WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.399 --> 00:00:10.279 Hi Texan is Michael Garfel Michael Garfield. Michael Garfields joining the high tech Texan. 2 00:00:10.439 --> 00:00:15.640 Michael Garfield is here with a high tech texting items to make life easier, 3 00:00:16.120 --> 00:00:22.960 new technology. So Michael Garfield has something you might like. Texan. 4 00:00:25.320 --> 00:00:32.359 Michael Garfield is your high tech Texan. Three decades hoping you make magic with 5 00:00:32.479 --> 00:00:40.520 your gadgets. Heard worldwide on the iHeart Radio Act. Now your high tech 6 00:00:40.560 --> 00:00:49.520 Texan, Michael Garfield. You are listening live from spread Folks Ranch, just 7 00:00:49.759 --> 00:00:54.960 about ninety minutes or so southwest of Houston. Michael Garfield is the name in 8 00:00:55.200 --> 00:00:58.560 Crewe. Sorry to say I'm not in studio, but really, if you're 9 00:00:58.600 --> 00:01:02.079 listening on radio or podcast cast, does it really matter. No. My 10 00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:06.719 job is to get out and about because I am the man about Hdown or 11 00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:10.079 man about the world, actually the world, accorded to garf to give you 12 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:12.879 some ideas of where to go, what to do. It is just technically 13 00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:18.879 a week from Memorial Day, yeah, but making a Memorial Day weekend summers 14 00:01:18.879 --> 00:01:23.760 around the corner. If you listen here in our terrestrial territory of KPARC nine 15 00:01:23.959 --> 00:01:30.480 fifty AM, which is Southeast Texas, got a really really unbelievable fun place 16 00:01:30.519 --> 00:01:37.599 to go, especially for you Texans who like hunting and fishing and eating and 17 00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:42.560 just just living off the land. It is called spread Oaks Ranch spread Oaks 18 00:01:42.680 --> 00:01:47.359 Ranch dot com. I actually was unfamiliar with it until a few months ago 19 00:01:48.200 --> 00:01:51.640 and the nice pr folks and reached out to me, going, Michael, 20 00:01:51.640 --> 00:01:53.000 this is just up your rally. You like food, you like drink, 21 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:56.760 you like hunting. You're just a Texan you want why don't you come out 22 00:01:56.799 --> 00:01:59.439 here and check it out and maybe do the show. Why not? We 23 00:01:59.519 --> 00:02:01.400 love taking the show on the road, So for the next two hours we're 24 00:02:01.400 --> 00:02:06.400 gonna tell you a little bit about it. Have had shattered conversation or two 25 00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:12.680 with the proprietor and also I really think arguably the most important person here on 26 00:02:12.759 --> 00:02:15.319 site. Certainly when you go to a club, a country club, it's 27 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:19.759 the chef for the food and beverage manager, which is really the person you 28 00:02:19.800 --> 00:02:23.199 really want to buddy buddy up with. And last night, Friday night, 29 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:27.159 I did have a really nice buddy buddy time with Rick Rosser, who is 30 00:02:27.199 --> 00:02:30.199 the chef the as he calls himself, you name it, I do it 31 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:35.840 to call up the lodge manager or whatever. But he rustled up some unbelievable 32 00:02:35.879 --> 00:02:40.039 stuff from this fifty five one hundred acre beautiful place. Man. We got 33 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:44.439 ducks and we got dear a lot of Farrell Hawgs. You know what that 34 00:02:44.479 --> 00:02:49.280 means. Farrell Haggs. Guess who brought guests? Who brought a little Umm, 35 00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:53.439 I'm gonna go, Scott. I brought a contraption to maybe help with 36 00:02:53.479 --> 00:02:58.159 the overfestation of Farrell Hawgs, which I may be doing here after the radio 37 00:02:58.280 --> 00:03:02.479 show. It's a neat place for a get away destination wedding m and they 38 00:03:02.520 --> 00:03:07.319 could they could not be more accommodating. So we will talk about the spread 39 00:03:07.319 --> 00:03:08.680 Oaks Ranch a little bit more throughout the day. If you've been here, 40 00:03:08.719 --> 00:03:10.719 by the way, we'd love to hear from you. Maybe you give me 41 00:03:10.759 --> 00:03:15.360 some ideas of what to do, what to eat. Anybody ever had a 42 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:20.120 pheasant egg? I he was, Rick was, Rick was like putting a 43 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:23.439 pheasant egg under my nose last night. This day have pheasant out here too, 44 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:25.599 And so if you have some suggestions for me to do what to do 45 00:03:25.639 --> 00:03:30.800 out here? Seven one three two one two five nine five two one two 46 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:36.080 five and nine five ozh You could also to check out some of the pictures. 