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We got guests! We do! We have guests! Hi guys!
Somehow wrangled people into hanging out with
us this morning. Yeah, we had to kidnap them.
This is Kelly and Ray of All Pest of Syracuse.
You can check out their podcast. They've done
their first episode, the all -past -cast. Where
should I direct them for that? Good News York.
GoodNewsYork .com. We've got all the links right
here in the description for that episode and
for future episodes. So what's the good news?
Man, we've got so much good news today. I'm excited
to talk about a few different things. Later in
the show, after Kelly and Ray are here, we're
going to do some more gadgets. That was fun yesterday.
That was wild. So I have this this problem with
buying cheap anything. OK, so like these Chinese
ordering apps are an issue for me. So I've got
a bag of random electronics that I've purchased
recently where yesterday we pulled out a cool
little 4K camera that was supposed to be like
a gimbal, but really was just a molded solid
piece of plastic. Pretty awful. Did take pictures.
But it did work. It did what it was supposed
to do. It did. It was like a $50 version of a
normally $500 item, so I couldn't be too upset.
Were you guys ever suckers for infomercials back
in the day? No. No? So you're smart. See, I was.
I bought all that dumb stuff. No, but if you
leave me alone in a hardware store for like five
minutes. It's a problem. Dude, I went to... Hardware
store. I can say it right. I went to Lowe's I
went to Lowe's hardware store. I When I think
of hardware, I think of like I mean they've replaced
hardware stores. Yeah, I mean well, whatever
I went to Lowe's and You know tools have come
a long way since you know, remember it was like
give me a hammer. Give me a screwdriver we had
a Shawnee we were doing her podcast yesterday
and she was telling me how there's like 500 versions
of like wire cutters now. Yeah, so there's this
section in Lowe's and it just says tool world.
And to me, that's how I realized I was old. Because
that looked like a sign that I used to see when
I was a kid. Like an amusement park. And I spent
a half an hour in there just looking around.
The best part about being an adult is you can
actually buy the toys that you find. So my dad
remodeled homes growing up, so he would buy and
flip them. And so after school, that's all we
did. And so Home Depot growing up was my favorite
store. I thought I was crazy. And now I'm not
as big of a fan, but... Right. Me either. But
it is, uh... You know, it's funny. Like, I remember
when Labor Day came around, or maybe it was Memorial
Day, and I saw a commercial. It was like, mulch!
50 % off. And I screamed like my team won the
Super Bowl. I was like, yeah! I want to finish
that swing set! And I'm like, Jesus, I'm old.
A good deal on mulch is exciting, man. You can't.
I appreciate it. I really feel that. You probably...
Like me, remember going to the hardware store
with your dad? You probably went to what, Colis's
or something? Colis Hardware, that's right. I
went to school with Matt, the son who runs it
now, I assume, still. Yeah, that was a hardware
store. Local hardware, literally they sold, you
know, nails by the pound. There was a dude behind
the counter that knew everything about everything
in the world, you know? Everything. Jamesville
hardware. There you go. Fixes lawnmowers in the
back. That's the real way to do it. Yeah. But,
uh, anyway, enough about that. Yeah. Yeah. So,
so what's the good news, guys? Spring is almost
here. Yes. Sunshine's coming. Spring is almost
here. And so in the pest business, so to us,
we say spring is almost here, but in the back
of your mind, is that like, uh -oh, that means
stink bugs are almost here. Here come the bugs.
What season in the pest world is that for you?
Yeah. It's our, it's go time really. Yeah. It's
when they all come out. Um, we... We do probably
80 % or 75 % of our business in the firsts, you
know, from April to July. And it's, it's definitely
when they all, you know, they're waking up and
mating and trying to get into everybody's house.
Heathens. Just waking up and making love and
ruining people's houses. Can I, can I ask you
a silly question? This might be slightly off
topic. Love this. Every year we hear the story
of the cicadas waking up after 17 year slumber
or whatever the hell the number is. But isn't
the case that like every year there's a generation
that might've been sleeping that, but it's not
like this is the first, it doesn't happen every
17 years or whatever, right? No, for the most
part it does. Really? I don't think it's that
long. I mean, it's not really something that
we have to control for people. Because I feel
like you hear that in the news literally every
year, like here they come. I don't know too much
about it, but it's definitely cyclical. That's
wild. There's quite a few insects that do that.
Like millipedes, people only have issues with
millipedes every three years or so. Wow. For
the most part. There's some properties that,
you know, you've got a lot of stonework or you
have a... particularly damp property, you're
probably going to have issues. Is a millipede
a damaging creature? No, they're just annoying.
Are those the ones that curl up into a ball?
Are those centipede? Yeah, they can. Yeah, not
the like potato bugs, not those. The ones that
wind up into a spiral, you'll see. That's crazy.
What's your favorite kind of bug? But that did
they hate him. Yeah. Well, I mean my favorite
bug to get rid of or just my I guess either Yeah,
what's the most satisfying or both? I'd love
to hear that. Um Most satisfying is probably
yellow jackets. Yeah, okay stinging insects.
Yeah. Yes It's immediate that and carpenter ants.
Oh When I treat them if if I do it correctly
or I'm able to actually, you know find the nest
and treat it correctly then it's instant gratification.
I get to see the results immediately, not where,
you know, it's not like something nasty or like
cockroaches where I go and treat a house or an
apartment and it starts to work over the course
of the next few weeks where with, you know, I
can, I could show you some videos of carpenter
ant nests that are Wow. You know, I treat it
and wait five or ten minutes and it's like someone
turns a faucet on and they just start pouring
out of the wall. That's wild. That's too much,
man. Just stand there with a vacuum and vacuum
them up. That's awesome. I had a year -long war
with a woodpecker. Now, is that something a woodpecker
I wouldn't consider a pest? His name was Woody.
