1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,240 It's the Terrible at Fishing Radio show on Cold Country Radio. 2 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:10,840 Here's your fishing expert and host, Michael Rafino. 3 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:15,240 Oh, welcome back to Terrible at Fishing for This Week. 4 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:20,040 This week has been crazy. 5 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:25,800 My wife and I, we've been riveted, just like most of you probably, to what's happening 6 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:27,560 in Southern California. 7 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:36,160 So our thoughts, our prayers, are with everyone down in Southern California. 8 00:00:36,160 --> 00:00:41,800 What's happening down there, and I'm recording this on Thursday, still at 0% containment. 9 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:47,840 We are off the phone with a friend of ours, and many of our friends have lost their homes 10 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:49,600 in Altadena. 11 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:55,640 We moved here from Los Angeles, and I'll tell you a story of why we moved. 12 00:00:55,640 --> 00:01:05,520 Five years ago, five years ago, was really the straw that broke our camel's back. 13 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:16,400 There was a fire called the Tick Fire, and we lived in Canyon Country over by Santa Clarita. 14 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:23,480 That morning was like every other morning's beautiful, and I went bird watching. 15 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:27,480 And then the kids wanted to go to the public library in Valencia, so we went over to the 16 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:32,040 putt, we took the family over to the public library. 17 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:37,520 And while we were in there, a friend of mine called and says, Mike, there's a fire heading 18 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:40,400 over to your house. 19 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:42,040 And I go, no, there isn't. 20 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:46,720 I was just bird watching this morning, and then we did a bird walk. 21 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:47,720 It was beautiful. 22 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:48,720 There's no fire. 23 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,360 And he goes, oh, there's a fire. 24 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:57,440 And so we stepped outside of the Valencia library, and we looked over, and there was 25 00:01:57,440 --> 00:02:01,440 a big plume over approaching our home. 26 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,920 So we left the kids at the library. 27 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:07,200 They were old enough, don't worry. 28 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:15,560 And Kathy and I, we went driving to our home, and we lived on San Canyon. 29 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:25,080 And by the time we got there, roads were blocked, and so we kind of meandered our way in, and 30 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:29,840 I got out of the car, and I ran up the hill. 31 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:32,240 Fire was all around. 32 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:39,320 I was about 15 feet from walls of fire that were way taller than I can imagine. 33 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:48,480 I ran in to get our pets, and my cat, my dog, I didn't want them to burn to death. 34 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:55,800 So I got out, and the cat jumped out of my arms, but I still had the dog, and a neighbor 35 00:02:55,800 --> 00:03:03,960 pulled up, and I got in his car, and he got me out of there down the hill to my wife. 36 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:11,400 And I was, you know, we were worried. 37 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:16,600 Homes were being burned all around us, and I looked at my wife, and I said, look, it's 38 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,520 just stuff. 39 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:21,880 It's just stuff. 40 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:28,040 And you know, all those people down there that are losing their homes and have lost their 41 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:31,440 homes, I mean, they're great. 42 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:38,080 I'm actually very, very happy that only five people have lost their lives, but as of this 43 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:46,040 moment, it's sad that five people lost their lives. 44 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:53,680 We have a lot of friends down there, obviously, and friends put us up in their home for a 45 00:03:53,680 --> 00:04:03,840 few days until the fire was controlled and extinguished at the tick fire, and homes around 46 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:05,480 us were destroyed. 47 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:07,320 Our house was not. 48 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:10,440 It was a lot of smoke damage. 49 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:13,160 A lot of smoke damage. 50 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:21,360 Took a lot to clean it up. 51 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:28,400 You know, what's happening is it does bring back memories. 52 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:35,080 You know, it wasn't the only fire that we survived, but it was definitely the closest. 53 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:44,000 Next door neighbor in a house was completely leveled, and it was our wake-up call. 54 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:50,640 You know, Southern California, you get a lot of fires because there's no rain, and it's 55 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:53,600 just dry vegetation. 56 00:04:53,600 --> 00:05:04,560 Although around our home, we had a large, like hundreds of yards, of ice plant, which 57 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:12,160 was a really, is a really good barrier, by the way, but, I mean, embers and flames, they 58 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:17,960 jump it and we're hitting neighbors' homes. 59 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:29,800 To be honest, you know, even in my poor health, I was stupid to run up that hill. 60 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:32,080 I mean, I couldn't breathe. 61 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:39,440 I could barely see where I was going, and I couldn't breathe. 62 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:43,520 I just wanted to, I mean, I forgot all my pills, you know. 63 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:50,160 To be honest, I just wanted to save my animals. 64 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:58,160 I didn't think about grabbing any stuff besides my animals. 65 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:09,280 And my cat, we were able to find my cat weeks later, and she just recently passed away last 66 00:06:09,280 --> 00:06:15,200 year, but she did real good. 67 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:25,520 And the, it was really, that was the straw, was the fires. 68 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:35,880 And I know a little bit of how many of these people feel, and when I got to my wife, got 69 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:52,640 to our car, she was upset, and I was just grateful, you know, that we worked home, and 70 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:53,920 we were all safe. 71 00:06:53,920 --> 00:07:01,440 And when it comes down to, you know, this type of event in one's life, you count your 72 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:03,520 blessings. 73 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:09,360 And that day I counted my blessings. 74 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:12,960 I was, I smelled like a fire. 75 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:22,400 I mean, it was, it was crazy. 76 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:31,640 And what those people are going through down in Los Angeles right now, and it is just stuff. 77 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:35,720 You know, I know it's memories, and I know it's this and that. 78 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:39,240 I know. 79 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:42,480 But it's just stuff. 80 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:46,400 And that's what I kept telling my wife. 81 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:56,320 And we can replace stuff, you know, and memories do not go away. 82 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:57,320 They just don't. 83 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:01,480 In fact, memories become more precious to us. 84 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:04,320 They grow in value. 85 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:10,200 Yeah, you don't have a catalog of it anymore. 86 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:12,640 But you have the memories. 87 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:22,040 And I hope our friends and all those people down in LA, nice thing about my face is that 88 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:25,560 we come to each other's aides. 89 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:31,360 And I know emergency shelters have already been set up down in Los Angeles. 90 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:38,680 And evacuations and our friends in the, in our faith are taking care of one another right 91 00:08:38,680 --> 00:08:39,680 now. 92 00:08:39,680 --> 00:08:41,920 I mean, because we're on the phone with them. 93 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:45,960 And everybody's taking care of everybody right now. 94 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:48,160 They are not going without a bed. 95 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:53,920 They're not going without a food, without food. 96 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:59,120 We, you know, in our faith, we rebuild each other's homes. 