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Lake Ontario, Can I Call You Teri? Listener Favorites #570 (On Location)

As the lake rolls, Scoots strolls…down memory lane, of his long intimate relationship with the greatest of the Great Lakes. HEADS UP this episode has singing and was recorded on location, we stopped putting this style of episode out years in the ad-supported feed ago since the sponsor spots can disrupt the flow but we are running this test due to how POPULAR this style of show is with some listeners. Use our contact page to let us know what you think. There is also some singing as well which we stopped a long time ago as listeners also find disruptive, but we are breaking all the rules this summer!

  • Notable Notes

    On Location

     

    Bop-It

    https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/624159/bop-it-toy-history

    https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/jun/13/how-we-made-bop-it-childrens-games-design

    https://retropond.com/bop-it/

     

    Great Lakes

    https://www.noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/freshwater/great-lakes-ecoregion#:~:text=About%2020%2C000%20years%20ago%2C%20the,their%20present%20shapes%20and%20sizes.

    https://www.eekwi.org/great-lakes/great-lakes-formation-and-physical-features/how-were-great-lakes-formed

    https://nmgl.org/the-great-lakes-in-ancient-times-and-a-glimpse-into-the-future-summer-1962/

     

    Cursive History

    https://www.history.com/news/a-brief-history-of-penmanship-on-national-handwriting-day

    https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/10/gen-z-handwriting-teaching-cursive-history/671246/

    https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/cursive

     

    Blue Moon

    https://ig.ft.com/life-of-a-song/blue-moon.html

    https://americansongwriter.com/the-duo-behind-the-marcels-1961-doo-wop-hit-blue-moon/

    https://leamijacika.com/the-story-behind-the-blue-moon-who-wrote-it

     

    DOWN TO BUSINESS

    A special summer treat / experiment

     

    Deep Dark Night United

    Laura (Helix Sleep)

     

    PLUGS

    SAG-AFTRA / WGA Strike; Orlando Park Stop / Stop Hate Fundraiser; Patreon; SleepPhones; Emily Tat Artwork; NAPAWF; Anti-Racism Resources; Ukraine Relief; Crisis Textline

     

    SPONSORS

    Odoo; Polysleep; Helix Sleep; Progressive

     

    INTRO

    Waves on the shore at the dawning of night

    I can’t believe it’s 10pm

    An occasional on-location episode

    The waves are rocking and I’ve come a-knocking

    I’m looking right at the big dipper now

    The Big Dripper

    Sorry, Big Bopper fans

    No one plays Whack-a-Mole anymore

    I am on Moon Watch (no moon yet)

    Dune-Like Hill (DLH)

    I’m not good at orienteering. Oh wait, yes, I am

    Pure White Noise

    Chocolate Milk Noise

    When the sun goes down, do things turn black & white?

    A gerbil named Chitter

    I’m getting some sea spray off this lake

    I personally would call Lake Teri an Inland Sea

     

    STORY

    The Greatest of the Great Lakes

    My parents’ 45th Anniversary

    I went out to dinner with them, just to celebrate

    I was very happy with their smoked meat

    My parents both finished about 12% of their pasta dinners

    My mother and I then got ice cream

    I’ll go outside and record a podcast and leave you alone… (giggle giggle)

    Always Be Recording (ABR)

    This lake is very churny

    Don’t even tell me Superior is the best

    I’ve swam in Lake Erie before – I don’t remember much

    Lay, Lady, Lake

    I love this lake so much

    I know my limits when it comes to swimming in Teri

    The water temp felt fantastic

    In the embrace of a long-lost lover

    I don’t have a plutonic relationship with this lake

    It’s lover-level, with no loving

    I was tired from the current in my latest swim

    Time to change subjects

    I think it’s a full moon, but I’m still waiting to see it

    A beautiful sky

    Bob Ross’s spirit is in these clouds

    The colors of the clouds

    The gray of a wise, gray-haired person

    90s balls

    Baseball-sized foam Balls with faces on them

    A really stylized F

    I guess I’m personifying these clouds

    The first F with a goatee

    I’m under one of the dippers, who knows

    3 stars in the handle, 4 in the scoop

    What even is a blue moon?

    Let’s get the Moon’s moon over here

    I can’t even pander to the lake, it’s so loud

    The Lake is calling my attention on an olfactory level

    Can I call you Teri?

    I’ll call you Teri at my own risk

    Beautiful Backlit Clouds

    Piecing out the first time I swam in Lake Ontario

    My dad’s friend Norm

    He had a house on Teri

    Camps and Cabins vs Houses

    I’m not sure what their foundation situation is

    Norm had something between a camp and a summer house

    One of his daughter’s was my babysitter, the other was my first super crush

    Norm’s daughter was so kind 

    My Mom’s Almost Stereotypical Irish-Catholic Family

    My entire extended family would have a family reunion

    Just a huge reunion

    I really looked forward to Soda Taps

    Maybe I had a distant aunt / uncle who worked at a soda distributor?

