This week David, Kate, and Anthony invite you to City Hall for All. Plus, safety reminders for the start of school. Trade in for an electric leaf blower. Book a group trip with Community Van. Donate blood and enter to win $$. Reserve a time at See Spot Splash. Learn CPR. Connect with resources at the Health and Wellness Fair. Special guests: Theresa Vander Vaart, Recreation Supervisor, and Drew Bylow, Program Coordinator, get pumped for the re-opening of the Kirkland Teen Union Building (KTUB).
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This Week in Kirkland
August 22, 2024 - TWIK
This week David, Kate, and Anthony invite you to City Hall for All. Plus, safety reminders for the start of school. Trade in for an electric leaf blower. Book a group trip with Community Van. Donate blood and enter to win $$. Reserve a time at See Spot Splash. Learn CPR. Connect with resources at the Health and Wellness Fair. Special guests: Theresa Vander Vaart, Recreation Supervisor, and Drew Bylow, Program Coordinator, get pumped for the re-opening of the Kirkland Teen Union Building (KTUB...
- Duration:
- 31m
- Broadcast on:
- 22 Aug 2024
- Audio Format:
- mp3
(upbeat music) - Hello and welcome to the August 22nd episode of This Week in Kirkland, the official podcast of The City of Kirkland, bringing you timely topics and noteworthy news delivered to you every week. I'm David Wohlbrecht, Communications Program Manager here at The City, filling in for Jim Lopez, who is on a well-earned vacation. And I'm joined today by two members of the podcast team. - Kate Ryan. - And Anthony Girardi. As well as our two special guests, Teresa van der Vart and Drew Bylo, welcome. - Hi, thank you for having us here. - Happy to be here. - Yeah, and I think this is the first time we've had two. - That's right. - Special guests. - That's right. - It's my understanding, but all of our dedicated listeners can write in and correct me from wrong. - Yeah, that's right, exactly. - And we are all here and excited to hear about the Kirkland Teen Union Building opening up again. - It's up. - We're gonna hear all about that. (laughing) But before we get to that, here are the topics we're covering this week. - A few dates to save, including a leaf blower trade-in, CPR training, and some other upcoming events. - Plus, back to school preparations and using the community van program. And reminder that we always have links and more in the show notes for all of our items. But first, our big story of the week. City Hall for all is only three weekends away. - That's right. - It's gonna be a big one. Swing by City Hall on Saturday, September 14th from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Yeah. - It was a cool event last year, actually. I really think that was-- - Yeah, right. - I'm excited to see how it grows this year. - Oh. - It's growing. - Yeah, it is growing. - Indeed, indeed. - The jam-packed day includes trucks, trucks, a bus, and more trucks. It's a big truck day. - Did we mention every trucks? - I think they're, I heard a rumor that there's gonna be a truck or two. - Yeah, okay, yeah, yeah. - We'll also have cultural performances, local entertainment, pop-up markets, and so much more. - And if you wanna be part of the event, you can consider volunteering. We always need some help. We're still looking for volunteers for many positions, and there are a lot of shifts that are available. I also heard a rumor that the podcast might be making a appearance. - Anthony, I think you're right. - A little bird to me. - Yeah, a little bird called a pre-Jim Lopez. - Yeah, you called him a little bit. And like a pre-planning meeting, yes. - There you go. - That's right, yeah. - Come out, get some, this week in Kirkland podcast, Swag. - Oh, yeah. - Yeah. - Maybe we just ordered some T-shirts. Just saying. - Yeah. - Timely topics, no where the news. - So many secrets, right? - I know, inside scoops. - Yeah, I'm just complaining. - Yes, well, that'll be a good event. - Absolutely. And friendly reminder, we mentioned this last week, but the City Council is on summer recess, and so the next City Council meeting is not until September 3rd, and more on that, in next week's podcast, they deserve a break too, right? And speaking of recess ending and things starting up on September 3rd, wow, I love that transition. That's right, school starts the day after Labor Day. And of course, that means that we all need to be careful as students are getting to and from school once again. Now for drivers, that means slow down, pay attention, have patience, share the road. Don't double park, get blocks of visibility, don't block crosswalks when stopping, and always stop for a crossing guard. Good tips, also a reminder that it's illegal to pass a school bus that has stopped to pick up or drop off