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Well, good morning and welcome to around the house.

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I am Scott Brockamp.

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Founder and co-owner of his security and technology and your host this morning.

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Well, if you're took a step outside,

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fall actually finally made it

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a couple of weeks late, but it showed up dramatic fashion.

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It's kind of funny.

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I was sitting in an airport in Washington, D.C.

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yesterday afternoon and it was nice and balmy, 80 degrees in Washington, D.C.

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and I was checking out the weather and I'm like, yeah, it's raining.

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And I scrolled to the next page and said the high today is going to be 64.

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And I thought, wow, fall is finally made it here in East Tennessee.

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So grab your sweatshirt, grab your cup of coffee, get your easy chair ready.

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And well.

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Enjoy this morning and hopefully we'll have some good information for you to,

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to be able to take a bite out of today.

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Of course, today we don't have football.

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I mean, there is football, but let's face it, there's really not football

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because the Vols are not playing.

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We do have a bye week this week, but the lady fall softball team is in action

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today, get out to Sherry Parker Lee and enjoy a little fall ball games today

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or at noon against Carson Newman Newman and at five against Georgia State.

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A mission is free by the way, just get down to Sherry Parker Lee and go check it out.

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If you're into bluegrass and American music, head over to the Marble Springs,

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the home of governor John severe for their Appalachian music fest.

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It's free and runs from 11 to seven today.

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Or if you have a kid who's into dinosaurs, check out Jurassic quest.

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Today, the Knoxville convention center, it is open from nine a.m.

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to eight p.m. also today going on in Turkey Creek is W.A.T.E.

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is the women's spectacular.

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We will actually have a pretty awesome setup out there going.

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You can hang out in the beer tent and check it out.

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We've got about roughly a hundred exhibitors out there in a parking lot.

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You can't miss this right out in front of Belks.

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If you want to find out more about what's going on around town in Knoxville

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today, just go to visit Knoxville dot com.

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That's visit Knoxville dot com.

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Well, there's a little something else happening around town.

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Kicking off this weekend.

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You can tour 33 showcase homes in the greater Knoxville area

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and the price range from anywhere from three hundred thousand to two million

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dollars. The Bray to homes is kicking off.

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Started yesterday as the perfect starting point for you.

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If you're looking to build or buy a new home here to tell us about the

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home building association, we have a special guest here to tell us more

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is the co-chair of this year's parade from Ferguson Plumbing Supply

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is Lisa Smith and Becky Snyder.

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Good morning, ladies. Good morning.

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How are y'all today? Great.

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Right. So what what year is this for the parade?

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It's the 42nd 42nd.

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That's a lot. That's a lot.

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It's a lot of years.

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The home builders association been here, you know.

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I'm not sure.

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I mean, by the pictures on the wall in the office.

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I mean, it feels like a hundred.

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There's some old guys up there.

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Yeah, it's it's it's probably I would say 50 or more years.

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I know that my house was a parade house in 1979.

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I bought it.

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And that's one of the things that the previous owners told me is that it was

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the parade house in 19.

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It was a parade house in my neighborhood in 1979.

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Wow. So that is it's a different.

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Do you have shag carpet?

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Well, I did.

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Had carpet in the bathroom.

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we did a total gut job on all that.

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But it was pretty much like it was in 1979 when we bought it.

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I OK, I've got to try to get those thoughts out of my head.

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I just saw recently that the the the Brady Bunch house actually.

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I don't remember the full details,

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but somebody purchased it and bought it and they are going to leave it

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as it is and maintain the nostalgia of the Brady Bunch house.

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Is they should? Yes.

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I mean, you can't buy that house and then get it.

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Don't worry. It'll be back in style at some point.

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You know, everything comes around again.

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The color just came out with all those blue and pink bathroom fixtures again

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as a nostalgia kind of thing.

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Some don't need to bring carpet back in the bathroom.

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No, no, no more carpet in the bathroom.

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Some things need to just stay dead.

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I'm just saying.

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As as I customarily do here on this show, I digress.

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I digress simply and easily.

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But let's face it, that's what makes it fun, right?

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Hey, if you're listening this morning and you want to know a little bit more

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about the parade, give us a call.

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Shoot us a text 865-656-8255.

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So we have 33 homes this year.

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And the 42nd anniversary of the parade.

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Wouldn't it have been cool if you had 42 homes for the 42nd anniversary?

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That would be great.

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I mean, you know.

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We didn't even think of that.

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Geez.

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Maybe you can be on the parade committee with us.

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I'm on a sabbatical.

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But we are.

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There's no virtual houses this year.

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OK, that's awesome.

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Because of COVID, I think the past couple of years we've had a couple of virtual.

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But now, like, they're all open.

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So you can walk in and to every single one of them.

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And there are so far I've been to several and there's no carpet in the bathrooms.

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No carpet.

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No, I just will.

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I will guarantee you, you will not find any of these homes that have carpet in the bathroom.

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You just won't.

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Maybe a closet, maybe an offshoot of the bathroom.

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But you're not going to find carpet in the bathroom.

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You will see some amazing bathrooms, though.

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There are some really very cool things.

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Well, I mean, of course, we would expect to see nothing less than cool things in the parade.

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So how far and how outreaching is, well, the Home Builders Association and the parade this year?

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Well, the Home Builders Association covers 17 counties.

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So we represent Wow, Knox County, Jefferson County,

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Sevier County, Blount County, Roan County, Loudoun County, just everyone around us.

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And the parade touches seven of those counties.

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So we've got a couple in Jefferson,

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Hamlin County, the Morristown tablet area, Sevier County, Loudoun,

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Loudoun, Roan, Knox County.

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So we are very, it's spread out.

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But it allows people in the greater Knoxville area to go to houses in the areas

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that they're interested in, homes in, and see, you know, get ideas.

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I like to go and I mean, myself, I like to go and get ideas.

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Even though I'm in houses five days a week, I, you know, go on to the parade

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and look at houses for ideas.

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And then it also allows you to see what's being built in your area.

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and some of the parade homes are for sale, some of them are not

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like model homes or personal homes, some of them are for sale.

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So you could purchase a home or purchase a home just like it.

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You could say, I want this home built on a different lot.

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now is an opportunity that you can actually go look at some of the work

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that the builders in our area put out and produce.

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but everybody has their own flair.

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special characteristics that they put into their building projects.

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And so this is an opportunity for everybody to just kind of go check that out.

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See what builders maybe you like.

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You like their style. You like what they're doing.

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I'm sure you're going to have the opportunity.

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You'll probably run into a few few builders along the way.

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And you can now kind of start piecing together.

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Hey, I think I want to talk to this builder.

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I think I want to talk to this builder.

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And like you said, Lisa, you have that opportunity to look at different areas.

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It's one of the things that I think is neat about the parade is as if you're

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thinking that maybe you want to live on this part of town, you can now go in.

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You can see what that area is like

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and get an idea, get a feel for that subdivision, that neighborhood.

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a home has always been a huge investment.

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But even more so nowadays with interest rates the way that they are,

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it is even more of an investment that we need to think about.

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And more and more people are researching more and more about what they do

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and the decisions they make.

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So this is a great opportunity to to research those those things.

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And well, we're not going to talk about it in this segment,

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but we're going to talk about in a future segment about all the cool things

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that you can start looking at to start thinking about what do you want to put in

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your home, right?

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You may be looking to do a remodel soon and you're going to see some cool fixtures,

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a lot of amazing decorating.

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You're going to see pretty much the top of the line of everything that, well,

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is here to offer in our area and throughout the country in a new construction.

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And it's pretty awesome.

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It's pretty awesome.

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What I like about this year's parade is we have some builders that build in

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different areas of Knoxville and they've tried to spread their houses out in

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those different areas, but you can go to their house and they'll be able to tell

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you what areas of Knoxville that you want to live in and see if they have a subdivision there.

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Right. There you go.

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All right. Well, we are going to take a short break.

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But when we come back, we're going to continue to talk about the 42nd

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anniversary of the parade homes that kicked off yesterday, sponsored by ORNL,

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Federal Credit Union and Tindles.

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Be sure to give us a call.

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Shoot us a text if you have questions at 865-656-8255.

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We will be right back here on Around the House with Scott Brockamp on News Talk 987 WOKI.

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See that that whistle just it just reminds me like.

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Working with my dad, slinging the hammer.

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I'm old.

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We had to use a hammer and nails.

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Just don't hit your thumb too many times.

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And if you do use the other hand.

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So my dad always said, God gave you two for a reason.

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Right. Yeah.

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That way you can smack one and keep on working.

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Hey, welcome back here to Around the House with Scott Brockamp.

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And I am speaking with Lisa Smith and Becky Snyder from the Home Builders

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Association of Greater Knoxville.

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And we were talking all things parade.

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If you want to go in, make your route for this weekend.

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Go to the Parade of Homes, Knoxville dot com, the Parade of Homes, Knoxville dot com.

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You can get a map.

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You can see where all the homes are located.

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You can look inside all of the homes,

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all the details about the homes, price range and more.

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And well, so there you go.

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When you do that, make your list.

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Go check out some homes.

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You also can get parade booklets.

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We have books that have all of the pictures of the houses and the house plans.

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And they're in all of the parade homes Monday through Friday.

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You can pick them up at our sponsors, who we greatly appreciate.

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Oh, are now and tendils.

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They have books at their locations as well.

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So I like to keep the book and turn the pages down when I've seen the house or

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I know it's yeah, make notes on the pages of what I liked about each house.

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And there's a virtual copy of the magazine on the website.

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Yes. So if you are digital, you can still have the magazine online.

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You know, the best of both worlds.

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Yes, make it easy.

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So how many builders are participating this year in the parade?

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I think there's 12, 12 builders

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and, like we said, 33 houses spread out and you can

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as to what builder is with what house, that price range, that location.

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We have it broken down for you.

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And all the builders are licensed and insured and they're all members of the

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Home Builders Association of Greater Knoxville.

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So you can trust that these are people building quality homes

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that are crossing all the T's and dotting all the I's and, you know,

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building you a good quality home.

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you have you have members that maybe have worked for companies and now have gone out

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on their own, I'm sure you have a variety of ranges for these home builders who,

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again, you know, we see a lot of generational

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relationships in home building, right?

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I mean, I'm one of them.

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Becky's one. Yeah.

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Dad was a builder.

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See. And then you all you kind of find your own paths and some take on the family

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business, some take on their own, their own avenues in the business.

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And so it's great to see that.

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Right. And so you'll have the opportunity.

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You will see homes that are from maybe one of those one of those children that

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have stepped out on their own to create their own business.

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And you're going to see some that have been in well, business generationally for years.

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Yes. And it's really kind of cool because you get a little bit of history.

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It's a little nostalgic in a way.

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Right.

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So it's just an amazing opportunity, again, just to be able to see what's going on.

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One of the things that I like about the parade is I like to see what's new.

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Yeah. Yes, absolutely.

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Now, a lot of new this year.

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Not a big what's new in fixtures.

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But but that's hot.

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Right.

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That's that's one of the things people want to do.

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They want to come in.

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What are the new fixtures?

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What's the new lighting fixtures, the new plumbing fixtures?

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You know, I'm a I'm a tech guy.

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Right. So I want to see what's what's new in technology.

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What's what are people putting in the homes?

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I recently just got back from D.C.

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from a conference and learned that, well, our home builders are still not following

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the data and they still don't really support the technology that people are

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looking for to put into their homes, which has been one of my sounding

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boards for many, many years.

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But unfortunately, you know, we're as we see some of those numbers trend

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and change, you know, some of that stuff will be a little different.

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But again.

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Builders are they're wanting to put in

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the items that you want in your home.

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So what are some of those hot items?

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I mean, I'm personally seeing and this is displayed in a couple of houses,

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the digital valving for showers and it has two things.

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One, they're very cool and techie.

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You can turn your shower on from your phone to heat it up in the morning.

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You don't have to stand there and wait.

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You can turn it on from your bed, give it a minute.

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And then go in there and your showers are nice and steamy.

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You can turn it on from a different dial in your bathroom in a different area.

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Like just walking in the door, you hit a button and it turns on your favorite thing.

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You can each have like, say you have a rain head and a wall head and you have some body sprays.

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You can have user one starts out with the rain head and then the body sprays come on

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and then the wall head comes on and you can have your personalized shower to bidet seats.

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When I started in plumbing, a bidet was not often used.

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We had tons of people who would walk into the showroom and have ideas about what they

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were because they're very European.

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You're up there everywhere.

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But now we have bidet seats that just go on a regular toilet, which is fabulous for

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people who like that different cleanliness.

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During Covid, we sold out because it eliminates your need for toilet paper.

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So toilet paper was an issue in Covid.

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We started selling a lot of bidet seats.

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But also a lot of these things are good for people who are aging in place that can't

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turn knobs because of arthritis or different reasons.

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And so the technology helps them.

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You know, it's when I have a customer who is building a home that's aging in place,

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I often say, you know, you might want to think about a bidet seat.

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It increases the amount of time that you can be independent.