Yeah, Woody. It was on television. I mean, do
you deal with birds or anything? Who would I
call if that was to happen? Because it was ruining
our siding, just like destroying it. And I was
in this war for a while. I ended up winning.
Woodpeckers are a wildlife removal. But right
now, no one's really allowed to do anything with
them. They're protected right now. So I usually
tell clients, you know the pie plates that are
like two pack, super cheap. Um, I'll tell them
to use fish line and hang those where they're
seeing the woodpecker going after things, um,
after he comes and inspects to make sure there's
not any ants or anything. Yeah, there's two reasons
that they do it. They're either nesting. So if
they're making, trying to make larger holes,
you know, golf ball size or bigger holes, that's
them trying to make a spot to nest. Or there's
an underlying issue. You either have. Termites.
No termites in upstate New York. That's right.
I learned that from you. Yeah, no, either have
carpenter ants or some sort of ant that's behind
your siding or carpenter bees. There's a lot
of times it's an underlying issue. And then in
that case, it'll be a bunch of small like probing
holes, you know, just little holes all over the
place. That means there's something going on
behind your siding. So you have houses that have
cedar siding. log cabin style houses, usually
wood siding, have more of an issue with woodpeckers.
Yeah. Do you have wood siding? Well, we did,
we've moved, we sold the house since then, but
yeah, it was, it was wood siding. As soon as
someone calls, I'm like, change it. It's a consistent
issue with cedar siding. Wow. Yeah. And it was
golf ball sized holes, so yeah. They were probably,
they were just roommates then. And I used to
love woodpeckers. I used to watch Woody Woodpecker.
So I was like, oh, we got a woodpecker. Listen
to it. And then I came outside. Until they tried
to get in your house. Yeah. No, I hate them.
We had like a family of them that destroyed a
couple big trees in our backyard. And it's OK,
because they were trees I wanted to go on anyway.
But it was wild to watch them work. You used
to see them go to town on those trees, man. I
have a buddy that's been posted on Facebook.
He's in this war with mice. Everyone is right
now. Oh, really? Yeah. He's got some sort of...
He's like the guy from Caddyshack? Kind of, yeah.
Yes. But he's got this new, and I don't know
if you work with these... Look, back in the day,
it was like you throw some peanut butter on a
trap, you know what I mean? He's got some CO2
thing that almost, I want to say it like sucks
them up and then spits it. I don't know what
it was. Are you familiar with anything I'm expecting?
And the only thing I've seen CO2 used for, they
use it with like rats. When you find their den,
you can literally pipe CO2 into their den and
kill them that way. So the only thing I could
think of, you know what it probably is, is the
CO2 is probably, it's like a pneumatic. Like
the way they, you know, they kill cows. Yeah,
they take cows out. The guy from that movie.
Oh, I know that was when... You can't see it
on the stream. Yeah, I know, I know. I want to
show them. Go ahead, keep going. We can link
to it. I'll find it. But yeah, for the most part,
it's just as far as mice. We typically don't
use traps. We will on certain occasions, but
we usually use bait for the most part. Nicer
way of saying poops. What's the craziest homemade
contraption you've seen? Oh boy. I don't know
about the craziest, but the five gallon bucket.
So you put a spindle, you know, drill holes,
put a spindle through it and a can in the middle
of it. And, you know, I see a lot of people with
farms or big barns, big buildings do that. And
if, you know, if it's not, it's not really effective
or realistic for your home and having in your
basement. But if you don't, you know, you have
a big open building or open space, I've seen
a lot of mice. I can imagine. Unfortunately piled
up in buckets. Oh, that's crazy. Is there any
positive to mice or do they do any sort of like
other pest control to eat other things or anything
like that? You know, I know they talk about some
things. Well, don't, don't bother the spiders
too much because they help with other things.
No, I mean, the only thing I would think is they,
you know, their food for other animals, whether,
you know, birds of prey and things like that,
but they, other than that, they don't really
do anything positive. I'm trying to give you
something here. You're great in the Tom and Jerry.
I don't like bats. I mean, I don't like rats.
I don't like mice. You know, I don't like spiders,
but they don't scare me. But the one thing that
horrifies me, there's one thing, and that are
bats. But everyone's like, what if you have bats?
That's great. They're going to eat all the bugs.
I mean, Are they as horrifying as they look and
sound? I mean, what do you do for a bat? We had
a, under our deck, they built a nest. It almost
looked like a pile of dirt, right? Do you live
in the wilderness? No. No. God, no. I never survive
in the wilderness. Look at me. Is bat something
that... You guys deal with it? No, we also send
that to wildlife as well. Yeah, it's its own
category. Bats are, you need a special license
to deal with bats. You're right. It's like I
live in the middle of them. See? But I've seen
a huge increase the last like maybe eight, 10
years of people in areas like Skinny Atlas, Casanovia,
especially around bodies of water. But a lot
of people putting up bat houses in their backyard
for mosquito control. I see. So they're trying
to draw them there. Yeah. Yeah. To help keep
the mosquito population down. Interesting. It's
wild stuff, man. It is. Wild stuff. So let's
talk a minute about what you can do about these
things and what you folks can help people do.
