1 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:11,480 Speaker 1: It's that time, time, time, time, luck and load. The 2 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: Michael Verie Show is on the air. Of all the 3 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: issues that get the least public attention in the political realm, 4 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: how much regulation should there be or not deregulation over 5 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 1: regulation guiding technology here, or they're even allowing innovation or 6 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: subsidizing innovation, how the consumer choices will be made, and 7 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: the economics of all of that subsidies certainly make a difference, 8 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: whether they be on the front end of the back end. 9 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 1: John Berger is our guest. He spent a career in 10 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 1: this field, most recently at Sonova. John, I got an email. 11 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: Let me see if I can find it again. Let 12 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: me ask you a question while I'm finding this email. 13 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 1: Can you skate backwards? Did you have a roller skate 14 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: as a kid? Found it? 15 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 2: I was never very good at it. 16 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: I couldn't skate backwards. My brother could bothers me to 17 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 1: this day. All right, Roger writes, this energy fella today 18 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:41,479 Speaker 1: was earnest, but kind of a zealot. I had wanted 19 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:44,639 Speaker 1: to ask him about brownouts that Texas has been firting 20 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 1: with these past few years, specifically due to over reliance 21 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: on wind energy. How producing solar panels and batteries and 22 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: wind turbines hurts the environment during mining, production, disposal, nuclear 23 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 1: natural gas we will never run out, and they're clean 24 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:01,919 Speaker 1: and reliable. Relying on these sources is not Soviet style. 25 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: It works in no brownouts. Your response, John. 26 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 2: Burder, My comment on the Soviet style was the regulatory 27 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 2: structure of the power industry and was not specific whatsoever 28 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 2: to fuel type or technology generate. 29 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:16,679 Speaker 1: Would you fight this guy? 30 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 2: Well, I don't know. If he's bigger than me, I 31 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 2: may not. 32 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: It's like behind or two with the process, right, you 33 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 1: don't know. If it's showcase showdown, you don't know what 34 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: you're going to get. 35 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:29,920 Speaker 3: Yeah. 36 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 2: No, I prefer to talk to things out to really 37 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:37,519 Speaker 2: make an understanding rather than fight. Yeah. Look, I think 38 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 2: that there are some good points here that you made 39 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 2: right before the commercial break, which was, you know, people 40 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 2: are upset about being forced into certain things such as 41 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 2: you know, maybe certain technologies and transportation and so forth 42 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 2: in state like California. And I sympathize with that, I 43 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 2: really do. And so again my position is is that 44 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:01,399 Speaker 2: you know, if there's always pro and cons to everything, 45 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 2: I mean, I don't think natural gas and oil is evil. 46 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 2: I certainly don't. I think that, Yeah, there's some problems, 47 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:10,359 Speaker 2: but it's it's it's also something that when you look 48 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:13,079 Speaker 2: at natural gas, it's it's cleaner than coal. That's a fact, 49 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 2: right in any way you look at it. So that's 50 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 2: a positive. And and yeah, there's going to be some 51 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 2: chemicals that you use to make batteries, uh and solar 52 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 2: panels and and and such, and those can be you know, toxic, 53 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 2: and how do you manage those quite effectively? And and 54 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 2: look at permitting you're running a transmission line, or building 55 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 2: the solar farm, or building the natural gas plant, those 56 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 2: all have the same issues where we've just got you know, 57 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 2: our stuff, you know, just wrapped around ourselves and we 58 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 2: can't get anything done no matter what it is. And 59 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 2: so there's there's about how do you level the playing 60 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 2: field and then let the market work. That's my point. 61 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 2: And if he wants to buy all the natural gas power, 62 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 2: by god, I think you ought to be able to 63 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 2: do that, and us fully support that. I think solar 64 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 2: is cheaper. I can tell can point to that and 65 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 2: batteries and that combination is really reliable. But I also 66 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 2: would say that, you know, I use natural gas as 67 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 2: a good portion of my energy system. And I'm not 68 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 2: bashful about that, and I'm not afraid of that, and 69 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 2: I'm not ashamed of it. And so it's all it's 70 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 2: all the above that the market works. For instance, let's 71 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 2: look at this reconciliation bill. The tax credits, whether you 72 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 2: want them to go to zero or you want to 73 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:23,719 Speaker 2: phase out, which is probably more of what the businesses want, 74 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:25,599 Speaker 2: like Exxon and so forth. Is like, we need to 75 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:29,600 Speaker 2: have policy stability. That's what businesses want. So that's what 76 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 2: we need to