Jersey Joe

Well, you put this in my head now, so now I'm wondering what other lady products do you wear?

Well, you put this in my head now, so now I'm wondering what other lady products do you wear?

Well, the coffee definitely did something for him, too, because he was definitely amped up and I couldn't figure out what was wrong with him. And, you know, he was talking like he was from New Jersey. I mean, he was like fast. He was just like, zoom, zoom, zoom. Oh, really? Driving like crazy, talking like crazy.

Well, the coffee definitely did something for him, too, because he was definitely amped up and I couldn't figure out what was wrong with him. And, you know, he was talking like he was from New Jersey. I mean, he was like fast. He was just like, zoom, zoom, zoom. Oh, really? Driving like crazy, talking like crazy.

And then that was the day you got out of the blind and you left for like an hour and we wondered where you were at.

And then that was the day you got out of the blind and you left for like an hour and we wondered where you were at.

Welcome, Jersey. Yeah, I want to get one thing straight here. I no longer want to be considered a guest. I am a contributing member.

Welcome, Jersey. Yeah, I want to get one thing straight here. I no longer want to be considered a guest. I am a contributing member.

We got to get that straight because, I mean, there's too many appearances. Does that come with a raise? It comes with a raise.

We got to get that straight because, I mean, there's too many appearances. Does that come with a raise? It comes with a raise.

It's a great class. I've kind of taken off where Phil left off, and I'm just doing what Phil taught me, and obviously everything that I've learned in my readings. Every Sunday I'm there, 9 a.m., and I lay it out there. I talk about the Jace was there just last week. Jace and I did one together.

It's a great class. I've kind of taken off where Phil left off, and I'm just doing what Phil taught me, and obviously everything that I've learned in my readings. Every Sunday I'm there, 9 a.m., and I lay it out there. I talk about the Jace was there just last week. Jace and I did one together.

My skin's always thick.

My skin's always thick.

We have regulars that come every week, the same people coming every week.

We have regulars that come every week, the same people coming every week.

Well, listen, I know I've spoken with you before, and the problem is if you don't start talking before Jace, you'll never talk. Yeah. Amen. Yeah, welcome to understand.

Well, listen, I know I've spoken with you before, and the problem is if you don't start talking before Jace, you'll never talk. Yeah. Amen. Yeah, welcome to understand.

Yeah, absolutely. You know, I noticed, so a little birdie told me, Al, that you thanked everyone for that new studio, but the guy who did the bulk of the work.

Yeah, absolutely. You know, I noticed, so a little birdie told me, Al, that you thanked everyone for that new studio, but the guy who did the bulk of the work.

That's just being complimentary.

That's just being complimentary.

Yeah, there was some yawning. I looked out. It wasn't a yawn.

Yeah, there was some yawning. I looked out. It wasn't a yawn.

I mean, you did a great job. So I took Phil home afterwards, and the first thing Phil wanted was food. Phil needed food. So there was no conversation in the truck until we got food. But once Phil ate his food, he then said, he said, how about that, Jace? I said, yeah. I said, it was an awesome job this morning. He said, I'm so proud of him. He's just taken it to a level that I can't imagine.

I mean, you did a great job. So I took Phil home afterwards, and the first thing Phil wanted was food. Phil needed food. So there was no conversation in the truck until we got food. But once Phil ate his food, he then said, he said, how about that, Jace? I said, yeah. I said, it was an awesome job this morning. He said, I'm so proud of him. He's just taken it to a level that I can't imagine.

That's what I heard. I heard that there was a whole conversation about how nice that new studio looks, and Al thanked the money man, Zach, and He thanked all the production crew. And they said, he never mentioned your name at all. And didn't you go down there for like a week to do that?

That's what I heard. I heard that there was a whole conversation about how nice that new studio looks, and Al thanked the money man, Zach, and He thanked all the production crew. And they said, he never mentioned your name at all. And didn't you go down there for like a week to do that?

All my kids, they've taken it to a level that is beyond me. So, I mean, he was totally complimentary. He enjoyed listening to you. So I think he did a great job, and we're only kidding. People weren't sleeping. They weren't checking their watches.

All my kids, they've taken it to a level that is beyond me. So, I mean, he was totally complimentary. He enjoyed listening to you. So I think he did a great job, and we're only kidding. People weren't sleeping. They weren't checking their watches.

