believe that rodeo
animals should be forced to perform, and
473
00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:36.519
uh, you know you've been vegan
since you or two and a half,
474
00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:40.960
um, then don't go. Just
don't don't support it if it's not what
475
00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:45.159
you support UM when researching animal welfare
and safety, I knew I could go
476
00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:49.840
straight to the main contenders. I'm
sorry, excuse me, I knew I
477
00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:53.800
couldn't go straight to the main contenders. Professional rodeo organizations obviously have an interest
478
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in the sport to make money,
and organizations like the People for Ethical Treatment
479
00:34:58.840 --> 00:35:04.440
of Animals or any other are kind
of animal wheyfare welfare group have similar political
480
00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:10.360
interest through donation revenue in opposing rodeos. It's getting harder and harder to sit
481
00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:15.039
through the propaganda nonsense and find what
the truth is, isn't it No matter
482
00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:17.440
what the subject is, you are
trying to research, and that's all I
483
00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:22.239
want. I just want the truth. UM. You could type in it's
484
00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:25.760
a sky blue and you'll find some
ridiculous political argument on both sides on why
485
00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:30.679
it's Trump's fault or why Bill Clinton, you know, made more pollution to
486
00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:35.119
it'll just go on and on.
Literally, I mean, I saw a
487
00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:38.760
funny post on Facebook where people will
argue about anything to show you prove.
488
00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:43.559
Here's a picture of a rock and
someone's like it's a stone. It's like,
489
00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:47.320
I mean, it's just it's ridiculous
today, right, we just can't
490
00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:54.920
agree on anything, and that includes
rodeos um. So first and foremost,
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I want to say I am one
of the biggest animal lovers you will ever
492
00:35:58.840 --> 00:36:04.480
meet. And I'm a big alimal
rights defender as well, whether you believe
493
00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:07.679
me or not. When I get
charity shamed at the cash register at my
494
00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:12.159
grocery store like Randy Marsh and Whole
Foods, I tend to say no if
495
00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:15.280
I don't know enough about the charity, which is almost in every situation.
496
00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:17.639
If you haven't seen that little scene
with Randy Marsh by the way, let
497
00:36:17.679 --> 00:36:22.159
me give you a quick clip.
Okay, sir, it looks like you're
498
00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:27.960
totally all right. Okay, and
would you like to add a dollar donation
499
00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:30.599
to help hungry kids around the world. Oh no, no, it's okay.
500
00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:34.840
Sorry, I'm good. I'm sorry. You don't want to give the
501
00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:37.400
dollar to hungry kids? Not today? Thank you? Okay, no problem.
502
00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:40.559
Window is gonna come up and ask
if you're helping the hungry kids.
503
00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:45.880
Just hit no, I'm not.
Oh, come on, try hitting it
504
00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:47.480
again. It's the bucks below,
the one that says sure, I'd love
505
00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:51.000
to help. However I can look, I give money to charity A lot.
506
00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:53.039
Okay, sure you do, I
do. I just don't want to
507
00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:57.639
every time I shot for food.
That's completely understandable if you can just speak
508
00:36:57.639 --> 00:37:00.679
into the voice decoder and say,
I'm not giving anything to the hungry kids.
509
00:37:02.239 --> 00:37:07.480
I'm not giving anything to the hungry
kids. So with the ice cream,
510
00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:10.159
the vodka, pizza pockets, and
nothing for hungry kids, that's three.
511
00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:17.920
Oh I'm sorry, Oh no,
my my fault. Isn't it great
512
00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:21.760
having a Whole Foods? This is
where I come for lunch every day.
513
00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:29.360
Gotta eat healthy to stay fit?
Oh shit, it's that kind. And
514
00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:32.199
how are you today? The great
Listen before you ring me up, I
515
00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:35.559
just want to let you know I'm
not going to be giving extra money to
516
00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:37.599
charity. So can we just skip
that part? Oh, no problem,
517
00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:40.119
sir. They've updated the system so
it's a lot more streamline. Now.
518
00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:43.559
Okay, there's a picture of a
little hungry boy. Will you just press
519
00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:49.480
on his belly? Okay, that's
got it. So with the no help
520
00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:52.760
for hungry kids, that's eight seven. Your changes right there. Just pull
521
00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:55.719
the sandwich out of the little girl's
mouth. This is not streamlined, it's
522
00:37:55.760 --> 00:38:01.159
just the new change dispenser, Sir, I can't. Yeah, he's a
523
00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:06.679
hungry one. You gotta pull hard. Sandwich isn't coming out. Try putting
524
00:38:06.679 --> 00:38:15.239
your foot on her face. I
have a nice day there, I was
525
00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:24.639
having a nice day. Find everything
you need it today? Yes, okay,
526
00:38:24.760 --> 00:38:29.400
looks like your total comes to Would
you like to give a dollar to
527
00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:31.239
help feed hungry kids? Yes,
I would like to give a dollar.
