The Commander is on the Couch

[00:00:04] [SPEAKER_00]: You're listening to me the end

[00:00:09] [SPEAKER_00]: You were the last night just to build it again

[00:00:29] [SPEAKER_00]: Man, I really stopped and listened to that intro this morning

[00:00:32] [SPEAKER_00]: Wow, that thing hits! That's a nice...

[00:00:36] [SPEAKER_00]: Your path back to stability

[00:00:39] [SPEAKER_00]: When you do this every single day, you know what I mean? It feels like

[00:00:48] [SPEAKER_00]: Being PBN

[00:00:50] [SPEAKER_00]: You know what I'm saying? Like I hear these sound bites all the time and you...

[00:00:54] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, that one hit though

[00:00:57] [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome

[00:00:59] [SPEAKER_00]: The Commander's on the Couch

[00:01:02] [SPEAKER_00]: The Commander is on the Couch, I'm coming to you live from the typically...

[00:01:07] [SPEAKER_00]: Or the typical broadcast setup

[00:01:09] [SPEAKER_00]: Which should not be the case at 9.54 on the Thursday before Prepper Camp

[00:01:14] [SPEAKER_00]: I should be somewhere on 9.95 south

[00:01:18] [SPEAKER_00]: Closing in on i85

[00:01:22] [SPEAKER_00]: I spent 48 hours monitoring the hurricane

[00:01:28] [SPEAKER_00]: 48 hours monitoring intelligence coming out of the area

[00:01:34] [SPEAKER_00]: And when I say monitoring intelligence, I'm going to talk to you a little bit about that

[00:01:39] [SPEAKER_00]: Because the way I do information is everybody

[00:01:44] [SPEAKER_00]: You know what I mean? The way that I do information is I get it from everyone

[00:01:48] [SPEAKER_00]: That's the way I do it

[00:01:50] [SPEAKER_00]: I make sure that

[00:01:53] [SPEAKER_00]: I'm not stuck on one thing

[00:01:55] [SPEAKER_00]: These are the good guys, those are the bad guys

[00:01:57] [SPEAKER_00]: Actually, when I'm gathering information, I almost don't even care

[00:02:01] [SPEAKER_00]: I am a quantity over quality person

[00:02:04] [SPEAKER_00]: When it comes to big decisions and gathering intel

[00:02:09] [SPEAKER_00]: That's just how my mind works

[00:02:11] [SPEAKER_00]: I want to be inundated

[00:02:13] [SPEAKER_00]: I want to be inundated with information

[00:02:16] [SPEAKER_00]: Because I have an ability, I guess, or something like that

[00:02:21] [SPEAKER_00]: Like if I dump it in there, what's important will get hung up in the net

[00:02:27] [SPEAKER_00]: Right? What's important will get hung up in the net

[00:02:32] [SPEAKER_00]: And basically by noon yesterday, I had a pretty good feeling that I wasn't going to go to salute a North Carolina

[00:02:41] [SPEAKER_00]: Just based on what I was seeing

[00:02:45] [SPEAKER_00]: Around one toish my wife

[00:02:50] [SPEAKER_00]: Alleraded me to the fact that her offices in Atlanta and offices in the area were closing

[00:02:59] [SPEAKER_00]: And that a state of emergency had been declared for Western North Carolina

[00:03:08] [SPEAKER_00]: I was watching rain totals, I was not excited about the amount of the sheer volume of rain that

[00:03:14] [SPEAKER_00]: And in listen, I don't want to go over things and scare people

[00:03:21] [SPEAKER_00]: So, if I sit this day to me, it seemed dangerous

[00:03:26] [SPEAKER_00]: There were things that could happen

[00:03:29] [SPEAKER_00]: To me my vehicle

[00:03:32] [SPEAKER_00]: And so on, on the way there, while there, on the way home