I mean, it's exactly, it's where that word came from, you know, that phrase that we hear, heaven on earth, right? Heaven on earth. What is heaven on earth? And it's what we're living, you know, when you have the Holy Spirit with you and you are living a godly life, you are living heaven on earth. I mean, that's really... Well, that's what happens, Jason.

I mean, it's exactly, it's where that word came from, you know, that phrase that we hear, heaven on earth, right? Heaven on earth. What is heaven on earth? And it's what we're living, you know, when you have the Holy Spirit with you and you are living a godly life, you are living heaven on earth. I mean, that's really... Well, that's what happens, Jason.

You know how this group works, though. This group likes to. Pit everyone against, you know, and just put a little thing in your ear, you know, to pick on somebody else. That's how everybody works. You know, they got to pick on somebody.

You know how this group works, though. This group likes to. Pit everyone against, you know, and just put a little thing in your ear, you know, to pick on somebody else. That's how everybody works. You know, they got to pick on somebody.

Yeah, everyone.

Yeah, everyone.

I mean, absolutely. And I mean, you know, God brings everyone together, right? And, you know, every... You know, I see, you know, with what I get to do on Sundays, I meet a lot of people, and I always start off with saying everybody's got a story, right? You have some story that has brought you here, but we all have one thing in common. We were created by God, and we believe in God.

I mean, absolutely. And I mean, you know, God brings everyone together, right? And, you know, every... You know, I see, you know, with what I get to do on Sundays, I meet a lot of people, and I always start off with saying everybody's got a story, right? You have some story that has brought you here, but we all have one thing in common. We were created by God, and we believe in God.

We believe that Jesus died for our sins, and that unites us spiritually. And we will always be united brothers and sisters in God. And I think that's really the crust of it when you start to really dig through, you know. why do we have a lot of the issues that we have today in life, right? Why do we have wars and why do we have enemies? And it's because of different lines of thinking, right?

We believe that Jesus died for our sins, and that unites us spiritually. And we will always be united brothers and sisters in God. And I think that's really the crust of it when you start to really dig through, you know. why do we have a lot of the issues that we have today in life, right? Why do we have wars and why do we have enemies? And it's because of different lines of thinking, right?

Or where you're from. Or where you're from, absolutely. So, I mean, you know, Jesus is truly the answer to everything when you look at it, right? There isn't a problem that can't be solved without Jesus.

Or where you're from. Or where you're from, absolutely. So, I mean, you know, Jesus is truly the answer to everything when you look at it, right? There isn't a problem that can't be solved without Jesus.

I need a dictionary first. I like that. Let me look that up.

I need a dictionary first. I like that. Let me look that up.

He does, and you don't know. See, I have this now famous saying that I say that, you know, Garth Brooks got it right when he said some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. And I talk about it all the time, but I get into more detail on what I mean about that. So, you know, we talk about, you know, the Bible says that, you know, our stories are written even before we're born.

He does, and you don't know. See, I have this now famous saying that I say that, you know, Garth Brooks got it right when he said some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. And I talk about it all the time, but I get into more detail on what I mean about that. So, you know, we talk about, you know, the Bible says that, you know, our stories are written even before we're born.

You know, God knows what he has in store for us. We don't. We're just along for the ride. We listen to the calling that we get, that little voice in the back of our mind that we hear that says, you know, you got to do this or you got to do that. But, you know, you can have something that you pray on and pray on and pray on and pray on and you don't get it. And you don't know why you don't get it.

You know, God knows what he has in store for us. We don't. We're just along for the ride. We listen to the calling that we get, that little voice in the back of our mind that we hear that says, you know, you got to do this or you got to do that. But, you know, you can have something that you pray on and pray on and pray on and pray on and you don't get it. And you don't know why you don't get it.

And some people get discouraged and they say, oh, well, you know, there's no God. I've asked for this and asked for this and asked for this and it's never happened. My prayers are never answered. But what we fail to realize as human beings, our stories are written and God knows what he wants for each and every one of us.

And some people get discouraged and they say, oh, well, you know, there's no God. I've asked for this and asked for this and asked for this and it's never happened. My prayers are never answered. But what we fail to realize as human beings, our stories are written and God knows what he wants for each and every one of us.

And you may think you want something and pray on it and pray on it and not get it. But then you find out years later that if you'd have gotten what you wanted, you wouldn't be where you're at now today. So you can relate that whole thing to my story. I say it all the time. I didn't know why I had to move.

