Toronto Mike'd: The Official Toronto Mike Podcast - Toronto Mike'd #45

Episode Date: July 10, 2013

Rosie and Mike chat about the torrential downpour and Toronto flooding, Mike's house hunting, Rosie's renovations, Dave Bolland's stick and Rosie delivers the speech she wishes she had given at Mike's wedding.

Welcome to the 45th episode of Toronto Mic'd, a weekly podcast about anything and everything, often with a distinctly Toronto flavour. I'm Mike from torontomic.com. Joining me as always is Rosie from mytorontoscoop.com. And hosting this audio file are the good people at Core Fusion. Hello, my friend. How's it going, Rosie? It's going good. It's hot. I'm hot. I'm really hot. Do you want me to turn up the air conditioning? No, it's just, it's now, it doesn't matter if I'm in air conditioning. I'm just hot all the time. It's just permeated my being. Because we got a stern warning to conserve energy

yesterday so we could get the grid back online. Well, I think it's probably a good idea to not crank the AC when obviously everything is under such pressure. But it doesn't even matter now. I just feel hot all the time. The blackout was, you know, living in West Toronto. We were both subjected to power outages and it was fun for the first few hours. It's like, oh, we're camping. And then it is amazing how quickly you can see how society can devolve

into Lord of the Flies because the novelty wears off fast. Oh yeah, I'm like piggy with my swimming goggles. Totally piggy. And then you break, by the way break your glasses on the rock so they made us read a lot of books in high school and a lot of them sucked but that was a good one like oh there's so much like imagery thank you like you can there's a lot of meat on those bones you could people like us who can bullshit in essays we had a field day with lord of the flies

the the imagery is so vivid in that book that i even having read it all those many years ago i can still in my mind's eye see piggy's broken glasses on the rocks and it just gives me goosebumps but yeah the i just got goosebumps i give you goosebumps because it's amazing it's it's brilliant it's sam and eric right sam and eric it's here's the thing lord of the we are this close to all being Lord of the Flies, Under the Dome, whatever. It is like amazing how we think we're so tough, but we're not.

Power goes out, everything falls apart. The other one at Michael Power, where we went to high school, the other one that sticks out to me is the That's My Contribution to the War Effort. What was that book again? Oh my God, we were just talking about that book. Percy? How come I can't remember. What was that book again? Oh my God. We were just talking about that book.

Percy. How come I can't remember the name of this book? I don't know. It's too hot. My brain cells have melted. Okay. So let's go back. So this is, uh, we're recording on a Wednesday and the rains came down on Monday.

Uh, where were you when this skies opened up? Um, at home. I was at home. Okay, can I tell you what stupid Toronto Mike did? Mike was here working, and at 4 o'clock, the skies kind of opened up. I think we're in the same kind of hemisphere. Right. So the skies kind of, 4 o'clock, the skies opened up.

And it was by 4.30, it was raining cats and dogs. Like, I'm looking out this big window here. Yeah, it was bad cats and dogs like i'm looking out this big window here yeah it was it was bad it was heavy and we had ball games at 6 20 in brampton uh two games scheduled for raging storm and i was kind of chatting up some other people on the team people in mississauga said it wasn't raining there i talked to someone in brampton who said there was no rain there i thought it might be like a toronto only thing and I could drive through this. I had this vision.

I'd drive through the rain and I would have this sunny sky above Northern Brampton where I had to play. That's dumb. So at five o'clock, I leave in my shitty Mazda Protege and I get on the 401. Rose, I couldn't see.

I'm choking up thinking about the rain was coming down so hard. My wipers couldn't keep up. It's not the best windshield anyways. It's the original 1999 windshield and I couldn't see and I'm trying to like fall like I'm feeling my way to the 410

because even though I couldn't see, I felt like I would let down my team if I didn't get to these games. But why was there still a baseball game? Because the commissioner refused to call it. He said the umpire can call it at the diamond, but he wasn't going to call it. So it gets called at the diamond. So everyone has to go to the policy. You have to go to the diamond and the ump will call it there if he's going to call it. Now, I had these visions of like, I'll stay home and be sensible and then everyone will get there. There'll be sunny skies in Brampton and they'll have to forfeit because Booner didn't show up. You know, that's my vision. It's like, I'm like, I got to go for the team.

You were doing it. It was for your team. It was for the raging tropics. The raging tropical storm. So Rose, I get on the 410 and at this moment, I realize I can't see. It's torrential downpour. Wait a second. At five o'clock, you have to get on the 410 going at this moment, I realize I can't see. It's torrential downpour. Wait a second. At five o'clock, you have to get on the 410 going west. That's not even good when the weather is... It's north. Okay.

