Speaker 1
I work in the zoo as a zoo keeper. I have a pet racoon and a bearded dragon. I love flying kites during a windy day. My brother owns a grocery store. I own 2 cars and both are mustangs.
Speaker 2
I am a meat eater. I like running. I wear pants. My parents grew up in alaska. I work as a programmer.
Speaker 1
I am a zoo keeper. I love animals. I have a raccoon and a bearded dragon for pets. I live on the west coast. I fly kites. I have two cars - both of them are Mustangs. I have a brother. He owns a grocery store here. I always go to my brother's store for food.
Speaker 2
I love eating animals. I live in Alaska. I don't own a car. I run to get from place to place. I don't go to the grocery store. I hunt and forage for my food. I am not that good at hunting or foraging. I am a programmer. I am not athletic.
Speaker 1
Hey there! Just taking a break from being a zoo keeper! It's hard work,but I love animals!
Speaker 2
Nice! I love animals, too! Especially when they're for dinner.
Speaker 1
Don't know how a racoon or a bearded dragon would taste? Those are my pets.
Speaker 2
Raccoons can be pretty tasty, depends on how fat they are. I eat them alot in alaska.
Speaker 1
Guess you can't fly kites in alaska? I fly kites on the west coast here!
Speaker 2
You can but you just gotta make sure to wear warm pants because it's cold up here.
Speaker 1
I have two cars both are mustangs. The engines would probably freeze in alaska!
Speaker 2
Probably. I don't own a car up here. Just run around wearing pants between villages.
Speaker 1
Guess the nearest grocery store is far away! My brother owns one here.
Speaker 2
Don't know! I try to forage for vegetables and hunt for meat like polar bear.
Speaker 1
Woah! That's really outdoorsy! I go to my brothers grocery corner botega store for my food needs!
Speaker 2
I'm not successful, tho. Us programmers aren't exactly the most athletic.
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Speaker 1
I am a zoo keeper. I love animals. I have a raccoon and a bearded dragon for pets. I live on the west coast. I fly kites. I have two cars - both of them are Mustangs. I have a brother. He owns a grocery store here. I always go to my brother's store for food.
Speaker 2
I love eating animals. I live in Alaska. I don't own a car. I run to get from place to place. I don't go to the grocery store. I hunt and forage for my food. I am not that good at hunting or foraging. I am a programmer. I am not athletic.
Speaker 1
Have you had any luck hunting lately?
Speaker 2
Not this month. Last week trip I even came back totally empty handed. I might need to go to grocery store soon.
Speaker 1
Maybe. Or you could use a service like Door Dash. If you wanted to make it more like hunting, you could chase down the car or hide in a bush and pounce on the delivery person.
Speaker 2
LOL! Please don't turn me into a criminal. I never used Door Dash or similar services before. Watch a video on how a delivery person spits on the order and now I have trust issue.
Speaker 1
Ew. Yeah, that's horrible. I've heard sometimes people at restaurants do that, too, so I try to be super nice to them.
Speaker 2
Yes, people probably won't do things like that unprovoked. Have your brother shared or experienced stories like that at his store?
Speaker 1
At his store, it's more things like people will try to pocket little things and not pay for them. Or they will fill a drink cup, drink some of it, then refill it and pay.
Speaker 2
That's sucks. I read somewhere that store owners rarely reports things like that since it doesn't worth the efforts and complications that might arise. Is that true?
Speaker 1
Yeah, it's true. It's a lot of paperwork and phone calls. It's not worth all that for a candy bar. Better to just keep an eye on those people when they come into your store.
Speaker 2
I shouldn't own a grocery store then. I might get too tempted to hurt those people.
Speaker 1
That's understandable. Store owning isn't for everyone. We get punks pulling things at the zoo, too. People harass the animals and leave garbage everywhere.
Speaker 2
I don't understand people who just harass without any reason. Garbage too! Garbage bins are everywhere!