look towards. So how do or do 77 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 2: you do with those tax credits but make it a 78 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 2: level playing field for God's sakes? And the proposal in 79 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 2: the House does not do that. You know, what's what 80 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 2: really calls me about that is the credits indirectly and 81 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 2: directly are structured to go to the monopolies. Those aren't 82 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 2: for profit companies. Those are in many cases literally government, 83 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 2: the city, the city governments, the federal government with TVA 84 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:58,040 Speaker 2: and so forth, and so the federal these government entities, 85 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 2: these monopolies get the tax credits that the homeowners pay for, 86 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 2: and the homeowners don't get a task credit. That's not right, 87 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,479 Speaker 2: that's not American that's not a little playing field, that's 88 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:11,359 Speaker 2: tilting the field more to the Soviet style of participants 89 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:15,279 Speaker 2: in that industry. So that's, you know, my arguments about 90 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 2: how do you get out of the way and let 91 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,679 Speaker 2: the consumer make the choices and let the market work. 92 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 1: I think that's the real question, isn't it the extent 93 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 1: to which the consumer is driving? 94 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 2: You know? 95 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:33,159 Speaker 1: I am a big believer in free market economics, going 96 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 1: back to the simplest but maybe perhaps most profound economist 97 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: on the subject being Adam Smith, but from Freedman to 98 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:47,919 Speaker 1: soul On through a continuous line, the idea that the 99 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: consumer will make the best decision because they will review 100 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 1: it long before yelp, and they will buy what's good 101 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: and reject what's bad, which brings me if you could 102 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: in a minute or less, because I'm short on time. 103 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: Why are you down on nuclear? John Berger is our guest. 104 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:08,039 Speaker 2: I'm down on nuclear because it's the most subsidized thing 105 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 2: that we have in power generation period, not even close. 106 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 2: And when you look at why is that is, you 107 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:18,839 Speaker 2: can say that there is a crazy fear of the 108 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 2: nuclear meltdown, and when you look at the science. I'm 109 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 2: an engineer, right from texting them, graduated texting them, grew 110 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 2: up there and. 111 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:28,920 Speaker 1: Brian IRV because that would be a black mark against you. 112 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:29,360 Speaker 1: Good move. 113 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, I know know what to emphasize here, but 114 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:38,480 Speaker 2: I will say this. I don't go to the Harvard 115 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 2: football games to go to and in football games. So 116 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 2: hopefully we're going to do well this year. But you know, 117 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 2: when you look at you know, nuclear, the problem with 118 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 2: nuclear is is that while it's an irrational fear and 119 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:54,480 Speaker 2: you look at it from an engineering perspective, was my point. 120 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 2: I totally agree with that. The science is pretty clear, 121 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:58,720 Speaker 2: the math is pretty clear on that, and I think 122 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 2: you've made that point on an earlier show weeks ago. 123 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 2: But the problem is is that that's not what the 124 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 2: market perceives, and you can't get insurance from a private sector. 125 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 2: There's no company on this earth, including Apple, that can 126 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 2: afford that insurance, and so the government has to do it. 127 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 2: And there's no place in this country that the citizens 128 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 2: that live in that state want that particular piece of 129 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 2: property to not be used by mankind for ten thousand 130 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 2: years as a waste disposal site. This is why Yucka Mountain, 131 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 2: decades later, still is in operational for nuclear waste. So 132 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 2: there's there's problems here that we're not solving, that we're 133 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 2: not thinking about. And it's very costly. I mean, just 134 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 2: look at the latest nuclear power plant that the son 135 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 2: of the company did and they're always like, yeah, but 136 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 2: you know, we just get cuts from regulations. We'll do 137 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 2: a better job next time, and then the next time 138 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 2: and the next time. And it's it's South Texas back 139 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 2: in the eighties, spark the you know, the big part 140 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 2: of power to the regulation within. 141 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 1: The regulation of right to get to this because a 142 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 1: lot of people ask, I'm gonna let you take it 143 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 1: to the break and thank you for being our guest. 144 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 1: You've got till the end of this of the segments 145 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 1: about a minute. How do you deal with battery disposal? 146 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: You talked a lot about batteries. It's a big issue. 147 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 2: Recycling. That material can be recycled and that's a part 148 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 2: of it, and that should be part of their regulation 149 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 2: with batteries. 150 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 1: John Burger, thank you, sir. 151 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 2: And every day to see what's going on in my 152 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 2: cousin to Michael Mary show and this is. 153 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 4: My damn country. 