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Season 20 Ep 20: Photos, Old Shuffling Posse, Professional Tic

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:25:15 -0500

Croncast - 2008-06-06.mp3
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Length: 30:25
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Oh, the 2008
Comments on the photos
I'm a what?
You're a good amateur photo taker, Bears
I never made it to the sweetest Goodwill in the world
When was that?
San Francisco, it just wasn't meant to be
Look at you all up on the Oprah stuff
I got my eye on those celebrities
I knew today was going to be a great day
Because the Lutherans were having a sale
Garage Sales are euphemisms for "Party on the Driveway"
You were benevolent enough to babysit
It is either a ghost or an alien in front of me
You should be so lucky
Space Ghost!
You can convince me of anything
I got to the sale kind of late
The guy from the furniture tent comes out an yells
That we can hop into a new line that is shorter
I was torn
They can have stuff in multiple questions
I think you will reach a point, your peak of sales skills
We should freeze dry you at that point
Then revive you in the future when the dollar is strong
It will be like a time machine
Betsy, you bring it
The dollar is still strong with the Lutherans
Double check the luggage later
I stand in line to wait for the dishes
I need my fine china fix in their housewares sections
I brought bags and I have adrenaline flowing in my limbs
Oh, look, Christopher Stewart
This is when I started to look like a nut
Started?
Slow shuffling old posse arrived
Those match my dishes
I love those
Are you going to buy those?
I am now just to spite you
You wasted my time with your story
They're rookies baby
You are con-garagies
They send the 12 year old anemic boy to help me carry stuff
She's now a professional tic
She went and bought speakers from Farm and Fleet
I love it, speakers from Farm and Fleet
I am sure you are related to people that duck taped their heads That is the truth
Duck taping down his pants
Especially when fired up the chainsaw
The tape suit
Class issues really stand in your way Mr. B
"Transvestite's getaway car ran over good Samaritan's foot"
Words make the world magnificent

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Season 20 Ep 4: 11 Days, Drew Peterson, Elevator Pitch

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:34:53 -0500

Croncast - 2008-04-11.mp3
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Special note: Betsy and Jeanie are having a meetup in San Francisco May 21, 2007 at House of Shields 39 New Montgomery St., Time: 6:30 p.m., stop and have a drink or two!

I is swamped my people. Show notes take another on the chin. If anyone has the time to put some show notes together for this episode feel free to and send them on I'll put them in here and give you a huge shout out, like, where I say your name loudly.

Shout out goes to BigJon - super player and show note maker

Show Notes:
Croncast intro
11 more days to Earth Day
Dry crocodile skin
Welding company hand model
Cooking show video
No wrist bones
Fitness routine
Armchair critic
Addiction to nitrates
Living ex-pat life
Aversion to guns
Comments on moving
House hunting in SF
Good schools and Thrifty Republicans
Drew Peterson on Larry King
Looking in the woods near us
Stacey Peterson signs
Police officer son
We got 911!
Baloney sandwiches with mayo
Year of guys in our area to murder their wives
Divorce reasons
Big insurance policy
Follow the news trucks
Scumbag
Watersealing basements
A-Town van, one eye, mullet, and prison tats
Would have given him a shot
Don\'t marry that guy
Heavily medicated shoe salesman
Temper tantrums
Who liked him?
Panic attack
Other perspectives
Missing a leg...last shot
I won
Wow, he looked me in the eye!
Garage saling
Un-employed babysitter
30 garage sales
Love garage sales by default
Kris must love you
Horrible at math
No more baby shit
Garage sale notes
Legalized gambling
Know your people
Capri Sun + Toddlers
Melting down silverware
The gay doctor
Crap in the dining room
Barb and daughter china junker service
Croncast outro
Coming to an end...