children. If a school bus has the yellow or red lights flashing or the arm is extended, traffic must stop, and that's in both directions for undivided roads. - Absolutely good, safety tips. Let's keep our students safe. And yet another thing, starting back up on September 3rd, let's not forget that safety cameras will also be in effect starting then. - That's right, cameras will be operational throughout the school year, that's September 3rd, June 18th. The safety cameras operate two times a day, 30 minutes before and after the start of school and 30 minutes before and after the end of school. - And note that the school zones along 132nd Avenue Northeast and 84th Avenue Northeast will operate for more than an hour due to multiple schools with different start and end times. Just little extra caution through those areas throughout the day. - Absolutely. And as mentioned, we have all that information, links to all that in the show notes. - Do you have an old gas leaf blower that you'd like to get rid of? Or are you looking for a good reason to switch to electric, Anthony? - I have an electric. - Oh, wow, I didn't even know that. - I do, I quite enjoy it. - Okay, nice. - I'm not gonna, you know, go brand loyalty. Ryobi. (laughing) - Big flex. (laughing) - But no, yeah, I have been in the electric camp for quite a while now and I gotta say I enjoy it. It's not quite as powerful as some of those huge gas blowers, but you know, it gets the job done, okay. And it's quieter, which I like. - Well, if you are interested in joining Anthony in Team Electric, we have a trade-in event coming up in September. - That's right. All you have to do is drain your current gas leaf blower, so that's getting rid of all the gas inside. Have proof of your Kirkland residency, like a bill or an ID, and trade it in for a voucher at our event. - Nice, and that voucher is gonna be valued at $100 redeemable at select local stores, which can be used for the purchase of a new electric leaf blower. - And despite Anthony's brand loyalty expression, you can use it for any brand you'd like. - Yeah, you can. - It seems so simple. - It seems so simple. - I know, I know. - We promise not to judge you if you go with Milwaukee or somebody else brand, it's okay. - Anthony might, but that's fine. - Yeah, yeah. - We won't. - Yeah, we won't, yeah. - 'Cause these colors don't run, lime green, right? (laughing) - Seahawks, you know. (laughing) - This event is gonna be at the North Kirkland Community Center on the North parking lot on September 28th. Are you looking to take a group trip but want to only pay transit fare? - Yeah. - Yeah, that's so fantastic. - Yeah, that's awesome. (laughing) - It's like ride share for transit fare. Well, have we got a program for you? - Yeah, Kirkland Kenmore Community Vans are six passenger and 12 passenger vans. And with as few as three people in your group, you are eligible to use the vehicles to travel as far as Bellingham, Olympia, and even Leavenworth. - Oh my goodness, winter wonderland. - Wow. - That's pretty cool. - Go meet some reindeer. (laughing) - There you go. You can use the vans for a full day if you need to and the adult passengers pay the Metro fare of 275 per trip and people ages 18 and under ride free. - Wow. - That's amazing. - That's a bargain, yes. - Yeah. - Ride free under 18, just saying, looking at the Kirkland Union building staff. - Yeah. (laughing) - Well, we've also got some upcoming events in addition to all the ones that we already mentioned for you to check out. - That's right. We have a blood drive at City Hall on August 28th and 29th. - There's also C-Spot Splash coming up at the Peter Kirk Pool on September 7th. - The CPR training at Fire Station 22 on September 19th. - And the health and wellness fair at Juanita High on September 28th. - Mm-hmm. - Action packed, close out of summer. - Yeah, exactly. - Well, I think that's a good transition. It brings us to our five. - Fuzzing out the summer. - Hey, right? - Yeah. (laughing) - Yep, yep, yep. Picking up when I'm putting down. It is our five over five, which is, of course, five questions in over five minutes with our special guest duo. - Yeah. - Yeah, welcome Threesa and Drew. - Woo-hoo. - Woo-hoo. - Welcome. - All right, so K-Tub, we're so excited that K-Tub's opening again. We've talked a little bit about it on the podcast, but we want to hear all about the grand opening, what all is going to be there. - Yeah. - And so much more. Before we dive into all things, we'll continue in the building. How about we get to know you all a little bit? - Yeah, that sounds great. - What are your roles with the city? - Okay, so my role is the recreational supervisor for K-Tub, and I'm very excited to be working with this man next to me, who's going to introduce himself as well. - And yeah, I'm