154 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 2: I thought for this country, this is mine. 155 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 1: That is of course a coverer of the King Harvest 156 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 1: song that I have an unnatural affinity for. I love 157 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 1: that song so much, and I loved it for years 158 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 1: before I dug into what the background was. It was 159 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 1: written by a fellow named Sherman Kelly a year before 160 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 1: King Harvest recorded it. Kelly had a band called BAFFALONGO 161 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:03,839 Speaker 1: and Sorry. Two years before he had just been attacked 162 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: on a trip to Saint Croix and there was a 163 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:11,719 Speaker 1: gang that eventually murdered eight American tourists and beat him. 164 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:15,319 Speaker 1: Said he had multiple facial fractures, wounds, and he was 165 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 1: left for dead. They thought he was dead when they 166 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 1: finished with him. While he was recovering, he was envisioning 167 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 1: an alternate reality, the dream of a peaceful, joyful celebration 168 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,079 Speaker 1: of life, to put himself in a better mood. And 169 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 1: he wrote that song in Keating Harvest, of course made 170 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 1: it famous. That was a cover by Jubelle. Beautiful song, 171 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: great message. So a wonderful, beautiful listener of ours name 172 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 1: Carol Nolan, sent me an email and she said, I 173 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 1: thought you would love this. Every year over the past 174 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 1: couple of years, I get something on my door from Henry. 175 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:52,959 Speaker 1: I got this yesterday I called him immediately before he 176 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 1: gets booked up. He'll be at my house on Monday 177 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 1: and Tuesday of next week. And she included a very 178 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: rudimentary simple no graphics, although there was a scan here. 179 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 1: I don't know how to do a scan code. But 180 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 1: he's a kid, what do I know? And at the 181 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 1: top left this is all just in microsoftware. Top left 182 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:14,360 Speaker 1: it says Henry's Home Services and then it says, Hi, 183 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 1: my name is Henry Bradley and I live on I'm 184 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:19,600 Speaker 1: not going to tell you where he lives. I am 185 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:23,079 Speaker 1: fifteen and next year I'll be a sophomore at Houston 186 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:26,840 Speaker 1: Christian High School. This summer will mark my fourth doing 187 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 1: my Henry's Home Services. Business services, dog walking, dog sitting, 188 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: house sitting, window cleaning, trash bend cleaning. We'd removal, car washing, 189 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:45,000 Speaker 1: other odd jobs if needed. If we didn't get you already, 190 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 1: ramote you come up with a job and we'll do 191 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:51,839 Speaker 1: it twelve dollars an hour or set prices depending on 192 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:55,599 Speaker 1: the job. He'll negotiate. He gives his phone number, he 193 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 1: gives his email, and yes, Henry's Home Services has their 194 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:04,080 Speaker 1: own Instagram account because he's fifteen, and they know how 195 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 1: to do these things. Well, I love this so much. 196 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:13,199 Speaker 1: We needed some help clearing out my parents' house and 197 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 1: there was so much stuff. You know, in the course 198 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 1: of a lifetime you accumulate so much stuff, And so 199 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 1: we hired Bert Harvey's son and his son and his 200 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 1: son's friend Paxton, and my wife was marveling because these 201 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 1: kids could haul things that it would take three grown 202 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:35,840 Speaker 1: men to haul. Because they're seventeen, eighteen, nineteen years old 203 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 1: and they're horses. These are just corn fed farm boys working. 204 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:44,880 Speaker 1: I love the fact that Henry is not sitting around 205 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 1: playing games all summer. He's not piddling, he's not getting 206 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:51,839 Speaker 1: into trouble. He's out doing work. And he took the 207 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 1: initiative to do this. So we have tracked down Henry 208 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 1: Bradley and he has taken time off from his very 209 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:03,079 Speaker 1: busy CEO executive leadership of Henry's Home Services to be 210 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:06,080 Speaker 1: our guest. But we have to pay him, okay, billing 211 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: US twelve dollars an hour. Henry, Welcome to the program. 212 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 2: Hey, how are we go? 213 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 1: I have a question. So Jim Mudd, my creative director, 214 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:18,439 Speaker 1: called you. Ramon called you, and I called you, and 215 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:20,600 Speaker 1: you didn't pick up. How did you know we weren't 216 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 1: calling for Henry's home services and we might need trash 217 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 1: men cleaning or window cleaning. 218 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:26,319 Speaker 3: Well, I was a little confused that kind of thought 219 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:26,840 Speaker 3: I was a joke. 220 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 1: Are you serious? 221 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 2: Yes, sir? 222 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 1: Did you check with your parents to confirm it's okay 223 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 1: for you to be on with us? 224 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:36,560 Speaker 2: I did? 225 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 1: And what did they say? 226 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 2: It's okay? 227 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 1: Okay? Did they know who we are? 228 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:43,320 Speaker 2: Yes, sir? 229 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:44,559 Speaker 1: Are they listeners? 