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Welcome back to the true new podcast. I am again.

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What's up, everybody? Oh my God. You're welcome.

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Look at this guy. He's already plumped and ready

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to go. He's wearing a nice little emblem with

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our special guest today. I'm so fluffed up. He's

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so fluffed up. He got fluffed before he came

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into the door. And you can see my reflection

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back there, which is pretty damn cool. Look at

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that. That's the wider side. Yeah, don't do that.

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Don't ever do that again. Anyways, guys. Are

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you guys set for a good show today? You ready

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to go? Let's do this, dude. Let's get the intro

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going. Hang on, guys. We'll be right back. Please

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forgive us for the internet connection. We have

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a low Wi -Fi going on. We are going with our

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hotspots today. So we're going to try our best.

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And by the way, we're rocking the new, well,

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one of the new caps that we got on special. And

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we got some new merch, man. See these, dude?

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Look at that. It gots us the GTA look of the

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Chewy New Podcast. If you guys are interested,

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make sure you hit us up, man. That's me. Yeah,

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that ugly thing on the right is him, and that

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cool, awesome dude is with me on the left, so.

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You just put duct tape. But anyways, guys, on

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today's episode, we have a wonderful guest, a

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good old friend of mine. He and I used to work

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in the old... Another Home Depot survivor. Yeah,

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the Orange Box. We don't use the word Home Depot.

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That's a naughty word in this podcast. I don't

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like it. We don't get sponsored by them. But

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anyways, yeah, the Orange Box. Good friend of

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mine. He's trying to get a club together, dude.

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Yes. Trying to get a club together for the RGV.

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A very specific kind of club. Yeah. Boyfriend

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club. No, I'm joking. No. He's actually trying

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to get a John Deere club running here in the

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RGV. So we're about to introduce him. Ladies

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and gentlemen, we'd like to introduce Mr. Alex

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Sauceda to the podcast, aka buddy, aka she thinks

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my tractor's sexy. Homeboy. What's going on,

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Alex? Good. Good to see you. Good to meet your

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buddy here. It's an honor to be here. I apologize

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for you meeting him for the first time. He's

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a bad impression the first time. So let's take

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a journey back, Alex. Tell us a little bit about

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yourself, where you grew up, and how we get into

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the concept of trying to start a John Deere club,

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man. I was born here in McCamlin, Texas. At the

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age of three years old, my parents moved up to

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the state of Michigan. My dad worked for GM,

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the car company, for 40 years. He was a foreman.

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He had about 80 to 100 people underneath him.

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There you go. And as I was going to high school,

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I started doing construction. I started working

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for a brick mason and later on after a year with

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him I took off with the Italian guy to learn

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how to do ceramic tile and I've been doing it

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ever since. That's awesome, man. Nice. And I

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know, like I said before, we do know each other

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for working at Home Depot back in the day. I'm

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sorry, the dirty word. The orange box. We owe

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them three grand already just for saying the

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damn name. Anyways, we're not wearing orange,

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are we? But I met Alex when working there, when

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I started working there, big time construction

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guy, man. He knows it all from tile to carpentry

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and all that good stuff. The last impression

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was when I had to give him a ride home because

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his vehicle wasn't working or something was wrong

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with the vehicle. And I drove him home and then

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he goes, dude, you gotta come check this out.

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I'm like, all right. And he showed me a John

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Deere. I think it was a John Deere you had at

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the back of the house at the time? Yes. It's

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still there. It's still there. It hasn't moved.

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Eventually I'm going to get to it. Right. And

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then I know you took me inside your house and

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you started showing me a little bit of your little

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collection you had, you know, slowly what you

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were building up. So now with the years gone

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through, you've decided to go ahead and start

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your own club of John Deere. What made you want

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to go into that? It's because up there in Michigan,

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it's a big... Deal over there that they have

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tractor poles. They have John Deere. Well, it's

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not just John Deere They have every color that

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you can think of but it's it's a big Event that

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they have on a Friday Saturday and Sunday. Oh,

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there's a lot of people that go to that and I

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think it would be kind of cool to bring that

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down here and Maybe eventually Branch off to

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heaven like tractor pulls, you know what I mean?

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And I mean, all the young kids, all the, well,

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10 -year -olds, 12 -years -olds, even the teenagers,

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they kind of get into that. That is something

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kind of cool to see, you know? Its competition

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is what it is. I think it's a real good deal

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that it happens. I mean, people are into that.

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For those of you who don't know what tractor

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pulls are, they're essentially a mix between

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like a livestock show and a monster truck. You

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just have a tractor. It can be like a regular

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tractor, but it's more often than not a souped

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up tractor. And you just put them head to head

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in a pulling competition. That what you said

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is more modified, but sometimes they also have

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stock. tractors where they get built. They take

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them back to the barn, they soup them up a little

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bit. They're trying to get... more power, more

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horsepower out of that John Deere, so and that's

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where they entered those things. What you got

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in there? I got a Hemi. What the fuck? A Hemi?

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Oh man, I finished my fuel in 20 minutes. I got

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an LSX motor in there. I got a Corvette motor

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in there. That's pretty much what it is. Well,

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one time when I was up north, I remember somebody

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had put They took the old John Deere block, I

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don't know. I know that those things sell out

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too. So it's a nice little mix of both of them.

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You got tractors bowing out to the death. Well,

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you know, if we can get this John Deere club

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started and let's get with the program, there's

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a chance that we could go to the livestock show

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and have our own section. Just John Deere, you

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know what I mean? Yeah, and I mean, I think there's

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potentially room there I mean they have everything

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else going on from Tejano music to crafts To

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they also have their own club too. But yeah,

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you know specifically John Deere would be kind

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of cool to have and I mean Listen for sure. I

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will let you know. I like all the tractors. I

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like farm all I like Alice Chandler. Yeah, I

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like case but My favorite would probably be John

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Deere. The history of the John Deere tractor,

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it's like no other. It's a cool piece of machinery.

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Just to think guys, back in the day when they

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were using horses and plows back in the day,

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they discovered a tractor. Somebody made a tractor

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and look what we have now. It's a big deal. I'd

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rather be on a tractor than a horse, I think,

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trying to get that horse to plow the field. Yeah,

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I've never heard of a tractor having a bad day.

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No, not at all. Yeah, no kidding. No, I agree

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with you what you said earlier. John Deere definitely

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has that, like... Cut an edge. Well, I don't

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know if it's a cutting edge. I was referring

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more to the distinction of being one of the older

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John Deere. It's more well known. Everybody knows

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big green tractor is a John Deere. You can spot

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it a mile away. Yes, you can. And the old tractors

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back in the time when John Deere started, they

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had a certain motor sound. It was... It almost

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sounds like a Harley -Davidson to a sense. But

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the John Deere, it's almost the same thing. It's

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kind of a putt, putt, putt. Sounds like it's

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going to stall out, but it doesn't. It keeps

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going. It keeps going. I mean, that's the beauty

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of those old machines, you know. Guys and just

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in case you guys are watching the the camera

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just went on anybody reassembled it is when you're

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trying to run on a hotspot broke So I had to

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fix it up a little bit, but we're good. We're

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good We're still going here and you're talking

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to Alex here, but so as far as I know you still

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have you still working on that John Deere in

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the backyard No, no actually As soon as I get

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ready to put a garage Well, not totally a garage

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but a slab of cement and then somewhat fix up

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the walls Just to block the wind when you get

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ready to paint a tractor if you want it as still

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as you can So there's nothing moving especially

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when you're getting that paint on there right

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right now I what right now what I have that that's

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a good running tractors So a 1959 430 And it's

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it's called a 430 high boy. It's not like a standard

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It sets up a little bit taller and then the other

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track that I got they didn't make that many of

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them They only made like four thousand and six

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hundred. It's a spin -off of the 430 which is

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a 435. It's the same rear end but The back part

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is over 430 the only thing is a lot of guys a

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lot of John Deere fanatics out there they would

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probably say that it's not really a truly a John

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Deere because back in that time John Deere got

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with General Motors to put a 435 it's it's got

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a diesel two -cylinder motor in it so it's made

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by General Motors so it's a little different

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it's a little different but But it runs, you

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know, it's a good running tractor without a pony

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motor. Oh, man Yeah, this thing it goes. It's

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a diesel so they're a little bit more They're

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a little bit more stronger. They're a little

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bit more powerful, I'd say. If you guys are tuning

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in, we're talking about a John Deere club that

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my buddy here, Alex, is trying to put together

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here in the RGB. You guys are interested. Look

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them up. You're on Facebook, right? I am on Facebook.

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On Facebook on Alex Salceda. Yeah. Hit them up,

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man, if you want, so you can try to figure out

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where the meet and greets are going to be, where

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you guys can sign up, and all that good stuff.

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Well, let me share this with you, Mark. We have

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a meeting. It's gonna happen March the 22nd off

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where road where the Convention Center is in

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West Side Park or some people probably know it

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as Ramiro Guerra Park and We're trying to get

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as many people I Would love to have people that

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have old tractors that are John Deere to come

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out and participate. I think pretty cool Something

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different for the valley North what they would

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do is If there was a parade going on, well, guess

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what? It was no big thing to have 20 old John

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Deere tractors Going with the parade and I mean

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that would be kind of cool We could go anywhere

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with us. I mean you could go from Brownsville.

