1 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:10,520 Speaker 1: It's that time, time, time, time, luck and load. 2 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 2: Till Michael Varry. 3 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 3: Show is on the air. A fact, drunk and stupid 4 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 3: is no way to go through life. 5 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:21,760 Speaker 4: So I'm shaking the dust of this crummy little town 6 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 4: off my feet and I'm gonna see the world. 7 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 5: All my dreams. 8 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 3: The frig gass water tight. 9 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 6: By a yes, we believe it is bad. 10 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 4: I'm going to steady my French kiss. 11 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 7: So everybody does that. 12 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 5: Yeah, But Daddy says I'm the best daddys. 13 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 8: A careful man is a fare everybody down the ground. 14 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 3: We gotta what on the doorscope. 15 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 6: What the wide wide world. 16 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:00,080 Speaker 3: Of sports is a going. 17 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 2: Busy Sinday Wrights Asian perspective. The ladies also call you Mama. 18 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:40,679 Speaker 2: David Maulsby sends me a daily report on good news 19 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 2: related to Camp Hope, says Chris Helms of Helms Landscape Design, 20 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 2: which has been a show sponsor of ours in the past, 21 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 2: still a good friend, donated and delivered fifteen beautiful Christmas 22 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 2: trees for our Camp Hope offices and residential areas. This 23 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 2: is a gift that Chris has provided for our campus 24 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 2: for the past several years, providing the it's beginning to 25 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 2: look a lot like Christmas feel for our veterans. Chris 26 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 2: Helms Helms Landscape Design. He also notes members of the 27 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 2: PTSD Foundation of America's staff attended the Republican Women's Club 28 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 2: of Katie Christmas Celebration luncheon at the Pelasio Maria Events 29 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 2: Center yesterday. The team spoke to a packed room about 30 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 2: Camp Hope's current mission twenty twenty five goals, and shared 31 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 2: personal testimonies on the restorative Milestones experience at Camp Hope. 32 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 2: The team also joined the group and congratulating GOP elected 33 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 2: officials and enjoyed a Christmas choir program and collected roughly 34 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 2: twenty names from the group interested in touring Camp Hope. 35 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 2: The group provided items from our Camp Hope Urgent Needs list, 36 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 2: as well as some clothing items for our veterans. Just 37 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,119 Speaker 2: so you know, if you're ever looking for a speaker 38 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 2: or your group, whether it be Chamber of Commerce, Kowana's 39 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 2: Neighborhood of Soul, or whatever else, David Maulsby or one 40 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 2: of the team spend a lot of time out in 41 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 2: the community talking about what's going on at Camp Hope. 42 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 2: They usually bring one of our veterans as well to 43 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,800 Speaker 2: share their testimony, and it's a true testimony because it's 44 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 2: a Christian based organization of that why they signed up, 45 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker 2: what they saw in war, and how they ended up 46 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 2: where they are, and how Camp Hope has made a difference. 47 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 2: Yak writes, sitting through a green light makes me irate. 48 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 2: I'm a hot shot driver for a living. So if 49 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 2: you're on your phone or not just paying attention and 50 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 2: you sit through a green light, or you block the 51 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 2: intersection and tie up track at traffic, I will come 52 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 2: on glued and want to rip your head off and 53 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 2: crap down your neck. Nothing is more rude than screwing 54 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 2: up the flow of traffic. Have a great day, Michael, 55 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 2: He comes back with it, have a great day. Logan writes, 56 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 2: I went demon at the company Christmas party last night. 57 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 2: I'm hung over and looking forward to dragging ass at 58 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 2: work today. So I said, number one, what did you do? 59 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 2: He responded, number one, old fashions and middle lights. Number two, 60 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 2: how much of it? He said, approximately eight old fashions 61 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 2: and seven millers. Number three, what you did? And he said, 62 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 2: I got ignorant with coworkers, I cut up with the boys. 63 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:19,360 Speaker 2: I lightly flirted with the hot girls. It was also 64 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 2: a casino theme, so I was trying to cheat at blackjack. 65 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 2: Only good night, all right? Your observations on Asians Ramon 66 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:33,160 Speaker 2: very rarely contributes to the show, but this is one 67 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 2: of those rare occasions. Let me see if I can 68 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 2: find this Where he did? He found this clip from 69 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,679 Speaker 2: Dennis Nordon's Laughter File. It's a clip of an actual 70 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 2: news report of a man being confronted by a reporter 71 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 2: for an ad he placed in the newspaper. He's trying 72 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:50,799 Speaker 2: to sell his home and he says, no Asians. 