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So these technologies aren't just for the young techie generation.

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They really have a place in helping people be independent longer.

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And that's what I love about it.

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But then there are also those people who just don't want all that techie stuff.

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And they're like, no, give me the regular stuff.

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I don't even want to think about it.

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So I think that is part of it because we

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have our aging population buying homes right now.

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And maybe they're not so into the techie stuff.

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So that may be one reason it hasn't taken off.

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We've got to wait for these younger techie

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people to grow into having that kind of house.

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Well, you know, some of technology is great until it doesn't work.

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That's true. You know, and that's the thing.

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And that's where we have these conversations all the time.

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By having a local builder, by having a local contact, by having a local

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relationships, let's face it, something's going to break.

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I don't care if it's mechanical, if it's technology, whatever it is, can break.

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And you need to be able to have somebody there to take care of that.

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You know, and that's and again,

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and that's one of the things that we see also through the parade is these are

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these are members of our not only our local homebuilder association,

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but members of our community.

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And, you know, these are folks that have been here for years.

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These are the folks that are boots on the ground that are doing the things to help

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fight for the regulations for the consumer and in making sure that we're

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we're here and going to be here for the long haul.

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And to me, I think that's a very important thing, right?

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We've all heard stories and seen stories where there may be some,

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well, I call it what it is, a fly by night contractor that maybe goes outside

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of their license requirements and then you you end up dealing with it.

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My brother dealt with it where he lives in Illinois.

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They had a builder.

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They built a house and and everything went to pot.

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The builder ended up leaving town and he was my brother was left holding the bag.

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You know, and so having those horror stories, don't you know?

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But that's why, again, things like the parade and the Homebuilders

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Association are so important. Yeah.

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I know a lot of times, you know, especially now, look, we have an influx of people

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and, you know, we've got it.

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It comes down to opinions and politics, right?

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We've got some people that I don't want to see the land go away.

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And then we've got all these people that are moving here and we're supporting all

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these big companies coming and making their their companies here.

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Right. I mean, it's one of the things I've screamed about.

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We're going to we want Amazon here.

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We want Smith and Wesson. We want we want Malibu boats.

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We want all these places. We want all these people to be here.

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We love it that they call us their home.

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But then we want to say, well, but we don't want your people here, right?

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Because we don't want you to build because you're taking up our green space.

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And so there's there's that that give and take.

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Right. And so unfortunately,

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Homebuilders Association gets a lot of bad rap because of things like that,

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because we're building, but the need is necessary.

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The need is there.

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And we also do a lot of we try to do a lot of communication with the cities,

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with the counties that we are representing, representing.

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So we can.

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Try to build those needs, right?

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You know, I know right now that the city is

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I don't want to screw it up pushing middle housing.

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Is that is that they're calling it?

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And we had a great conversation at the mayor's office and

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how we can help with that and how they can help us with, you know,

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building for the people that are coming in and and all of those things.

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But

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to go back, I think something that Lisa was saying about the parade.

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One thing for me and I am I am a digital person, like I like to get on Pinterest

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and Instagram and see all the new things, but I also go every year to then

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at the Builder Show because I like to touch and see all the new things that are

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coming out, which I love about the parade.

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It's like you can see those things online.

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You can see those things in the showroom,

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but to actually go to the house and see how they work and operate.

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And I think it's really cool just to see it, touch it, feel it.

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All that cool stuff in the parade.

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But I mean, and if that's not your thing,

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you know, I mean, because those are in your higher end homes.

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Right. But like we have a lot of parade

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houses that are your starter home type to check out.

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Our price range is this year three hundred and seven thousand to two million.

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So there is a wide variety of prices in there that people can look at.

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I mean, a lot of people are looking for a new home and they may be in that three

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hundred, four hundred, five hundred thousand dollar price range.

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But then, you know, your more expensive

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homes generally will have a lot more of those specialty items.

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Sure. But how fun is it just to tour two

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million dollar home? Oh, yeah.

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Like you don't have to be in the market for that house to go check it out.

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Well, let's face it nowadays,

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two million dollar home just not what it used to be.

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So

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well, we are going to take a short break.

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If you've got questions,

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comments, anything that you want to talk to us about regarding the parade of homes,

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give us a call, shoot us a text eight, six, five, six, five, six, eight, two, five, five.

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We will be right back here on Around the House on Newstalk.

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Ninety eight, seven WOKI.

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I do like this music.

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I mean, I

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not smile when you hear it.

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It was my requirement. It had to stay right.

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Had to stay.

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I was so that all day long Saturday is filled with Daddy Whistle on that tune.

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Yeah.

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Well, welcome back to Around the House.

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You know exactly where you're at when you hear that intro.

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Right.

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I am speaking with Lisa Smith and Becky Snyder.

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They are members of the Home Builders Association.

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Lisa is the co-chair of the parade of homes.

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And Becky, well, I'm not sure what your role is for the parade of homes this year,

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but I'm the other co-chair.

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The other co-chair, co-chair, co-chair and co-chair.

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All right. So we tackled it on together.

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Well, that's awesome.

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Well, you know, we didn't really talk about this at all when we started.

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So, Lisa, tell us who you work for and what do you do and why is the parade so

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important to you and the Home Builders Association?

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OK, I am an outside builder sales for Ferguson Enterprises and I sell plumbing,

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lighting and appliances to builders in the Knoxville area.

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I mean, I go to Von Orr, Rockwood, Kingsport.

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I go to Gatlinburg.

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I go to Norris.

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I go up to Hamblin County sometimes.

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I'm just like all over the area.

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And I go and I do walkthroughs and homes and things like that.

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And then we have a whole another group of people in our showroom in Knoxville that

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take care of people walking in and making selections of the things they need.

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And then I go out and make sure that what they need, you know, is going to work one

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sometimes and sometimes I go, you know, and do walkthroughs with them,

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help them place where their lighting is going to be, help them lay out their showers.

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I go with the end and kind of check and make sure that all the electrical and

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water and everything is in place for their appliances in the right place,

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because it's very hard because you walk into a house and when they do the

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electrical rough in, there's just framing.

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There's no cabinets.

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They're drawn on the floor sometimes.

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Sometimes they're not.

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Sometimes they're just going by plan and

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getting those things in the exact right spot, because some of them you can have

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them within six inches and some of them you can have within two inches.

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And so sometimes I go out.

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We also have a install manager that goes out and does that, too.

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I don't do it as much as I used to since we've gotten this new install manager that

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helps with that, but, yeah, I just I am the boots on the ground for our company

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and builders that if they need something really quickly, they call me up.

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I run and get it for them.

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So I love my job.

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I've been in the building industry.

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I started working for my dad when I was 15.

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So I've been in it for like 41 years.

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Well, so I I really enjoy it, and I'm also the associate vice president at the Home

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Builders Association, so I'm going to I really enjoy working with builders.

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I used to work for builders other than my father, and I was involved in the Home

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Builders Association with them, and I just saw what a very, you know,

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great organization it is.

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And one of our little catchphrases is we all build.

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So it takes the associates like me and the builders and associates like you,

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you know, with the technology and the security and structure wiring to build a

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home, we all build together.

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So that was something that I got out of the National Home Builders Meeting this

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year that it took.

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It takes a village to build a home and, you know, housing equals jobs.

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The home building, you know, it creates a lot of jobs in our area.

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It sure does.

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It sure does.

479
00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:27,120
All right, Becky.

480
00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:32,640
OK, I'm Becky Snyder, and I'm a general contractor.

481
00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,560
What we're talking about earlier, second generation.

482
00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,920
My dad's also a general contractor, master electrician.

483
00:27:39,120 --> 00:27:45,680
And I've always been a part of construction my entire life because I grew up around it.

484
00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:53,040
But probably about, I don't know, maybe 15 years ago or so in my well, no longer.

485
00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:54,120
So I don't know.

486
00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:55,160
Can't do math right now.

487
00:27:55,360 --> 00:27:58,720
But in my 20s, I decided I was going

488
00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:03,320
that that's what I wanted to do and be a part of was the family business.

489
00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:05,760
And so

490
00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:10,760
I officially people ask me all the time, how long have you been involved?

491
00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:12,760
I was like, well, on the payroll or off the payroll?

492
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,600
Because there's a difference, because there's pictures of me,

493
00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:20,680
eight years old and a little nail apron cleaning up job sites and and doing things.

494
00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:22,840
But I've always enjoyed it.

495
00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:27,880
And so together with my family, we own a construction company.

496
00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:29,480
We're based out of Sevier County.

497
00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:33,640
So we do a lot in Sevier County and a little bit here in Knox County.

498
00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:40,200
And we do mainly residential houses, a lot of investment properties, like up

499
00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:44,720
in the Gatlinburg Pigeon Forge area, and then your remodels and things like that.

500
00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:47,360
And what is the name of your of your guys' business?

501
00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:51,880
So it used to be Ken Loomis Construction.

502
00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:56,480
And now that Kenny is retiring and I'm taking over, I dropped his name.

503
00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:59,960
And so you're out of here.

504
00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:03,680
And so it's now Loomis Construction.

505
00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:09,680
And so but our website is still Ken Loomis Construction

506
00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:11,200
and our Facebook.

507
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:14,840
I think I actually changed our Facebook because that was easier to do

508
00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:16,520
is Loomis Construction.

509
00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:20,040
Yeah. And I bet you're dead and didn't even notice you changed Facebook.

510
00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:21,240
Did he?

511
00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:23,720
No, not at all.

512
00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:26,760
Well, but yeah, and I do.

513
00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:30,440
I love construction. I love the industry.

514
00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:35,200
Like Lisa was saying, you know, with the we all build, I tell clients all the time,

515
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:39,520
like you've got ten thousand hands touching your home, you know, and you've

516
00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,560
got a lot of, you know, you look, you see the finished product,

517
00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:46,320
but there's a lot behind those finishes that people have worked hard.

518
00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:47,760
You know, in doing.

519
00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:53,440
There's there is it definitely takes a lot of moving, moving pieces and a lot of

520
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:54,840
working hands to build a house.

521
00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:59,120
So so the Parade of Homes kicked off yesterday.

522
00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:00,960
So let's cover these dates.

523
00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:02,080
You can go again.

524
00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:06,360
You can go to the Parade of Homes, Knoxville dot com.

525
00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:09,840
And you can find all of the homes, the dates, the times.

526
00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:13,120
So it's going to run for the next three

527
00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:18,120
week weekends and it it goes on Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

528
00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:23,600
So this weekend, Friday, yesterday, today and tomorrow from 12 to five.

529
00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:28,200
So 12 to five each day that the parade is open next weekend, the 13th through the 15th

530
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:32,040
and then the 20th through the 22nd will be the wrap up again.

531
00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:37,400
The hours for the parade are 12 to five each one of those days.

532
00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:40,000
So make make you a little plan.

533
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,760
Go out there and check it out.

534
00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:45,760
And it's totally free and it's totally free.

535
00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:46,680
Totally. That's right.

536
00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:49,040
Like you're saying, even you're not looking for a house.

537
00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:50,480
I think it's fun just to go.

538
00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,960
And maybe it's just my nerdiness because I love again, homes and construction.

539
00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:56,080
So I'd love to see what other people are doing.

540
00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:59,760
But if you're doing a remodel, even if you're not looking for a new home or

541
00:30:59,960 --> 00:31:03,640
whatever, a lot of these builders do remodels.

542
00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:05,720
So you can find a builder to help you with that.

543
00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,360
Or if you just want ideas, if you're going to, you know,

544
00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:13,000
like if it's going to be a DIY project for you and you want to get ideas of what

545
00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:16,560
fixtures are going in houses and and things like that, I think it's cool.

546
00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:22,720
I was surprised the three that I've been to so far all had designers

547
00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:25,640
that were decorate had decorated the homes.

548
00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:29,400
And there is some beautiful furnishings.

549
00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:31,480
There's some beautiful wallpaper.

550
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:32,720
Wallpaper is back.

551
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:35,000
I know I love wallpaper.

552
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:40,280
And there are just some beautiful, beautiful artwork.

553
00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:43,600
And you can get the cards of these designers.

554
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:45,240
Some of them have their own stores.

555
00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:46,960
You can go and buy from them.

556
00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:52,960
And so that's what I like, too, about these houses that I've toured so far is

557
00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:57,280
they're decorated so you also can get decorating ideas.

558
00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:02,160
One of my favorite shows on HGTV is No Demo Reno.

559
00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:07,120
And that's what they do is they don't move walls or anything.

560
00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:10,600
They just put in like what the latest design style is.

561
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:12,520
You can see that there.

562
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:15,160
Yeah. Unusual paint colors,

563
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:18,720
wallpapers, beautiful countertops.

564
00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,040
There is one of the houses I went to.

565
00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:25,480
It's one of the I think there were only three houses in Knoxville that have this

566
00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:29,440
brand new court site, and this is a beautiful countertop.

567
00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:32,880
So it's just really I mean, you just can see all different.

568
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:33,920
And they were all different.