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You could go to the island You can go to Roma

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to Rio Grande It doesn't matter where right right

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mission when they had their orange. I guess the

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citrus fest the citrus fest. Yeah, so I mean

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That's something that I think the valley needs

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is something like a club like that. I miss stuff

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up north, but I'd like to see that happen down

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here if we could get, well, you know, just, I

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know it's gonna start off small, and I understand

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that, but down the road, I mean, I would love,

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there's a lot of things I have on my mind that

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I would love to see these old tractors do, I

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mean. What pulls your attention to, I mean, as

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far as, because I know you're like really dedicated

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to John Deere. It's part of your life. I mean,

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what connects you to that? It's like your partner

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said it's... Oh, now we're partners. You're making

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dinner here. Everybody knows what a John Deere

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tractor is. You can spot it a mile away. But

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back in the day, it had a unique sound, you know?

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They were known for that sound. It's a dying

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thing. Back in the day, when my dad actually

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went to school at Mack High, and I used to ask

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him, when I started getting to the John Deere

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stuff, I said, Dad, what happened to the old

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John Deere tractors from McAllen? Because it

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was all orange grove. Everything was all citrus.

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I mean, the citrus is still here, but not as

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strong as it used to be in the 50s, probably

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the 40s, probably the 60s and early 70s. But

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it's changed because now everything's growing.

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McAllen's growing. And we're losing farmland.

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And not only that, it's... we're losing our citrus

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trees as well. It's a shame. The whole valley

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is a citrus belt. It's a beautiful thing. Not

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everybody has this. I think being born down here,

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it was an honor to come out of the city of McAllen.

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Well, it was an honor to grow up in Flint, Michigan,

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where I grew up at. I enjoyed up north. It's

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cool. Winners are winners. You'll never get away

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from them because it goes from November. It goes

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year round. It goes for about six months. November,

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December, January, February, March. Really? That's

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interesting because summers last. It's a long

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time. It's a long time. Yeah. I say if you want

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to go see the Four Seasons come to the Valley,

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you get them early in the morning all the way

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to the night, bro. Jesus. So. Being that, I mean,

00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:30.679
you're talking about the John Deere itself, but

00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:33.139
it really connects you more to your dad, as far

00:14:33.139 --> 00:14:36.059
as - No, I just - Is it something like an aspect

00:14:36.059 --> 00:14:39.419
of it? I guess I look at it like, up north they

00:14:39.419 --> 00:14:42.620
have tractors, I just can't imagine, I mean,

00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:47.080
I see some here in the valley, I've seen a few,

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but not like up north. Right. But I mean, it's,

00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:52.379
I don't know, I like the green and yellow, and

00:14:52.379 --> 00:14:55.019
I like the company name, you know? Right. They

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- They're still number one to me. They're out

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there. There's a lot of tractors still out there.

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In fact, I brought this one. Yeah, we're looking

00:15:04.970 --> 00:15:10.889
at that right now. This is actually a 3020. It's

00:15:10.889 --> 00:15:14.970
just the one that I have as a collection. Back

00:15:14.970 --> 00:15:17.730
when my oldest son was born, I had a buddy of

00:15:17.730 --> 00:15:19.590
mine that told me you should get a tractor collection

00:15:19.590 --> 00:15:23.529
going for your son. Guess what? I bought him

00:15:23.529 --> 00:15:26.440
a few and I thought, Man, I like them for me.

00:15:27.059 --> 00:15:29.200
So guess what? Here's one of mine, you know?

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And look, I mean, this is mine now. Right? Well,

00:15:32.500 --> 00:15:34.600
watch this. I mean, who would have known? Look,

00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:37.480
the tires turn when you turn the steering wheel.

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It was made well. It's made in the USA. That's

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the best thing, you know? America. Yeah, but

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I have a lot of other toys that I have. Started

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collecting gender stuff back in 1988 a little

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bit at the end of 88. Yeah, but I Keep collecting

00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:03.419
them certain ones Well, not all of them because

00:16:03.419 --> 00:16:06.100
a lot of them are made in China and it's not

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because I have anything against it But I just

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think sometimes that the hurdle company should

00:16:11.320 --> 00:16:14.500
have kept them here in the USA 2003 is when they

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moved the whole company out there to China and

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Also, they moved it to Mexico to get them made

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there And it's cool, but nothing beats the only

00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:26.919
United States. It's always a... USA brand. Yes,

00:16:27.080 --> 00:16:30.259
yes. You know that it's always made well. Harley.

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Harley. I'm sorry, yeah. I'm sorry, Harvey, but

00:16:34.639 --> 00:16:38.899
yes. Yes, we'll never drive a Harley again. Not

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that I had one, but I'll never drive one. I think

00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:43.980
Harley's okay with you never driving it. That's

00:16:43.980 --> 00:16:46.379
fine. I'll take an Indian over a Harley any day.

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But you know, I'll say this, this much. What

00:16:50.300 --> 00:16:53.120
kid doesn't want to get on a tractor? You know

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what I mean? That's true. No, you're right. You're

00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:56.740
right. And up north, I'm going to tell you something

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else. During the fall, they have hay wagon rides.

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What's pulling that hay wagon? An old John Deere.

00:17:03.460 --> 00:17:05.900
An old John Deere. Or it could be an old farm

00:17:05.900 --> 00:17:08.660
hog, but it could be any tractor. But that's

00:17:08.660 --> 00:17:11.259
what you see up north. And then the other thing

00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:15.059
is, it's like I said, what kid won't ride an

00:17:15.059 --> 00:17:17.539
old tractor? I mean, once you get on it, it's

00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:19.599
like you're... It's like, it's cool, you know?

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But the other thing is, when you go look for

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old Christmas, or when you go to buy a Christmas

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tree up there, sometimes they give you a ride

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in the wagon. I mean, it's in the cold, it is.

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So you get bundled up, you get on, they have

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what he called straw laying around. You can basically

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sit on there and then, yeah, hay bale, and then

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you can get and... sit down enjoy the ride once

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you get back in to pay for your christmas tree

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that's when they they give you a hot chocolate

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just to enjoy it so yeah thank you for spending

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200 dollars the water costed a bunch right where'd

00:18:04.180 --> 00:18:08.269
you get the water from It's snowing? It's snowing?

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What do you think you came from, you idiot? Make

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sense, make sense. Why is mine yellow? Never

00:18:16.349 --> 00:18:20.430
mind, just drink it, it's lemonade. Out of your

00:18:20.430 --> 00:18:23.930
collection, Alex, the last time I saw your collection,

00:18:24.029 --> 00:18:26.809
yeah, quite a bit. I don't know, from the time

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that I went... The real tractors are the toys.

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Right. Both. Well, actually, I'm talking about

00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:33.220
the toys. I'm talking about the toys itself,

00:18:33.460 --> 00:18:36.079
the models you have. Yeah, I mean... What would

00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:39.380
you say is like one of your most prized possessions?

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Oh man, you know... You can't see your children.

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No. Through all my kids. Let me tell you guys,

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back in the day when I was growing up in Michigan,

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I remember Tonka was also a big name. Right.

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Well, my parents... bought me I'm gonna say it

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was probably 1973 something like that I have

00:19:12.140 --> 00:19:15.799
a blue dump truck that's made by the Tonka company

00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:17.859
and you could find them on the internet you know

00:19:17.859 --> 00:19:21.119
you could Google it they'll show you what it's

00:19:21.119 --> 00:19:23.440
about and you know it's got a little side thing

00:19:23.609 --> 00:19:26.670
The back box lifts up because the hydraulic is

00:19:26.670 --> 00:19:29.990
lifting it up, you know, right but uh with the

00:19:29.990 --> 00:19:36.309
john deer man, I would They had a 75 20 john

00:19:36.309 --> 00:19:40.109
deer toy Probably back in the day. It it could

00:19:40.109 --> 00:19:44.509
have ran 20 bucks now You'll be lucky to pay

00:19:44.509 --> 00:19:50.009
about 350 dollars. Yeah. Wow. I have listen I

00:19:50.009 --> 00:19:54.039
have about five of them and I He's donating one

00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:58.140
to the podcast. Yeah! Well, let me share this

00:19:58.140 --> 00:20:02.119
with you. Let me share this with you. I tried

00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:05.220
to hunt him down at a good price. So I know,

00:20:05.319 --> 00:20:08.180
I know what's, it's like one of these things.

00:20:08.299 --> 00:20:10.680
I'm going to say, eh, it's a little too steep

00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:13.920
right now. I think probably the lowest I would

00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:17.039
go is about 200, 200 and a half. But I have paid

00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:21.339
$150 for one, you know, for a few of them. That's

00:20:21.339 --> 00:20:24.140
how I look for them. But those, I started restoring

00:20:24.140 --> 00:20:27.299
one, but I've actually needed work on the rim.

00:20:27.339 --> 00:20:29.240
But the paint job, I've already repainted one.

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And when I get it together, I'll bring it so

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I could show you guys. But it's a big toy. It's

00:20:34.180 --> 00:20:35.980
a big toy. I mean, we'd love for you to send

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us a picture and we'll post it on our web page.

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Yeah, I can do that. It's going to take a little

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bit. Right now, I've had to, what I did is I

00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:46.819
painted the rims, the back rims, because they're

00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:50.559
metal. And then I also clear coat it like a car,

00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:53.660
you know So what I'm gonna do is actually sand

00:20:53.660 --> 00:20:55.960
it down and see if I can get a chemical to To

00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:57.720
get it back down and give because when I sprayed

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the over spray it bubbled up I'm kind of a perfectionist

00:21:03.349 --> 00:21:06.029
when I do stuff, so I like the ceramic tile when

00:21:06.029 --> 00:21:10.210
I lay tile. I can't help it, it's just in my

00:21:10.210 --> 00:21:14.230
jeans. I've seen the stuff he's done, man. As

00:21:14.230 --> 00:21:17.329
far as construction work, it's freaking amazing,

00:21:17.470 --> 00:21:21.490
man. He's done projects where he goes, I'm working

00:21:21.490 --> 00:21:23.809
with him in the orange box, and he would tell

00:21:23.809 --> 00:21:25.190
me, check this out, check this out, what's up?