73 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:55,599 Speaker 7: This Highgate isn't the one in London. It is a 74 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:59,359 Speaker 7: suburb of Adelaide, but it's the adverts last sentence that 75 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 7: brought out local TV reporters crusading instincts. 76 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 6: I just like to ask you a few questions about 77 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 6: the hair you've got. 78 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:10,279 Speaker 8: Well, I rather than an answer why not, because I 79 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 8: don't want to I'm not gonna spell. 80 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 7: By this to anybody over the here. 81 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 6: Well, I'm not interested in how much you want for 82 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 6: the house. I'm just interested in why you don't want 83 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 6: any Asians to buy it? 84 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:21,239 Speaker 7: The movie? 85 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 8: Well, because the simple reason they tootl Asian. 86 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 2: Why don't you want Asians booty into your house? Because 87 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:29,480 Speaker 2: I don't want the Asians. 88 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 8: Let's say you don't want them, you don't want any They're. 89 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 6: Just a mom crooks as all there. 90 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:36,919 Speaker 1: And if there's a law against what you're doing. 91 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:38,280 Speaker 7: Well, no one has told me that. 92 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 8: And I'm mean to say, even the age you think 93 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:41,919 Speaker 8: it's wrong, even the Asians himself. 94 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:43,799 Speaker 2: You said I can have my sign. 95 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:45,719 Speaker 1: Up if if they get up by the sell it, 96 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: you won't get it to an Asian person if they 97 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:50,480 Speaker 1: come up with a. 98 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 7: Buyer his or they interested about it is just to 99 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 7: put the sign up. 100 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 2: That's all I've had. 101 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:57,599 Speaker 8: Amasis I haven't knocked them back? 102 00:05:58,360 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 6: Well would oh? 103 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 2: No agents? Did you do you. 104 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:09,679 Speaker 8: Have a sush I sawry? 105 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 1: Well that's that's a bad etcetera. 106 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 8: That's is that what you say? 107 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 2: No Asians? Now? No, no, they say no agents agents. Sorry, Linda, 108 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 2: you are on the Michael Berry Show. What is your 109 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:32,720 Speaker 2: observation on agent on Asians? Linda, greg you're on the 110 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 2: Michael Berry Show. What is your observation on Asians? 111 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:39,840 Speaker 6: Hey, Michael, I lived in Thailand and worked there for 112 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 6: three years, and US western guys had a hard fast 113 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:48,840 Speaker 6: rule if if the lady was tall, really good looking 114 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:51,559 Speaker 6: with big boobs, she was a dude. 115 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 2: Al Ebara writes, my daughter in law is Japanese. She 116 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:01,159 Speaker 2: is the smartest and hardest worker I have ever. She 117 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 2: came to America. First job here was a waitress in 118 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:07,919 Speaker 2: a Japanese restaurant. Fifteen years later, she's the CFO of 119 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 2: a major international company here in Houston. She works incredibly hard. 120 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 2: People say I'm a hard worker. She works rings around me. 121 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 2: I just love her to death. I'm so proud of her. Brian, 122 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 2: you're on the Michael Berry Show. What is your observation 123 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 2: on Asians? 124 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 4: Well, definitely I am Asian, so I do deserve a 125 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 4: lot of them, and my observation on them is, man, 126 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 4: they just work too damn fucking hard. 127 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 2: Oh oh oh yeah, yeah, we can't let the f 128 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 2: in there. The one Asian guy that calls in and 129 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 2: he breaks the rules, I mean, you got a wonder 130 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 2: on that, right, Yeah, they're supposed to be a good rule. 131 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 2: For he grew up here, he'd been corrupted. You know 132 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 2: that is I'll tell you this. For Indian Americans and 133 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 2: their kids, that is a conversation that they have and 134 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 2: then they all are all sitting around and say, you know, 135 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 2: it's hard to raise kids in America. You know, they 136 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 2: don't respect their parents. And that's kind of one of 137 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 2: the things that comes up, one of the difficulties of 138 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 2: you know, as if it was perfectly easy to raise 139 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 2: your kid in India, it's not. India has changed as well. 140 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 2: All these people who've left India and come to the 141 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 2: United States and think that, you know, the kids are 142 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 2: doing They're smoking in too much, they're drinking too much, 143 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 2: they're partying too much, they're you know, chasing the opposite 144 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 2: sex too much. They're the girls are dressing. That's also 145 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:38,679 Speaker 2: going on in India, by the way, because of the 146 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 2: movie culture and the music culture as well, but they 147 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 2: don't know that because they've left. Michael writes, A friend 148 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 2: of mine dated a girl who was half Japanese. When 149 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 2: he went to her house, he took off one shoe. 150 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:54,840 Speaker 1: Bizarre is on, well done, So this is the Michael 151 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 1: Berry show. 152 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 4: Again. 