97 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:05,680 And we take care of each other, you know, and our neighbors. 98 00:09:05,680 --> 00:09:07,400 And our neighbors, of course. 99 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:12,600 I mean, but faith first. 100 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:21,000 So I, you know, I spent, you know, the opening segment talking about the fires down in Los 101 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:22,000 Angeles. 102 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,640 And we're working Santa Monica. 103 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:32,600 So the Pacific Palisades in that area were customers of mines and Malibu and, and Brent 104 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:40,280 Wood and, and that area, Bel Air, believe it or not. 105 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:46,280 And I knew a lot of movie stars, a lot of television stars, a ton of, I mean, hundreds 106 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:48,960 and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of them. 107 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:51,280 I mean, and Sparks Stars and stuff like that. 108 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:55,720 I mean, and I've been to their homes and I've delivered stuff. 109 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:57,320 I've helped them hook up stuff. 110 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:06,160 I've done a lot of stuff down in that area that is now gone, is now gone. 111 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:12,120 And you don't understand, people don't understand. 112 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:14,880 You think about Pacific Palisades. 113 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:20,280 It sounds really cool, but, and it does, it's pretty cool. 114 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:23,480 But those people have owned their homes for 50, 60 years. 115 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:27,160 They don't have a lot of money. 116 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:29,720 And they, you know, their homes are paid off. 117 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:32,040 They're living on social security. 118 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:35,360 These are just normal people like you and me. 119 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:41,400 I mean, some are rich, some aren't, but most are not. 120 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:43,600 They're just most are not. 121 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:58,640 So fortunately, you know, the people I know in my faith is they're helping each other. 122 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:06,840 And they are so consumed right now with taking care of our brothers and sisters. 123 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:15,280 Hopefully, you know, similar support systems are set up for everybody, but I know that 124 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:22,560 the ones that I know have lost their homes, they're being taken care of, but they're sad 125 00:11:22,560 --> 00:11:27,400 and devastated, but it is just stuff. 126 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:31,440 I know. 127 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:32,840 I know. 128 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:33,840 I know. 129 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:39,040 I have a, you know, I don't know what, you know, what it's going to look like in 24 hours 130 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:43,960 when you guys listen to this. 131 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:49,160 Pretty sure it'll still be burning down. 132 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:55,240 And there's just no, you know, right now there's just really no control. 133 00:11:55,240 --> 00:12:01,040 So, but we will get back to, you know, some of the news events of this week besides the 134 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:02,040 fires. 135 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:11,440 We're going to talk about a challenge that was put upon me this week. 136 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:15,160 And I'll tell you how that went. 137 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:21,360 As you listen to this show, I'm going to tell you where I'm going to be because I pre-record 138 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:22,360 my shows. 139 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:23,760 I don't know if you knew that. 140 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:25,760 You probably did. 141 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:33,400 So, I pre-record my shows and I try to push this off till Thursday because of what's happening 142 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:35,760 in Los Angeles. 143 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:45,600 And you know, the heart, you know, that we're seeing in the people down there too is phenomenal. 144 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:55,240 The news reports are enrapturing, but I don't want, you know, you watch so much negative 145 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:58,960 it will affect you. 146 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:05,560 And it brings back the fire that I, you know, that we had around our house five years ago. 147 00:13:05,560 --> 00:13:08,560 And it was just five years ago. 148 00:13:08,560 --> 00:13:14,720 Again, that was, my wife, my wife looked at me, you know, after I got back in the car 149 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:20,040 and we were staying at our friend's house who put us, our whole family up, five of us. 150 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:29,920 They put our whole family up and, you know, she goes, we got to leave. 151 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:32,160 We got to leave. 152 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:35,160 We're moving. 153 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:40,360 I go, well, it says one way or another, okay, you know, if we go back in our house isn't 154 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:41,360 there, we're moving. 155 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:44,480 But our house was still there. 156 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:47,760 We just cleaned it up and sold it. 157 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:52,280 And then we moved up here to Klamath Falls where happened to be five years ago. 158 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:54,720 They were having all these wildfires. 159 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:56,760 We were dying. 160 00:13:56,760 --> 00:14:02,160 I was like, I thought we were leaving it. 161 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:03,920 I remember five years ago. 162 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:06,040 It was crazy. 163 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:11,040 Northern California and around here we were just, we had fires and we were, we couldn't, 164 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:13,520 it felt like we, it was our fault. 165 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:15,960 That organ was on fire. 166 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:19,320 We moved up here and there was fires and it was, it's our fault. 167 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:29,520 Oh, when we drove out of Santa Clarita, there were fires and in our rear view mirror were 168 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:41,160 just plumes of smoke and Valencia was on fire and it just made us happy that we were leaving. 169 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:45,960 So in our next segment, we won't talk about the fire. 170 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:47,200 We're going to talk about other stuff. 171 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:53,920 So I want you all to stay tuned because I know that 15 minutes was bad. 172 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:56,640 The next 15 minutes is going to be more fun. 173 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:57,640 See you in a few minutes. 174 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Call 541-238-6989 or visit goldcountryradio.org. 185 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:49,720 Gold Country Radio, your message, heard locally and beyond. 186 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:52,200 The terrible official radio show. 187 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:55,120 Michael's got the secrets and now you know. 188 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:59,600 If you can't line your cast just find Gold Country Radio. 189 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:04,960 Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back to terrible at fishing. 190 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:09,000 Now I am doing some work right now in my studio. 191 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:15,960 I make fishing lures and arts and crafts and stuff like that. 192 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:17,920 I do a lot of art. 193 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:23,320 And so that little humming that I'm going to hopefully post-production get rid of, you 194 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:25,800 know, it will disappear. 195 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:28,480 But it's a humming. 196 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:33,120 Hey, what do I want to talk to you about? 197 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:35,280 Let's talk about the challenge. 198 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:43,640 So a few days ago, I see on Facebook, sidelines pizzeria. 199 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:45,520 You guys know sidelines? 200 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:49,640 So it's over on Main Street. 