So, especially this time of year, you know, we've
talked before in other podcasts about treatment,
right? And getting out there and preparing your
property to avoid these things. So if you could
talk a little bit about that. why this might
be the time of year to be thinking about this
stuff. So we actually just sent out what we call
our early winter letters. So we have everybody
call in by April 10th, which most pest control
companies do this. So if you have one, you need
to call them now and get your appointment for
spring. It prepares us to get ready for this
prevention season and everyone who's on the list,
we know we'll be able to get to. So if you wait
too long after April 10th, there's usually a
waiting list of at least a month. Um, and that's
just to protect your property from all of the
things. So ants, stinging insects, spiders, um,
what am I missing? Yeah. So we come and we spray
the areas that those pests could get into and
it protects your home. And then, um, for us,
we guarantee our work for the whole season. Let's
say you do find a stinging insect in nest in
August. You just call us. We come back out and
take care of it. No charge. That's great. That's
so nice. Yeah. The goal is to, as soon as the
weather breaks, once it's going to stay above
freezing, we want to get the treatment done as
early as possible so that, you know, we get the
house treated before they can move in and make
their home. It's kind of, kind of putting up
that barrier, right? Yeah. That waiting until
the weather breaks. We call it our preventative
treatment. Yeah. We have to wait till that weather
breaks. A lot of people are like, oh, well, it's,
you know, it's been so nice all week. And I'm
like, yeah, look at the weather report next week.
It snows, but we did, we have to come back and
redo it. So we really start, you know, in the
last few years, we haven't been able to get started
till May, where prior we were able to start second
week of April. So it's just a waiting game. You
and I recently were speaking through email because
my brother and sister -in -law immediately were
getting kicked back from their all pest cast.
They were like, hey, We saw the clips of the
Pest Control couple. Can you ask them a question?
So I asked Kelly and she graciously wrote back
and I appreciate that. But you and I mentioned,
you had a story about how you guys met. Do you
want to talk about that? Sure. Because here's
a question I do have to preface with is, were
you all, maybe I should know this. Was it like
you were the pest guy and then you married Ray
and then you became the pest woman like You know
what I mean, or were you did you both end up
into pests and it was like, you know divine intervention
I actually was a consultant for a makeup and
skincare company before we met and I was babysitting
Wow, but yeah, so We actually were in the same
middle school, um, homeroom together, and in
the same high school. No way. Couldn't stand
him. Couldn't stand him. And I got along with
everyone. I didn't have, like, a huge group,
but, like, I talked to anybody, anything like
that, but there was something about him just...
His untied Tim's walking down the hall with his
lacrosse stick. I wanted to slap him. Oh, lacrosse
guy. Yeah, yeah. And her boyfriend was my best
friend. So I was... It was like the dynamic of...
I couldn't stand him every time. And now we're
going to bring him in. So I ever came home, I'm
going to go hang out with him. I was like, okay,
you have fun. Never would want to be around him.
So now at least that worked out that we know
why. But my first husband passed away unexpectedly.
And, um, the first time we'd seen each other
since high school was at the funeral. Yeah. And
they hadn't spoken because me and my first husband
had our first child right out of high school.
So they hadn't spoken. Everyone kind of was living
their life. And he just, you know, I want to,
I would like to come over, talk with you, kind
of see what happened and hear about what I had
missed the last 10 years in his life. He came
to my house with cookies his dad made. His dad's
amazing baker. And my whole family was there,
and we just sat down, and I kind of filled them
in on everything. And then he was like, you know,
I really want to be a part of the older two's
life. Like, I would like to, you know, him and
a couple other friends said that. And we ended
up going to breakfast a couple weeks later. And
then... We buy have a good day, you know, and
as soon as I got in the car there was something
I was like, oh my goodness I don't think I'm
supposed to be feeling when I am That's awesome
What a great story more kids of our own. Yeah,
that's amazing That's fantastic raising my Childhood
best sons. It's really weird now that they're
teenagers because they're starting to look like
him Acting like him. I was crazy. Yeah, they
were so they were nine and six when he died So,
like, the younger of those two, he has memories,
but it's just funny how many of the characteristics
passed on to him in just those five or six years
before he died. And he's exactly like his mom.
Yeah. Wow. Exactly. But it's fun. I get to share
stories with them that, you know, they probably
never would have heard otherwise. Something they
don't need to hear because it gives them ideas.
Yeah. Well, and I'm sure this song, I'm sure
there's some comfort, you know, in there, whether
they know it or not, you know. Makes them feel
closer to their dad because you're an extension
of that, you know, that's awesome Yeah, I was
I was in the golf business before You know growing
up. I told my my father. There's no way I'm killing
bugs for a living Now look at you right and so
I was in the golf business. I was traveling all
over the country I lived in like 12 states in
eight years. I'd basically move every six you
were A professional golfer? As a teaching professional.
Oh, wow. Oh, that's great. I started out caddying
and then got my professional golf management
degree and later instructor. Long story, the
timing worked out, but my father had health issues.
He had two heart attacks exactly a year apart.
And he couldn't really keep up with the work
anymore. He couldn't do it physically. So that
was when I moved back to Syracuse. initially
was just to help him out. Um, and I spent, it
had been, I'd been working with him maybe two,
a year and a half, two years when, when Evan
died. Um, yeah. And then we met and I had an
instant family and, uh, things started to look
better and better as far as having a business.
And then when we decided to, that I was going
to buy them out or buy the business, We knew
we had to do it together. There was no way to
do it on my own. Organization is lacking. We're
50 -50 partners, but she's like 80 % of them.
There's no way I could do it without her in the
office. Look, if you're looking for a pest control
business, why wouldn't you go with... Look at
this love story. It's amazing. And I have an
idea. This isn't ethical, but if you want to
combine both of your loves... Go into these places
with a golf club and just whack these pests through
the wall. You know? We should definitely do some
sort of golf promotion here. I would love to.
I love golf. I wish I was better, but I absolutely
love golf. Yeah. So we can talk about that. When
I was in high school, I had friends that were
on the golf team, and back in the 90s golf wasn't,
you know, three -tire. It was like old men, right?