It goes, yeah, it goes north. It starts, I guess, at the 401 and then it goes north to... I had to go to Mayfield, okay? Of course, of course. All right. Mayfield. I haven't been that way in a while. Okay.

You've probably never been so north on the 410 that you get to Mayfield. I didn't know Mayfield existed. No, because Chrissy used to live in Brampton. So I used to, my girlfriend, she, but I think the furthest was, where's Queen? Is Queen before that? Queen is another word for Highway 7. Oh, I don't know what I'm talking about. No, it's called Queen in Brampton.

Oh, okay. Like they rename it. So that's the furthest I've ever had to go. This is so much further than that. Okay, yeah. So it doesn't even ring a bell. I've never even seen Mayfield. Well, anyway, I got on the 410 and then finally the senses kicked in that this is the stupidest

thing I've ever done. It was going to take me three hours to get to the game. Like that's awful. So Rose, I decided to bail. The first exit on the 410 is called Courtney Park. Right. So I get off there and now I said, okay, I can't get back on the 410 is called courtney park right so i get off there and i'm gonna now i said okay i can't get back on the 410 it's crawling it was the worst ever

i'm gonna start making my way east okay all right and i start i kind of eventually i get out like a matheson area i get on eglinton and i'm making my way east i'm crawling because there's such flooding that people cars can't get through the it's been flooded and there's um it's just there's it's the worst commute ever it took me three hours to get home that's horrifying i know well it's horrifying especially because you were home and then you left but what a shame that's just rose i know and i just drank two liters of water after my bike ride because i had a great ride that day and then i was drinking water on the way there and i got stuck on the eglinton i my bladder was going to explode i felt sick i was like do i stop the car and go out and pee in a bush what do i do see what i mean about how quickly society can fall apart like here you are a normal

human being peeing in the toilet and then this happens and you're considering you know peeing in a cup or ask me what i did guess what i did what i took my water bottle and i peed in it okay but no i wouldn't hear that i whipped it out i whipped it out on and i'm in eglinton no one's can see me okay but i pee in the bottle okay i aim it i get it perfect it's no job not a drop mist okay rose then i opened the passenger side door and i poured on eglinton i have more than one bottle in me. It took two of these big bottles. I don't think it's too much. I'm telling you, it was three hours I was on Eglinton or whatever.

I wasn't going to survive. You took it out. What would you do? Tell me. I don't know. I guess girls can't go in a bottle. You know what? I never thought of this. Can you go in a bottle? Can you aim it that accurately? That's the thing.

I didn't miss a drop. I was perfect. Precise thing. You have to, you know, it's probably not going to be as precise. Because I didn't miss a drop. Not a drop missed. I was perfect. Because I had precise aiming. You took it out. Yeah, I had to. And this is a true story. It's a true story.

And I was texting Monica because she was stuck at the go station in Kipling. She was on Kipling for like two hours. And she was out of gas. So she stopped her car because she was afraid

she was going to run. Anyway, I was texting her. I'm like, I peed in my bottle. It's the funniest text I ever sent. So Lord of the Flies, Rose, we had no power all night. I woke up the next morning, no power. I had to go to work. So I went to my mom's to work.

And then we didn't get power till late yesterday. When did you get power? We got power at, well, first of all, what I'm finding remarkable with the weather this summer is just how it's tropical in the way that it'll go from just like plain and sunny to rainy. It's wonderful right now. It's lovely. I picked up Nicholas at five and it was not raining. It was hot.

And then we got home and then within the hour between five and six, it was torrential. And I'm so happy Scott is on vacation right now because normally he would be at work. And in the last blackout in 04, I was, well, I mean, was it, was it 03? August, 2003. Wasn't that funny? Cause I got married. Cause I wrote about it on my blog. So I actually linked to it this week. But it's funny because I got married in November of 03. So the blackout was just a couple of months before that. Isn't that funny? So it's almost 10 years ago.

Same year as SARS. Like there was SARS in the spring and then we had the blackout. It was quite the year. It was bananas. Yeah. So anyways, it happens so quickly. But I was happy because for once, like normally because Scott, you know, works in news, when bad things happen, he's at work.

And, you know, there's nothing you can do about that. That's just the way it is. But, you know, anytime anything's ever bad that's happened, like 9-11, when he was working in Ottawa, you know, bad stuff happens, he's at work. So, I mean, it's not like you're alone, you have your family and stuff, but you want to be with your, your partner when bad things happen. So this was the first time in a long time where something, you know, not convenient, kind of bad. And there was uncertainty. It happens. And it was kind of nice to have him home. And Nicholas was home. And it just started.