201 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:54,320 And they posted this thing called the wall of flame. 202 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:55,880 Now I didn't know sidelines. 203 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:58,240 I never go in there practically. 204 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:01,040 My daughter likes the pizza there. 205 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:05,680 But so I saw the wall of flame. 206 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:09,080 We go now every place I've ever gone in. 207 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:12,280 Now I'd known where there was a wall of flame. 208 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:14,280 I am on it. 209 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:15,280 All right. 210 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:21,240 I was raised with hot food and it was, you know, it's nothing. 211 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:24,840 You know, it's not like it would affect me like it does everybody else. 212 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:34,080 I don't have, you know, the exit like everybody else or the entrance of anybody else. 213 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:39,600 So I posted on Facebook says, ah, piece of cake. 214 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:41,360 Or should I say chicken wings? 215 00:17:41,360 --> 00:17:45,160 Because their challenge was chicken wings. 216 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:49,200 And so they replied, come try. 217 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,520 And so my son and I were out for a walk. 218 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:55,760 Because I live just above downtown Washington Street. 219 00:17:55,760 --> 00:18:00,720 And so in the, you know, in the, you want a heights. 220 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:06,240 And so my home was like 110 years old and trying to figure out, you know, who built the home 221 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:07,880 because I want to name it. 222 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:13,200 And I cannot find, even at the assessor's office, I couldn't find any information on 223 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:16,240 who built this home. 224 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:18,920 So I needed to just keep asking. 225 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:23,960 I went to the museum, I went to the library, I've gone online. 226 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:24,960 I know. 227 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:33,160 So anyway, Russell and I, my son, we were walking around and coming up and we were, I was going 228 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:36,040 to take him to lunch at Amy's for a burger. 229 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:38,360 They got good burgers at Amy's. 230 00:18:38,360 --> 00:18:40,080 But we were walking by sidelines. 231 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:45,000 I go, oh, I looked at my boy. 232 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,800 I says, we got to go in here. 233 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:52,840 So we walked inside and I took, and I looked at the wall of flame. 234 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:54,520 Wouldn't that many people on it? 235 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:57,040 A couple dozen. 236 00:18:57,040 --> 00:18:59,320 And I saw asked her, I said, what is this thing? 237 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:00,920 Wall of flame. 238 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:08,000 She goes, well, she says, you got to eat 10 chicken wings in seven minutes with a five 239 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,640 minute burn time. 240 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:12,880 I go, well, that ain't much. 241 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:16,800 She goes, well, you know, a lot of people say that. 242 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:23,160 And I go, she goes, they're like two million Scovels. 243 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:25,680 And I looked at her, I says, two million. 244 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:29,160 I go, the hot sauce I cook with is 15 million. 245 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:33,680 I go, I just had a million Scovels last week and I go, I was like, catch up. 246 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:35,160 I go, cook them up. 247 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:38,960 I said, cook them up. 248 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:47,520 So I did a live on my YouTube channel. 249 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:51,400 And I just had to. 250 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:54,080 I mean, I got challenged. 251 00:19:54,080 --> 00:20:02,080 I mean, my ability to take heat is nothing to be trifled with nor to be questioned. 252 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:04,960 And there was a wall of flame. 253 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:14,720 So, so I do a live, I take my camera over to the wall of flame and tell everybody what's 254 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:15,960 going to happen. 255 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:18,280 And they give you a T-shirt. 256 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:23,200 You know, if you succeed, they give you a T-shirt and they take your picture and they 257 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:26,960 put you on the wall of flame. 258 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:31,280 And I didn't know they gave me an ice cream bar too. 259 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:32,440 Afterwards. 260 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:40,160 So, every place that has a wall of flames got a stick. 261 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:42,400 There was one place in Sonor or Jamestown. 262 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:49,720 It was Jamestown, just south of Sonor in California and near Modesto, Jamestown. 263 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:53,160 There was a hot sauce spot and, you know, they had a wall of flame. 264 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:56,080 Of course, I got to get on the wall of flame. 265 00:20:56,080 --> 00:21:00,520 And so she, they have a disclaimer. 266 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:03,640 And on the disclaimer, it tries to scare you. 267 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:09,160 You may die, you know, you may go to the hospital, you may do, you know, it's just, yeah, they 268 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:10,400 try to scare you. 269 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:14,560 This place in Jamestown, it's probably not there anymore, because a long time ago, she 270 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:18,480 rings this like fire bell, bing, bing, bing, bing, bing, bing, bing. 271 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:19,640 And I go, what's that for? 272 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:25,600 She goes, well, I'm just telling the fire department what is about to happen. 273 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:28,160 She had this whole thing she played out. 274 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:31,240 Now, at sidelines, they got something similar. 275 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:35,120 They don't have a fire bell. 276 00:21:35,120 --> 00:21:41,240 What they do have is a flashing red light, you know, that police have on their cars. 277 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:43,880 They take out of their glove compartment, stick on their car. 278 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:47,560 Well, that's what this is, just a flashing red light. 279 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:57,840 And she puts it on the, after my disclaimer information, she puts this red light up on 280 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:01,280 the, on my booth. 281 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:03,080 And then she gives me gloves. 282 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:06,920 So I gotta have my gloves on because it's hot sauce. 283 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:08,040 I understand that. 284 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:10,840 You know, you don't want, you know, you don't want to touch your eye. 285 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:13,840 You got hot sauce. 286 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:14,840 All right. 287 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:19,200 You might as well go to the hospital right there and then. 288 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:23,640 And so she gives me my gloves. 289 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:27,400 And then she brings me my 10 chicken wings. 290 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:30,880 Now, I don't mind heat at all. 291 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:32,480 I really don't mind heat at all. 292 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:37,160 As long as it's flavorful, I love a sweet heat. 293 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:41,160 My hot sauce is a sweet heat. 294 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:42,720 Usually hickory. 295 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:44,520 It's got some fruitiness to it. 296 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:48,240 I mean, it's sweet, but it's powerful. 297 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:49,240 And I like that. 298 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:53,040 I like that a lot. 299 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:59,720 So she brings me this little basket of chicken wings by a son sitting there watching. 