And you may think you want something and pray on it and pray on it and not get it. But then you find out years later that if you'd have gotten what you wanted, you wouldn't be where you're at now today. So you can relate that whole thing to my story. I say it all the time. I didn't know why I had to move.

I just had this feeling down in my heart after listening to this podcast multiple times, I had this feeling that said, you know, you need to make a change in your life. And at that point I was stressed out of my mind. I was angry, nasty, screaming, yelling all the time, short tempered, just very unhappy. I mean, financially I was doing fine. I was, had a great career in the fire service.

I just had this feeling down in my heart after listening to this podcast multiple times, I had this feeling that said, you know, you need to make a change in your life. And at that point I was stressed out of my mind. I was angry, nasty, screaming, yelling all the time, short tempered, just very unhappy. I mean, financially I was doing fine. I was, had a great career in the fire service.

I had a full-time job. I was feeling good about life. I thought I was happy, but I really wasn't happy. And I didn't know true happiness until I answered the calling. And once I've answered the calling, boy, the blessings, they just keep coming.

I had a full-time job. I was feeling good about life. I thought I was happy, but I really wasn't happy. And I didn't know true happiness until I answered the calling. And once I've answered the calling, boy, the blessings, they just keep coming.

I mean, I've got tied in with you guys and I continue to, I mean, if you'd said that Joe Congemi was going to be teaching a Bible study on Sundays that Phil Robertson used to lead, anyone that knows me in New Jersey would say, no way.

I mean, I've got tied in with you guys and I continue to, I mean, if you'd said that Joe Congemi was going to be teaching a Bible study on Sundays that Phil Robertson used to lead, anyone that knows me in New Jersey would say, no way.

Yeah, he'd be a duck boy.

Yeah, he'd be a duck boy.

It's all right. But yeah, I mean. All right. You know. We have a saying in the fire service, and I have to put this in a way so I. So doing a good thing around here is like peeing in your bunker pants on a cold winter day. You get a nice warm feeling inside, but no one else notices.

It's all right. But yeah, I mean. All right. You know. We have a saying in the fire service, and I have to put this in a way so I. So doing a good thing around here is like peeing in your bunker pants on a cold winter day. You get a nice warm feeling inside, but no one else notices.

Zero plus zero.

Zero plus zero.

Okay, so you're a contributor.

Okay, so you're a contributor.

That's true.

That's true.

Four, actually.

Four, actually.

Okay. But duck boy, I mean, maybe like duck, I don't know, young man. You know, I elevate. So here's the deal. We have definitely a level that you graduate to every year, I think, with this group. And I can safely say I am no longer the gopher and the bottom of the blind now. I now have a little bit of authority in the blind when some of the duck boys are there.

Okay. But duck boy, I mean, maybe like duck, I don't know, young man. You know, I elevate. So here's the deal. We have definitely a level that you graduate to every year, I think, with this group. And I can safely say I am no longer the gopher and the bottom of the blind now. I now have a little bit of authority in the blind when some of the duck boys are there.

So, you know, I kind of like graduated up there. So I would not classify me as a duck boy anymore.

So, you know, I kind of like graduated up there. So I would not classify me as a duck boy anymore.

It's a fat joke.

It's a fat joke.

Jersey would be buried there.

Jersey would be buried there.

That was my allergies. So I have an allergy problem, and I was having an attack. My allergies.

That was my allergies. So I have an allergy problem, and I was having an attack. My allergies.

You know, we can talk. Let's talk about your lady scarf, right? So we all get in. So we usually meet at the lair about 5 o'clock, somewhere in that time frame. And, of course, Jace, you know, being Jace, he's always fashionably late, which is on time to him. So he's always the last one to get there. So we're all in there. I'm standing next to Martin. We're talking.

You know, we can talk. Let's talk about your lady scarf, right? So we all get in. So we usually meet at the lair about 5 o'clock, somewhere in that time frame. And, of course, Jace, you know, being Jace, he's always fashionably late, which is on time to him. So he's always the last one to get there. So we're all in there. I'm standing next to Martin. We're talking.

And Jace walks in with slippers on and a big jacket, takes the jacket off. And I'm talking with Martin. And I happen to look over. And he has this like velvet woman's scarf that he's wrapping around his neck. It's actually silk. And I said, what are you doing? And they all look at him and he goes, well, it was dark this morning and I tried not to make a ruckus and I just grabbed...