    We had freaking soda on tap

    30 – 40 kids, living off soda, hot dogs, and potato salad

    Making crazy soda cocktails

    A Distant Uncle was married to a woman who played a doctor in ET

    Having a crush on distant aunts

    I think I have 50 – 60 cousins

    Idyllic, but not quite super-cherished memories

    We would have Golf Awards

    My Aunt Helen was such a great golfer

    I would caddy

    Letting me caddy was a bad idea

    A giant hammock all the kids would get in

    We swam so much

    There was only one bathroom

    My parents decided to start renting a camp

    There’s just so many lakes

    Right on the Cusp of Awkwardness

    When I got angsty, I became really unpleasant

    Norm’s daughter always had boyfriends with motorcycles

    I was pre-emasculated before I grew up

    I promised my mom I’d never ride a motorcycle

    After a while, my angst set in

    I wanted to brood and work

    I worked at a grocery store so I didn’t have to come up here

    I developed an allergy to dust

    Oh boy, I saw a shooting star right above me!

    It just became a really bad allergy

    As soon as I hit puberty, my started running and never stopped

    I took Sudafed all the time

    I didn’t discover Benadryl until college

    What do Sudafed and Teri have in common?

    I fell out of love with Teri in those days

    And then I moved across the country

    When my daughter was born, I was more interested in returning to Teri to be with family

    And then I’d just swim, eat hot dogs, and get soft serve ice cream with my daughter

    I don’t have to wear a shirt the entire time I’m here

    The Sweet Embrace of Lady Lake

    The water is great and clear

    My parents are very camp-oriented

    Shell-Based Art (SBA)

    Driftwood-Based Art (DBA)

    Lighthouse-Based Art (LBA)

    Just a whole lot of hot dogs and salt potatoes

    Normally we time it with a visit to the Great New York State Fair

    I’m very thankful for you, Teri

    I’m so lucky to love this lake

    This lack has a real personality

    It’s stormy tonight

    A line of black water on the horizon

    Is this a steely blue gray?

    The water sounds are consistently inconsistent

    It is definitely chaotic tonight

    A lot of Premature Waking going on

    This wouldn’t qualify as Roiling, in my opinion

    Ice dunes will form on this lake in the winter

    2 Things about the offseason

    We’d always lose a ball in the water when it was too cold to get in the water

    It’s a big salmon fishing spot in the winter

    Huts that would sell Yoo-Hoo

    The only place I ever had Yoo-Hoo

    That magically, syrupy, watery, chocolatey taste

    Maybe I’ll come back to the beach again

    My favorite lake of lakes

    I hope I can call her Teri

    Thanks for listening

     

    PATREON THANKS

    n/a

     

    SUMMARY:

    Episode: 1,186b / 570

    Title: Lake Ontario, Can I Call You Teri? | Listener Favorite #570 (On Location)

    Deep Dark Night United: Laura (Helix Sleep)

    Plugs: SAG-AFTRA / WGA Strike; Orlando Park Stop / Stop Hate Fundraiser; Patreon; SleepPhones; Emily Tat Artwork; NAPAWF; Anti-Racism Resources; Ukraine Relief; Crisis Textline

    Sponsors: Odoo; Polysleep; Helix Sleep; Progressive

    Patreon Thanks: n/a

    Notable Language:

    • The Big Dripper
    • Moon Watch
    • Dune-Like Hill (DLH)
    • Inland Sea
    • Always Be Recording (ABR)
    • Lay, Lady, Lake
    • Plutonic Relationship
    • M-O-O-N A-S-S
    • Olfactory Level
    • Right on the Cusp of Awkwardness
    • High School Jerk Phase 
    • Shell-Based Art (SBA)
    • Driftwood-Based Art (DBA)
    • Lighthouse-Based Art (LBA)
    • Roiling

     

    Notable Culture:

      • The Big Bopper
      • Bop-It
      • Whack-a-Mole
      • Sultan Sea
      • Lake Ontario
      • “Lay, Lady Lay”
      • Bob Ross
      • Choppers toys
      • “Blue Moon”
    • ET
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    • Sudafed
    • Benadryl
    • “Mother May I” game
    • New York State Fair
    • Yoo-Hoo

     

    Notable Talking Points:

