1 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:08,799 Speaker 1: It's that time time, time, time, luck and load. 2 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:12,880 Speaker 2: The Michael Verie Show is on. 3 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: The air, so us playing the song Africa by Toto 4 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:36,840 Speaker 1: caused a buddy mine named Lance Hoffman, who runs tri Tech. 5 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 1: It's Engineering Surveying and all companies. Larry Hoffman's son. And 6 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 1: there is a certain sense of humor that our listeners 7 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: that are say under sixty, especially in the thirties and forties, 8 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: you know, guys that are out there just humping and 9 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:00,120 Speaker 1: getting it all day long. And they needed these of 10 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: the guys that trade memes, and I mean edgy memes. 11 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: I mean the kind of memes that when you get 12 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: you go ooh, I hope nobody was looking over my 13 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 1: shoulder when I got it, and you cringe and you laugh, 14 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: and you need that, right, Guys need that. A lot 15 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 1: of people don't have a sense of humor, or a 16 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: lot of folks are too polite for that, or there's 17 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 1: a lot of people are scared to death that they're 18 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: going to get in trouble for laughing at the wrong thing, 19 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: because that gets people in trouble laughing at the wrong 20 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: thing anyway. So he said, I don't know if you've 21 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,400 Speaker 1: heard of this. I can't say the word on the air. 22 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: It starts with an sh it has why at the end. 23 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 1: It has the word it in the middle plus an 24 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 1: extra t. It rhymes would be diddy, and it starts 25 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 1: with an sah. Okay, you got that. So the first 26 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 1: word is the word that rhymes with diddy, and the 27 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: next word is flute. And the reason he thought of 28 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: it was because I was talking about the penny whistle, 29 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: that little flute, and basically it is taking a song. 30 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 1: It's crappy flute. Let's say it's taking a song and 31 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: ruining it. It's kind of like a kazoo. Maybe three 32 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: percent of you will think it's funny. But if you 33 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: go to the guy's YouTube page, which is just that word, 34 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:12,679 Speaker 1: let's say, crappy flute. He takes songs and ruins them, 35 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: and it's just it's glorious. If you're thinking to yourself, Michael, 36 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 1: I don't see why that's funny. That's just really bad. 37 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: Then it's not your solid humor. My wife wouldn't get that. 38 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: If I made her sit down and listen to that. 39 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:45,519 Speaker 1: She's a very literal person. 40 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:51,799 Speaker 2: She'd go that sounds horrible. Yeah, that's the point. 41 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: That's the point, sweetheart. 42 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 2: You know you don't get me. 43 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 3: I don't get you. 44 00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: We all have different things. She likes to spend all 45 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:05,080 Speaker 1: a Saturday under a tree painting. I don't mean painting 46 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: in a useful way. I mean painting the garden. Hey, 47 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: that's that's your thing. That's a good thing. By the way, 48 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: I was talking about show sponsors. Our newest show sponsor 49 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: is a longtime friend of mine. I've talked about him 50 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: over the years. His name is Mark Lopez and he 51 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: he was a silver medalist at the Olympics in taekwondo. 52 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 1: His wife, Dagmar taught my young my kids, but more Crockett. 53 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 1: Crockett was was it it more? Because Michael had his 54 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: own sports going on at the time. So they used 55 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: to come to the house several times a week and 56 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 1: Mark would come with her. She was on the Puerto 57 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: Rican team, he was on the American team. That's where 58 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 1: they met. 59 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 2: They got married. 60 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: Mark would come with her and he would train Crockett 61 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 1: till seven with his wife, and then when I got home, 62 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: he'd peel off and he and I would have drinks 63 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 1: and talk about what's going on. And when he retired 64 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 1: from training in his we didn't really retire. 65 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 2: He kept training. 66 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: But when he got out of school and wasn't traveling 67 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 1: the world fighting in taekwondo. 68 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 3: He. 69 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: Became a financial advisor. So he came up through the ranks, learned, 70 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 1: got all the certifications and all that, and he teamed 71 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 1: up with a really really sharp guy named Andy McGhee, 72 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 1: who I know through Marcus Latrell because he manages Marcus's money. 73 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:31,159 Speaker 1: I think I'm allowed to say that. And they have 74 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 1: a third member of their team and they work together. 