oh no it's doing updates in the middle of the
show oh no stop it stop it hi Hey, Chris, how
you doing? We made it. Technical difficulties.
It's fine. Sometimes you just got to restart.
Have you tried turning it off and on again? Correct.
I guess I'm kind of curious as to how old that
firmware is over there. Yeah, probably not the
new one. Just saying. It kind of sits over here
in this building without it. Hey, I'm going to
go ahead and open this because I'm getting really
thirsty. I'm drinking. And then hopefully you'll
drink. Yeah. Full Grown Man Imperial Stout. I
bought this over at the, what's that place called?
Fresh? No, the one over here. World Market. Oh,
World Market. Okay. Because it has a really big
beard. It does. With like hops and wheat growing
out of it, barley growing out of it. Yeah, it
does. On the picture of it. So just look at your.
uh, uh, media. Yeah. I'm sorry. Yeah. On your,
uh, device. Yes. To see what we're talking about.
Yeah. But this is full grown, uh, man, Imperial
stout by Tufts brewery. The beard got me because,
um, this past week I had to, I went to a funeral
and at the funeral I had, uh, somebody that I
know, um, say hello to me and then say hello
to my beard. Oh, a little beard. I feel like
we've reached a level there when it's being addressed
separately. It sure sounds like it. So this is
Grow to Your Full Potential with this chewy,
bearded, imperial wonder. I don't know if that
makes me want to drink it or not. Chewy. It says
chewy. Hey, chewy. This is what we're starting
with, at least. All right, let's go for it. You
know what? I'm going to forego the... Okay. Okay.
Smells stouty. It definitely smells stouty. It's
got some sweetness to it. Yeah. Oh, it's 12 .1
% alcohol. Bingo. Boom shakalaka. I need you
to know that. If things go off the rails on the
show, you know why. It's saying the IBU is 50.
That's not bad. And the SRM is 50. I don't know
what the SRM is. What's the SRM, Chris? I would
have to look that one up. Yeah, I'm going to
look it up. Let me go to the book of knowledge.
The book of knowledge. Is that Google? It's whatever
we use. Let's see. SRM. Okay. Standard Research
Method. What? I don't think that's it. No, really,
that's what it says. It's SRM beer color scale.
The standard research method. That's so weird.
So what were they saying the rating was? It is
a 50. Oh, so according to the site that I'm on,
it stops at 40 plus, which means it's dark. It's
pretty dark then. Hold on. I've got brewing with
breeze. Yeah, 50 is the darkest one on this,
at least this one. So that's interesting. Okay,
there you go. I would not say it's overly bitter.
Usually IBU... 50 is not bad, though. It's not
bad, but there's some IPAs that I know that are
50 that I'm like... Yeah, I think Breakfast Out,
I think it's a 60. Oh, okay. So this isn't too
bad. No, it's not bad at all. And I would say
not bitter and not overly sweet. It's not the
chocolatey stout that we've had in some others.
Man, it's good. I like that. That's really good.
You've got a full -grown man Imperial Stout by
Tufts. You've got two more cans sitting there.
Yeah, I do. So challenge accepted. This is going
to be interesting. I'm going to have to stop
talking at some point. Tufts is in McKinney,
Texas, by the way. I don't drink anything really
fast. I've never been a chugger. I don't know
how people do that. Um, I don't like, I, I'm
not, I don't have that gift. Yeah. Um, but even
like with, with like, I'm really thirsty and
it's like really cold, whatever I'm drinking,
like it takes a while for me to get it. Yeah.
Finished. Yeah. Whereas, you know, we got some
friends that it's like, did you, are you already
done? Are you going to be okay? Have you ever
had water before? Do you know how to pace yourself?
Anyway, yeah, it's got my stamp of approval.
You also brought me a Golden Monkey. Yes. I thought
you would like it. So I could taste it. So I'm
excited about it. We'll see if I get to it today.
Depends on how long the show goes. Yeah, because,
yeah. Anyway. Because we are rolling today with
no official content for the show. There is no
safety net, folks. No. There's no. We're just
going to go wherever we go. Which is going to
be fun. And it may not have anything to do with
technology. I mean, there will probably be some
technology. Because I know who we are. Well,
yeah. There will probably be some technology
involved. Just saying. I'm just fighting the
Albie right now. Really? Yes. I'm signed in,
but it doesn't want to show me. Hey, it decided
it finally wanted to show me. Yeah, that's a
little bit frustrating. Okay. All right. Well,
I'm in there. Well, I guess I will lead with
recent things in my life. Yeah, go for it. I
know you've shared your stuff with work. Yeah.
So I will share a little bit of mine without
going into too much detail. It's possible there
could be some changes coming in the future. On
the horizon? Not 100%. Still to be determined.
Yeah. I'm trying to quiet myself and listen.
That's not an easy thing to do. Yeah. Some of
us aren't really great at... Knowing what to
do with change. Correct. Especially when it's
vague. Yeah. So trying to quiet my mind, try
to listen to what the Lord has, understand what
is it that he's doing. So probably more of that
to come over time as hopefully the Lord speaks
to me and makes things clear. Yeah. So, but all
that to kind of lead into something that happened
today. Yeah. I want to preface with, I am a Christian.
All the way, I do believe in Jesus. I do believe
he was the son of God. I do believe he came to
die. Well, this is really great. I'm enjoying
this. For our sins, so that we could have a right
relationship with the Father. Wow. I believe
that with all of my fibers, all of my being,
I believe it. Yeah. Because he either is who
he said he is. Yeah. Or he pulled off the greatest
hoax of all time. I mean. And I'm finding it
hard to believe it was a hoax. Yeah. So leaning
in with I'm a believer. I don't believe in psychics.
Right. I don't believe in that shenanigans. Yeah.
If it's anything, it's probably demonic. Yeah.