528
00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:36.360
You want to give a dollar?
Yes I will. Oh wow, okay,
529
00:38:36.719 --> 00:38:39.280
So that's ten dollars for the beer
and chocolate covered peanuts, twenty six
530
00:38:39.320 --> 00:38:43.920
dollars in filet mignons, and one
dollar for hungry kids around the world.
531
00:38:44.119 --> 00:38:45.719
On amount of donation, it will
say ten dollars, twenty dollars, or
532
00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:52.400
fifty dollars. Can you just press
the one dollar box? Attention shopper,
533
00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:55.719
somebody just joined the one dollar club, giving one whole dollar to help feed
534
00:38:55.800 --> 00:39:01.800
hungry children. Here's your T shirt. Oh won't the kids be thrilled when
535
00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:06.800
they get their piece of that big
impressive dollar. For he's a jolly good
536
00:39:06.840 --> 00:39:09.480
fellow. For he's a jolly good
fellow. For he's a jolly good fellow.
537
00:39:10.599 --> 00:39:21.960
He ended world hunger. Umzy grace. How sweet? This is a
538
00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:25.400
place where hope is scarce. These
people are hungry. Little Jojo here might
539
00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:29.920
not eat today. What does that
mean it's okay for cashier's to ask us
540
00:39:29.960 --> 00:39:32.760
for money while we're in the checkoutline. It isn't right and it isn't fair.
541
00:39:34.760 --> 00:39:37.159
Just two dollars a day adds up
to sixty two goddamn dollars a month
542
00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:39.960
if you go to Whole Foods as
much as I do. Nobody should have
543
00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:44.800
to feel the shame the humiliation of
being asked to add money under their grocery
544
00:39:44.840 --> 00:39:47.920
bill. Help. Now, let's
make grocery stores a safe space for all
545
00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:58.440
together. We can make a difference, because charity shaming hurts everyone. Okay,
546
00:39:58.519 --> 00:40:04.559
So back to UH animal Welfare and
Safety. UM. So, as
547
00:40:04.599 --> 00:40:07.719
far as charity shaming, when I
go to Petco, I do not even
548
00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:12.320
have to be asked to donate,
I just do. I always hit that
549
00:40:12.400 --> 00:40:15.440
button the same girl as Pets Smart. In fact, pet Smart charity is
550
00:40:15.519 --> 00:40:20.880
one of the best in my opinion
animal UH run charities. Ever, UM
551
00:40:22.199 --> 00:40:24.239
I think a d percent of the
profits there go to animals. UM.
552
00:40:25.840 --> 00:40:29.280
But in any case, I buy
a ton of stuff on Amazon, and
553
00:40:29.400 --> 00:40:32.360
all of my Amazon Smile purchases benefit
the Sanridino Humane Society, all of it.
554
00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:38.000
Um. I spent over an hour
after last week's episode, episode eleven
555
00:40:38.039 --> 00:40:44.039
at the Swan Lake after the California
Theater event in San Ardno, um,
556
00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:46.280
after the bell At, trying to
get a kitten that I saw near my
557
00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:50.280
car to trust me so I could
catch it, take it home and try
558
00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:53.239
to save it from an otherwise terrible
fate of living on the streets in Samardino.
559
00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:58.280
I unfortunately did not achieve my goal, and it was kind of depressed
560
00:40:58.320 --> 00:41:02.639
on my way home because of it. Um. But just just just a
561
00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:06.840
level with you, I wouldn't so
much as give a homeless vagrant five cents
562
00:41:06.840 --> 00:41:10.480
out of my heart earned money because
through my experience and reality, whether you
563
00:41:10.559 --> 00:41:14.880
want to face it or not,
it will not help them and most always,
564
00:41:15.360 --> 00:41:19.760
almost always contributes to drugs and other
steps. It's abuse, whether it
565
00:41:19.880 --> 00:41:23.400
be alcohol or you know, or
so any kind of kind of self medicating
566
00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:28.559
items out there. Um. You
know, donate to a if you're gonna
567
00:41:28.599 --> 00:41:31.400
donate to the homeless, dontate to
a reputable charity. Don't just give it
568
00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:37.320
to them. It's not gonna help
them. Um. So all that said,
569
00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:39.679
I would not, I would never
tolerate abuse of animals, and that
570
00:41:39.760 --> 00:41:45.039
includes the rodeo. I have no
I have no interest in the rodeo as
571
00:41:45.079 --> 00:41:49.760
far as defending it just because I
like to attend it every once in a
572
00:41:49.840 --> 00:41:53.000
gray while. Um, if I
found concrete proof today that at rodeo I
573
00:41:53.119 --> 00:41:59.519
attended abused animals, I would absolutely
not go back. Not only would I
574
00:41:59.559 --> 00:42:02.440
not go act, I would certainly
be out there protesting with with the animal
575
00:42:02.599 --> 00:42:07.599
rights folks. I would, um
because I do. I love animals,
576
00:42:07.880 --> 00:42:14.079
that includes all animals. UM.