 3 hours
Speaker 1
I am a zoo keeper. I love animals. I have a raccoon and a bearded dragon for pets. I live on the west coast. I fly kites. I have two cars - both of them are Mustangs. I have a brother. He owns a grocery store here. I always go to my brother's store for food. I try to be super nice to people at restaurants.
Speaker 2
I love eating animals. I live in Alaska. I don't own a car. I run to get from place to place. I don't go to the grocery store. I hunt and forage for my food. I am not that good at hunting or foraging. I am a programmer. I am not athletic. I like to go hunting. I have trust issues with delivery personals. I am short tempered.
Speaker 1
What kind of animals are you hunting for this season?
Speaker 2
Usually moose and deer, but I'm thinking of trying bear this year. Should fill the freezer nicely.
Speaker 1
That sounds dangerous! Are you sure you can hunt a bear?
Speaker 2
Sure, with the right weapon you can hunt anything.  I'm not the best hunter yet, though, so I'm thinking of taking someone more experienced along as well.
Speaker 1
That's a good idea. Wouldn't want you to get Leo DiCaprio'ed if you know what I mean. Is bear tasty? I've never had it.
Speaker 2
If you get it in the right season it's delicious. It has a very strong flavor. That's probably hard for you to imagine being an animal lover, isn't it?
Speaker 1
I love animals, but I don't mind eating them as long as they are killed in a humane way. I would go crazy without a good steak every now and then. I just make sure to get my food from good sources where I know they treat the animals right.
Speaker 2
I  agree with getting responsibly sourced food. Is that the sort of store your brother owns?
Speaker 1
Exactly! My brother stocks his store with food from local farms. It's the best! Are there good grocery stores in Alaska?
Speaker 2
Well, there are....but they can be a pain to get to during some months. That's why I've been working so hard to learn to take care of myself.  Plus it's a great way to help tame my temper.
Speaker 1
I'm glad to hear that. Have you ever been to any anger management classes?
Speaker 2
Not yet. It's been suggested to me before, but I feel so ridiculous going to them.
3 days 3 hours
Speaker 1
I am a zoo keeper. I love animals. I have a raccoon and a bearded dragon for pets. I live on the west coast. I fly kites. I have two cars - both of them are Mustangs. I have a brother. He owns a grocery store here. I always go to my brother's store for food. I try to be super nice to people at restaurants. I watch movies. I have never eaten bear meat. I am an animal lover. I eat meat. I buy responsibly sourced meat products.
Speaker 2
I love eating animals. I live in Alaska. I don't own a car. I run to get from place to place. I don't go to the grocery store. I hunt and forage for my food. I am not that good at hunting or foraging. I am a programmer. I am not athletic. I like to go hunting. I have experience hunting moose and deer. I want to hunt bear. I am not an experienced hunter. I have eaten bear meat. I have trust issues with delivery personals. I am short tempered. I want to be self-sufficient. I am ashamed about my anger management problems.
Speaker 1
I found a responsibly sourced bear meat producer and it was pretty tasty like you mentioned.
Speaker 2
I'm glad you liked it! I know it's not very common, but it's meat like any other animal. I'm thinking of making some deer and bison jerky soon. Do you like jerky?
Speaker 1
I sure do that sounds great please save me some! Did you hunt them yourself?
Speaker 2
Yeah, and I need to use the meat soon. And it's much much cheaper to make it yourself. Jerky can be expensive. I'm sure you've seen the prices at your brother's store if he carries it. 
Speaker 1
Oh okay I see, and you bet I have they are so expensive. Does making jerky provide some distraction from your stressful life?
Speaker 2
The prep and eating it does! The cook time is hours and hours, so that's not very good for getting my mind off of things. They're opening a new store about 10 minutes from me. That's a big deal around here. I wanted to see if I could hunt and forage to survive, but it's nice to know I have an easily-accessible store nearby now.
Speaker 1
That makes it all the better, all that hard work! That sounds awesome, really convenient. I wish we had more snack machines at the zoo for that exact reason. With practice you will be great.