153 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 2: So strange. Talked about Sam Minikey earlier in the week, 154 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:10,679 Speaker 2: who passed away this week in the Bass and Minuche Company. 155 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:15,559 Speaker 2: I got a lot of emails from folks. P K writes, 156 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 2: Zara I grew up and passed it in the fifties 157 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 2: and sixties and made frequent trips with my dad to 158 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 2: Bass and Minukee auto parts store that Sam Minikey and 159 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 2: his partner ed Bass started from nothing. Last time I 160 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 2: talked to mister Minikee, he told me that when he 161 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 2: was new to the car parts business, he sold he 162 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 2: sold Monroe Maatic shock absorbers. These shocks came with rebate 163 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 2: coupons that had legal cash value, and he kept them 164 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 2: instead of giving him to the buyers. When he had 165 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 2: enough of them together, he made a deal with a 166 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 2: Lincoln Mercury dealer in Houston and bought a new Mercury 167 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 2: wagon with them. Merry Christmas, God blessed you and yours, 168 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:59,200 Speaker 2: and I'm joining you in prayer for mister Jim Mackingville. 169 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 2: Listen carefully if you are well, how about this. If 170 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 2: you want the number later, you'll have to go back 171 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 2: to the podcast. John Borman writes, I'm looking for an 172 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 2: industrial mechanic to hire. Howdy, I'm currently an industrial mechanic 173 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 2: open Pair and mill right. We're an industrial wastewater plant 174 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:27,679 Speaker 2: Gulf Coast authority in the Pasadena area. I'd love if 175 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 2: you can send this to if you can send this 176 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 2: off to any industrial places you may have contact with. 177 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:38,959 Speaker 2: So he's looking for an industrial wastewater plant, an industrial 178 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 2: mechanic to hire the phone number eight three to two 179 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 2: eight four six sixty two hundred. Eight three to two 180 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 2: eight four six sixty two hundred. I will gladly connect 181 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 2: you with a show sponsor if you say, Hey, who 182 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:58,559 Speaker 2: is your show sponsor? Who does medicare services? Who is 183 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:01,199 Speaker 2: your show sponsor? Who's a jewel or who's your show sponsor? 184 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 2: This the gift store in bel Air and sugar Land 185 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:07,600 Speaker 2: Magpies because I can immediately forward that. But when you 186 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 2: ask for details on something that I don't have in 187 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 2: front of me, it's easier when I gave those details 188 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:16,120 Speaker 2: out to just go back to the podcast and re 189 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 2: listen to the show. That's where you're going to get 190 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 2: the information faster. Your comments on Asians will start at 191 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:24,199 Speaker 2: the top. Charlie, you're on the Michael Berry Show. Your 192 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 2: observation on Asians. 193 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:29,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm a toe truck driver at Harris County and 194 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 1: I see that most Asians drive Japanese cars. 195 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 2: Why do you think that. 196 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 1: Is because they like the Japanese cars? I guess, But 197 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 1: I know a while back, I went to this compartment 198 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:52,320 Speaker 1: complex and it was mostly Asians in there, and I 199 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:54,839 Speaker 1: bet I didn't see two or three American cars. That 200 00:11:54,960 --> 00:12:01,559 Speaker 1: are all Japanese cars. I guess they like Japanese cars. 201 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 1: Most of them like Japanese cars better than American cars. 202 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:12,040 Speaker 2: Interesting. And the people living there were you think they 203 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 2: were Indians? You think they were Vietnamese? What do you 204 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 2: think they were? 205 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 6: Now? 206 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 1: The most of them that I seen in there were like, 207 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:21,600 Speaker 1: we're like the Japanese or Chinese or something like that. 208 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 2: I will tell you that of the immigrants I have 209 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:32,840 Speaker 2: seen who come here, who are say graduate students in engineering, 210 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:38,679 Speaker 2: they won't buy and they're buying entry level cars. They 211 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 2: will not buy a Chevy or Ford or Dodge entry 212 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:49,839 Speaker 2: level car. They will buy a Toyota, Corolla or a 213 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 2: now a Hyundai. I remember I remember, let's see thirty 214 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:05,320 Speaker 2: years ago, friend of ours friend got married to a 215 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 2: woman and she bought a Hyundai Sonata and it was 216 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 2: kind of a forest green with a lot of gold 217 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 2: trim on it. And for the price it was, it 218 