So that's a that's a long winded way
577
00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:16.760
of me getting to the point that
rodeos, in my ever so humble opinion,
578
00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:22.639
do not harm animals. I've been
to more than a few rodeos now,
579
00:42:22.719 --> 00:42:24.960
and the only thing I've seen hurt
was the occasional cowboy that sprained his
580
00:42:25.079 --> 00:42:30.480
leg or had a reality check on
his pride. The second time I came
581
00:42:30.519 --> 00:42:34.760
to the Sheriff's rodeo, there was
a line of animal welfare protesters on both
582
00:42:34.800 --> 00:42:37.440
sides of the entrance. He had
to walk between two lines of these protesters
583
00:42:37.480 --> 00:42:40.760
to get to the entrance to the
sheriff rodeo. Last year, they are
584
00:42:40.800 --> 00:42:44.360
in a public park, and have
every right to protest, and the Sheriff's
585
00:42:44.400 --> 00:42:47.159
department allowed that, of course.
Um, all they did was stand by
586
00:42:47.199 --> 00:42:51.760
and let them exercise their First Amendment
right as long as they do so peacefully,
587
00:42:52.360 --> 00:42:53.880
and they were there ready to step
in if anything gets out of hand
588
00:42:53.920 --> 00:43:00.880
from either side. Now, I'm
not gonna sit here and say that rodeo
589
00:43:00.920 --> 00:43:05.400
animals, specifically the cows and bucking
horses are just out there having the times
590
00:43:05.440 --> 00:43:08.199
of their life. I've heard that
too from the other side, and there's
591
00:43:08.239 --> 00:43:12.599
no doubt it's not fun and even
a little stressful for the animals in some
592
00:43:12.719 --> 00:43:20.079
ways. UM. So that's garbage
obviously, But these animals are not being
593
00:43:20.159 --> 00:43:23.440
hurt, and nobody has given me
any concrete proof, nor have I seen
594
00:43:23.519 --> 00:43:30.119
any animal cruelty actually take place.
Um. Has it happened before, sure,
595
00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:35.639
absolutely, but that goes with anything. Accidents do happen, and you
596
00:43:35.719 --> 00:43:39.360
know historic events of rodeos way back
in the day did have animal abuse and
597
00:43:39.440 --> 00:43:45.599
things like that. Um, But
things are different largely now outside from the
598
00:43:45.679 --> 00:43:50.480
fact the animals are uncomfortable and low
stressed out. Um, they're not being
599
00:43:50.559 --> 00:43:54.480
hurt. As soon as the cowboys
just falls off that you know, the
600
00:43:54.599 --> 00:43:59.440
horse and nearly breaks his leg and
limps over to the wall. You know,
601
00:43:59.519 --> 00:44:02.960
the horses running around like the hell
is that? Um? The only
602
00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:09.400
people I've seen hurt were cowboys.
So that's about as far as I'll get
603
00:44:09.440 --> 00:44:13.639
on that. The only thing less
I'm gonna do here is UH presents you
604
00:44:13.840 --> 00:44:19.119
seven UH in my research, seven
of the top rodio myths that I found
605
00:44:20.239 --> 00:44:23.000
to be untrue, and from there
all that you decide whether rodeo is for
606
00:44:23.119 --> 00:44:28.880
you or not. So myth one
rodeo animals are beaten and mistreated to make
607
00:44:28.920 --> 00:44:35.039
them bucking kick false. Animals have
always been bred to encourage qualities. This
608
00:44:35.159 --> 00:44:38.159
is why you can pet a husky
but should steer clearable wolf Bronch horses,
609
00:44:38.239 --> 00:44:43.000
together with bulls, are regarded as
athletes in the sport of rodeo. They
610
00:44:43.039 --> 00:44:45.360
are bread and prize for their aggression, their wild natures, and training to
611
00:44:45.480 --> 00:44:49.960
not allow anyone to ride them.