47 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:38.840 I've been uploading some really fun pictures to the old ig high Tech tex 48 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:44.199 and Hi g h T e h T e x A and high Tech text 49 00:03:44.240 --> 00:03:46.759 and uh listen, I do have a full show. It's it's called the 50 00:03:46.800 --> 00:03:51.719 High Tech Text and Show. Really it's more than technology. It's just it's 51 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:53.919 whatever the hell I want to do. You know what? Did again? 52 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:59.800 I've lived a and I'd like to continue to live a long, fun life. 53 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:03.439 Let's just generalize it five decades or so. I'm a runner, I'm 54 00:04:03.439 --> 00:04:06.080 a lover. I'm not a fighter. I'm an eater, I'm a drinker. 55 00:04:06.080 --> 00:04:10.080 We have some fun. Why not doing it? I will start with 56 00:04:10.120 --> 00:04:13.360 this, Speaking of lover, I hope you every every mother out there loved 57 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:16.839 and enjoyed Mother's Day last Sunday. If you got to spend time with your 58 00:04:16.879 --> 00:04:20.560 mom, Mozel, that is good for you. If your mom happened to 59 00:04:20.639 --> 00:04:25.639 tune into my radio show, so I gave them a shout out, just 60 00:04:25.720 --> 00:04:30.959 like I wrote a very special Mother's Day night to my mother thanks to chat 61 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:34.040 GPT. This is what we do. Listen, by the way, moms, 62 00:04:34.040 --> 00:04:40.600 I'm talking to you. If you did not get what you wanted from 63 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:44.199 Mother's Day. If you don't like it, and I know you did not, 64 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:47.519 well, I assume you didn't tell your kids that or tell whoever got 65 00:04:47.519 --> 00:04:50.800 it for you. But if you don't like it, sneak away with your 66 00:04:50.800 --> 00:04:55.000 cell phone sometime between now, in the next hour and forty five minutes, 67 00:04:55.199 --> 00:04:58.600 call me and tell me. You can disguise your voice in your name. 68 00:04:59.279 --> 00:05:02.319 I will suggest something else for you, maybe something that you really want. 69 00:05:02.920 --> 00:05:08.040 Maybe maybe it is a kitchen gadget that you want for yourself that, as 70 00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:11.079 I talked last week, kitchen gadget in appliance is really not the thing to 71 00:05:11.079 --> 00:05:14.759 get mom, or your spouse or your girlfriend. Take it from me. 72 00:05:15.240 --> 00:05:18.000 Maybe you want a little jewelry. I know a little a little about that. 73 00:05:18.040 --> 00:05:19.959 You want a car? Oh, I know a lot about cars and 74 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:25.279 trucks. A matter of fact, later the show, I have got to 75 00:05:25.319 --> 00:05:27.920 tell you I'm due. I'm gonna do a whole segment because I you know, 76 00:05:27.920 --> 00:05:31.519 I review cars and trucks. I was in a massive, fun, 77 00:05:32.480 --> 00:05:39.519 huge pickup truck and Moms, should you have the means that wherewithal or just 78 00:05:39.879 --> 00:05:44.199 the the gusto to drive something big? I will tell you all about the 79 00:05:44.319 --> 00:05:49.160 Ford F one fifty Raptor R. The R don't give me. Oh, 80 00:05:49.199 --> 00:05:54.879 I've heard of the raptor Ah. This is the special hard defined version of 81 00:05:54.920 --> 00:05:59.120 the F one fifty Raptor R. This truck is stupid, big Mom. 82 00:05:59.160 --> 00:06:00.399 I'm gonna tell you how you get one of those. We'll actually see. 83 00:06:00.519 --> 00:06:02.279 I can tell you if you want one of those. I don't know why 84 00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:06.000 it wouldn't, but I will suggest some things for you coming up. I'm 85 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:09.839 also gonna tell you about free TV. There is there was an announcement a 86 00:06:09.839 --> 00:06:15.079 few days ago. There is a company, a hardware company that is allegedly 87 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:20.519 seems to be they are going to give away half a million three fifty five 88 00:06:20.519 --> 00:06:26.879 inch televisions. There is a catch. It's could be a dilemma. I'm 89 00:06:26.879 --> 00:06:30.560 gonna let you decide whether it's a dilemma or not. I actually signed up 90 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:32.480 for one. I don't know if it's ever going to come from a fruition. 