What's up, up, Fungal Associates? Welcome to completely arbitrary. It's the

podcast about trees and other related topics.

I am one of your hosts, my name is Alex Croson,

and of course I am joined via Internet Magic, Casey Clap. Hi Alex.

I wish I put my ear, my finger to my ear so I could be like, okay, you know, like there's always that second in a...

I love that trope.

Mm-hmm. Well, it, yeah, it happens I had to convince you to do this by just saying,

Wanna? Yes. You said, yes. Because I had just the worst series of events

last night, which has led me to feel that I am coming

down with an illness I don't think I can't I shouldn't say lead but that was the

last of a series of events a series of unfortunate events literally yes I'm gonna start calling you

leony well all right and I'm gonna call you snickets so we made plans to go to the

the thorns game the Portland thorns game, the the famed women's football team here in Portland.

And all good and well. I is working over my mom's house for a little bit. She needs some

help getting some things, an old wood pile and a little like wood shed on top of it.

Did that and I was with my friend Dan and I was like, well Dan, I haven't talked in a

while, let's catch up. So we went and snagged ourselves a beer at the Brakeside Brewing,

and everything is just working out great.

And I got back to my house just in time

to ride my bike downtown to the old football match,

and I didn't get maybe a half a mile away and the chain on my bike snapped.

Not only to snap it lodged itself between the frame and the wheel and put the

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