300 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:04,200 He knows, he knows dad. 301 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:07,480 And she goes, the timer's going to start when you take your first bite and you can't 302 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:11,560 leave anything on the bone and you can't use your hand to pick the meat off. 303 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:13,160 You got to use your mouth. 304 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:15,800 You know, you can't wipe your mouth. 305 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:25,240 You can't take a drink, you know, during this period of time of the challenge. 306 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:28,880 So I said, all right. 307 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:35,520 So this is all on a video on my YouTube channel, Terrible Efficient. 308 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:40,960 Sidelines, like pizzeria or bar and grill or whatever it's called, sidelines, you know, 309 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:43,480 down on Main Street. 310 00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:46,480 And so I start, you know, and there's a trick. 311 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:48,360 I will tell you, there is a trick. 312 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:50,360 I've never been timed before. 313 00:23:50,360 --> 00:23:56,200 You know, I can handle heat, but nobody ever really timed me before. 314 00:23:56,200 --> 00:24:03,920 And there is a trick and I will tell you that when you eat hot sauce or a pepper or something, 315 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:08,240 it doesn't get hot until you swallow. 316 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:13,080 So you need a chipmunk, this thing, or squirrel it, you know. 317 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:15,160 Pull it away in your cheeks. 318 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:19,240 So I'm just, you know, eating the meat off of all these bones. 319 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:23,640 I'm just storing it into my fat cheeks as much as I can. 320 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:25,080 And then you just got to chew it up. 321 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:32,240 And at that moment, when you swallow, then the heat's going to hit you. 322 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:37,400 So I probably do like three or four of these wings and store it up in my fat cheeks. 323 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:39,520 And then I swallow and I said, all right. 324 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:42,080 You know, it actually was very tasty. 325 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:48,080 I will tell you that if you do this challenge, you will, if you can handle heat, you will 326 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:49,840 enjoy the chicken wings. 327 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:54,200 You're just going to have a good time eating them because they are very delicious. 328 00:24:54,200 --> 00:25:02,440 It is a sweet, almost pineapple mango type of sweetness to the barbecue sauce that they 329 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:04,640 put on it. 330 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:08,240 They say it's two million Scoville's, but I will tell you one thing about Scoville 331 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:09,240 units. 332 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:15,880 There's no industry standard to Scoville units, none. 333 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:21,560 And so they could just say whatever they want. 334 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:28,600 That's two million, you know, 15 million, 500,000, whatever, you know, just pick it 335 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:32,080 out of the air, you know, it all depends on if you're a wuss, it's high. 336 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:35,560 If you're not a wuss, it's low. 337 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:45,400 So anyway, so I started eating all these wings and I can't take a drink like I just did with 338 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:47,200 my coffee. 339 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,560 My lips are burning. 340 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:52,880 I have a goatee, so it's like, you know, and it's all red. 341 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:55,840 My lips are burning. 342 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:57,680 All right. 343 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:01,280 And just because there were tears, it doesn't mean I was crying because I wasn't crying, 344 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:05,800 but you do tear up, your nose runs, stuff like that. 345 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:10,360 I was able to blow my nose, I just couldn't wipe my mouth. 346 00:26:10,360 --> 00:26:13,280 And I think they want your lips to burn. 347 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:17,000 That's why they didn't allow me to wipe my mouth. 348 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:26,120 But the, so I finished all 10 wings fairly, you know, within what, five and a half minutes 349 00:26:26,120 --> 00:26:27,120 or so. 350 00:26:27,120 --> 00:26:30,320 It was quite a bit of food, actually. 351 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:34,920 I thought it wasn't going to be that much food, but you know, it wasn't too bad. 352 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:43,560 And then as soon as I finished, to her satisfaction, she started the five minutes on the burn. 353 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:49,440 Now, this really was the hardest part because when you stop eating hot food, at that point, 354 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:54,160 you start feeling the hot eating of that food. 355 00:26:54,160 --> 00:27:04,880 So this five minutes is really the torture test for an individual to not hit a drink. 356 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:10,080 And she did allow me to wipe my mouth, but just not with a wet cloth. 357 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:12,040 I had to use napkins. 358 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:13,520 So it was still there. 359 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:19,800 But she had a big wet towel ready for me at the end of five minutes. 360 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:21,480 And you know, I did okay. 361 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:22,680 I mean, you watch the video. 362 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:28,640 I mean, there's some tearing, you know, some nose running, which happens with hot food. 363 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:31,240 I mean, I wasn't screaming. 364 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:32,400 I wasn't crying. 365 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:37,520 I wasn't, you know, oh my God, this is so, so hot. 366 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:40,120 Now I didn't do any of that. 367 00:27:40,120 --> 00:27:47,920 So these two older guys, they were at the bar and they, they, they'd seen a guy my size 368 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:54,760 talk, talk up his game and then die after two wings and start a sucking on the Cola 369 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:59,640 machine's ice dispenser. 370 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:01,840 So they were skeptics. 371 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:03,720 They were skeptics. 372 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:06,040 But you know, this is Michael Ruffino. 373 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:07,040 Yeah. 374 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:08,040 Mr. Heat. 375 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:10,040 I bring the heat. 376 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:11,040 He went to fishing. 377 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:12,560 I bring the heat. 378 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:16,640 So they, they were impressed. 379 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:22,400 They high-fived me these two older guys. 380 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:27,400 After the five minutes, you know, I was able to use that wet town, clean my beard off and 381 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:32,320 my lips and my lips were hot for like 10 minutes afterwards. 382 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:34,320 And he just called me hot lips. 383 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:36,440 You know, next time you see me, he got lips. 384 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:37,440 Yes, right. 385 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:40,120 It's because of sidelines. 386 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:43,240 And then I got this beautiful shirt, black shirt, said silence. 387 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:48,520 Because I survived the hot wings challenge or something like that. 388 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:52,040 And anyways, really nice shirt, t-shirt. 389 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:57,080 And she took a picture of me with my t-shirt, my ward. 390 00:28:57,080 --> 00:29:01,480 And I guess they'll print that picture one day and put it up on their wall of flame. 391 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:06,040 At the end of the year, she says, the thing about inviting everybody back that has survived 392 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:11,000 and do a championship challenge. 393 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,800 So piece of cake. 394 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:19,840 You know, there's only one, there's only one hot sauce, you know, that I can't endure 395 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:22,640 on that kind of level. 396 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:25,360 And that's a hot sauce called Mad Dog. 397 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:29,160 I use it in cooking, but you really can't use a lot of it. 398 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:33,120 Mad Dog is probably the meanest hot sauce I've ever had in my life. 399 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:36,120 And I've had a lot of hot sauces. 