I mean, there is necromancy in the. Bible. We
just need to. Yes. Some of this evil stuff is
out there. Absolutely. We're warned it's evil.
Yes. So with that being said. You might have
tapped into something evil. I hope not. I was
having lunch with my wife today. Yep. We went
to a really good Chinese restaurant on 155 called
Fusion. If you guys haven't been there, you absolutely
got to go. Fusion. The best Chinese. And Tyler,
hands down. On 155. On 155, it is where Purple
Pig used to be. Okay. Across from the body shop.
Really south. Yes. Yeah, so it's Flint. Yeah,
Flint, almost. I mean, it's right there by that
Brookshire, so you're getting close to the bridges
over the lake at that point. Yeah, the Coffee
City stuff. Luis is the owner. Luis. Really,
really good dude. Okay. We've been going since
he. Luis is not your typical Chinese name. No,
no, it's not. It's family owned. So his wife.
Luis and his wife Ming? No, no, no, no. I'm sorry.
I'm blanking on her name. I'll get to it. Yeah.
But you got to go. If you liked Julian's when
that was here, you're going to love this. It's
literally like Julian's 2 .0. And he used to
work at Julian's, so that's part of the reason
why. I'm about to take my wife on a date. I may
just go that direction. And if you liked the
spring rolls at Julian's, he's got it nailed.
Fantastic. I can't sing enough praises of his
food and what he does. He's also a believer.
So when you're sitting there eating, you're going
to hear. christian music nice that's not bad
no not at all so anyways we're sitting there
and you get what happens at the end of a good
chinese meal you get a fortune cookie absolutely
how american how american yes and so you know
i've been you know the situation kind of going
lord i need you to yeah i need you to speak i
need i need It's cliche to say, Lord, I need
you to give me a sign. Right. But you're there.
But that's where I'm at. Yeah. And so I crack
open my fortune cookie. And as customary, I look
at my numbers on the back because I have a running
gag that, Lord, you need to tell me when it's
time to buy the lottery ticket. Right. Yeah,
absolutely. And so I'm looking on the back with
the numbers with a little note that says, buy
the ticket, knowing it's never going to be there.
Okay. But then I flip it around and I read The
Fortune. And I have never come across one like
this in all my life of going to Chinese places.
Okay. Which is a lot of Chinese places. Over
the years, absolutely. So it says, do your duty
without being supervised. And that could be interpreted
in I don't know how many different ways. Yeah,
so many different ways. So I'm sitting here going.
okay, are you talking to me, Lord? Am I making
too much out of this? Just your coincidence here.
So I will be looking for more to come. But there's
lots of ways that this could be interpreted.
It could literally be saying, hey, this is what's
coming next. Get ready. Or it literally could
be saying, hey, you need to dig in where you're
at. You can do it. Okay, so I'm going to ask
a personal question. Sure. And you feel free
to tell me you know the answer to that, and I'm
not talking about it on the show. Yep. But one
of the things that I know about you has to do
with some reservations that you have from growing
up and watching your father be self -employed.
Absolutely. So the idea, like your fortune saying,
do your duty without being supervised. Without
being supervised, yes. I mean, I feel like if
you're talking about change at work and everything
like that, there's kind of an automatic question
of, does it mean start your own business? That's
certainly one interpretation. Yeah. So what does
that do to you? Scares the mess out of me. Yeah.
I'm not going to lie. I mean, that's a whole
big ball of wax. So tell me about like growing
up with a dad who had his own business. So you.
Worked for himself. Yeah. I mean, it was obviously
when you're smaller, you don't get it. But as
you get into your teenage years, you start to
pick up on things. And, you know, now I know
why my dad kept stomach ulcer. um i know i fully
get it now but even then we're starting to kind
of connect the dots on you know we don't go out
to eat like everybody else you know we don't
get family trips like everybody else we we have
a good christmas don't get me wrong but it's
not like I see other people having Christmas.
Didn't get that car for Christmas. Correct. What
just happened? This is telling for those who
lived in the 80s. The only reason that I got
my first Nintendo was because they were able
to get it through Fingerhut, which meant they
had to pay monthly until it was paid off. Otherwise,
they weren't going to have the money to go out
and buy the Nintendo. Then I didn't get it. Now
I totally get it. I'm like, wait a minute. I
know what that is. Yes. So I had to see my dad
be all aspects of the business. You know, you're
the CEO, you're the marketing team, you're the
sales team, you're the guy who does all the work,
you know, and his line of work in carpentry.
When it gets close to Thanksgiving, people start
shutting down. Because they're shifting them
on into other places. All of a sudden. Yeah.
And so you got to be prepared that from November
through mid -February, you could potentially
have no work. You may get some little things
sprinkled in, but it's not going to be like the
rest of the year. And so that comes around and
you're trying to be prepared and you're trying
to stretch and stretch and stretch. And they
found ways to make it work. But it was incredibly
stressful. And it was just that waking up and
going, I have no idea where the next job is coming
from. I don't know if it's coming. My family's
depending on me. I have to be able to deliver.
And just that burden that you carry, especially
when you're it and you don't have the luxury
of money. Right. To put into it. You don't come
from a rich family, so you don't have that bonus.
Right. You know, for those who have that, that's
awesome. Good for you. Yeah. Not a lot of us
have that. No. You don't have the credit to go
take out a business loan to try to give you some
of the financial advantages that you're trying
to put yourself in. So you're literally, literally,
the beer hasn't kicked in yet. It's just a hard
word to say. Oh, no. It's doing updates in the
middle of the show. Oh, no. Stop it. Stop it.
But, yeah, so, I mean. Now is the time, for sure.
This is when you wanted that. I was actually
thinking, please, Rode, don't. Yeah, so, yes,
I mean, there's just that reality that I saw
day in and day out. Yeah. Now, other people,
they may have been on the other end of that spectrum.