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Betsy and her husband Kris Oct 19, 2007

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:03:17 -0500

Croncast - 2007-10-19.mp3
Show: #422
Length: 30:17
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Betsy and her husband Kris Oct 19, 2007

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Tell a Friend Friday!
Pause the show people and do it right now
Sorry we been away . . . we'll give you some news on Monday
Lots of heavy commenting yesterday
Get your sms thumb ready
What if I don't have sms thumb?
Yes, we will share on Monday
In the meantime I have a rockin' story Mr. B
Ok, well get on with it
I'm tired of this house looking like a warehouse
Can't buy it, Kris will bitch at me
I have to find something small that I can sell
Go to Goodwill, nothing
Go to garage sales, nothing
Have the Russians taken over at Goodwill?
It's on, their pricing is out of control
Regional trends in purse buying
Runs through my mind 6 times a day
I left Goodwill grumpy
I roll out to the garage sales thinking about my plushies
We pass by an overflowing dumpster
I am a dumpster snob so a video game joint doesn't entice me
I have standards
New t-shirt . . . Dumpster Snob
I lifted out a big box . . . full of Xbox and PS2 games
Baby, you stole someone's stash
Vicky says, there's movies too
And turns on the car dome light
Turn off the light dude!
Used, abused games
So I want to explain to you why I smell like another man's perfume
Tonight I had an epiphany
Did you go back to Bar Louie?
The garbages are there before us
Vickie, "It's not against the law"
Betsy, "Shut up and watch for cops"
All these stores throw out product
Vickie, "I know where I want to go"
Betsy, "Where?"
Vickie, "Bath and Body Works"
Baby, you guys are losing it
I think it is dumb to spend more than $1.50 on mascara
Vickie is watching me behind the Alta dumpster
What do they sell . . . perfume
It's dark, so I say to myself, follow the smell
I am lifting stuff out of the garbage and smelling it
Just because it is in the garbage doesn't mean that I want it
You never park next to the dumpster
It needs to be so you can screech away
On the next Croncast, Betsy's get away tips
In the next pull, my brother-in-law's Christmas gift
The cologne
A zip lock full of cologne and he would be like way to go
Vickie, "What the hell is this?"
Betsy, "It's Nautica"

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This is the funniest story Betsy has ever told!!!!!
I am crying while doing these show notes
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You have gone beyond Sanford and Son
Much praise to you baby for holding it down so we don't have to walk over your merchandise
This stuff could cost you your freedom if you keep it up
You probably shouldn't be doing this
Don't tell your law enforcement friends about the show today
What's wrong is the fact you picked up a bag of cologne?
What part of your game that said. "This is a good idea"
I gotta bring her back something
The used hair dye was not a winner
It was the best smelling of all the bags
So speaking of crazy stories
I walk out of the airport and lady with lots of red hair is in front of me
She's asking a guy
I realize that it's Kathy Griffin
Segue from you dumpster diving, I met Kathy Griffin
I got nothing compared to you, Bears
She is taller in real life
That can't be said much for the Hollywood set
Betsy, "I would have said, You are a bigger fag hag than me. I fucking love you. Can you please autograph my tit."
Yeah, I wouldn't have said that
She's thinking, who is this fat dude in the camel hair blazer?
It's 85 and he's got a coffee at 7 pm and eating a sandwich
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422 shows
Minimum cost to produce $600 (lowest rate I would charge client for a show like ours)
Total: $253,200
You go and find another chick who will go ass up in a dumpster for entertainment

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Betsy and her husband Kris Aug 24, 2007

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:21:18 -0500

Croncast - 2007-08-24.mp3
Show: #401
Length: 32:40
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Betsy and her husband Kris Aug 24, 2007

Here it is.

Man, this day has been nuts . . . going to make an effort to make it less nuts! First step will be to remove more crap from computer and second will be to get out of the basement today and breathe some fresh air.

Show have fallen victim to fresh air for today. Blame mother nature ;-).

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Betsy and her husband Kris Jul 02, 2007

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 08:00:47 -0500

Croncast - 2007-07-02.mp3
Show: #381
Length: 29:36
Size: 20.3mb
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Betsy and her husband Kris Jul 02, 2007

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Short show notes today
Sorry that Friday's show sucked so bad
And sorry that this one kind of sucks too
The replacement gear for the UA's sucks and I hate the sound
It just can't compare with the stuff we previously used
I will keep experimenting with it to get a better sound
Betsy busts me out for my lawn experiment
I am comparing Scotts to Scotts but different styles - seeds vs. fertilized filler
My money is on the seeds
Kris busts Betsy out for her picking up smoking again
Betsy sees the writing on the wall with her eBay garage sales
Prices in Euros and not dollars
Fisher Price 970 bear
And Betsy makes fun of my tan socks and lawn mowing shoes

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The route 34 garage sale

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:04:00 -0500

Preface: The only reason for this post is the massive amount of traffic coming from Google today from people searching for this sale.