230 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 2: Yes? 231 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: Good answer. Are you a listener? 232 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 2: Yes, sir. 233 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 1: I'll be honest with you. The reason we wanted to 234 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 1: have you on we do real well in the seventy 235 00:12:57,120 --> 00:13:00,120 Speaker 1: five plus demo, but we're not as strong at at 236 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 1: Houston Christian High School in the fifteen demo. So we're 237 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 1: thinking maybe some of your entrepreneurial spirit you could kind 238 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:12,319 Speaker 1: of help us spread the word. Okay, I'm just kidding you, Henry. 239 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:14,319 Speaker 1: I love what you've done here, son. I think this 240 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 1: is just fantastic. I think this is wonderful. First of all, 241 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 1: I wanted to commend you. How did you get the 242 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:21,680 Speaker 1: idea to do this? Why not just sit around playing 243 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:23,560 Speaker 1: games all summer? Did your parents say, Henry, get off 244 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 1: your button, go get a job or did you go 245 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:29,240 Speaker 1: because I used to walk the neighborhood and wash cars, 246 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 1: mow grass, haul trash and it kept me busy and 247 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 1: it gave me my own pocket money, which is there 248 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:37,199 Speaker 1: anything better? I love that kids are doing this. I think, 249 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 1: first of all, commendations to you, Henry Bradley. 250 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 3: Well, kind of started with like a pressure washing type business, 251 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 3: but that didn't work out, so I kind of transitioned 252 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:50,839 Speaker 3: it more to dog clean dog walking and house sitting 253 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:51,839 Speaker 3: and those sort of stuff. 254 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:57,679 Speaker 1: Why do you think the uh, pressure washing didn't work out. 255 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:01,840 Speaker 3: I wasn't very good at it and the pressure washer 256 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 3: broke down. 257 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 1: But okay, well there's nothing wrong with that. And so 258 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:09,319 Speaker 1: your number one service that you get booked for is 259 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 1: dog walking, I. 260 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 3: Would say probably dog walking and dog. 261 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:17,679 Speaker 1: City yeah, okay, and then the trash bin cleaning. You know, 262 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 1: I had a kid on a couple of years ago 263 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 1: he was making a fortune doing that trash band cleaning. 264 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 3: Well, that one's actually new this summer. 265 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 2: I just started that one. 266 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 3: So this is a new division of the company, yes, sir, okay, okay, okay, 267 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 3: I'm pretty excited about that one. 268 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, I would think so. And so what is the 269 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 1: trash bind if I was trying to decide whether to 270 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 1: do that or not, could you explain to me what 271 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 1: the service is. 272 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 3: Well, if you're trash can kind of smell bads or 273 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 3: they're just silky and you kind of dread going out 274 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 3: there and going to get them off the curb, they 275 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 3: we clean them down with hoses and then we use 276 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 3: some special chemicals and stuff, clean them up, spray them out, 277 00:14:57,160 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 3: and then I'll put like fabuloso and then to bre 278 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 3: and then they'll be snowing good afterwards. 279 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: Okay, all right? Interesting, Actually, what is that I was 280 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 1: gonna put? 281 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 3: Uh coming up soon. I'm gonna put some flyers on 282 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 3: the trash cans, I think this Saturday. I'm gonna put 283 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 3: specific trash can cleaning flyers on there so you might 284 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 3: see those around. 285 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 2: I like that. 286 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 1: Henry, can you hold with us for just a moment. 287 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: I know you're probably in the middle of a project, 288 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 1: did you, Okay, just one moment? Have them hold your 289 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:25,840 Speaker 1: calls and where's the honey out? 290 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 3: Others? 291 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 1: We didn't get nothing the hard time to Michael Berry show. 292 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 1: It's a damn shame. It's a damn shame. It's a 293 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 1: damn shame. It's a damn shame, n man A ready 294 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:41,680 Speaker 1: already like thy. So I have some friends who are 295 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 1: well to do, folks who vacation in places around the world, 296 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 1: and they make their kids, who are in high school 297 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 1: and college, go to work at the local five star 298 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 1: hotel where they vacation. Some of these folks for people 299 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 1: who could afford to buy the hotel themselves, but they 300 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:07,400 Speaker 1: make their kids do jobs like the valets at the 301 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 1: front entrance. So, in talking to a friend of mine 302 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 1: the other day, I said, you know, how's your kid's 303 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 1: job going, because he's valeting in the town where they 304 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 1: go where they vacation in. I think it's in Colorado, 305 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 1: I think so. Anyway, so his kid is working as 306 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 1: a valet parking the cars. And he said, well, when 307 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 1: the people every morning, the day before and then the 308 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 1: morning they get a repeat of it, they get a 309 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 1: list of what are called ng's notable guests, And that 310 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 1: day it was Carmelo, Anthony, CP three and Kevin Costner. 