569
00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:37,080
Every house I've been to so far, completely different.

570
00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:39,400
One is kind of a transitional look.

571
00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:40,720
One's pretty traditional.

572
00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:42,920
And the other one's like this Mediterranean.

573
00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:47,320
And so it's so many different styles.

574
00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:52,360
Well, and it's you know, it's really cool because I mean, let's face it.

575
00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:56,760
This is the builder does have to pay to participate.

576
00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:58,880
Right. This is not like the builder just,

577
00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,160
hey, I got a house. I'm just going to enter the parade.

578
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:03,160
Right. There's a lot that goes into this.

579
00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:08,840
So when you're going into a parade home, this is kind of like your this is their

580
00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:10,240
this is their best shot. Right.

581
00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:14,760
This is when that builder they're putting on display all of our

582
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:20,040
amazing qualities that we have, the finishes, trim work,

583
00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:24,320
neat little things that separate them and make them a little different.

584
00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:26,720
And so when you go into a parade house,

585
00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:32,840
you know, most of the time they have all of the top of the line and all of the

586
00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:36,680
best of the best, because this is that builder's opportunity for you walking

587
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:41,120
through the show at this weekend and through the next couple of weekends

588
00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:45,600
for them to really be able to grab your attention, to really set themselves apart

589
00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:48,520
from other builders and other things that you see.

590
00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:52,040
I mean, sure, let's face it, there's neighborhoods that have open houses

591
00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:55,800
and open models that are going on every single day.

592
00:33:55,800 --> 00:34:00,080
Right. And you maybe you've been out there, maybe you've looked at some of those.

593
00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:05,000
But this is an opportunity to really go in and see.

594
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:08,720
Some of the best of the best, it just is really is.

595
00:34:08,720 --> 00:34:10,960
I mean, we'll call it what it is, some of the best of the best.

596
00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:16,720
And and I know from living in a parade house as well is that, you know,

597
00:34:16,720 --> 00:34:21,120
it afforded me the ability to probably have a few extra finishes or a few extra

598
00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:24,160
things that I probably wouldn't have had otherwise,

599
00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:27,680
because folks like Lisa, you know,

600
00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:30,560
some of the things that Ferguson has to offer.

601
00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:34,560
Now they have an opportunity to showcase some of their new products,

602
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:37,120
maybe the new finish that's coming out or whatever.

603
00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:40,680
So I can't agree with you on the wallpaper thing.

604
00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:42,360
I just wish that's one of those things.

605
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:44,640
It should died with Shag Carpenter.

606
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:47,200
Yes, it's a lot different than it used to be.

607
00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:49,640
Yeah, although I did see some grass

608
00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:54,440
and some of the clothes out there, which is very 70s, but I love that 70s vibe.

609
00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:56,280
I'm not mad about it either.

610
00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:57,440
No, I'm not.

611
00:34:57,640 --> 00:34:58,760
Yeah, it is what it is.

612
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:03,680
I will say that, too, a lot of the houses are

613
00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:05,920
they have people there to greet you.

614
00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:07,440
Sometimes it's the builders.

615
00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:10,920
Sometimes it's the realtor that represents the builder.

616
00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:13,280
But there are also like mortgage people

617
00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:15,800
that are out in some of the houses that can talk to you.

618
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:20,600
And I was talking to a mortgage person recently about the higher interest rates.

619
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:23,200
And she said, well, you know, the old saying

620
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:27,320
you marry the house, you date the interest rate.

621
00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:29,920
So eventually they will go back down.

622
00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:31,880
Everybody will calm down.

623
00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:34,720
Everything will go back down and then you refinance.

624
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:39,240
So, you know, don't I'm not ever condoning overpurchasing.

625
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:43,080
But, you know, that is, you know, don't be too scared.

626
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:44,560
You scared of the real.

627
00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:49,440
I mean, my first rate on my first house was 14 percent back in the 90s.

628
00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:52,920
And it was well, gosh, I guess that was late 80s.

629
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:54,160
That would have been 80s.

630
00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:55,280
But yeah, late 80s.

631
00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:58,320
But then, you know, I've had them in every different interest rate.

632
00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:00,920
Sure. You know, so it changes.

633
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:02,200
It's not a constant.

634
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,880
So I thought that was a really good way of saying it.

635
00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:06,560
Marry the house, date your interest rate.

636
00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:10,560
Yeah, you'll be able to refinance that thing when rates change and, you know,

637
00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:13,400
things stabilize or get to more when you want.

638
00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:16,080
I mean, let's face it. I mean, look.

639
00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:20,800
Three percent, two point nine, stuff like that's unheard of anyways.

640
00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:21,800
Right. That's ridiculous.

641
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:25,160
So it was definitely was it's not sustainable.

642
00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:27,120
OK, it's just not sustainable.

643
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:32,280
So let's just face it, in reality, we'll you know, we're going to be in a normal

644
00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:36,280
range for mortgage rates. So, all right, we are going to take a quick break

645
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:37,480
and we're going to come back.

646
00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:40,320
We will wrap up talking about the parade

647
00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:44,920
of homes going on here in Greater Knoxville, presented by the Home Builders

648
00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:48,440
Association of Greater Knoxville. So if you've got comments, questions,

649
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:53,880
give us a call, shoot us a text eight, six, five, six, five, six, eight, two, five, five.

650
00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:57,760
We'll be back right here all around the house with Scott Brockamp on Newsdog.

651
00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:00,880
Ninety eight, seven WOKI.

652
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:05,520
Welcome back to Around the House with Scott Brockamp.

653
00:37:05,720 --> 00:37:08,800
I am, of course, Scott Brockamp.

654
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:13,840
And I am in studio this morning with Lisa Smith and Becky Snyder from the Home

655
00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:16,000
Builders Association of Greater Knoxville.

656
00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:19,240
If you were listening in the last segment, we heard a little bit about, well,

657
00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:24,560
kind of what these ladies do and how they got to be a part of this

658
00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:26,040
this association.

659
00:37:26,240 --> 00:37:27,600
And

660
00:37:28,240 --> 00:37:31,040
I already know how you ended up being co-chairs of the event.

661
00:37:31,240 --> 00:37:33,720
So, you know, I don't have to ask that question.

662
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:35,920
It's the it's the 80-20 rule.

663
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:38,600
All right. Twenty percent of the people do 80 percent of the work.

664
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:40,520
So thank you for that.

665
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:41,840
If you're a member of the Home Builders

666
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:45,360
Association and you're listening and you're not on a committee, why not?

667
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:46,480
Yes. Right.

668
00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:49,000
Come on. We've got plenty to get involved in.

669
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:50,280
We have so much to do.

670
00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:56,560
We actually, Becky and I came back very excited about a new thing.

671
00:37:56,760 --> 00:38:02,240
We are starting a professional women in building chapter here in Knoxville.

672
00:38:02,240 --> 00:38:06,880
So if you're a woman out there and you work in the building industry and you are

673
00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:11,360
not part of the Home Builders Association, contact the Home Builders Association.

674
00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:18,080
Join up, because in this coming year, we are going to have a committee just for you.

675
00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:22,320
We are going to meet together and talk about the

676
00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:27,680
the interesting thing of being a woman in our industry.

677
00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:29,360
Predominantly man's world.

678
00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:32,200
Yeah, it's a great industry and it's great for women.

679
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:36,080
And I would say to any young girls out there, if you're interested in building,

680
00:38:36,240 --> 00:38:38,520
there are a million different ways that you can be a part.

681
00:38:38,720 --> 00:38:40,360
Yeah, no, absolutely.

682
00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:44,120
For sure. Go check out the little book, The House That She Built.

683
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:46,520
Yeah, it's a good little book

684
00:38:46,720 --> 00:38:49,440
promoted by the National Association of Home Builders.

685
00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:50,680
So it's a cute little book.

686
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:57,160
I have it up in my office and I try to read it to my boys, but they don't let me.

687
00:38:57,160 --> 00:39:02,880
Well, you know, she knows all about the house she built, the houses that she builds.

688
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:04,320
You know all about that.

689
00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:11,080
As a dad of two beautiful young girls, you know, that's one of the things.

690
00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:14,640
And if you're listening, if you've listened to the show, you know that I am

691
00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:20,440
very much so behind empowering and inspiring young women to be all that they

692
00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:27,280
can be and and do the best that they can and well, grab your own equality.

693
00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:28,240
Right.

694
00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:29,720
I mean,

695
00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:33,640
you just you just got to go make it and you can.

696
00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:35,160
And that's what I tell my girls.

697
00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:37,840
You can, you know,

698
00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:43,480
just anyway, I'm going to stop there before I digress because we'll talk another hour

699
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:46,200
about that. All right.

700
00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:51,560
So the parade of homes go to the parade of homes, Knoxville dot com.

701
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:58,000
You can see the list of all the homes that are on display this weekend and the next

702
00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:02,160
two weekends, the parade of homes is open on Friday,

703
00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:06,200
Saturday and Sunday this weekend, next weekend and the following weekend

704
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:11,160
from 12 noon until five p.m. each one of those days.

705
00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:14,960
And could you, you know, see what's going on?

706
00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:17,400
You know, we touched on it and we have talked about it.

707
00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:22,800
I know many people that go and look forward to the parade of homes every year,

708
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:28,400
a because they want to go and look in some of these fancy homes and, you know,

709
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:32,080
the the way the other people live type of mentality and idea.

710
00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:33,520
Right. Which is cool.

711
00:40:33,720 --> 00:40:41,880
But also it helps you in making decisions or getting an outlook for projects around

712
00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:47,160
your own home. And and I think from the folks that I have talked to over the years

713
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:51,760
in our involvement in the parade is that it's one of the most one of the biggest

714
00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:55,800
things that people enjoy about the parade is they go through and they see things

715
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,400
and they're like, we can do that at our house.

716
00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:00,000
We can do it. We can have that.

717
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:04,640
Right. And so, you know, you'll

718
00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:09,320
you'll get to see some of our stuff in some of these parade homes as well.

719
00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:15,160
But kind of like Lisa and, you know, a lot of our stuff, it's it's just there.

720
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:16,520
Right. It's just there.

721
00:41:16,720 --> 00:41:19,000
Well, I will say this doesn't happen a lot.

722
00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:23,120
But if people do go to the parade, a really good tip that I have for them is

723
00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:27,400
that if you see something that you want, a light fixture, a plumbing fixture,

724
00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:32,240
an appliance, you know, a certain kind of granite, a certain kind of wallpaper,

725
00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:34,080
take a picture. Yes.

726
00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:36,400
It's very hard to describe those things.

727
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:40,840
But if you take a picture of it and you walk into our showroom of something that

728
00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:44,360
we sell, we'll be able to find that for you and you can have it in your home.

729
00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:46,520
And it likely comes in a different color.

730
00:41:46,720 --> 00:41:49,200
Lots of gold out there this year.

731
00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:52,000
It is absolutely beautiful and very rich.

732
00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:53,440
It's not for everybody.

733
00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:55,080
They may make it in black.

734
00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:56,680
They may make it in silver.

735
00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:57,960
You never know.

736
00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:01,120
But take a picture of the things that you like.

737
00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:05,760
And also, you know, visit our sponsors, ORNL and Tindles.

738
00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:07,400
They help us out so much.

739
00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:09,640
So, you know, go by there and grab a book.

740
00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:11,760
Yeah. Big thank you out to them.

741
00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:16,280
Well, in, you know, Google has this thing called Google Lens, right?

742
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:21,200
You can take a picture of just about anything and Google AI run it through its

743
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:23,960
database and it will find you a match.

744
00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:27,720
So a lot of times you can actually not only get the product, but

745
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:30,440
you'll find out who makes the product and et cetera.

746
00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:32,720
So but definitely take a picture.

747
00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:34,080
Take a picture.

748
00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:35,760
Number one, take a picture.

749
00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:37,600
Take notes. Take a picture.

750
00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:38,920
But you know what?

751
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:43,040
While you're out there walking through these homes, just say say a mighty thank

752
00:42:43,240 --> 00:42:47,560
you because the folks that are putting together these homes, putting together

753
00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:50,840
the parade of homes of Knoxville, it takes a lot of work.

754
00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:51,840
It takes a lot of work.

755
00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:55,960
So if you just.

756
00:42:56,160 --> 00:43:01,040
Tooling about and meet some of those amazing contractors on site,

757
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:06,960
just know that when they're building a house, it's more than just building a house.

758
00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:09,200
It's it's sweat equity, right?

759
00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:09,960
There. Yes.

760
00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:14,960
I mean, even though they're building a house for somebody else, it's still it's a

761
00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:16,360
piece of them and a part of them.

762
00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:19,760
And I think you can I can say we get a little attached.

763
00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:20,880
Yeah, we are.

764
00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:23,960
Elders, thank you for participating every year.

765
00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:25,640
We appreciate you.

766
00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:26,600
All right.

767
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:29,840
Well, we are going to take a short break.

768
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:32,880
Thank you, ladies, so much for joining me here this morning.