91 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:35.560 It's half a million TVs, it's a it's a lot of coin. 92 00:06:36.120 --> 00:06:39.560 There are a lot of questions, but I'm gonna let you know where to 93 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:41.160 sign up for it, and you know what, I'll go ahead and blow 94 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:44.079 the deal. If you do want to find out information, If you want 95 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:46.800 to see if you can get in Q in line for one of those, 96 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:48.519 you go to my Twitter account. We're gonna tweet you now. High Tech 97 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:51.439 dex and h I G h T E c h T e x A N 98 00:06:51.959 --> 00:06:56.399 is a new company that will give you that will give you a free TV 99 00:06:57.319 --> 00:07:00.959 and I'll tell you about the catches here at some point soon. Google changing 100 00:07:00.959 --> 00:07:03.240 a few things. I love Google. Not an endorsement. I wish it 101 00:07:03.319 --> 00:07:06.879 was, because Google's great. Either the Android operating system. I've got Google 102 00:07:08.480 --> 00:07:14.519 doorbells, and you know Google, you know smart speakers, I've got Gmail, 103 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:16.959 I use Google Maps. It goes on or not. If you haven't 104 00:07:17.079 --> 00:07:21.279 used your Google account in a while. This they just the wonderful company called 105 00:07:21.360 --> 00:07:27.959 Google. They just announced that they are going to delete active accounts. Well 106 00:07:28.040 --> 00:07:30.720 let's put it this way, sorry, inactive accounts. If you're Google, 107 00:07:31.800 --> 00:07:36.759 whatever Google service you use, if it's inactive for about two years, they're 108 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:40.680 going to delete it. I'm gonna tell you how to save how to save 109 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:45.240 a life, how to save your Google account, other fun things for you. 110 00:07:45.680 --> 00:07:48.319 We've got hotels that have been three D printed. A lot of travel 111 00:07:48.439 --> 00:07:50.959 coming up. As I told you, I'm traveling right down. I mean 112 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:55.680 it's a it's a weekend trip, not too far away. We'll tell you 113 00:07:55.680 --> 00:07:58.399 more about that. I got some questions for you seven one, three, 114 00:07:58.480 --> 00:08:00.839 two, one two, five, nine five, And also Q and A. 115 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:05.399 I do answer to some Q and A one which actually happens to me. 116 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:07.560 And I didn't think it was a phenomenon, but it actually is. 117 00:08:07.600 --> 00:08:13.120 It happens to other people. Does your television sometimes turn on by itself like 118 00:08:13.160 --> 00:08:18.319 a ghost? Mine does and one of mine does, And I just thought 119 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:20.360 it was weird. Maybe there's a ghost in the machine. Maybe it's somebody 120 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:24.000 pimping me. This actually is a phenomenon. I will tell you why it 121 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:28.480 does and what to do about it, because you don't want that. So 122 00:08:28.519 --> 00:08:31.039 a lot of TV talk, some sports talk, some neat stuff going on. 123 00:08:31.080 --> 00:08:33.840 By the way, rockets are you did not get that number one pick, 124 00:08:33.919 --> 00:08:39.639 but I do have san Antonio listeners, san Antonio the big winner of 125 00:08:39.679 --> 00:08:43.440 the week. Congratulations on that number one selection in the NBA draft, which 126 00:08:43.480 --> 00:08:48.080 is happening next month. Listen, having a good time. Michael Garfield spread 127 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:50.200 Oaks Ranch coming up. You want to hear a little bit more about spread 128 00:08:50.279 --> 00:08:52.840 K's Ranch. We're gonna sit down with Forest Wiley. He is the owner, 129 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:56.600 proprietor. It's got some fun stories. This guy. It's a conservation 130 00:08:56.600 --> 00:09:00.720 it's a preservationist and some good food, a lot of of wildlife, a 131 00:09:00.759 --> 00:09:03.320 lot of hunting, a lot of good food. As we continue from spread 132 00:09:03.320 --> 00:09:05.399 Oak's Ranch, don't go anywhere. It is Michael Garfield on what we call 133 00:09:05.480 --> 00:09:16.879 the High Tech Texan Show. We are back at it on Behind Tech Texan 134 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:20.559 Michael gart the show. Happy Saturday and everybody. Just halfway through or so, 135 00:09:20.759 --> 00:09:26.039 May of twenty twenty three, Congratulations to everybody's graduating. Summer seasons coming. 136 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:30.480 That means weddings, that means travel, which is one of the things 137 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:33.000 that I do. You know, I've done this show for well over twenty 138 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:35.240 years, and I love getting out of the studio because it's tough just to 139 00:09:35.279 --> 00:09:39.879 kind of keep me belt it is sitting down anywhere, and so I take 140 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:43.440 the show on the road, which is exactly what we are doing this weekend. 