00:21:25.250 --> 00:21:27.369
And he starts showing me, I'm like, oh, that's

00:21:27.369 --> 00:21:29.210
part of a park? Yeah, check it out, check it

00:21:29.210 --> 00:21:31.589
out. We did this, we did this, and we did. Oh,

00:21:31.589 --> 00:21:35.690
cool, man. Who helped you? Nobody. I'm like,

00:21:35.930 --> 00:21:38.109
what do you mean nobody? Nah, did it by myself.

00:21:38.589 --> 00:21:40.349
You did that whole section, the whole section,

00:21:40.470 --> 00:21:42.569
did the cuts, did this, did that, and like, sweet

00:21:42.569 --> 00:21:45.769
Jesus. Wow. It's just, you know, it's just something

00:21:45.769 --> 00:21:48.150
fun to do, and I mean, I don't know, I just,

00:21:48.630 --> 00:21:50.750
in a sense, I guess it's a passion that you have

00:21:50.750 --> 00:21:52.509
inside when you do it. And it's the same kind

00:21:52.509 --> 00:21:54.690
of passion I have for the John Deere. I like

00:21:54.690 --> 00:21:58.240
it, it's... My kid my oldest son likes it too

00:21:58.240 --> 00:22:00.740
as well. Okay, I think I'm a little bit more

00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:03.640
into it because you know, I didn't grow I mean

00:22:03.640 --> 00:22:08.059
I grew up Not really having these but now that

00:22:08.059 --> 00:22:11.519
I Started collecting them. Yeah, my parents didn't

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:13.900
buy me. But how much do you have? How many do

00:22:13.900 --> 00:22:19.819
you have? There's guys out there that probably

00:22:19.819 --> 00:22:22.720
have a close to three four maybe a thousand but

00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:26.799
their whole room is like shelves Right. I probably

00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:30.519
have about a hundred, yeah, you know. Modest.

00:22:31.660 --> 00:22:34.059
Modest connection. But, you know, it's like I

00:22:34.059 --> 00:22:36.180
said, I try to buy a maid in the USA if I can

00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:38.619
do it, if I can. Right. You know, and I mean,

00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:43.019
it's a cool toy. I really like it, you know.

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:46.700
You know, I can't help but think to myself that

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:48.799
maybe your son would be a little bit more into

00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:54.759
it if you gave him some of that. You know, I'm

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:56.539
glad you said that, but I will share this with

00:22:56.539 --> 00:23:01.059
you. My grandson's got some. It's because I give

00:23:01.059 --> 00:23:07.519
it to him. And your son goes, mine. This is mine

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:12.339
now? You know, what happened was I remember I

00:23:12.339 --> 00:23:15.920
left some John Deere stuff with my mom when I

00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:17.359
moved down here, and I thought, yeah, I'll just

00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:20.069
leave it here. Well, eventually they confiscated

00:23:20.069 --> 00:23:21.789
them. So who knows what they have and that's

00:23:21.789 --> 00:23:26.450
okay. I'm good with it It's my son. So hopefully

00:23:26.450 --> 00:23:29.210
he makes the right choices But some of these

00:23:29.210 --> 00:23:31.789
toys back in the day they would I'll give an

00:23:31.789 --> 00:23:34.670
example And it's like I'm gonna share with you.

00:23:34.670 --> 00:23:40.930
I do have an international toy It was off of

00:23:40.930 --> 00:23:46.029
a certain It was off of a certain run and it

00:23:46.029 --> 00:23:48.930
was there was like six of these toys made but

00:23:48.930 --> 00:23:51.990
the first one it was called the five millionth

00:23:51.990 --> 00:23:53.549
tractor and it's a real tractor if you look it

00:23:53.549 --> 00:23:56.589
up on google but when that started that toy was

00:23:56.589 --> 00:24:01.970
like 45 to 50 bucks i mean some dealerships probably

00:24:01.970 --> 00:24:04.809
sold it about 55 dollars well then made it to

00:24:04.809 --> 00:24:07.950
the urdle museum and it skyrocketed like a hundred

00:24:07.950 --> 00:24:09.829
and a half to two hundred dollars because it

00:24:09.829 --> 00:24:13.069
went in the museum as in other words as as a

00:24:13.069 --> 00:24:16.670
monument you know what i mean so i mean All they

00:24:16.670 --> 00:24:19.349
can do is go up more in value as time goes. That's

00:24:19.349 --> 00:24:23.309
all. But I do have a few John Deere tractors

00:24:23.309 --> 00:24:28.190
that are like that. I have a 3010 back in 1994

00:24:28.190 --> 00:24:32.470
when I bought it. And it's at a toy show that

00:24:32.470 --> 00:24:36.789
I went to. And that, I think that's going for

00:24:36.789 --> 00:24:38.630
a few hundred bucks anyways, you know. But it's

00:24:38.630 --> 00:24:41.519
like I said, it's the rare T. There's not too

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:44.839
many especially that come in a box. The box also

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:47.980
makes the value of the tractor as well. But if

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:49.859
I didn't have the box, I'll take the tractor

00:24:49.859 --> 00:24:52.019
as well. You know what I mean? It's good to have.

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:56.000
They go for that price because people are demanding

00:24:56.000 --> 00:25:01.579
it too. There's a demand for that. Yeah, I mean

00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:04.880
the other thing I do is I restore old pedal tractors

00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:08.619
I have yes, I have pedal tractors that I've restored

00:25:08.619 --> 00:25:10.339
I wish I could have brought one in here, but

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:14.000
I really don't have anything done But yes, I've

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:20.180
brought them I took it an old Picture once yeah

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:23.039
from the 1970s it was the first one that has

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:29.240
a yellow band in front of the the hood I restored

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:31.359
one of those for a friend of mine. I restored

00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:34.079
two like that. Oh, they come out of Mackinac.

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:37.039
Man, I tell you what, it's beautiful. And it

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:40.339
just comes from back from the old junk yard and

00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:42.480
you bring it back, it looks like it's brand new,

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:46.299
right? Rolling out the showroom. So it's kind

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:48.599
of cool. It's kind of cool to do that, to look

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:50.980
back at that and say, man, I can't believe that

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:53.160
I did that. Next thing you know, it's like, wow.

00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:57.329
But I mean, that's it. There again, I'm very

00:25:57.329 --> 00:25:59.569
passionate and doing that because I enjoy it.

00:25:59.690 --> 00:26:04.089
I enjoy it so I've watched videos on YouTube

00:26:04.089 --> 00:26:06.650
of people bringing these these old tractors back

00:26:06.650 --> 00:26:11.029
to life and I Know it's I know it's you know

00:26:11.029 --> 00:26:12.670
can seem like that But it seems like you know

00:26:12.670 --> 00:26:14.509
with very little effort especially the diesel

00:26:14.509 --> 00:26:17.029
motors you just put a little bit of work into

00:26:17.029 --> 00:26:20.049
them You get them back up and running again real

00:26:20.049 --> 00:26:22.670
good. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Now the other thing

00:26:22.670 --> 00:26:26.660
is once There's a lot of ideas that I would love

00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:29.200
to say but this I'll tell you one of the ideas

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:32.400
that I would like to do is if we can get this

00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:36.319
John Deere club started I Would love to have

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:39.259
maybe once a year. I'll restore a pedal tractor

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:44.759
and basically In other words for the club, you

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:47.000
see what I mean? Right to let the club make money.

00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:50.589
So in other words A club, you're always gonna

00:26:50.589 --> 00:26:53.789
have people serving food. Well, it costs money.

00:26:53.950 --> 00:27:02.849
All that costs money. Drinks, well, Cokes, Pepsi's,

00:27:02.849 --> 00:27:06.690
water. If you decide to do hamburgers, well,

00:27:06.910 --> 00:27:09.109
it's like I said, all costs money, but what I'd

00:27:09.109 --> 00:27:12.109
like to do is eventually get a pedal tractor

00:27:12.109 --> 00:27:15.099
and restore it and then, you know. raffle it

00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:18.119
off. There you go. Just to help the club out,

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:20.640
but that would be something that would be kind

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:23.460
of cool to do, you know. Well, have you tried

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:26.319
reaching out to any of the John Deere, the John

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:28.299
Deere company, or like the John Deere store here

00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:31.359
in Westlaco? I did, the one at Mission, but so

00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:34.059
far, I mean, they never got back with me, but

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:37.220
it's okay. This beating that we got going on

00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:41.769
the 22nd, I hope to get... I mean, I would love

00:27:41.769 --> 00:27:44.029
to tell you that I'd like to get four maybe five

00:27:44.029 --> 00:27:47.170
tractors out there I'm gonna I am gonna take

00:27:47.170 --> 00:27:52.109
two out there my 430 and the 435 John Deere I

00:27:52.109 --> 00:27:54.609
have another guy that's gonna bring one or maybe

00:27:54.609 --> 00:28:00.250
two and if we can get People to go out there

00:28:00.250 --> 00:28:03.809
and let this thing grow then I'm gonna say yes,

00:28:03.809 --> 00:28:07.869
you know We have something to work with, you

00:28:07.869 --> 00:28:11.410
know. That's what I'm trying to do. I don't want

00:28:11.410 --> 00:28:14.250
to do it in the beat of the summer because it's

00:28:14.250 --> 00:28:16.950
way too hot here. It's way too hot. I think I

00:28:16.950 --> 00:28:19.549
would like our meetings to be like in October.