769
00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:34,280
Thank you for having us.

770
00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:37,040
My my guess for the second hour is Mr.

771
00:43:37,240 --> 00:43:41,000
Girish Desai and we're going to be talking well, all things pink, even though

772
00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:45,200
I'm not running as a real man where pink this year, Girish is.

773
00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:49,080
And let's face it, it's a very important topic.

774
00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:51,480
So make sure you student tune in with us

775
00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:58,680
here on the second hour on Around the House with Scott Brockamp on News Talk WOKI.

776
00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:03,160
Well, good morning and welcome back to Around the House with Scott Brockamp.

777
00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:08,600
I am Scott Brockamp, founder and co-owner of his security and technology.

778
00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:14,040
And if you were joining us in the first hour, I was speaking with Lisa Smith and

779
00:44:14,240 --> 00:44:18,440
Becky Snyder, both members of the Home Builders Association of Greater Knoxville.

780
00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:21,720
And we were talking about the parade of homes that kicks off this weekend.

781
00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:26,760
You can go to the Parade of Homes Knoxville dot com and you can find a list

782
00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:32,240
of all the locations of the homes that are being on display for the next three

783
00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:38,520
weekends that show runs from 12 to five each day, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

784
00:44:38,720 --> 00:44:40,480
for this weekend and the next two weekends.

785
00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:43,480
So thank you very much to them for being here.

786
00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:47,120
The parade is one of those things that I always look forward to.

787
00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:52,160
But one of the things that we didn't get to in the first hour,

788
00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:55,320
well, it's the topic of the day.

789
00:44:55,320 --> 00:45:00,440
I don't know if you all enjoyed as much as I do, but we come up with some crazy ones.

790
00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:07,360
You know, it's almost impossible to keep up with all of the special topics for the

791
00:45:07,560 --> 00:45:12,680
the national day of or the month of, you know, we have Breast Cancer Awareness

792
00:45:12,880 --> 00:45:17,480
Month, Oktoberfest, National Pizza Month, Pet Wellness Month, Dental Hygiene Month,

793
00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:20,880
National Apple Month, and the list goes on and on and on.

794
00:45:21,080 --> 00:45:24,560
Once one website lists over 80 things to celebrate in October.

795
00:45:24,560 --> 00:45:28,600
So if I didn't mention your favorite, well, I'm sorry.

796
00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:31,520
It's because there's an endless supply of them.

797
00:45:31,720 --> 00:45:35,680
But some of them are kind of crazy, kind of weird.

798
00:45:35,880 --> 00:45:38,240
Maybe not, maybe not to you.

799
00:45:38,440 --> 00:45:40,120
But this month.

800
00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:46,680
Is Pickled Peppers Month, Pickled Peppers Month.

801
00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:48,280
I'm not really a pepper guy.

802
00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:51,680
I don't really like eating peppers.

803
00:45:51,880 --> 00:45:54,240
I don't like them in pretty much anyway.

804
00:45:54,240 --> 00:45:58,200
But I know some folks that love them in tons of different ways.

805
00:45:58,400 --> 00:46:02,240
But Pickled is definitely not one that I am fond of.

806
00:46:02,440 --> 00:46:06,360
My next guest, though, he probably has a little bit of experience

807
00:46:06,560 --> 00:46:09,280
with some peppers, pickled and whatnot. Mr.

808
00:46:09,480 --> 00:46:11,440
Girish Desai,

809
00:46:11,640 --> 00:46:17,960
General Manager of El Chico's Restaurant, but better known for his efforts for

810
00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:20,400
raising money for the American Cancer Society.

811
00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:25,880
My good friend for Real Men Wear Pink of Knoxville.

812
00:46:26,080 --> 00:46:27,520
Good morning. Good morning.

813
00:46:27,720 --> 00:46:28,680
Thank you for having me.

814
00:46:28,880 --> 00:46:32,440
So what's your favorite pickled pepper?

815
00:46:32,640 --> 00:46:35,600
So last night I actually had shrimp nachos.

816
00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:39,640
And of course we had the fried jalapeno.

817
00:46:39,840 --> 00:46:41,680
Open it up.

818
00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:44,000
Lime juice, a little salt and pepper.

819
00:46:44,200 --> 00:46:46,840
It'll kick you.

820
00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:48,320
Yeah.

821
00:46:48,520 --> 00:46:49,520
Yeah.

822
00:46:49,520 --> 00:46:51,280
Yeah. Yeah.

823
00:46:51,480 --> 00:46:54,080
Gee, you always have some amazing,

824
00:46:54,280 --> 00:46:58,800
amazing food that you like to put out on social media.

825
00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:02,960
Many, many of the items that you obviously prepare at the restaurant over there.

826
00:47:03,160 --> 00:47:07,600
So I appreciate that because a lot of times it's late at night when I'm finally

827
00:47:07,800 --> 00:47:11,200
looking at things like Facebook and my phone.

828
00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:16,120
And then as I'm looking and I'm going, now's not the time to get hungry, Scott.

829
00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:18,280
But anyway, it happens.

830
00:47:18,280 --> 00:47:23,920
Hey, if you're looking for some things to do around town this weekend, by the way,

831
00:47:24,120 --> 00:47:28,400
our awesome, amazing football team is taking a break this weekend.

832
00:47:28,600 --> 00:47:29,440
They have a bye week.

833
00:47:29,640 --> 00:47:32,480
But Lady Vols softball is in action today.

834
00:47:32,680 --> 00:47:34,360
That's obviously one of my favorites.

835
00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:38,880
So get down to Sherry Parker Lee and enjoy a little bit of fall ball.

836
00:47:39,080 --> 00:47:41,120
Games are today at noon.

837
00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:46,040
We play against Carson Newman and then at five against Georgia State.

838
00:47:46,040 --> 00:47:48,680
Admission is free for fall ball games.

839
00:47:48,880 --> 00:47:50,200
So go check them out.

840
00:47:50,400 --> 00:47:54,520
If you're into bluegrass or Americana music, head over to Marble Springs,

841
00:47:54,720 --> 00:47:57,680
the home of Governor John Sevier for the Appalachian Music Fest.

842
00:47:57,880 --> 00:48:01,280
It's free and it runs from 11 to seven today.

843
00:48:01,480 --> 00:48:03,440
Maybe you have a kid who's into dinosaurs.

844
00:48:03,640 --> 00:48:06,960
Go check out Jurassic Quest today at the Knoxville Convention Center.

845
00:48:07,160 --> 00:48:10,120
It is open from nine a.m. to eight p.m. today.

846
00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:14,720
Also, the W.A.T. is sponsoring the Women's Spectacular.

847
00:48:14,720 --> 00:48:18,560
And it is in the parking lot in front of Belks out in Turkey Creek.

848
00:48:18,760 --> 00:48:21,440
And we've got about 100 plus exhibitors out there.

849
00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:22,640
Come check it out today.

850
00:48:22,840 --> 00:48:28,240
That show runs from nine a.m. this morning until six p.m. this afternoon.

851
00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:29,720
Should be a beautiful day.

852
00:48:29,920 --> 00:48:35,440
You'll find the his security and technology lounge area attached right next

853
00:48:35,640 --> 00:48:39,120
to their very own beer garden that is happening today.

854
00:48:39,320 --> 00:48:43,520
If you want to find tickets or find out about other events happening down,

855
00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:46,120
go to visit Knoxville dot com.

856
00:48:46,320 --> 00:48:49,240
That's visit Knoxville dot com.

857
00:48:49,440 --> 00:48:56,880
So I mentioned my my good buddy Girish, you know, my brother from another mother.

858
00:48:57,080 --> 00:48:59,600
We can call him whatever I just call him G, by the way.

859
00:48:59,800 --> 00:49:04,000
So if you if you see him run around town, call him G, call him Girish.

860
00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:05,720
I don't he don't care what you call him.

861
00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:08,840
Just open up your pocketbook and donate to American Cancer Society.

862
00:49:09,040 --> 00:49:10,560
Exactly. Exactly.

863
00:49:10,560 --> 00:49:15,920
So how what do you this is what your eighth year, seventh year?

864
00:49:16,120 --> 00:49:20,520
I think we're running nine, nine or ten years now that we started.

865
00:49:20,720 --> 00:49:22,800
And you had a couple, but hey, we're good.

866
00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:26,240
Yeah, you you are one of the original.

867
00:49:26,440 --> 00:49:28,800
Well, let's just face it, you were the original.

868
00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:29,720
Yeah.

869
00:49:29,920 --> 00:49:31,400
And and are still there.

870
00:49:31,600 --> 00:49:36,800
And sorry, I'm not I'm not out there loud and proud this year.

871
00:49:37,000 --> 00:49:38,120
Just got a lot going on.

872
00:49:38,120 --> 00:49:39,120
It takes a lot of work.

873
00:49:39,120 --> 00:49:41,080
It does. And you'll be back.

874
00:49:41,280 --> 00:49:43,040
I'm pretty sure.

875
00:49:43,680 --> 00:49:50,320
So if you're listening and, you know, you just go give go give Girish some money.

876
00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:52,120
Go. I mean, you're not giving it to you.

877
00:49:52,120 --> 00:49:53,360
You're giving to American Cancer Society.

878
00:49:53,560 --> 00:49:56,040
Exactly. So it's for breast cancer, of course.

879
00:49:56,240 --> 00:50:00,200
But cancer itself is not just breast cancer.

880
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:02,520
It's not. No, it.

881
00:50:02,720 --> 00:50:06,400
You know, this is this is a very.

882
00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:09,280
Very passionate cause for you.

883
00:50:09,480 --> 00:50:10,320
Yeah.

884
00:50:10,520 --> 00:50:12,520
Tell us about that.

885
00:50:12,720 --> 00:50:14,200
So.

886
00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:21,840
When when I was approached, actually by Miss Carla Keeps.

887
00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:29,280
She nominated me, and of course, I said, yes, I didn't know what I was walking into.

888
00:50:29,480 --> 00:50:30,760
But

889
00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:35,680
it's actually mainly for my mom because she passed away from breast cancer

890
00:50:35,680 --> 00:50:38,160
in nineteen eighty five.

891
00:50:38,360 --> 00:50:45,880
She lasted almost a year from the surgery to chemo, recovered there for a little bit.

892
00:50:46,080 --> 00:50:48,280
And then a few months later, it came back.

893
00:50:48,480 --> 00:50:51,480
And of course, they didn't have

894
00:50:51,680 --> 00:50:54,960
medication at the time for the treatment.

895
00:50:55,160 --> 00:50:58,720
They had radiation, chemo.

896
00:50:58,920 --> 00:51:04,160
So that was actually hard on her or hard on anybody going through cancer.

897
00:51:04,160 --> 00:51:08,840
Yeah. So she had passed away at the end of eighty five.

898
00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:14,600
And then I've got a sister that is dealing with ovarian cancer.

899
00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:20,480
It's different, but it's still cancer started in 2017, and she's still

900
00:51:20,680 --> 00:51:23,160
continuing to get treatment.

901
00:51:23,360 --> 00:51:25,320
Yeah, it.

902
00:51:26,360 --> 00:51:29,200
As as I've always said,

903
00:51:29,400 --> 00:51:31,440
cancer touches everybody.

904
00:51:31,640 --> 00:51:33,480
Yeah, I don't care who you are.

905
00:51:33,480 --> 00:51:35,600
You're not immune to it.

906
00:51:35,800 --> 00:51:37,200
We

907
00:51:37,400 --> 00:51:43,120
we lost a very near and dear friend this year to cancer.

908
00:51:43,320 --> 00:51:47,360
And she was my kid's pediatrician,

909
00:51:47,560 --> 00:51:50,000
but she knew how important it was.

910
00:51:50,200 --> 00:51:52,360
She was always a

911
00:51:52,560 --> 00:51:57,680
a huge supporter for my campaigns and for the cause.

912
00:51:57,880 --> 00:52:00,800
And and it's just

913
00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:04,440
you know, even with all the advancements that we have in modern medicine,

914
00:52:04,640 --> 00:52:10,520
let's face it, the improvements of the technology to be able to diagnose,

915
00:52:10,720 --> 00:52:13,520
to be able to treat and to fight cancer.

916
00:52:13,720 --> 00:52:18,800
I mean, it is it is improved leaps and bounds.

917
00:52:19,920 --> 00:52:21,440
But it's still devastating.

918
00:52:21,640 --> 00:52:27,960
Yeah. So research has advanced since 1989 and have improved for breast cancer

919
00:52:27,960 --> 00:52:32,120
survivor rate by 41 percent. Yeah.

920
00:52:32,320 --> 00:52:32,880
And you know what?

921
00:52:33,080 --> 00:52:36,080
That's all due to folks like my buddy,

922
00:52:36,280 --> 00:52:44,480
Girish, who go out there and scream it from the rooftops as as many of us have

923
00:52:44,680 --> 00:52:50,800
about how important it is to be able to donate and have that money for research.

924
00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:55,880
You know, one of the obviously October is known for breast cancer awareness.