The mother of all garage sales, competition to the Great American Yard Sale, is coming June 16 and 17th. Which will make Betsy really happy. Miles and miles of folks selling their, well, Betsy and differ on what to call it, but for now I'll compromise and call it used inventory, by the side of US Route 34 through Illinois.

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Betsy and her husband Kris May 30, 2007

Wed, 30 May 2007 07:15:59 -0500

Croncast - 2007-05-30.mp3
Show: #369
Length: 31:29
Size: 21.6mb
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Betsy and her husband Kris May 30, 2007

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Send an email like Betsy's uncle Denny from Poland
He had to get it to you to get it to your dad
The older he gets the less he wants to talk to people
I'm all for it . . . I'm 32 and I could quit talking to you any day now
I left a huge patch of grass when I mowed
It looked like a gorilla had escaped and pooped in the yard
I am at such a lower level of chaos than Betsy
Though you never talk about it you are the queen of chaos
Little dead dog doing little deaf dog stuff
Betsy needs her own posse at all times
I need a goat herd Mr. B
Monday's show was abbreviated
Kris had a mantrum
That wasn't it
Betsy's evil gene is kicking in
Recording this show during the middle of the day is weird
It's the opposite of sex
Kris . . . just stop
Nobody wants to hear about that
Betsy is going to babysit her sisters kids
Betsy lays it down about the scaries at the Christian garage sale
They opened early . . . like days early and didn't tell Betsy
Creatures of habit
Tell them about Sunday Mr B

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Betsy and her husband Kris May 21, 2007

Mon, 21 May 2007 07:09:50 -0500

Croncast - 2007-05-21.mp3
Show: #365
Length: 33:43
Size: 23.1mb
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Betsy and her husband Kris May 21, 2007

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New intro/outro music . . . something from 2005 that I never used
Think of it as looking into a pool of water
I'll ask the audience to do the intro with me at the live show
You are pure saccharine Mr B
I'm the guy that the ladies date and I tell them I'm gonna marry them
Was Elliot born when I was making pizzas at the gas station?
What was that timeline?
Then you started making pizzas
Wasn't even in a place where I could get a job at a gas station
You want me clap for you because you are making pizzas at a gas station?
Motivation for really moving on . . . being called a loser
"I just want a job working with computers"
And look at me now!
Yeah, your forehead has burn in
That was one crazy time in our lives
I like how you set me up tonight
Oh, yeah the cell phone message
The IRS is finally coming?
Nope it's an invite to hang with Kris's family
Oh, you are such a drama . . .
I didn't say it . . . you are putting words in my mouth
That makes you a bad person Betsy
That is really unfair
I was expecting you to just hang not even listen
But yet the social worker in you piqued it's interest and you had to listen
If you want to go, Kris, it is fine with me
Asked the man if he wanted to see where his dad grew up
I know how this plays out
"We can take pictures"
The corvette will rumble out of the garage
The part of Kris that wants to trust them will come out
The Sopranos and my life
You are talking about your mother
Oh, god . . . somebody fast forward
If you need help . . . go and get it!
Setting boundaries is a good thing
Yeah, I have "sucker" written all over me
And second, if you family wasn't the way that it was we wouldn't be together
The muted male point of view of what happened in his life
I was born, I had sex for the first time at 13, I graduated from high school
The start of the first time I touched something
I had the skateboard from Sears
It was a fat one, not that thin shit
So you were now riding that around in the gravel
Interesting happening on your Route 34 45 mile long garage sale
We lived at the Lake Holiday not Sandwhich
That is a long way for garage sales
I do have to think ahead
The don't have anything post-WWF
Everything is so cheap
Mark those free and put them at the end of the driveway
You are going to attend event
My cellphone is at the bottom of my purse under dirty diapers and crackers
OK daddy I'm not going off the path
ADHD under control through bugs
Our grill that caught fire is taken for salvage by brother-in-law's pops
Oh will I miss last summer's fiasco reminder to clean our grill
Kris will get rid of it
Taking pictures of ourselves . . . shit, we are fat
It was that point of looking at them and realizing that those people are us
We can't take pictures of ourselves at any angle
I look like a grizzly bear trying to hump a rabbit
My stomach doesn't stick out that far . . . no, it's real . . . it does
In that photo she's lifting up my shirt
There is no plus that can come of it