75 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: And so I just watched them over I don't know, 76 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: ten years or so. I've watched them grow and develop, 77 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 1: and I've watched their profile and one of their areas 78 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:47,239 Speaker 1: of expertise that they have developed is high net worth 79 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: individuals with a family business that are transitioning to the 80 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 1: next generation. That raises a lot of estate planning issues 81 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:00,120 Speaker 1: and financial issues. We have an estate planning lawyer. But 82 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: what these guys do financial advisor is one word. They 83 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:06,840 Speaker 1: call it wealth management, but it really should be wealth growth, 84 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: because you're never going to get where you want to 85 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 1: be when you retire based just on what you make. 86 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: You know, the old days, when I was growing up, 87 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:17,839 Speaker 1: whatever you didn't spend, or you could keep from spending 88 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 1: you put in a savings account. It doesn't grow fast 89 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 1: enough to outpace inflation. But anyway, these guys have gone 90 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 1: on and started their own firm. They're attached to a 91 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: firm called Stefel. And the funny thing about that is, 92 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 1: I believe Stefel was a Rush Limbaugh show. I think 93 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:36,719 Speaker 1: they were his financial advisor. I'm not positive on that. 94 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 1: I need to check on it, but I was told 95 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:42,599 Speaker 1: by someone very high up in radio that that was 96 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 1: the case because they want to sponsor our show nationwide, 97 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 1: and I don't think they've had a show they've sponsored 98 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:52,280 Speaker 1: since Rush, and so that was a pretty big honor. 99 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 1: And then my buddies end up over there, so now 100 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 1: it made sense. 101 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 2: To do that. 102 00:05:55,960 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: But anyway, if you would like someone, if you're looking 103 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: at the fact that you haven't really given enough thought 104 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: to your strategy, I'm a big one. And that's been 105 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 1: a big focus of mine for the last couple of years, 106 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 1: is being very strategic about my CPA firm, my insurance policies, 107 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 1: my investing, those sorts of things. Because I focus so 108 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 1: much like you do on my business and my team 109 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:29,039 Speaker 1: and my family that you have to step back and 110 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: make very good decisions because you realize that over the 111 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 1: course of five, ten, fifteen, twenty years, the difference between 112 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 1: making this and that financial investment can mean the difference 113 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:45,360 Speaker 1: between retiring with incredible comfort and eating v any sausages 114 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 1: and crackers. And it's a big difference. Anyway, I'll give 115 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:51,600 Speaker 1: you a cell phone number. I don't know if I'm 116 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: allowed to for Mark Lopez or if you email me, 117 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 1: which is what I love to do, I'll connect you. 118 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 1: But his cell phone number is eight three to two. 119 00:06:57,720 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 1: Can you remember the eight three to two part romone 120 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:05,160 Speaker 1: nine four thirty seven twenty one eight three to two, 121 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 1: nine two four thirty seven to twenty one. It's Main 122 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 1: Street Wealth Management. They're in town and country. They just 123 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 1: built out this beautiful I've only seen pictures, haven't been 124 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 1: there yet. I may go over there this afternoon. They've 125 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 1: just built out this beautiful new office. He was in 126 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 1: the galleria before, and some of you may remember I 127 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 1: told Mark's story. I don't know if I attached his 128 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 1: name to it. He and his wife came to our 129 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: house a lot of times to talk about adoption over 130 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 1: the years, and he got closer and closer and close, 131 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 1: and they finally did it and they got their baby. 132 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: If you go to my Twitter page, it got a 133 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 1: million and a half likes. I said, can you just 134 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: take a second away from politics for just a moment 135 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 1: and enjoy the fact that a new life has come 136 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: into this world. And in this this new life, this new, beautiful, 137 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:56,240 Speaker 1: innocent life, came into the world with someone who could 138 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: not take care of this child. And here's a couple 139 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 1: that desperately wanted to child, and now they have a 140 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 1: child and they're happy, and the child is happy, and 141 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: God is smiling because God did this. Anyway, that was 142 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 1: also Mark Lopez, but his numbers eight three, thirty seven, 143 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 1: twenty one. Oh, I'm sorry, I just saw that R one. 144 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 1: Remember the guy who sold the police cars to people. 145 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 1: He now has a really cool job promoting Texas businesses. 146 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: Name's Tony Now and you're gonna like this story. He's 147 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 1: our guest coming up. 148 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 2: I'm sorry, goodness of real jello pudding. 