We are The 2 Old Farts - a father & son team who thought it would be fun to start a podcast. We want to share our shenanigans with not just our friends & family but with the rest of the world. We hope you like and continue to listen.
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S3 E27: "When family comes to town or when family leaves town"
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Family came to town. Family left town. I was the family that left town and missed seeing part of my family. I also missed my very good friend Cliff who was here to see his son graduate Air Force Basic Training. All in all it was NOT a good week to be out of town. And that's also the reason why I missed last week's episode and was late with this wee…
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S3 E26: "Happy 80th Birthday to the Original Old Fart!"
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Happy early birthday to my dad. He is turning 80 years young this week. Sorry about the crappy audio quality again this week.By Chuck & Lou (The 2 Old Farts)
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S3 E25: "Random Ramblings of Sports and Small Markets"
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We are back after my birthday and vacation hiatus. Then technology derailed us yesterday. Sit back and listen to us as we discuss how small market San Antonio will never get more professional sports teams.By Chuck & Lou (The 2 Old Farts)
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S3 E24: "Random musings of the cultures of uncultured people"
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A rather long and off and on track episode of the cultures of uncultured people.By Chuck & Lou (The 2 Old Farts)
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S3 23: "Happy 4th of July and not much else is happening"
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We want to wish everyone in America a Happy 4th of July - or as they call it in England, Treason Day. J/K. Sorry this episode isn't that great - we really didn't have a lot to talk about and Uncle Bobby isn't quite ready for his next guest appearance. We hope you like it and if you didn't, please let us hear about it.…
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It was a good week. A busy week. And a busier weekend. In the midst of it all we got some good news about my Uncle. He's getting better. He's on the mend. He's out of ICU. But he still has some more healing to do.By Chuck & Lou (The 2 Old Farts)
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S3 E21: "He does 1 episode and it sends him to the hospital"
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Our very first guest, my uncle, is in the hospital. He had a serious event this past weekend and 911 was called. 2 Ambulances were dispatched. It was crazy! He's doing better now - but if you want the whole story then download the episode."By Chuck & Lou (The 2 Old Farts)
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S3 E20: Father's Day Special - Interview_Chapter 3
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Happy belated Father's Day everyone! Today we have a VERY long episode with our VERY FIRST EVER Interview! Today we talk to my Uncle Bobby. He's had an interesting and extraordinary life. We hope you like it, so sit back, listen up and enjoy!By Chuck & Lou (The 2 Old Farts)
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S3 E20: Father's Day Special - Interview_Chapter 2
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Happy belated Father's Day everyone! Today we have a VERY long episode with our VERY FIRST EVER Interview! Today we talk to my Uncle Bobby. He's had an interesting and extraordinary life. We hope you like it, so sit back, listen up and enjoy!By Chuck & Lou (The 2 Old Farts)
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S3 E20: Father's Day Special - Interview_Chapter 1
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Happy belated Father's Day everyone! Today we have a VERY long episode with our VERY FIRST EVER Interview! Today we talk to my Uncle Bobby. He's had an interesting and extraordinary life. We hope you like it, so sit back, listen up and enjoy!By Chuck & Lou (The 2 Old Farts)
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S3 E19 "Sometimes you don't get what you want"
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Sometimes you don't get what you want. But that's ok. Sometimes there is a reason. Sometimes there isn't. But we have to keep trying. Keep moving forward. Don't stop or stand still because you make a great target. There's a reason why sharks never stop moving. That's why The 2 Old Farts will keep on doing this little podcast. Thank you.…
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S3 E18: "Sunday afternoon ramblings of soccer, softball and heavy metal music"
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Another rambling episode of The 2 Old Farts. This week it's softball, soccer and heavy metal music. This past week I saw the NWOBH band Saxon w/ co-headliner Uriah Heep!By Chuck & Lou (The 2 Old Farts)
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Teaser Clip: The Copa Wine Bar and French Fries
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A teaser clip about one of my happy places - The Copa Wine Bar and their fabulous french fries!By Chuck & Lou (The 2 Old Farts)
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S3 E17: "Remembering those who didn't return home"
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Memorial Day is the day we honor the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Airwomen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen who did not return home. The holiday dates back to the months immediately following the Civil War when a few towns and cities began honoring their dead. From The 2 Old Farts - to all the families remembering their lost loved ones — we honor you on…
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S3 E16: "The lost week turned into a busy week"
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The make-up episode from last week (Mother's Day). We are so sorry we missed last week but thank you for still listening and downloading the podcast. It was a busy week and a good week. I found out I was accepted into the National Defense University graduate certificate program for Chief Data Officer. My son-in-law was accepted into the Nazarene Th…
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"It's Cinco de Mayo and Eastern Orthodox Easter!"