The animals are proud and healthy, and
612
00:44:50.000 --> 00:44:54.280
their behavior is radically different from any
animal that's abused or unhappy. The owner
613
00:44:54.320 --> 00:45:00.000
investment is significant and top veterinary and
tradutritional cares and necessity. It's nobody's interest
614
00:45:00.039 --> 00:45:04.920
to hurt these animals writers are merit
riders. Meanwhile, the horses and bulls
615
00:45:05.000 --> 00:45:08.119
is athletes to be respected. It's
they, not the animals most at risk
616
00:45:08.159 --> 00:45:13.320
from the competition. Struct regulations ensure
animals are not beating our arms with steep
617
00:45:13.360 --> 00:45:16.239
fines and expulsion from the competition awaiting
any transgressors. By the way, I
618
00:45:16.280 --> 00:45:22.000
didn't pull this the seven miss from
any rodeo organization. I didn't pull these
619
00:45:22.079 --> 00:45:29.320
facts from obviously any animal welfare welfare
organization either. Um. Myth two radio
620
00:45:29.360 --> 00:45:32.119
animals are strapped tightly by their testicles. This is the one I've heard over
621
00:45:32.280 --> 00:45:36.400
and over and over again, and
the one that concerned me most when I
622
00:45:36.519 --> 00:45:40.360
first heard it. Um. But
through research, I've determined that's just not
623
00:45:40.519 --> 00:45:46.480
true. Um. It's really one
of the one of the one that's really
624
00:45:46.480 --> 00:45:50.679
easy to propagate because it does kind
of look like it when you look at
625
00:45:50.719 --> 00:45:53.400
the animal. Hell I I mean, if if someone tied up my nuts,
626
00:45:53.400 --> 00:45:58.119
I probably help dessert it too.
But the reality is that the flank
627
00:45:58.199 --> 00:46:01.639
straps sits in front of the high
aimed legs and it's a physical impossibility for
628
00:46:01.719 --> 00:46:06.400
it to come anywhere near the genitals
of the animal. The strap is designed
629
00:46:06.440 --> 00:46:10.159
to irritate the animal, much like
someone gripping below your armpit. You want
630
00:46:10.239 --> 00:46:14.599
them to stop, sure, but
there's not any pain associated with it.
631
00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:16.960
The competition last seconds and the animals
trained to kick, jump, and spin.
632
00:46:17.119 --> 00:46:21.760
Once the writer releases the flank rope, the tension is released. Most
633
00:46:21.760 --> 00:46:24.880
importantly, an animals simply will not
buck our bronk if the flank rope is
634
00:46:24.920 --> 00:46:29.800
too tight, which is not the
desired effect, and obviously the cowboy would
635
00:46:29.800 --> 00:46:32.719
lose the competition in that case and
the prize of money. So final debunk
636
00:46:34.239 --> 00:46:37.960
prize. Animals are used to breed
future competitive animals in a very lucrative industry.
637
00:46:38.360 --> 00:46:44.559
Great attention is paid ensuring the animal
the genitilia area remains unharmed. Mid
638
00:46:44.639 --> 00:46:49.320
three. The flank strap is sharp
or spiky. Flank straps in reality are
639
00:46:49.400 --> 00:46:52.559
lined with sheep skin. Ends are
sauce to the touch. It's illegal for
640
00:46:52.719 --> 00:46:55.639
any sharp, friction or rubbing material
to be placed on the strap. Myth
641
00:46:55.719 --> 00:47:00.599
four and the shoot which is the
cage for the UH. The cowboy comes
642
00:47:00.639 --> 00:47:05.800
out with the horse or the bull
riding on top of them UH and the
643
00:47:05.840 --> 00:47:09.159
shoot writers prod or hurt the animals
to get them to be angry. Reality
644
00:47:09.880 --> 00:47:14.760
is that the writers actually patting and
whispering and doing their best to calm the
645
00:47:14.760 --> 00:47:17.320
animal down, for it's the rider
most at risk of being crushed inside the
646
00:47:17.360 --> 00:47:22.840
shoot. Both competitors are nervous for
the battle ahead, handlers calling the animal
647
00:47:22.880 --> 00:47:27.920
to prevent it from nervously smashing the
rider's legs against the gates um. Although
648
00:47:27.960 --> 00:47:32.239
prouds were once used to eject the
animal from the shoot um at rodeo associations
649
00:47:32.280 --> 00:47:37.920
have since outlawed them, as they
should. Rodeo animals have hard lives.