149 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 1: So I look across a desk, computer and a bunch 150 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 1: of audio equipment through a microphone over a microphone at 151 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:43,680 Speaker 1: Ramona on the other side of the glass, and I 152 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 1: have a clock that's telling me when we're going to break. 153 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:49,199 Speaker 1: But some of you may have noticed we changed our 154 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:52,839 Speaker 1: clock after almost twenty years a month or so ago, 155 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 1: and so there are a lot of moving parts that 156 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: I'm not It's not intuitive to me anymore. I could 157 00:08:57,880 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 1: feel the clock before I would know when to go 158 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 1: to even before the music started, based on having done 159 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 1: it for nineteen years. I live on this clock. Most 160 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 1: of my working most of my waking day. I'm on 161 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 1: this clock. You just get to where you get used 162 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 1: to it. I can tell you how long thirty seconds 163 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 1: is because that's how long the spots are I cut. 164 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 1: They laugh because I can cut a spot for thirty 165 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:22,840 Speaker 1: seconds and it'll be between twenty nine point five and 166 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 1: thirty point five consistently. Because my brain is so attuned 167 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:31,079 Speaker 1: to that. I'm sure Radio Cowboy can can tell you 168 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 1: is it seven seconds or eight? 169 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:32,839 Speaker 2: Eight? 170 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 1: It is eight, and they gotta stay on for eight. 171 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: I guarantee they have an internal clock of how you 172 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 1: know that clock is ticking eight eight ticks. So anyway, 173 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:43,200 Speaker 1: there's another screen that's over my right shoulder and to 174 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:48,839 Speaker 1: the side, because frankly, I get distracted by squirrel all 175 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 1: day long, and so if I had that in front 176 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 1: of me. Then every call that was coming in, I 177 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 1: would see it and it would distract me and I 178 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:56,679 Speaker 1: would stop in the middle of my sentence. So this 179 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 1: has happened a few times since I've moved things, and 180 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:02,079 Speaker 1: I owe it a pology to our guests. Tony nown 181 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:04,320 Speaker 1: was our guest a little while back. Tony, why don't 182 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 1: you first tell folks what you were doing then? Because 183 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 1: I got a lot of emails after you were on 184 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:09,679 Speaker 1: the show with us. 185 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:16,080 Speaker 3: Okay, sounds good. Hi Michael, Hi everybody. Well, I for 186 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 3: the last thirty five years I was in the car business, 187 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:25,959 Speaker 3: and I recently, for the last sixteen years, moved to Hempstead, Texas, 188 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:31,840 Speaker 3: and I opened a dealership that's specialized in a PPV 189 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:36,680 Speaker 3: and special cards for agency for sheriff for the government 190 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 3: to use. And for the last fifteen years we have 191 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 3: served about one hundred and fourteen counties to help them 192 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 3: sell under the cars and up fitting the cars from cages, 193 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 3: prisoner k seats to radars and cameras and everything. I mean, 194 00:10:56,000 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 3: we do have an operation. We're studying unemployees and we 195 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 3: do eighty vehicle customization and we serve a lot of 196 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 3: county and we help, and not only in Texas. We 197 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 3: have about twenty four to thirty other states that they 198 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 3: called us. They need the help, they need of fitting. 199 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 3: They like to They don't have a lot of budget 200 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 3: to buy brand new cars. And I believe they're called 201 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 3: the right place. We have three owned from twenty fifteen 202 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:29,199 Speaker 3: up to twenty twenty three, and that's what we do. 203 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 3: That's what I do for the last fifteen years. 204 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 2: All right. 205 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 1: And I heard from a lot of departments that they 206 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:38,640 Speaker 1: buy vehicles from you. Obviously that was a big business. 207 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:40,239 Speaker 1: And that business is called again. 208 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 3: It's called Chiefs Pursued Surplus. We do sell about one 209 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 3: hundred and fifty two hundred and eight units a month. 210 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:49,320 Speaker 2: Okay, say that against the chiefs? 211 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 3: What chief pursuit? 212 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 2: Pu are chief pursuit? Your phone is cutting out every 213 00:11:58,960 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 2: time you say the name. 214 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 3: Say the old name again, please, jeans Pursuit surpless Surplus. 215 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 2: Yes, Tony, are you on a Are you on a bluetooth? 216 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 3: No? I'm not, No, I'm on speaker. Maybe. 217 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 4: Yeah. 218 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:13,680 Speaker 2: I think it's cutting in and out. It's it's like 219 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:16,840 Speaker 2: talking underwater is impossible. I believe it's better now, yeah, 220 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 2: much better. Okay, all right, So you were doing that, 221 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 2: and then I got an email that. 222 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 1: You were you were doing something with sid at the 223 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 1: state and our listeners might be interested, and I believe 224 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:29,959 Speaker 1: they will tell about that. 225 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 2: This is fascinating. 