It was bananas. It started raining. And I was really glad to not have to drive. The worst kind of thing about it was we're having some renovations done in the house. And my in-laws, so kind of them, they're like, you know, while this is all going on, our kitchen cabinets needed to be painted and they're really good painters. They're like, we're going to come, we're going to paint your cupboards. So they did it. They did a wonderful job. They leave after they're done, which was around 5.30 and they didn't

make it home. Their car got stuck in a puddle and it's a's a write-off their car's a write-off like it was awful and it just shows you how um you know i think we're quite prepared for we're used to snow we're prepared for snow we put on our snow tires we know how to drive and it's safe and i just don't think we're as used to torrential rain the kind of drive in the rain and not that they didn't they didn't do anything it was just awful it was just so much so suddenly like a month worth of you're a meteorologist right it was a month worth of rain in like two hours or something bananas it was just bananas that is not an official meteorological term by the way it is now do your in-laws uh listen to this program they do sometimes yeah they do sometimes and i just i felt so well they did a wonderful paint i just felt so bad because you know it just goes to show you, who said it?

Was it Oscar Wilde? No, it wasn't Oscar Wilde. I saw his birthplace and his I went to his grave in Paris and then his birthplace in Dublin. Who said no good deed goes unpunished? It wasn't Oscar Wilde. It was Olivia Wilde. No, it was the dude that died recently. He said a lot

of stuff. Shoot, I can't remember. How come I can't remember anything? I can't remember that book. I can't remember who said that quote. Sam Clement. No, for sure, it's not Sam Clement. Anyways, the storm was bananas, but we survived. So all that to say, our power came back on at

2 a.m. that night. Oh, because my ex and my mom have the same 2 a.m. story. So at 2 a.m., a bunch of you must have got it. Yeah, exactly. I didn't get it, Rose. Well, neither did my in-laws and my mom. They didn't get it till the next day, till 1 p.m. the next day.

When did you get it? I wasn't here. So when I got home last night, the power was on. So at some point, like around, maybe I was at the same 1 p.m. for all I know. I don't know. But it came on yesterday afternoon. and some people still have no power really like uh ryan's baby mama has no power oh my god see and you know what i don't know how old um that's like islington and i don't know where it is isn't it in bluer area somewhere around actually that makes

sense because we were driving and I needed some stuff and there's nothing. It's so weird to see everything dark. And I read this book recently. Well, I actually read two books recently that... Was Lord of the Rings? Lord of the Flies? Wasn't Lord of the Flies, but it's actually Under the Dome. I read Stephen King's

Under the Dome, which is now a TV series. And it makes me think of the apocalypse. And I read this other book called The Age of Miracles. If anyone likes science fiction, but this book is unbelievable. It's called The Age of Miracles. And basically what it's about is how one day everybody wakes up and the rotation of the earth has started to slow. And you think, oh, okay.

And everything goes into total mayhem. But it's the most fascinating book. So good. If you like to read Age of Miracles, it's such a good book. So having read that and then Under the Dome, where it's Stephen King, so it goes to the Lord of the Flies place and further, a lot crazier.

I had all this apocalyptic imagery in my head and just driving around, seeing all the closed down stuff. It was really creepy. I just want things to be back to normal. I'm freaking out. But they're kind of close. I feel with my power now, we're recording a podcast. It feels like normalcy. The TTC is back going to Kipling and everything. It does. But, you know, driving here, there were lots of streetlights out still.

And I just biked and I biked and there was like trees down all over the place and there was like flooded, like you can't, like it's flooded to your like knees. And, you know, people don't really, I find it stressful driving when the streetlights are out because it's a bit, you know, most,

I do find most people are quite good at how to stop at a stop, stoplight. A separate piece. Rose. Separate piece. It's called a separate piece.

Of course. That's the book. Yeah. That was, that's my contribution to the war effort separate piece how can we forget a separate piece i was like we used to always joke about that um so people don't really stop they don't do the four-way stop well yeah and you know it's so funny scott said it really well it's like when you get if you don't can't if you know if you really can't

remember how to do the four-way stop thing just remember when you get there and you stop you're last everyone else has to take a turn first and it's just amazing the things you see i saw one guy just crack the code for four-way stop isn't that the simplest way to remember does scott ever want to be uh in front of the camera does he ever like in is that like a dream or a desire to be in front of the camera well he was when he worked at the cbc he did do on-camera stuff. Oh, yeah. I mean, it's, you know, here's the thing with being on camera. You know, you have to get your, you know, your street cred first. And your hair combed. And your, yeah, sure. And, you know, he's doing a lot

of writing now and producing and all that stuff. You know, if he does want to do it, I'm not really sure. I know he'd be amazing at it, but if he ever did, he's certainly going to be prepared for it. Because there's nothing worse than someone that goes on camera and doesn't know what they're talking about. I was just curious if that's where he wanted to be, in front of the camera, or if he prefers being behind the camera. I think...