[00:03:39] [SPEAKER_00]: And it all equated to me saying, see you in 2025

[00:03:47] [SPEAKER_00]: Oh, it's things don't get me wrong, it's a stinger

[00:03:51] [SPEAKER_00]: Because the majority of the host who are planning on going are there

[00:03:55] [SPEAKER_00]: Or are in route right now

[00:03:59] [SPEAKER_00]: So they're going to endure

[00:04:02] [SPEAKER_00]: There's no doubt about that, but it'll probably be great stories, they'll probably have a good time

[00:04:07] [SPEAKER_00]: I hope, you know, that's my hope because now a very big part of my heart is still in salute anyway

[00:04:15] [SPEAKER_00]: You know what I mean?

[00:04:16] [SPEAKER_00]: So even though I decided against it doesn't mean that a lot of people that I care about

[00:04:22] [SPEAKER_00]: I'm going to have to deal with whatever that will rolls through there

[00:04:25] [SPEAKER_00]: So it's going to be a very weird year, man

[00:04:27] [SPEAKER_00]: Very weird year for me

[00:04:29] [SPEAKER_00]: I haven't missed Trevor Camus since 2019

[00:04:33] [SPEAKER_00]: And you know we talk about it like we talk about it

[00:04:38] [SPEAKER_00]: And understand that it wasn't an easy decision to make

[00:04:42] [SPEAKER_00]: I consulted many people who were close to me

[00:04:46] [SPEAKER_00]: I consulted many of the hosts

[00:04:47] [SPEAKER_00]: I consulted family members

[00:04:52] [SPEAKER_00]: I even called the campground manager

[00:04:54] [SPEAKER_00]: At Orchard Lake

[00:04:57] [SPEAKER_00]: And just, you know, just as a phone call

[00:05:01] [SPEAKER_00]: An informational phone call

[00:05:02] [SPEAKER_00]: I got information from them

[00:05:04] [SPEAKER_00]: Like I said, I dump it all into this crazy brain of mine

[00:05:08] [SPEAKER_00]: Turn on the blender

[00:05:10] [SPEAKER_00]: And that's how I decide these things

[00:05:13] [SPEAKER_00]: So I pulled a lot of intel from a lot of different places

[00:05:16] [SPEAKER_00]: And it just seemed like the best decision for me

[00:05:22] [SPEAKER_00]: Was to wait till 2025

[00:05:26] [SPEAKER_00]: And that's all I want to say about it

[00:05:28] [SPEAKER_00]: Because look, it's a really weird position to be in

[00:05:33] [SPEAKER_00]: Because undoubtedly you're letting people down

[00:05:37] [SPEAKER_00]: Which always sucks

[00:05:41] [SPEAKER_00]: But on top of that

[00:05:44] [SPEAKER_00]: You don't want to shade another person's decision too much

[00:05:49] [SPEAKER_00]: And on top of that

[00:05:50] [SPEAKER_00]: If things do go terrible

[00:05:53] [SPEAKER_00]: Like if something terrible happens

[00:05:56] [SPEAKER_00]: Then you're going to have the regret of

[00:05:58] [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe I should have been more forthright

[00:06:00] [SPEAKER_00]: Right?

[00:06:02] [SPEAKER_00]: So it's all up in the air till Friday

[00:06:05] [SPEAKER_00]: Afternoon basically

[00:06:06] [SPEAKER_00]: For those of you who haven't got the email

[00:06:08] [SPEAKER_00]: Or didn't hear the communication from Rick

[00:06:12] [SPEAKER_00]: Prep or camp is a go still

[00:06:14] [SPEAKER_00]: But they are going to be opening later

[00:06:16] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, actually let me get you the details on that