226 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,959 Speaker 3: Yeah, what happened Michael is I left my business behind 227 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 3: and I give it to my three children, two daughters 228 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 3: and one son. My wife took over. They took over 229 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 3: my business and we do over a million million and 230 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 3: a half month. I mean we do over a total 231 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 3: of twelve million dollars a year. And this business because 232 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:53,680 Speaker 3: I worked so hard in my life for thirty five years, 233 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 3: it's time for me to do something else. Step in 234 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 3: and be a servant for the state and do something 235 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 3: that I'll to do. But my business is now belong 236 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 3: to my kids. 237 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:04,520 Speaker 2: And what I did. 238 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:10,440 Speaker 5: I call from Commissioners Si Millers, and he knows how 239 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 5: how hard I worked in my life for he knows 240 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 5: me for the last thirteen years. 241 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 3: He asked me if I can come and become the 242 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 3: go Texan Ambassador, which is the do tex Ambassador is 243 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 3: to promote, is to promote ranurers, farmers and businesses, big corporations, 244 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 3: small companies, promote in Texas and globally and internationally try 245 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 3: to help them to get their business to the second level. 246 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:45,920 Speaker 3: And by having an experience in my life for the 247 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:50,319 Speaker 3: last thirty five years traveling and connecting with other businesses, 248 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:53,680 Speaker 3: other business people, I do have connection with the Middle East, 249 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:57,960 Speaker 3: which is called it the GCC region. The GCC region 250 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 3: is six countries to get there's the Saudi Arabias and 251 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 3: Oman and Sultan and Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Uae and Bahraine 252 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 3: and which is I have a small people of small 253 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 3: offices that people run helped me out to start communicate 254 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 3: with me and we start giving a lot of orders, 255 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 3: a lot of products that's going to go from Texas 256 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 3: to the Middle East. And this is my duty. This 257 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 3: is my duty to start promoting Texas to the Middle 258 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 3: East and to the Europe and South America because Texas 259 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 3: is the sixth I believe, sixth largest economy in the world. 260 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 3: And my duty now and my mission not the money, 261 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 3: not because the money and everything, and my mission is 262 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 3: to promote and make it stronger and keep it as 263 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 3: the sixth largest economy in the world. And probably I 264 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 3: can make it the fifth largest economy and world by 265 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 3: working hard and you know, support our hard working producer, 266 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 3: entrepreneur and the corporation. We all rise together, you know. 267 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 3: And I do travel. I do travel across Texas now 268 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 3: for the last three months meeting with small family farm, 269 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 3: big corporation, restaurant, food and you know, producers, and help 270 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 3: them understand that go Texan it's not only an emblem. 271 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 3: It's it's that would increase their exposure, connect them with 272 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:37,360 Speaker 3: the new market, you know. 273 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 2: And Tony tell me something. 274 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 1: I know you've got grants to give, You've got you've 275 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 1: got things. 276 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 2: How do people reach you. 277 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 1: Or this program to get help for their Texas based business? 278 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 3: Okay? The grant, the grant, I mean I recently witnesses 279 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 3: a two hundred million. 280 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 1: Dollars Okay, But in their website they can go is 281 00:15:59,160 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 1: it just go Texan? 282 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, they can go none They'll go to Texas. 283 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 4: They can go on the Texas Department of Agricultures. 284 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 2: The Michael Biray Show, Simple Man just kind of just 285 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 2: kind of a Corinne Bailey Ray Vibe two Hearts. Our show. 286 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 1: This year alone has added as sponsors here else. 287 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 2: We've been at this for twenty years. This is incredible. 288 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 1: This speaks to you responding when we talk about sponsors 289 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 1: of our show. We've added Ace Hardware Texas. I am, 290 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 1: by the way, I am overdue for a couple of 291 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: site visits. They've got thirty three locations, but I am 292 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:01,440 Speaker 1: headed to the one Insights. That's the one I told 293 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 1: you about. The lady on the air, she answered the phone, 294 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:08,639 Speaker 1: I was so impressed. Ace Hardware Texas, Allied Custom Roofing, 295 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 1: arch Public that's the bitcoin of folks CCS Presentation Systems. 296 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:17,480 Speaker 2: That's the one that do the multimedia. 