311 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 1: And I said, well, which one was he most excited about? 312 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 1: And he said, well, I was happy to know it 313 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 1: was Kevin Costner. I was afraid it might be CP three, 314 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 1: But either way, these are folks who kid don't need 315 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 1: the money per se, But working a job like that 316 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:00,960 Speaker 1: will teach you more than and you will learn in 317 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:06,400 Speaker 1: calculus or English that year. It's the real world. It's important. 318 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 1: My kids are working summer jobs this year, and I 319 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:12,399 Speaker 1: encourage you that your kids should too. You don't have 320 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 1: to have an internship, a clerkship, a paid job, or 321 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:20,000 Speaker 1: anything else. You could put your kid to work at 322 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 1: a fast food restaurant, but teach them some entrepreneurism. I 323 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:27,880 Speaker 1: love that this kid, Henry Bradley, puts these notes out 324 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 1: that says, I'll twelve bucks an hour or you know, 325 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 1: work on I'm a sophomore at Houston Christian High School 326 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:37,240 Speaker 1: and it's my fourth year to do this Henry's home 327 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:40,200 Speaker 1: services business. I mean it even makes it sound serious. 328 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:41,159 Speaker 2: I love it. 329 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:44,359 Speaker 1: So, Henry, when you started to do this, did you 330 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:46,360 Speaker 1: get your parents' approval or how did this work? 331 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:48,360 Speaker 3: Well? 332 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 2: I kind of love for baseball cards. I used to 333 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 2: go to these card shows and they're always be these kids. 334 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 3: They would buy these really split the cards, and one 335 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 3: time we asked them how they were getting all this money, 336 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 3: and they said that they were doing sure washing. So 337 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:04,000 Speaker 3: we have the idea that I should start off my 338 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 3: own business in my neighborhood. And like I, like I 339 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 3: said earlier, it didn't really work out at first, but 340 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 3: I said, they helped me a little bit, you know, 341 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 3: bought some of the materials and stuff we needed, and 342 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:15,640 Speaker 3: then we kind of got it going. 343 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:20,919 Speaker 2: Who is we? Me and my parents? Oh? 344 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 1: Okay, cool? Do you have brothers and sisters? I have 345 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 1: two older siblings death and are they still at home? 346 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:29,920 Speaker 3: No? 347 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 2: They both they're both off in college. 348 00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 1: Okay, what does your dad do for a living? 349 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:38,280 Speaker 2: My dad is lawyer, and so what does. 350 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 1: He think of all this? He's he's he's gung ho 351 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:40,680 Speaker 1: on you doing this. 352 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:43,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, they're both really supportive of it. It's pretty nice. 353 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: Okay, do you take credit cards? Or is this a 354 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 1: cash only kind of deal? Cash? 355 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 3: And then this summer I i'd have been moo. 356 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 2: To it too. 357 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:54,680 Speaker 1: Do you do you have kind of a uniform, you know, 358 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 1: Henry's Home Services on it or anything like that. 359 00:18:57,600 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 2: I have a little shirt, but I don't I don't 360 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 2: wear it super but. 361 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 1: That's about what does the shirt say? 362 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,920 Speaker 3: It's a blue shirt says Henry Home Services on it. 363 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:10,879 Speaker 1: I think Henry, you got to lean into this. I 364 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:13,720 Speaker 1: love that it's like your little uniform you tuck it in. 365 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 1: People like that it looks real official. 366 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 2: And if it has to nice, oh yes, you know what, we. 367 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:23,879 Speaker 1: Could probably get hats donated for you from Lamont Brands, 368 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:28,000 Speaker 1: our sponsored nice hats, stitched hats like make America Great Again, 369 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:31,200 Speaker 1: hire Bradley, you know Henry's Home services kind of deal. 370 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 1: I mean, we could and do blues. Yeah, we could 371 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 1: do a lot of things here, the front and back, 372 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:38,960 Speaker 1: I mean, the whole. It could be. It could be great. 373 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 1: Do your friends at school know that you do this? 374 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:46,240 Speaker 3: I'd say most most of my kind of inner circle 375 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:48,360 Speaker 3: of friends know, but outside that, no one really knows. 376 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:56,160 Speaker 1: Okay. And and do you find that do you find 377 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 1: that the people who hire you just need something done 378 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 1: or they really like the idea of a kid doing 379 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:01,360 Speaker 1: what you're doing. 380 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 3: Kind of a little bit of those Some jobs, it 381 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:10,680 Speaker 3: kind of feels like they really needed some certain thing done. 382 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 3: But sometimes it kind of feels like they're just I guess, 383 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 3: kind of hiring out of grace or to be nice 384 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 3: type of thing. 