Because he's the guy who holds the camera, right? No, he's not the guy who holds the camera. But the thing is that I think people... It looks glamorous, but the people with the real power, they're not the people on the camera. But the thing is, is that I think people, it looks glamorous, but, you know, the people with the real power, they're not the people on the air. I think he's kind of setting his sights higher than the person on the air, if you know what I mean. I know exactly what you mean, Rose.

Oh, do you have any final thoughts on the rain and flooding, Lord of the Flies? So it's been a crazy few days in Toronto. I'm glad you got your power back. You were really quite, that's quite a long time. It's nice you had your mom nearby. I don't like, because I need the Wi-Fi, Rose. Oh my God. And then that's the thing,

you realize like how much you depend, I mean, you know how much you depend on it, but you really see how annoying, it's just annoying. It's annoying to not have your internet connection. And not be able to make your coffee.

No, no. Annoying. It was annoying. It wasn't that bad. It was just annoying. It's over now, hopefully. My mom's basement flooded. My in-law. Oh, I heard, hopefully. My mom's basement flooded. Oh, I heard a lot.

My brother's got, my brother Steve has some flooding in his basement. I don't have a basement to flood yet. So more on that later. Rose, you mentioned last week on the podcast that you wanted to make a speech at the wedding. You said Howard made the speech and you wanted to make the speech. This is your opportunity. Do you want to make a speech right now? Well, here's the thing.

We'd have to go back in time in the Toronto Mike time machine. And you'd have to ask me to make a speech, which is, you know, if you want someone to make a thoughtful speech at your wedding, you'd have to do so. Do people do that? They ask friends to make speeches? Of course. I had no idea. I just, I didn't even ask.

I just asked my daughter to make a speech. I mean, I think, well, there you go. You asked your daughter because you, why did you ask your daughter? Because you wanted her to be prepared. I felt someone in my family should welcome the other family. Right. And the reason why you asked her beforehand so that she would be prepared. I feel bad for Howard because when you're on the spot,

you know, you kind of maybe default to what you're comfortable with. And I think for Howard the default is probably, you know, kind of maybe default to what you're comfortable with. And I think for Howard, the default is probably, you know, kind of more maybe humor that's not appropriate for a root film. So you're not going to make a speech right now? All right. Would you like me to make a speech? Yeah, because I gave you a little heads up.

Make your speech. Go. I'm going to make a speech for Mike. So we're back. It's June 16th. 15th. 15th. Rose, which wedding are you talking about? It's my wedding I'm talking about.

Mike and Monica's wedding. All right. Hi, everyone. I'm Rose. Some of you may know me as Mike's friend and the co-host of his podcast. But Mike and I have actually known each other for a very long time, since we were really, really young. Actually, I can count on two fingers the number of people that I've known for more than 20 years. One is Mike, and the other is my friend Chrissy, who actually cut Mike's hair for this special day. And if you had happened to see Mike's

hair in the weeks leading up to the wedding, you would know just what a good friend she is to take on that challenge. Now, the reason Mike and I have been friends for so many years when so many other people have come and gone is simple. Mike is a kind friend. He's a funny friend. He's an honest friend. And he's a generous friend. And if you need help, Mike will help you as fast as he can with everything he's got.

Mike doesn't lie. He doesn't bullshit. And he doesn't tell you what you want to hear if it's not true. That doesn't work for some people, but it works for me and I'm happy to have him in my life. people, but it works for me and I'm happy to have him in my life. I learned a long time ago that the most truly special type of people are the ones that have the ability to bring others together in a meaningful way. And the lovely table of people that I'm sitting here with are a perfect example of that. Hi, Table 9. Peace. Howard and Fred, those radio fellows who, when they wanted to reinvent their radio show, Mike helped them do that with his knowledge and his expertise.

Their friendship was born from Mike's online community that he created with his website, as was his friendship with Anthony, who catered the lovely meal that we are enjoying this evening. Mike writes about his passions and his interests with honesty, and that inspires people to start a conversation. And from those conversations, real connections happen and often real friendships like the ones at this table. And I think that's really cool.