925
00:52:55,880 --> 00:53:00,760
And there are a lot of causes and a lot of places that are raising money at this

926
00:53:00,960 --> 00:53:03,280
point in time for breast cancer awareness.

927
00:53:03,480 --> 00:53:08,960
One of the big things that always got my attention with doing real men were paying

928
00:53:09,160 --> 00:53:14,000
through the American Cancer Society is that that money that we're raising stays

929
00:53:14,200 --> 00:53:18,440
local, it helps to those individuals here locally.

930
00:53:18,640 --> 00:53:21,240
But it's also going to help fund research

931
00:53:21,440 --> 00:53:24,400
for all cancers and not just breast cancer.

932
00:53:24,400 --> 00:53:27,040
Yeah. And to me, that's huge.

933
00:53:27,240 --> 00:53:30,760
Right. That's a it's a very important component.

934
00:53:30,960 --> 00:53:35,320
So, listen, we are going to take a short break.

935
00:53:35,520 --> 00:53:42,120
But when we come back, we're going to hear more about Girish's story as to why this

936
00:53:42,320 --> 00:53:48,160
is so important to him, why he has such a passion for this cause.

937
00:53:48,360 --> 00:53:51,040
And well, quite frankly, how you can help

938
00:53:51,040 --> 00:53:55,520
him and support him and share the word about

939
00:53:55,720 --> 00:53:59,280
helping the American Cancer Society through women were paint.

940
00:53:59,480 --> 00:54:01,560
If you have questions, you can give us a call.

941
00:54:01,760 --> 00:54:06,720
Shoot us a text 865-656-8255.

942
00:54:06,920 --> 00:54:11,400
We'll be right back here on Around the House with Scott Brockamp on News Talk.

943
00:54:11,600 --> 00:54:15,280
Ninety seven WOKI.

944
00:54:16,280 --> 00:54:18,880
Welcome back to Around the House.

945
00:54:18,880 --> 00:54:20,960
I am Scott Brockamp.

946
00:54:21,160 --> 00:54:26,320
And here with me this morning is grist decide.

947
00:54:26,520 --> 00:54:29,720
You may know him from El Chico's.

948
00:54:29,920 --> 00:54:35,720
By the way, if you need a good plate of some Tex-Mex, that's the place to go.

949
00:54:35,920 --> 00:54:37,480
Fresh Tex-Mex.

950
00:54:37,680 --> 00:54:39,800
I'm sorry. Fresh Tex-Mex.

951
00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:41,120
No microwaves.

952
00:54:41,320 --> 00:54:43,480
No microwaves.

953
00:54:43,680 --> 00:54:46,640
It's always good.

954
00:54:46,640 --> 00:54:50,080
It's always good to get you a refreshing beverage to go along with it.

955
00:54:50,280 --> 00:54:53,440
Go over there and watch you some college football today.

956
00:54:53,640 --> 00:54:58,880
Hey, you know, I'm just saying you can't ever.

957
00:54:59,080 --> 00:55:01,120
I mean, you can't beat just having good food.

958
00:55:01,320 --> 00:55:02,320
That's just all there is to it.

959
00:55:02,520 --> 00:55:04,640
I guess apparently I like to eat.

960
00:55:04,840 --> 00:55:05,760
Maybe I'm hungry.

961
00:55:05,960 --> 00:55:07,240
Did you bring breakfast today?

962
00:55:07,440 --> 00:55:08,560
I actually did not.

963
00:55:08,760 --> 00:55:09,360
Come on, man.

964
00:55:09,560 --> 00:55:11,000
She had Cheerios this morning.

965
00:55:11,200 --> 00:55:14,600
OK, and a cup of coffee.

966
00:55:14,800 --> 00:55:16,240
Oh, my goodness.

967
00:55:16,240 --> 00:55:17,080
All right.

968
00:55:17,280 --> 00:55:19,760
Well, if you were listening

969
00:55:19,960 --> 00:55:25,400
for our previous segment, we are talking about something very, very serious.

970
00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:27,600
We're talking about cancer.

971
00:55:27,800 --> 00:55:30,800
Many of you know that I myself

972
00:55:31,000 --> 00:55:38,440
sat in a similar seat with Girish as a real man, where Pink supporter and

973
00:55:38,640 --> 00:55:42,960
fundraiser for the American Cancer Society through the month of October.

974
00:55:43,160 --> 00:55:44,680
Actually, you know, a couple of months.

975
00:55:44,680 --> 00:55:46,080
We got a few months involved in there.

976
00:55:46,280 --> 00:55:52,920
It's you know, when when you're passionate about something like Girish and myself are.

977
00:55:53,120 --> 00:55:57,160
It it it's very consuming.

978
00:55:57,360 --> 00:55:58,680
It takes a lot of work.

979
00:55:58,880 --> 00:56:00,640
It takes a lot of work.

980
00:56:00,840 --> 00:56:01,840
It takes a lot of people.

981
00:56:02,040 --> 00:56:03,520
It takes a lot of support.

982
00:56:03,720 --> 00:56:07,960
So I know even for myself, man, my supporters from my previous

983
00:56:08,160 --> 00:56:11,880
campaigns have been, I mean, just huge.

984
00:56:11,880 --> 00:56:17,400
They continue to sound the sounding boards and spread the word.

985
00:56:17,600 --> 00:56:18,960
So.

986
00:56:19,160 --> 00:56:24,720
What are you guys doing at the restaurant in regards to your campaign?

987
00:56:24,920 --> 00:56:29,520
So for startups, every Monday and Tuesday,

988
00:56:29,720 --> 00:56:33,240
we're doing so for every Monday, every Monday,

989
00:56:33,440 --> 00:56:36,680
Tuesday for the month of September and October,

990
00:56:36,680 --> 00:56:43,000
when you purchase a case, so bowl, so Casablanca or a chili can case.

991
00:56:43,200 --> 00:56:48,440
So top shelf side bowl cup, you pay for it.

992
00:56:48,640 --> 00:56:54,600
But then we take that money and completely 100 percent donated back to

993
00:56:54,800 --> 00:56:57,920
American cancer from our end.

994
00:56:58,120 --> 00:57:01,120
So you're giving by purchasing on Monday,

995
00:57:01,320 --> 00:57:04,920
Tuesdays, and we automatically give that 100 percent back.

996
00:57:04,920 --> 00:57:09,480
And let's let's not overlook the fact you get some yummy queso.

997
00:57:09,680 --> 00:57:10,920
Yes. Yep.

998
00:57:11,120 --> 00:57:11,640
Sorry.

999
00:57:11,840 --> 00:57:14,120
Little bit of jalapeno bite in it, but it's good.

1000
00:57:14,320 --> 00:57:16,920
Can't can't overlook that.

1001
00:57:17,120 --> 00:57:19,680
So what else are you guys doing?

1002
00:57:19,880 --> 00:57:24,120
So we do have raffle tickets that we're selling prizes with.

1003
00:57:24,320 --> 00:57:27,920
We just posted something, I think, last night or yesterday afternoon.

1004
00:57:28,120 --> 00:57:29,960
I saw that.

1005
00:57:30,160 --> 00:57:34,320
We've got a Ogle cooler, a Bushlight cooler.

1006
00:57:34,320 --> 00:57:36,800
The Ogle cooler is orange.

1007
00:57:37,000 --> 00:57:39,280
It's got the ball network on it.

1008
00:57:39,480 --> 00:57:42,240
So the laws I'm telling you, people are

1009
00:57:42,440 --> 00:57:45,600
offering me bribes to get that cooler.

1010
00:57:45,800 --> 00:57:49,920
We've got a Craftman toolbox, huge, pretty big size,

1011
00:57:50,120 --> 00:57:56,200
a grill that we're giving away, cornhole board, dark, dark machine.

1012
00:57:57,560 --> 00:57:58,600
There's quite a few.

1013
00:57:58,800 --> 00:58:01,240
There's a MasterChef

1014
00:58:01,440 --> 00:58:03,120
air dryer.

1015
00:58:03,120 --> 00:58:09,000
And all these values on the big, big items are a little 300 plus.

1016
00:58:09,200 --> 00:58:09,720
Right.

1017
00:58:09,920 --> 00:58:14,440
And so for a twenty dollar raffle ticket, you got a chance to win something big.

1018
00:58:14,640 --> 00:58:15,000
Yep.

1019
00:58:15,200 --> 00:58:16,960
And then you've got your ten dollar raffle

1020
00:58:16,960 --> 00:58:19,440
tickets for the cornhole boards and the smaller items.

1021
00:58:19,640 --> 00:58:20,240
I got you.

1022
00:58:20,440 --> 00:58:22,200
So how do we how do we get tickets?

1023
00:58:22,400 --> 00:58:29,040
G, you come by the restaurant, purchase the tickets under HCS and put your name

1024
00:58:29,040 --> 00:58:35,400
on it, put your phone number on it, and we'll draw the tickets on October 31st.

1025
00:58:35,600 --> 00:58:39,720
OK, if we don't get to 31st, it will be November 1st for sure.

1026
00:58:39,920 --> 00:58:40,840
Gotcha.

1027
00:58:41,040 --> 00:58:45,040
Gotcha. You ought to have, you know, you ought to just have a do it on the 31st

1028
00:58:45,240 --> 00:58:47,360
and have you a huge party Halloween party.

1029
00:58:47,560 --> 00:58:49,440
Do it for the drawing and everything.

1030
00:58:49,640 --> 00:58:50,360
True, true.

1031
00:58:50,560 --> 00:58:53,480
And, you know, special donation to get in.

1032
00:58:53,680 --> 00:58:54,480
Yeah. All right.

1033
00:58:54,680 --> 00:58:55,880
To be a part of.

1034
00:58:56,080 --> 00:58:57,120
See, there you go.

1035
00:58:57,120 --> 00:58:58,840
I'm going to help you raise some more money.

1036
00:58:59,040 --> 00:59:00,040
Please do. Please.

1037
00:59:00,240 --> 00:59:02,560
And not just you, everybody else.

1038
00:59:02,760 --> 00:59:06,520
We do have T-shirts, too, that we've printed

1039
00:59:06,720 --> 00:59:12,920
this past year for American cancer and all the people that have sponsored and

1040
00:59:13,120 --> 00:59:16,880
helped give us five hundred dollars or more for donations.

1041
00:59:17,080 --> 00:59:18,640
They're on the back of the T-shirts.

1042
00:59:18,840 --> 00:59:20,880
So thank you to all our sponsors.

1043
00:59:21,080 --> 00:59:22,080
Awesome.

1044
00:59:22,280 --> 00:59:26,720
Our biggest sponsor was it's everybody that has donated, of course.

1045
00:59:26,720 --> 00:59:33,160
But the biggest one was NBC suites or a spa and then El Chico's.

1046
00:59:33,360 --> 00:59:34,160
There you go.

1047
00:59:34,360 --> 00:59:36,920
And you have to every year.

1048
00:59:37,120 --> 00:59:39,760
I do. Every year I donate to your campaign.

1049
00:59:39,960 --> 00:59:43,360
You know, I'm just going to tell you.

1050
00:59:43,560 --> 00:59:47,760
And I think that's one of the things that I probably miss the most.

1051
00:59:47,960 --> 00:59:53,760
Not being a candidate for real men this year is is the camaraderie.

1052
00:59:53,960 --> 00:59:55,840
Yeah, you know,

1053
00:59:55,840 --> 01:00:02,840
it's ever since you and I met, we we we hit it off without a doubt.

1054
01:00:03,040 --> 01:00:09,400
And, you know, whenever you would have events, we would my wife and I would come

1055
01:00:09,600 --> 01:00:11,480
and sometimes bring the family and whatnot.

1056
01:00:11,680 --> 01:00:13,000
But

1057
01:00:13,200 --> 01:00:17,040
it is always to me, it's always important to support those campaigns.

1058
01:00:17,240 --> 01:00:20,120
I mean, I donate to my campaign, right?

1059
01:00:20,320 --> 01:00:22,440
And I knew I was we were donating.

1060
01:00:22,640 --> 01:00:24,840
So, you know, spread it around, spread around.

1061
01:00:24,840 --> 01:00:26,120
And we always donated yours.

1062
01:00:26,320 --> 01:00:27,680
In fact, when Mr.

1063
01:00:27,880 --> 01:00:34,320
Yarbrough himself, when he used to when he was helping a couple of years.

1064
01:00:34,920 --> 01:00:37,920
They did some crazy things here on the radio station to help him.

1065
01:00:38,120 --> 01:00:44,160
And and we we may have thrown out a couple of challenges, thrown down the gauntlet

1066
01:00:44,360 --> 01:00:47,400
at a time or two, but.

1067
01:00:47,640 --> 01:00:49,200
You know,

1068
01:00:49,680 --> 01:00:54,160
we have a lot of fun doing this and there's no doubt, but I don't want to overlook

1069
01:00:54,160 --> 01:00:57,320
the seriousness as to why we do this.