And Jace walks in with slippers on and a big jacket, takes the jacket off. And I'm talking with Martin. And I happen to look over. And he has this like velvet woman's scarf that he's wrapping around his neck. It's actually silk. And I said, what are you doing? And they all look at him and he goes, well, it was dark this morning and I tried not to make a ruckus and I just grabbed...

And I'm looking and he's even wearing it correctly. So I started to really start to think what's going on here with Jace. But in his defense, it happened to be the lucky lady scarf. So it's now known as Jace's lucky lady scarf. And he needs to bring that with him. It gives him this superpower because let me tell you something. He drove one of the Polaris.

And I'm looking and he's even wearing it correctly. So I started to really start to think what's going on here with Jace. But in his defense, it happened to be the lucky lady scarf. So it's now known as Jace's lucky lady scarf. And he needs to bring that with him. It gives him this superpower because let me tell you something. He drove one of the Polaris.

I happened to get in, in the Polaris with him to go out to the boathouse and I have never seen him drive so fast. He was like Superman in this lady scarf. I'm sitting in the back, and if I tell you that if I didn't have Martin there to hold me in, I would have been flung out of the four-wheeler.

I happened to get in, in the Polaris with him to go out to the boathouse and I have never seen him drive so fast. He was like Superman in this lady scarf. I'm sitting in the back, and if I tell you that if I didn't have Martin there to hold me in, I would have been flung out of the four-wheeler.

I'm not going to remember it either.

I'm not going to remember it either.

Well, you put this in my head now, so now I'm wondering what other lady products do you wear?

Well, the coffee definitely did something for him, too, because he was definitely amped up and I couldn't figure out what was wrong with him. And, you know, he was talking like he was from New Jersey. I mean, he was like fast. He was just like, zoom, zoom, zoom. Oh, really? Driving like crazy, talking like crazy.

And then that was the day you got out of the blind and you left for like an hour and we wondered where you were at.

Welcome, Jersey. Yeah, I want to get one thing straight here. I no longer want to be considered a guest. I am a contributing member.

We got to get that straight because, I mean, there's too many appearances. Does that come with a raise? It comes with a raise.

It's a great class. I've kind of taken off where Phil left off, and I'm just doing what Phil taught me, and obviously everything that I've learned in my readings. Every Sunday I'm there, 9 a.m., and I lay it out there. I talk about the Jace was there just last week. Jace and I did one together.

My skin's always thick.

We have regulars that come every week, the same people coming every week.

Well, listen, I know I've spoken with you before, and the problem is if you don't start talking before Jace, you'll never talk. Yeah. Amen. Yeah, welcome to understand.

Yeah, absolutely. You know, I noticed, so a little birdie told me, Al, that you thanked everyone for that new studio, but the guy who did the bulk of the work.

That's just being complimentary.

Yeah, there was some yawning. I looked out. It wasn't a yawn.

I mean, you did a great job. So I took Phil home afterwards, and the first thing Phil wanted was food. Phil needed food. So there was no conversation in the truck until we got food. But once Phil ate his food, he then said, he said, how about that, Jace? I said, yeah. I said, it was an awesome job this morning. He said, I'm so proud of him. He's just taken it to a level that I can't imagine.

That's what I heard. I heard that there was a whole conversation about how nice that new studio looks, and Al thanked the money man, Zach, and He thanked all the production crew. And they said, he never mentioned your name at all. And didn't you go down there for like a week to do that?

All my kids, they've taken it to a level that is beyond me. So, I mean, he was totally complimentary. He enjoyed listening to you. So I think he did a great job, and we're only kidding. People weren't sleeping. They weren't checking their watches.

I mean, it's exactly, it's where that word came from, you know, that phrase that we hear, heaven on earth, right? Heaven on earth. What is heaven on earth? And it's what we're living, you know, when you have the Holy Spirit with you and you are living a godly life, you are living heaven on earth. I mean, that's really... Well, that's what happens, Jason.

You know how this group works, though. This group likes to. Pit everyone against, you know, and just put a little thing in your ear, you know, to pick on somebody else. That's how everybody works. You know, they got to pick on somebody.

Yeah, everyone.

I mean, absolutely. And I mean, you know, God brings everyone together, right? And, you know, every... You know, I see, you know, with what I get to do on Sundays, I meet a lot of people, and I always start off with saying everybody's got a story, right? You have some story that has brought you here, but we all have one thing in common. We were created by God, and we believe in God.