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,720 Speaker 2: looked like a higher It looked it was built with 219 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 2: the finish and the feel of kind of like a 220 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 2: Lincoln Mercury in the seventies or eighties, all the gold 221 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:31,600 Speaker 2: trim and all that, and kind of meant to look 222 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 2: a little kind of like a sable if you remember 223 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 2: the old sable. They were kind of meant to look elegant, 224 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 2: but it was it was not built well. And that 225 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 2: was when the South Koreans were really making a push 226 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 2: beyond just consumer electronics and automobiles. And I will tell 227 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:55,080 Speaker 2: you that today, I think they make a much better 228 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:59,560 Speaker 2: vehicle and they have increased their market share. I think 229 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 2: they made the Genesis too, don't they. I think the 230 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 2: Genesis is the Lexus to their Toyota. But I will 231 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 2: say I cannot speak for Chinese and Vietnamese, but I 232 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:14,240 Speaker 2: will actually I can speak for Vietnamese. I will tell you, 233 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 2: particularly with Indians, when they come here as grad students, 234 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 2: when they first get that first job, they will buy 235 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 2: a Japanese car. It'll be it'll be a small new 236 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 2: Toyota Corolla or Honda Civic. That's something that's going to 237 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 2: be very, very reliable. I will also tell you, and 238 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 2: I don't know how this happened, but if you notice 239 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 2: black women who will buy a new car, that's that's 240 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 2: in the entry level of the market, they will very 241 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 2: often buy a Chevy, and I think that has a 242 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 2: lot to do with marketing to black women. And you 243 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 2: can see it in the songs they use. You can 244 00:14:56,600 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 2: see it as who's driving that vehicle? Marketing that targeted 245 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 2: marketing like that tends to work. But you remember the 246 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 2: Neon Chevy Neon. I swear that car was built for 247 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:12,440 Speaker 2: black women because that was the only people you would 248 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 2: see buying it. And I don't know how they targeted 249 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 2: that marketing, but it worked. 250 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 6: It worked. 251 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 2: Linda, are you there, because we came to you earlier 252 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 2: and everybody was waiting and it was dead air. 253 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 7: Yes, I'm here. 254 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 2: What were you doing? 255 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:31,600 Speaker 7: I'm sorry? I got a call from the cable company. 256 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 2: Well hold on, what did they want? 257 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 7: Oh? My cable went out because I got a sense 258 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 7: put in and they cut the cable on. 259 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 2: And so what did the cable companies say? 260 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 7: They actually are going to send out a technician. So 261 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:45,600 Speaker 7: that was helpful. 262 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 2: Are they sending them today? Oh? Today, between now and tomorrow? 263 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 7: Now? They said four to eight, which is convenient. 264 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, but I feel like we could tighten that 265 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 2: schedule up. Did you remind them Hey, guys, you're the 266 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 2: cable company. Within five years you won't exist. Maybe maybe 267 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 2: set a little tighter time and call me when you're 268 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:05,280 Speaker 2: on the way. 269 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 7: Right. Yeah, you know what. 270 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 2: Louis Florie that the tree whisperer does. My wife laughs, 271 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 2: because Louis Florey's assistant all day long. She will call she. 272 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 2: Lewis will say, you know, missus Barry, do you mind 273 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 2: if I forget her name? I think her name is 274 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 2: actually Linda. You might if Linda calls you to set 275 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 2: it up, yes, sure, and then the appointment will be 276 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 2: set for let's sake, today at two at one o'clock, 277 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 2: she'll call him missus Barry. Let you know Lewis is 278 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:35,400 Speaker 2: on pace to be there at two, okay, great, at 279 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 2: one forty five, Missus Barry. Just so you know, Louis 280 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,240 Speaker 2: is about fifteen minutes away. Okay, great, Missus Barry. Just 281 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 2: so you know, Louis is getting ready to turn onto 282 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 2: your street. And my wife's like, my time's not that valuable. 283 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 2: Just you know, I'll be here. Just you don't have to. 284 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 2: But the cable company, if I was the cable company, 285 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 2: I would be looking at better way and they can 286 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 2: automate that now, right, they can automate it based on 287 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 2: where the guy is, because I honestly believe that in 288 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 2: five years there won't be cable as we know it today. 