141 00:09:43.600 --> 00:09:46.279 I am just about an hour and a half outside of Houston on the 142 00:09:46.279 --> 00:09:50.039 south southwest side. I am at It's just gorgeous. I never knew this 143 00:09:50.120 --> 00:09:54.399 existed. It's called spread Oaks Ranch. It is I can't even tell you 144 00:09:54.440 --> 00:09:58.840 how something like fifty five hundred acres will get the exact dimensions. It is 145 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:03.440 just great. I got here yesterday and there's everything from hunting and I mean, 146 00:10:03.519 --> 00:10:07.919 I can't just walk out without seeing a duck here or fueral pig over 147 00:10:07.080 --> 00:10:11.399 here. The food is great. So many things to do. I want 148 00:10:11.399 --> 00:10:13.639 to I want to bring in the owner over here because I gotta learn more 149 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:16.080 about this and it's one of my things that I want to do. I'd 150 00:10:16.080 --> 00:10:20.840 like giving you guys some information. His name is Forrest Wildly Forest as the 151 00:10:20.840 --> 00:10:24.279 owner of what we call spread Oaks Ranch over here, I'm gonna call you 152 00:10:24.320 --> 00:10:26.480 cowboy a hoss for us. First of all, you know, you know 153 00:10:26.559 --> 00:10:30.480 how to host and I do. Thank you for having me out here. 154 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:33.200 Congrats on such a success out here. Why is it such a hidden secret, 155 00:10:33.240 --> 00:10:37.080 my man? Hey, well thanks thanks for coming Mike. And you 156 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:39.919 know, spread Oaks Ranch, we started out here about fifteen years ago. 157 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:43.960 We built the lodge about six years ago, and it's just it's the whole 158 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:48.480 deal. You know, We've got farming, ranching, hunting, outdoor sports. 159 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:52.840 Really just come out here and you can't believe it's an hour and a 160 00:10:52.840 --> 00:10:56.759 half away from Houston. So that's been the big gram again. Really really 161 00:10:56.840 --> 00:11:00.840 hunting's how it started, and we've kind of branched into all kinds of different 162 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:05.559 things. It's fifty acres, is that right, That's a that's a lot 163 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:09.159 of land here. Yeah, it's fifty We bought it in three different pieces. 164 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:11.759 About a third of its farm land, about a third of it is 165 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:16.759 kind of pasture land with big trees, and then a third of it's dedicated 166 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:20.919 to waterfowl. So it's it's a third or third or third Colorado River frontage. 167 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:24.120 Um, you know, it's a beautiful place. I was able to 168 00:11:24.120 --> 00:11:26.960 walk around a lot yesterday. I spending some time and doing little fishing, 169 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:30.799 but just walking alone. It's just great hiking. But I mean, I 170 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:33.559 got my exercise yesterday. My man, I'll tell you what I'm doing. 171 00:11:33.600 --> 00:11:35.559 The show here and just a beautiful you know casita, which which you have 172 00:11:35.639 --> 00:11:41.960 several of and you've got everything from a farmhouse, the main house. It's 173 00:11:41.080 --> 00:11:45.720 very picturesque and I already put some of my Instagram page. Here's a lake 174 00:11:45.799 --> 00:11:48.879 over here, there's there's there, there's a lot of you call the impondments. 175 00:11:48.919 --> 00:11:52.159 There's just a lot of water everywhere, which I like, Yeah, 176 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:56.480 we're on the coastal prairie, so you know, this is the native habitat 177 00:11:56.639 --> 00:12:00.960 for you know, the the ducks, the alligators, uh, you know, 178 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:03.840 all the waterfowl, the big fallout in the fall with all the migratory 179 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:07.559 birds coming coming through. But yeah, forty five different empondments. Um, 180 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:11.039 you know, eight of them are permanent lakes. The rest of them are 181 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:13.960 man made. And we do it really to encourage the wildlife and the waterfowl 182 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:18.799 to come down every fall and stick through the spring. So um, like 183 00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:24.279 I said, very very much focused on trying to integrating the farming, the 184 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:26.360 ranching and the wildlife kind of the way. I remember that when I was 185 00:12:26.360 --> 00:12:31.159 a kid growing up in Wharton, Texas and