But the biggest testament to the type of person Mike is, is not his website or his podcast or even his friends. It's his two beautiful children, James and Michelle, who adore him. And the incredibly beautiful woman that married him today. When you first meet Monica, you are so struck by her warmth and her kindness and her intelligence. It just fills the room. She is lovely. So are you. And I wish your family every joy that life has to offer. So everyone, let's raise a glass to Mr. and Mrs. Mike and Monica Boone. Congratulations, my friend. Cheers. Boom.

That's how you make a speech. Rose, I got to tell everybody, first of all, that was amazing. That was amazing. And you did not read that. That's off the top of your head. You read from your heart. And I know that was sincere and it was perfect. You should have made that speech on June 15th.

You should have asked me. And I would. I didn't ask was perfect. You should have made that speech on June 15th. Should have asked me. And I didn't ask Humble. But better late than never. Rose, that was beautiful. I thought that was amazing. Thank you. You're welcome. Married life is married life agreeing with you.

It seems to be. Yeah, my hair's going darker. Have you noticed the white hairs have turned brown again? Life is good. I'm very happy. Very good. Have you noticed the white hairs have turned brown again? Life is good. I'm very happy. Very good. Thank you, Rosie. Now, we had a bunch of moves in Leafs land, the Borilco sphere, if you will.

We had a signing of David Clarkson. David Clarkson is now a Leaf. We traded for Dave Boland, and we re-signed Tyler Bozak and we cut a lot of Mike's. We lost Commissarik, Mikhail Grabovsky, because Mikhail is really Mike, and Mike Koskia. Is that how you said it? Anyways, the Etobicoke defenseman. He's gone. So a lot of things happened and I know you have a story you want to share with us about Dave Boland. Yes, Dave Boland has a special place in our family because, not just because he's from, you know, our hood, but such a funny Dave Boland story. I think it's funny. We'll see if you guys think it's funny.

So Scott is, he plays men's league hockey pretty competitively for years. He's quite good. He was really, really good and he actually played at a really high level when he was younger. And he played with some NHL players. Gosh, what's his name? Oh, my God. It's so embarrassing. Mike Camilleri. No, but I think it's...

No, his name's not Mike. He's a broadcaster now on TSN. Anyways, played with him for years. That guy. So awful. I can't believe I forgot his name. He's such a nice guy. Ray Ferraro.

He's like a family friend. It's like, how terrible. This person hopefully does not listen to the podcast. I really hope he doesn't listen

because he's, I mean, his wife is Martha. She's gorgeous. What's his name? What team did he play for? He did play for the Leafs for a short period of time,

but he's really, he's our age, but. Is he from King City? No. Is it Jeff O'Neill? No, he's from, no, it's not Jeff.

Oh my God. I can't believe i forgot his name anyways okay look up to me is it steve thomas is it stumpy oh i know mike johnson yes it's mike johnson nice one oh my god i'm so impressed mike johnson yeah i know all the mics rose yeah so the johnson's very close friends with scott's family lots of lots of hockey so all this to say hockey big part of our lives, right? So Scott played men's league really, really, really just recently stopped just because we're so busy with, we're so busy he had to stop for a little bit. So we were at a silent auction for a charity event a couple of years ago. And we were actually there because Scott's mom was organizing the fashion show. And this was

for, you know, the new Toronto Police College that actually opened in Mimico, big, beautiful facility. It's the Toronto Police College. I believe it's on Birmingham in Mimico. This beautiful facility opens and they had this big opening party and a fashion show and there was a silent auction. So one of the items in the silent auction was a hockey stick, a really beautiful hockey stick, signed by Mimico native Dave Boland. And with it came a certificate of authenticity and a note from him and so on and so forth. So because Scott loves to play hockey and he's always looking for sticks, and we wanted to contribute something to the auction, he's like, oh, I'm going to bid on this hockey stick.

So he bids and he wins it. And, you know, he's thrilled. Now he's thrilled, not so much because of the autograph, not that, you know, props to Dave Boland at the time. It's not that he had anything against him, but he actually was just really genuinely excited about playing with that particular stick. So he gets the stick and Dave Bolin's mom had actually contributed the stick to the auction, but she hadn't got it signed yet. So Scott went and he played with the stick in one of his games and it broke. And then two days after it broke, his mom called and she said, I am so sorry, but I want to have this stick signed by my son.

And Scott didn't know how to, he didn't have the heart to be like, you know what, I'm good. That's funny. So he never had the heart to tell her that. And I'm not really quite sure. I can't really quite remember. And I hope I'm telling the story right. If I'm not, I'll be told later. But the broken stick is still in the trunk of his car because he doesn't have the heart to throw it away.