289 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:07,680 Speaker 2: So right, it's a little more on cable than you 290 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:09,879 Speaker 2: were prepared for. I had that one, that one, that 291 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 2: one was in the back of my mind. I was 292 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:15,640 Speaker 2: just waiting on an opportunity to use that. Right, what'd 293 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:17,400 Speaker 2: you call about, Linda. 294 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 7: Oh, I just want to say real quickly, if you've 295 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 7: ever been to a typical American child piano recital, the 296 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:28,639 Speaker 7: Asians are the ones that always play beautifully and perfectly, 297 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,439 Speaker 7: and the white kids always make mistakes. So you know, 298 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 7: for what, I don't ponder whether there's some genetics involved. 299 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:39,639 Speaker 2: No, I don't think it's genetics. It's you know, most 300 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 2: everybody who's mastered of skill will tell you it's ten 301 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 2: thousand hours or whatever, the A thousand, whatever the number is. 302 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 2: It's it's purely repetition. My son, who has big, strong 303 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:55,439 Speaker 2: black hands, Michael T can play the piano like you 304 00:17:55,480 --> 00:18:00,199 Speaker 2: would not believe lights out, but only the songs that 305 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 2: he learned, and if it's a song he hadn't learned, 306 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 2: then he's clunky at it. But if it's a song 307 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 2: that he has learned and he has mastered you, and 308 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 2: you closed your eyes, you go to Asian. It's all 309 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 2: about how many hours because he just that's his therapy 310 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 2: plays A pino Asian kid comes home from school, hence 311 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:32,919 Speaker 2: his mom his paper that's been marked up. His tiger. 312 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 2: Mom says, a bee, have you forgotten? You are Asian, 313 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:49,399 Speaker 2: not Beijian, Seesion or Djion. That was Detroit Henry and Tiffin, 314 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 2: Ohio says, as a teenager in San Anton, I worked 315 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:57,440 Speaker 2: at a deli run by mister and missus Chin. He 316 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 2: was a retired Air Force colonel in a quiet, friendly gentleman. 317 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:05,680 Speaker 2: Missus Chin was kind as well, but if I stood 318 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 2: still for more than thirty seconds, she would say a 319 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 2: few words in Chinese and a few more in English 320 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 2: to motivate me to find something to do to earn 321 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:16,159 Speaker 2: my two twenty five an hour. No tolerance for idleness, 322 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:20,919 Speaker 2: expectation of maximum effort for pay. That I think is 323 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:27,160 Speaker 2: the Chinese way, true, true hard work, diligence. I believe 324 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:29,439 Speaker 2: it makes you better. I think having a job at 325 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 2: an early age is a good thing. I think having 326 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:35,560 Speaker 2: tasks is a good thing. You know, Crockett is in 327 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:39,120 Speaker 2: his junior year right now, so he's taking his ACT 328 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 2: prep and he's taking his toughest course load, and he's 329 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 2: trying to ace every class to get the best grades 330 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 2: and do this and do this. And he plays varsity 331 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 2: soccer and he's on a VARs and he's a VARs. 332 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 2: He's on a soccer travel team, which means he does 333 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:02,159 Speaker 2: not have one minute to spare. And my wife said, 334 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 2: you know, are you worried about that, because we went 335 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:05,879 Speaker 2: to the same thing with Michael And I said, no, 336 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 2: idle hands of the Devil's workshop. You want something done, 337 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 2: give it to a busy person. I believe that a 338 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:18,200 Speaker 2: kid having a very busy schedule, a heavy load and 339 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 2: lots of things to keep them busy, is a good 340 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:25,920 Speaker 2: thing because you learn time management. It's the hardest thing 341 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:28,639 Speaker 2: for kids when they go off to college is that 342 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:31,480 Speaker 2: all of a sudden, you have all this free time, 343 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 2: when you have no free time, and you go, well, 344 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 2: let me goof off for a couple of hours. You 345 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:41,120 Speaker 2: got a goof off for a set number of hours 346 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 2: and then get back to work. When you have no 347 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 2: free time, you go, I don't have time to goof off. 348 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:50,680 Speaker 2: You see these people with two and three jobs keeping 349 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:57,199 Speaker 2: it together, that develops such a sense of discipline that 350 00:20:57,280 --> 00:21:01,639 Speaker 2: eventually they're going to succeed. Freddie. You're on the Michael 351 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 2: Berry Show. What's your observation on Asians? 352 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:09,640 Speaker 3: Hey, Michael, listen. True story golf tournament ten years ago, 353 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 3: playing with my best friend and we were foursome, and 354 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 3: I walked into the Bloody Mary breakfast bar sitting there 355 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:20,640 Speaker 3: and said. He asked me, as he always does, how 356 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:23,680 Speaker 3: you doing, Freddy? And I said, I couldn't be better 357 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:27,920 Speaker 3: if I was with Asian twins. And he looked at 358 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 3: me and then introduced me to his Asian friend that 359 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 3: was his guest. He was a big fish and a 360 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:37,679 Speaker 3: services company. The Asian friend was a bigger fish in 361 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 3: a production company and a big production company. Spent the 362 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 3: whole weekend. I told the Asian friend one time we 363 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 3: were playing, I said, you know how to blind an Asian? 