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Good morning, Brew Daily Show. I'm Neil Freiman. And I'm Toby Howell. Today, pour one out for the OG video calling brand because Microsoft is killing off Skype.
Then Trump is establishing a U.S. strategic crypto reserve. Find out which tokens made the cut. It's Monday, March 3rd. Let's ride. Neil, back in the saddle. I've been spreading lots of salacious rumors explaining your absence over the past week. So if anyone asks how your time working as a backup dancer for Bruno Mars was, just roll with it.
But in reality, glad you took a much-deserved break that you spent on a week-long trip to Vietnam. Give us a quick rose and thorn from your time away.
Okay, first of all, shout out to you and Anne for holding down the fort. You guys did a great job. So I have a couple of roses. Vietnam is an incredible country. I encourage everyone to go. First is the motorbike and scooter culture of Ho Chi Minh City. It is crazy. It is as advertised. So when you call an Uber there, it's actually Grab. It's not a car for the most part. It's a scooter.
So some person comes and then you just hop on the back and it's a little nerve wracking at first. But then you realize that it is really the best way to get around the city. Then in another city, we did a cooking class. Shout out, Van, for your incredible cooking. teaching skills. We went to the market to get all these fresh ingredients, came back, and I learned how to cook.
So I will definitely be cooking up some shaking beef for you, Toby. And then finally, we did a quick stop over in Hong Kong on the way back. And a rose there was definitely the peak. There's this mountaintop where you look over the city and It was probably the most breathtaking view I have ever seen. Better than the Grand Canyon, better than anything else. It was astonishing.
And then, I guess, okay, we'll talk about a thorn. That was the 15-hour flight back from Hong Kong to New York City. It is a long flight, but I tried to mitigate that by just crushing movies. I watched three, Conclave, Before Sunrise, and Apocalypse. Now, all three were excellent.
Murder is a row right there. Well, it is great to have you back. Glad you got some R&R. And yes, I will take you up on that shaking beef offer. Now a word from our sponsor, Invesco QQQ. Question for you, Neil. If you could time travel to the future, what's the first thing you'd do? Easy. Bet on the Eagles to win the Super Bowl again. Go birds.
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