We believe that Jesus died for our sins, and that unites us spiritually. And we will always be united brothers and sisters in God. And I think that's really the crust of it when you start to really dig through, you know. why do we have a lot of the issues that we have today in life, right? Why do we have wars and why do we have enemies? And it's because of different lines of thinking, right?

Or where you're from. Or where you're from, absolutely. So, I mean, you know, Jesus is truly the answer to everything when you look at it, right? There isn't a problem that can't be solved without Jesus.

I need a dictionary first. I like that. Let me look that up.

He does, and you don't know. See, I have this now famous saying that I say that, you know, Garth Brooks got it right when he said some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. And I talk about it all the time, but I get into more detail on what I mean about that. So, you know, we talk about, you know, the Bible says that, you know, our stories are written even before we're born.

You know, God knows what he has in store for us. We don't. We're just along for the ride. We listen to the calling that we get, that little voice in the back of our mind that we hear that says, you know, you got to do this or you got to do that. But, you know, you can have something that you pray on and pray on and pray on and pray on and you don't get it. And you don't know why you don't get it.

And some people get discouraged and they say, oh, well, you know, there's no God. I've asked for this and asked for this and asked for this and it's never happened. My prayers are never answered. But what we fail to realize as human beings, our stories are written and God knows what he wants for each and every one of us.

And you may think you want something and pray on it and pray on it and not get it. But then you find out years later that if you'd have gotten what you wanted, you wouldn't be where you're at now today. So you can relate that whole thing to my story. I say it all the time. I didn't know why I had to move.

I just had this feeling down in my heart after listening to this podcast multiple times, I had this feeling that said, you know, you need to make a change in your life. And at that point I was stressed out of my mind. I was angry, nasty, screaming, yelling all the time, short tempered, just very unhappy. I mean, financially I was doing fine. I was, had a great career in the fire service.

I had a full-time job. I was feeling good about life. I thought I was happy, but I really wasn't happy. And I didn't know true happiness until I answered the calling. And once I've answered the calling, boy, the blessings, they just keep coming.

I mean, I've got tied in with you guys and I continue to, I mean, if you'd said that Joe Congemi was going to be teaching a Bible study on Sundays that Phil Robertson used to lead, anyone that knows me in New Jersey would say, no way.

Yeah, he'd be a duck boy.

It's all right. But yeah, I mean. All right. You know. We have a saying in the fire service, and I have to put this in a way so I. So doing a good thing around here is like peeing in your bunker pants on a cold winter day. You get a nice warm feeling inside, but no one else notices.

Zero plus zero.

Okay, so you're a contributor.

That's true.

Four, actually.

Okay. But duck boy, I mean, maybe like duck, I don't know, young man. You know, I elevate. So here's the deal. We have definitely a level that you graduate to every year, I think, with this group. And I can safely say I am no longer the gopher and the bottom of the blind now. I now have a little bit of authority in the blind when some of the duck boys are there.

So, you know, I kind of like graduated up there. So I would not classify me as a duck boy anymore.

It's a fat joke.

Jersey would be buried there.

That was my allergies. So I have an allergy problem, and I was having an attack. My allergies.

You know, we can talk. Let's talk about your lady scarf, right? So we all get in. So we usually meet at the lair about 5 o'clock, somewhere in that time frame. And, of course, Jace, you know, being Jace, he's always fashionably late, which is on time to him. So he's always the last one to get there. So we're all in there. I'm standing next to Martin. We're talking.

And Jace walks in with slippers on and a big jacket, takes the jacket off. And I'm talking with Martin. And I happen to look over. And he has this like velvet woman's scarf that he's wrapping around his neck. It's actually silk. And I said, what are you doing? And they all look at him and he goes, well, it was dark this morning and I tried not to make a ruckus and I just grabbed...

And I'm looking and he's even wearing it correctly. So I started to really start to think what's going on here with Jace. But in his defense, it happened to be the lucky lady scarf. So it's now known as Jace's lucky lady scarf. And he needs to bring that with him. It gives him this superpower because let me tell you something. He drove one of the Polaris.

I happened to get in, in the Polaris with him to go out to the boathouse and I have never seen him drive so fast. He was like Superman in this lady scarf. I'm sitting in the back, and if I tell you that if I didn't have Martin there to hold me in, I would have been flung out of the four-wheeler.

I'm not going to remember it either.