Drew, and we actually together get this wonderful privilege to collect and activate youth voice to create this space that they want, because we're old, we don't know what team why anymore. We used to know what was cool, maybe, but we don't know it anymore. So we have this amazing group of volunteers that we like to call the K-Tub launch team. We've met several times over the summer, and they're just giving us tons of feedback and lots of voice and opinions on how to create space that they would feel comfortable in. And we get that job, that's our job. That is our role. - Nice. - You know, it's not my title, but it's our role. (laughing) - What's your calling? - Yeah. - Definitely sensing a lot of positive energy from you both around this. So you seem well situated in kind of what you're doing. - Oh, we're so excited to spend time with teenagers. Yes, we both have backgrounds in education and enjoy spending time with teenagers from the ages of middle school and high school. - Love it. - Well, so how did you all come to work for the city of Kirkland? - Fun. (laughing) So for me, I actually, my spouse already works here and has been working here for the last three years. - Oh. - Shout out to Joey. And he enjoyed it so much. And we made friends with some of the people he worked with that when the opportunity for this job opened up, I was really excited to be able to be working in a different space with teens. And it gives me the opportunity to really focus in on their voice and actually facilitate and help facilitate with a wonderful team what they want and what they want their futures to look like. - That, wow. Well, interesting. I'm not sure that, like, we've had some other, you know, familial connections that have brought people to work for the city of Kirkland, but this might be the first time a spousal connections was the-- - Yeah, I think maybe so. - Yeah, kind of the intro. I will say, Theresa, we, my understanding is we have a common acquaintance/friend in common. Is that right? - Yes, that is definitely true. - Okay, so big shout out to Adam Del Rosso. - Hi Adam. - Mr. Del Rosso out in, 'cause you were teachers together. - We were, we started the same year at Middle School. - Oh, golly. - And so now he is, I'm really proud of him. He's a dean of students, and he's starting that this year, and they should be going back to school right now. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - As we speak, well, big shout out to Adam. I grew up with Adam. We grew up right down the street from each other, so. - Small world. - I know, right? Oh my goodness, okay. All right. Theresa? - Yes. - Thank you for your story. - Of course. - True. - Yeah. - How did you come to work for the city of Kirkland? - Well, we both have that education background, like Theresa mentioned, but. - For me, my journey was a little different. I wanted to kind of explore outside of education, but I didn't quite know what to do. So I started volunteering, and I volunteered at the Celebrate Kirkland, and I was decorating the streets, and unbeknownst to me, I'm standing there, tying balloons next to the current mayor at the time, and a couple council members. I had no clue. It's just regular people, and I love that. I know that sounds cliche, but I do a lot of volunteer work, even back in California, and I've never had that moment where I was so long with these people, and I didn't realize who they were. And that's usually, it was just really cool. And I was just like, "Ever since then, didn't look back." - They weren't dropping hints. The mayor wasn't like, "Oh, let me show you this knot. "It's the mayor knot." (laughing) - I was expecting a flight, or somebody to come in and at least address them by the mayor, but it was first-name basis, and it was, everything was just like, "Wow, I need to be a part of this." I instantly was like, "This isn't my family, but it is now." (laughing) - Wow, that is cool. - I love that. - And no looking back. - No. - No. - And apparently, Anthony, you have some like... - The mayor knot is a secret. I can't just hold you this. (laughing) - Yeah, it's like wraparound over under. - I don't know, under the tree, over the vlog. - I'm terrible at knots, so. (laughing) - And I fish, which is worse. (laughing) - A lot of them get away. (laughing) - Well, thank you both. So glad that you are here in the, as Drew, as you put it in the Kirkland family. Well, you've already described a couple things, but what is a favorite thing that you like about Kirkland as a community? - It's hard to pick one to be completely honest, but the accessibility and the abundance of the trails, I love how many of them are paved for wheelchairs or people with strollers, and I love how easy or how many of them are very simple to get to according to like parking