1070
01:00:57,520 --> 01:01:05,360
OK, and to me, that's another important part about how you and I have always

1071
01:01:05,560 --> 01:01:11,680
raised money for American Cancer Society because we in.

1072
01:01:12,640 --> 01:01:14,480
My father just went through throat cancer

1073
01:01:14,680 --> 01:01:17,960
last year at an employee, just went through lung cancer last year,

1074
01:01:18,160 --> 01:01:22,880
lost a great friend just a month ago.

1075
01:01:22,880 --> 01:01:30,840
And a lot of times all they really wanted was somebody just to be normal,

1076
01:01:31,040 --> 01:01:38,080
just be normal with them and laugh and have fun because their life was consumed

1077
01:01:38,280 --> 01:01:42,400
with their battle and I get it, I get it.

1078
01:01:42,600 --> 01:01:47,800
And if you're listening today and maybe you're in the middle of your battle.

1079
01:01:48,000 --> 01:01:52,320
Just know that there are people out there fighting for you.

1080
01:01:52,320 --> 01:01:56,640
There are people who are taking up for the cause.

1081
01:01:56,840 --> 01:01:58,840
But.

1082
01:02:00,320 --> 01:02:06,880
Just enjoy, enjoy life, get a moment of laughter, step outside, enjoy this

1083
01:02:07,080 --> 01:02:11,880
beautiful sunshine that we have, enjoy this fall morning that we have.

1084
01:02:12,080 --> 01:02:14,080
And.

1085
01:02:14,280 --> 01:02:18,760
We can never can ever overlook laughter in our lives.

1086
01:02:18,960 --> 01:02:19,560
True.

1087
01:02:19,560 --> 01:02:25,680
So I was fortunate enough to go to Scotland this past couple of months ago.

1088
01:02:25,880 --> 01:02:31,560
It was my sister that's dealing with cancer from 2017, still continuing.

1089
01:02:31,760 --> 01:02:39,520
She was fortunate enough to able to have her son's wedding in Yorkshire.

1090
01:02:39,720 --> 01:02:46,160
And we saw her energy level so high, so positive.

1091
01:02:46,360 --> 01:02:49,240
But inside, she's dealing with cancer.

1092
01:02:49,240 --> 01:02:51,720
Right. And we know.

1093
01:02:51,920 --> 01:02:56,240
Doctors research, everyone's trying everything they can.

1094
01:02:56,440 --> 01:03:00,080
But the only way that this can happen is people giving.

1095
01:03:00,280 --> 01:03:06,320
Yeah. And if they give, it'll help everyone that is involved in research.

1096
01:03:06,520 --> 01:03:12,520
It'll help everyone that is dealing with cancer to give them a ride to their event

1097
01:03:12,720 --> 01:03:17,640
or ride to the hospital, a hotel stay medication.

1098
01:03:17,640 --> 01:03:23,000
So all the money that we do raise in Knoxville, it stays here and it stays

1099
01:03:23,200 --> 01:03:26,840
for the families that are dealing with cancer locally.

1100
01:03:27,040 --> 01:03:28,040
Yeah.

1101
01:03:28,240 --> 01:03:32,520
And that's one of the things that I learned

1102
01:03:32,720 --> 01:03:38,040
when I first became a part of Real Men Wear Pink is just the impact locally

1103
01:03:38,240 --> 01:03:40,440
that the American Cancer Society has.

1104
01:03:40,640 --> 01:03:45,680
In fact, you know, there are some folks dealing with breast cancer,

1105
01:03:45,680 --> 01:03:49,440
some ladies dealing with breast cancer that maybe we're utilizing some other

1106
01:03:49,640 --> 01:03:56,200
resources from other other groups that help women in need during these times.

1107
01:03:56,400 --> 01:03:57,760
And it doesn't matter.

1108
01:03:57,960 --> 01:04:01,680
Right. So I had no idea.

1109
01:04:01,880 --> 01:04:05,960
We have UT Cancer Research Facility.

1110
01:04:06,160 --> 01:04:10,560
People come from all over the state and from out of state.

1111
01:04:10,760 --> 01:04:13,200
They come here for treatment.

1112
01:04:13,200 --> 01:04:15,560
They come here for diagnosis.

1113
01:04:15,760 --> 01:04:21,320
And a lot of these folks, when they come here, they don't have the means to stay

1114
01:04:21,520 --> 01:04:22,560
here for it. Right.

1115
01:04:22,760 --> 01:04:27,400
And so the dollars that you're raising that I have raised in the past,

1116
01:04:27,600 --> 01:04:32,840
those dollars are going to help pay for a hotel room to help pay for

1117
01:04:33,040 --> 01:04:36,800
transportation to get from the hotel to the hospital.

1118
01:04:37,000 --> 01:04:38,000
They are trying.

1119
01:04:38,200 --> 01:04:40,640
They are helping with subsidizing for food

1120
01:04:40,640 --> 01:04:43,840
cost and all the costs associated with treatment.

1121
01:04:44,040 --> 01:04:47,000
I mean, let's just think about this a minute.

1122
01:04:47,200 --> 01:04:49,960
You're sitting in a doctor's office.

1123
01:04:50,160 --> 01:04:52,960
And you got that diagnosis.

1124
01:04:53,160 --> 01:04:56,880
It comes out with that horrible C word.

1125
01:04:57,080 --> 01:05:01,000
And you're dealing with that and you start your course, you start your

1126
01:05:01,200 --> 01:05:03,200
treatments.

1127
01:05:03,400 --> 01:05:08,720
You're dealing with the effects that your body is is dealing with.

1128
01:05:08,720 --> 01:05:12,920
You know, you're essentially taking in poison to get rid of a poison.

1129
01:05:13,120 --> 01:05:13,920
True.

1130
01:05:14,120 --> 01:05:15,760
And.

1131
01:05:15,960 --> 01:05:19,840
Your family is dealing everything, all this around you.

1132
01:05:20,040 --> 01:05:25,600
And now you've got to think about making a reservation at a hotel to go get chemo

1133
01:05:25,800 --> 01:05:31,400
or radiation or how am I going to get from the hotel to the hospital?

1134
01:05:31,600 --> 01:05:33,720
That's the last thing you need to be worried about.

1135
01:05:33,920 --> 01:05:38,320
And these are the things I mean, to me, that's one of the things

1136
01:05:38,320 --> 01:05:43,520
that I think is so important and so vital about what you're doing through

1137
01:05:43,720 --> 01:05:48,240
American Cancer Society, Real Men Wear Paint, because this is how these items

1138
01:05:48,440 --> 01:05:49,280
are funded.

1139
01:05:49,480 --> 01:05:54,800
So when you give to Girish's campaign this year, know that your money is just not

1140
01:05:55,000 --> 01:05:57,000
going to some corporate headquarter.

1141
01:05:57,200 --> 01:06:03,880
It's actually going into the resources to help the folks that are locally here

1142
01:06:04,080 --> 01:06:06,600
in Knoxville in the greater area.

1143
01:06:06,600 --> 01:06:09,800
And to me, that is huge.

1144
01:06:10,000 --> 01:06:14,880
And that does include, like if you.

1145
01:06:15,080 --> 01:06:17,720
Chattanooga, Johnson City.

1146
01:06:17,920 --> 01:06:22,840
So when we say surrounding area, you've got your small towns around Knoxville.

1147
01:06:23,040 --> 01:06:27,560
But then you do have people that do come in from John City, Chattanooga, right?

1148
01:06:27,760 --> 01:06:28,720
Even Nashville.

1149
01:06:28,920 --> 01:06:30,720
Yeah, you got it.

1150
01:06:30,920 --> 01:06:33,160
Well, we are going to take a short break.

1151
01:06:33,160 --> 01:06:39,560
When we come back, we're going to have Girish just he's going to he's going to

1152
01:06:39,760 --> 01:06:43,800
tell us how you can help and and well continue to tell us why it's so important.

1153
01:06:44,000 --> 01:06:48,000
So stay tuned here with us on Around the House with Scott Brockamp on News Talk

1154
01:06:48,200 --> 01:06:50,800
98 7 WOKI.

1155
01:06:51,000 --> 01:06:55,080
Welcome back to Around the House with Scott Brockamp.

1156
01:06:55,280 --> 01:07:00,200
I am Scott Brockamp and sitting here in the studio with me this morning is my good

1157
01:07:00,200 --> 01:07:03,440
buddy, Girish Desai.

1158
01:07:04,320 --> 01:07:11,080
G is as he always does this time of year is, well, he's asking for your help.

1159
01:07:11,280 --> 01:07:18,400
He is a fun, a real man where pink of Knoxville fundraiser and fundraising is

1160
01:07:18,600 --> 01:07:19,920
well on its way this year.

1161
01:07:20,120 --> 01:07:22,640
Gee, how is how's fundraising going this year?

1162
01:07:22,840 --> 01:07:29,680
So so far we're we've got about five thousand plus dollars raised.

1163
01:07:29,680 --> 01:07:33,360
We are goal is twenty five thousand.

1164
01:07:34,360 --> 01:07:40,600
We just recently did a tailgate party over off Popular and Cumberland Avenue

1165
01:07:40,800 --> 01:07:46,800
with the Big Orange Brew Crew, and we were able to raise about seventeen

1166
01:07:47,000 --> 01:07:51,000
hundred dollars just in Margarita sales.

1167
01:07:51,200 --> 01:07:53,200
And when we say Margarita sales, we're

1168
01:07:53,400 --> 01:07:56,680
asking for donations for the Margaritas and they were twelve dollars.

1169
01:07:56,680 --> 01:08:00,320
And all that money goes back to American cancer.

1170
01:08:00,520 --> 01:08:02,920
That's awesome.

1171
01:08:03,120 --> 01:08:04,760
What else?

1172
01:08:04,960 --> 01:08:06,720
So what else you've got coming up?

1173
01:08:06,920 --> 01:08:11,000
So this Saturday will be set up for a

1174
01:08:11,200 --> 01:08:16,200
fajita bar that we're asking for a fifteen dollar donation for the fajita bar.

1175
01:08:16,400 --> 01:08:21,560
And then we'll have Margaritas again for the Top Shelf Margaritas, a donation of

1176
01:08:21,560 --> 01:08:27,760
twelve dollars per Margarita and we'll have a live band out there.

1177
01:08:27,960 --> 01:08:30,760
Of course, Go Vols.

1178
01:08:30,960 --> 01:08:32,880
I'm a true LSU fan, by the way, though.

1179
01:08:33,080 --> 01:08:35,480
Hey, hey, hey, hey, don't you talk like that in here.

1180
01:08:35,480 --> 01:08:36,600
I had to throw that in there.

1181
01:08:36,600 --> 01:08:38,080
Once you talk like that in here.

1182
01:08:38,280 --> 01:08:42,640
So we've got some Aggie friends coming over to come and enjoy the game.

1183
01:08:42,840 --> 01:08:45,920
And hopefully that LSU will top them.

1184
01:08:46,120 --> 01:08:49,480
I like you. I mean, go the balls.

1185
01:08:49,480 --> 01:08:51,880
We're watching it, boy. We're watching it.

1186
01:08:52,080 --> 01:09:00,040
So tailgate, Texas A&M, fajita bar, Margaritas, live music.

1187
01:09:00,240 --> 01:09:05,440
And well, let's face it, you can enjoy all those good things and help save a life.

1188
01:09:05,640 --> 01:09:06,640
Correct. Right.

1189
01:09:06,840 --> 01:09:07,800
Yes. Let's get real.

1190
01:09:08,000 --> 01:09:09,360
Because that's what this is.

1191
01:09:09,360 --> 01:09:14,080
Right. So you don't have to just donate just to get a drink or to get food.

1192
01:09:14,280 --> 01:09:16,840
You can just donate whatever amount.

1193
01:09:16,840 --> 01:09:22,240
And there was very, very generous people last week when we had the tailgate,

1194
01:09:22,440 --> 01:09:27,400
that they were given donations out of the pocket, not even worrying about food

1195
01:09:27,600 --> 01:09:30,200
or a drink or just even hanging out.

1196
01:09:30,200 --> 01:09:33,240
They were just walking by and they said they wanted to donate.

1197
01:09:33,440 --> 01:09:38,440
Well, in in, by the way, if you would like to donate, if you go to the around

1198
01:09:38,640 --> 01:09:43,360
the house with Scott Brockamp Facebook page, you will find a link to Girish's

1199
01:09:43,360 --> 01:09:50,600
campaign on our website, on our Facebook page, as well as I am continuing to share it.

1200
01:09:50,800 --> 01:09:57,440
You can find Girish or you can just do a simple search for Girish here in Facebook

1201
01:09:57,640 --> 01:10:01,280
and you will find his Real Men Wear Pink Facebook page as well.

1202
01:10:01,480 --> 01:10:04,600
Stop in the restaurant, go to El Chico's

1203
01:10:04,800 --> 01:10:06,000
or you know what?

1204
01:10:06,000 --> 01:10:09,440
You can do it the hard way and you can search Real Men Wear Pink of Knoxville

1205
01:10:09,440 --> 01:10:14,720
and go to the ACS landing page and you will find Girish as well right there so

1206
01:10:14,920 --> 01:10:19,120
that you can make your donations and help save a life.