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Summary In this conversation, Chuck and Lou discuss various topics including Easter, Cinco de Mayo, their favorite Mexican restaurant, their daughters, and upcoming plans. They also talk about their podcast's international audience and potential future guests. The conversation ends with a discussion about Luchenbach, a small town in Texas, and thei…
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The 2 Old Farts had a good week. Stay tuned to listen all about it. From the San Antonio Brahma's game last weekend, to the Blackberry Smoke concert Friday night - we had a great time together. Being with family is so much fun. And being able to spend time with family is even more important. So if you still have your family, please enjoy them. Don'…
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S3 E13: "It's the lucky 13 episode of season 3"
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It's our 13th episode of the year and we couldn't be happier or more please with our progress. We owe our progress to you - the fans - or even accidental downloaders. Either way, we will keep it. Thank you. Today's episode was a lot of fun for us to do. We had a tremendous amount of fun at the San Antonio Brahma's UFL football game last night. Vamo…
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S3 E12: "Technology will be the death of The 2 Old Farts"
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Technology will be the death of us, I swear it will. Last week we had a terrible echo on the audio from my dad. It didn't have the echo when he spoke, only in the recording. Now this week, we had no audio issues, unable to do anything on the dashboard of my recording site, to another echo from my dad. It was on and on. HOPEFULLY (and HOPE isn't a p…
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S3 E11: "Sharing funny moments in Basic Training"
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We tried to get my Aunt Carolyn on the phone - but I don't seem to have the proper audio cable for my mixer to get her to be able to hear our audio. For sure, it seems like technology is always getting the better of The 2 Od Farts. Fear not! We will find a way. In the meantime, sit back, grab something cold to drink (because it's getting warmer) an…
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S3 E10: "Getting Old: When Everything Hurts and Falls Apart"
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We hope you all had a fantastic Easter (Holy) week. It's a wonderful time of the year. And super important to Christians. If you don't believe, that's cool, we love you anyway - and thanks for listening, downloading and following! Please hit LIKE and FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE Well, getting old sucks. That's for sure. As I said in the episode, when you'r…
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S3 E9: "This week - remember those who are suffering"
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The 2 Old Farts want you to remember those who are suffering. Fron the Texas Smokehouse Creek wildfires up in the panhandle to the Francis Scott Key bridge disaster in Baltimore. To those who are struggling in the tough economy. High rent and low pay. You name it. We are here for you and want you to know we care. And if you are a veteran and you ne…
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I almost forgot today was Saint Patrick's Day today. So guess what my dad and I talked about today? You guessed it, St. Patrick's Day! As usual my dad has a little history lesson. We also delve into our family history/DNA. Yes, we are actually Irish. And a few other places too. Good old fashioned, 100% pure bred mutt! We hope you like it and keep o…
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Who doesn't hate daylight savings time? I know I do and so does the better looking of the 2 Old Farts. Frankly we hate it and think it should be abolished? What say you? In today's episode we talk history, Viet Nam, warfare today, failure to learn from history, whiskey, bourbon, single malt whiskey and other various sundry topics. We hope you enjoy…
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S3 E6: "Be kind plus You never know who you might meet"
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Apologies for missing last week's episode. My father was a bit sick and I was coming off being sick. These things are harder to shake the older you get. We had a lot to discuss since we didn't record an episode last week. Plus I have been to a lot of concerts these past few weeks with still more to come. Last night at the Pat Green concert, my wife…
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S3 E5 "Recording a Podcast when you have nothing to say"
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Some days you have something to talk about, some days you don't. Today seemed like one of those days. But (in our opinion) it went better than expected and a lot easier than expected. What are your thoughts? Did we do ok? This podcast is still kind of searching for it's identity and direction. More than just the father/son aspect of it. Maybe we ne…
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It IS Super Bowl 58 Sunday. Need I say more? It's a cornucopia, a buffet if you will, of Super Bowl facts and figures as ONLY my dad can deliver!By Chuck & Lou (The 2 Old Farts)
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S3 E3 "When Parents Say 'We'll See' - We know what that really means"
