(00:00:05) Intro: This is an episode from The Vault (recorded before Christmas 2024) because Jacqueline didn't record her audio last week. Today's topic: The Earp family.
(00:00:41) Episode preview: Ryan shares a story about going to a newly opened Costco in Okinawa, Jacqueline gives insight into her family finances, and as always, they'll end with an unhinged text message from a family member.
(00:01:16) Ryan's new talkative robot vacuum that over-announces everything it's doing.
(00:02:02) Discussion about sleepovers: Jacqueline's policy about letting kids sleep at her house but not sending her child to others' homes.
(00:03:26) Ryan's childhood strike story: When teachers went on strike, Ryan spent two weeks at a friend's house without going home, swimming and playing on a foam roller in their pool.
(00:05:14) Childhood pool memories: The siblings reminisce about splashing all the water out of their friends' pools.
(00:06:33) The siblings' strange Pop-Tart eating technique revealed: They both nibble the outside crust first, then separate the pieces and scrape the filling with their top teeth.
(00:07:49) Scarcity mindset: Jacqueline admits she denies herself things (even her favorite song) because she's afraid they'll get used up.
(00:08:29) Jacqueline's favorite song revealed: U2's "With or Without You" - she knew the timing of it perfectly for dance strategies.
(00:10:17) Ryan shares his recent Costco Japan experience: How all Japanese social etiquette disappears inside Costco, and people line up for hours for the food.
(00:14:54) Ryan's story about letting a stranger hold his baby at Costco against his wife's wishes.
(00:19:16) Ryan's scarcity mindset at home: Hesitating to open a new package of snacks in his own house without "permission."
(00:21:55) Japanese product names: Discussion about a shampoo called "Moist Diane" that looks like fancy liquor.
(00:24:44) Japanese snacks: Ryan sent a box of Japanese snacks last Christmas that the family loved, especially "Big Katsu."
(00:27:16) Jacqueline's financial strategy: Separate bank accounts with her husband Justin for 22 years because they're financially incompatible.
(00:29:29) Ryan's cash management story: His financial advisor told him to spend all the cash from his wife's eyelash extension business.
(00:31:04) Jacqueline's "statute of limitations" money story about depositing empty envelopes at the bank in her youth.
(00:33:43) Discussion about podcast preparation: Realizing they're the only podcasters who don't have notes or prepare properly.
(00:36:44) Question of the week: What's a skill you learned as a kid that has surprisingly come in handy later in life?
(00:36:58) Jacqueline's answer: Being really good at lying, which evolved into storytelling.
(00:40:37) Ryan's answer: Storytelling, which he credits to listening to his grandfather tell stories as a child.
(00:44:26) The Jacqueline animal hospital story: How she can instantly switch from emotional to professional when talking to the vet.
(00:51:09) Main topic: The Earp family history - Wyatt Earp growing up during the Civil War, learning to shoot at age 8, his early troubles after his first wife died.
(00:55:31) The Earps in Tombstone: How Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan became lawmen and met Doc Holliday.
(00:56:37) The Cowboys gang: The conflict between the Earps and Ike Canton's Cowboys gang that led to the famous OK Corral shootout.
(01:03:14) Wyatt's vendetta ride: After Morgan is killed and Virgil is injured, Wyatt hunts down the remaining Cowboys gang members.
(01:07:27) Wyatt's later life: Moves to Colorado with his surviving brothers and eventually becomes a consultant on silent Western movies about himself.
(01:09:14) Speculation about Wyatt being a master storyteller who possibly embellished his own legend.
(01:12:49) Closing thoughts on the Earp family values of sticking together and Ryan's story about his brother Dan protecting him in a bar fight.
(01:15:40) Unhinged text message from a family member: Discussing weird show notes about "trapping" rather than "grabbing" pictures of paper-mache heads from the FBI website for the Alcatraz episode.
(01:18:55) Follow-up on the Pickering Playing Field mini-golf course with the crashed plane from their childhood that's still there despite being surrounded by condos.
(01:20:17) Winter plans for their upcoming visit: Idea to go to Goodwill, buy winter clothes, go sledding like it's 1997, then donate the clothes back.