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Betsy and her husband Kris Apr 27, 2007

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:19:58 -0500

Croncast - 2007-04-27.mp3
Show: #355
Length: 31:51
Size: 21.8mb
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Betsy and her husband Kris April 27, 2007

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I did touch your garage sale money today though
Gigi wanted to pick it all up
The dog could have eaten it
I would make you pick it up Mr B
It could have happened
That's Betsy's baby
Since she's become a more cognizant being
Kids reach that certain stage where they are different
Before two they are like blank Play-Doh
Liking babies more than toddlers
Almost like you have a pal
You're busted baby!
Except I'll have boundaries and rules
Right, at garage sales even if Maggie sees it first it is still Momma's
The parental manipulation
Talking your way out of a speeding ticket
He broke the Smith law
Betsy joining the the Russian Court of Assassination
It is behavior based
He's a repeat offender
Lead footedness . . . does it make me a bad human being?
Yes, it does Mr B
Life is flexible
I feel sorry for you
The better manipulator you are the more successful you'll be
Betsy using her cunning at garage sales
You are asking the world to be flexible and then you get on my case
Doing it up for the home owners association
Betsy steps in to run the garage sale
The pestering late comers
Betsy attempts to will other garage sale posse to knock on doors before they open
Her own garage sale breakdown
Sold 200 things and made $100
Grumpy no food in the house husband showing up
Selling all of your crap that didn't sell on eBay to other people who think they scored a sweet item for resale on eBay
If it has been here for three months and I hadn't touched it . . . it went in the sale
Yes I sifted through your stuff while you were gone Mr B
Recording all the addicted garage salers
They have already made the decision to ruin there own lives
Tailorbyrd shirts from Mr B . . . one will end up on eBay
Someone can buy it Kris and use it as an afterglow mop
We've thought about how to make money with the show for a while
Solution . . . the tip jar shall return

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Betsy and her husband Kris Oct 09, 2006

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 07:56:31 -0500

Croncast - 2006-10-09.mp3

Show: #282
Length: 38:15
Size: 26.2 mb
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Betsy and her husband Kris October 09, 2006

The usual intro goes down like . . . usual
Kris points out his neglect of email this week, many apologies
Clipped fingernails and buttoning a shirt
Betsy gets right into why stress was permeating our day
Seeing people that you haven't seen in 5 years . . . like your parents can do it
The death of a brother's brother-in-law can make you do stuff
They are not inherintly evil people, just not good for us
How can you not talk to your parents? Easy
Let's move on and live our lives
It was awful
Where we left them five years ago they haven't moved from that spot
Socially every boundry we put they ignored
No more interventions, rehab or other visits for us . . . thank you
As soon as we walked through the door all gone
All they heard was . . . Betsy is an evil bitch and she is making me do this
The Don style
Setting the stage for this . . . maintaining my own life
What you share with kid
Putting my self in 6 year old shoes
This isn't a situation where you have to put your kids through this
How do you manage the situation
Betsy called her own get-up 'fag-hag' and my shirts gay . . . we're made for each other
Pre-setting boundries
Watching Elliot put up his own boundries with my momma
"You need to stop right now. I don't know you. I never see you. Don't kiss me."
Now we have prime example of "bubble"
Feeling like you are the adult when you are the kid
There was an out but I didn't think that it would float after more information
Back in our lives with nostalgia
The door opened to our lives the second we saw them
Siblings in the middle
It isn't 34 years of new stuff . . . 34 years of the same stuff from the beginning
Running off with that guy from rehab
Betsy isn't making that up
Betsy recounts her reasons for Slowsky love when compared to wanted a new ride
Escalade at garage sales versus Slowsky and UU's on Sunday

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Betsy and her husband Kris Sep 25, 2006

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 07:07:31 -0500

Croncast - 2006-09-25.mp3

Show: #278
Length: 21:58
Size: 21.9 mb
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Betsy and her husband Kris September 25, 2006

Have you ever let someone keep using a word that you know is being applied improperly or even made up for some inner passive satisfaction? I usually don't and will try to sneak in the proper verb or noun when appropriate. On this show I let Betsy roll.

