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- Good morning people of the internet.
I'm Chuck that's Josh
we do the Stuff You Should
Know Podcast each week.
Actually, twice a week.
- Yes.
- And we do this, once a week.
- Right.
- It's called internet round up.
- Where we round up the internet.
- That's right it's our new show.
it's not necessarily
news as in breaking news.
- Right.
- We like it to be evergreen.
- A lot of the news comes from the 1970s.
- Yeah, but it's still
worth while I think.
- Speaking of worth while man,
you came up with something
pretty great on HuffPo.
10.1 tips for my 101 year old grandmother
on how to lead a good life.
This lady sounds top notch
Helen, born in 1913.
- Right
And this was written by
one of her grand kids
I guess that writes for HuffPo.
He said I got a good
angle, my grandmother.
- Yeah, I got a scoop.
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- So she's 101, and apparently
she has a quick step
often in French or Italian shoes.
She remains lucid, perceptive and curious.
And regularly goes out to
the ballet and the opera.
- Right.
- What does she -- she
plays golf occasionally
- Yeah!
- She reads two books
a week on her Kindle.
- And again she is 101 years old.
- Yeah that's awesome.
- Yeah, so she came up with a list of tips
of how to not just have like a long life
but a good enjoyable life.
- Yeah.
- Number one, maintain a hopeful attitude.
- I think that speaks for itself.
- It does.
- The second one she has down is read!
With an exclamation point.
- Yeah, the exclamation
point is important.
- Yeah, she says you can learn something
from any and every book.
I don't know about that.
- Yeah.
(laughter)
She may be stretching
that one a little bit.
- Or maybe she's just
reading the good stuff.
- Right.
- Number three is listen to music.
- Yeah I agree.
- She says that it's a great outlet
to allow yourself to be carried away.
Absolutely true, but even
on a more neurological basis
it just stimulates different
parts of your brain.
- Absolutely
- Keeps you sharp.
- Be kind to others.
- Big one.
- Yeah that's a good one.
Surround yourself with bright
people who are knowledgeable
or have had interesting
experiences in life.
She says that they invigorate her.
I think that's really solid.
- This one like pops up in just about
every list of life tips
I've ever come across.
- I remember there was this
kid who died from progeria.
The one that makes you
look like an old person
from like a very young age.
I think he died in like his
20s, but he left behind a list.
And one of them was surround
yourself with quality people.
- Yeah
- [Josh] So true.
- Makes sense it takes
a village as they say.
- Yeah, like everybody
on meth in your life?
Cut em out.
- Cut em that's a...
Well don't cut em out,
try and get em some help
- That's granny's number six right?
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Cut out all the people on meth.
- Cultivate a good opinion of yourself.
She said you might have
to work on this one,
but a good self image can go a long way.
- Yep.
- [Chuck] What's next Josh?
- Stay physically active.
I mean she plays golf and she's 101.
- Yeah, there you have it. Go bowling man.
You ever lug around a bowling
ball for half a night?
- Especially if you're 101?
- It's no good.
- Continually find new
things to be excited about.
She says her big thing is
looking forward to meals,
with relatives or the ballet or movies.
- [Josh] Right.
- Get out and about and, aside
from being physically active
you're stimulating your brain.
You're not cooped up in a home all day.
- Yeah.
- What's next?
- Fall in love. She
says love is essential.
Absolutely, you gotta
keep love in your life.
- That's right, and finally she closes out
with find happiness
with yourself and smile.
- Smile.
You jackass.
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That's what it says.
- It does she said, although I don't smile
unless I have cause to and
in parenthesis, she smiles.
- Aww
- Sound like a sweet lady.
- She does.
- So great advice stay sharp.
I know my wife's grandmother is 94
and she's sharp as a tack.
- [Josh] Is that right?
- Yep she does puzzles all day long
Sudoku and word games
and I think that like,
you can fight the brain stuff
pretty hard if you stay mentally active.
- Right, yes.
- You got any other
advice? You're not 101.
- No.
I'm gettin there, fast.
- What's our next item sir?
- Well in the exact opposite of that.
Well not necessarily I'm
sure you could find some
life tips in here.
Back in 1970.
This is a great true legend.
- Yeah.
- A guy named Dock Ellis,
who they recently made
a documentary about.
About this.
- [Chuck] It's great.
- Have you seen it?
- Yeah.
- [Josh] I gotta see it.
- It's called No No: A Dockumentary.
- Right and they call it
No No, cause well in part
Dock Ellis pitched a no hitter in 1970.
Which is pretty cool,
no hitters is remarkable
- Sure.
- But what makes it super remarkable
is that he was in the
grips of an acid trip
while he was pitching
this no hitter in 1970.
- Yeah it's one of baseballs
most legendary stories.
And all true he played for
the Pittsburgh Pirates,
and the documentary is great because
it really goes behind the guy and --
- [Josh] Oh yeah there's a
lot more to him than that.
- A lot more to him than that,
he was really a forward thinking dude
and he liked to party, which
he ended up being really
super embarrassed about
the no hitter on acid.
- Well it took him 14 years to disclose it
- Yeah
- Cause this news article is from the
Los Angeles Times in I think 1984,
and he says yeah, I dropped
acid at like noon one day.
And I was hanging out with my girlfriend,
who I took acid with.
And she was lookin at the
paper and said you know
you're supposed to pitch today
- [Chuck] yeah he wasn't supposed to.
- [Josh] In San Diego, right?
- Yeah.
- And he hopped on a plane.
Made it there an hour
or so before game time
and it was a doubleheader.
- Yeah.
- And he pitched a no hitter.
He apparently hit several batters.
- Yeah he walked eight
guys, and he hit a couple.
- It wasn't a perfect game
- No No
- It was a no hitter.
- Far from perfect but like I said
he ended up being very ashamed of this,
and ashamed of his drug use
and what he did with his career.
So he ended up being an advocate
against drugs and alcohol
and worked with kids,
and athletes and passed away, sadly.
But yeah, he tried to kinda
make up for what he thought was
not the effort that he
should've given in his career.
- Gotcha.
- Yeah, it's really good though.
- Yeah.
What's it called?
- It's called No No Colon, A Dockumentary.
So I think it means no
no as in a no hitter.
And no no, should not
live your life this way.
That's what I took from it.
- So there you have it
the internet has officially
been rounded up, Chuck.
- For this week at least.
- [Josh] Yep.
- So we will see you all on
the world wide web next week.
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