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Growing up - do you ever remember you're parent's telling you "we'll see" after you asked them for something or to do something" I bet you that when they said it - it meant - NO. Am I wrong? Good day to everyone. Happy Week Before Superbowl Week! We also have some great news: We are now live-streaming our episodes, as we record them, on Twitch.tv. …
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S3 E2 "Cutting the line, cold butts and bourbon"
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Well, the weather outside was more than frightful - it was downright cold the week before last. So listen up 2 Old Farts fans - because you will hear all about the shenanigans that happened last weekend at the Country and Western show! We met a lot of great people on the porch at Floores Country Store. It was cold but we had heaters and bourbon to …
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S3 E1 ”Happy New Year and Happy New Head Coach at Alabama”
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Happy New Year to everyone. Thank you for listening to The 2 Old Farts and thank you for listening to us in the New Year. It's been a wild new year for sure. And in the realm of college football, we have a NEW Champion - the Michigan Wolverines! Congratulations. Well deserved. You put on an exhibition in defense against Alabama in the CFP playoffs!…
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S2 E28 ”Happy New Year and College Football Playoffs”
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We ring in the New Year with our last episode of 2023. We are also on the eve of the College Football Playoffs. We hope you had a wonderful Christmas or Hanukkah this year. We hope you have a happy and safe New Year's Eve tonight. We want to see you again in 2024. Happy New Year and may it be a joyous, festive, fun and healthy New Year! Take care -…
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We are back. We apologize for being gone for the last couple of weeks. Work just gets to be an all consuming thing sometimes - and for that, I apologize. We didn't really have a topic either. So, with no topic, that leads to a crappy title of a podcast. The only thing or word that came to mind was "musings" - which is a period of reflection or thou…
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S2 E26 ”Memories, Klutziness & Electric cars
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**** PARDON THE COUGHING **** It's Allergy Season here! **** There is a LOT going on in this episode. A little bit of this and a little bit of that but a whole LOT of The 2 Old Farts. We talk about our trip to Tuscaloosa. We talk about Family. We talk about Thanksgiving. We talk about pies. Rental cars. Being a klutz. BBQ. We have it all. So sit ba…
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Teaser Clip about TXST college ring.By Chuck & Lou (The 2 Old Farts)
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Who doesn't love Thanksgiving Day Pie?!?!?!By Chuck & Lou (The 2 Old Farts)
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S2 E25 ”Thanksgiving is pretty Happy w 4 bourbon & coke’s”
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Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family! My father and I are thankful for our family and for our fans who faithfully listen to us. All 10 of you LOL! Thank you! We will try to record another episode this weekend and fill you all in on our exploits frpm our trip to Tuscaloosa last weekend. It was a trip for the ages! There were a few downs but the…
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S2 E24 ”Alabama and the state of College football”
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Good afternoon, good morning, good evening, and thank you for listening to The 2 Old Farts. We just hit 3,000 + downloads. Thank you - thank you - thank you. We are so happy and thankful for you faithful few who continue to listen to us ramble on. Today we had a plan. HAD being the operative word. And we went so deep into Alabama football and what …
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S2 E23 ”Air Force Skymarshall Program” Teaser Clip
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Here is a little #Teaser from episode 23. This clip talks about my father's time spent as an #AirForce #Skymarshall when we lived in #Queens #NYCBy Chuck & Lou (The 2 Old Farts)
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Good morning, afternoon and evening - depending on where you are in the world. We are back after a short 2 week break- and for that, we apologize. I don't know what or why we didn't record except to say - we are sorry. But we are back and happy to be back. Sorry we didn't have an agenda, let alone anything creative to call this episode. But we are …
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S2 E21 ”58th Wedding Anniversary” Teaser Clip
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A few weeks ago, it was my parent's 58th Wedding anniversary. I didn't forget to wish them a very Happy Anniversary, but I forgot to make this clip (and post it). So - Happy Anniversary to my parents and congratulations for making it to # 58!By Chuck & Lou (The 2 Old Farts)
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S2 E22 ”The burden of submitting a VA claim” CLIP
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A clip from Episode 22 "You Gotta Fight, for your Right(s)!By Chuck & Lou (The 2 Old Farts)
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S2 E22 ”Sometimes, you gotta fight, for your right(s)!”