364 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:49,880 Speaker 3: He said no, I said, put a windshield in front 365 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 3: of him, and he literally ran over my friend during 366 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 3: the course of the tournament and knocked him out of 367 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:02,720 Speaker 3: the tournament, broke broke, broke his ankle. The Asian guy did. 368 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:04,920 Speaker 3: We had a great time at the end of the tournament, 369 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 3: We're sitting there smoking cigars and drinking a burb watching 370 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:13,160 Speaker 3: the guys who were winning, not us, and he looked 371 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,639 Speaker 3: at me and he said free. He said, you know what, 372 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 3: I'd introduced you some Asian twins, but I don't know 373 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:24,480 Speaker 3: any Asian twin boys. He had a great attitude, great 374 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 3: sense of humor, and we had a great time together. 375 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:32,480 Speaker 2: And that the joke about an Asian goes blind when 376 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:35,959 Speaker 2: put behind a windshield, I actually first heard from an 377 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,719 Speaker 2: Asian friend of mine, which, of course, you know, everybody 378 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:40,919 Speaker 2: should know the best jokes about their own culture. I 379 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 2: know every rednut joke out there there is good. Call 380 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:47,400 Speaker 2: shout out. You're up your observation on Asians. 381 00:22:49,119 --> 00:22:52,959 Speaker 5: Hi, I'm Seanna from Corpus CHRISTI and I have we 382 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 5: adopted our eldest son from South Korea almost nineteen years ago, 383 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:02,080 Speaker 5: and so but I always wanted to expose him to 384 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:05,240 Speaker 5: the culture. And you know, even though we're an American family, 385 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:08,720 Speaker 5: of course, he grew up Americans, and he kind of 386 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 5: resisted until he was about eight years old, and then 387 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:16,199 Speaker 5: we had a connection where he could learn how to 388 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:22,040 Speaker 5: read and write Korean. And when he was drawing the letters, 389 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:26,639 Speaker 5: the symbols, the handel alphabet. The teacher was so impressed 390 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 5: and somehow decided that that was an innate ability for him, 391 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 5: that he could draw so well and that he understood it. 392 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:39,199 Speaker 5: So that was pretty fun. But the other thing that 393 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:43,119 Speaker 5: I love about my son is that eventually, when he 394 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:45,639 Speaker 5: became a teenager, if we were serving something that he 395 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:48,159 Speaker 5: didn't like to eat, he just put soy sauce on 396 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 5: it and it was good to go. And now he 397 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 5: uses soy sauce on everything. So that's the fun part 398 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:53,160 Speaker 5: of him. 399 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:56,880 Speaker 2: There you go, ed, you're on the Michael Berry Show. 400 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,400 Speaker 2: Your observation on Asians. 401 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:04,399 Speaker 8: My observation is they're very smart. I worked for a 402 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:09,199 Speaker 8: distributor for Toyota here in Houston for twenty five years, 403 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 8: and I started off in production and then I went 404 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:16,959 Speaker 8: to quality control. And when I got into quality control, 405 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:20,679 Speaker 8: they started sending us to California and some of the 406 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 8: other plants to learn a kaison process, which is the 407 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:30,720 Speaker 8: production process where you eliminate waste. And they basically took 408 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:41,240 Speaker 8: kenry Ford's production system and they refined it and they 409 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:44,119 Speaker 8: came out and audited us on a surprise audit. We 410 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:46,200 Speaker 8: didn't know what day it was going to be, four 411 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:51,119 Speaker 8: times a year, and they checked like randomly vehicles that 412 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:54,960 Speaker 8: were fixing the go to deerships, and they went to 413 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:59,359 Speaker 8: those things. The fine teeth common they found anything you 414 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:03,119 Speaker 8: got rung up part and every disturbation. I think are 415 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 8: seven distriverships in the United States, and everybody was trying 416 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:09,680 Speaker 8: to beat each other. I think there might have ended 417 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:10,680 Speaker 8: up with ten of them. 418 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:13,800 Speaker 2: Well, and that's just it. Those are cultural issues, not 419 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 2: biological issues. Charles Murray has written a lot on studies 420 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:24,399 Speaker 2: that have been done in terms of intelligence based on 421 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 2: races and people and cultures and times, and there have 422 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 2: been disparities, there's no doubt about that. But my children 423 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:35,680 Speaker 2: use the term that you know this or that kid 424 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,600 Speaker 2: is smart. It's not that that kid is smart. That 425 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:42,960 Speaker 2: kid studies and applies himself and is intellectually curious. That 426 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:46,920 Speaker 2: doesn't make you any more smart. Per se from Michael's brain, 427 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:50,359 Speaker 2: every single one of them. To your ears. This is 428 00:25:50,400 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 2: the Michael Berry Show. Emails coming in fast and furious 429 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:04,800 Speaker 2: from Asian America's going, oh my god, you're making me laugh. 