297 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:21,359 Speaker 1: Like one of the major airlines in the area uses 298 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:26,080 Speaker 1: them for meeting. Universities use them so if you're having 299 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:30,440 Speaker 1: a meeting, all the sound, all the visual, they do 300 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:34,400 Speaker 1: all of that. Car Pro so before you go buy 301 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:38,440 Speaker 1: any car, go to carpro dot com and they set 302 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 1: you up with the person there, so you arrive you've 303 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:41,240 Speaker 1: already got somebody ready. 304 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:42,119 Speaker 2: They stay on top of it. 305 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:45,400 Speaker 1: Enterprise Foundry, which I'm going to go tour next week 306 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:46,879 Speaker 1: in the middle of the day. If you'd like to 307 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 1: join me Elite Medical Hospital Group. You know, the beauty 308 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 1: of capitalism we take for granted. You know, people hate companies. 309 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:58,719 Speaker 1: They don't want them to make money. They think they 310 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:02,280 Speaker 1: all charge too much. Businesses are horrible, nothing is good. 311 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 1: You don't realize how important businesses and capitalism are until 312 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:10,640 Speaker 1: they're shut down. When they're closed, and you can't get 313 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 1: to them, when you can't get their things. So many 314 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:18,159 Speaker 1: of our so many ways our lives are better is 315 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:22,080 Speaker 1: because somebody saw a problem and said, if I can 316 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:25,520 Speaker 1: fix that, they'll pay me to fix it. And I 317 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:30,280 Speaker 1: can make money if I can provide something that people 318 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 1: haven't had, whether it's dipping dots or certain kind of 319 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:36,720 Speaker 1: barbecue slow smoked, I can do that. People will want it. 320 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:41,119 Speaker 1: But it's so many Look, I hate big pharma, but 321 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 1: there are plenty of pills that have changed people's lives. 322 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 2: If I can figure out how to keep. 323 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 1: Heart patients from having a heart attack with a pill, 324 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:58,000 Speaker 1: and so viser comes out with Viagra, and they start 325 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 1: these heart patients on it, and they start coming in 326 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:00,879 Speaker 1: and how's your heart? 327 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:04,160 Speaker 2: Hount all by my heart, but my life that. 328 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 1: And all of a sudden, the doctors started noting each 329 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 1: one by one. Hey, Pfizer, too early to tell on 330 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:15,080 Speaker 1: the effects of the heart, but it's having another effect. 331 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:18,360 Speaker 1: And then it came to have what's known as an 332 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 1: off label prescription, which meant people were going to their heart, 333 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 1: were going to a heart doctor that didn't need a 334 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 1: heart doctor because they wanted their wiener to work. And 335 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:32,959 Speaker 1: eventually it took a while, but Pfizer got FDA approval 336 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:33,480 Speaker 1: to do that. 337 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 2: But for a while, you just go to your heart, 338 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 2: arg dog. 339 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:40,719 Speaker 1: I feel like Fred Sandford, Elizabeth, I'm coming, I need it. 340 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:43,440 Speaker 1: Your numbers are coming out fine, could you just write 341 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:47,560 Speaker 1: me the thing? Elite Medical Hospital Group. They're not going 342 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 1: to help you on that that I know of. But 343 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:53,639 Speaker 1: for years we've been talking about getting stuck in the 344 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 1: emergency room, and the stories are horrible, and until you're there. 345 00:19:57,640 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 2: You can't believe this is happening. 346 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:03,480 Speaker 1: That with my dad in the emergency room at one point, 347 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 1: I don't remember how many hours it was. I'm so 348 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:10,680 Speaker 1: entitled and demanding and impatient that however long it. 349 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:12,399 Speaker 2: Was, felt like forty days. 350 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:19,160 Speaker 1: Anyway, they create they created this Elite Medical Hospital Group. 351 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 1: There's four of them, one in Kingwood, won and Sugarland, 352 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:24,360 Speaker 1: one in Beaumont, Won in League City that you get 353 00:20:24,359 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 1: in and see a doctor within ten minutes. And within 354 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:30,080 Speaker 1: several days of being our show sponsor, I was already 355 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:33,880 Speaker 1: hearing from the Orsacks who put the group together that 356 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 1: our listeners were coming in that didn't even have an 357 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 1: emergency need. They were coming in and going. Michael said, 358 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 1: to find our hospital before we needed it. I just 359 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:43,959 Speaker 1: want to know you're here. This is how this work. 360 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 1: This is fantastic, this is wonderful. Fix Otto Houston. We 361 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:51,080 Speaker 1: hadn't had a collision repair. We had one years and 362 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 1: years ago. We hadn't for years Family Psychiatry of the Woodlands. 