So I was like, look at these losers, we're going
to the party. No, I didn't. I do now. And I remember
I used to be like, guys, why are you on the golf?
It's so boring. Like, come part. Now I'm calling
all those same guys. I'm like, can you help me
with my, uh, my chipping? So I wish I had started.
The first time I ever played golf was my senior
year of high school. And if we ever decided to
excuse ourselves from school during the day,
we'd go play golf. Because we knew if we saw
anyone there from school or anything, they couldn't
get us in trouble because they were there too.
They shouldn't be there either. That's right.
You say, shh. That's good. That's the move right
there. It is the move, man. That's awesome. I
love golfing. That's awesome. Are you any good?
God, I mean, uh, no, I look I I don't know I
should I'm like a 12 handicap 95 % of people
that play golf can't break 90. I can't I am just
starting to To break on nine holes. I'm out of
the 50s. I'm in the mid to high 40s. Yeah, and
If you want to really be good at golf you have
to be down south where you can go year round,
you know We get three or four months here So,
it's like... Well, I actually went to a golf
college. Grandpa's gotta speak. It was in Hilton
Head. Oh, yeah. We had class from 8 a .m. to
noon, and then we had 20 courses we could play
seven days a week. Ugh. Instructors on staff
to take lessons for me. Damn. What a dream. So,
when I went to that school, I was a 12 handicap,
and when I left, I was a 2. Oh, you're a 2? Are
you scratch now? Yeah. You are? Yeah. Dude. Realistically,
they're cool. Since we are for our fourth child.
I have not been I get that I know I know This
year. Yes. Yeah, who's your who's your favorite
golfer? Do you have one? Oh? Matt loves this
conversation. It's always Tiger Woods. Yeah.
Oh, I mean he's he changed the entire sport Yeah,
if you're talking about just golf, it's Tiger
Woods That's not a sports guy, but I'll break
it down like this Tiger Woods is the Beatles
of golf. Yeah, like He's one of the few I can
name, so that says something. Isn't his son or
something playing? His son's good. He's only
14, but he's really good. He's one of those kids
that you watch and you're like, I don't even
want to play anymore. What's the point? I mean,
he's got it in the genes and on top of that,
I guarantee he's been trained since he could
stand, you know, probably before that. Yeah,
he was on... What was that night time show? That's
a nice big one back in before like Jay Leno or
any of them. Oh Not the Tonight Show David Letterman
Lawrence or not Lawrence welcome first Milton
Berle Whatever Tiger Woods was on there when
he was three years old. Oh hitting hitting golf
balls Wow. Oh, I think I saw that. Yeah. Yeah,
and that's incredible. This is what some men
that is that is wild I had something I was gonna
say on that. I ruined it. You did. I did, didn't
I? It's Tiger Woods. It's Tiger Woods. He ruins
everything. He really does. He got some work
done. Yeah. Have you watched that outdoor golf
league thing with the simulator? I've seen clips
of it. I can't. I haven't actually watched it.
Isn't it a team thing? Yeah, they basically do
indoor golf. They fire at a screen, which if
you're there, I think it'd be cool because you
get to see them in the flesh. Dude, that's big
money. But then they have an actual green in
that area. So you do all your drives and approach
shots on the simulator and then around the green,
you actually go to the physical green. Right.
I don't know if it's going to work. I mean, live,
I think it's great. But on TV, I'm just like,
I can't. I can't watch this. Can't do it. Can't
do it. I have a buddy that used to say, I could
watch golf on TV, but I'd rather be bored. Yeah.
I remember I caught myself last year. I was driving
home and I'm in a golf pool, kind of like a fantasy
thing. And I was listening to golf. And it was
like five minutes in and I go, I'm listening
to golf. Yeah. That is... As old man as it gets.
Yeah, and I just turned it off. It's pretty bad
Just wait to hear the results at the end, you
know And how did he play? That's all it needs
to know. I was falling asleep. They're like,
and here's his approach shot Imagine being an
announcer for that. No, can you imagine me being
loud? I'd be like, yeah, great. Oh, sorry. Sorry.
Oh great shot They just pod your mic down. You'd
be yelling, but yeah, I just hears you as a whisper
That'd be awesome. It's kind of what Danny does
right now I went to my first PJ. What's going
on, Danny? We even said hi to Danny this morning.
Let's see your beautiful face. What do you look
like today? Let's see. And big reveal. Here we
go. Buddy, you're so adorable. Look at him. I
just want to hug him all the time. Alright, I'm
gonna go. Redhead in Italian. He's the reason
this whole thing works. Just your typical redhead
in Italian. Anyway. Good news, York. That's what
you're watching. Guys, anything else that we
should tell folks? Let's give them your websites
and phone numbers and stuff. Yes, please. Phone
numbers, 315 -877 -4462. And the website is www
.allpastofsyracuse .com. That's awesome. You're
the best. Do you want to say the www anymore?
It's okay. I have to train myself because now
when you do the links, which I learned with you
guys, if you don't put them, the link doesn't
work. So now I've been repeating it. Constantly.
See, I didn't know that was always like HTTP
colon slash slash www. It'll go either way. The
interweb. It works. All pests of Syracuse, clearly,
they know what they're doing and high school
sweethearts, not even middle school sweethearts,
we could say, right? Kind of. You'd have to be...
No, that's right. You hated him then. Yeah. That's
right. We've known each other since fifth grade.