430 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:09,400 Speaker 2: This is the best thing ever. And that's how it's 431 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:12,159 Speaker 2: supposed to work. We're supposed to be able to have 432 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:16,880 Speaker 2: some fun with each other. You think black people don't 433 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 2: know this. I'm white, and I don't notice they're black, 434 00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:23,760 Speaker 2: or Asians or Hispanics first generation or somebody with an 435 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:28,920 Speaker 2: accent or a midget or an absolute seven foot tall 436 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:34,600 Speaker 2: yaoming looking dude. We all know about our differences. Being 437 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:38,280 Speaker 2: able to kid and laugh is how we approach them. 438 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:43,119 Speaker 2: It's how we have some fun. Well, that's the last 439 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 2: of our This will be the last of our segments, 440 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:49,199 Speaker 2: of course, for the morning show for the week. And 441 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 2: so a couple of things I want to make sure 442 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:54,440 Speaker 2: I do say, and that is some of you will 443 00:26:54,440 --> 00:27:00,600 Speaker 2: be out shopping this weekend as Christmas fast approaches. And 444 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:07,560 Speaker 2: a little suggestion. You got a favorite little restaurant, retail shop, 445 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 2: bike shop, gun shop, hardware store, clothing store, boutique that 446 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:19,159 Speaker 2: you really like, and you worry whether they'll make it. 447 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 2: It's hard to make it as a small business anymore. 448 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:25,199 Speaker 2: It's hard to compete against Amazon in Walmart. They have 449 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:29,640 Speaker 2: massive buying power, they have massive marketing power. Yeah, sure 450 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:33,119 Speaker 2: it's easy to buy online, of course it is. But 451 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:36,680 Speaker 2: when we want something, when we want that human connection, 452 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 2: we walk in, hear the bell ring as we walk in. 453 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:45,399 Speaker 2: We want local businesses, not a hollowed out town. It 454 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:48,920 Speaker 2: won't be there if we don't vote for it. Every 455 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,960 Speaker 2: dollar we spend is a vote we cast. Never forget that. 456 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:58,160 Speaker 2: So here's how you can support local businesses in your community. 457 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 2: If there's something that you really appreciate the way they 458 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 2: do business and you want to do your part to 459 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:08,640 Speaker 2: keep them in business, walk in and say, hey, can 460 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:11,200 Speaker 2: I buy some gift certificates because I want to put 461 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,520 Speaker 2: some money in your back pocket today and support your business. 462 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:19,760 Speaker 2: I want to keep you in business. And they get 463 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:27,080 Speaker 2: the cash immediately, which is always helpful. And then for 464 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:31,000 Speaker 2: every person you give a gift card, you're giving them 465 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:34,480 Speaker 2: a sampler. You're giving them someone who's coming to try 466 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:39,600 Speaker 2: out their good or service that might become a loyal 467 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 2: customer themselves. It gives them an opportunity to earn that business. 468 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,160 Speaker 2: And you can buy small gift cards. I can assure 469 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:51,000 Speaker 2: you that Starbucks doesn't need your money. I know it's easy, 470 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:53,960 Speaker 2: but I can assure you that Starbucks doesn't need your money, 471 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:58,600 Speaker 2: but the local shop does. And if it's a shop, 472 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 2: you already believe in whatever you spend whatever you spend 473 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:06,280 Speaker 2: with them, that's real money that goes to their bottom line. 474 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:10,520 Speaker 2: I used to eat it a little Puerto Rican restaurant 475 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:14,760 Speaker 2: over on Fairview called Text Chick, and I would always 476 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:17,240 Speaker 2: bring a person or two with me, and I got 477 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 2: such a kick. The owner was a guy named Thoe, 478 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:21,240 Speaker 2: and it was him and his wife that was it. 479 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,760 Speaker 2: And when you walked in, there were only three tables, 480 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:26,840 Speaker 2: and it was a little shack. It was like it 481 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:29,440 Speaker 2: was like a wooden Oh, it was like a It 482 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:31,920 Speaker 2: wasn't even like a real even garage, like a little 483 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:35,200 Speaker 2: wood shack out in the back of a house. And 484 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:37,280 Speaker 2: you'd walk in and as you walked into the screen 485 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:40,120 Speaker 2: door there was no air conditioning. You walk in and 486 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:41,600 Speaker 2: he would be standing on the other side of the 487 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:45,720 Speaker 2: little counter and he there would be about three or 488 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 2: four friars going and his wife would be behind him 489 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:51,760 Speaker 2: in this tiny little area and she'd be cutting things 490 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 2: up and Thale would let me run. Anybody that knows 491 