363 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:59,080 Speaker 1: We went looking for a show sponsor because I believe 364 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 1: that mental health is one of the biggest challenges in 365 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:05,399 Speaker 1: this country that we have not yet figured out how 366 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:05,879 Speaker 1: to deal with. 367 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 2: And there are a lot of things that fit into that. 368 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 1: I know a lot of people believe that ADHD is 369 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 1: over diagnosed and overprescribed, but there are real conditions. And 370 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 1: I'm not saying it's a disease, it's not cancer, but 371 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 1: there are people whose lack of focus is debilitating to 372 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 1: them in their lives. And that is some children, not all, 373 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 1: but it is some children. 374 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:32,200 Speaker 2: Is real. 375 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 1: Depression is real. I didn't understand that until some people 376 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:39,439 Speaker 1: that I loved were in the throes of it, and 377 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 1: I would say to them, as I say to people 378 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 1: when I mentor them, guide them advise them, annoy them, 379 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 1: past them, snap out of it. 380 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:47,959 Speaker 2: And it wasn't that simple. 381 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 1: So we went looking for a psychiatrist that we could 382 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:56,119 Speaker 1: trust that would take care and Robert Reese spearheaded that 383 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:58,440 Speaker 1: project for me, and he talked to people all over 384 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:03,120 Speaker 1: And this isn't some this isn't advertising, this is a partnership. 385 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,959 Speaker 1: We pick categories and we say we need someone in 386 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 1: this field. We want you on as a guest. We 387 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:11,080 Speaker 1: want you to be our expert. I want you to 388 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:12,919 Speaker 1: send me emails when stories are in the news. I 389 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:14,280 Speaker 1: want you to explain things. I want you to be 390 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 1: available for me. I want to be able to send 391 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 1: patience to you and know that they're going to be 392 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 1: taken care of. The Golden Nugget Tilman had wanted us 393 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,120 Speaker 1: to speak for the Golden Nugget for years. He knows 394 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:28,919 Speaker 1: I loved their investments. So we added a bitcoin piece 395 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:34,359 Speaker 1: with Arch Public. We added a very aggressive private equity 396 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:42,120 Speaker 1: real estate play with Hawthorne Capital Cromberg's Flags. Obviously they 397 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 1: and their business is killing it because our if anybody 398 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:48,640 Speaker 1: in this community is buying Flags, whether it's for their 399 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 1: alma mater or State of Texas or US it's our listeners. 400 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:56,080 Speaker 1: Lone Star Chevrolet. We had a long time Chevy sponsor 401 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 1: that ownership changed. We didn't see eye to eye and 402 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:04,679 Speaker 1: Mike Batchett at Lon Star Chevrolet had wanted us to 403 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:05,920 Speaker 1: be their spokesman for years. 404 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 2: We switched over. Within a week, I. 405 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:10,720 Speaker 1: Had sent them two clients that they that they closed 406 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 1: personally personal friends of mine, and a lot of listeners. 407 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 1: Muscle Cars of Texas is a is a perfect fit. 408 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:19,200 Speaker 1: Vinnie Tortorella. First of all, I'd just like to say, 409 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 1: Viny Tortrello, I feel like I want a happy days 410 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:24,360 Speaker 1: and our people are doing car need their cars restored. 411 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 1: Oracle Net Sweet Ai is the future. You know the 412 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:32,520 Speaker 1: story there, Red Mountain Weight Loss, Rick Doak, Our Lifestyles, 413 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 1: Ranching Home and Home Group. It turns out we have 414 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:39,240 Speaker 1: a lot of people outside of Houston who want to 415 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 1: buy and sell farms and ranches. And he is, he said, 416 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:44,919 Speaker 1: my wife is about ready for me to dial this 417 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,679 Speaker 1: thing back. All I'm doing is working Rough Greens, the 418 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:51,880 Speaker 1: supplement that George speaks for. Shade Doctor told me their 419 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:54,160 Speaker 1: sales are up two and a half times over last year. 420 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:55,960 Speaker 1: The only thing that changed was they added our show 421 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:59,880 Speaker 1: Stifel our financial advisor firm, Synergenics. 422 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:01,239 Speaker 2: I'm a big believer in low te. 423 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 1: I do tea replacement tech Star which was which does 424 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 1: automation controls for chemical companies. They call it in Texas 425 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 1: State Equipment big bulldozers and stuff in. 426 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:13,200 Speaker 2: Texas Center for Cosmetic Industry. 427 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:13,920 Speaker 3: Guy B. 428 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,720 Speaker 1: Lewis Mojos, official dentist of The Michael Berry Show, An 429 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:26,360 Speaker 1: the Astros and Ramon. I think complacency is a very 430 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:36,440 Speaker 1: natural thing, and I think it is the death of companies, artists, institutions, marriages. 431 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 2: I think that we get lazy, very easy to do. 432 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 1: We get lazy because we get comfortable and we lose 433 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:52,440 Speaker 1: our edge. Every man my age, I can't speak for women. 434 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:54,640 Speaker 1: I don't know what y'all go through, but every man 435 00:24:54,840 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 1: my age at fifty four thinks to himself, Man, I 436 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: wish I had that run through a wall grit that 437 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:10,320 Speaker 1: I had when I was twenty two. Guys that were 438 00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:14,959 Speaker 1: great football players. You were the Brian Bosworth of your school, 439 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:19,440 Speaker 1: maybe your district, maybe your state, and you enjoyed hitting people, 440 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:22,240 Speaker 1: putting a hat on them and drilling them into the ground. 