[00:06:19] [SPEAKER_00]: So you know exactly what the deal is

[00:06:21] [SPEAKER_00]: Because I know that's just an email

[00:06:24] [SPEAKER_00]: And a lot of people

[00:06:25] [SPEAKER_00]: A lot of people might not

[00:06:28] [SPEAKER_00]: I've gotten the email or even looked at the email

[00:06:31] [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe traveling

[00:06:35] [SPEAKER_00]: So

[00:06:37] [SPEAKER_00]: So if you're a wind from the hurricane

[00:06:38] [SPEAKER_00]: We're coming through tonight starting 3am Friday

[00:06:41] [SPEAKER_00]: Through noon on Friday

[00:06:44] [SPEAKER_00]: The wind will be manageable to set up after 1pm

[00:06:47] [SPEAKER_00]: So they're not having vendors or anything set up

[00:06:49] [SPEAKER_00]: Until 1pm tomorrow when the wind's died down

[00:06:53] [SPEAKER_00]: Saturday and Sunday will be nice weather

[00:06:58] [SPEAKER_00]: Two excellent days where you can sell merchandise

[00:07:00] [SPEAKER_00]: He's talking to vendors here

[00:07:04] [SPEAKER_00]: But yeah weather delays for

[00:07:07] [SPEAKER_00]: For prep or camp

[00:07:13] [SPEAKER_00]: I'm going to advise against anyone setting up

[00:07:15] [SPEAKER_00]: Anything until afternoon Friday

[00:07:17] [SPEAKER_00]: So you arrive there today if you're a vendor speaker

[00:07:22] [SPEAKER_00]: Hopefully hopefully

[00:07:25] [SPEAKER_00]: You're way to out

[00:07:27] [SPEAKER_00]: Let me find the other email

[00:07:30] [SPEAKER_00]: The other email was directed at the campgoers

[00:07:32] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, here we go.

[00:07:33] [SPEAKER_00]: Prep or camp is still on

[00:07:36] [SPEAKER_00]: Where's the delayed opening part?

[00:07:38] [SPEAKER_00]: We are here

[00:07:40] [SPEAKER_00]: If you could turn about traveling through the storm

[00:07:42] [SPEAKER_00]: You may want to come Saturday Sunday

[00:07:46] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, so I mean I think that's kind of what we're going

[00:07:48] [SPEAKER_00]: We're looking at later Friday Saturday

[00:07:53] [SPEAKER_00]: And Sunday let me see what the Instagram set

[00:07:55] [SPEAKER_00]: I don't want to give you guys a bad information on this

[00:07:59] [SPEAKER_00]: Like I said, the delayed stuff

[00:08:01] [SPEAKER_00]: I was kind of like, yeah

[00:08:03] [SPEAKER_00]: Because I was already kind of out

[00:08:06] [SPEAKER_00]: Come on

[00:08:07] [SPEAKER_00]: Oh, let me look it up

[00:08:11] [SPEAKER_00]: Prep or camp

[00:08:16] [SPEAKER_00]: Those with concerns about the status of prep or camp

[00:08:19] [SPEAKER_00]: 2540 sure you that we are here and setting up

[00:08:21] [SPEAKER_00]: There will be rain but the wind will not get strong

[00:08:24] [SPEAKER_00]: Until late Thursday Friday morning by Friday

[00:08:26] [SPEAKER_00]: After noon the storm will have past Saturday Sunday

[00:08:28] [SPEAKER_00]: It will be a little rain sunny

[00:08:30] [SPEAKER_00]: See you at Prevacam 2024

[00:08:32] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, that's the latest

[00:08:34] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, I've given you the latest

[00:08:36] [SPEAKER_00]: That's the latest

[00:08:40] [SPEAKER_00]: What I do have plan, you know, I don't stop

[00:08:42] [SPEAKER_00]: You know what I mean?