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Hello friends and family. Good afternoon, morning, evening, or whatever time it is when you are listening to this. I was having a difficult time in trying to come up with a title for this week's episode. Suffice it to say, at last nights concert, I strolled by a mural of The Beastie Boys - so there you have it. I was at The Paper Tiger to see Helme…
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Hello to all of our fans, friends and family. We are thankful for each and every one of you. It's just another peaceful, easy, Sunday today. And we were able to get another episode in the books. Not much has changed or happened since we last talked. Ok - I take that back. I went to Hawaii for work. It was a nice trip with coworkers who are also fri…
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What is the message this week? This episode didn't really have a theme. We didn't do anything that we could build an episode around. But like most things between us, it comes back to sports. And through sports, you go through highs and lows. Trials and tribulations. Success and failure. But through it all, if you believe in yourself and your teamma…
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Good afternoon everyone! Thank you for listening and continuing to listen. We hope you like, subscribe and share this whith your frineds and family. This is definitely a labor of love for my dad and me. Sorry about not recording an episode last week. I know we are trying harder to be more consistent. Unfortunately I was just a bit busy and tired. M…
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S2 E18 ”Happy Labor Day & The Struggle of Streaming TV”
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Good afternoon and welcome to Episdoe 18 of The 2 Old Farts Podcast. Today we discuss Labor Day weekend and the struggles of streaming TV. And yes, it's a struggle. On Friday, Spectrum Cable in their discussions with Disney broke down - so now sports fans who have Spectrum are struggling to watch sports that are carried by ESPN! Because ESPN (throu…
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The big surprise is finally revealed! We are going to Tuscaloosa. T-Town. Title Town. The home of the University of Alabama! We are FINALLY going to be there for a home game. And it's about time. We've been to a Bowl Game (Cotton Bowl). We've been to a road game (vs Texas A&M). We've been to the A-Day game (2021). We've even been to a Playoff Game …
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S2 E16 ”Back from Germany and on to Shiner Texas”
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Since I arrived back from Germany, I took a little time to unwind, and decompress. Then I became a slacker and didn't record an episode last week. But this weekend my dad and I made the trip (Finally!) to Shiner Texas and visited the World Famous Shiner Bock Brewery! My dad has been pestering me for some time to take a trip out there - so I took hi…
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Good morning and Good Afternoon, depending on where you are. Why? Because 1 half (the REALLY better looking of the 2 Old Farts) is away on business and in Germany! What a rare treat it is for me to be here in Germany for work. I really cannot get enough of this beautiful country. I have been stationed in Germany twice throughout my Army career. The…
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S2 E14 ”Happy Birthday America - It’s the 4th of July!”
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Happy Birthday America! We are 247 years young! America - the great social experiment. You may not think it, or believe it, but our country was founded by not just great men, but forward thinking men. Men of vision. One of those men, was our 1st President - George Washington. George Washington said this of America - "The establishment of our new Go…
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