441 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,720 Speaker 1: Back when you could hit people and you think to yourself, 442 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:29,240 Speaker 1: I don't want to hit anything anymore. You miss that right. 443 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 1: I think it is very difficult. One of the things 444 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:35,960 Speaker 1: Trump does well, and this is going to be a 445 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:39,960 Speaker 1: challenge of his Trump has to keep his people from 446 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:44,159 Speaker 1: getting complacent. These cabinet meetings that he's having that are open, 447 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:49,920 Speaker 1: that are televised. It is an opportunity for each cabinet official, 448 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:53,760 Speaker 1: but a responsibility of each cabinet official to prepare. 449 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 2: And here's the deal. 450 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 1: This is one of those deals where you know, you 451 00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:02,720 Speaker 1: come in after the summer and coach says, did you 452 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:06,159 Speaker 1: train so you're ready. It's in the deal where your 453 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:07,639 Speaker 1: teacher asked you on the first day, all right, we 454 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 1: gave you a summer reading list. 455 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:09,159 Speaker 2: Did you read it? 456 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 1: And you go, oh, now I'm in trouble. He's keeping 457 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:19,920 Speaker 1: them honest. He understands that we are excited to begin 458 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 1: a project and then we get complacent. One of my 459 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 1: challenges in what we do is that we can get 460 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:31,159 Speaker 1: into set it and forget it if we allow ourselves to. 461 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 1: And I'm sure I get on the nerves of my 462 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 1: team because I'm constantly foundering around trying to keep that 463 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 1: from happening to us. Because you won't notice that you're 464 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:45,159 Speaker 1: not entertained and engaged and intrigued by the show anymore. 465 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,919 Speaker 1: If you ever were, you won't notice it. It'll just 466 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:52,399 Speaker 1: have happened. It'll get stale, and eventually you may not 467 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 1: even go to another show. You may not go to 468 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:58,399 Speaker 1: an alternative media source like a podcast. You may just 469 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 1: make phone calls on your drive instead of setting your 470 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:05,200 Speaker 1: doll to listen to what we do. I'm not saying 471 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:07,399 Speaker 1: everybody does. There's some people that were just convenient were 472 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:09,639 Speaker 1: on the air. But some people, and I read my emails, 473 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 1: they are waiting. Had a guy Omar came out to 474 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:18,320 Speaker 1: fix the gate for Paul Jacob at Jacob's Barbecue. And 475 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 1: remember that the guys had broken in the night before 476 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:24,640 Speaker 1: and bust his gate all up. So a guy named 477 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:29,120 Speaker 1: Omar came up. He owned South Texas Fabrication. And he 478 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:31,399 Speaker 1: comes up to meet me, and he's the one that 479 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:33,639 Speaker 1: had the big look like a look at me, was 480 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 1: bitten by a snake on his bicep. 481 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:37,439 Speaker 2: I tell you the story. Oh you were with me, 482 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 2: I'm sorry, I'm a goof my bad. 483 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 1: He had this big and Ramon gets grossed out or 484 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 1: gets not just grossed. He gets weirded out because I 485 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:49,480 Speaker 1: like to, you know, look at people's wounds and stuff, 486 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:52,080 Speaker 1: and I'll touch them, and you know, he doesn't. 487 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:53,359 Speaker 2: Know what's going to happen next. I like to keep 488 00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:55,800 Speaker 2: it interesting. So this guy's got this big knot. 489 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 1: It looks like a boil and it's kind of has 490 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:01,439 Speaker 1: a little bit of dry blood on it. And I 491 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 1: reach out and I touch just behind his bicep, just 492 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 1: away from it because it might be septic. 493 00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:10,359 Speaker 2: I don't know it's bad. And it's got like a 494 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:11,160 Speaker 2: cyst in it. 495 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 1: And it turns out it's his port where he's on dialysis, 496 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 1: and so they put these things in there. 497 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:19,159 Speaker 2: There was a cyst in there. 498 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,000 Speaker 1: It's a plastic port so that they can just plug 499 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:23,760 Speaker 1: him in and run his blood through. He gets up 500 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 1: at four o'clock down in South Texas and drives in 501 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:30,720 Speaker 1: and his goal is to he listens to our podcast 502 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:32,919 Speaker 1: on the way in, and his goal is to be 503 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:36,360 Speaker 1: seated and set up, put his headsets on. Don't talk 504 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:42,480 Speaker 1: to me. He's got a three hour dialysis and he 505 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:45,360 Speaker 1: listens to our show from eight to eleven. Well, when 506 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:48,960 Speaker 1: you meet somebody and they tell you that I never 507 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 1: grow tired of hearing that. I mean, it might sound 508 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:55,200 Speaker 1: like I'm bragging, and that is not my intention. I 509 00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:56,959 Speaker 1: think some people think, you know, look, it's great, You've 510 00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:57,520 Speaker 1: got a great life. 511 00:28:57,520 --> 00:28:59,120 Speaker 2: You don't have to keep telling us about it. 512 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:01,880 Speaker 1: It's not that I don't ever want anybody to think 513 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:03,440 Speaker 1: that I take any of this for granted. 