lot. But oh my gosh, like from Big Van Hill Loop to Forbes Valley Trail, I mean, I love to just go sit and eat lunch at Brink Park, you know, like we mentioned yesterday, the Yara Bay, the Peace Bowl at Yara Bay, like there's just so many unique things that are in this city, like right around us, and I get to share them with teens over the summer. We've gone on, I think 85% of all the trails in all trails that are city of Kirkland trails. - Wow, so they are really learning, they're going all over the valley, but we're definitely hitting Kirkland pretty hard. - I love that. - I wanna show them how amazing this is. - Yes, good jet goals to have. - Yeah, I would note that approximately 85% of all podcast guests do mention the parks. - Oh. - As one of their favorite things. So 85 feels like a low. (laughing) Maybe 90, I don't know, we'll have to go back. - It is a common theme. - Yes, our dedicated listeners will give me the exact percentage. - Subreddit. - Yes. - Subreddit. - Parks love it, Teresa, how about you? - For me, it's the thoughtfulness of the city and the decisions that make me feel welcomed and included, and it just makes me feel like there's a space where I belong, and if I feel that way, then there must be so many other people who feel that way. - Nice, I love that. - That's great. Well, in that vein, talking about spaces and people belonging, let's dive into K-TUB. So my understanding is we're getting pretty close to the grand reopening of K-TUB. So tell us about that, what is going on? - Well, we've got two events. We have the day we open, which is September 3rd, and so it actually coincides exactly with like Washington School District. We wanted to be open on the first day for teenagers. - Love that. - So they had somewhere to go afterwards if they wanted to study or hang out. - Okay. - And we also have a grand reopening party on September 18th. - Ah, okay, so we are opening up on September 3rd. What can folks expect? What is there? - Wonderful, well, we are gonna be located at Peter Kirk Park, and when you walk in, we will not only have a place to study and kids to hang out, we also will have two nonprofit partners who will be in with the building with us. We have four tomorrow, and YES, which stands for Youth East Side Services. - Awesome. - And what's so amazing about both of these organizations is it's youth focused. So for four tomorrow, they're actually gonna be running. We have a recording studio that's in place. - What? - I know, is that amazing? - I'm listening. (all laughing) - Many of the people will be too. Can we do the podcast there? - Ooh, please. - I think we can find a way. - We are fun. We'll talk offline, but people will call your people. - Yeah. (all laughing) - Hey, people. (all laughing) - All right, sorry, we digress. - That's okay. - As long as you're okay with the youth being there and wanting to be a part of that process and learning. - Oh, I think it's oh gosh, yeah. - I think it needs to be central around that. We would love to help. - Yeah, teach some podcast production or something. That'd be great. - Well, we are currently looking for volunteers and instructors right now. - Nice segue. That was very smooth. - I just volunteered on myself. (all laughing) Okay, so there's a recording studio. - Yes. - They also are, Fort Mar is also running our art studio. - Okay. - And so their focus is on music and art therapy. - Oh goodness. - And so you can actually use this either for music, it's post, like if you actually want to be in production or if you want to be a musician, you have either option, as well as art therapy, which they're going to be running classes in our art room. And then our YS, we have an actual counselor, Caitlin, who is going to be there every day after school and she has appointments and drop-ins. And this is all free. - Wow. - And when she's not doing that, she's going to be out in hanging out with teens and just trying to figure out if somebody needs to talk or just there to have fun. - Yeah. - Wow, that's great. - Yeah, one of the biggest things we really want to push at K-Tub is just breaking down those barriers that prevent teens for enjoying these kinds of spaces that are created. So that's why we really wanted to push on everything being free and just another little piece, you know, another barrier to break down is the transportation barrier. Thankfully, we had a King County council member, Claudia Balducci donated a mini van, a six passenger mini van. - Oh, wow. - That we are able to kind of try to figure out ways to pilot transportation programs to and from the middle schools. The high schools are set up pretty nicely. And we learned earlier that all 18 and under right at the Metro for free. So the high schools are set up pretty nicely with the bus routes, but the middle schools