00:28:20.210 --> 00:28:22.009
Somewhere in October, it could be between the

00:28:22.009 --> 00:28:25.250
1st and the 20th or so. During the harvest season.

00:28:25.910 --> 00:28:30.759
Not a bad time. Then it's like the livestock

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:33.599
show they got it going on this month as well

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:39.220
So in other words guess what if we could have

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:41.759
it I kind of figured maybe the 22nd might not

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:46.640
be a bad day so but hopefully people will come

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:49.240
out and maybe we can get some people to join

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:52.279
the club and even if they don't have a John Deere

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:54.099
well, I mean it'd be cool to have club members

00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:58.599
and Well, they bought a tractor why not, you

00:28:58.599 --> 00:29:02.359
know, yeah You can I mean you can never tell

00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:04.740
anybody. Hey, you can't buy one I mean I bought

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:07.599
a few so yeah, the possibilities are endless

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:12.220
If you get like a like, you know a store to sponsor

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:15.140
it or something like a tractor supply something

00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:19.339
like that I'm sure like bring vendors out there,

00:29:19.339 --> 00:29:21.859
you know, actually sell the actual vehicle not

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:23.779
sell the actual vehicle, but something to do

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:27.160
with to do with the actual John Deere itself,

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:29.059
you know, go out there and try to sell the product

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:30.640
off of their store, even if it's a family -owned

00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:32.539
business, just to go out there and do it also,

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:34.920
you know, take advantage of that, you know, that'd

00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:36.920
be something pretty cool. Also, like, you know,

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:39.299
anybody that has, like, operates the, you know,

00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:41.299
the cord maze, you know, they could have the

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:44.119
Hayrides, you know, have a classic John Deere

00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:46.319
pole, you know, pull the wagon, you know, something

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:48.220
like that, yeah. There's a lot of things you

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:51.299
guys could do with having a John Deere club or

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:57.670
so, and it's like I said, I hope our... I just

00:29:57.670 --> 00:30:00.849
hope it goes good. I'm hoping the best. You should

00:30:00.849 --> 00:30:04.180
try reaching out to the John Deere clubs. The

00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:07.380
northern part, northern part of Texas. The sad

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:10.039
thing about it, Texas is so big, it's a long

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:12.759
drive. Right. Well, they don't have to show up.

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:17.920
They wouldn't be cool if they brought a few down

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:21.579
here from up north. You know, San Antonio's not

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:24.119
too far, Corpus is not really that far, but...

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:26.759
Who knows how many people in that area would

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:28.500
have an old John Deere they would bring down

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:31.460
to show, you know? You never know. I mean, some

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:33.900
do do that though. Some people, I've seen them

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:35.740
when I was in Michigan. I've seen tractors from

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:39.480
Ohio and Indiana and Wisconsin and they show

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:43.119
up. Plus, we're ignoring a pretty big market

00:30:43.119 --> 00:30:48.900
of John Deere, and that's Mexico too. John Deere

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:53.380
is very popular in Mexico. Anything reaching

00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:58.519
out to any clubs that might exist in Mexico would

00:30:58.519 --> 00:31:01.920
probably help out too. We're just trying to spread

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:13.589
the word on this. They only made 4 ,600 of that

00:31:13.589 --> 00:31:15.869
tractor and they didn't run it for a full year.

00:31:16.289 --> 00:31:18.269
They ran it for like six months, I'm thinking.

00:31:18.869 --> 00:31:23.549
So the thing is John Deere took that tractor

00:31:23.549 --> 00:31:26.910
besides Moline and they moved it to Monterrey,

00:31:26.910 --> 00:31:30.650
Mexico to get made there. So would it be cool

00:31:30.650 --> 00:31:33.250
to find an old tractor that's on there that says

00:31:33.250 --> 00:31:35.369
John Deere, Mexico? Oh, I'd love to have one.

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:42.960
Yeah, our one that says Moline in Mexico But

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:47.460
Yeah, guys, I mean I'm just I'm trying to start

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:51.940
this and hopefully people respond I mean It'd

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:54.660
be great to have this thing grow and I mean there's

00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:57.339
a lot of things like I said that I would love

00:31:57.339 --> 00:32:02.619
to see happen here I don't really want to touch

00:32:02.619 --> 00:32:05.839
on this, but I will mention maybe a museum Pretty

00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:09.380
cool, you know, I mean the only museum that I

00:32:09.380 --> 00:32:12.880
know is up north in Illinois and I mean here

00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:16.039
It would be cool to have a museum John Deere

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:19.140
why? Because you have a lot of winter Texas that

00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:21.940
come down to they would come to see this You

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:25.539
know, it's something for them to say wow look

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:29.019
at that, you know, but the other thing People

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:31.380
from Mexico la gente de Mexico wanna you got

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:34.039
and I mean it would be cool You know, I mean,

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:37.660
there's a lot of people that work agriculture

00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:40.579
over there. I mean, yeah. And then our people

00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:43.119
that are in the state of Texas, I mean, they

00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:45.019
could come from Laredo, they could come from

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:47.839
Corpus, they could come from... San Antonio,

00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:51.140
you know? I mean, it could be Dallas as well,

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:53.440
you know? Yeah, that's true. The point is that

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:55.680
there are a lot of John Deere fans everywhere,

00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:58.920
especially in Texas. I'm sure that they wouldn't

00:32:58.920 --> 00:33:01.440
mind coming together if they found out that there

00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:05.779
was a show of some kind. I mean, I see something

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:09.900
like that. If we as a people here in the Valley

00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:12.539
could ever put a museum up, it would run itself.

00:33:13.610 --> 00:33:18.170
Listen, it would create jobs. Sure. And I mean,

00:33:18.289 --> 00:33:20.049
that would be the awesome thing, you know? Yeah,

00:33:20.049 --> 00:33:22.650
that's true. Yeah. Maybe they may let me work

00:33:22.650 --> 00:33:25.170
there and maybe pass some water on. I don't know.

00:33:25.390 --> 00:33:27.789
As I get older, I'm going to retire. Well, before

00:33:27.789 --> 00:33:29.869
we go into that bashing walk, we got to give

00:33:29.869 --> 00:33:57.819
a shout out to our... Come back here with Alex

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:59.980
Alex just real quick question. Do you have a

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:07.839
Facebook dedicated to the gender club but Think

00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:10.139
what I'd like to do is see how many people react

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:12.880
to this and if so, then maybe we will do that

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:14.940
You know, I think I think it's a good idea. I

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:16.599
think you know bringing that up. I think it's

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:19.079
a real good idea Yeah, you know just just to

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:22.119
get the ball rolling Yeah, but just just to see

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:24.500
what's gonna happen the 22nd. It's like I said,

00:34:24.760 --> 00:34:26.719
hopefully there'll be people to come out and

00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:30.440
enjoy and I Would love to tell you I'd like to

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:33.239
have 10 characters, but we're starting so, you

00:34:33.239 --> 00:34:38.369
know, we got to start somewhere Just feel that

00:34:38.369 --> 00:34:40.329
it ain't gonna go and that's why I'm taking the

00:34:40.329 --> 00:34:43.250
time and the effort to go out and do this now

00:34:43.250 --> 00:34:46.090
what I've been doing I know I didn't share with

00:34:46.090 --> 00:34:57.070
Mark or you but to San Benito and started putting

00:34:57.070 --> 00:34:59.269
up, now it's kind of hard because not everybody

00:34:59.269 --> 00:35:02.690
allows you to put a poster on it. It's really

00:35:02.690 --> 00:35:07.329
hard. Listen, I tried going into like a Denner

00:35:07.329 --> 00:35:08.889
General and I thought well there's a lot of people

00:35:08.889 --> 00:35:13.409
that come through here. There's been a few, AutoZones,

00:35:14.010 --> 00:35:20.349
O 'Reilly's has been pretty cool, some McCoys.

00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:28.599
and I mean just go go to any freaking you light

00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:34.260
post it just good old you know staple boom boom

00:35:34.260 --> 00:35:36.440
there you go but and then run like the wind yeah

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:39.619
well it's been kind of hard it really is cuz

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:45.320
just print free on there yeah as long as they

00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:50.500
say free it's for me But I went to San Benito

00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:54.019
and I went mission and I've tried to get as much

00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:58.280
as I can out there. And I've had a few call and

00:35:58.280 --> 00:36:00.480
there's, you know, I've had a few people such

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:03.340
as how thank you Mark and thank you buddy for.