Right. You know, their dad. owned a business
and it was totally awesome and never had to worry
about things. And if you did, it was probably
very rare. And so that, that person is going
to come at it with a whole nother outlook on
owning your own business. I didn't have that.
So a lot of, for me, it's based off of lived
experience. Yeah. Now that doesn't mean that
you can't own a business and it'd be rewarding.
It absolutely can be. Yeah. And there's people
who do it all the time. And I tip my hat to them.
But it's not something that gives me energy to
think about. It's not something that gets me
excited. I'm not adamantly opposed to it. I would
certainly love the easy way out to go work for
somebody else and let that person worry about
all the headache. But yeah, that's just kind
of, that's where I go. If you interpret that
as get ready, buddy, here it comes. There's going
to be some stressful days ahead. Stressful days
ahead for sure. And I mean, there's going to
be no matter what. But yeah, so my perspective
on owning a business or starting a business is
a little bit mixed because I have my father.
is a pastor. So, or was a pastor. So the, there's
an element of that. He was self -employed for
his entire career. And for those of you that
don't know, ministers are technically self -employed.
which is a little bit strange. And there's all
kinds of stuff involved with that, and I'm not
even the right person to ask for that, or ask
why about that, because I wasn't actually taught
any of this. I found all of this out after the
fact. So growing up, I didn't know that my dad
was self -employed. I thought that he was employed
by the church, which is also kind of true. And
he always was. But his dad... owned a bakery.
And I never saw that bakery. It was actually
torn down before I was born. But the truth of
the matter is he owned his own business. He went
into business with his older brother first before
the war. And then after the war and after he
married my grandmother and after my dad was born.
Then he expanded the business or the bakery from
Mount Pleasant, Texas to Longview, Texas as well.
And basically owned two bakeries and they, you
know, the Longview bakery made the bread and
the Mount Pleasant bakery made the pastries and
they ship things back and forth to each other.
But that was always something like I knew that
growing up. I knew that my grandfather was an
entrepreneur, I guess, inside of that. I didn't
know much about anything else. I just kind of
always saw him as like he's the entrepreneur.
It turns out he was the baker. His older brother,
one of his older brothers that he was in business
with was like the business guy, evidently. And
then his two younger brothers, He had four brothers.
His two younger brothers were the ones that actually
went after he started everything or got everything
running in Longview. They moved to Longview to
run that. So it was like a thing that the Redfern
boys had these bakeries over two cities. And
so there's the like side of it to me that's really
like, I guess, romantic. Sure. um with owning
your own business but i also know like the i
guess like you were talking about the fear of
well it's just on you like yeah this is a thing
and you gotta keep going forward and if you don't
keep going forward game over game over um It's
really funny. I think part of the fear involved
with me at least is because I'm, you know, I
was born in 1983, not in 1910, my grandfather.
And he was like, man, bakeries are easy because
you get a day off. I don't know many guys that.
Or super excited about only having one day off.
True. It does seem like this is a scary idea.
Like, oh, you just got to keep working or there
is no money. You got to keep leaning in, pressing
hard. So there's a lot there. Actually got reading
a book right now called Rich Dad, Poor Dad. I'm
sure you've heard of this. I've heard of it,
yeah. Have you read it yet? I have not. Um, a
book on how to not how to, it's not a how to,
but it is changing the way you perceive money,
right? Changing the way you perceive money and
changing from seeing money as what you work for.
And instead, or instead of seeing money as what
you work for, seeing it as something that works
for you, which, I mean, there's a lot of things,
I mean, only in the second chapter. And there's
a lot of things I'm like, ah, that doesn't make.
I'm kind of standing on my head right now. I'm
going to believe this guy. He's smarter than
me. I'm going to believe this guy. He's smarter
than me. So, yeah, I've been doing a lot of that
recently of trying to read different books and
figure out why certain things don't make sense
to me the way that I feel like they should because
I'm not a dummy. But we got some. Bad habits,
I would say. Oh, absolutely. You know, and not
everybody is cut out to be an entrepreneur. No.
You can certainly take a stab at it. Yeah. Some
people can certainly grow into it. Right. It
doesn't mean that it can't be done. Yeah. It
just comes down to a level of commitment. Yeah.
And like you said, in that level of commitment.
uh comment i think there's there's a lot of like
how do you start something like this without
abandoning every everything the things that are
paying your bills correct and then when is it
time to burn the ships this is why i joke about
winning the lottery by osmosis oh yeah no absolutely
because then you've got money you go yeah i can
open a business why not why not it's fine we'll
see what happens yeah Doesn't matter if it makes
money or not. I got money. Got money to burn.
But that is, I will tell you, in thinking about
this, what is actually exciting to me is the
idea of enabling people that I really admire
with, like, I would want to work with my friends.
Sure. And I would want to enable my friends to
do the kind of work that they want to do in the
way that they would want to do it. And in the
timing that they would want to do it and with
the level of commitment that they would want
to do it and all of those things. So, you know,
I'm sure that's how a lot of businesses start
and then it turns into a different thing. Yep.
Starts in the garage and then it just takes off.
And then all of a sudden you're Steve Jobs yelling
to people all the time, telling them what they
want and don't want. And I'll go the Wozniak
path. Yeah, for sure. You're the Wozniak. Yeah.
Oh my gosh. For everyone that was listening too
hard into that conversation, I'm not Steve Jobs,
nor will I ever be. Please don't hear me trying
to. whatever that would be. You're going to bring
back the old hashtag RedfernRage. RedfernRage.
In as much as he had a temper, yes, that's very
much like me. But there's a level of genius that
I'm not living with over here. I just have a
temper. Not many people have that level of genius,
so let's be honest. I mean, not many people have
Wozniak. That's true, too. So, both. Both genius.
Yes, absolutely. And now we have a company that
has almost failed quite a few times. Yeah. So
let that be a lesson to all of us as well. I'm
just watching from the outside. It's coming.