Rosenberg, Texas. True Texan 186 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:33.159 speaks, and I'm there's there's a we went to a place last night right 187 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:37.440 on property of here. It's massive, it's it's got like four rooms in 188 00:12:37.720 --> 00:12:41.279 private baths. You call it the Old three hundred and explain how something to 189 00:12:41.279 --> 00:12:43.039 do with Stephen F. Austin or something. What's the story there? Yeah, 190 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:46.559 So it's actually we call it the Old three hundred. It's got eight 191 00:12:46.600 --> 00:12:50.320 bedrooms and eight bathrooms in it. We can put twelve people up here in 192 00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:58.519 their individual rooms and own bathrooms. But essentially the first approved American immigration into 193 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:03.200 Texas when it was Spanish Texas and then Mexican Texas was with Stephen F. 194 00:13:03.279 --> 00:13:07.919 Austin. He became an impresario with the Mexican government after the Mexican Revolution in 195 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:15.080 eighteen twenty one, and he got approval to bring three hundred families into Mexican 196 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:18.440 Texas. Let them, you know, get they each got a league or 197 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:22.240 about five thousand acres granted to them by the Mexican government. But they had 198 00:13:22.279 --> 00:13:28.360 to fulfill conditions and that was run off the Cronquin Indian make it productive either 199 00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:33.799 farming, ranching, and then keep it that way for a period of ten 200 00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:37.960 years, and then the land reverted to them what Stephen F. Austin got, 201 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:39.919 and it was between the Colorado and the Brazis River, so we're on 202 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:43.919 the Colorado River. So three hundred families they made, they tamed it, 203 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:48.080 and then they got to keep the land after they kind of proven that they 204 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:50.840 had done it. And Stephen F. Austin for doing all that, he 205 00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:52.720 got a big chunk of land up where Stephen F. Auston University is, 206 00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:56.639 So he got eighty thousand acres for putting all these families together. It was 207 00:13:56.679 --> 00:14:01.240 the Mexican government's way to grow tons, to tame the Cronkwin Indians, and 208 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:07.399 to make the land productive. So we honored that that history by naming it 209 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:11.600 All three hundred. The actual original site where the Old three hundred would come 210 00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:15.080 and pick up their supplies is on Jennings Lake, which is on our property. 211 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:20.840 So that's the spot where the Old three hundred started the first approved American 212 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:24.200 immigration into Mexican Texas. I love it. I just get Texas history is. 213 00:14:24.279 --> 00:14:28.080 Obviously it's so important to me. I remember I study in seventh grade 214 00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:31.320 and obviously somebody of listeners here are born, raised, generational, so this 215 00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:33.440 is this is something very neat. Talking to Forest Wiley. Forest is the 216 00:14:33.480 --> 00:14:39.480 owner of Spread Oaks Ranch, where about ninety minutes outside of Houston. Just 217 00:14:39.559 --> 00:14:41.639 looking outside that there's just so many fun things to do. You were just 218 00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:46.399 going through the Texas history. So you talk about historical roots, but you 219 00:14:46.440 --> 00:14:48.639 look around and I already talked about there's ducks out here, but I mean, 220 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:52.000 you have what how many heads of Brangus cow out here? You got 221 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:56.919 wildlife flying around. There's organic crops out here. Give us a little bit 222 00:14:56.919 --> 00:15:00.639 more lay of the land. Yeah, So we are cow half operation. 