That's so great. The good news is, um, these
are the type of people you feel comfortable with
having in your home. And their team is equally
as wholesome and professional. And, uh, you know,
this is, that's the thing is it, whether what
you offer a landscape or a plumber, these folks
come into your house and that's, that's a big
deal to have people that you don't mind having
around. is a big deal. You're right. I've had
some shady people show up for services where
I was like, I don't know. So this is - It's something
we have to factor into even the hiring process
when we're looking for new people. If you don't
have a good feeling, then a 60 -year -old woman
that's home by herself isn't going to have a
good feeling either. Yeah. It's got to be tough.
You don't want to comment on employees' appearances,
but it's kind of part of the gig. You got to
look and - How about that guy we interviewed
last year? He showed up. uh, jeans, jeans, cowboy
boots, wallet chain, flannel shirt unbuttoned
to here with his chest hair hanging out. Okay.
Another chain over that, um, had food in his
beard. Oh. And yeah, just - You interviewed the
90s Paul Bunyan. He fell asleep in the first
hour of training. Yeah. Yeah. I called him and
I was like - he's not going to work out. He's
like, it's only day one. And I go, well, he didn't
dress the way, because we, at that time, were
in a financial advisor's office. So they have
big clients coming and stuff. And I dress up
anyway. I feel like it's just the way it should
be when you're in an office. And so I was like,
listen, you got to at least fancy it up just
a little bit. Nothing crazy, but some nice pants,
even if it's jeans and a nice shirt. If you need
me to buy them for you, I will. So didn't do
that to start off. The bat wore exactly what
he wore to the interview. And then, yeah, this
is so boring. Do I have to do this? What? And
then fell asleep. Was this a year? This had to
be a kid. Yeah, he was younger. He was 22. Okay.
Yeah, and I was like, sorry, you gotta go. Just
get out of my face. This, you know, you just
inspired, this might be a new segment. I want
horrible interview stories. Yeah. This guy, I
bet you do, he fell asleep, like in person fell
asleep. So we interviewed him and then brought
him in for his first day of training, which to
be fair, it's an eight hour online safety course.
DEC safety course. It's rough. It's a slideshow
that's with a monotone voice, but still, it's
your first day. It's your first day at a new
job. And yeah, after 10 minutes, he says to his
boss, he says, wow, this is really boring. Do
I have to do this? And half hour later was asleep.
I wore a full sumo suit. We just wanted to see
if you'd make it through. And you didn't. So
goodbye. I wore a sumo suit and put candy canes
in my beard for your interview with you. When
I got the job, it was a miracle. It was great.
It was great. Guys, Kelly, Ray, I am so excited
that you were able to join us on Good News York
and I'm also very excited about the new episodes
and clips from the All Past cast that are dropping
sort of, I think, as we speak. Yeah. So people
are going to start to get that taste of how awesome
you guys are, like we already know. Yes, sir.
Come back anytime. We'll be here. We want to
hear about this. We want to hear about crazy
bugs and interviews. It's awesome. The more you
interview, keep just for Mike, be like, we'll
be doing it. We'll be doing a few soon. Okay,
good. Good. We should have come up with like
the most creative ways to kill things. I don't
know. That might be, we might get us thrown off
of YouTube. Most creative ways to kill things.
I gotta keep it legal. Yeah, that's true. There's
that whole legal free. Damn different when you're
doing it in your backyard. It's a lot different
than me doing it running a real business We love
it guys. All right Stay tuned for a little more
good news York. We were gonna get into our bag
of goodies. Yeah, I'm excited and We'll be right
back. All right. Thanks a lot. It's you and me
buddy. Yeah, how about that? Yes, sir Literally,
we can't find them. They were the best. They
were the best. Kelly and Ray from All Pest of
Syracuse. That was great. I'm glad we had them
on. Yeah. That was fun. I don't know that I had
heard that story of how they met. Yeah, when
I was talking to Kelly through email about my
brother and sister -in -law's stink -bub problem,
she's like, hey, I got this idea about telling
how Ray and I met. It's kind of a cool story.
I was like, hell yeah. All right. Let's go. Speaking
of cool stories. Yeah. It's a horrible segue.
I love horrors. Yesterday we debuted the segment
where we started going through some stuff I bought.
That was fun. And laughed comedically at the
nonsense that I purchased. I got more. Yes. Yes.
And I'm not gonna lie, it might not be as exciting.
Okay. Because I sort of gave you the best stuff
yesterday, but let's see what we got in our bag.
But let me ask you this, is this the first time
you're actually on, like, we're getting a real
reaction, like, you don't know anything about
these other than what you bought, right? Well,
I bought them. Right, right. But yeah, I haven't,
we haven't opened any of them. Okay, okay, cool.
That's good stuff. So here's the first one on
our list. What you got? A law enforcement body
cam. Oh, man. All right, so this is - I'm a sucker
for those videos. Just so you know. This is how
committed to making content I am. If I could
find one that worked, I would wear one of these
all around and capture the random things that
never happened to me. Nothing interesting actually
happened, so it'd be a total waste of time, but
then I can pay Mike to sit through eight hours
of footage. All right. Well, if you were serious
about it, you would have bought a cop to put
it on, but whatever. All right. And the company
is Law Enforcement Bodycam. Yeah, these are really
great name brand products that we've purchased.
Let's see, so at first glance, I just took the
dust cover off the screen there. It's got a clip,
like a belt clip. It also seems to have a screw
that you could put on a tripod mount, which is
interesting. I don't know exactly why you'd do
that. The camera rotates, huh? USB -C. It's got
a little memory card spot, which I'll grab the
memory card out of the other thing from yesterday.
Okay. Does it hold charge? You know, I was surprised
yesterday. Both things you unbox actually came
with a held charge, which was very surprising.