650
00:47:37.079 --> 00:47:42.519
Is mid five. Professional swimmers must
leave really hard lives training, competing,
651
00:47:42.599 --> 00:47:46.440
traveling, and really not getting very
well paid. In comparison, rodio animals
652
00:47:46.559 --> 00:47:51.679
might compete for as little as five
minutes a year. They received excellent nutrition
653
00:47:51.719 --> 00:47:55.559
and care and live healthy, long
lives. The Calgarrett Calgary Stampede has a
654
00:47:55.599 --> 00:48:00.159
special rodeo forum for retired animals,
many of which live out their day is
655
00:48:00.159 --> 00:48:05.679
grazing in open fields. Mid six. Horses and bulls don't buck naturally,
656
00:48:06.679 --> 00:48:12.039
uh falls. Walk up to any
untrained horse, throw saddleans back and get
657
00:48:12.079 --> 00:48:15.800
on. Now Try this with a
bull. Bucking is a natural reflex for
658
00:48:15.840 --> 00:48:19.480
the animal and their bodies are no
more in pain than you would be arching
659
00:48:19.519 --> 00:48:22.920
your back. The physiology of the
animal ables the bucking kick without pain or
660
00:48:22.960 --> 00:48:27.559
discover I mean back in the cowboy
days. How do you think even today,
661
00:48:27.599 --> 00:48:31.000
how do you think? How do
you think busdangs were trained? You
662
00:48:31.079 --> 00:48:36.239
know, new horses that were caught
to you know, become trained animals for
663
00:48:36.360 --> 00:48:38.519
people to ride on them. They
didn't just go like okay, you know
664
00:48:38.599 --> 00:48:40.960
he put her rope around me,
I'm yours, get on, put the
665
00:48:40.960 --> 00:48:44.000
saddle on. No, no,
no, no no. There's a lot
666
00:48:44.079 --> 00:48:50.599
of that's probably partially where the rodeos
partially came for him. Um is trying
667
00:48:50.639 --> 00:48:53.960
to train a horse and remain on
it while it's trying to buck you off.
668
00:48:54.639 --> 00:48:59.880
You know, it's a new experience
for the animal. But reality is
669
00:49:00.000 --> 00:49:04.519
it's a natural reflex for these animals
just to buck um to get something off
670
00:49:04.559 --> 00:49:09.599
its back. Miss seven. Animals
buck because they're scared. Also, false
671
00:49:09.679 --> 00:49:15.880
train is often comment that rodeo horses
are team just don't jump on them.
672
00:49:15.760 --> 00:49:20.039
And that's true. If you go
to uh if you if you go to
673
00:49:20.119 --> 00:49:22.880
the pens right before the rodeo starts, you see all the animals. They're
674
00:49:22.920 --> 00:49:28.119
all there for you to view and
inspect. And the animals are calm and
675
00:49:28.159 --> 00:49:31.519
relax Some are kind of taking a
nap or summer grazing on the food.
676
00:49:31.960 --> 00:49:35.559
Um. But in any case,
they're not scared, they're not terrified,
677
00:49:35.559 --> 00:49:39.440
they're not wild eyed. Um.
They're generally pretty calm, very well cared
678
00:49:39.480 --> 00:49:44.559
for. You can see everything that's
provided for them. UM. A rodeo
679
00:49:44.639 --> 00:49:47.320
bowl shouldn't charge you unless it feels
threatened. All the same, it's not
680
00:49:47.400 --> 00:49:52.320
wise to play with bulls, but
rode animals strut like any trampion athletes.
681
00:49:52.360 --> 00:49:54.599
They exhibit no signs of distress or
abuse, which can easily be seen an
682
00:49:54.599 --> 00:50:00.360
animal behavior. Bucking is not a
signal of fear. It's again a natural
683
00:50:00.400 --> 00:50:02.320
event. There are events that still
leave me an easy. Calf roping,
684
00:50:02.320 --> 00:50:06.280
in particular, because the animals are
young, the action abrupt, and the
685
00:50:06.280 --> 00:50:08.719
possibility of harm in the calf might
be higher than with horses and bulls.
686
00:50:09.280 --> 00:50:14.639
Yet roping is a common practice on
farms. Hypocritical of a guy who enjoys
687
00:50:14.679 --> 00:50:21.239
a good veal schnitzel um totally.
But agribusiness and and vegetarianism is another debate
688
00:50:21.280 --> 00:50:24.320
for another time, animal rights activists
have done important work drawing attention to animal
689
00:50:24.360 --> 00:50:30.159
abuse, ensuring that standards are created
and monitored and unscrupulous practices are not tolerated.
690
00:50:30.760 --> 00:50:34.599
But to outlaw animals performing tasks they
are physically adapted to perform robs them
691
00:50:34.639 --> 00:50:37.280
with the very purpose for their being. The happiest dogs have ever seen are
692
00:50:37.320 --> 00:50:43.119
sled dogs, not wolfhounds living in
a one bedroom downtown apartment. Okay,
693
00:50:44.679 --> 00:50:49.559
so all that said, or let's
leave the rodeo. Um, let's see
694
00:50:49.639 --> 00:50:54.320
the welfare and uh abuse claims all
behind. Let's move on here. Um
695
00:50:54.559 --> 00:50:57.840
tips. I'm gonna give you a
couple of quick tips if you decide to
696
00:50:58.239 --> 00:51:00.360
attend to rodeo, if you think
it's for you, or you want to
697
00:51:00.400 --> 00:51:05.639
try something new, or you're coming
to SoCal from I don't know, uh,
698
00:51:06.280 --> 00:51:10.480
Ukraine on a visit. And if
you never see the rodeo and you
699
00:51:10.519 --> 00:51:15.320
want a little piece of the Midwest
while you're here in SoCal Um, here's
700
00:51:15.320 --> 00:51:19.679
some tips I want to give you. Bring a stadium seat. They really
701
00:51:19.800 --> 00:51:22.079
do make a difference, at least
for me, and I'm a pretty big
702
00:51:22.119 --> 00:51:25.800
guy. Uh. These these these
things are amazing and they let you sit
703
00:51:25.880 --> 00:51:30.800
in your seat for hours and hours
with you know, in comfort. Um,
704
00:51:30.960 --> 00:51:34.239
after three hours of sitting in a
metal stand, and more likely four
705
00:51:34.320 --> 00:51:37.079
or five. If you are getting
here early for a good seat, you're
706
00:51:37.239 --> 00:51:40.840
behind is gonna be hurting and so
or you're gonna have to get up um,
707
00:51:42.440 --> 00:51:45.480
or you're just gonna be miserable.