00:36:03.829 --> 00:36:06.789
It sponsored on Facebook to get the get it out

00:36:06.789 --> 00:36:09.110
and actually thank you guys for having me here

00:36:09.110 --> 00:36:30.349
because it's an honor to be here I mean No, but

00:36:30.349 --> 00:36:32.630
so you're putting those flyers out. So I mean,

00:36:32.630 --> 00:36:35.949
it's hard. It's hard There's some people kind

00:36:35.949 --> 00:36:38.309
of look at you and say no we don't do that and

00:36:38.309 --> 00:36:41.070
It's something simple. It's something actually

00:36:41.070 --> 00:36:43.349
innocent that we just it's a tractor club. Where

00:36:43.349 --> 00:36:44.809
are you gonna go wrong with it? You know, yeah,

00:36:45.170 --> 00:36:48.090
but I've been out to a few feed stores and I

00:36:48.090 --> 00:36:51.750
had one guy from North McKellips said leave it

00:36:51.750 --> 00:36:54.750
there and I had somebody else's mission on What

00:36:54.750 --> 00:36:57.269
was it, Conway? Yeah, leave it there, you know,

00:36:57.389 --> 00:37:01.070
and we'll see what happens. And all I can do

00:37:01.070 --> 00:37:02.849
is see what happens. I've had a few respond,

00:37:03.030 --> 00:37:06.630
and then there's some barbecue places, you put

00:37:06.630 --> 00:37:09.469
them up there, maybe a few days later they'd

00:37:09.469 --> 00:37:12.389
probably rip it down, but it's okay. I think

00:37:12.389 --> 00:37:17.070
sometimes Facebook is actually good, and the

00:37:17.070 --> 00:37:20.110
internet's awesome, so it's endless. Was your

00:37:20.110 --> 00:37:25.619
boyfriend calling? Maybe. My girl business. What's

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:29.039
up, buddy? What are you going to say? It's my

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:32.519
brother. He wants to know where I am. Is today

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:35.139
your birthday, buddy? Yes, it is. Oh, my gosh.

00:37:35.239 --> 00:37:38.820
Today is this ugly thing's birthday. Yes. It

00:37:38.820 --> 00:37:41.000
is? You're lying. It's your brother's birthday.

00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:42.420
No, it's my brother's. No, it's your birthday?

00:37:42.619 --> 00:37:45.139
Oh, really? Are you kidding me? Are you serious?

00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:50.000
Swear on your right leg. You can look. I would

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:53.550
never swear on my right leg, man. My right leg

00:37:53.550 --> 00:37:55.869
is pressing too hard. Or happy birthday to you,

00:37:56.010 --> 00:37:59.110
buddy. Why say something? I just said something,

00:37:59.349 --> 00:38:01.929
dude. Jesus Christ. Ladies and gentlemen, this

00:38:01.929 --> 00:38:04.869
is not only the John Deere episode. It's Chu's

00:38:04.869 --> 00:38:07.690
birthday episode. Jesus Christ. Say something,

00:38:08.130 --> 00:38:10.489
dude. I was kind of hoping to avoid this. No,

00:38:10.489 --> 00:38:12.849
no, no, no. It's happening now. Alex, take off

00:38:12.849 --> 00:38:18.860
your shirt. We're going hard. It's on now. Help

00:38:18.860 --> 00:38:24.619
me with this. Show him your side job. Well, I

00:38:24.619 --> 00:38:28.360
can tell you now he's got the right hat on. Alright.

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:37.079
You can leave your boots on. Happy birthday buddy.

00:38:37.179 --> 00:38:39.420
How old? I don't know what I'm talking about.

00:38:39.579 --> 00:39:08.579
Come on. I'm 46. Oh my God! I'm so young 41 You

00:39:08.579 --> 00:39:15.079
can watch. No, happy birthday. Happy birthday.

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:20.699
First of all. Alex, I wanna take away your swa

00:39:20.699 --> 00:39:22.780
here, but I'm gonna say happy birthday to my

00:39:22.780 --> 00:39:26.199
buddy here. Thank you for being on the podcast

00:39:26.199 --> 00:39:28.980
with us and with me each time you come on, man.

00:39:29.219 --> 00:39:31.400
I appreciate everything you do every time you

00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:33.719
come in here, man. And the judgmental things

00:39:33.719 --> 00:39:36.280
you say to me, I love it too, because it corrects

00:39:36.280 --> 00:39:38.000
me around my way, even though I hate your guts,

00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:40.340
but I love you, buddy. You love it when it hurts.

00:39:40.340 --> 00:39:44.079
Yes, it does. I love pain. You love the pain.

00:39:44.239 --> 00:39:52.219
Be quiet Alex, don't say damn words. It's between

00:39:52.219 --> 00:40:04.940
you two. Well, happy birthday, buddy. I'll make

00:40:04.940 --> 00:40:14.199
sure to make a big old Like a screenshot that

00:40:14.199 --> 00:40:28.219
perfect Yeah, man, but I know pretty flyers out

00:40:28.219 --> 00:40:31.679
there it's tough man, you know in going to different

00:40:31.679 --> 00:40:42.079
locations You don't want somebody to yell at

00:40:42.079 --> 00:40:43.719
you to say hey, what are you doing? You can't

00:40:43.719 --> 00:40:49.099
put those on here, you know You know you have

00:40:49.099 --> 00:40:51.480
to be apologetic and say hey You don't mind if

00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:53.719
I it's because we're trying to start a John Deere

00:40:53.719 --> 00:40:58.179
Club, right? They're all for it, but it's it

00:40:58.179 --> 00:41:01.670
has a challenge it really does I didn't have

00:41:01.670 --> 00:41:06.030
a chance to go to Rio Grande or to Penitas and

00:41:06.030 --> 00:41:10.190
to La Jolla and maybe to Roma because I would

00:41:10.190 --> 00:41:12.989
love to go all the way from Roma all the way

00:41:12.989 --> 00:41:17.289
to Brownsville. I got close to Brownsville. I

00:41:17.289 --> 00:41:19.969
got to San Benito. There's a few areas that I

00:41:19.969 --> 00:41:24.360
didn't put the fires at but For the first time,

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:26.960
I guess, let's just see what happens. And it's

00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:28.619
like I said, the second time around is going

00:41:28.619 --> 00:41:30.940
to be in October. So can I just go ahead and

00:41:30.940 --> 00:41:32.619
send you a lot of mileage, dude, and just tell

00:41:32.619 --> 00:41:35.480
you, put it on TikTok. Yeah, that's the best

00:41:35.480 --> 00:41:39.400
way. Just put it on TikTok. That's probably going

00:41:39.400 --> 00:41:41.159
to be something that I'm going to need help with

00:41:41.159 --> 00:41:44.239
because. I'm not a TikToker. No, no, no. Just

00:41:44.239 --> 00:41:47.159
get any eight -year -old walking by. There you

00:41:47.159 --> 00:41:48.719
go. I mean, he's going to teach me something.

00:41:49.039 --> 00:41:50.840
Exactly. Tell your grandson, he'll do it for

00:41:50.840 --> 00:41:55.699
you. There you go. Yeah, yeah, you know. But

00:41:55.699 --> 00:41:58.360
there again, you know, guys, going into an old

00:41:58.360 --> 00:42:01.280
hardware store, I mean, I put it in McCoy's.

00:42:01.460 --> 00:42:05.510
I had a phone call from a guy. Yeah, my buddy

00:42:05.510 --> 00:42:08.130
seen the, what do you call it, sign. All of a

00:42:08.130 --> 00:42:09.469
sudden, he called me up and he goes, hey, you

00:42:09.469 --> 00:42:11.630
know, they're trying to try to, they want to

00:42:11.630 --> 00:42:13.849
start a John Deere club. What do you think? He

00:42:13.849 --> 00:42:15.309
sent him a picture of the flyer, I'd imagine.

00:42:15.429 --> 00:42:18.230
And next thing you know, I get a phone call and

00:42:18.230 --> 00:42:22.170
met a guy that has, you know, that he has, I

00:42:22.170 --> 00:42:25.309
think, what, 36 years working for John Deere.

00:42:26.110 --> 00:42:28.409
And his wife had 40 years. The sad thing is his

00:42:28.409 --> 00:42:31.110
wife passed away a few weeks ago. So it's a shame.

00:42:32.089 --> 00:42:34.409
But it was nice to hear from him, and I told

00:42:34.409 --> 00:42:36.570
him, hey, hopefully we'll meet. The meeting's

00:42:36.570 --> 00:42:39.130
going to be the 22nd. And that's like I said,

00:42:39.230 --> 00:42:40.809
there's going to be all kinds of people, all

00:42:40.809 --> 00:42:42.889
interested kind of people that are going to show

00:42:42.889 --> 00:42:46.030
up, hopefully. Let's see what happens. That's

00:42:46.030 --> 00:42:48.050
all I can say. Yeah, man. All power to you, man.

00:42:48.150 --> 00:42:49.670
Hopefully it works out. Yeah, I hope it does

00:42:49.670 --> 00:42:52.329
work. Something that, like I said, when you have

00:42:52.329 --> 00:42:54.469
it all set up, set and done. I think you sent

00:42:54.469 --> 00:42:57.030
me a flyer, right, also? I did, I did. I'll make

00:42:57.030 --> 00:42:58.409
sure. I wasn't sure if I should put that. Did

00:42:58.409 --> 00:43:00.610
you crumble that up and throw it away? No, I

00:43:00.610 --> 00:43:04.800
didn't. Oh, I'm sorry. I got more. You see what

00:43:04.800 --> 00:43:07.699
you did? You see what you did? And then more

00:43:07.699 --> 00:43:11.599
recyclable stuff I got put away. No, you know,

00:43:11.820 --> 00:43:14.480
we'll help you push forward on something like

00:43:14.480 --> 00:43:18.059
that, man. It's something different as far as

00:43:18.059 --> 00:43:20.539
for the better. Not only that, more family oriented.