Betsy is doing it up today again with her one stem glasses
And she's on the wine tip, not whine
Table spoon in her sauce . . . it is a tumbler
We read two emails from listeners that sum up our last week
Betsy reading while sauced . . . priceless
I'm an "ok guy" and Betsy is "witty"
Sharing intense stories
Thanks for sending these in guys :)
I'm not drunk Kris
Folicular Agitation - red head
Second email gets read
Wisdom came flowing in today
The laid back people rose up
"Take it in stride you can't please everyone."
"I balance out all you crazy mother fuckers."
I cut the cake that is not hosting
Massive projects
Because of Kris, Betsy was late to garage sales
Betsy tells me I'm tacky
Family and friends are telling Kris to spend his money wisely
It is getting under his skin
Betsy's apprentice . . . her sister sells her DPV for $420
Betsy not paying her eBay fees again and again and again
Evidently the iMac can't handle a kick from a 6 year old
Stroller model years
Resale Queen.com
300 by 300th

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Betsy and her husband Kris Jul 21, 2006

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 06:36:21 -0500

Croncast - 2006-07-21.mp3

Show: #252
Length: 35:56
Size: 24.6 mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris July 21, 2006

Slow start but it gets rolling around 4 minutes.

Broadcating bathwater draining down a pipe
More baths than anyone
Kris found more white hairs in his beard
All thanks to John Elway Dodge on Arapahoe
We blame John Elway for being born
Why isn't the pipe soundproofed?
Betsy says Kris is too self-centered
Backyard needs attention
Work from home day
You can hold the bag atleast, you pussy
Kris hasn't been off the deck this year
Betsy wants to hire a gardener
Betsy's current making money obsession What the hell is doula?
Vickie still hasn't had her baby
Why did she pick you?
Women in Naperville have garagre dorr stomachs to pop out kids
US infant mortality is high among developed nations we rank 28th
The big sale that Betsy is collecting clothes for
Betsy says it's a racket and they make you buy something for $3
Kris says yeah what a rip, eh
Walking back into the 80's with peoples styles in homes, clothes and hair
Bet they can't wait for the Miami Vice movie
The fat, fat cat
Well yeah he's very nice
Unable to walk and friendly are probably two separate things
Regional tour of Goodwills and then Betsy ranks them
Betsy wants to register to win a limo ride to garage sales
What about the notion of good days
Selling ad space on your car
What is truly afford?
Hair Cuttery chik tells Betsy her hair looks really bad and has no style
Kris digs a hole for himself and ends the show

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Betsy and her husband Kris Jul 07, 2006

Fri, 07 Jul 2006 07:11:07 -0500

Croncast - 2006-07-07.mp3

Show: #246
Length: 36:58
Size: 25.4 mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris July 07, 2006

Betsy will have gifts from Maggies guacamole love
All she says is momma
Betsy and Maggie had lunch with me
The guacamole caked her dress
Betsy fed her some more guacamole at home
Eating food off the floor, she has standards
Off setting the guacamole with cheese
If they sold milk at garage sales
My jeans were $80
When you're listening to this I will be wearing the same clothes
What you and your wife do is cute
Jeans were not that much money for ones that fit right
Knock-off ketchup will set Kris off
Betsy says I spend too much money on stuff
"Do you know how many pairs of jeans I could have bought you for $80 at Goodwill?"
Betsy is trying for the senior discount
Garage sale booty
The secret to Betsy shopping speeds
Possible fake Coach purse
Hanging at the Tech Cockatil mixer
Being able to buy things makes me feel good
It's the nicest gift besides giving her grand-children
Doctor asks if Betsy and I are related . . . nice
Our fly farm and my fly paper business
More anniversary talk
Slowsky is coming home!!!