[00:08:44] [SPEAKER_00]: Like I have fantasies that

[00:08:46] [SPEAKER_00]: Oh well since I'm not a prep or camp

[00:08:47] [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe I should enjoy myself for a couple of days

[00:08:50] [SPEAKER_00]: I don't stop

[00:08:51] [SPEAKER_00]: I got phone meetings

[00:08:53] [SPEAKER_00]: I got all kinds of stuff to do today

[00:08:55] [SPEAKER_00]: And as if I didn't have enough to do

[00:08:57] [SPEAKER_00]: Even though I'm not supposed to be doing anything

[00:09:00] [SPEAKER_00]: I decided to call Dave Jones up

[00:09:02] [SPEAKER_00]: Because I know he's got a long and lonely ride

[00:09:04] [SPEAKER_00]: Seven hours is a long and lonely ride

[00:09:07] [SPEAKER_00]: I don't care who you are

[00:09:09] [SPEAKER_00]: I decided to message Dave Jones

[00:09:12] [SPEAKER_00]: And I said, you know, I think this is the weekend

[00:09:14] [SPEAKER_00]: Since I'm not supposed to be here anyway

[00:09:15] [SPEAKER_00]: That I'm gonna get the coil

[00:09:17] [SPEAKER_00]: Why don't we do a telephone call in

[00:09:20] [SPEAKER_00]: Quail Q&A between myself and Dave Jones

[00:09:23] [SPEAKER_00]: And then we'll post

[00:09:24] [SPEAKER_00]: You know, so I'm gonna walk through all my questions

[00:09:27] [SPEAKER_00]: And concerns and so on

[00:09:29] [SPEAKER_00]: To talk to Dave Jones about him

[00:09:31] [SPEAKER_00]: Before I pull the trigger and get this

[00:09:34] [SPEAKER_00]: Meet source and egg source

[00:09:36] [SPEAKER_00]: And then we'll go from there

[00:09:38] [SPEAKER_00]: You know, and we'll probably get incredible information

[00:09:41] [SPEAKER_00]: Well, I know we'll get incredible information

[00:09:43] [SPEAKER_00]: From Dave Jones

[00:09:45] [SPEAKER_00]: And that'll be that

[00:09:46] [SPEAKER_00]: You know, that'll be that

[00:09:48] [SPEAKER_00]: He might regret it

[00:09:51] [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know

[00:09:52] [SPEAKER_00]: I don't think he does regret it

[00:09:55] [SPEAKER_00]: But Dave Jones is advice

[00:09:58] [SPEAKER_00]: Like when I tell you guys

[00:09:59] [SPEAKER_00]: Dave Jones, prepping advice

[00:10:01] [SPEAKER_00]: Change the way I look at prepping

[00:10:04] [SPEAKER_00]: I mean it

[00:10:05] [SPEAKER_00]: It is on repeat when chaos comes

[00:10:10] [SPEAKER_00]: And it really was one of Dave Jones's

[00:10:14] [SPEAKER_00]: Adidas that hammered the final nail in on

[00:10:17] [SPEAKER_00]: Prep or came for me and it was too many firsts

[00:10:23] [SPEAKER_00]: Kind of situation

[00:10:24] [SPEAKER_00]: I kept looking at my travel plans

[00:10:27] [SPEAKER_00]: Looking at the day, looking at the rain

[00:10:29] [SPEAKER_00]: Looking at what people were saying

[00:10:31] [SPEAKER_00]: And I just we had a situation

[00:10:35] [SPEAKER_00]: That was far too many firsts for me

[00:10:39] [SPEAKER_00]: You know, so

[00:10:40] [SPEAKER_00]: Is what it is folks?

[00:10:42] [SPEAKER_00]: I'm gonna keep it short

[00:10:44] [SPEAKER_00]: This is not necessarily a pb and daily news

[00:10:46] [SPEAKER_00]: I'm not doing a pb and daily news today

[00:10:49] [SPEAKER_00]: I'm doing what I just said

[00:10:51] [SPEAKER_00]: I'm letting you know that the intrepid commander is on the couch