Keep going, Tom Collins. You're doing a great
job. Right. Nice. There are a few things that
start in garages. Seems like tech companies and
bands. Bands, yeah. For sure. And people who
brew their own beer. And people who brew their
own beer. And cars. Cars, yes. They usually start
in the garage. Cricket. Where's the cricket button?
Oh, it's not even up. Oh, epic fail. That is
really sad. Wah, wah. I don't. See, this is why
you need the. There it is. This is somebody else's
Rodecaster. Sorry. Yes. Anyway, we don't have
your stream deck to push all the buttons. Halfway
through it, what do you think? Or are you all
the way through it? I'm pretty close. Pretty
close. It's good. It's good. Tastes just like
you would expect a stout to taste. It's not,
to me, I would have thought it would be less
than 50 on the bitter. yeah it seems like it's
more like a 30 i would agree which is like i
don't know i was i was a little bit uh apprehensive
on the 50 but then okay so it's got this cute
little thing on the bottom you know below that
that says malt profile profile and it's body
roast and color and they're all maxed out it's
all five But on the balance, it has bitter and
sweet, and it's only two on the bitter and three
on the sweet of five. So I don't know. I think
what I'm enjoying about it is that it is not
as sweet as some other stouts that I've had.
Sure. And that doesn't mean that the bitter has
taken over, which is what I was kind of nervous
about IBU 50. Well, I would say that I can, in
typical of a stout, You know, that roast flavor
is in there. Yeah, it's got a lot of roast. But
it's not too much. It's not smoky. No, it's not.
It's like, it's just, you can kind of taste that,
not fire, but the char. Roast is the right word.
Yeah, roast. Char makes it sound like it's burnt.
I don't know. But it's good. I'm a fan of this
beer. I was a little bit nervous with the way
that the hops and the barley are coming out of
his beard. I was like, is that weed? What exactly
am I about to drink? That's a full -grown man.
That's a full -grown man. So you're saying this
is not what you had. We were nervous because
it reminded. Chris, of a beer that he had in
South Carolina? Yeah, it's in Georgia. Georgia,
sorry. We went to... Oh, there's a pizza place
there. I'm not going to come up with a name.
Copper Pot. I was like... Copper Pot. Domino's?
No, no, no, no, no. Copper Pot. And yes, that
is a reference to Goonies. Okay, that's awesome.
They actually have a room that has a bunch of
Goonies pictures and stuff in there. Where in
Georgia is this? Oh, what is that town? It is
south of Toccoa. I'm not going to be able to
give you the name. I've been twice. Pizza is
excellent. Yeah, you keep talking about the pizza.
I'm going to look it up. So obviously they do
their own dough. It's not rolling off the truck.
And then, of course, they've got their own. Cookers,
whatever you want to call it. Oven. Clarksville.
There you go, Clarksville. Similar to if you've
ever gone to True Vine and had the pizza at Solo.
Oh, man, Solo pizza is delicious. Those type
of fire stick burning pizza oven. There you go.
Come on, True Vine and Solo. Solo is very good.
This pizza was good. I know the guy on the can
had a beard, but I'm thinking that the can may
have been green. And you didn't like it. Did
not like it. Was there one time with Drake, and
he had it, and not too long after getting halfway
through, it kind of soured his stomach. Ooh.
Yeah. Let's drink. Hold on. I had it on a separate
trip. with Nick Wiggins. It says that they've
got regional beers. Wasn't impressed. Which makes
me think this is like a Georgia beer or something
that you had. It's possible. Athletic brewing.
I feel like I've heard of that. No. None of those
sound Like a dark beer. Athletic Brewing Run
Wild. Athletic Brewing Free Wave Hazy IPA. Oh,
no IPAs. Athletic Brewing Light. No. Golden Road
Mango Cart Wheat Beer. There is no way. Nope.
Not doing it. And then Bold Rock in a Cider.
Does GF mean gluten -free? I would assume. The
beer is gluten -free. Okay. We live in a different
world. Yep. Anyway. Hey, they've got like pictures
of their bartenders on this site and everything.
I'm not going to lie. We've talked a little bit
about food on this episode. We have. Food is
probably the other thing that I would be willing
to talk about. It's Green Man is the beer company.
Green Man? Green Man. I'm trying to find the
actual. Is it weed? No. Don't say no too fast.
No. Green Man Brewery. It's not the Pale Ale.
I think. It might have been the lager. Yeah,
but that's it. It's Green Man Brewery out of
Asheville, North Carolina. I'm leaning towards
it was either the lager or the porter. And I
just remember just not being into it. I mean,
that's a bummer for them. Yeah. Every once in
a while. No, they do on the site. Do you have
a dry Irish stout? I do want to give that a try.
A dry Irish stout. What is a dry Irish stout?
Our take on the, quote, black stuff is a creamy,
smooth nitro, beauty full of roasted malty deliciousness.
So you can't get that in a can. You can't even
get that in a bottle if it's nitro. Well, you
might be able to. You can do it in a bottle.
Yeah, you could. You could. I've seen those.
I mean, you've seen the bottles. Well, actually,
they've got cans, too. Well, Guinness. That have
the, like. The little nitro pellet inside. The
nitro pellet. Yeah, that's true. You could do
that. Which is like, you have to open that the
right way. Like, at that point, somebody should
have warned me. Yeah. Like, I don't. This beer
is too technical for you. Well, Guinness does
that with a Guinness draft. Yeah, that's what
I'm saying. You've got to. You open it, and of
course, it cracks open that pellet, and you get
your nitro. Irish -style dry stout. Dry stout
is black beer with dry roasted character thanks
to the use of roasted barley. The emphasis on
coffee -like roasted barley and a moderate degree
of roasted malt aromas define much of the character.
Hot bitterness is medium to medium -high. This
beer is often dispensed via nitrogen gas taps
that lend a smooth, creamy body to the palate.
