Birthdays Aren’t What They Used to Be

The Really Very Crunchy Podcast

Emily & Jason Morrow

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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0:00.0	You're listening to the really very crunchy podcast with your host, Emily.
0:04.2	And Jason, Emily, happy birthday, a week late.
0:09.7	Your last episode, we were going to your birthday trip.
0:15.7	And what a trip it was.
0:17.5	Hmm.
0:18.3	Yeah.
0:19.4	Really was something.
0:21.0	So antiquing in Nashville is a different beast.
0:24.6	It's out.
0:25.5	We're done.
0:26.2	Is it just out?
0:26.9	It's out.
0:27.5	I'm never going to try that.
0:29.3	This is actually the second birthday.
0:30.9	I don't know if I said that in the last podcast that I've tried to go to Nashville to find deals,
0:36.1	treasures, whatever.
0:37.4	Yeah. Thinking more people meant more deals, treasures, whatever. Yeah.
0:37.7	Thinking more people meant more deals, more things to be found.
0:42.2	Yeah.
0:43.1	And it's all just...
0:44.6	Just more people means more chances to raise the prices.
0:48.0	And more competition.
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