385 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 1: Well, I don't know if you heard me say earlier, 386 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:21,719 Speaker 1: but a good friend of mine who does all our 387 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 1: construction and renovation projects over the years. Who has for 388 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:30,440 Speaker 1: me personally? I hired his son and his son's friend 389 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:34,360 Speaker 1: to do some work helping clean out my parents' house 390 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 1: because because my parents have moved out of their house 391 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 1: and we needed to get there's a lot of stuff 392 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 1: in there, and I was amazed they could get more 393 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:44,200 Speaker 1: done than I or my wife for any of the adults, 394 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:47,880 Speaker 1: because young people have more snap. You know, your back 395 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:51,400 Speaker 1: doesn't hurt, your knees don't hurt, Henry, can I read 396 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 1: you something that somebody sent me from a Facebook page 397 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:55,320 Speaker 1: called Talk of Paarland. 398 00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 2: It's sure, Okay. 399 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 1: At the end of each sentence, when I pause, I 400 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 1: want you to acknowledge and kind of punctuate the sentence 401 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:08,240 Speaker 1: with some version of hm M. Okay, everyone syllable, but 402 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 1: each one has to Each time you do it, it 403 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 1: has to be a different sound. Okay, Okay, it'll be 404 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:16,399 Speaker 1: like we're having a conversation and you're sort of acknowledging 405 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:18,040 Speaker 1: the end of the scenes. Okay, here we go. Let's try. 406 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 1: South Deer is from a fellow named Matthew Murphy. 407 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:21,200 Speaker 2: I love this. 408 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 1: Dear Mothers of Pearland School is out older kids constantly home, 409 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:31,439 Speaker 1: have the house smelling of frustration and bad hygiene. Perhaps 410 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 1: even you see I'm good. I am inquiring about two 411 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:40,920 Speaker 1: offsprings such as these as I have failed to give 412 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: my parents heirs. Okay, they have to sound different. That 413 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,920 Speaker 1: was real close, Henry. They are getting old. They just 414 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 1: moved and we've got to build a fence. You could 415 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 1: do higher tones, you know, pitch and things I require 416 00:21:57,119 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 1: work boots, jeans, strong backs, and do attitudes. One of 417 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:09,399 Speaker 1: them will help me run in auger, the other with pops, 418 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:15,680 Speaker 1: mixing concrete, laying posts. One to do one to two 419 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 1: days of labor late next week. For a good worker, 420 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 1: we'll pay the privileged minimum wage of twenty dollars an 421 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 1: hour because everything is so expensive nowadays. That's very well done, Henry. 422 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:32,400 Speaker 1: So my question is are you on the near don't tell, 423 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 1: don't give too many details, just kind of speak generally, 424 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:37,119 Speaker 1: but are you on the near west side of Houston? 425 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 2: I'll see I sea. 426 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:42,800 Speaker 1: Oh, okay, you're too young to that. You don't even 427 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 1: drive yet. Okay, all right, never mind, don't say that 428 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:47,639 Speaker 1: I know where Houston Christian High School is. 429 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:47,920 Speaker 2: I know. 430 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:52,200 Speaker 1: I think we're about where you are. I'm just wondering 431 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 1: if they're paying twenty bucks an hour in Paarland. I mean, 432 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 1: your your prices are actually pretty good. Twelve bucks is 433 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 1: pretty low. I don't know if this is a if 434 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 1: this is a value proposition, or that was just kind 435 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:05,440 Speaker 1: of the number you came up with. 436 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,119 Speaker 3: I was, I said that kind of number I came 437 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:12,520 Speaker 3: up with kind of right around twelve. Just seems pretty 438 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:12,920 Speaker 3: fair to me. 439 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:16,440 Speaker 1: And then when you get paid do you get paid 440 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:19,040 Speaker 1: do you invoice to these people on a thirty day 441 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 1: or do you get paid that day? How does that work? 442 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 2: Pretty much? 443 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:26,919 Speaker 1: Well, I'd say for. 444 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 3: Like a window cleaning or some type of job that 445 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:32,520 Speaker 3: it would be just a one day type of thing 446 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 3: that would use that's pretty. 447 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:35,960 Speaker 2: Much always then and there. 448 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 3: But maybe a dog sitting or something where it's kind 449 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 3: of long term. Sometimes they just leave money under the door. 450 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:48,680 Speaker 1: Battery block, Henry Bradley, I am so proud of you. 451 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:52,440 Speaker 1: I love this. You are an example. You are going 452 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:54,360 Speaker 1: far in life. Thank you for being our guest son, 453 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 1: no problem, Thank all. 454 00:23:56,480 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 2: For having me. I had a fine Boxes runner Michael Barry. 455 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:22,119 Speaker 4: Rumors brill Round United to take some time not sack 456 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 4: guys side the game. You don't know what I'm talking about, 457 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,119 Speaker 4: just letting me know, and you're gonna go. 458 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:35,920 Speaker 3: To that. Oh on my rain. 459 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:37,480 Speaker 4: We got a lot of nice scales. 