It was like two years ago. You know, okay. Actually, it was three years ago because I was pregnant. So it was three years ago. Okay, because he won the Stanley Cup this year. He got the winning goal. And he won the Stanley Cup before. And last time he won the Stanley Cup, he

came to a bar in Mimico, the name of which will come to me in a second. Spruce Moose or Spruce Goose? Loose Goose? Okay, it's not far from the ghost station in the mimico ghost station okay so he goes to this bar he gets a cup for a day everyone who wins the cup gets it for a day and he brings it to the bar and local mimico people come to the bar to see the stanley cup you need to find out this is very important okay you need to find out when dave boland is

bringing because i'm gonna go i'm planning to to go. So he hasn't done it yet? No, he hasn't had his day with the cup yet. So he's going to get, we're going to find out when's his day. And we should go. And we should phone the bar and find out when he's, because he's probably going back

to this Mimico bar with the cup. And then we got to go see Dave Boland. And then Scott can get an autograph or whatever. Maybe Scott can tell him the stick story. I would get that half signed. I don't care if it's broken. That just gives it a better story. Hanging up for the conversation,

it sparks. It was just so funny because his mom was obviously the loveliest woman and she felt really bad that she hadn't, you know,

had the stick autographed in time, but she was so, she so wanted to fulfill the autographed part of the stick that she's, you know,

she's calling the organizers. I think she got, she got, she got self-help. She's trying to get a second stick out of this deal. Don't worry.

And then he brought, and this is what I never understand with hockey. Like you pay so much money for these sticks and then they break so fast. I got a stick on sale for 50 bucks. Yeah. They're all compasses now. And it was $99 regular. I got it for 50 bucks, three years of playing hard. And I just got a couple of little chips at the end of this blade. I've never broke it. Does that mean I'm not playing hard enough? No, because Scott's had some sticks that didn't ever break, and then he had some that broke right away. So I think it could be just the fluke of the way

the puck hits it or whatever. I mean, I don't know. But I love rec hockey. Tell Scott I want to play with him. He loves it. He misses it. We have to get him back into it. You know what it is? It's hard because he works nights. It's hard to find organized hockey at his level during the day, right? So it's just a struggle right now.

I think Muzzin's got a league Saturday mornings or something like that. Actually, that would work. It didn't work for me because James plays Saturday mornings, but it might work for Scott. Muzzin and Scott, we've got to hook them up. You know what? You should because it kind of breaks my heart when I see this giant hockey bag in the garage and all the sticks

and the broken Dave Bowlen stick. That's a funny Dave Bowlen story. It was Dave Bowlen. I like him as a player. I'm happy he's a Leaf, and I'm a big fan of David Clarkson. I don't care that we overpaid for him. We paid what it took to get him.

I like him on the Leaf. He's super cute. I know Elvis is pissed off at the seven-year deal, but he can bitch about that on our podcast, but I have no problem with this he'll be okay now rose i've been house hunting the last couple of weeks and i've seen some houses all right

update me real quick update on a couple of houses which i think are funny one is a great a great detached house in mimico and i couldn't even fathom buying it even though it was roomy and perfect, because the data didn't, my data on my phone would not work in the basement and was really weak on the main floor. So believe it or not. That sucks. Yeah.

The data, the fact that, and I know there's probably many, many things that could be done possibly, but the fact that I couldn't get my data to work in the basement where I envisioned my office being was a deal breaker for me. Like I didn't even want to like consider it anymore. And I just walked away disappointed. Yeah. I mean, the reality is. Isn't that kind of funny?

Like a data connection would kill this like a house opportunity. It's not because you work from home. So your, like your office is actually a major part. If you didn't work from home, maybe you could live with it. I know when I was living in my mom's house, there were parts of the house where it would drop out and it was really annoying. But because you work from home where you see the office going to be if it doesn't like you're also really early in the house hunt i don't think you should have to compromise everything something

that big yeah well that's one and then that is big to me there's another house in a better neighborhood i like better which is not actually mimico it's new toronto which is like west of mimico yeah right okay and i really like this house and put an offer in on it yesterday oh my god you put an offer yeah put an offer in yesterday i was gonna do it two days ago but i had no power so did it last night we put an offer and we'll see like it's early and we put in below asking we'll see but um wow that's good yeah we'll see but this one the funny story here is the everything's ideal like i really dig it i dig the location primarily and i like the house but the neighbor seems really