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:57,040 Speaker 2: me knows I like to go into the kitchen with 492 00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:58,200 Speaker 2: the kid. It was just open air. It was just 493 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:00,600 Speaker 2: right there. The whole place was probably one hundred square 494 00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:03,600 Speaker 2: feet at most, maybe two hundred square feet two fifty 495 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:07,800 Speaker 2: and I'd walk over to the kitchen, and I'd walk 496 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:10,880 Speaker 2: over to the fridge, which was four paces away, and 497 00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:13,720 Speaker 2: there was a sheet that had been printed out that 498 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:16,920 Speaker 2: would be stuck to the side of the refrigerator, and 499 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:20,640 Speaker 2: it would list for each day what they had spent 500 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:25,800 Speaker 2: on groceries and what they had made on gross sales, 501 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 2: and the numbers would look something like one hundred and 502 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:34,960 Speaker 2: thirty eight dollars in expenses two hundred nineteen dollars in revenues, 503 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:37,920 Speaker 2: and you wonder how they could keep the place afloat 504 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:41,880 Speaker 2: the numbers were that low. So what I would do, 505 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:46,240 Speaker 2: not that I'm rich, but I could spare one hundred bucks. 506 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:49,720 Speaker 2: I'd hand him a hundred bucks and I'd say and 507 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:54,320 Speaker 2: he'd go, no, no, and I'd say, no, keep it 508 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:57,000 Speaker 2: till next time. Put that on my bill next time. 509 00:30:57,360 --> 00:30:59,360 Speaker 2: And it became a running joke with us that each 510 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:02,040 Speaker 2: time he'd go, you're not paying today, and then we 511 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:05,120 Speaker 2: would have this little fight, and we grew quite a 512 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:07,720 Speaker 2: little friendship out of the deal, because he knew that 513 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:10,720 Speaker 2: I was rooting for him. Very old man, I bet 514 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:12,480 Speaker 2: you he was eighty years old. He eventually sold the 515 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:16,640 Speaker 2: business either he or his wife grew ill. But it 516 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:19,240 Speaker 2: was just little bitty business. But there was nothing like it. 517 00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:21,640 Speaker 2: And the way I was introduced to it, get the 518 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:24,840 Speaker 2: dinger barrel ready wrong? Is Jose Cruz took me there 519 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:29,680 Speaker 2: and it was an authentic It was authentic Puerto Rican food, 520 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:31,680 Speaker 2: but it was the place. There's not a lot of 521 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:34,840 Speaker 2: Puerto Ricans in Houston, but it was the place that 522 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:39,680 Speaker 2: Puerto Ricans went because it was like their little spot. 523 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:42,400 Speaker 2: You would have never seen it, no sign out front, 524 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:46,360 Speaker 2: nothing like that. But everybody knows a little place like that, 525 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:49,840 Speaker 2: and you just never know how close they are to 526 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:53,800 Speaker 2: closing up. You know, the Sheriff Friar incident should should 527 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:57,960 Speaker 2: warn p You just never know. Can't tell you how 528 00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:01,440 Speaker 2: many people I know that the life wakes up in 529 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:03,520 Speaker 2: the middle of the night and the husband has passed 530 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:06,240 Speaker 2: away in the in the middle of the in their sleep, 531 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:10,440 Speaker 2: and you know, you go to bed the last thing 532 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:12,440 Speaker 2: you say when you go to bed. I'm not trying 533 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:14,800 Speaker 2: to be Micawber. I'm just trying to be realistic. I've 534 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:18,680 Speaker 2: lived long enough now to know that nothing is permanent, 535 00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:21,680 Speaker 2: and so the things that you like at a time 536 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:24,200 Speaker 2: like this, you've set aside a little bit of your 537 00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:27,840 Speaker 2: budget to buy gifts. Why not buy gifts from places 538 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:33,240 Speaker 2: from people that you really like because Star, Starbucks, Amazon, 539 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,240 Speaker 2: and Walmart don't need your money. I understand that's easy, right, 540 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:38,840 Speaker 2: It's it's understandable that that's not that's not a knock. 541 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:43,880 Speaker 2: But the little Magpies and the Corey Diamonds and and 542 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:48,240 Speaker 2: these these little shops like this, it makes a world 543 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:51,520 Speaker 2: of difference from them. You're gonna order some food La 544 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:55,880 Speaker 2: Boucherie online, Cajunmeats dot com for your traduction. In all 545 00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:58,920 Speaker 2: of that, you're gonna buy some jewelry of Corey Diamonds. 546 00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:00,960 Speaker 2: But it doesn't just have to be our show sponsor. 547 00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:03,240 Speaker 2: I would appreciate it if it is, And if you 548 00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:05,360 Speaker 2: email me, I assure you won't be it won't be 549 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:08,440 Speaker 2: a burden. I will personally connect you with with our 550 00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:12,040 Speaker 2: show sponsor. Our website is Michael Berryshow dot com. But 551 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:15,400 Speaker 2: even if you don't use our show sponsor, use somebody 552 00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:18,920 Speaker 2: in your little neck of the woods in Tomball, Magnolia, Crosby, 553 00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 2: wherever you are, cat Springs and support those small businesses 554 00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:28,680 Speaker 2: or they won't be there tomorrow.