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Betsy brought the bugs in Goodwill stuff

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 06:30:19 -0500

Croncast - 2006-06-23.mp3

Show: #240
Length: 32:29
Size: 22.3 mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris June 23, 2006

The contest ends tonight at 11:59 p.m. PST

Kris has the phone numbers of thousands of babes
Yeah right I am worried
Can I smell like mildew?
Betsy brought the bugs in her garage sale stuff
Back before Maggie was born
Now with a child handicap it makes it harder to garage sale
Betsy is down 44 sales a day
Her stuff is still fabulous in the basement
Bugs, and spiders and Nasty Goodwill things
Gigi always needs to go t o sleep
End of the contest nears, you've got nothing to lose
Odds are really good to win
All these stories are awsome
Kris is speaking at the Portable Media Expo
It is a brief 33 minutes from Disney Land
Betsy realizes that she can't go
She doesn't want to be disappointed
Kris is gone he has to find people to talk with about podcasting
Three people in the same room? Kris wants out
Betsy says most people go to a conference and don't attend
I am paying my way, why wouldn't I attend?
"Don't worry it is a right off!" . . . yeah right! I still have to work to make the money
Kris explains his perfect woman from a 4th grade memory
I had the goatee even in 4th grade
"My dream woman will shop at Goodwill and take every chance to emasculate me"
A nice place out Applebee's?
It's like Long John Silvers with a waitress
It's Betsy's fault for getting pregnant
Here comes the vasectomy follow up
Betsy's party line for being "gutted like a fish"
Ladies you may want to leave the room, Guys time to cozy up to the truth of the vasectomy
Get prepared
"I'm not going to let a stranger feel my balls today."
It's been 5 weeks and I am now on my 5th medication for another vasectomy related issue
Remind your wife of the sacrifice that you have made for her
Every man knows kids secretly have testicular radar
I get hit in the balls six times a day
Every daddy gets hit non-stop
You're telling men to change their underwear? They're adults it's common sense
Birth testing things
Betsy has had her fill of vasectomy stories
Betsy explains how I ended up being called Mr. B.

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Betsy and her husband Kris May 08, 2006

Mon, 08 May 2006 06:05:03 -0500

Croncast - 2006-05-08.mp3

Show: #225
Length: 32:24
Size: 22.2 mb
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Betsy and her husband Kris May 08, 2006

The long intro Betsy with the Peacock on her neck

You wish it was real don't you
The white lady henna party

The Indian guy, "Yeah, we do that . . . on our hands."

Betsy explains the henna, sort of
What happened to Mr. Yuck?
Patterns and practice
Most people do it on the palm of your hand
Falling asleep and someone put tooth paste in your hand
The people I hung out with with meaner than that
I can't pick friends very well
Betsy's new posse 10 years plus
"You were pregnant in school too."
Betsy wanted it to look like blood testicles
The patchouli crew
A mixture of bounty tube and patchouli
The UU highschoolers
Garage sale happenings
The woman stepped on something
Betsy goes to look and it's baby bunnies
Tapped on shoulder and Lhasa Apso eyes whips around screaming
Concerned home owner slash garage sale haver saves bunnies
Selling your old shrubs at garage sales
Betsy is used to taking control
We're going on vacation to Denver
If you are on the way to Denver let us know and we'll do a meal
We will post our route this week

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Betsy and her husband Kris Apr. 10, 2006

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 06:30:10 -0500

Croncast - 2006-04-10.mp3

Show: #213
Length: 36:35
Size: 25.1 mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris Apr. 10, 2006