are a little bit more challenging to get onto a bus to get down here. So thank you, you know, with the council member, Balducci's help, we can kind of break down another barrier along those freedom, like free options. - Yeah, free options. - Breaking down those barriers, yeah. - So you are looking for some leads and teachers. Can you elaborate a little bit on what those roles will be doing? How are they a part of K-Tub? - Yeah, absolutely. So we're looking for a couple of different people right now. We always looking for volunteer teachers. I think people that just have a little extra spare time and some passion that they want to share their hobby. But for the actual positions, we're looking for a recreation lead and we're looking for a recreation attendant. So the leads would be a little bit more of like leading an activity or taking a project and being the lead person on that project. Whereas the attendant would be a little bit more front desk, customer facing, I like to call them the first layer of fun, you know, the first place you're coming to see, you know what I mean? Like that's that vibe. You're creating that moment right there from the door. - Yeah. - And yeah, of course we want people, you know, like that have that energy. Like zude that vibe. - Yeah. - And for people to find out if they want to apply, they can do it through the Kirkland's Jobs website. - Absolutely, absolutely. And I do want to add for the attendant position, it's 16 and up and the lead position is 18 and up. - Okay, so even like you, yeah. - Yes. - This is a great opportunity, so great first job. - Yeah, right. So K-Tub is opening on the third. What are the hours of operation? - The hours of operation. So Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, I know I had to say that specifically, is from three to six p.m. - Okay. - So it gives enough time after school to walk down, but it gives you enough time to just hang out for a few hours and then-- - And the transition to your meeting. - Yeah, totally, okay. - And then you also have like Wednesdays which are early release, so that's why we say that. And it's because we want to open early enough for teens again after school to be able to have a space that they can go hang out in. And so we open at one 30 on Wednesdays. - Awesome. - And then as we're working, we're really hoping to do some events here. And what that would mean is on Fridays and Saturdays, we would be open later, I know. - Okay. - And so right now we're opening, or we're working towards creating events that teens would want to be a part of. And again, looking for feedback, so that way we can have some of these things that teens are interested in. - Okay, and so if there is a teen in a listener's life who's been wanting to do a thing or have a space for, I don't know, a TikTok, TikTok tournament. (laughing) - Oh, a TikTok, a TikTok tournament. - There you go. - Yes. - I'm five times fast. - Yeah. - Am I an influencer? - No. (laughing) - Do I know how to use TikTok? - Also no. - No. - But I'm glad other people do. - They can give you feedback about like, "Hey, I want to host my TikTok, TikTok tournament." And, you know, and then like, have it start a conversation. - Yeah, and Drew's already been working on a bunch of a teen events. And so this gives us a house to wear to do some of these. Drew, do you want to talk about any of your events? - Because I, you know, after ever since volunteering and never looked back, I've really been like, trying to get myself involved in as much as possible. And I've been a big part of planning the teen program, even though we haven't had space. I've been planning it out of this morning, we set up a table in the parking lot at Peter Kirk Community Center when the 19s met up with my staff and they went on a hike today to Franklin Falls. - You know, like so there's things going on, even though the building hasn't been opened yet. We've done teen nights every single month for the last three years. We've, you know, we have a little bit of a following, but we've never had space. - And so I heard there was a process and a competition to actually create a new icon. - That is true. - Okay, tell us about that. - Okay, so this icon, there was, oh, there was so many good entries. And we actually hosted it on our social media. So we do have a social media. - Okay, no, we did. - We have an Instagram account. - Mmhmm. - Our 2019s dot K-TUB. - Thank you. And what we noticed is we had so many good youth oriented and youth designed entries for our icon that when we went to try to pick one, that we were split multiple times. And when I say we, I don't just mean us, I mean the community as well. - Wow, okay. - So, but you did arrive at a new icon. - We did. And so we actually used the teens who voted on the round. As our final