cranky so there's this old guy next door and our agent was saying something and he had these snarky replies like they were just like snarky dink replies like you would never say to somebody you wanted to like be decent to and it was like it i we monica like i i don't know i didn't put as much weight i was more upset at the data being not working in the other house than this cranky neighbor he seemed to be just like a guy who would like maybe just leave him alone and like i don't need to be friendly with my neighbors i don't need to be buddies with them like have them come over for barbecues but he just seemed i know so what do you think of that like this guy he's never met us before we just came out of of an open house not an open house we had our own private viewing and he was just a dink he didn't

swear anything but he's just a dink i wouldn't worry you know why here's the thing i think that um i think neighbors get stressed when houses are up for sale because let's face it you it can be such a stressful and miserable situation when you have horrible neighbors. I mean, I've had friends move because they had such awful neighbors, you know, relationships deteriorate. You know, it's funny. I, I've been so lucky for 10 years to have such amazing neighbors that are perfect. They are, you know, it's the perfect balance, right? Friendly and civil, but no one's coming over for barbecues. Do you have to do a stop and chat every time or can you just sort of give them a nod? no,

no, no. A nod is sufficient? Okay, that's what I like. We actually do. Scott and I were just talking about that. We love how it's like the nod,

but no one stops. Like you don't, you just, you just, you keep moving. But I wouldn't worry about if you guys get the offer, I wouldn't worry about it because probably I think what it is is anxiety on his part on what he's going to get.

Cause you have no control over it. Who is going to move in next to you, right? So he's probably nervous about it. Say you buy the house and you move in. And I do look scary. Like, I wouldn't want to see me moving in next door to me. I'm sure it wasn't even anything personal. They've probably seen, these houses are so, this market's so hot.

Like, they probably, the guy's probably seen so many people pass through. And he's probably just nervous. I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt, obviously. But he's probably just nervous about what he's going to get. Once you're in i am positive that he will turn it'll it won't be it won't be that bad he'll be he'll be he'll be all right as long as you know you are friendly and introduce yourselves as i think you know people should right so um if you're the data had worked in the other house would you have bid on that house maybe

because it was much less expensive like it was like i'll tell you it was fifty thousand dollars listed fifty thousand less so that's right yeah yeah it was fifty thousand less and then but i should point out the the opening bid we made on the house we liked is way below asking so uh the agent was being snarky too of our agent about how it was so low your agent was no they're agents so you didn't even want to like present it and we're like we'll just present the damn offer but uh so i don't have high hopes we'll score this house because we can't afford asking on this house it's funny though because i that agent is very very silly to be like that because i was just reading um about how you know how the junction was getting so hot so hot so hot and it's really like you know it's

cooling off and um i still like the junction by the way i'm high hot, so hot. And it's really like, you know, it's cooling off. I still like the junction, by the way. I'm high on the junction. Yeah. I think it's a little overhyped and I would not buy a house there right now because I think you're paying for the hype, right? But regardless, it is a cool area. But there was a couple, same thing. They were asking, I think, $700,000. They refused to budge. They got an offer below and they didn't take it. And a month later, it hadn't sold. And then that person had moved on and bought something else and they ended up selling below what she had originally offered. Yeah, that happens.

So it's like an agent to be snarky about it is just, I think, is not very smart. And you mentioned in your beautiful wedding speech that chrissy had cut my hair uh your friend had cut my hair for the wedding and that was a big success but monica has got this thank you i did look good didn't i finally you guys oh my god you guys look like gorgeous you're like magazine couple everybody looked beautiful and we're on a few magazines no we're we're not. So Monica has... Toronto Mike Weekly. Yeah, that's right. I published my own magazine.

Yeah. Monica's got this idea where she's going to... She wants to... I have to decide whether I grant her permission, but she wants to cut my hair. Why not? She's been watching YouTube videos and she's bought supplies like the proper scissors and this clipper thing. It's in the corner over there.

And she's learning. She did her own because she wanted to layer her own or something and she wants to do my hair why not so i let her cut my hair yeah it's hair frank i don't understand when people get so it's hair it grows back like you're you know what i mean like it i don't care what my hair looks like as you know no if it was like the day before your wedding and it was like the first time maybe not because i don't think she'd do a good job but just maybe you know you don't want to have to be honest i was gonna let her do it but i just wondered if you think oh my god yeah absolutely because at the so she messes it up who cares it's hair it grows back and it goes fast i also spent years being um so my best friend as

i mentioned in my wedding speech beautiful speed is a hairstylist and she has been obsessed with hair since we were 14 years old. And I was her guinea pig for years. I've had my hair, like I'm just used to, oh my God, I've had my hair made into the CN tower. Like she, I have really long, dark hair and she made my hair into the CN tower for a fashion show. She has done millions of crazy things to my hair. The one though, and I've never complained because really at the end of the day is hair. I refuse to get worked up about hair. However, that being said, once when we were,

I think I just started working full time in like my first full time job and she was experimenting with color and she put some gold stuff in the front and I sort of felt like I looked like the Lion King and I was like, we have to fix this. I'm like, I can't.

