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

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