Stadium seats are being what they are.
708
00:51:45.320 --> 00:51:52.440
UM, if you can, They're
only twenty bucks at Walmart or I've
709
00:51:52.440 --> 00:51:54.840
seen him at Big five different locations. Get him on Amazon. Uh.
710
00:51:54.920 --> 00:52:00.360
Some nicer ones cost more, but
twenty bucks should get you by for much
711
00:52:00.400 --> 00:52:04.800
more comfortable experience at the rodeo.
Uh. Tip two, you can bring
712
00:52:04.920 --> 00:52:07.119
water. I tested this with three
rodeos. Each time I was able to
713
00:52:07.159 --> 00:52:13.119
walk in with a sixty four o
UM hydro flask. And I was able
714
00:52:13.159 --> 00:52:15.119
to walk in anytime, no inspection, no pouring it out to make sure
715
00:52:15.159 --> 00:52:20.199
it was not you know, alcohol, Hey let me go um. And
716
00:52:20.239 --> 00:52:23.000
that certainly beats paying five dollars for
a bottle of water whatever the vendors are
717
00:52:23.000 --> 00:52:27.760
trying to charge. Tip three,
don't sit next to the stairs and the
718
00:52:27.840 --> 00:52:30.119
stands. I mean this mistake a
few days ago at the Sheriff's rodeo.
719
00:52:30.719 --> 00:52:36.519
This was very distracting as they had
people constantly either walking by and making noise
720
00:52:36.639 --> 00:52:39.559
or talking, bumping into me,
or people inching their way down. They
721
00:52:39.599 --> 00:52:45.199
pack stand to the stairway so they
could go get an ice cream or um
722
00:52:45.239 --> 00:52:49.280
or a hot dog or something,
saying excuse me, sorry, just getting
723
00:52:49.320 --> 00:52:52.039
by here. Oh so I'm sorry, apologies, it's just it's annoying.
724
00:52:52.119 --> 00:52:57.239
Go sit, sit somewhere in the
middle, or go sit in the corner
725
00:52:57.599 --> 00:53:00.480
unless you have to get up constantly, go use the restroom for some reason.
726
00:53:00.159 --> 00:53:05.159
Um. If that's the case,
I I don't know if I would
727
00:53:05.159 --> 00:53:07.159
sit and stands at all, I
might go try and find somewhere on the
728
00:53:07.199 --> 00:53:12.719
side. But if you can't sit
somewhere in the middle or in my case,
729
00:53:12.960 --> 00:53:16.159
sometimes I sit all the way at
the end just because you know,
730
00:53:16.199 --> 00:53:20.079
I won't be bothered by people trying
to get by and in stracted me right
731
00:53:20.119 --> 00:53:22.639
in the middle of our rodeo event
that I'm trying to watch. Um.
732
00:53:22.719 --> 00:53:23.679
So, anyways, a couple of
final thoughts here, I just want to
733
00:53:23.679 --> 00:53:27.960
add um attending a rodeo and so
okay will give you a piece of the
734
00:53:28.000 --> 00:53:31.639
Midwest Country lifestyle straight out of Texas
or Oklahoma. UM, especially true if
735
00:53:31.639 --> 00:53:37.239
you're visiting from afar. Um.
I attend rodeos because I like the country,
736
00:53:37.320 --> 00:53:39.039
vibes, the people, the food, and of course the skill of
737
00:53:39.119 --> 00:53:45.000
both livestocks and cowboys and cowgirls performing. It's certainly worth a bit of your
738
00:53:45.039 --> 00:53:50.320
time if you're around so Okale when
there's a rodeo. UM. So you
739
00:53:50.400 --> 00:53:52.639
know, I might. I don't
know if I'd go to rodeos all the
740
00:53:52.760 --> 00:53:53.920
time, but I'm I might.