460 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:44,440 Speaker 2: I'm ray. 461 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:53,560 Speaker 4: I'm out here and. 462 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:57,240 Speaker 3: You don't guys time. 463 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:05,360 Speaker 4: Gus Johns out there. 464 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 1: I'm lost down, But now my beer. A very very 465 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:26,880 Speaker 1: happy birthday seventy sixth birthday to Frank Beard. Frank Lee 466 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:34,680 Speaker 1: Beard born in Frankston, Texas, the drummer for one of 467 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 1: the greatest bands across all genres of all time. Now, 468 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 1: how do you remember which one is? Frank Beard? He's 469 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:46,639 Speaker 1: the one without a beard. 470 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 3: Yeah. 471 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,680 Speaker 1: In a strange irony, so I was told I'm not 472 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 1: going to tell you who it was Ramon Cody Johnson, 473 00:25:56,800 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 1: our friend Cody Johnson. I have the sort of quirrel 474 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 1: of having three different friends named Cody Johnson. One the 475 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:10,480 Speaker 1: musician who struts around in wranglers that cut off his circulation. 476 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 1: I told him, you're going to make yourself infertile, something 477 00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 1: I know about, if you don't stop wearing those jeans 478 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:22,040 Speaker 1: so tight. But he's the wrangler spokesman, so I guess 479 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:26,400 Speaker 1: he has to the cowboy. And then there is Cody Johnson, 480 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 1: who runs a garage door doctor dot Biz our garage 481 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 1: door repair folks. And then there is the Cody Johnson 482 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 1: who owns Canvas Press, and that's the folks you send 483 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:41,640 Speaker 1: your photo to. If you come to my house. There's 484 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:44,639 Speaker 1: all sorts of photos of my kids blown up in 485 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,560 Speaker 1: vinyl like a piece of art on the wall, kind 486 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:50,639 Speaker 1: of into my kids and my wife. So anyway, this 487 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:55,560 Speaker 1: Cody Johnson is from the Richmond area and he knows 488 00:26:55,600 --> 00:27:00,440 Speaker 1: everybody from that area, and he is buddy's with Frank 489 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:04,040 Speaker 1: Beard's son, and he has been supposed to coordinate for 490 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,640 Speaker 1: me to go hang out with Frank Beard. And I'm 491 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 1: told Frank Beard is down, but somehow, some way, he 492 00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:15,600 Speaker 1: never makes it happen. It's probably my fault because I 493 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:19,399 Speaker 1: never actually do anything. But in any case, happy birthday, 494 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:23,640 Speaker 1: Frank Beard. Hopefully that'll help the cause or moon. I'd 495 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 1: like to go hang out with Frank Beard, if you 496 00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 1: know what I mean. So I got emails during the break. 497 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 1: There's one fellow, let's say, called Cursive Media. I think 498 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:39,880 Speaker 1: he's the name of his company. What's his name here? Yeah, 499 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:47,240 Speaker 1: his name is John holiday Mallow and he owns a 500 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:49,239 Speaker 1: company called Cursive Media. He said, hey, I'll make him. 501 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:51,640 Speaker 1: He's made websites for people that have on in the past. 502 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 1: I'll make him a little simple website if you want. 503 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:56,119 Speaker 1: It'll up being nice and simple. But I think he 504 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 1: was trying to not over promise. So this kid Henry 505 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 1: great story, but there's more and more of these. And 506 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:09,440 Speaker 1: so what I love about this is we treat our children. 507 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:14,120 Speaker 1: We put them in a glass case and we can't 508 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:18,720 Speaker 1: break it because they're so delicate. And then at some point, 509 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:21,640 Speaker 1: you know, Dan Pastorini gave me a great line one time. 510 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:24,560 Speaker 1: He said, you know, we all stopped playing ball at 511 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:28,439 Speaker 1: some point. Now that might be twelve, might be eighteen, 512 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:31,359 Speaker 1: we're got dread high school, might be twenty two, graduate college, 513 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:35,240 Speaker 1: it might be thirty. When when your professional career is over, 514 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 1: I feel like mine was cut short. Or be honest 515 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:39,600 Speaker 1: with you, I feel like mine was cut short. I 516 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:43,680 Speaker 1: had bigger plans for myself. But he said, we all 517 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:46,680 Speaker 1: stopped playing ball at some point. Well, guess what. Every 518 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 1: kid's got to grow up at some point. And so 519 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:53,240 Speaker 1: we have this idea that our children, these delicate, little 520 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 1: precious things, We're gonna send them to the best schools 521 00:28:57,440 --> 00:28:59,400 Speaker 1: and we're gonna do this. We're gonna drive them to 522 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 1: every tennis practice or volleyball practice, or cheer practice, or 523 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 1: they're gonna play select ball. And every daddy out there, 524 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:10,240 Speaker 1: every daddy thinks their kid is the next Craig Bigio. 525 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:12,760 Speaker 1: And then all of a sudden, one day their arm 526 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 1: goes out, or their nee goes out, or they graduate, 527 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:17,440 Speaker 1: or they play this, or they do this, and then 528 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:20,240 Speaker 1: it's over. Right, And now what does that kid do? 529 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 1: Because what have they been trained for in the world 530 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:26,040 Speaker 1: to practice and play a sport that they're not going 531 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:30,680 Speaker 1: to get paid to play. So now what do we do? Uh? Well, 532 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 1: We've got our four year degree at the best school 533 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:35,840 Speaker 1: we could possibly get in. Our parents have hawked everything. 