Okay. I'm a sucker for nitro beers. Which one
did you say? Because this has got examples of
like Blarney Sisters. It was either the lager
or it was the... Oh, no. I'm just on craftbeer
.com. So this is looking up all the different...
I just didn't know if the one that you were looking
at was one of the examples. Yeah. Yeah, it was
either their lager. Let me pull that site back
up. This is our use of technology for this. Yeah,
we're kind of going off the rails here. This
is not off the rails. We are talking about beer.
Jason. Let's see. Beer. Beer me that episode.
Beer me that. Beverages, yes. It was either the
porter or the logger. Beverages. There you go.
It was mighty tasty. Yeah. All right. Well, I
think I'm going in for number two. Yeah, I got
to pound this really fast. You want to talk to
us about number two? That sounds appropriate.
Well, it's not more appropriate. It's not more
or less appropriate than the number two beer.
Okay, so in all fairness, I didn't buy this beer.
I'm totally pulling an Adam, and I'm blaming
the other person. I was drinking that. You can't
do that to me. I'm trying to find information
on it real quick, folks. Bear with me. On number
two, Beard? Yeah, on number two. Okay, here's
what I'll tell you. It is a Belgian style ale.
Yes, it is a Belgian style. It's 6 .9 % by volume.
Yes, it is. And only 20 IBUs. So, yeah, low on
the beer. Basically like drinking water. It's
brewed in Michigan. Pure Michigan. artesian spring
water that makes me want to throw something at
somebody artesian spring water are you kidding
me yeah okay so i can actually i feel like i
can read this blurb yeah a deep reddish malty
and complex belgian style ale six different types
of malted barley belgian is that yeah yeah belgian
candied syrup and belgian yeast are combined
to produce a very smooth complex and slightly
sweet ale okay so this is the dessert Yeah, maybe.
Okay. I still see a couple more grown men. It
is. It is the Petoskey Brewing. Petoskey Brewing,
which sounds very Michigan. It does. It definitely
does. And the beer is called Horny Monk. So if
you took that the wrong way, you need to check
the condition of your heart. Because I'm looking
at the can. The can has devil horns on a monk.
I mean, it's underneath his cassock. Yes. But
again, if you took it wrong, you need to check
the condition of your heart. Well, the condition
of my heart knew exactly what was being inferred
by this. Oh, I know, I know, I know. So maybe
this is the one episode that we have to say.
Hey, there might be some content inappropriate
for young children. Sure. I mean, no, but yeah.
Here we go. Oh, that was a good opening. Yeah.
I feel like I was in a beer commercial right
there. Did yours spray out a little bit? Yeah.
Mine did too. Gave me a little bit of the...
Ooh. What are you smelling? You've been getting
a smell here, folks. Okay, make sure and open
your mouth when you smell. That's not bad. Yeah,
it's definitely... Okay, so this is paler. Yeah,
it is. You can smell the citrus off of it. Yeah.
Now, it's a red. They were saying it was reddish.
Yeah, it looks like it. It smells a little sweet.
Oh, I, especially compared to, I think it smells
a lot sweet. I'm, I'm getting some like, um,
apple juice vibe off of that, which is a lot
of sugar. Maybe I'm, maybe I'm just being overly
sensitive here. Going in. Here we go. I'm gonna
watch his face. Yeah, that's not a bad face.
Smooth. Smooth. Smooth. What are you saying,
Chris? It's not a stout. That's the thing. I
probably should have had this before the stout.
You're saying don't go the other direction? I'm
a stout. Okay, that's a little bit weird. I'm
a stout guy, so I should have done this before
the stout. Because the stout is messing with
my palate. I'm going to say something. I'm tasting
paper. Paper? So just throw that into your...
Box of things that you haven't heard when you're...
Again, I should have had this before the stout.
For sure. Because the stout changes the palate.
So, I don't... Like, it's not... You know when
you lick an envelope? Yes. It's not the, like...
It's not the, like, oh, what is that glue taste?
Like the whatever. Yes. But that's what I'm saying.
I'm tasting paper. Okay. Okay. Let me try again.
As somebody who... When I would fold my paper
airplanes, I used to lick the creases to make
them... On the paper airplane? To go tighter.
I wouldn't do it a lot. I wasn't trying to tear
it. So you're trying to get it to stay together.
Well, not... Again, I was not a genius. I'm not
saying... It felt like it thinned the paper out
to be able to make that... Not thinned out. Licking
the paper made it fold tighter. Did you eat paint
chips as a kid? Maybe. I'm not tasting paper.
Well, then I'm obviously wrong. I would like
for somebody to drink this and tell me that they
taste paper too, though. It does have some sweetness
to it. I would argue that I would think it's...
Yeah, but the sweetness is all at the beginning.
It's like, bam, and then it's gone. And I would
say that I would have, had I not seen it, I would
have thought that there's more than 20 on the
IBUs, but not nowhere near the 50 that we just
had on Grown Man. Yeah, I don't, I'm not tasting
really any bitterness, which I understand is
a little bit weird with me saying that. I'm tasting
paper. It's not, it's not paper. Like, I know
that it's not paper. It's just reminding me.
I so wish we were live right now. Oh my gosh.
That's still in progress. I haven't given up
on that. Well, yeah. I mean, there's so many
things that are in progress. Yeah. But we're...
Well, if I can get everybody... Husbands and
fathers and... Well, yeah, that's true. True.
Well, what we need to do is we just need to get
all of our listeners on my podcast app and then
it just works. Mm -hmm. So... No big deal. Everybody,
move to Podcast Attic if you're on an iPhone.
Congratulations, you're coming over to Android.
You're coming away from the dark side? Yeah,
it's not going to happen. To the light side?
Still to come. Oh, yeah. Pretzels or chips? Chips.
Chips. Members, Mark, you spared no expense.
I spared a lot of expense. Sometimes you just
need a little... This was one of those days.