400 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:37,360 I mean, the bomb ain't that. 401 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:39,160 I mean, the bomb's just hot for hot. 402 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,200 Dave's Insanity is just hot for hot. 403 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:42,200 There's not tasty at all. 404 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,720 You know, there's just like a lot of vinegar and stuff. 405 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:47,480 It's not very good. 406 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:59,960 But so anyway, that's my challenge this week. 407 00:29:59,960 --> 00:30:03,080 Walking along Main Street enjoying the day. 408 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:11,200 When I get sucked into a restaurant and I have not broken my streak, I am on every wall 409 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:14,200 of flame I've ever stood in front of. 410 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:21,000 I mean, this, this, this, I mean, you ever watch Princess Bride? 411 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:24,600 Don't ever challenge a Sicilian. 412 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,960 Best seen in Princess Bride is the Sicilian one. 413 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:28,960 And that's me. 414 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:31,360 Although I didn't die. 415 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:33,600 That's the Sicilian died. 416 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:35,960 All right. 417 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,880 In the next segment, we're going to tell you where I'm at right now. 418 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:42,000 While you listen to this, I'm going to tell you where I'm at. 419 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:45,000 It's actually pretty cool. 420 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:49,040 Out in the backwoods under the stars. 421 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:53,000 I tuned in the radio from my old car. 422 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:57,000 Gold country radio on Friday night. 423 00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:01,320 Terrible at fishing, but it feels just right. 424 00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:03,360 Want to get your business noticed? 425 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:08,960 Sponsor a show on KKFO Gold Country Radio on 103.3 FM and create awareness through on-air 426 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:09,960 announcements. 427 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:15,200 Our online stream at goldcountryradio.org and our podcasts that live on forever. 428 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:19,040 Your message reaches a broad local audience while also targeting listeners who choose 429 00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:21,040 to tune in to the shows they love. 430 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:24,920 Plus, we promote your sponsorship across our website and social media. 431 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:28,520 For more information, email goldcountryradio at gmail.com. 432 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:34,320 Call 541-238-6989 or visit goldcountryradio.org. 433 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:37,960 Gold Country Radio, your message, heard locally and beyond. 434 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:40,600 The Terrible at Fishing Radio Show. 435 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:43,400 Michael's got the secrets and now you know. 436 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:48,160 You can't lie, your cast just find Gold Country Radio. 437 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:49,160 Welcome back. 438 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:50,160 Wow. 439 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:56,760 So, you know, first segment, I kind of depressed you, but you actually understand why I left 440 00:31:56,760 --> 00:32:04,240 California, born and raised in California, California for a state. 441 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:08,640 With geography, topography and everything, it offers everything to everybody. 442 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:14,560 The most beautiful islands to the lowest spot on earth in Death Valley. 443 00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:19,080 So, and the tallest peak, Mount Whitney. 444 00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:20,480 And I've been to all those places. 445 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:27,440 So anyway, we left because of the fires, our love and prayers to all those down there. 446 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:31,280 Now, where am I? 447 00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:32,280 Here you are. 448 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,200 You're listening to me on the radio. 449 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,240 I've prerecorded this. 450 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:43,120 I would be kind of fun to do a live broadcast one day and I want to. 451 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:46,720 But I'm not yet. 452 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:48,280 But I would love to do a live broadcast. 453 00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:52,000 Maybe Mike and I can figure out how to do that. 454 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,400 That would be a lot of fun. 455 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:57,960 Maybe by phone or something like that. 456 00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:02,120 So there's this entertainment place. 457 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:10,240 I know we have a family fun entertainment center here in Klamath Falls. 458 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:13,800 I had no idea. 459 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:18,560 Until fairly recently. 460 00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:21,600 And it's called the World of Archi. 461 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:22,600 I know. 462 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:23,600 I know. 463 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:27,280 I never heard of what Archi is. 464 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:36,440 But Archi is, I guess, a dragon themed thing. 465 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:39,840 Probably a card game or something like that. 466 00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:42,800 But anyway, John owns the World of Archi. 467 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:44,000 It's a family fun center. 468 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,440 It's over on Main Street. 469 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:50,560 And so that's where I am right now while you listen to this. 470 00:33:50,560 --> 00:34:01,160 Now the neat thing is about the World of Archi is that tonight, second Friday of every month, 471 00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:09,280 they invite local artisans and vendors, local vendors, into their fun center and they set 472 00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:10,640 up a table. 473 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:12,320 And they can sell their goods. 474 00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:19,600 All for nothing, at least at the moment. 475 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:21,760 And that's what I'm doing now. 476 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:37,280 So here at the World of Archi, it's 1111 Main Street, they do this to help local vendors 477 00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:38,920 sell their goods. 478 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:41,400 And I think that's a really nice thing. 479 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:43,640 You know, community radio is like that. 480 00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:51,280 You know, we help everybody to enjoy each other. 481 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:57,600 And anyway, John actually opened up his fun center on the second Friday of every month, 482 00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:00,360 four to nine, to do this. 483 00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:07,040 So there are other vendors here and they're all just share, you know, sell what they want. 484 00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:11,800 Now I do a lot of fishing stuff and crafts and art. 485 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:18,920 So if you want to see my art, well, that's, this is not a bad spot to do it. 486 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:19,920 To see it. 487 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:22,800 Or to buy it. 488 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:25,320 But I do a lot of other stuff too. 489 00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:32,920 And I will be making baits for the spring season here rather quickly because I have 490 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:38,880 to paint like hundreds of baits to do that. 491 00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:41,280 They're sold over at Lake of the Woods. 492 00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:47,280 And this year I'm going to focus a lot on finesse, very small hard baits. 493 00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:54,760 You'll catch a bunch with my hard baits and my soft baits and my spinners. 494 00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:58,640 I'll catch a lot of stuff. 495 00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:07,320 Now the neat thing too, he does here, he has what's called a family night too. 496 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:10,320 And he does that. 497 00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:14,720 He's going to have a family night on Tuesday, January 21st. 498 00:36:14,720 --> 00:36:17,400 And again, it's free. 499 00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:24,520 And he brings in live reptiles like alligators and lizards and snakes. 