    • Waves on the shore at the dawning of night
    • I can’t believe it’s 10pm
    • An occasional on-location episode
    • The waves are rocking and I’ve come a-knocking
    • I’m looking right at the big dipper now
    • The Big Dripper
    • Sorry, Big Bopper fans
    • No one plays Whack-a-Mole anymore
    • I am on Moon Watch (no moon yet)
    • Dune-Like Hill (DLH)
    • I’m not good at orienteering. Oh wait, yes, I am
    • Pure White Noise
    • Chocolate Milk Noise
    • When the sun goes down, do things turn black & white?
    • A gerbil named Chitter
    • I’m getting some sea spray off this lake
    • I personally would call Lake Teri an Inland Sea
    • The Greatest of the Great Lakes
    • My parents’ 45th Anniversary
    • I went out to dinner with them, just to celebrate
    • I was very happy with their smoked meat
    • My parents both finished about 12% of their pasta dinners
    • My mother and I then got ice cream
    • I’ll go outside and record a podcast and leave you alone… (giggle giggle)
    • Always Be Recording (ABR)
    • This lake is very churny
    • Don’t even tell me Superior is the best
    • I’ve swam in Lake Erie before – I don’t remember much
    • Lay, Lady, Lake
    • I love this lake so much
    • I know my limits when it comes to swimming in Teri
    • The water temp felt fantastic
    • In the embrace of a long-lost lover
    • I don’t have a plutonic relationship with this lake
    • It’s lover-level, with no loving
    • I was tired from the current in my latest swim
    • Time to change subjects
    • I think it’s a full moon, but I’m still waiting to see it
    • A beautiful sky
    • Bob Ross’s spirit is in these clouds
    • The colors of the clouds
    • The gray of a wise, gray-haired person
    • 90s balls
    • Baseball-sized foam Balls with faces on them
    • A really stylized F
    • I guess I’m personifying these clouds
    • The first F with a goatee
    • I’m under one of the dippers, who knows
    • 3 stars in the handle, 4 in the scoop
    • What even is a blue moon?
    • Let’s get the Moon’s moon over here
    • I can’t even pander to the lake, it’s so loud
    • The Lake is calling my attention on an olfactory level
    • Can I call you Teri?
    • I’ll call you Teri at my own risk
    • Beautiful Backlit Clouds
    • Piecing out the first time I swam in Lake Ontario
    • My dad’s friend Norm
    • He had a house on Teri
    • Camps and Cabins vs Houses
    • I’m not sure what their foundation situation is
    • Norm had something between a camp and a summer house
    • One of his daughter’s was my babysitter, the other was my first super crush
    • Norm’s daughter was so kind 
    • My Mom’s Almost Stereotypical Irish-Catholic Family
    • My entire extended family would have a family reunion
    • Just a huge reunion
    • I really looked forward to Soda Taps
    • Maybe I had a distant aunt / uncle who worked at a soda distributor?
    • We had freaking soda on tap
    • 30 – 40 kids, living off soda, hot dogs, and potato salad
    • Making crazy soda cocktails
    • A Distant Uncle was married to a woman who played a doctor in ET
    • Having a crush on distant aunts
    • I think I have 50 – 60 cousins
    • Idyllic, but not quite super-cherished memories
    • We would have Golf Awards
    • My Aunt Helen was such a great golfer
    • I would caddy
    • Letting me caddy was a bad idea
    • A giant hammock all the kids would get in
    • We swam so much
    • There was only one bathroom
    • My parents decided to start renting a camp
    • There’s just so many lakes
    • Right on the Cusp of Awkwardness
    • When I got angsty, I became really unpleasant
    • Norm’s daughter always had boyfriends with motorcycles
    • I was pre-emasculated before I grew up
    • I promised my mom I’d never ride a motorcycle
    • After a while, my angst set in
    • I wanted to brood and work
    • I worked at a grocery store so I didn’t have to come up here
    • I developed an allergy to dust
    • Oh boy, I saw a shooting star right above me!
    • It just became a really bad allergy
    • As soon as I hit puberty, my started running and never stopped
    • I took Sudafed all the time
    • I didn’t discover Benadryl until college
    • What do Sudafed and Teri have in common?
    • I fell out of love with Teri in those days
    • And then I moved across the country
    • When my daughter was born, I was more interested in returning to Teri to be with family
    • And then I’d just swim, eat hot dogs, and get soft serve ice cream with my daughter
    • I don’t have to wear a shirt the entire time I’m here
    • The Sweet Embrace of Lady Lake
    • The water is great and clear
    • My parents are very camp-oriented
    • Shell-Based Art (SBA)
    • Driftwood-Based Art (DBA)
    • Lighthouse-Based Art (LBA)
    • Just a whole lot of hot dogs and salt potatoes
    • Normally we time it with a visit to the Great New York State Fair
    • I’m very thankful for you, Teri
    • I’m so lucky to love this lake
    • This lack has a real personality
    • It’s stormy tonight
    • A line of black water on the horizon
    • Is this a steely blue gray?
    • The water sounds are consistently inconsistent
    • It is definitely chaotic tonight
    • A lot of Premature Waking going on
    • This wouldn’t qualify as Roiling, in my opinion
    • Ice dunes will form on this lake in the winter
    • 2 Things about the offseason
    • We’d always lose a ball in the water when it was too cold to get in the water
    • It’s a big salmon fishing spot in the winter
    • Huts that would sell Yoo-Hoo
    • The only place I ever had Yoo-Hoo
    • That magically, syrupy, watery, chocolatey taste
    • Maybe I’ll come back to the beach again
    • My favorite lake of lakes
    • I hope I can call her Teri
    • Thanks for listening
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