I don't know if this happens to you a lot. The
salt with the beer. Very nice. That's good. Which
is why I'm like, what's with all these pretzels
that don't have enough salt on them? Exactly.
Why is that a thing? Speaking of, went back to
Fresh. Couldn't find pretzels. Oh my gosh. They're
like, we give up. Yeah, I'm like, I'm going to
stop coming to Fresh for pretzels, apparently.
This is not the place you're looking for pretzels.
We don't have them. Don't go to Fresh. No. What
was I saying? Anyway. Well, Jason, I think it's
an okay beer. Yeah, we appreciate you and your
paper beer. Oh, I love that he brings back paper
beer. I appreciate that he brings back product.
Oh, my gosh. Now, this is way above the last
two. Yeah. The last two were wretched. Absolutely
wretched. Don't do that to me. But this one?
But we talked about it more. That's what he wanted,
right? Well, that's true. And this episode has
been basically all beer. All beer. All beer all
the time. All the time. Yeah. Weather on the
eights. Weather on the eights. So it's good.
Not going to make my top ten. No. But it's good.
And wouldn't be a bad lawnmower beer. Yeah, I
would give it that. Yeah. I would. I was actually
thinking about Full Grown Man. Ooh, after mowing.
I would not drink it while mowing. No. But if
I had sat down and maybe somebody forced some
water on you. I would drink this while mowing
if I was on a riding mower. Bro. I mean. Now
you're talking. Yeah. Push mower, no way. Riding
mower, that may be in a koozie in the cup holder.
It didn't have to be in a koozie. Just embrace
it. Lean in. On a koozie. We live in Texas, man.
That beer is hot in five minutes. That's true.
Not room temperature. That's why you put your
own modification of an umbrella over you. I saw
a riding mower with an enclosed cab with AC in
it. A riding mower? Yep. Like a John Deere tractor
riding mower? No, like a zero turn. A zero turn
that's fully enclosed. Where did you see this?
Online. Obviously. Was it Photoshop? I did not
see it in person. All right. We're going to find
this for you because that's what we do now. Compared
to other shows, we are so off the rails right
now. We are so off the rails. I mean, but it's
great. Maybe this is the new format for the show.
Yeah. We're going to talk. I don't know what
we're going to talk about, but we're going to
talk. Apparently, we have to kick the show off
with 12%. And they just let it flow. Well, not
if you're going to go lighter after that. Well,
you say that. Yeah, bro. Okay, so there's a Ferris
one. I mean, it's exactly what you're thinking.
So this company Ferris makes one that's called
the ISX. 3 ,300. 60 -inch zero -turn mower with
Curtis premium air -conditioned cab. Jason, you
just said 33. I did. It costs $29 ,000. Oh, my
gosh. But there it is. There was a $12 ,000 one,
though, made by Curtis. Oh, wait. That's still
the ISX 3300. This is insane. I'm literally looking
at a riding zero turn. It's like they dropped
the cab of a tractor on it. Well, yes. And for
good reason. Maybe this one doesn't have. Maybe
it's just enclosed. Nope. Air -conditioned cab.
So you can get it for cheaper. This is insane.
Than whatever that other one was. That's not
insane. It's called I am tired of being hot.
I thought that you look at the back view and
there's the air filter. Yeah, right. I mean,
you know, it's got to be somewhere. Kubota has
one. Premium AC cab for Kubota. See, now that
makes me wonder. Curtis makes a premium AC cab
for Kubota ZD112 or 1211, which. Makes me wonder.
It's $11 ,000 probably just for the cab. Oh.
That's what I think I'm seeing here. Wow. So
you got to buy the mower. And then you buy the
cab. And then you got to buy the cab and retrofit
your mower. Yeah, this is a premium AC cab for
John Deere. Wow. And that costs another $11 ,000.
So, yeah, I think we're feeling the effects of
the global warming. I thought you were saying
we're feeling the effects of the 12%. No, that's
why we're, yeah, yes, we are. That's why we're
looking at mowers right now. On our podcast.
Mowers or gear? Beer and gear. They are. You
can have a beer on the gear. And I will tell
you, if you're hot enough to feel like you need
to spend $11 ,000 on a cab to go over the top
of your riding lawnmower, maybe it's time to
think about the Luba 2 all -wheel drive. What
did Lori call these? Not iRobot. The Roomba for
your grass. The Roomba for your grass. There
you go. I also have a friend who has one of these.
Not this one, but like, are you kidding me? The
auto mower. Auto mower just kind of roams around
your grass making lines. Yeah. It's hilarious.
I mean, tell me it's not hilarious. It's hilarious.
You say that, but they have those at Pine Cove.
Do they? They do. Oh, my gosh. Timbers filled
outside of the gym. Talk about a field that I
wish that I could. Anyway, that was a different
life back then when we rolled out turf on this
big field, and then they decided the gym should
go there. So we tore up all this. Really fancy
saw that we put down. Yeah, yeah, yeah. There's
been some of that on the IT side. To put a gym
down. Run the fiber and then, oh, you know what?
We're going to put a dining hall there. That's
fine. You're six feet under, right? No. Oh, you
know what? We're going to put a cabin there.
Oh, okay. Okay. This mower looks like a front
end loader. But it's motorized and it has tracks.
Anyway, we need to stop looking at this. I'm
sitting here going, $11 ,000 for the cab. I think
this is actually helping me with my wife. I've
been trying to convince her. That you need a
riding lawnmower. Exactly, yes. I'm not asking
for an air -conditioned one. No, no, no. For
those of you that don't know, I have an autoimmune
disease, which gives me my spectacular posture.
Yes. It's really impressive. Oh, it is. It is.
Especially when we look at pictures when I got
married and look at me now. It's like, what'd
you do? Have you measured? How much shorter are
you? Oh, geez. Probably a good three inches.