514 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:04,680 Speaker 2: I am as giddy. 515 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:07,080 Speaker 1: As you would be if you got to drive aj 516 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:10,840 Speaker 1: Foyt's car, or you got to fly you know, the 517 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:14,200 Speaker 1: G five, whatever it is, your thing is, whatever that 518 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:17,040 Speaker 1: is for you, this is for me. So anyway, in 519 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 1: an effort to avoid becoming complacent, I am always always 520 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:25,120 Speaker 1: to the point that I'm sure it drives our team crazy. 521 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:28,000 Speaker 1: It might even seem abusive. I'm always trying to motivate 522 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:31,440 Speaker 1: and push them to do more things, create more things, 523 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:36,560 Speaker 1: dream up more things. So who should have a week 524 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:40,640 Speaker 1: like none other this week than the laziest guy on 525 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:41,120 Speaker 1: the whole team? 526 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:41,720 Speaker 2: Remonder over. 527 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:50,400 Speaker 1: So two nights ago, he might he might've had a 528 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:53,560 Speaker 1: nip of a bourbon. I don't know, but his creative 529 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 1: juices were flowing. And he sends an email and he says, 530 00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:03,360 Speaker 1: I've come up with a concept. We take a classic 531 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:12,120 Speaker 1: rock song, and we rewrite it in Middle English. Listeners 532 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:16,960 Speaker 1: have to guess which song that is because the lyrics 533 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 1: have been changed to Middle English instead. 534 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:23,880 Speaker 2: Of And I sat there thinking that's the craziest thing error. 535 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,600 Speaker 1: But he did, and he created some songs, and now 536 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 1: everybody on the team is enjoying putting classic songs to 537 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:40,920 Speaker 1: Middle English. If you enjoy, if you enjoy sort of 538 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:46,080 Speaker 1: making Bible talk out of everyday language. You know, if somebody, 539 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:49,120 Speaker 1: if somebody tells you that they're they're going to England 540 00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:51,280 Speaker 1: and they're gonna do that, Oh Mary. 541 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:54,560 Speaker 2: Old England, I'm gonna see the Queen? Are we thou artst? 542 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:58,120 Speaker 1: So you know, if you've ever done that, then then 543 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:00,880 Speaker 1: you get the point of the game. So what I'm 544 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:03,880 Speaker 1: gonna do is we're gonna cue up the calls. This 545 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:06,000 Speaker 1: is just is a don't try this at home. This 546 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:10,040 Speaker 1: is live on the air, never been done before. The 547 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:11,800 Speaker 1: name of the game as given by Ramon, and we 548 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:13,840 Speaker 1: let him name it since he came up with it, 549 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:17,600 Speaker 1: is the old rock and roll Oh oh O L 550 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:21,360 Speaker 1: d E, the old old e, like you know, the 551 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:25,240 Speaker 1: old English taverny, old rock and roll. So if you 552 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:29,520 Speaker 1: think you would be a good contestant. If you get 553 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:35,040 Speaker 1: the answer correct, you win nothing, just just knowing that 554 00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:37,440 Speaker 1: that you've wanted the Yeah, there're no prizes. We don't 555 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:40,640 Speaker 1: have a prize since Melissa Bresner retired, our promotions director 556 00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:41,200 Speaker 1: of many years. 557 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:43,640 Speaker 2: We don't have a prize clauset. 558 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:46,520 Speaker 1: Melissa always had as always had a prize clauset. We 559 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:48,560 Speaker 1: have no We need to talk to Charlie Paine about that. 560 00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:50,720 Speaker 1: No prize clauses. But you will have the pride of knowing. 561 00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:53,480 Speaker 1: All right, So seven one three, nine nine, nine, one thousand, 562 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:55,440 Speaker 1: I will read. 563 00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:56,000 Speaker 2: You the lyrics. 564 00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:58,920 Speaker 1: You will have a chance to answer. If you are wrong, 565 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:03,040 Speaker 1: we will summarily drop you. We might insult you. We 566 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:06,520 Speaker 1: might say that's the dumbest guest ever who knows. It's 567 00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:10,080 Speaker 1: not for your sake that we engage you. It is 568 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:13,080 Speaker 1: for the entertainment of everyone else. Okay, are you not entertained? 569 00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:16,040 Speaker 1: As Russell Crow would say, you are in the middle 570 00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:19,120 Speaker 1: of the arena. So it might be ruthless, but that 571 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:21,160 Speaker 1: is a game. And in this forthcoming this has never 572 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:24,880 Speaker 1: been done before in the annals of all spoken word. 573 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:27,720 Speaker 2: Media in all languages. Call you old rock and roll. 574 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:30,400 Speaker 1: If you want to participate Start Calling Now seven one 575 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:31,960 Speaker 1: three nine nine nine one thousand. 576 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:33,720 Speaker 2: Seven one three, nine, nine nine, one thousand,