Here we go. Moment of truth. There it is. Oh,
there's a race car on the screen when it comes
on. You know what that means. It's gonna get
crazy. This is a thing. Let's see what how do
you use it? I don't I think you wear it on your
body. I mean, you're right, but No card. Oh,
yeah. Here's my question. Why why would you have
a rotating camera though? You can turn the microphone
on and off that slot Yeah, but I think you get
in trouble. You have to keep your cam on I mean
the only time you cut audio is actually you can't
cut audio I think But they can omit audio in
court if there's I don't have to do anything
No, we don't have to be shit. We're not we're
not law enforcement. Um, if you didn't know I'll
put a card in this just a second and see what
what is it? I don't know. There's Oh Thanks,
buddy, uh -huh. It's just a cave. Oh, there's
a man. There we go Here we go It's a completely
in Chinese. Well, yeah Usually there's an English
version the one who printed that was probably
there is an English version. Hold on. Hold on
Law enforcement instrument here we go instruction
manual all right I love how they don't even make
up some kind of weird brand now. They're just
like look We're not even gonna bother. We're
gonna shoot it straight here with this here So
it's got a lot of here. We go the specs. This
is what I wanted to say okay? Video resolution
it'll shoot in 4k it says oh shit I'm not I believe
you I'm just calling bullshit. Yeah, I mean I'm
with you. I'm with you. Uh, Danny gave us a card.
Thank you, Danny. You're amazing. We love you.
Our savior here. I am a sucker for body cam videos
and people fighting at sporting event videos,
so this is exciting for me. All right, we got
a card in it. Yep. Uh, I'm upside down. I mean,
I'm starting to think about this, though. Like,
we can't really be too harsh critics, because
the idea is they just need to capture video.
They're not trying to capture, like, you know,
they're not trying to create a movie. So, I mean,
maybe we should set the expectations low. Did
they steal our logo? It looks like our logo.
You know, you just need footage. Oh, we got to
the menu here. Here we go, here we go, here we
go. This is thrilling, I know, guys. This is
resolution, let's see. How do I? Oh, I see you.
I didn't do it. I swear to God. How do I record
it? Does it always record? No. So confused. They
always have to record, but I think the device
itself needs to be prompted to record. If I'm
going to use that crazy tech speak. I can turn
the screen on or off. We're gonna use this around
the office. We're gonna catch employees in the
action. Oh took a pic. It's got that old school
I feel like it's gonna take like a It's supposed
to be 4k. I'm gay. I feel like this photo is
gonna be like from a Fucking 80s flip phone.
Yeah, remember those sure do Resolution was like
120 by 40 or something. Mm -hmm. Mm -hmm. I really
want to know how I actually record I could probably
read the manual. Yeah, read the manual and let
me mess around here. Okay. There's the mic. Functions,
video. Okay, right now you have the mic off and
that's fine. Here you go, here's your record.
Push the button up to start recording. Push down
to stop recording. This one? No. Wait. Yes. Okay,
well it's... So we should be recording. Yeah,
we're... One two three we got a four five six.
Let's seven eight nine this one So hold on does
that mean Should we do like prices prices right
where I guess what you paid over under I am gonna
guess you paid 29 .99 for that I don't actually
know All right now it's a recording it says it's
recording So I feel like I had to activate that
you did because now that yeah, yeah wasn't there
before All right Also, so funny story remember
how I said it it does in 4k on it. It says HD
1080 Which is not 4k and it's definitely not
and that's printed on the device. I'm not talking
about on the screen It's printed on the device
HD 1080 supposedly it does 4k right now. Let
me ask you this. You're more of a tech guy if
you had a 4k If you had a camera that had 4k
quality ability wouldn't you print that on it
over the age one would think Because 4k is better
than right. Yeah, so something's not adding up.
Yeah, so we will pull the footage and put it,
if you go to goodnewsyork .com, the results of
this adventure will be there in this segment.
Yeah. I'm gonna take it and I'm gonna wear it.
It'll be interesting to see what's... I'm gonna
try to catch Danny. What's poppin' off. Doing
what he does. He might have to... See, you gotta...
I wanna follow Danny around with the body cams
and just piss him off. I don't wear any... I
need like a shirt with a pocket. It doesn't...
Can you rotate? Yeah, you know, but... Yeah,
it's gonna be crooked. When you're, you know,
when you're a cop, you got all those gadgets
and gizmos and you're... Wait, that's a... Oh
shoot, it auto -rotates. Wow, that's actually,
honestly? Alright. That's kind of impressive
to me. I'm even more impressed. Yeah. So if you
fall down... We would never want an officer to
fall down. They put it sideways. It should. Yeah.
What else you got? I don't know. You getting
bored of that? No. Well, I just feel like we've...
We've peaked with our body can Alright So this
is sort of a real product actually, so Hold on
you want to know what I paid for that. Hold on.
Hold on. Hold on. I mean I want to know what
I paid for that. I just want to see how close
I I mean To me. I feel like that's a fair price
point for team team. Oh, is it team or team you
or Tumble it's take all my money Well, hey, oh,
I thought it stood for that take everybody's
money. I mean it might actually I might have
just inadvertently take everybody's money Understandably,
where the fuck are my orders? Come on? There's
my cart, but I don't want to buy that stuff here,
but I'll be next week's bit All right What what
is why is this so difficult your orders? There
we go. There we go. So my guess. Okay, hold on
29 .99 Danny what's what is your guess for the
law enforcement? Body can now I'm wondering if
it's 19. Oh, man. That's that's got to be at
least like seven dollars All right, Danny's at
seven Mike was I'll just stick with it. I'm thinking
now. It's 1999, but I'll go I'll I'll go with
Are we playing by prices right rule? Yeah closest
without going over a dollar. I'm sticking with
seven. All right, I'll go I'll go Well, I'll
go above seven I think $29 .99. The actual final
price. Retail price. Of the law enforcement body
cam. $14 .99. $12 .56. Wow. Wow. Danny wins.