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Show Notes

Betsy forces me to schlepp the equipment to the bedroom for the show
We did a 45 minute ong show that will never see the light of day
It will be placed in the vault
No one wants to hear two honkeys talk about immigration
The first sub-division garage sale of the season
No sleep for Betsy as she comtemplates the greatest day of the year
Tape versus stickers for garage sale pricing
The Rubbermaid bin is the ultimate garage sale impule buy
Free bins at garage sales
Garage sale ettiquet
Free stuff goes at end of driveway
Sales in Eden had bing at end of drive
Showing up too early
Betsy sees her people before the sales start (it is amazing to me)
Betsy not buying the store
I prefer my wife not buy a used breast pump from a teenager with studs in the fron of her face
They are Betsy's people but she can't deal
The eBay effect
The family that thrifts together stays together
Making the most of a day stuck at the store with Booba
Betsy lays out the Swedish Spaghetti (look for it later in the blog)
There is a new Croncast website which will explain the massive RSS downloads you've received
Thanks to Garrick Van Buren of First Crack podcast for the art direction

Tags: ebay garage sale Swedish Spaghetti thrift free bin

Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris 112

Mon, 22 Aug 2005 08:04:28 -0500

Croncast - 2005-08-22.mp3

Show: #153
Length: 37:38
Format: mp3
Bit rate: 64 kbs
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Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris 112

Pledge drive continues!

Thank you to those who have donated! It is very much appreciated.

Today's show was an early morning show and you will be able to tell from the voices. If Betsy said I sound like Eyore (sp) then it is definitely this morning at the start of the show.

I also graduated, well I finished and the grad date is sometime in September, but my school considers the end of the last session graduation. Woo hoo!

Short show notes:

My finger is numb after working for Betsy
Kris talks about his attempted Elliot discipline backfire and guilt
Betsy gives more great information about garage saleing based on her weekend experience that the mother of all garage sales Naperville's "Great American Garage Sale" which is held on a vacant lot.

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Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris Ep. 72

Fri, 06 May 2005 09:20:43 -0500

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Show: #113
Length: 45:15
Format: mp3
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Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris Ep. 72

Today's show makes up for all the short shows this week. We recorded early in the morning because it is Betsy's Mom's birthday today and they were going to do nothing else but . . . go to garage sales and Goodwill. I think Goodwill needs to start kicking in a little sumthin sumthin for all the play we give them. Maybe not always positive on my behalf but atleast we can spell it right.

We discuss why Betsy enjoys conservative radio; well not enjoys it but gets fired up, sermon radio for neighbor humpers, the reference section in the Bible, miracle water on Comedy Central, Benny Hinn, the contest entries, Elliot peeing in the garbage can a few nights ago, bottom swatting.

Betsy feels like a total loser! She invited a mommy to her church the first time she talked to her. She feels really bad like she's an evangelist for the Universalist Unitarians. She really does. She called me once it happened and it was really funny for me.

We also talk about the "no sperm from gay men ban" by the FDA and the demotion of Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski to Colonel thanks to a military judge not hanging Lynndie England out to dry for the Abu Ghraib business, Kris's asymmetrical bald spots on his head "looks like you flew headlong into flypaper and tore yourself loose", what Betsy has learned from Drag Queens, the epilady spring loaded hair ripper outer and how Betsy got revenge in 6th grade against all the other girls who picked on her.

Goodwill Goody Contest Continues - Ends Monday!

1) Send an email to betsy@croncast.com with the word "Contest" in the subject line
2) Write a couple sentence bio about yourself
3) Betsy will print out all names and put them in a cookie jar
4) She will pick one name
5) Grand Prize - Betsy will be your personal Goodwill shopper. She will interpret your bio and buy you an appropriate gift for Goodwill value up to $9.99 (You could end up with a waterbed or car at that price) and ship it to your home or business.

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Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris Ep. 30

Wed, 02 Feb 2005 10:52:43 -0600

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Show: #65
Length: 29:02
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Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris Ep. 30

We're back. Not that we were gone all that long, two shows for me and one for Betsy. Thanks to everyone who sent messages and left comments on the blog over the last four days.

Today's show focuses on the visit that we paid to the obstetrician yesterday and the nomenclature that doctors use when speaking to one another and how it may no be such a good idea to share it with patients. I thought it was pretty funny and Betsy surely didn't.

We also talk about ground hog's day, the doctor, how Kris got his priorities all out of whack (we both cry), sending baby stuff, Betsy using baby Maggie for deals at garage sales and daddy's, children will destroy your car.

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