00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:23.500
I think for me, you know, it's something that

00:43:23.500 --> 00:43:25.760
growing up, you know, I understand what you're

00:43:25.760 --> 00:43:27.320
saying about, you know, checking those stuff

00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:29.760
out when you're a kid. I'll share with you guys

00:43:29.760 --> 00:43:32.099
this, you know, I didn't want to have something

00:43:32.099 --> 00:43:34.719
for the first time event. And all of a sudden

00:43:34.719 --> 00:43:37.579
not really have anything to hand out. Right.

00:43:37.739 --> 00:43:41.739
You know what I mean. Right. So, right now, I

00:43:41.739 --> 00:43:44.119
went ahead and bought a popcorn machine. There

00:43:44.119 --> 00:43:46.480
you go. For sure. There's going to be popcorn.

00:43:46.800 --> 00:43:49.880
I bought a commercial popcorn machine and probably

00:43:49.880 --> 00:43:52.059
come tomorrow or maybe Monday. I'll probably

00:43:52.059 --> 00:43:54.860
go pick up the popcorn. Now before the event,

00:43:54.860 --> 00:43:56.920
probably a Thursday or Friday, I'm going to set

00:43:56.920 --> 00:43:59.719
it up at my house and pop popcorn one batch to

00:43:59.719 --> 00:44:01.280
see how it goes. I'm sure it will go good because

00:44:01.280 --> 00:44:05.280
that's everybody you want. You want to party.

00:44:05.420 --> 00:44:10.000
You get Milo's kettle corn. It's a block party.

00:44:10.300 --> 00:44:11.719
You want you want you want people they're going

00:44:11.719 --> 00:44:17.320
to go by and check out these tractors. down the

00:44:17.320 --> 00:44:19.679
road here's what I'd like to do let me get back

00:44:19.679 --> 00:44:23.800
to what I was telling you guys so there again

00:44:23.800 --> 00:44:28.300
I talked to a guy from HVB and another person

00:44:28.300 --> 00:44:31.219
a few people that want to help out I kind of

00:44:31.219 --> 00:44:33.400
figured maybe we could have hot dogs you know

00:44:33.400 --> 00:44:35.940
writing extravagant but it won't take long to

00:44:35.940 --> 00:44:42.340
do Basically have water coax or whatever, you

00:44:42.340 --> 00:44:45.360
know, right? So it's mainly for kids. I mean

00:44:45.360 --> 00:44:47.300
don't get me wrong Good else can eat popcorn

00:44:47.300 --> 00:44:49.900
and eat a hot dog. Why not? Enjoy the day so

00:44:49.900 --> 00:44:52.420
That's kind of where I'm at with this but down

00:44:52.420 --> 00:44:55.019
the road It's like you guys would probably agree

00:44:55.019 --> 00:44:57.159
that hey, wouldn't it be cool to have somebody

00:44:57.159 --> 00:45:01.840
that does barbecue? You know have another words

00:45:01.840 --> 00:45:03.920
have a company out there and let them go ahead

00:45:03.920 --> 00:45:06.530
and there's There's the catering right there.

00:45:06.829 --> 00:45:08.929
Right, right. If he can figure out a price, maybe

00:45:08.929 --> 00:45:11.150
sloppy joes, you know. There you go. You know,

00:45:11.170 --> 00:45:13.489
something simple, but something that, hey, people

00:45:13.489 --> 00:45:15.090
are going to say, hey, that's a good little meal,

00:45:15.090 --> 00:45:18.889
you know. Or you can also get local vendors to

00:45:18.889 --> 00:45:22.389
do that. Yeah, I mean, this whole thing, guys,

00:45:22.590 --> 00:45:25.150
it can also create jobs because these guys, you

00:45:25.150 --> 00:45:28.789
know, there's a lot of wagons out here that are

00:45:28.789 --> 00:45:31.789
food trucks that would show up to that. If we

00:45:31.789 --> 00:45:33.670
can get something like that, that would be awesome

00:45:33.670 --> 00:45:37.539
to do. I think the best way to go about starting

00:45:37.539 --> 00:45:41.519
something like the John Deere Club, get yourself

00:45:41.519 --> 00:45:45.860
informed with like, for instance, next year for

00:45:45.860 --> 00:45:48.179
Fresco. Fresco will actually, well this year,

00:45:48.360 --> 00:45:49.940
I believe it starts in September or August? September.

00:45:50.280 --> 00:45:53.480
September. You know, the little spots they give

00:45:53.480 --> 00:45:55.039
you are not that expensive. Right, right, right.

00:45:55.980 --> 00:45:59.019
Bring out some of your stuff to to model everything

00:45:59.019 --> 00:46:01.840
right and then you know have a sign -up sheet

00:46:01.840 --> 00:46:04.119
Hey look if you want to sign up so and so let's

00:46:04.119 --> 00:46:09.880
have you get some little caps I can show you

00:46:09.880 --> 00:46:13.260
where you get real good deals in the caps sure

00:46:13.260 --> 00:46:15.260
and you know eventually people are gonna say

00:46:15.260 --> 00:46:18.940
hey man I'm part of this club That's another

00:46:18.940 --> 00:46:20.639
thing I didn't touch on but it's a good idea

00:46:20.639 --> 00:46:24.159
mark that I would love to do too as you know

00:46:24.159 --> 00:46:28.579
as well as You know, but here we go again, you

00:46:28.579 --> 00:46:31.119
know, it has to start off with something and

00:46:31.119 --> 00:46:33.519
I gotta see how many people are gonna react to

00:46:33.519 --> 00:46:38.280
that. If I take $800 to $1 ,000 and invest it,

00:46:38.500 --> 00:46:40.360
guess what, I'm stuck with the merchandise and

00:46:40.360 --> 00:46:42.199
this and that, you know what I mean? So one of

00:46:42.199 --> 00:46:44.699
the things, this is what I thought of, well,

00:46:44.940 --> 00:46:46.559
I went ahead and bought the popcorn machine,

00:46:46.619 --> 00:46:50.320
but I thought, well. If somebody needed a popcorn

00:46:50.320 --> 00:46:52.500
machine, for example, if you have a party or

00:46:52.500 --> 00:46:55.000
so and you want a popcorn machine I'm coming

00:46:55.000 --> 00:46:59.519
out to pop popcorn for you. How's that? Machines

00:46:59.519 --> 00:47:01.380
there. All we got to do is just go buy the popcorn.

00:47:01.440 --> 00:47:05.039
Right, right, right, right So I mean it'll be

00:47:05.039 --> 00:47:09.420
used it may not be used quite a bit But hey,

00:47:09.579 --> 00:47:12.059
you could have a you know a few events and then

00:47:12.059 --> 00:47:15.340
we have popcorn. Like I said, I mean something

00:47:15.340 --> 00:47:18.440
like those those those outdoor events that they

00:47:18.440 --> 00:47:20.260
have, you know. So they have here, here in Wessico

00:47:20.260 --> 00:47:21.840
they do quite a bit. They do one at the eatery,

00:47:21.880 --> 00:47:24.400
they do here, one actually right here out those

00:47:24.400 --> 00:47:27.340
windows through the Texas Boulevard. They have

00:47:27.340 --> 00:47:30.199
Fresco, the Onion Fest, stuff like that. And

00:47:30.199 --> 00:47:32.539
the spots that they offer during Fresco are really

00:47:32.539 --> 00:47:35.679
not, you wouldn't be... I'm not gonna say you'd

00:47:35.679 --> 00:47:37.920
be wasting money. It's not a really waste of

00:47:37.920 --> 00:47:39.559
money only reason why is because it's giving

00:47:39.559 --> 00:47:42.699
you exposure You know something that I always

00:47:42.699 --> 00:47:45.280
thought maybe we can try doing it one year, but

00:47:45.280 --> 00:47:47.199
you know the thing is that you know You're gonna

00:47:47.199 --> 00:47:49.420
be out there. You're in the heat. You got a little

00:47:49.420 --> 00:47:56.079
canopy little table So you know slowly but surely

00:47:56.079 --> 00:47:58.059
yeah, and that's kind of one of the reasons why

00:47:58.059 --> 00:48:00.920
I figure maybe the month of March like we're

00:48:00.920 --> 00:48:03.320
right right now or maybe October to have another

00:48:03.949 --> 00:48:08.230
want to try this again and this time now that

00:48:08.230 --> 00:48:10.690
you guys said tick -tock well yeah tick -tock

00:48:10.690 --> 00:48:13.010
it but I'll still get out and meet people and

00:48:13.010 --> 00:48:14.570
you know that's what I've been doing actually

00:48:14.570 --> 00:48:18.329
is meeting people that I've already probably

00:48:18.329 --> 00:48:21.710
passed out 40 flyers. Let me give you an idea

00:48:21.710 --> 00:48:25.030
Alex just do you have a tripod something like

00:48:25.030 --> 00:48:26.230
like what I have right there where the cameras

00:48:26.230 --> 00:48:29.190
are at? No. Okay what you want to do Big shout

00:48:29.190 --> 00:48:32.750
out to Five Below, by the way. Five Below, get

00:48:32.750 --> 00:48:34.590
yourself one of these. If you ever have a cell

00:48:34.590 --> 00:48:37.630
phone, get yourself a TikTok account. You go

00:48:37.630 --> 00:48:41.110
outside and work on your tractor, click live.