1207
01:10:19,320 --> 01:10:20,880
Because that's really what it's all about.

1208
01:10:21,080 --> 01:10:22,000
Help save a life.

1209
01:10:22,200 --> 01:10:23,960
So don't forget, we've been doing this

1210
01:10:24,160 --> 01:10:29,320
for a while and it's for a local cause for our town for Knoxville.

1211
01:10:29,520 --> 01:10:31,240
Yeah, that's right.

1212
01:10:31,440 --> 01:10:34,280
That's that gets overlooked a lot.

1213
01:10:34,480 --> 01:10:35,840
It definitely gets overlooked a lot.

1214
01:10:35,840 --> 01:10:40,880
So you have been doing this a long time, Girish.

1215
01:10:41,080 --> 01:10:43,600
And so let's talk about that.

1216
01:10:43,800 --> 01:10:45,200
What?

1217
01:10:46,280 --> 01:10:53,120
I mean, Knoxville has this is I believe this is the ninth year, eighth or ninth

1218
01:10:53,320 --> 01:10:58,720
year, ninth year that Knoxville has had this campaign available to them.

1219
01:10:58,920 --> 01:11:01,600
It started nine years ago.

1220
01:11:01,800 --> 01:11:04,080
You have been with it since conception.

1221
01:11:04,080 --> 01:11:06,960
And well,

1222
01:11:07,160 --> 01:11:10,880
Knoxville, we've done pretty good.

1223
01:11:11,080 --> 01:11:13,480
We've done pretty good in Knoxville.

1224
01:11:13,680 --> 01:11:17,200
Our best year was last year.

1225
01:11:17,400 --> 01:11:19,600
I believe it was. Yeah, that was our best year.

1226
01:11:19,800 --> 01:11:22,000
Yeah, every year it's gotten better.

1227
01:11:22,200 --> 01:11:23,400
But last year was our biggest.

1228
01:11:23,600 --> 01:11:26,280
I don't even remember the total from last year.

1229
01:11:26,480 --> 01:11:30,080
One sixty five, one hundred and sixty five thousand dollars.

1230
01:11:30,280 --> 01:11:33,720
Yeah, I think out of eight men raised

1231
01:11:33,720 --> 01:11:34,880
that much. Yeah.

1232
01:11:35,080 --> 01:11:38,320
You were one of the biggest contributor out of out of me and you.

1233
01:11:38,520 --> 01:11:41,320
We raised we raised over one hundred thousand.

1234
01:11:41,520 --> 01:11:42,520
Yeah.

1235
01:11:42,720 --> 01:11:44,200
So what did you do last year?

1236
01:11:44,400 --> 01:11:46,040
Thirty thirty about thirty thousand.

1237
01:11:46,240 --> 01:11:48,120
Yeah. So,

1238
01:11:48,320 --> 01:11:50,720
you know, last year was my biggest year ever.

1239
01:11:50,920 --> 01:11:53,720
Of course, you know, I set my sights high last year.

1240
01:11:53,920 --> 01:11:56,800
First year, I know I didn't make my goal,

1241
01:11:57,000 --> 01:11:59,280
but I set my goal for one hundred thousand last year.

1242
01:11:59,480 --> 01:12:01,400
So I think I had mine at fifty.

1243
01:12:01,400 --> 01:12:03,480
So I did not reach either.

1244
01:12:03,680 --> 01:12:05,360
I went ridiculous last year.

1245
01:12:05,560 --> 01:12:11,720
But but thank you to the many in the generosity of the hearts of the people here.

1246
01:12:11,920 --> 01:12:15,800
You know, we I was eighty.

1247
01:12:16,000 --> 01:12:16,720
I don't know.

1248
01:12:16,920 --> 01:12:18,880
Somewhere right over eighty thousand dollars last year.

1249
01:12:19,080 --> 01:12:23,320
Yeah, which I mean, it's just insane.

1250
01:12:23,520 --> 01:12:29,000
And you know, it's funny because the for I made it in the top ten.

1251
01:12:29,200 --> 01:12:31,120
One of my first years ever in the top ten.

1252
01:12:31,120 --> 01:12:33,360
And I made it was like forty seven thousand.

1253
01:12:33,560 --> 01:12:34,440
Yeah.

1254
01:12:34,640 --> 01:12:38,320
And last year and I've squeaked in at like number ten.

1255
01:12:38,520 --> 01:12:42,160
And last year I raised over eighty thousand dollars for American Cancer

1256
01:12:42,360 --> 01:12:48,200
Society and I barely hung in there at number ten, which is great.

1257
01:12:48,400 --> 01:12:53,440
So a lot of people, a lot of states that are involved in real men were pink.

1258
01:12:53,640 --> 01:12:56,240
It's not just Tennessee.

1259
01:12:56,440 --> 01:12:59,520
All the states around the around the country is

1260
01:12:59,520 --> 01:13:02,040
involved in raising money.

1261
01:13:02,240 --> 01:13:04,800
Yeah, and it is it's it is a national

1262
01:13:05,000 --> 01:13:10,040
campaign put on by the American Cancer Society and the goal this year for the

1263
01:13:10,240 --> 01:13:15,320
entire campaign of Real Men Wear Pink is eleven million dollars.

1264
01:13:15,520 --> 01:13:21,280
And I'm grateful to say we were able to hit that goal last year.

1265
01:13:21,480 --> 01:13:24,080
Not sure how things will go this year.

1266
01:13:24,080 --> 01:13:26,120
We're we're still doing pretty good right now.

1267
01:13:26,120 --> 01:13:33,600
The the top man in real men this year is out of Atlanta at and he is sitting at

1268
01:13:33,800 --> 01:13:35,640
one hundred and thirty two thousand dollars.

1269
01:13:35,840 --> 01:13:40,360
Wow. So, you know, here's here's one of the things that I learned right about

1270
01:13:40,560 --> 01:13:46,240
Real Men Wear Pink is that there are a lot of these guys are from major,

1271
01:13:46,440 --> 01:13:51,800
huge corporations and they have they're using those big corporate dollars.

1272
01:13:52,000 --> 01:13:55,480
And you get here in Knoxville and we've got little old people like me and you.

1273
01:13:55,480 --> 01:13:56,360
Right.

1274
01:13:56,560 --> 01:14:02,840
And and here's what's so amazing is that we competed on that level.

1275
01:14:03,040 --> 01:14:07,120
Yeah. And we're we don't have any of these big corporate dollar donors.

1276
01:14:07,320 --> 01:14:11,400
Every one of these big corporations that I went to locally around here that was,

1277
01:14:11,600 --> 01:14:15,960
well, we donate with American Cancer Society directly.

1278
01:14:16,160 --> 01:14:17,000
We do.

1279
01:14:17,200 --> 01:14:20,800
I'm like, listen, so you're telling me you're stroking a check to ACS.

1280
01:14:21,000 --> 01:14:22,200
Yeah. Yeah. How much?

1281
01:14:22,400 --> 01:14:23,200
Well, I don't know.

1282
01:14:23,200 --> 01:14:27,000
So listen, if you're if you're a business out there, if you're a corporation out

1283
01:14:27,200 --> 01:14:31,440
there and this is a passionate cause to you, this is a great opportunity.

1284
01:14:31,640 --> 01:14:33,040
Get you a real man.

1285
01:14:33,240 --> 01:14:34,720
Get behind a real man.

1286
01:14:34,920 --> 01:14:36,560
That's what I tried to do.

1287
01:14:36,760 --> 01:14:37,760
Right.

1288
01:14:37,960 --> 01:14:39,160
Create fundraisers.

1289
01:14:39,360 --> 01:14:41,800
You know, you got companies like Clayton Homes.

1290
01:14:42,000 --> 01:14:44,880
Clayton does their own thing, apparently.

1291
01:14:45,080 --> 01:14:50,720
You know, and if if you're if you're part of the the top management team at Clayton

1292
01:14:50,720 --> 01:14:54,840
Homes and you're listening this morning, hey, get involved locally.

1293
01:14:55,040 --> 01:14:57,440
I know you're a global company, but you're local.

1294
01:14:57,640 --> 01:15:00,400
Right. You can give to Gersh Dessai at

1295
01:15:00,600 --> 01:15:03,240
El Chico's for Real Men Web Pink. That's right.

1296
01:15:03,440 --> 01:15:04,960
And help me meet my goal.

1297
01:15:05,160 --> 01:15:09,720
And at the same time, you're making the same exact donation.

1298
01:15:09,920 --> 01:15:12,000
Right. And so and that's one of the things.

1299
01:15:12,000 --> 01:15:13,720
So maybe you're a business owner.

1300
01:15:13,720 --> 01:15:15,320
Maybe you're thinking, you know what?

1301
01:15:15,520 --> 01:15:16,680
I need to help out.

1302
01:15:16,880 --> 01:15:18,280
I need to find a way to give.

1303
01:15:18,280 --> 01:15:21,080
You can give through a real men's campaign.

1304
01:15:21,080 --> 01:15:24,000
And you're that donation is still going to American Cancer Society.

1305
01:15:24,000 --> 01:15:24,760
It's all this.

1306
01:15:24,960 --> 01:15:29,120
You're just saying that you're going that it is in support of that individual.

1307
01:15:29,320 --> 01:15:31,680
And I'm just going to tell you.

1308
01:15:31,880 --> 01:15:34,320
The real men campaigns around here

1309
01:15:34,520 --> 01:15:40,960
over the last nine years have brought more awareness and so much more awareness

1310
01:15:41,160 --> 01:15:46,320
to the needs for the American Cancer Society than a lot of the programs.

1311
01:15:46,320 --> 01:15:52,760
The majority of folks around here, yeah, they have a actual employee who is

1312
01:15:52,960 --> 01:15:58,000
who helps these areas, but the majority of what they do is through volunteers.

1313
01:15:58,200 --> 01:15:59,120
And that's us.

1314
01:15:59,320 --> 01:16:00,160
And that's us.

1315
01:16:00,360 --> 01:16:04,000
And the people that work for us.

1316
01:16:04,960 --> 01:16:08,560
You know, you much like we did at his security and technology,

1317
01:16:08,760 --> 01:16:15,240
we turn it into a company ordeal, and I know that you do the same at El Chico.

1318
01:16:15,240 --> 01:16:20,880
Every year you go in there, the place is decorated and your employees are

1319
01:16:21,080 --> 01:16:26,960
wearing pink shirts and and your employees are talking about your campaign.

1320
01:16:27,160 --> 01:16:32,480
Yes. So what we ask our guests, if they would, if they would like to round off,

1321
01:16:32,680 --> 01:16:35,160
if they would like to donate directly,

1322
01:16:35,360 --> 01:16:39,480
there's a QR code in the restaurant that they can go to.

1323
01:16:39,680 --> 01:16:44,800
And it would directly go to my page and then automatically just donate

1324
01:16:44,800 --> 01:16:47,440
whatever amount big or small.

1325
01:16:48,640 --> 01:16:50,880
Every little bit helps.

1326
01:16:51,080 --> 01:16:57,880
I mean, every little bit helps, no matter what you can give.

1327
01:16:58,720 --> 01:17:04,040
If you can just give it just it's so important.

1328
01:17:06,680 --> 01:17:08,000
Even.

1329
01:17:08,520 --> 01:17:11,600
There's people in my life who.

1330
01:17:11,600 --> 01:17:16,280
They've given a very moderate level until.

1331
01:17:16,480 --> 01:17:19,280
Cancer affected their lives, right?

1332
01:17:19,480 --> 01:17:25,440
And then they really learn and understand how important it is.

1333
01:17:25,640 --> 01:17:29,400
That you have folks like us out there raising money.

1334
01:17:29,600 --> 01:17:35,480
So if you're listening this morning, just know that, well, quite frankly,

1335
01:17:35,480 --> 01:17:41,800
Girish decide is out there planning and preparing.

1336
01:17:42,000 --> 01:17:46,640
To help your loved one when that news comes.

1337
01:17:46,840 --> 01:17:53,400
And I hate to say it that way, but one in three people will have cancer.

1338
01:17:53,600 --> 01:17:55,920
That's true. That's very true.

1339
01:17:56,120 --> 01:17:58,080
Even your small pets.

1340
01:17:58,280 --> 01:18:04,000
Yes, we had an experience last year that we had to put our nine year old German

1341
01:18:04,000 --> 01:18:09,160
shepherd down due to bone cancer in his back leg and there was nothing they could

1342
01:18:09,360 --> 01:18:10,880
do for it.

1343
01:18:11,840 --> 01:18:13,640
You can give them all the medication,

1344
01:18:13,840 --> 01:18:16,240
but there was just nothing they could do for it.

1345
01:18:16,440 --> 01:18:20,080
So three months later, we had to put him down.

1346
01:18:20,960 --> 01:18:22,720
And that was a hard battle.