Na -na, na -na. Na -na, na -na. All right, and
since I got this, and we didn't get to do this
yesterday, real quick, do you remember the cell
phone from yesterday, the miniature cell phone
that we couldn't get to live stream anything?
Mini cell phone. It's Chloe. This guy, if you
remember this thing. Guys, what do you think
the actual retail price? Didn't you tell us?
I threw out a number, but I wasn't looking at
this, so I could have made a day up. Well, for
that one, I'm going to go again. $29 .99. Okay.
Danny, the 4G, it's a 3G actually. Okay. That's
good to know. I was going to say it's probably
more pricey. 16 games to play with it. I put
it back in the box yesterday, but I took a look
at it. I don't remember what Android version
it was on, but since it's an Android, I'd say
it's probably somewhere like 26, $27. So, uh,
we'll go with 27 from Danny. What'd you say?
I said 29 .99. The closest without going over
in this case is Mike. Wow. $34 .60. Wow. Wow.
That's a little expensive for the Android cell
phone. Teemu. Yeah. If you're watching and you
want to write in the chat or write in, I don't
even know what capabilities we have. Is it Teemu
or Teemu? Teemu, Teemu. All right. And from yesterday,
again, just real quickly, the 4K camera. Yeah,
4k made by 4k camera 4k camera great company
It is a knockoff of the the DJI a gimbal camera
where like the head is supposed to move around
like a gimbal It doesn't it's it's just a selling
people get piece of plastic off and they're like
I'm gonna call the Better Business Bureau and
they're like, what's your problem? I want to
report 4k camera. So guys closest without going
over. What is the price? We'll start with Danny
this time of the 4k Uh, not a gimbal camera.
Oh man. Um, it's funny cause like I have the
DJI that it's based on and that, that was like
a $600 camera. Yeah. This guy, it doesn't even,
it just doesn't even have a gimbal. Right. Uh,
gimbal, gimbal. I'm going to say, let's say $40.
Wow. That's ballsy. $40 is the price from Danny.
Mike. All right. Before we noticed that it was
molded to look like a gimbal and didn't actually
like the shape had nothing to do with it, I would
have agreed. I'm actually going to go lower on
this. I am going to say $19 .99. $19 .99 and
$40. The closest without going over this time
is Danny. God damn it. I paid $53 .62 for that
thing. What? Wow. Dude, you got ripped. I, uh...
Bent over. And you can't even capture the bent
over because it doesn't adjust so you could...
Yeah, it doesn't flip. Um, but anyway. Oh, man.
I'm sorry, man. Alright, let's get to the good
stuff. So... This is a legit product. Okay. I
hesitate to believe you are legit. I'm not even
kidding on this time. This is a legit... This
is the Wyze Cam Pan in black. Okay. Made by Wyze.
This hatches up actual brand name. No, I actually
have a conflict of interest on this. I might
have to sit out. I have indoor security cameras
that are Wyze brand. Why is that a conflict of
interest? Well, because I knew what I paid for
those, but I kind of don't remember. So maybe
I can... Fuck it. Who cares? And they're good,
right? I'll just do it. No, Wyze is great. I
mean, I had a couple issues, but nothing major.
They're definitely more reputable and better
quality than the shit we were just opening. No
offense to 4K camera company. So you can get
this Wyze camera on the TikTok shop if you go
to my TikTok. On the TikTok shop. Quick start
guide. You can buy one of these. It comes with
a book in English. That's good because that's
what we know. I mean, the other one was in English
too, but you had to... Oh yeah. This is awesome.
That is cool. It's like a bunk bed of cameras
They're like so we is this something that's actually
cool looking on top of functional color night
vision Oh, it's got pants and these come in white
as well. I think the black is cool Especially
if you're in a room with decor like ours in here.
That's dark. Yep. It's more fitting to your aesthetic
Moves around It's got two -way audio Nice pan
-tilt and zoom indoor and outdoor 120 inch wide
-angle lens 24 -7 recording 1080 full HD color
night vision I mean this thing is it does it
all does the whole brick and thing man. I look
I will endorse wise I I Like I said, I had a
few issues, but you know nothing That I would
say is the company it reflects bad on the company
just tech stuff In the box, they give you an
actual adapter, which is respectable to begin
with. I don't know why there's so many of these
companies nowadays that now they just give you
a cord with a USB end and they say, best of luck.
You know, we all got a hundred of those things
around, but you can never find one ever when
you actually need it. So shout out to the products
that take the time to actually let you plug them
in. In that is the rest of the cables and goodies.
They've also given us some mounting hardware
to actually put this thing on the wall. You don't
have to try to figure that out. You know when
you hold a product Specifically in electronics.
Yeah, and you can just feel like oh, this isn't
like this has got some some weight to it The
outside is I think it's plastic, but it's smooth
Like you can tell it's it's not cheap. It was
made. It was it's a quality product It really
is and you can grab that on the tik -tok shop
right now. Yes, sir for under 40 bucks our TikTok
shop? Yeah, the at mat major on TikTok. So did
you buy these? $39 .99. Did you buy these to
sell? I bought one of these to use. Okay. But
that's the beauty of the TikTok shop is I can
then also offer it to folks who might want to
also purchase it. That's fantastic. So check
that out. You can get that on there. We will
cut in some footage of the thing in action, but
I think it's a pretty neat... Pretty neat thing.
It is neat. If you go to the showcase on there,
Danny, which I don't know how well that shows,
if that even shows on the web. So you mean are
we selling this item specifically? The one that's
here? No, I'm not going to mail you this. This
one is mine. That's what I'm getting at. So we're
going to use this here in the studio, but you
can buy your own, apparently not on the web version.