[00:10:56] [SPEAKER_00]: They were much bolder

[00:10:59] [SPEAKER_00]: Men and women out there at Prep or Camp right now

[00:11:02] [SPEAKER_00]: And what I hope

[00:11:03] [SPEAKER_00]: What my hope is and what my prayer was

[00:11:06] [SPEAKER_00]: Last night was

[00:11:09] [SPEAKER_00]: That we can be left at in 2020-25

[00:11:13] [SPEAKER_00]: Right

[00:11:15] [SPEAKER_00]: Is that 2024 can go down in history

[00:11:17] [SPEAKER_00]: As the year, the intrepid commander

[00:11:19] [SPEAKER_00]: Wimped out of Prep or Camp

[00:11:21] [SPEAKER_00]: And we all got a bunch of lefts

[00:11:26] [SPEAKER_00]: Off of them

[00:11:28] [SPEAKER_00]: That's the best possible outcome for me right now

[00:11:32] [SPEAKER_00]: You know what I mean?

[00:11:34] [SPEAKER_00]: Something radical happens storm shifts

[00:11:36] [SPEAKER_00]: Gets knocked off course

[00:11:37] [SPEAKER_00]: Everybody has a great Prep or Camp

[00:11:40] [SPEAKER_00]: I show up next year

[00:11:42] [SPEAKER_00]: They put a DUNS cap on me

[00:11:43] [SPEAKER_00]: I make coffee and kiss their feet for the rest of the year

[00:11:47] [SPEAKER_00]: In 2025

[00:11:53] [SPEAKER_00]: No, I'll have a great time and I think they'll have a great time too

[00:11:56] [SPEAKER_00]: I hope you know I hope and pray

[00:11:59] [SPEAKER_00]: God cover our hosts with your grace please

[00:12:03] [SPEAKER_00]: Protect them out there

[00:12:05] [SPEAKER_00]: Because if the weathermen are right it's going to get wild

[00:12:09] [SPEAKER_00]: pb and family

[00:12:10] [SPEAKER_00]: I really do apologize especially to all of you out there

[00:12:13] [SPEAKER_00]: listeners who may be making the journey or have made the journey

[00:12:16] [SPEAKER_00]: And I won't get to see you. I know the hat

[00:12:19] [SPEAKER_00]: I was planning on going out there

[00:12:20] [SPEAKER_00]: I'd love to talk to him

[00:12:21] [SPEAKER_00]: This tons of people I see every year that I love to talk to

[00:12:23] [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know if they're going

[00:12:25] [SPEAKER_00]: You know whatever the situation may be

[00:12:28] [SPEAKER_00]: If you had something planned or whatever the situation is

[00:12:32] [SPEAKER_00]: I do apologize

[00:12:34] [SPEAKER_00]: And yeah man, I hope

[00:12:38] [SPEAKER_00]: I hope 2025's a better year

[00:12:40] [SPEAKER_00]: You know? That's better all I can do

[00:12:44] [SPEAKER_00]: On that note folks down below

[00:12:46] [SPEAKER_00]: Show description

[00:12:47] [SPEAKER_00]: Life time membership until the 30th of this month

[00:12:51] [SPEAKER_00]: For all

[00:12:52] [SPEAKER_00]: If you want to get involved in that

[00:12:57] [SPEAKER_00]: I don't I don't feel like set doing self promotion at the moment

[00:13:01] [SPEAKER_00]: Not not in the mood

[00:13:02] [SPEAKER_00]: All right, I'll talk to you guys

[00:13:05] [SPEAKER_00]: Later today with Dave Jones most likely and tomorrow morning

[00:13:09] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, talk to you soon pb and family

[00:13:11] [SPEAKER_00]: Be safe out there if you're heading

[00:13:13] [SPEAKER_00]: If you're traveling whatever the situation is

[00:13:16] [SPEAKER_00]: And

[00:13:17] [SPEAKER_00]: If all goes well right me

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[00:13:23] [SPEAKER_00]: That's what I'd like to hear

[00:13:26] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay

[00:13:26] [SPEAKER_00]: Talk to you soon folks

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