00:48:41.570 --> 00:48:43.369
And just let it go. You don't have to look at

00:48:43.369 --> 00:48:45.190
the questions or answer, just start working on

00:48:45.190 --> 00:48:48.239
it on camera. I guarantee you, people are gonna

00:48:48.239 --> 00:48:50.000
start watching and they're gonna start looking

00:48:50.000 --> 00:48:51.579
slowly. They're gonna pass, what are you doing

00:48:51.579 --> 00:48:54.159
John? Oh shit, he's working on John Deere. Once

00:48:54.159 --> 00:48:56.219
in a while, try to count, hey guys, I'm working

00:48:56.219 --> 00:48:58.019
on this John Deere. See what's wrong with it,

00:48:58.079 --> 00:49:00.159
blah, blah, blah. And as soon as you release

00:49:00.159 --> 00:49:02.800
that content, it's gonna grow. People are gonna

00:49:02.800 --> 00:49:04.219
start talking about it. And then when you go

00:49:04.219 --> 00:49:06.840
live, people are gonna jump on it ASAP. And you

00:49:06.840 --> 00:49:10.469
know, you start. rolling that big ball of twine

00:49:10.469 --> 00:49:12.389
until it gets so huge. That would be something

00:49:12.389 --> 00:49:15.389
cool to do at a meeting or at a tractor pull.

00:49:15.929 --> 00:49:18.070
But yeah, I think that'd be really cool. I mean,

00:49:18.150 --> 00:49:20.829
like I said, you could do it in your own backyard.

00:49:21.289 --> 00:49:24.650
That's the way it works. I've done TikToks where

00:49:24.650 --> 00:49:28.969
I'm setting up. This I'm by myself or you can't

00:49:28.969 --> 00:49:31.570
make it I'm doing it on my own I'll turn on put

00:49:31.570 --> 00:49:33.329
on tick tock and I'm like setting up this or

00:49:33.329 --> 00:49:35.230
like that and I'll look at you guys are just

00:49:35.230 --> 00:49:36.530
sitting at the podcast You know, we'll have any

00:49:36.530 --> 00:49:38.369
questions. Let me know and I'm saying up and

00:49:38.369 --> 00:49:40.230
people start asking what kind of podcast is all

00:49:40.230 --> 00:49:41.630
these kind of podcast It is and all that good

00:49:41.630 --> 00:49:46.460
stuff That's why Chu brought up the great answer

00:49:46.460 --> 00:49:50.460
for you is doing through TikTok. You can only

00:49:50.460 --> 00:49:59.960
do so much face to face though. just here in

00:49:59.960 --> 00:50:02.539
invalia it's going to reach outside texas out

00:50:02.539 --> 00:50:05.840
of the u .s out worldwide that's awesome you'd

00:50:05.840 --> 00:50:08.579
be surprised at who's a fan of tiktok now like

00:50:08.579 --> 00:50:10.960
like my provider you know she she's older than

00:50:10.960 --> 00:50:13.719
me she's all over tiktok yeah man she will not

00:50:13.719 --> 00:50:19.380
leave me the fuck alone with tiktok here i am

00:50:19.380 --> 00:50:29.809
watching tv Like I said, I admire you for doing

00:50:29.809 --> 00:50:31.570
all the footwork and everything and wanting to

00:50:31.570 --> 00:50:33.849
hand out flyers and stuff. But I mean, if you

00:50:33.849 --> 00:50:36.090
really want to start something rolling, get the

00:50:36.090 --> 00:50:38.829
ball rolling. You need to get as many eyeballs

00:50:38.829 --> 00:50:42.130
on it as once. You're doing what we call back

00:50:42.130 --> 00:50:44.730
then the hustle. That's the hustle. I was doing

00:50:44.730 --> 00:50:47.909
the hustle. I'm not talking about the dance,

00:50:47.969 --> 00:50:51.110
I'm talking about the actual hustle. Now if you

00:50:51.110 --> 00:50:53.869
do the actual dance on the top. Look at that,

00:50:53.889 --> 00:50:58.159
I forgot it. I forgot the moves. You wanna join

00:50:58.159 --> 00:51:03.980
the club? But yeah, it's like most of some of

00:51:03.980 --> 00:51:06.400
the artists that we have on our show, they do

00:51:06.400 --> 00:51:09.820
that. They used to go out, sell the CDs in person.

00:51:09.940 --> 00:51:12.119
Hey, this is my music. Now everything's done

00:51:12.119 --> 00:51:16.860
by TikTok, Facebook, Instagram. You had a cuter

00:51:16.860 --> 00:51:20.980
CD now, like what is this? Is it downloadable?

00:51:21.500 --> 00:51:26.599
No, but you know, that's something you might...

00:51:26.670 --> 00:51:30.969
want to step into and it's it's trust me it'll

00:51:30.969 --> 00:51:33.030
it's gonna brighten your horizon so much you're

00:51:33.030 --> 00:51:37.409
like holy shit yeah i go i can really put myself

00:51:37.409 --> 00:51:39.789
out there the only reason why we say tiktok is

00:51:39.789 --> 00:51:43.530
the the not to take away from any other uh platforms

00:51:43.530 --> 00:51:48.269
but the copyright laws as far as like you showing

00:51:48.269 --> 00:51:50.909
a John Deere out there, they won't be as rough

00:51:50.909 --> 00:51:53.369
as like if you tried doing it on Instagram, on

00:51:53.369 --> 00:51:57.969
Facebook, you know. You have people that work

00:51:57.969 --> 00:52:00.809
on cars on Facebook, they work on motorcycles

00:52:00.809 --> 00:52:04.070
on Instagram, but they shadow out what kind of

00:52:04.070 --> 00:52:09.449
vehicle it is. on Instagram. Really? Yeah. Interesting.

00:52:09.730 --> 00:52:11.929
Yeah. I don't know who the hell that is. You're

00:52:11.929 --> 00:52:15.829
an idiot. Fuck. I know who you're talking about.

00:52:16.969 --> 00:52:20.110
Justin Timberlake. Oh, really? Yeah. There we

00:52:20.110 --> 00:52:23.710
go. But stuff like that, I mean, that would be

00:52:23.710 --> 00:52:27.510
a great addition to pushing out. your club out

00:52:27.510 --> 00:52:30.349
there and that'd be awesome. When you have club

00:52:30.349 --> 00:52:33.190
meetings, just turn on your TikTok and let it

00:52:33.190 --> 00:52:35.170
run while you're having a meeting. So that'd

00:52:35.170 --> 00:52:39.030
be the best way to go. Like I said, you really

00:52:39.030 --> 00:52:41.250
want to get the club rolling, then that's the

00:52:41.250 --> 00:52:43.269
best way to get as many eyes. That's probably

00:52:43.269 --> 00:52:44.690
what we're going to have to do. We never become

00:52:44.690 --> 00:52:47.889
a podcast. We become information. We're information

00:52:47.889 --> 00:52:50.190
here. Are we wonderful or what? Are we your best

00:52:50.190 --> 00:52:52.130
friends? Do we just become best friends? We're

00:52:52.130 --> 00:52:57.670
best friends. We're boyfriend. What? No, no.

00:52:58.630 --> 00:53:02.329
Anyways, but first of all, I want to say. Thank

00:53:02.329 --> 00:53:03.929
you for coming on the show, man. We appreciate

00:53:03.929 --> 00:53:05.730
you coming out, taking the time to come and talk

00:53:05.730 --> 00:53:07.650
on the mic with us, be on camera. I know you're

00:53:07.650 --> 00:53:09.130
used to that. Why don't you give us your Facebook?

00:53:20.030 --> 00:53:22.510
I think you're right. I probably should make

00:53:22.510 --> 00:53:29.690
a joke. The problem is I have a photo on there

00:53:29.690 --> 00:53:34.409
and it's showing me laying like brick. If you

00:53:34.409 --> 00:53:36.769
look under there, it's probably going to say,

00:53:36.769 --> 00:53:42.849
here. Give me a second. Hold on. We have internet.

00:53:44.650 --> 00:53:48.570
Hang on, Alex. Hang on by the thread, Alex. Hang

00:53:48.570 --> 00:53:51.989
on by the thread. You got 30 seconds, Alex. Well,

00:53:53.769 --> 00:53:56.190
I don't know. Is that camera there? Your camera's

00:53:56.190 --> 00:54:00.289
right there. There you are, right there. OK.

00:54:00.809 --> 00:54:04.260
Anyways, it's good to see Alex. If you school

00:54:04.260 --> 00:54:06.880
on it, it's gonna say went to carmen high school

00:54:06.880 --> 00:54:09.400
from flint michigan lives in mckellen from front

00:54:09.400 --> 00:54:12.500
michigan That's that's kind of how to find me,

00:54:12.599 --> 00:54:16.539
but okay If you do decide to start a facebook

00:54:16.539 --> 00:54:19.539
or tiktok, let us know we'll we'll broadcast

00:54:19.539 --> 00:54:23.440
it out on our socials We'll put it on on tiktok

00:54:23.440 --> 00:54:25.199
and all that good stuff. You do start tiktok.