500 00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:28,200 And he's, you know, hopefully some, some other animals too. 501 00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:35,880 For the kids to take pictures with and to enjoy and get a hand, you know, learn about 502 00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:36,880 them. 503 00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:42,680 So to be honest, he's got a lot of fun stuff. 504 00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:46,040 See family nights every third Tuesday. 505 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:49,760 So it's every third Tuesday is family night. 506 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:55,240 And then vendors event is every second Friday. 507 00:36:55,240 --> 00:36:59,760 And anyway, it's called the world of our Kai. 508 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:02,280 It's a 1111 Main Street. 509 00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:11,640 And it's, it's a, I, me, I like, I like, they has laser tag, VR rooms and other really cool 510 00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:14,200 stuff, but he's got a big arcade. 511 00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:16,040 And I was so excited. 512 00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:18,160 So recently, so weird. 513 00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:19,400 I was in his store. 514 00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:23,240 We were talking about selling my stuff in his store. 515 00:37:23,240 --> 00:37:29,200 And I told him, I said, when I was in college, I liked the game joust. 516 00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:31,720 We have flap around on an ostrich. 517 00:37:31,720 --> 00:37:36,560 I know ostriches don't fly, but in games, anything can fly. 518 00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:41,240 And you joust on a flying ostrich. 519 00:37:41,240 --> 00:37:45,200 I know just as theme is cool fun. 520 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:50,840 And strangely enough, somebody called him and said, I have a joust game like a week 521 00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:55,800 later and now they got joust and my son and I were in their plane. 522 00:37:55,800 --> 00:38:06,120 He's got a pool table, air hockey, all sorts of other stuff in there. 523 00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:09,960 And the VR room is crazy cool. 524 00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:16,760 You are not the VR, well, the VR room is too, but the laser tag room is pretty cool. 525 00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:23,640 I mean, it's psychedelic, it's black light, and just it's just really cool. 526 00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:30,440 I mean, he's got a little snack bar there with very affordable snacks and a little store 527 00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:34,680 that he sells, you know, crafts and stuff like that toys. 528 00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:39,720 And so really a kind of a, I mean, a really neat place. 529 00:38:39,720 --> 00:38:41,800 I had no idea. 530 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:47,680 He's actually looking to expand, so he's looking for a bigger spot. 531 00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:51,960 I think he wants like 60,000 square feet or something. 532 00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:56,160 So it's actually really neat. 533 00:38:56,160 --> 00:39:05,360 So John is the owner of it and he's trying to, you know, create like a destination where 534 00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:14,360 kids and families can enjoy themselves and vendors like me can sell their goods at least 535 00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:18,040 once in a while. 536 00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:22,520 But it's actually really a neat place. 537 00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:25,080 You guys should, I was impressed. 538 00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:31,720 I didn't know it existed until I saw him on Facebook. 539 00:39:31,720 --> 00:39:35,360 It was like, what is this? 540 00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:40,400 And then I asked my kids because they're in a D&D and stuff and I was like, have you ever 541 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:41,400 been in that place? 542 00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:42,400 They go, no. 543 00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:46,680 And it's like, it's right on Main Street. 544 00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:51,360 I mean, it's a fairly short walk from my home. 545 00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:56,320 And it's like, so we, you know, so I told you that Russell and I, we went for a walk 546 00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:58,040 and we hit sidelines. 547 00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:03,840 We also stopped by the world of Archi and played joust and talked to John about this 548 00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:06,760 event for vendors. 549 00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:10,600 So really kind of cool. 550 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:21,960 Anything that allows vendors to get some visibility, especially, you know, tonight where you're 551 00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:27,160 listening to this, he's not charging a thing for the vendors to do this. 552 00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:35,800 And you know, it's a, it's just one of those really cool things that he's doing to help 553 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:36,800 the community. 554 00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:39,720 You need to stop by. 555 00:40:39,720 --> 00:40:42,800 I mean, you're listening to this show right now. 556 00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:47,200 You should stop by, say hi to me. 557 00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:53,280 And check out the place. 558 00:40:53,280 --> 00:41:01,440 This is as good as close as I get to a live broadcast is recording this now to be played 559 00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:03,440 while I'm there in a Vite UN. 560 00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:08,760 This is close to a live broadcast I get. 561 00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:16,920 So anyway, I've been making a lot of stuff, art and really cool stuff. 562 00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:27,000 I mean, I just got done making a, these are, these are phone stands, you know, dragon theme 563 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:33,320 because, you know, I have some that, you know, of other stuff too, but you know, these are 564 00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:36,560 dragon themed and they turned out really cool. 565 00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:43,920 So and then I've got some dragon clock that I still haven't finished. 566 00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:49,400 I just cut it and painted it so it's got to be glued and then assembled and then finished 567 00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:50,400 off. 568 00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:53,520 But it's a lot of fun. 569 00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:55,400 I mean, yeah, you got to check. 570 00:41:55,400 --> 00:42:02,600 I mean, Clameth Falls got a lot of stuff that I've yet to, you know, I'll fully explore. 571 00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:05,080 I mean, I love the museum. 572 00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:10,280 If you've never been to the Clameth Falls Museum, you got to go. 573 00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:14,560 It is amazing to me that how many people live in Clameth Falls and have not been to the 574 00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:20,000 museum or have not even been to Lake of the Woods. 575 00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:27,120 It's crazy that, you know, people have not done these things and the Clameth Museum's 576 00:42:27,120 --> 00:42:30,080 nothing practically to pay. 577 00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:35,240 And they got this luminescent rock display that glows in the dark. 578 00:42:35,240 --> 00:42:39,280 So you walk into this dark room and all the gems glow. 579 00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:42,320 I mean, how cool is that? 580 00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:48,960 And then, you know, it's got that cool World War II intercontinental weapon on display, 581 00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:54,720 which I didn't even know there were intercontinental weapons in World War II. 582 00:42:54,720 --> 00:42:59,000 And cars and really nice looking exhibits. 583 00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:02,960 And then we got the Fawvil Museum. 584 00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:11,360 I hope I said that right, which focuses a lot on the indigenous people of the West Coast. 585 00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:17,360 They even have a Chewmash exhibit there, which is the largest exhibit of Chewmash artifacts 586 00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:20,920 is in my hometown, Lompoc. 587 00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:29,320 And of course, you know, the La Prisma Museum or La Prisma Mission in Lompoc also has a 588 00:43:29,320 --> 00:43:34,200 huge indigenous collection. 589 00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:39,640 It's one of only two missions in California that are owned by the state. 590 00:43:39,640 --> 00:43:43,800 All other missions are owned by the Catholic Church. 591 00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:48,880 And so there's, I mean, then, and there's local, right next to the Fawvil, there's a 592 00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:54,440 little museum or gallery that features local artists. 