Really? Really, yes. Yes. It's a very noticeable
change when you look at pictures. But I've been
trying to tell her, like, you know, yeah, I've
got a... I've got a push mower, and it's got
some self -propelled pieces to it, and that's
great, but I'm pushing 50. I'm getting older,
and I'd like to get a riding mower. You're pushing
50. I am pushing 50. I'm 48, man. Almost 48 and
a half. I don't want to talk about this right
now. That's pushing 50. No, we're not talking
about this right now. But all that to say, I'm
like, you know, and I've looked, and I put it
in front of her, and I'm like. I would love to
have a riding mower. And here's what I'm willing
to do. I'm willing to accept the Murray at $1
,800. That's a ton of money. Yeah. But that's
where I'm willing to go. What's the one? So if
people are willing to drop 11 grand for an enclosed
cab, I'm not asking for that much. Murray's about
as low as you go. All I want to say is, oh, no,
that's Troy Belt. Troy Belt makes a decent mower.
Well, but I'm looking at the Troy Belt that looks
like the old snapper, like the one that Tom Hanks
rode in. Yeah. Whatever that thing's called.
Forrest Gump. Forrest Gump. That was a snapper,
right? Yeah, that's right. Oh, my goodness. You
should get one of those ones that you stand on
the little foot pads. My kids have talked about
that. He's right behind it. That's probably more
expensive. Actually, what would happen is if
I get a riding mower, I'm actually going to have
competition to mow the yard. Really? Oh, the
kids are like, oh, I'd do it if it was a riding
mower. And even Michelle has been like. I think
they'll do it once. I might give that a go. I
mean, yes. I think they would do it once. Ooh,
there's a Club Cadet for $659. $659? Yeah. Where
at? I'm trying to find it. Like used? No. No?
No. A riding mower? No. There's no way. It's
electric. Oh. See, this is more gear. Yeah. I
have. Mm -hmm. An electric mower. Do you? I do.
I bit the bullet. It's like, you know what? I'm
sick and tired of constantly having to work on
these carburetors. Sick and tired. And having
to winterize my mower. I'm going to go electric.
And so I got a 40 volt mower. What brand did
you go with? Ryjobe. Ryjobe. Ryjobe. Okay. Great
the first year. Okay. Middle of the second year,
it's like, eh, it doesn't do so well when the
grass is a little wet. And here we are in season
three. Well, season three has been inordinately
ridiculous. Well, but it's been dry. For those
of you that are, no. Yes, it has. What? Yes.
We've gotten more rain in Tyler over the past
summer than ever. Sure doesn't feel like it to
me. Okay, well, maybe you're staying dry, but
there's a lot of Tyler. We haven't even hit 100
degrees. It sure felt like it yesterday. Okay,
well, maybe we've hit 100 degrees a couple times,
but not like the weeks of 100 degrees. Oh, no,
definitely not. In terms of summer, this has
been mild. So mild. And I think it's because
of how much rain we've gotten. I don't feel like,
I mean, maybe we have. I might have a bad. gauge
of it but yeah i don't feel like that we've gotten
nearly as much and i say the reason why i say
i don't feel like we've had more rain we need
our listeners to weigh in on this how much rain
have we had well here's here's here's my rationale
for this okay go ahead i have a smart sprinkler
controller yeah that is plugged in for our amount
of rain and can make the adjustment to go you
know what i don't need to run at all or i'm gonna
run a much shorter time and when i look at my
track over the last three months i don't see
a whole lot of time that it said yeah i'm not
gonna run so for me maybe maybe it's unique in
my little piece of the where i'm at that it feels
like we haven't got that much yeah that makes
sense so i mean i i get that i feel like it is
inordinately cool and by cool i mean Upper 90s.
Which is still hot. Yeah. Anything over 60 is
hot to me. Yeah, no, this isn't Chicago, buddy.
You know, Indiana weather down here. Yeah, yeah,
yeah. So. Just looking at the annual. Oh, there
is a heat advisory. Heat advisory. There you
go. Why isn't it telling me what I'm asking for?
What is the annual or what is the average rainfall
in Tyler, Texas? Yeah, no, that's not right.
This is interesting. I feel like this should
be way more informative than it is. Can I get
a Tyler Texas weather? Where are we? This is
going to be random. You ever heard of Bojangles?
That sounds familiar. Where is that? Does that
picture seem familiar? Yeah. Does that ring a
bell? Yes. What is that? So I just got this from
Jacob Largent. Okay. He's up in the Dallas area.
Yeah. And he just sent this to me, and apparently
this is the new location that they're expanding
to. Baytown, Texas, Cypress, Texas, Fort Worth,
Orange, and Tomball, Texas. When we go to the
southeast, we go here for breakfast every single
day. The food is amazing. Interesting. It's chicken,
but it is so good. It's chicken. I just want
to warn you, it's chicken. The Cajun chicken
biscuit. Can you tell we're from Texas? Oh. I
just want to warn you, it's chicken. It's chicken.
It's chicken. It's not beef. But yeah, the spicy
Cajun chicken biscuit with the bo rounds. Oh,
it's so good. Okay, we're down almost two degrees
from the average. Year over year? Yeah. Okay.
And you're right, we're down 0 .3 inches. Vindicated.
Point three. There's that. Point three. Geez.
I mean, last month. No, last month we were down
1 .2 inches. Okay. But the month before that,
we were up five inches. Yes, because. So maybe
that's what I'm thinking. Traditionally. The
first half of that first lead in of summer is
wet. And typically through 4th of July. And the
reason why I know that is because my kids' first
week of camp, for as long as I can remember,
has been 4th of July week. And it is very kind
for them to get to that week and the fireworks
show gets rained out. And then it's like right
after the 4th of July week. Here comes the dry.
Here comes the heat. Mm -hmm. So. I mean, yeah.
What I'm, yeah. What I'm expecting has not been
what I have experienced this. Yeah. This summer.