Speaker 2
I do ok I guess for my relatively limited experience. I think hunting helps with my anger management -- it's very peaceful when you're not tracking an animal, plus a lot of work goes into it. It's a good way to expend energy. How do you manage your stresses?
Speaker 1
I bet it is a good release, and helps with concentration. I usually just like to hang out with my pets or work on my cars. My Mustangs keep my hands full. Trying to put a turbo in the old one.
Speaker 2
It must be a great feeling to know about cars. Before I moved here, I commuted an hour and a half each way, and I was always scared something was going to happen to the car I had then and cost an arm and a leg to fix. When you know how to do it yourself, it's no big deal. Parts aren't nearly as expensive as labor.
Speaker 1
It makes me feel a lot better and more self-sufficient for sure. That is a long drive for anyone, I understand. It sure keeps the cost down but it takes so long when I do it.
Speaker 2
Oh, yeah, I guess if you have to fix a car out of necessity versus hobby, it's a little more stressful, but it's nice to know how to do it! I don't know how to change a windshield wiper. I'm useless with cars. I do see a man around town who rides his "pet" moose. Maybe I should do that.
6 days 3 hours
Speaker 1
I am a zoo keeper. I love animals. I have a raccoon and a bearded dragon for pets. I live on the west coast. I fly kites. I have two cars - both of them are Mustangs. I have a brother. He owns a grocery store here. I always go to my brother's store for food. I try to be super nice to people at restaurants. I watch movies. I have never eaten bear meat. I am an animal lover. I eat meat. I buy responsibly sourced meat products. I buy locally sourced bear meat. My brother has a store. I work at the zoo.  I like to work on cars, particularly Mustangs.
Speaker 2
I love eating animals. I live in Alaska. I don't own a car. I run to get from place to place. I don't go to the grocery store. I hunt and forage for my food. I am not that good at hunting or foraging. I am a programmer. I am not athletic. I like to go hunting. I have experience hunting moose and deer. I want to hunt bear. I am not an experienced hunter. I have eaten bear meat. I make deer and bison jerky. I have trust issues with delivery personals. I am short tempered. I want to be self-sufficient. I am ashamed about my anger management problems. I'm in anger management.
Speaker 1
One of the bears got loose at the zoo today!
Speaker 2
That's CRAZY! Are you okay?
Speaker 1
I'm fine, and I don't think anyone got hurt...but there's probably a zookeeper or two who's out of a job!
Speaker 2
Oh for sure. How does a bear even get loose?
Speaker 1
Apparently it only takes one guy to be lazy and leave the door unlocked...he was going to grab his walkie talkie bc he left it behind, but he said he got distracted with something else. If I had been there, I might have taken the bear home, lol!
Speaker 2
Oh man, he's so getting fired. Did people start screaming? Ahaha, and keep him as a pet, wow he'd be hard to hide.
Speaker 1
Of course they were screaming, they're used to seeing him in the enclosure from far away...he's bigger than people expect! And maybe I'm terrible but I could easily hide a bear...in my freezer!
Speaker 2
Bet some of the kids were either super excited or super terrified. AHA that's the first thought that crossed my mind but didn't want to sound rougeish.
Speaker 1
Oh i'm sure some kids thought he was a big toy! But it's really good that no one got hurt, can you imagine the lawsuits? And I knew we had similar brain waves about the bear! I try to stick to locally sourced meat...you can't get more local than your workplace!
Speaker 2
Imagine a big teddy bear come at you and everyone's screaming their heads off. It is super lucky that no one got hurt. Great minds think alike ;) HAH that's jokes, homegrown and fed
Speaker 1
You know all about staying local and homegrown! How is the summer foraging, find any good mushrooms?
Speaker 2
Summer's been great, I've been hunting with some friends. Gained quite a bit of weight over winter, huntings great at shedding it. How have you been?
6 days 7 hours