593 00:43:54,440 --> 00:43:58,760 And I forgot the name of it. 594 00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:02,200 It's, I mean, Klamath Falls. 595 00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:06,840 I know people just might when it gets Klamath Falls. 596 00:44:06,840 --> 00:44:13,560 No, I'm not from here, so I appreciate what it has to offer. 597 00:44:13,560 --> 00:44:19,520 The mayor's done a very good job, I think, in making this town attractive because it 598 00:44:19,520 --> 00:44:21,080 attracted my family. 599 00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:25,240 Although, leaving the fires of LA was pretty easy to do. 600 00:44:25,240 --> 00:44:29,840 I love this place was on fire back then. 601 00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:33,240 I know, I'm sorry. 602 00:44:33,240 --> 00:44:39,840 But we are, we live in a very cool town. 603 00:44:39,840 --> 00:44:46,440 We got a children's activity museum or something like that over on East Main Street. 604 00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:48,960 And we have all sorts of stuff. 605 00:44:48,960 --> 00:44:52,640 Got the logging museum. 606 00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:57,160 Got too far away, you know, 25, 30 minutes. 607 00:44:57,160 --> 00:44:59,840 And Crater Lake was in an hour. 608 00:44:59,840 --> 00:45:10,960 And it's just, we are blessed here in Klamath Falls to have what we have. 609 00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:15,600 And our Main Street has been done up rather well. 610 00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:20,320 I mean, I, I live just three blocks above it. 611 00:45:20,320 --> 00:45:23,320 And so we go down there and walk. 612 00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:27,600 And there's always a little shop, a nook that I like to walk into. 613 00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:30,200 And you know, say hi, introduce myself. 614 00:45:30,200 --> 00:45:32,520 I like to say hi to people, you know. 615 00:45:32,520 --> 00:45:34,800 I'm a very, very congenial person. 616 00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:41,160 I, I, I mean, I will say hi to anybody I walk by on the street. 617 00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:44,880 Or even if they're at the light in their car all the way about them, they're probably thinking 618 00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:47,640 who is that old guy. 619 00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:50,120 I just like saying hi to people. 620 00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:54,680 So you know, enjoy, enjoy what we've got. 621 00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:58,720 We've got some pretty fun stuff, World of Archives, where I'm at right now. 622 00:45:58,720 --> 00:46:02,560 And but check out the museums and the galleries. 623 00:46:02,560 --> 00:46:03,560 I love that. 624 00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:06,240 I really, really, really love art. 625 00:46:06,240 --> 00:46:11,360 And I love the murals and stuff, the electrical boxes and stuff like that are painted here 626 00:46:11,360 --> 00:46:12,360 and down. 627 00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:15,240 So, all right, we'll talk about fishing. 628 00:46:15,240 --> 00:46:20,000 Finally, we're going to talk about fishing in the next segment. 629 00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:24,200 After these words, see in a minute or two or three. 630 00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:32,000 Out in the backwoods under the stars, I tune in the radio from my old car. 631 00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:40,560 Gold Country Radio on Friday night, terrible at fishing, but it feels just right. 632 00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:42,520 Want to get your business noticed? 633 00:46:42,520 --> 00:46:48,160 Sponsor a show on KKFO Gold Country Radio on 103.3 FM and create awareness through on-air 634 00:46:48,160 --> 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about my Hot Wings Challenge. 646 00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:45,760 And then the Family Fun Center here in town. 647 00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:47,760 Where I'm at right now. 648 00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:54,000 So let's talk about Isaiah. 649 00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:56,960 Fishing, ice fishing. 650 00:47:56,960 --> 00:48:02,440 Now, Diamond Lake is open for ice fishing. 651 00:48:02,440 --> 00:48:04,800 I've been watching the cameras. 652 00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:07,120 People are out there. 653 00:48:07,120 --> 00:48:10,240 But again, it is inconsistent. 654 00:48:10,240 --> 00:48:12,760 So you have a spud bar. 655 00:48:12,760 --> 00:48:16,560 A spud bar is a metal spike along. 656 00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:18,680 And you're just pounding the ice in front of you. 657 00:48:18,680 --> 00:48:20,000 What you want to do. 658 00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:21,600 And I've told you this over and over again. 659 00:48:21,600 --> 00:48:27,240 But please, as you walk out on the ice, pound it hard as you can a couple of times. 660 00:48:27,240 --> 00:48:29,240 See if you can break through it. 661 00:48:29,240 --> 00:48:34,600 And if you can break through it, maybe you shouldn't be walking on it. 662 00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:38,680 But if you go like four or five times and break through it. 663 00:48:38,680 --> 00:48:40,560 And then put your gloves off. 664 00:48:40,560 --> 00:48:45,360 Put your hand in there and measure that ice. 665 00:48:45,360 --> 00:48:46,360 And see if it's four inches. 666 00:48:46,360 --> 00:48:50,040 If it's four inches, then continue walking. 667 00:48:50,040 --> 00:48:53,560 But don't walk too far. 668 00:48:53,560 --> 00:48:56,520 People have broken through the ice at Diamond Lake. 669 00:48:56,520 --> 00:49:02,160 Not all the way, but one leg. 670 00:49:02,160 --> 00:49:05,880 When one leg goes through the ice, you can't break your leg. 671 00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:08,520 So please, be careful. 672 00:49:08,520 --> 00:49:11,080 Now people are out there ice fishing. 673 00:49:11,080 --> 00:49:15,320 There's some spots measuring up to ten inches of ice. 674 00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:18,080 Which is very, very, very, very, very safe. 675 00:49:18,080 --> 00:49:21,200 But you want to be very, very safe. 676 00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:25,000 Now Lake of the Woods is not thick enough yet. 677 00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:28,040 Although I'm about to go up there and measure. 678 00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:33,080 I've called up there and they haven't measured yet. 679 00:49:33,080 --> 00:49:37,720 And they still have a little bit of open water over at sunset. 680 00:49:37,720 --> 00:49:44,880 So you know, you could ice fish, okay, when there's open water on another part of the 681 00:49:44,880 --> 00:49:45,880 lake. 682 00:49:45,880 --> 00:49:51,120 And typically over in the Aspen area, that area is actually really good fishing on the 683 00:49:51,120 --> 00:49:52,120 ice. 684 00:49:52,120 --> 00:49:54,600 And usually the thickest ice is over in Aspen. 685 00:49:54,600 --> 00:50:00,560 So if you go to the northern part of the lake, usually you can get onto ice and ice fishing 686 00:50:00,560 --> 00:50:05,160 before the southern part of the lake is done freezing. 687 00:50:05,160 --> 00:50:11,680 So I need to go up there and do a little exploring. 688 00:50:11,680 --> 00:50:16,160 Because they're not doing it. 689 00:50:16,160 --> 00:50:17,160 Get up there. 690 00:50:17,160 --> 00:50:18,160 We'll get up there. 691 00:50:18,160 --> 00:50:19,640 Evidently I left something up there. 692 00:50:19,640 --> 00:50:20,920 And they got to put aside for me. 693 00:50:20,920 --> 00:50:21,920 I don't know. 694 00:50:21,920 --> 00:50:22,920 Ah, something. 695 00:50:22,920 --> 00:50:23,920 I don't know. 696 00:50:23,920 --> 00:50:25,880 Evidently I don't miss it. 697 00:50:25,880 --> 00:50:28,760 Because I don't know what it is. 698 00:50:28,760 --> 00:50:33,840 But I do the fishing events and evidently the last fishing event I left something there. 699 00:50:33,840 --> 00:50:37,600 So Lake of the Woods. 700 00:50:37,600 --> 00:50:44,240 Spud bar, any place that you go, Gerber Lake, Fish Lake, if you snowmobile the four mile 701 00:50:44,240 --> 00:50:49,400 or wherever, make sure you spud bar it and you're safe. 702 00:50:49,400 --> 00:50:53,640 You're wearing all your safety gear and you're doing it. 703 00:50:53,640 --> 00:51:00,200 Now I've been tying flies and a nice thing is next week on Tuesday night at the Waffle 704 00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:08,920 Hut at 630 or so is the fly tying club, fly fishing club. 705 00:51:08,920 --> 00:51:16,040 And so if you want to join the fly fishing club here in town, you could go to Waffle 706 00:51:16,040 --> 00:51:20,840 Hut this Tuesday at 630 or so. 707 00:51:20,840 --> 00:51:24,280 And you can say hi to everybody. 708 00:51:24,280 --> 00:51:25,280 You don't have to join. 709 00:51:25,280 --> 00:51:28,600 You can just come and visit and say hi. 710 00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:34,240 And see, you know, I usually, everybody brings us to raffle off. 711 00:51:34,240 --> 00:51:37,080 So it's kind of fun for the club. 712 00:51:37,080 --> 00:51:43,880 And I'll bring stuff and oh, I got some pretty, I got some pretty neat stuff for type flying. 713 00:51:43,880 --> 00:51:48,960 And so we'll bring that and have them raffle it off. 714 00:51:48,960 --> 00:51:52,720 And so you, there are some really fun things that are happening. 715 00:51:52,720 --> 00:52:00,280 Now I am enjoying the, you know, fly tying, even though I don't know how to fly fish yet. 716 00:52:00,280 --> 00:52:05,880 And fly tying is quite tiny. 717 00:52:05,880 --> 00:52:12,920 That's all I can tell you, man. 718 00:52:12,920 --> 00:52:19,880 I need not only my glasses, but a magnifying glass and I'm putting the thread on it and 719 00:52:19,880 --> 00:52:26,560 the feathers and I got an instruction book that step by steps how to do these things. 720 00:52:26,560 --> 00:52:30,600 And it's actually pretty cool. 721 00:52:30,600 --> 00:52:36,120 If you've never tied fly, whether you fly fish or not, it doesn't really matter. 