So we just link to the products we like and put
it in our TikTok? Yep. And then we get a, okay.
That's it. I like that. So guys We're almost
out of time for today's good, New York Yeah,
what do we got coming up tomorrow my friend tomorrow
on the show? Nothing awesome. Yeah We're gonna
start booking guests regularly starting next
week We were as some of you may know if you if
you have been watching since we started You know,
we're still getting the tech stuff ironed out,
and we've had a few guests, but next week is
when we're really gonna start kicking it off.
We've got a full list of guests coming in. And
look, Good News York. It's all Good News York.
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If you do have any tips... or something you wanna
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we can we can kind of interact with you. So I'm
excited hundred percent. I'm very excited It's
gonna be really cool. Yeah, I will also I was
trying to find it quick I promised you yesterday
this video that was a wild piece of footage and
of course, I can't oh That's right. And I only
remembered it when I opened by notes you intrigued
me with this It is the greatest piece of organic
footage ever ever captured on cell phone camera
rough That is that is quite the talk up. I will
find it so we can properly cue it up tomorrow
Oh, you're gonna make me wait another fucking
day? I can't find it. You're killing me. I don't
remember how it was described. I'm trying to
find it, and there's way too many videos that
involve the police in Rock County. What does
it involve? Is it real footage? It is real. Well,
you said organic. Real footage that a person
captured standing on a street corner, and it
is the wildest footage. It looks like something
that they couldn't create in a movie after 20
takes. Does anybody get hurt? I don't think so.
Okay. I mean... I mean, not visibly in the footage.
Did you save it? You didn't even save. I'm looking,
bro. It was a while ago, so we might be out of
luck for today, but I'm trying. While you're
looking, if you didn't see the... It's a fucking
llama video from yesterday. The video that I
think is the funniest video of all time. And
we found out that the video was actually shot
in Liverpool. I'm gonna hunt this guy down. I
want to interview him on the show. Just, I need
to know what was going on that day and why there
was a llama just running at his car and it is...
I love it. I love that video. It is pretty funny.
I'll be honest. It got better when you found
out it was in Rochester. It was in Rochester?
I thought it was in Syracuse. Or Liverpool, right?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, Liverpool, New York. I'm
still looking for this. No, keep looking. Yeah,
I mean, look, I showed it on the show. for two
reasons, because I wanted people to see the video
that I thought was the funniest video of all
time. And it makes no sense. But you know how
it is. You see a video and it just hits you the
right way. Got it. You got it? How do I? Danny,
what are you possibly signed into that I could
send you this link on? I signed in right now
on Outlook. OK. All right. Heartcrack producer.
We got to get the chat on Danny computer there.
Trippity Tripodi Capote Truman Capote ladies
and gentlemen our producer Danny Truman Capote
Danny Truman now It's on its way to you And also
if you want to be a guest on the show I forgot
that you can everything's linked off of good
news You're correct to be a guest to submit stories.
Yeah, sure. We'll go with that good news York
calm Alright, I don't want to watch because I
want to be surprised. Yeah Very excited very
excited Danny. Just let us know when you got
it ready and you can you can fire it up fire
it up And we are also streaming Monday through
Thursday at good news York calm we are every
morning we you know what morning There's a hammer,
hammer, hammer, hammer, hammer. We're gonna get
kicked off. What'd we do? They found the body
cam footage that we have right here. Yeah. We're
under arrest. I'm not logged in on Facebook here.
They want to... God damn it, Truman. It was public,
so it would just pop up. Oh, wait. What's going
on? All right, here we go. So can you tease this
up again? So we just, this is what now? Yeah,
you're a little, I think you're a little fast
forwarded, buddy. Did I see this actually? Just
watch. And you're saying this is the craziest,
the best video of all time? Best organic video
I've ever seen. What the? We need sound. He's
getting there. Alright, I'm not watching. I'm
gonna watch until it's ready. Alright, phone
work. Can we rewind the phone one more time,
buddy? Sorry. Yeah, start from the beginning.
Here we go. School bus crash into a vehicle.
There's more. What? This is like Grand Theft
Auto, the video game. Is this Rochester, New
York? Yes, of course it is. Wow. That's amazing.
There's so many things happening simultaneously.
It's like The Simpsons. So a car goes through
an intersection, crashes into a bus. And then
a police chase just skews us, comes by, and then
the guy goes on the run. I mean, that is a miracle
that that was caught. It's wild. And for the
record, I mean, the bad section of Rochester,
I used to think... Oh yeah, the bad section.
It's pretty bad. I had a band and we played at
the Water Street Music Hall. It's pretty entertaining
to me, I'm not gonna lie. and we stayed near
the Water Street Music Hall and I was going to
walk to the venue and the person we were staying
with was like, no, you are not walking to the
venue because this neighborhood's nasty. Imagine
the Benny Hill music over that video. It's just
such an incredible calamity. How do you catch
that? Like I'm saying, that dude was at the right
place at the right time and just caught. I need
to watch that 10 more times. And he was a phenomenal
cameraman. Cause that's the problem. Most time
you get something like that and one of these
dudes is you get pissed off cause they start
pointing the phone at the ground or some shit.
Cause they're looking, Oh, look at that. No,
he stuck with it. Like he was good cameraman.
He stuck with it. Shout out to whoever that dude
was. That's just another day in the hood it said.
That was the caption. Yeah. I was more interested
in the cinematic genius of the whole thing. That's
the name of this episode. Just another day in
the hood. There you go. All right. Mike Brindisi,
Matt Mazer, Good News York. It's been a fun one,
my friends. We'll see you tomorrow, hopefully.
Yep.