534 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:41,440 Speaker 1: They've paid for our college and and they don't They 535 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:44,680 Speaker 1: can't pay off their mortgage, They have no retirement. But 536 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 1: you know, baby boy has been spoiled all the way through. 537 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:51,120 Speaker 1: And now they come out of college. Maybe we can 538 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:53,920 Speaker 1: get them a job. Maybe, but they don't know how 539 00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:57,080 Speaker 1: to start a job. They don't know what to do. 540 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:02,240 Speaker 1: Highlight of my week my wife asked Michael t yesterday, 541 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:06,600 Speaker 1: She said, so, how do you It was nine o'clock 542 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:09,640 Speaker 1: at nine he was exhausted, and she said, and he's done. 543 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:13,080 Speaker 1: You know, he's done fast food jobs, he's done barred jobs, 544 00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:16,040 Speaker 1: he's done a little bit of everything. And she said, 545 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:20,080 Speaker 1: you must be exhausted wearing a suit, And he said, no, Mom, 546 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 1: I actually feel energized. I feel like it's exciting. I 547 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:27,800 Speaker 1: see why dad wanted me to do this. Like I'm 548 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:31,840 Speaker 1: fired up. When I wake up. Man, my heart's pounding 549 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:36,400 Speaker 1: out of my chest. You've awakened a spark in this kid, 550 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:38,680 Speaker 1: because that's what real life's. 551 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:38,720 Speaker 3: Going to be. 552 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:42,360 Speaker 1: You know, we spend all this time getting into schools 553 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:46,440 Speaker 1: and trying to make the select team. But then you're 554 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:48,720 Speaker 1: gonna graduate at eighteen or twenty two or whatever that 555 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:51,800 Speaker 1: age is, and you're not prepared for the outside world. 556 00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:57,959 Speaker 1: Go work as a bus boy, go work, and if 557 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:02,720 Speaker 1: nothing else, if nothing else, every family in your neighborhood. 558 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:05,040 Speaker 1: Now there are pedophiles, not that many, not as many 559 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:08,040 Speaker 1: as people have you believe. But go to the families 560 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:11,200 Speaker 1: you trust, say hey, is there any work that you 561 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:14,560 Speaker 1: need a lot of families, not everybody. I understand that 562 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,760 Speaker 1: there's different economics, so I'm scared to talk numbers. A 563 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:20,520 Speaker 1: lot of families can spiff your kid. One hundred bucks 564 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:23,880 Speaker 1: a day for showing up at eight o'clock and stay 565 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:26,760 Speaker 1: until six point thirty and feed them in between. To 566 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:30,400 Speaker 1: haul out trash, to clean out the garage, the projects, 567 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:34,440 Speaker 1: to clean out the attic, to clean out the closets, 568 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:39,400 Speaker 1: to haul stuff to whatever, to cut the grass, to 569 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:44,320 Speaker 1: powerwash the concrete. And what it's doing is it's giving 570 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:47,880 Speaker 1: your kid an understanding of how the real world works. 571 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:50,560 Speaker 1: The real world doesn't work where you go to school, 572 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:55,160 Speaker 1: get out, get a job. The real world existed before 573 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:59,400 Speaker 1: all of these things tasks need to be performed. There 574 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:02,560 Speaker 1: are people, especially older people in the neighborhood. They're sitting 575 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:05,640 Speaker 1: on a Morgan Stanley account or Steve full account with 576 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:08,400 Speaker 1: all this money in it, and they what they really 577 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:11,080 Speaker 1: need is somebody to come and move all these quilt. 578 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:12,920 Speaker 1: Grandma needs to get all these quilts out of there, 579 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,360 Speaker 1: or her husband passed and she needs to get all 580 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:18,960 Speaker 1: those suits cleared out of there. Put your kid to work, 581 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:24,920 Speaker 1: encourage them, reward them, teach them. I guarantee you Mamma 582 00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:26,720 Speaker 1: would hire them at one hundred bucks a day or 583 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:30,080 Speaker 1: whatever that amount they can spare to come and clean 584 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:33,440 Speaker 1: out the garage or the shed. Give your kids something 585 00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:36,320 Speaker 1: to do. What are they doing sitting around playing video games? 586 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:40,240 Speaker 1: That is not healthy, It's not good. You're missing a 587 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:42,840 Speaker 1: great opportunity. Think of this as part of their growth 588 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:46,200 Speaker 1: and development and education. It doesn't have to be formal. 589 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:48,920 Speaker 1: They don't have to have a business card. They don't 590 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:50,840 Speaker 1: have to make a sheet the way Henry did. You 591 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:53,080 Speaker 1: could probably make a call. You've got a buddy that 592 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:55,800 Speaker 1: has a business. I guarantee you your buddy's business. Whatever 593 00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:58,800 Speaker 1: that business is, he needs. He needs the boxes in 594 00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:00,280 Speaker 1: the back moved up to the front and you just 595 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:02,760 Speaker 1: can't get to it. He needs that old storage room 596 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:05,640 Speaker 1: cleaned out and washed down. Put your kid to work. 597 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:07,280 Speaker 1: It's the best thing you can do for him.