I might make it a habit to go
741
00:53:54.000 --> 00:54:00.239
to yearly, maybe once because the
Sheriff's Rodeo is attended all right, takes
742
00:54:00.280 --> 00:54:05.880
place every every year, and they
usually have three days of events, so
743
00:54:06.000 --> 00:54:08.800
I might go to one. I
may go to the finals in Las Vegas
744
00:54:08.880 --> 00:54:13.840
just to say I did it.
But I'm hardly just like sports, just
745
00:54:13.920 --> 00:54:19.199
like baseball football that I'm just basically
trying new things with this podcast, and
746
00:54:19.400 --> 00:54:22.960
I've never really done a sporting event. Um. And when I first attended
747
00:54:23.079 --> 00:54:28.280
rodeos and saw some of those events
take place, I was certainly concerned as
748
00:54:28.280 --> 00:54:32.440
an animal over but I just don't
buy it that these animals are being abused
749
00:54:32.519 --> 00:54:37.760
or hurt. And you know,
I'm not convinced. And if somebody out
750
00:54:37.760 --> 00:54:40.880
there wants to convince me or show
me some reson proof that's happening in today's
751
00:54:40.960 --> 00:54:46.920
rodeo, UM specifically pr c A
or Professional bull Riders, the two biggest
752
00:54:47.280 --> 00:54:51.239
uh organizations. And you know,
by all I mean show me the proof,
753
00:54:51.840 --> 00:54:58.039
but I just don't see it.
Um So. Um I'm not trying
754
00:54:58.079 --> 00:55:00.280
to try to blind eye here,
Joe. Letting prove it to if you
755
00:55:00.360 --> 00:55:04.559
want. But um I I like
the country vibes, you know, bring
756
00:55:04.639 --> 00:55:08.239
a little piece of the country to
uh urbanized so cal you know, don't
757
00:55:08.280 --> 00:55:15.360
for surfing and uh um Hollywood not
not throwing a rope and catching a calf
758
00:55:15.480 --> 00:55:19.960
trying to run away from you,
you know, like they did for generations.
759
00:55:20.719 --> 00:55:24.079
Um So, anyways, I do
recommend rodeos for families or even individuals
760
00:55:24.400 --> 00:55:28.800
or even couples, especially the Sheriff's
rodeo because you can always go dancing with
761
00:55:28.880 --> 00:55:35.199
your date after the main event.
Um. But um, I do recommend
762
00:55:35.239 --> 00:55:37.119
it. It's it's a little uh, it's a little piece of culture of
763
00:55:38.159 --> 00:55:43.840
an otherwise huge United States, you
know us on the coast coastal elite folks
764
00:55:43.880 --> 00:55:45.599
you know over here in l A
or New York. You know, there's
765
00:55:45.599 --> 00:55:50.000
a lot of this we don't see, and uh, you know it's good.
766
00:55:50.119 --> 00:55:52.000
Uh, it's kind of good to
see, to see another way of
767
00:55:52.039 --> 00:55:55.400
life. I guess for lack of
better words, UM, any case,
768
00:55:57.199 --> 00:56:00.440
I guess I'm gonna end it there. But that's the Sheriff Rodeo had the
769
00:56:00.480 --> 00:56:04.360
hatch By Rodeo and the Spirit Rodeo, and there are a couple other rodeo
770
00:56:04.360 --> 00:56:07.599
events and socale. So if you're
doing what I'm doing, you're trying new
771
00:56:07.679 --> 00:56:13.639
things, or if you know you
just want to go see what a rodeo
772
00:56:13.719 --> 00:56:15.360
is about, you know you should
do it. I think you should see
773
00:56:15.400 --> 00:56:20.840
for yourself. Don't go online and
see both sides debated out on your abusing
774
00:56:20.840 --> 00:56:23.719
animals and no, we're we never
even abuse anything. You know, I
775
00:56:23.760 --> 00:56:29.679
don't, don't play that game.
Just just go see for yourself, and
776
00:56:29.920 --> 00:56:32.679
you know you decide, you see
see what your own eyes, what you're
777
00:56:32.800 --> 00:56:37.639
looking at. Um, everything's open
for you to see. So anyways,
778
00:56:37.639 --> 00:56:43.800
that's gonna do it for this episode. UM. As far as this week's
779
00:56:43.920 --> 00:56:47.480
upcoming episode, I'm kind of debating
between two things right now. UM,
780
00:56:47.760 --> 00:56:52.639
I think what I'm gonna do is
tell you what I'm debating between, and
781
00:56:52.199 --> 00:57:00.199
uh maybe, uh maybe just pick
one one or the other, because I
782
00:57:00.400 --> 00:57:06.559
actually don't I'm so busy these days. I don't actually have anything technically planned
783
00:57:06.599 --> 00:57:10.400
at the moment. But um,
I got things planned for the weeks after
784
00:57:10.519 --> 00:57:14.239
that. But this week it's just
a lot of school work and a lot
785
00:57:14.320 --> 00:57:19.519
of work, and uh, I'm
not quite sure what I'm gonna do exactly.