722 00:52:36,120 --> 00:52:41,400 Tie flying is actually a lot of fun. 723 00:52:41,400 --> 00:52:49,960 I guess, you know, if you like crafts, you know, flying a tie, tying a fly, flying a 724 00:52:49,960 --> 00:52:53,680 tie, whatever it is. 725 00:52:53,680 --> 00:52:59,360 Tying a fly is quite relaxing. 726 00:52:59,360 --> 00:53:03,400 And you're just having fun making something. 727 00:53:03,400 --> 00:53:07,640 And you know, the neat thing about making baits is that if you catch something with 728 00:53:07,640 --> 00:53:10,880 something you made, that's pretty cool. 729 00:53:10,880 --> 00:53:13,960 I mean, I do it all the time. 730 00:53:13,960 --> 00:53:16,440 There's not a bait that I throw, I don't think. 731 00:53:16,440 --> 00:53:19,040 There might be a few. 732 00:53:19,040 --> 00:53:20,040 Very few. 733 00:53:20,040 --> 00:53:21,520 That I don't make. 734 00:53:21,520 --> 00:53:22,920 I didn't make. 735 00:53:22,920 --> 00:53:29,760 I mean, I have, I've got thousands of baits that literally is in my arsenal and I've made 736 00:53:29,760 --> 00:53:32,480 every one of them. 737 00:53:32,480 --> 00:53:33,480 Just about. 738 00:53:33,480 --> 00:53:34,480 I say 98%. 739 00:53:34,480 --> 00:53:36,480 So there's probably 2%. 740 00:53:36,480 --> 00:53:40,400 I, there was a, there is a company called Six Sunts. 741 00:53:40,400 --> 00:53:44,880 I do like one of their baits called a Swank. 742 00:53:44,880 --> 00:53:49,200 The Swank bait is, I can't find the blank for it. 743 00:53:49,200 --> 00:53:52,680 So I, I literally buy theirs. 744 00:53:52,680 --> 00:53:59,520 And the Swank is one of my favorite baits to throw for bass fishing in the summer. 745 00:53:59,520 --> 00:54:05,120 And the Swank is, I mean, if you get it on clearance, which by the way, they usually 746 00:54:05,120 --> 00:54:06,120 have one on clearance. 747 00:54:06,120 --> 00:54:10,920 I mean, great, but they will catch fish. 748 00:54:10,920 --> 00:54:16,280 And I've got a lot of personal best bass on Swanks. 749 00:54:16,280 --> 00:54:25,680 It is probably the only bait that I recommend that I don't make is the Swank by Six Sunts. 750 00:54:25,680 --> 00:54:34,280 Again, I wish I could find the blank for it so I can paint my own. 751 00:54:34,280 --> 00:54:36,280 It's really good. 752 00:54:36,280 --> 00:54:40,720 It's a really good bait. 753 00:54:40,720 --> 00:54:47,760 So I'm going to, you know, this next week, I'm going to head up to Diamond Lake and do 754 00:54:47,760 --> 00:54:50,280 some ice fishing. 755 00:54:50,280 --> 00:54:56,400 And that's going to be a lot of fun because I've never fished Diamond Lake. 756 00:54:56,400 --> 00:54:58,840 I've never done it. 757 00:54:58,840 --> 00:55:05,040 And if you go on their, their camera, you'll see quite a few people out there out on the 758 00:55:05,040 --> 00:55:07,600 lake on the ice. 759 00:55:07,600 --> 00:55:10,640 And so I got to try it. 760 00:55:10,640 --> 00:55:13,240 I got to try it. 761 00:55:13,240 --> 00:55:19,000 And so I'm so hungry to go ice fishing right now. 762 00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:26,720 And whether, you know, you're probably wondering about the kite festival next month, you know, 763 00:55:26,720 --> 00:55:31,920 at Lake of the Woods, don't know if that's going to go or not because, again, they got 764 00:55:31,920 --> 00:55:35,400 to have pretty thick ice to put a lot of people on the ice. 765 00:55:35,400 --> 00:55:42,680 I mean, on ice fishermen, we take precautions, but general public, they don't want a thousand 766 00:55:42,680 --> 00:55:48,760 people to be running out there and fall through the ice. 767 00:55:48,760 --> 00:55:55,040 So I don't know if the ice, the kite festival is actually going to go on or not. 768 00:55:55,040 --> 00:55:58,960 But my guess is yes. 769 00:55:58,960 --> 00:56:10,240 My I've been told by Lake of the Woods, maybe not. 770 00:56:10,240 --> 00:56:14,360 But it's oh, and I got this new thing too. 771 00:56:14,360 --> 00:56:18,040 I got another new thing for fishing. 772 00:56:18,040 --> 00:56:25,840 This is called, it's called a proof ball. 773 00:56:25,840 --> 00:56:29,520 You probably think, like, what's a ball prove? 774 00:56:29,520 --> 00:56:34,800 It's called a proof ball right there. 775 00:56:34,800 --> 00:56:36,920 And we'll show you my camera. 776 00:56:36,920 --> 00:56:41,680 So you'll, you can, oh, something else is really cool. 777 00:56:41,680 --> 00:56:49,880 This show on GoldCountryRadio.org, you can listen to it on demand now. 778 00:56:49,880 --> 00:56:53,840 So you don't have to just listen to it at seven o'clock on Friday nights. 779 00:56:53,840 --> 00:57:00,640 Although I also posted on with video on my YouTube channel, but also on GoldCountryRadio.org, 780 00:57:00,640 --> 00:57:06,400 you can go ahead and replay any of my shows whenever you want. 781 00:57:06,400 --> 00:57:08,280 So very cool. 782 00:57:08,280 --> 00:57:11,800 Something new, and I'm the first show with it. 783 00:57:11,800 --> 00:57:20,840 So anyway, the proof ball was on Facebook and somebody showed a picture of a, of a trout 784 00:57:20,840 --> 00:57:26,960 they caught and it had underneath it, it had all, it had the measurement, it had the weight, 785 00:57:26,960 --> 00:57:31,680 it had the girth and it had the species all stamped into the picture. 786 00:57:31,680 --> 00:57:35,440 And they go, oh, you know, so I asked, why don't you do that? 787 00:57:35,440 --> 00:57:40,680 And they go, oh, there's this app that does it. 788 00:57:40,680 --> 00:57:48,680 And it uses AI to measure it and to, to identify it. 789 00:57:48,680 --> 00:57:58,920 And it's called FishTechie, F-I-S-H, like fish, techie, T-E-C-H-Y. 790 00:57:58,920 --> 00:58:03,200 So FishTechie is the name of the app. 791 00:58:03,200 --> 00:58:06,520 Now the app is free. 792 00:58:06,520 --> 00:58:10,940 So they make their money by selling these things called proof balls. 793 00:58:10,940 --> 00:58:23,040 So the AI uses this ball when it's next to the fish to estimate size, girth, weight and 794 00:58:23,040 --> 00:58:26,000 identify the species. 795 00:58:26,000 --> 00:58:28,120 He uses this ball. 796 00:58:28,120 --> 00:58:36,040 So 1.4 inch ball, orange, it's made of rubber, it's on a key chain. 797 00:58:36,040 --> 00:58:49,320 And they, when you buy them on Amazon, the, you, you pay 30, I think it's 30 bucks. 798 00:58:49,320 --> 00:58:58,080 And you go to flytechie.com, F-L-Y-T-E-C-H-Y, flytechie.com. 799 00:58:58,080 --> 00:59:00,600 The app is called FishTechie. 800 00:59:00,600 --> 00:59:09,400 I don't know why one is different from the other, but flytechie.com, you can read about 801 00:59:09,400 --> 00:59:10,400 it and see what you think. 802 00:59:10,400 --> 00:59:12,960 I haven't used it yet, but I just got it. 803 00:59:12,960 --> 00:59:15,200 It took forever to get the balls. 804 00:59:15,200 --> 00:59:16,200 Took forever. 805 00:59:16,200 --> 00:59:23,920 But, you know, a month later it showed up and it was like, wow, I forgot I even ordered 806 00:59:23,920 --> 00:59:25,280 that thing. 807 00:59:25,280 --> 00:59:31,680 And so now, whenever I catch a fish, I can put this ball next to the fish, take a picture 808 00:59:31,680 --> 00:59:33,080 of it and it tells me everything. 809 00:59:33,080 --> 00:59:35,280 I didn't want to know about the fish. 810 00:59:35,280 --> 00:59:39,120 Now the great thing about this is, one, it's easy. 811 00:59:39,120 --> 00:59:42,600 I mean, I usually take a picture of my fish anyway. 812 00:59:42,600 --> 00:59:47,560 But when you have to weigh the fish, measure the fish, things like that, the fish has to 813 00:59:47,560 --> 00:59:53,240 be out of the water a lot and then you're traumatizing the fish to some degree. 814 00:59:53,240 --> 01:00:05,280 And so, you know, this reduces trauma on the fish by substantial means. 815 01:00:05,280 --> 01:00:06,280 And it's easy. 816 01:00:06,280 --> 01:00:09,200 It's just a little ball. 817 01:00:09,200 --> 01:00:14,840 And you can hold the ball next to the fish, take a picture of it and done. 818 01:00:14,840 --> 01:00:18,160 And you put release the fish back in the water. 819 01:00:18,160 --> 01:00:22,920 And that is, this is really kind of cool. 820 01:00:22,920 --> 01:00:28,640 Nothing to release that fish faster is a big, big plus. 821 01:00:28,640 --> 01:00:35,680 And without putting a hook in its gill to measure it or to weigh it, laying it down 822 01:00:35,680 --> 01:00:41,320 onto a board and measuring it, this little guy right here, I don't know, you know, if 823 01:00:41,320 --> 01:00:44,840 you're a tournament guy, you're probably going to do it the old fashioned way. 824 01:00:44,840 --> 01:00:49,440 Anyway, but I'm not a tournament guy. 825 01:00:49,440 --> 01:00:55,720 And although once in a while I do a fish tournament, but I'm not a regular. 826 01:00:55,720 --> 01:01:03,520 But this little ball is called the Proof Ball by Fly Techie. 827 01:01:03,520 --> 01:01:05,520 F-L-Y-T-E-C-H-Y. 828 01:01:05,520 --> 01:01:11,160 If you go to flytechie.com, you'll read about it. 829 01:01:11,160 --> 01:01:14,360 And the app is called Fish Techie. 830 01:01:14,360 --> 01:01:18,040 Don't ask me why it's a different name. 831 01:01:18,040 --> 01:01:20,920 Because it is. 832 01:01:20,920 --> 01:01:32,240 And then you register your balls on the site, on the app. 833 01:01:32,240 --> 01:01:37,280 And that's what you do. 834 01:01:37,280 --> 01:01:44,320 So you got, yeah, see, you can add a proof ball. 835 01:01:44,320 --> 01:01:49,960 So anyway, consider the price of the balls, the price for the app. 836 01:01:49,960 --> 01:01:53,920 But I really think this is going to be really nice to have. 837 01:01:53,920 --> 01:02:00,040 So I want to thank you guys for tuning in and listening to the show this week. 838 01:02:00,040 --> 01:02:01,680 You know where I'm at right now. 839 01:02:01,680 --> 01:02:11,600 And our love and our prayers go to our friends and families and our, and everybody else in 840 01:02:11,600 --> 01:02:14,600 the Los Angeles area. 841 01:02:14,600 --> 01:02:20,880 We really hope not only that you, you only lose stuff if you lose anything. 842 01:02:20,880 --> 01:02:24,280 Because remember, it's only stuff. 843 01:02:24,280 --> 01:02:31,200 You have each other and memories don't burn away. 844 01:02:31,200 --> 01:02:32,200 Take care everybody. 845 01:02:32,200 --> 01:02:36,800 We'll see you next week. 846 01:02:36,800 --> 01:02:40,320 That was Terrible at Fishing, the radio show. 847 01:02:40,320 --> 01:02:43,200 With fishing expert Michael Rafino. 848 01:02:43,200 --> 01:02:46,000 Check out Terrible at Fishing on YouTube. 849 01:02:46,000 --> 01:02:51,000 And tune in next week for the next episode and more great fishing tips. 850 01:02:51,000 --> 01:03:10,760 Terrible at Fishing, Fridays at 7pm on Gold 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