1347
01:18:22,920 --> 01:18:24,000
Yeah, I know it was.

1348
01:18:24,200 --> 01:18:26,840
I know how I know how important your pups are to you.

1349
01:18:27,040 --> 01:18:29,680
And yeah.

1350
01:18:29,880 --> 01:18:32,440
All right, we are going to take a short break.

1351
01:18:32,440 --> 01:18:36,920
And when we come back, we are going to make sure that you know about all

1352
01:18:37,120 --> 01:18:40,920
the important ways that you can get involved to help.

1353
01:18:41,120 --> 01:18:43,520
Help not just Girish decide this year,

1354
01:18:43,720 --> 01:18:49,200
but help those in the following years help us support this campaign, help us to

1355
01:18:49,400 --> 01:18:56,000
support our local area through real men wear pink for the American Cancer Society.

1356
01:18:56,200 --> 01:19:01,320
We'll be right back here on Around the House on News Talk 98 7 WOK.

1357
01:19:01,320 --> 01:19:04,120
Yeah, welcome back to Around the House.

1358
01:19:04,320 --> 01:19:06,480
I am Scott Brockamp

1359
01:19:06,680 --> 01:19:11,680
of his security and technology and we are well,

1360
01:19:11,880 --> 01:19:14,280
you know what this has got to do with technology.

1361
01:19:14,480 --> 01:19:17,320
We are talking with Girish Desai.

1362
01:19:17,520 --> 01:19:22,520
He is the operator partner for El Chico's.

1363
01:19:22,720 --> 01:19:28,160
You can find them over on merchants over in North Knoxville.

1364
01:19:28,160 --> 01:19:34,040
Great place to go if you want fresh Tex-Mex, no microwaves ever.

1365
01:19:34,240 --> 01:19:35,880
Go see my buddy Girish Desai.

1366
01:19:35,880 --> 01:19:39,840
Go get you some queso and know that when you spring for queso on Monday and

1367
01:19:40,040 --> 01:19:43,800
Tuesdays, that money goes to American Cancer Society.

1368
01:19:44,000 --> 01:19:48,000
Well, and when I said this, we talk about technology here.

1369
01:19:48,200 --> 01:19:51,560
You know, that's one of the things technology has a lot to do with fighting

1370
01:19:51,760 --> 01:19:55,840
cancer, with the research that is being done.

1371
01:19:55,840 --> 01:20:00,760
It is so imperative that we support our

1372
01:20:00,960 --> 01:20:06,480
organizations and foundations that are out there helping us

1373
01:20:06,680 --> 01:20:11,800
fight these different causes in different scenarios.

1374
01:20:12,000 --> 01:20:16,480
You know, one of the things that we can be proud about today is that more than

1375
01:20:16,680 --> 01:20:22,120
3.8 million breast cancer survivors.

1376
01:20:22,120 --> 01:20:27,920
Are alive and well, and that's through research.

1377
01:20:28,120 --> 01:20:29,440
That's through treatments.

1378
01:20:29,640 --> 01:20:34,920
That's through the many, many things that are.

1379
01:20:35,120 --> 01:20:38,880
Just a few dollars accumulate up to to help.

1380
01:20:39,080 --> 01:20:44,360
I used to tell people always it doesn't really matter how many dollars you just

1381
01:20:44,560 --> 01:20:48,560
give whatever dollars you can, and I'll put those together with other dollars and

1382
01:20:48,760 --> 01:20:51,760
we'll get the biggest donation that we can come up with.

1383
01:20:51,760 --> 01:20:54,600
So, Girish, thank you so much for what you do.

1384
01:20:54,800 --> 01:21:00,840
I know that this cause is very passionate for you with the loss of your mother

1385
01:21:01,040 --> 01:21:04,080
back in 85, I believe that was.

1386
01:21:04,280 --> 01:21:05,240
Yeah.

1387
01:21:05,440 --> 01:21:07,880
And I know that's why that this is so

1388
01:21:08,080 --> 01:21:14,800
important to you to not just raise a lot of money, but to make sure that people are

1389
01:21:14,800 --> 01:21:21,560
aware of the many things that you can do to help along the way.

1390
01:21:21,760 --> 01:21:23,040
Right.

1391
01:21:23,240 --> 01:21:27,360
We have to we got to make sure that we keep talking about this because listen,

1392
01:21:27,560 --> 01:21:31,520
no, no, your body, you know what you know, your body better than anybody.

1393
01:21:31,720 --> 01:21:35,400
And when things are off, you know it.

1394
01:21:35,600 --> 01:21:37,000
And you've got to get checked out.

1395
01:21:37,200 --> 01:21:39,000
You got to get checked out.

1396
01:21:39,000 --> 01:21:45,640
You got to get checked out, Girish.

1397
01:21:45,840 --> 01:21:49,480
I know that there's a lot going on this year for your campaign.

1398
01:21:49,680 --> 01:21:54,080
And again, I just thank you so much for

1399
01:21:54,280 --> 01:21:57,880
your continual support for American Cancer Society.

1400
01:21:58,080 --> 01:22:01,040
So what are some of what are some ways and what are some things?

1401
01:22:01,040 --> 01:22:04,880
I know we briefly talked about it, but you're going to have a huge tailgate

1402
01:22:05,080 --> 01:22:08,080
party next weekend for the Texas A&M game.

1403
01:22:08,080 --> 01:22:10,800
Where's what? What? What spot are you going to be at?

1404
01:22:11,000 --> 01:22:13,920
So we're going to be on the

1405
01:22:14,120 --> 01:22:17,640
it's off Cumberland Avenue and popular.

1406
01:22:17,840 --> 01:22:24,400
It's a bridge that goes over from the World's Fair Park over to

1407
01:22:24,600 --> 01:22:28,960
the parking garage or parking lot going towards the stadium.

1408
01:22:29,160 --> 01:22:31,520
So we're right down the corner of Cumberland

1409
01:22:31,720 --> 01:22:36,000
and Poplar Avenue and the church is on the hill right behind us.

1410
01:22:36,000 --> 01:22:38,720
Yeah. So you'll see our tents out there.

1411
01:22:38,920 --> 01:22:43,760
There'll be about eight or ten tents lined up, a live band that will be set up.

1412
01:22:43,960 --> 01:22:49,280
And there will be set up in the middle walkway that people go by to get to the stadium.

1413
01:22:49,480 --> 01:22:52,280
So you'll definitely see us

1414
01:22:52,480 --> 01:23:01,400
bring cash, bring Venmo to donate, and that will automatically all go to American Cancer.

1415
01:23:01,400 --> 01:23:09,280
Twelve dollars for Margarita's, fifteen dollars for lunch for a fajita bar.

1416
01:23:09,480 --> 01:23:13,600
We'll be prepping early that morning at eight o'clock, getting everything ready,

1417
01:23:13,800 --> 01:23:18,960
and we'll have everything set up by eleven o'clock and we should be all good to go.

1418
01:23:19,160 --> 01:23:22,400
Celebrate until kickoff time.

1419
01:23:23,320 --> 01:23:25,480
And then we have another event on October

1420
01:23:25,680 --> 01:23:30,040
18th with Jared that works for WVLT.

1421
01:23:30,040 --> 01:23:33,080
He'll be doing a live celebrity bartender.

1422
01:23:33,280 --> 01:23:35,800
Who is at El Chico?

1423
01:23:36,000 --> 01:23:37,800
That's going to be at El Chico.

1424
01:23:38,000 --> 01:23:42,280
He'll be there for about probably three hours and

1425
01:23:42,480 --> 01:23:45,240
seeing if he can play bartender.

1426
01:23:45,440 --> 01:23:47,160
He tried last year. He did pretty good.

1427
01:23:47,360 --> 01:23:48,080
Yeah.

1428
01:23:48,280 --> 01:23:50,880
So we'll see what drinks he can make up this year.

1429
01:23:51,080 --> 01:23:55,320
So so I mean, does he have a good bar back behind him?

1430
01:23:55,520 --> 01:23:59,440
Because, I mean, let's face it, I've I've been to your place many times

1431
01:23:59,440 --> 01:24:00,920
and it gets a little hectic in there.

1432
01:24:01,120 --> 01:24:02,240
It does. It does.

1433
01:24:02,440 --> 01:24:06,840
Last night we were pretty busy with with a good bar crowd with no game on.

1434
01:24:07,040 --> 01:24:10,400
Everyone shows up to eat and drink.

1435
01:24:10,600 --> 01:24:16,520
Well, make sure you go out there and make Jared work extra hard.

1436
01:24:16,720 --> 01:24:20,440
He will be he'll be cleaning glasses, too.

1437
01:24:20,640 --> 01:24:23,000
So he's going to have to serve and do dishes.

1438
01:24:23,200 --> 01:24:24,280
Yeah.

1439
01:24:25,040 --> 01:24:27,480
I like it, but can he reach the top shelf?

1440
01:24:27,600 --> 01:24:28,520
That's what I want to know.

1441
01:24:28,520 --> 01:24:29,840
He probably can.

1442
01:24:30,040 --> 01:24:30,680
I think he can.

1443
01:24:30,880 --> 01:24:33,360
He's got the height.

1444
01:24:33,560 --> 01:24:37,080
So anyway, just just to make sure that he is helping us out,

1445
01:24:37,280 --> 01:24:42,440
but he's helping himself out, too, because he's one of the real men weeping.

1446
01:24:42,640 --> 01:24:49,600
But don't forget, donate to Gersh, the size link, not to other links.

1447
01:24:49,800 --> 01:24:50,240
Try it.

1448
01:24:50,440 --> 01:24:54,680
There is all going to one cause only one man that you need to know for real men

1449
01:24:54,680 --> 01:24:58,240
in wear pink of Knoxville this year, that is this year.

1450
01:24:58,440 --> 01:25:00,200
And that is Girish this.

1451
01:25:00,400 --> 01:25:03,800
I that is Gersh Desai.

1452
01:25:04,000 --> 01:25:07,200
All right, G, we got just another minute here.

1453
01:25:07,400 --> 01:25:11,680
I want to give a big shout out to some of the people that have really helped us

1454
01:25:11,880 --> 01:25:16,520
donate and keep things going on for nine years.

1455
01:25:16,720 --> 01:25:19,680
Home Depot, Lowe's,

1456
01:25:19,680 --> 01:25:26,880
Lipman Brothers, DMV distributing, Eagle distributing, Cherokee,

1457
01:25:27,080 --> 01:25:33,640
Toyota of Knoxville, Mercedes Benz of Knoxville and Beaty Chevrolet.

1458
01:25:33,840 --> 01:25:39,400
Yeah, so all you other dealers out there, you need to step up your game and donate.

1459
01:25:39,600 --> 01:25:40,200
That's right.

1460
01:25:40,400 --> 01:25:42,880
Mr. Rusty Wallace.

1461
01:25:44,320 --> 01:25:47,680
There's there is there are countless Harper dealership.

1462
01:25:47,880 --> 01:25:48,720
Come on, guys.

1463
01:25:48,720 --> 01:25:50,360
I've reached out to you.

1464
01:25:50,560 --> 01:25:51,840
Come on.

1465
01:25:52,040 --> 01:25:53,080
That's right. That's right.

1466
01:25:53,280 --> 01:25:55,760
It is it is all going for a good cause.

1467
01:25:55,960 --> 01:25:57,840
Hey, listen, all seriousness.

1468
01:25:58,040 --> 01:25:58,880
Let's face it.

1469
01:25:59,080 --> 01:26:01,120
Cancer has affected many and many lives,

1470
01:26:01,320 --> 01:26:05,400
and this is your opportunity in your way to be able to help.

1471
01:26:05,600 --> 01:26:08,320
If you've missed part of today's show and you want to listen again,

1472
01:26:08,520 --> 01:26:13,240
there's a link on my website, go to his security dot com and click on the ATH

1473
01:26:13,440 --> 01:26:17,200
radio tab or you can find this where you listen to your favorite podcast.

1474
01:26:17,200 --> 01:26:20,120
Just search for around the house with Scott Brockamp.

1475
01:26:20,320 --> 01:26:21,840
I want to thank my guests this morning,

1476
01:26:22,040 --> 01:26:27,640
Lisa Smith with Ferguson Plumbing Supply, Becky Snyder from Lewis Construction,

1477
01:26:27,840 --> 01:26:32,160
from the HBA, talking about the parade of homes and my good buddy,

1478
01:26:32,360 --> 01:26:35,240
Girish Desai, ambassador with Real Men Wear Pink in Knoxville.

1479
01:26:35,440 --> 01:26:37,640
Have a top of your guest you'd like to hear on the show.

1480
01:26:37,840 --> 01:26:41,360
Send us an email at the house at his security dot com.

1481
01:26:41,560 --> 01:26:43,440
Around the House is produced by News Talk

1482
01:26:43,440 --> 01:26:47,280
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1483
01:26:47,480 --> 01:26:51,200
Enjoy fall break next week, and I hope that you have some quality time

1484
01:26:51,200 --> 01:27:14,040
around the house today. Thank you all.