I can't show up on my desk with these like gold strings. And she's like, really? You don't like it? I'm like, yeah, really. Okay, so next time I see you, I might have the Monica's first cut. Tell Monica to go for it. And then the best part about it is she'll get better and better at it. And then you never have to leave the house to get your hair cut.

It's awesome. And the price is perfect. And Rose, you mentioned you have renovations going on. Yeah, we have a deck. A deck happened, which is awesome. A deck happened. A deck happened, which is really cool because we've been in our place for 10 years and we have a really small backyard. It's about 400, so small, like 400 square feet small. And it was always sort of a mess, but because of, um, access issues, you know, we, it's never really been easy to, um,

you know, to tackle, you know, putting, putting, um, patio stone or deck or anything like that, but it's done now and it's awesome because we have Nicholas's little turtle pool on the deck and he loves it. It's so hot. And then our top floor is getting, we're changing it into a play room for him. And, um, it's just better use of the of the of the space but with we know we've never done renovations before and i there's just all this um dust and like sawdust and they're amazing their contractors are so good and they're being so careful and they're so lovely but it's still your life is upside down like i can never done it well yeah and i can see why you know it's so funny like it was people were acting like i was we were about to go to war they're like oh when is it when is it starting well just

stay calm don't lose your cool and i'm like why what's gonna happen like am i going to war but um i kind of get it now because and then after like a few weeks you just you're a little beleaguered it's like oh god like the you know there's like these like dust everywhere and you know stuff on the floor and stuff's everywhere and my clothes are not accessible right now so like i think i might be wearing a maternity dress right now oh i was gonna say you can start wearing like like a barrel you know like those did anyone ever wear rose did anyone ever actually wear a barrel like is it just in cartoons i don't know but i've always find it funny did that ever happen i don't know, but I always find it funny. Fred Flintstone. I just want to call you out.

Did that ever happen? I don't know. It's funny. Why do I think Fred Flintstone? I feel like I have Fred Flintstone in a barrel in my head. No, Fred didn't wear a barrel, but people would wear a barrel in cartoons. I can see it. I don't know. But this is a question now talking about renovations.

If you guys found, because we have friends that did this, they had this particular area of the city that they wanted because of the proximity to their jobs. But the houses were ridiculous, like Lawrence Park, we're talking, right? And so, but they couldn't really afford Lawrence Park, but they really wanted to get whatever they could just so they could have the proximity to work. And they figured, you know what, we'll just deal with it. So they ended up finding this like semi that they just had to be, you know, gutted and they went through extensive renovations and it cost a fortune and it was really stressful would you be willing to do that do you think or is it like no speaking of the junction we uh monaco sent me a link to a place we could afford in the

junction that needed major renos and i vetoed it based on the fact i didn't i wasn't feeling like doing renos yeah because that was how we were too it was like you know what i don't i just it's so it's such an upheaval like it's so stressful like it's and then if you've got kids in the mix it might be easier if you're single but once you have kids in the mix man is it harder like we've um yeah it's just everything's just a little bit you know less convenient um but you know what do not worry because you will find something it is I really do believe that like there is the perfect house for everyone I remember

we were so disappointed we didn't get there's multiple perfect houses exactly yeah exactly like I really I don't feel like something will come along you know you're gonna find something it's gonna be awesome you're gonna love the area you've got you know your area that you're looking in and you'll be fine

yeah I'm not too stressed like I'm happy here so it, you know, your area that you're looking in and you'll be fine. Yeah, I'm not too stressed. Like, I'm happy here. So, you know, it's all good. I could go either way. I'm happy to move. I'm happy to stay. Well, it's nice that you're not in a position where you have to buy something, right? Like, that's... No, I mean, I got to get 60 days notice here.

I can wait forever. I can wait forever, Rose. Well, we'll see how the Sega continues of Mike's and Monica's house hunt. So we're at like 40 minutes. Do you want to, maybe we save some, any of these items you wanted to address today? They're not too time sensitive. We want to-

Bum bum to 46 or 47. Yeah, 46. This is 45. Happy 45th anniversary, Rose. Happy anniversary. Let's wrap it up. And that brings us to the end of our show. Our 45th show.

You can follow me on Twitter at TorontoMike and Rosie is at Rosie in Toronto. See you all next week. Bye for now.