wait for the decision because they was very close between two of them. And we do officially have a new icon. - Oh, awesome. And so who designed this icon? - The artist's name is Maya. And if you follow us on Instagram or even just check us out on Instagram, we did get permission to tag her in one of the posts that we used to announce the winner. So I don't want to share too much information because her information is her information. But we did get permission to tag her if you want to give her a shout out or look at some of her other art on her page. - Oh, great. - Maya is also a volunteer at the City of Kirkland as well. - Oh, fantastic. - I have an attractive volunteer on one. - Wow. - That props to Maya. All right, congrats. Okay, so new icon, new programs. This is an exciting time for you all. - Yeah. - So that's the third, so September 3rd, come on down. But then also I heard that you mentioned a grand reopening party. - Yes. And so that is going to be a little bit into the school year 'cause we wanted kids to get started. And we know that they're busy with sporting events and just getting used to being back at school. So we are having this grand reopening party on Wednesday, September 18th from 5.30 to 7.30. And we are so excited. We have been getting, we have our swag. We might have some tote bags showing up here soon with our new icon as well as maybe some buttons and some other activities. - Heck yeah. - With this, we are actually looking for team musicians right now, we are looking to actually have two teen musicians. So this could include bands, singers, people maybe who do instrumentals. And so we're actively going to be looking and would love to start that off because then we would love to start having shows again. - Ooh nice. - Ooh nice. - That is cool. - So if there are any bands or musicians in the families of our listeners or maybe our listeners themselves, who are you? - Yes. - That's a key thing here. - Okay, reach out and hey, you might get a gig. - Yeah. - Okay, currently the information to sign up for that are on our Instagram and on our Kata webpage. - Awesome. - So if you are listening to this, check that out. - Nice. - With this, we're gonna have yard games. There's gonna be food, pizza. And this is really an opening not just for teens but for the community. So we are really looking to have adults and people who are excited or interested or have questions to come and check out what K-Tub is. - Okay, so it's opening the doors. Come on down y'all. Well, threes and Drew, thank you. This has been a lot of fun. We've got one last question for you. - Do you have a favorite book movie show? What are you reading and watching these days? - Or podcast. (laughing) - Well, I need more questions for you. - Yeah. (laughing) - But I don't wanna, you know, I don't want to jump into the easy answer of my favorite podcast. (laughing) - No, I really like reading books that make you think, you know, kind of like green eggs and ham and stuff, you know, like classic, you know what I mean? It's like those self-reflective books, you know. No, I'm really into a book right now that has frustrated me a couple of times. So I haven't finished it yet, but it's still intriguing enough. It's called Don't Believe Everything You Think. And I really like the different scenarios that they have between thoughts versus thinking. It's kind of a cool, like meta versus micro kind of situation. - Mm-hmm. - Wow. - That sounds deep. - That is deep. That's complex. - Yeah. - Okay. - Yeah, okay. - Karisa. - Mine is a little bit different. (laughing) - Shitting gears. - Yeah, still talking about it. - Okay. - All voices welcome. - Thank you. So mine is called How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk. - Oh, wow. - And I know. - Okay. - And so it really focuses on being able to ask and not just ask questions, but how to actually engage with children and teenagers to be able to understand how they feel instead of getting into that classic, like, why is my teen listening to me? Or why is there push back from my child and why don't they just listen to what I say the first time? - Interesting. - And so it opens that door for those conversations. - Okay, deeper connection, kinda. Well, I've noticed a trend, I think we've noted the trend in the past, on the podcast with a special guest who seemed to engage in books or other media that really kind of, you know, is compliment there. - Thank you. (laughing) - We had like, subject matter. - Yeah, it's like, Aaron was reading a book about water management. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. (laughing) - Like reading about like sewage, sewer systems, or like trees, I don't know. - Trees, yep. - Anyway, I'm observing that same trend here. - Oh yeah. - You both seem very passionate and focused on serving our youth and really kind of uplifting their voices. So that is just coming across very clearly. (laughing) Well, thank you both. This has been a lot of fun looking forward to these big milestones for K-Tub. - Yeah. - And for Kirkland. Well, when you stick around for our pop quiz, multiple choice trivia. - Of course. - Of course, I love trick. - Okay, few, 'cause otherwise it gets really awkward. - Yeah. (laughing) - It's really the noise of the chairs when they're really good. - Yeah, it's hard to edit it out. Well, one of these answers slaps while the others are nothing but chuggy cringe, which means we just made them up. - I see. - Oh, no. - I feel like I'm gonna lose. - I just read words, I just read words, I don't know what they mean. Our writers are very well versed in-- - Everything. - In everything, yeah, okay, everything. Well, okay, so one of these is true to these are made up. Here we go. Option A, if you get the correct answer, a teen from 1924 would likely tell you that you, quote, know your onions. You know your onions. - Like you know how to make people cry? (laughing) Perhaps. - Interesting, okay. - All right, interesting, slang from the '20s. - Yes, option B, if you get the correct answer, a teen from 1955 would likely tell you that you're a, quote, real sailor. - Mm-hmm. - That one sounds more familiar. - Yeah. - I suspect the old, old timey shows. - Yeah, yes, sale out. (laughing) - Okay, and these lean towards B. Option C, if you get the correct answer, a teen from 2024 would likely tell you to be a little more demirre and mindful and you'd have to go look it up on TikTok because you're not 15, then you get sucked down into watching hours of Icelandic travel videos because the algorithm knows you better than you know yourself, David. (laughing) - Option C seems very specific. - Yes, yes it does. - I agree, accurate. - Can either confirm or deny that Iceland is on repeat. - On your behalf. - Some of my algorithms. It's just such a beautiful landscape. I mean, how can you really not just be sucked down around? - The whole thing is. - The whole thing is. - Or over a borealist. - I plead, right? I'm with you. - Yeah, so I feel like that's-- - I feel like that's C. - I feel like that's too many words for a teen in 2024. - That's true, yeah, that you know. - Well, they can do all that in an eye roll, right? That is true. - They can say it all of that. - It's all about tax related letters. - It's just a blacker name. (laughing) - Wow. - Right. - Well, I am curious about, so Anthony, you were wondering about real estate. - I'm still eating a-- - I feel like I've heard people talking about sailors. - Yeah, sailors. - I'm kind of getting like a pop by the sailor, man. - I'm gonna go with B as well. - Okay. - Well, we did have, was it last week? We had our tugboat-- - Yeah, tugboat, Anthony. - Yeah, so I don't know. Maybe we're going for a really subtle theme. - Nautical theme. - Nautical theme with the knots. - Yeah, right. - I'm just saying. (laughing) - Okay, so option B, well, the answer is, in fact. - A. - Ah, so we don't know what we're talking about. - Yeah, so-- (laughing) - Another little person from the '20s was said to quote, "No, they're onions." I don't know, I'm like, there's yellow, white, red. Oh, sweet, right. - There's red. - Yes, there is. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. - Oh, yeah. - Are there more onions to know? - Green onions. - Green onions. - Green onions, shallots, there in the-- - Okay, Anthony, Anthony, you know you're onions, right? - I know my, I didn't know this for your question. (laughing) - Well, did you know that the term "hain out" dates back to at least 1811? It was included in the lexicon, "Baltronicum," a dictionary of buckish slang, university wit, and pickpocket eloquence. That's the title, folks, if I didn't make that clear enough. - Oh my gosh. - Oh my gosh. - That was published in London in 1811. - I need to get that book. - Yeah. - That's gonna be my answer the next time, it's a very small print. - Christmas, yeah. (laughing) - Props for getting to do that, Kate. - Yeah. (laughing) - I just wanna know what "Baltronicum," lexicon, "Baltronicum." - Sounds like a sci-fi movie. - Right? (laughing) - I'll open one. (laughing) - Well, all I can say is both those are a chuggy cringe. Did I even pronounce that right? Is that, skippity-roo? - I can need to confirm. (laughing) - Well, I'm, I just can't even, I don't even know how to joke here. - Are we slapping? - Thank you, Teresa and Drew so much. This has been a lot of fun. Thank you for being on the podcast, and thank you for all you're doing for Kirkland youth. - Yeah. - Ooh. - Thank you for having us. - Absolutely. Thanks for having us. - All right. 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