786
00:57:19.639 --> 00:57:25.639
I got a couple of things lined
up. Um well, I think,
787
00:57:25.880 --> 00:57:30.320
uh wow, am I gonna make
a decision right now what I'm doing
788
00:57:30.400 --> 00:57:34.360
this week? Um, it's a
it's a it's a it's a cross right
789
00:57:34.400 --> 00:57:40.119
now between going to Palm Springs or
going to Pismo Beach. And between these
790
00:57:40.199 --> 00:57:46.599
two there's one rental company there that
I want to check out, and it's
791
00:57:46.639 --> 00:57:52.719
called Steve's a TV Rentals. And
I don't know which way I'm gonna go
792
00:57:52.920 --> 00:57:57.239
yet, because if I go to
Pismo Beach, hey how cool is that?
793
00:57:57.239 --> 00:58:00.599
Alright? You need to be on
the beach and taking the train down
794
00:58:00.639 --> 00:58:02.119
there, and that's just a lot
of fun. That's a day trip and
795
00:58:02.159 --> 00:58:07.239
in itself. On the flip side, if I go, you're kind of
796
00:58:07.280 --> 00:58:09.360
limited on the beach there in this
in a section. You know, Pismo
797
00:58:09.400 --> 00:58:14.199
Beach one of the few beaches in
California where you can actually ride an all
798
00:58:14.199 --> 00:58:16.320
trained vehicle or your car. And
now I also just taking a car on
799
00:58:16.400 --> 00:58:20.960
the beach, take an all wheel
drive vehicle or a four by four because
800
00:58:21.000 --> 00:58:24.719
your car is gonna get stuck in
the sand. But um, I could
801
00:58:24.760 --> 00:58:29.480
do that, or I could go
out to Steve's a TV rentals in Palm
802
00:58:29.559 --> 00:58:38.840
Springs And basically there's this huge,
massive off road UM park out there called
803
00:58:38.920 --> 00:58:44.000
Acatello Wells and it just goes off
rever and there's so much to explore and
804
00:58:44.159 --> 00:58:46.599
see and experience and a lot of
ways. The only way to get out
805
00:58:46.639 --> 00:58:51.559
there with a four by four in
a TV. So I'm stuck between the
806
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two. I don't know which one
I want to do yet, but I
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think that's what we're gonna do next
week and I'll give you a full report.
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How don't your costs? What it
was like the experience? Um?
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Did I break down in the middle
of the desert and uh and I have
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to get rescued by a helicopter?
Or did I explore and find some cool
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unique things and uh? I guess
we'll see you. Then you'll know next
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week what I do, which right, decide which way decided to go if
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I decided to head out east of
the desert or west to the beach.
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Um any case, that's that's what's
I think we're gonna do this week.
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Um. And the reason why I'm
announcing it instead of giving you a hint
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with piano rendition is because I have
no idea how to make a piano rendition
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for an a TV. Right.
Maybe I could have just had a car
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or a quad revving up over and
over again to end it with. But
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we'll see which a way I go
with it. Um. I'm probably literally
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going to the side here in the
next few hours which way I'm gonna go.
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Just buy my little rental and go
do it. But in any case,
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thanks for hanging out with me on
the one days SOCl podcast. I
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really do appreciate it. Thanks for
spending a little bit of time with me.
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I hope I could give you a
little bit of inside into what the
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rodeo is about. I mean,
those are you from the Midwest. I
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mean you don't need any intr action
to this. This is some of you
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guys live and breathe this stuff,
you know, cattle ranching and going to
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rodeos. But those of you who
in so cal are coming to visits SoCal.
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Um, you probably had no idea
that us uh Hollywood wine drinking,
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beach bumming Southern Californians would even lower
ourselves to having a rodeo and uh roping
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an animal and getting dirty. But
we do. The country is still here
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in places like the hatchp and Asperia
and uh you know, outside of so
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Caw there's a whole California. Northern
California is just like any other conservative countryside.
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Um in the country. Um,
you know, the farming areas.
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Uh if you ever get a chance
to about three ninety five, which will
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do a one day ou on this
podcast, um and see some of the
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country out there. California is a
lot of wide open land. It's not
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urban and urban iss and city and
uh you know city and uh and uh
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metropolitan like you see all the time. It's it's a lot of open areas,
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forest, deserts, brush. Um. So anyways, I'm gonna leave
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you with that. We're gonna get
out and explore a little bit of that
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countryside next week. UM. Thanks
for listening to me and uh, we'll
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see you next week. Thanks for
listening, folks. Please visit the website
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one day in so cal dot com
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