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Danswers 10: Paul Ryckert

The elder Ryckert joins the Dans to talk about alone time, delivering mail, bringing one of this show's hosts into the world, and his 52nd divorce.

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Jun. 1 2015

Posted by: Dan

In This Episode:

Post Office

Divorce

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Lets go! Mr P Ryckert bringing the Danswers!

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Such a perfect photo

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:D

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that picture is amazing

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Now that's a header image

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Excited!

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Yeah!

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"What's the mail been like?"

Not a question I thought I'd hear today.

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This can't not be great.

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Fuckin.

A.

Let's do this Ryckert clan.

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SO much hype

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What a lovely picture. Is that Lieutenant Dan?

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Paul Ryckert is a god

"too much, magic bus"

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Huh, any one else think Paul looks like how Drew will look like in the future.

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This is going to be the greatest thing

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Filed Under: Divorce, Post Office. GB continues to be the best site on the internet.

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Paul in that picture looks like what i can imagine Drew will be looking like in 15 years.

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Long hair Dan is still something that's hard to look at.

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I love this website, been looking forward to this!

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That is also what Dan will probably circle back round to looking like in his middle age.

It's like a Metal Gear Scanlon 20th Year Reunion photo come early.

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I'm a little confused as to why you have a picture here of Mike Nelson and Gary Sinise, but whatever.

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Dat photo!

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Paul Ryckert dropping steaming pant-loads of truth on us young and stupid jokers!

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Very rarely does a photograph make me laugh out loud; that's fantastic. Can't wait to hear the cast!

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we LOVE Paul Ryckert

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'stache Dan or no Dan.

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I'm convinced Mr Ryckert is positively brimming with hard life lessons. Teach me! I do not want to learn through experience.

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James Franco and Paul Ryckert? Awesome!

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Yes!

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Paul Ryckert is the best Ryckert

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doobie dan and dad

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young paul ryckert is a sexy man

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I like how Paul's best picture is simultaneously Dan's god awful worst.

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thank you for Danswers, Paul and Dans!!

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I'm going to go on record and say it for the third time: Paul is/ was a good looking man.

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I never would have taken Paul Ryckert to be a fan of lieutenant Dan cosplayers.

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As someone who has pursued an artistic lifestyle in the past, and is now working in a more corporate situation - there are lots of reasons to give that artistic lifestyle up even if it does pay the bills. It turns out that (at least for now), I'm actually a lot happier doing work that's not typically the stuff of peoples' passions.

So you shouldn't necessarily knock the business world before you try it. Maybe Dan's friend who used to do music finds it soul-crushing, but that doesn't mean it is inherently so. You may be surprised at what makes you happy.

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I'll give this one last shot. Hopefully this ones funny and not aimed at "depressed" teenagers.

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As someone who has pursued an artistic lifestyle in the past, and is now working in a more corporate situation - there are lots of reasons to give that artistic lifestyle up even if it does pay the bills. It turns out that (at least for now), I'm actually a lot happier doing work that's not typically the stuff of peoples' passions.

So you shouldn't necessarily knock the business world before you try it. Maybe Dan's friend who used to do music finds it soul-crushing, but that doesn't mean it is inherently so. You may be surprised at what makes you happy.

Yep. My office desk job gives me the funds to survive and live comfortably so I can spend my free time on passion projects, instead of worrying about making money from those projects.

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PAUL. IS. THE. BEST.

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Dan. Your only regret is wearing glasses and messing up your vision.

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That image must have been from when Dan was following the Grateful Dead tour.

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Is this not coming through on the RSS for anybody using podcast apps? I can see it in the RSS when I view the feed directly, but it's not coming through to the app (Pocket Casts in my case).

Edit: Disregard, it just came through now. Strange.

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Completely agree that you never really know someone until you've lived together. Tons of things come up from standards of cleanliness to what your waking up routine is that can drive best friends and significant others insane. Relationships fail over this stuff all the time, and it's crazy to me that people still get married before going through it.

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@emuprime: I can't imagine marrying and not having lived with that person for an extended period. Too many marriages close to me have fallen apart because those two people just aren't compatible in every day life. I told my current girlfriend about this rule of mine, that I have to live with someone for over a year before marriage can even become a conversation that takes place.

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@emuprime said:

Completely agree that you never really know someone until you've lived together. Tons of things come up from standards of cleanliness to what your waking up routine is that can drive best friends and significant others insane. Relationships fail over this stuff all the time, and it's crazy to me that people still get married before going through it.

For sure. I know of so many relationships that have fallen apart within 6 months of the couple moving in together. Being able to actually live with each other all the time is such a different thing from just being in a relationship and living apart.