Yeah. If you want to even call it that. So going
back to the mower. Yeah. This is the third season
of mowing with it. Yeah. Still on the original
batteries. Yeah. Performance is definitely starting
to degrade. And obviously that has to do with
the batteries. Definitely. So the fact that they've
made it to a third season is pretty darn good.
I'm not complaining about that. But definitely
when the grass gets wet. You feel it. Oh, yeah.
You're stopping. You're tipping the mower over.
You're scraping the trimmings out that are like
glued to the underside of the mower. Yeah. And
then you get a couple more passes and you're
like, okay, flip it over. Man, there's nothing
like that old Honda that I used to have. That
thing would cut through whatever. Yep. Yep. I
mean, I think about it. I never sharpened the
blade on that. Honda. I used it from when I was
10 years old to when I was 18 years old. And
at no point did I change the oil or sharpen the
blade. So true. Just saying. I wasn't taught.
I didn't know anything. If nobody tells you,
you don't know any better. I'm just saying. I'm
just saying. I keep saying that. I'm sorry. Salt.
That's good. It is good. And the crunch. So,
yeah. That's what's going on. Have you tried
one of those before? No. What is that? Rochefort.
Rochefort Belgian Ale. Number 10. Number 10.
Which means it's 10%. Where'd you get this? Fresh.
Okay. You can also get it at World Market. Yeah,
you know what I noticed at World Market when
I went in today? What's that? They had a lot
of beers that they have on tap at Rotolo's. Really?
Yeah, I was like, I recognize that. Oh, I recognize
that. Oh, I recognize that. Oh, all of those
are off the tap menu at Rotolo's. And I was like,
I don't know if somebody put that together or
if that's just a... Conspiring. Thing. But I
will tell you, if you're in Tyler and you go
to Rotolos and you find a beer that you like,
you might just wander down. Yeah, just a couple
shops. To World Market and see if it's there.
Back left corner. Back left corner. Best spot
in the whole place. I mean, it's a bathroom there.
That's true, there is. Standing there too long.
Partaking of the... No, you're not allowed to
do that. No, you can't do that. Anyway. There's
a lot going on. I feel like we'll have a lot
to talk about in the next few episodes. Absolutely.
Do you want to do our boost? Boost. Yes, we have
one. We don't even have the sound effect for
it. No. Which is sad because... Anyway. Yes,
so on July 25th. On July 25th. Yes. In the amount
of, can you show me the full, because you're
just showing me the after splits. I do believe,
I do believe that this was 1 ,000 sats. Hey,
thanks, man. Yes. From the usual suspect, Jason
Court. Shocking. Nobody else. Yeah, the rest
of y 'all are slacking. Come on, man. I'm not
thinking anybody else is really listening other
than Jason. Well, you say that. Really listening.
I'm saying really listening. Well, yeah, maybe
really listening. Thanks, Jason. We're talking
to you, man. We've had some decent numbers in
recent shows. You should try this paper beer.
He already has. I know. So, yeah, so this would
have been for the previous show. Well. What is
there to say after such? No, that's a repeat.
That's not a new. Oh, Jason, we didn't get the
new one that you talked about. We didn't get
it. No. Interesting. Oh, well, that's a real
bummer. Come on, man. He specifically told me
that he put a new one in. Oh, well, that's a
fail. Well, it's just because of the Abby. Boo.
Yeah, Albie. Albie. Albie. I'm sitting there.
Abby? Abby. You're talking about my niece? What?
Yeah, I have. Yeah. Well, sorry, Jason. It's
not here. I'm really confident that you said
you said something. Maybe I'm making that up,
but. I mean, I feel like I got a boost from him
anyway because, you know, he gave us this paper
beer. Petoskey Brewing. Paper beer. Again, I
don't taste paper. In fairness, I don't taste
paper. Whoa. Petoskey. Whoa. That almost makes
it the Epstein beer. Yeah. No. I said ta. Petoskey.
Ta. Petoskey. Ta. Petoskey. Don't skip the T,
people. There's a T there for a reason. Just
like it's not mountain, it's mountain. Drives
me insane. I hear my kids say that and I'm like,
what was that? Mountain. I'm like, yes, exactly.
That's right. Exactly. Do not drop the T. My
daughter keeps doing that. And I can't remember
exactly what it is, but it's anything that's
like... T -I -N -T -O -N. Yeah. At the end, she
doesn't pronounce it. Just drops a T. And I'm
like, oh, you're killing me. Yes. Like, I need
you to. Yes. Yes. It's like I had this drilled
into me as a kid. That T exists. It does. Pronounce
it. I did have a guy that over -pronounced it
in high school. Mount Tin? Like, no, he was in
my CAD drawing class. So, Batin. Batin? Yeah.
I was like, it's not an I, man. It's an O. It's
button. Button. Baton. Baton. Baton, yes. Button.
Button. Button. Anyway. Button. Well, I think
I'm going to. Welcome to East Texas. Yes. I'm
going to reserve the Rochefort for home. Yeah,
you should do that. Although. I'm going to drink
that golden. It's awfully tempting to open it
up. Yeah, I'm going to drink that golden monkey
at home. That makes me think of the song, that
funky monkey. Yeah, that's right. Brass monkey.
Brass monkey. I'm just saying. It's going to
be so hard. Maybe I should listen to some Beastie
Boys on the way home. It's going to be so hard
to do chapters for this show. Like, what did
we talk about? There was mowers. I know there
was mowers. There was self -employment. There
was beer involved. Oh, my gosh. It's going to
take. I know I said last time it takes about
45 minutes. Yeah, it's going to take. It's probably
going to take over an hour. Yeah. Sorry about
that. Yikes. Anyway. All right. Well. Hey, thanks
for hanging out. Enjoyed it, John. Always. Yeah.
See you, everybody. See you. Hey, if you like
the show, then how about donating? Will they
save you money on therapy do you think?