00:54:25.219 --> 00:54:27.760
Let me know Yeah, so I can I can link it i'll

00:54:27.760 --> 00:54:29.139
share it and link it off to other people so you

00:54:29.139 --> 00:54:33.179
can check it out alex man, it's Been a blast

00:54:33.179 --> 00:54:37.219
the passing. Yes. I know I know we work together

00:54:37.219 --> 00:54:40.320
At the orange box for a couple of years together

00:54:40.320 --> 00:54:41.960
and that was a long time ago. I don't want to

00:54:41.960 --> 00:54:56.159
tell you how many years I was here I got a different

00:54:56.159 --> 00:54:59.809
job. I'll say like this I work for the City of

00:54:59.809 --> 00:55:01.030
McAllen, and I'll leave it at that. There you

00:55:01.030 --> 00:55:02.889
go. Big shout out to the City of McAllen out

00:55:02.889 --> 00:55:05.150
there. Hiring great workers out there, especially

00:55:05.150 --> 00:55:07.329
this guy right on his top notch, man. You want

00:55:07.329 --> 00:55:08.989
things done right. Are you going to take his

00:55:08.989 --> 00:55:11.409
offer and go work for the City of McAllen? No,

00:55:11.409 --> 00:55:13.949
I am actually happy where I'm at. I already told

00:55:13.949 --> 00:55:18.110
you this. I refuse to talk about that. You could

00:55:18.110 --> 00:55:20.650
get away with so much money. You could get away

00:55:20.650 --> 00:55:25.809
with murder. No, I cannot, maybe. Maybe. Bloody,

00:55:25.809 --> 00:55:29.469
bloody murder. Bloody, dirty murder. But anyways,

00:55:29.630 --> 00:55:31.469
no, seriously, in all thoughts, man, thank you

00:55:31.469 --> 00:55:33.230
so much for coming out. We appreciate you together.

00:55:33.849 --> 00:55:36.070
Thank you guys for having me. Thank you for...

00:55:36.119 --> 00:55:38.440
trying to get and help me get this this thing

00:55:38.440 --> 00:55:40.280
started because i didn't call my buddy mark and

00:55:40.280 --> 00:55:43.059
i asked him i said man i said here's what i got

00:55:43.059 --> 00:55:45.179
mark and he says well let me see what i can do

00:55:45.179 --> 00:55:47.420
he's made a few little commercials i think was

00:55:47.420 --> 00:55:49.559
cool some of the guys at work i showed he goes

00:55:49.559 --> 00:55:51.940
man who did that he goes now mark did my buddy

00:55:51.940 --> 00:55:57.880
from from the hd so yeah but uh cool i mean uh

00:55:58.079 --> 00:56:00.159
Man, I can't tell you how much I thank you guys.

00:56:00.360 --> 00:56:02.980
I really do. I hope it grows. That's all I can

00:56:02.980 --> 00:56:09.139
do, Mark. You know how I am. I'm pretty passionate

00:56:09.139 --> 00:56:11.739
about the things I do. That's probably why I'm

00:56:11.739 --> 00:56:15.500
so crazy when I lay tile. I'm very passionate.

00:56:15.699 --> 00:56:18.960
I want it done a certain way, and when I focus

00:56:18.960 --> 00:56:21.420
it, that's it. That's exactly who I am. And it's

00:56:21.420 --> 00:56:23.019
kind of the same thing here. I want to focus

00:56:23.019 --> 00:56:26.019
on this. Hopefully people that you know have

00:56:26.019 --> 00:56:28.719
a good heart. It's like you said family oriented,

00:56:28.840 --> 00:56:30.420
right? Hopefully they'll join this hopefully

00:56:30.420 --> 00:56:35.420
they'll join this because You know, it's if I

00:56:35.420 --> 00:56:38.579
want it to be a family thing You know, I don't

00:56:38.579 --> 00:56:41.719
I don't mean to say in a rude way But not something

00:56:41.719 --> 00:56:43.559
where people are just gonna go out drink beer

00:56:43.559 --> 00:56:46.800
drink beer We don't really need that right, you

00:56:46.800 --> 00:56:48.980
know, right I just want it to be a family thing,

00:56:48.980 --> 00:56:54.099
you know, and hopefully that this will take off

00:56:54.010 --> 00:56:57.150
and grow. It will. It will. Just give it time.

00:56:57.269 --> 00:57:00.130
Like I said, baby steps. And we will try our

00:57:00.130 --> 00:57:02.789
best to push it along the way. Thank you, buddy.

00:57:02.969 --> 00:57:05.190
I know you're doing your best for me. So man,

00:57:05.289 --> 00:57:06.650
I appreciate it. Like I said, once again, thank

00:57:06.650 --> 00:57:09.590
you so much. Thank you, buddy. Any last words

00:57:09.590 --> 00:57:12.349
you want to say to the public out there? Support

00:57:12.349 --> 00:57:16.110
us. I mean, I'll be honest with you. It's something

00:57:16.110 --> 00:57:18.809
that I didn't think that I was going to do. I

00:57:18.809 --> 00:57:22.639
really didn't. And I thought, well... I'm getting

00:57:22.639 --> 00:57:24.619
a little older and I thought you know if I don't

00:57:24.619 --> 00:57:27.239
do this I'll never know if it's gonna take off

00:57:27.239 --> 00:57:30.500
or not My thing is I would love for something

00:57:30.500 --> 00:57:33.000
like this to take off and let the public see

00:57:33.000 --> 00:57:35.519
what we're all about Having a John Deere club

00:57:35.519 --> 00:57:38.119
and let's see what happens. Let's see what happens

00:57:38.119 --> 00:57:41.860
Like I said, man, thank you so much and hope

00:57:41.860 --> 00:57:44.239
nothing but blessings come your way and this

00:57:44.239 --> 00:57:46.800
thing takes off We'll see you. We'll see you

00:57:46.800 --> 00:57:50.800
next time. Thank you. All right guys we Episode

00:57:50.800 --> 00:58:29.860
was this stuff 235 I think yeah sure Hopefully

00:58:29.860 --> 00:58:32.500
things go great for Alex man pushing this club

00:58:32.500 --> 00:58:35.639
man. Hope it goes a long way Next week. Ladies

00:58:35.639 --> 00:58:38.820
and gentlemen is gonna be another good one. This

00:58:38.820 --> 00:58:49.019
will be the last episode. Well, actually no Next

00:58:49.019 --> 00:58:52.280
week, we are interviewing, once again, but this

00:58:52.280 --> 00:58:56.199
time, Chu's gonna be there, hopefully, Mr. Pete

00:58:56.199 --> 00:58:59.360
Capella, voice actor of Silver Shining from the

00:58:59.360 --> 00:59:01.760
Sonic series. It's going to be on the two new

00:59:01.760 --> 00:59:03.960
podcast next week. So schedule up here and he

00:59:03.960 --> 00:59:06.420
may change his mind at the last minute. Sorry

00:59:06.420 --> 00:59:10.920
guys, super busy. Sorry. No, great guy, man.

00:59:11.360 --> 00:59:14.480
Met him personally, man, at a convention. And

00:59:14.480 --> 00:59:16.519
the guy, the guy's awesome, man. Great interview

00:59:16.519 --> 00:59:18.739
we had with him last time. I can't wait to interview

00:59:18.739 --> 00:59:20.199
him this time around because he's got a lot more

00:59:20.199 --> 00:59:23.860
things going on in his, in his area. You don't

00:59:23.860 --> 00:59:26.710
think you spoke to Carlos Farrell? Let's not

00:59:26.710 --> 00:59:29.369
talk about cars right now. I'm still kind of

00:59:29.369 --> 00:59:36.969
sick because But uh Other than that, uh the following

00:59:36.969 --> 00:59:40.030
week after that guys there will be no podcast

00:59:40.030 --> 00:59:44.389
live podcast elite but on monday You are going

00:59:44.389 --> 00:59:47.989
to see a short film clip only 30 minutes long

00:59:47.989 --> 00:59:52.659
of the family who? Going on vacation I'm gonna

00:59:52.659 --> 00:59:54.679
try to do as much as I can and do a small clip

00:59:54.679 --> 00:59:57.000
for you guys on Howard Little Vacation. It will

00:59:57.000 --> 01:00:00.840
be up in San Antonio. Oh, San Antonio. San Antonio,

01:00:00.920 --> 01:00:03.340
it's gonna be an interesting one. So lock in

01:00:03.340 --> 01:00:06.300
those dates and then on the month of May. We

01:00:06.300 --> 01:00:09.860
got Rashlyn coming back to the podcast. It's

01:00:09.860 --> 01:00:12.059
going to be good guys. She's going to take another

01:00:12.059 --> 01:00:16.760
beating again. We'll talk about that later. Ladies

01:00:16.760 --> 01:00:18.019
and gentlemen, thank you once again for joining

01:00:18.019 --> 01:00:21.539
us. We'll see you Tuesday 7 30 p .m. Once again

01:00:21.539 --> 01:00:24.039
here on Facebook live. Hopefully the new studio.

01:00:24.519 --> 01:00:26.440
Maybe not sure, but I know for April. It better

01:00:26.440 --> 01:00:28.099
be good. I'm tired of waiting for this thing.

01:00:28.400 --> 01:00:31.099
It will be a brand new studio. It's going to

01:00:31.099 --> 01:00:33.380
be great. It's going to be wonderful. It's huge.

01:00:33.760 --> 01:00:40.159
So huge. Huge. Huge. Remarkable. So, Chu, any

01:00:40.159 --> 01:00:43.829
last words, everybody? She thinks my tractor's

01:00:43.829 --> 01:00:46.110
sexy. Oh, God, I better shut this off quick before

01:00:46.110 --> 01:00:48.409
he goes in. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for

01:00:48.409 --> 01:00:50.130
signing us off, too. I've been dreaming. All

01:00:50.130 --> 01:00:52.610
right, we will see you next week, Tuesday, September

01:00:52.610 --> 01:00:55.409
3, on Peek -A -Bow. Peace out. Until next time.

01:00:55.630 --> 01:00:56.070
Bye, everybody.