223 00:15:00.759 --> 00:15:05.399 Five hundred mama cows, thirty five bulls, and so we have about four 224 00:15:05.480 --> 00:15:07.840 hundred and fifty calves born every year. We sell them off when they hit 225 00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:13.759 about nine months old, six seven hundred pounds. We farm, as you 226 00:15:13.799 --> 00:15:16.279 mentioned, we have organic and conventional farming. We've got about two thousand acres 227 00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:20.039 that we farm, and that's Texas Road. Crop used to be all rice, 228 00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:24.159 but that went away about ten fifteen years ago, and then again the 229 00:15:24.200 --> 00:15:28.320 rest of it is basically left for wildlife habitat. You know, when I 230 00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:31.759 was a kid growing up in Horton, Texas and Rosenburg, Texas, we 231 00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:35.559 used to go up and down the rivers because they were public waterways and we 232 00:15:35.559 --> 00:15:39.600 were hunting fish, and occasionally we'd get off the waterway with tennis shoes and 233 00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:41.679 do some more hunting and fishing. We used to call them Tennessee leases. 234 00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:46.679 And I promised myself, if I ever had a chance, I'd come back 235 00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:48.679 and kind of recreate what I remember as a kid. You know, you 236 00:15:48.679 --> 00:15:52.360 didn't have the big corporate farm or the big corporate ranch. You had these 237 00:15:52.399 --> 00:15:56.039 integrated operations that had a little bit of everything, and it really supported the 238 00:15:56.399 --> 00:16:00.200 wildlife. And so that's the whole purpose of spread Oaks is to be integrated 239 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:03.720 kind of like what I remembered as a kid. And it works well for 240 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:08.399 the farming and ranching and for the waterfowl and all the other you know wildlife 241 00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:11.480 out here, dear. Unfortunately a lot of pigs, but you know, 242 00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:15.440 all the other wildlife really enjoys it. Yeah you okay if I take care 243 00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:18.279 of some of those pigs later today, because I brought my rival absolutely as 244 00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:21.639 many as you want. Like I said, you know, we encourage people 245 00:16:21.679 --> 00:16:25.080 come out and shoot the pigs because they're a big problem in Texas. We 246 00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:27.200 have a couple of companies that bring out their helicopters into it, and so 247 00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:32.159 we appreciate all the help you'll give us. I've never never been hella hogging, 248 00:16:32.240 --> 00:16:34.039 but I I am loaded right now, and I know thirell pigs. 249 00:16:34.440 --> 00:16:37.639 If people don't understand this, they really can't be at issued. So I'm 250 00:16:37.639 --> 00:16:41.000 gonna do my part later today when I when I get off, when I 251 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:45.360 get off the air for us Wiley joining me here for another minute to two. 252 00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:48.840 He is the owner of his beautiful spread Oaks Ranch. I can imagine 253 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:51.360 listen. I know you're very nice because I'm doing a radio show and it's 254 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:53.240 just you know, it's just me out here. It's so big and spread. 255 00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:56.840 I can imagine the events that you have out here. I mean, 256 00:16:57.000 --> 00:17:02.840 can I go with hunting and fishing reps or or weddings, destination stuff, 257 00:17:02.840 --> 00:17:03.720 family, your unions? I mean what all do you host out here? 258 00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:07.680 Yeah, we've all the above. We've done weddings, kind of destination weddings. 259 00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:11.000 You know, a family wants to bring twenty people that go to Costa 260 00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:15.960 Rica or the Caribbean. Instead they come here for the whole weekend and kind 261 00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:18.079 of share the whole weekend with the family and have their small wedding, very 262 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:22.720 intimate and a lot less travel and a lot less stress. We do corporate 263 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:26.880 events, we do leadership training out here. Um, you know, we've 264 00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:32.720 done culinary weekends. We do one every October with Brennan's restaurant. They come 265 00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:37.759 out half Brennan's and half Rick and you've met Rick. Rick is showing himself. 266 00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:40.119 Yep. Last night o he knows, he knows how to cook man 267 00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:42.880 he does, he does, and like ninety percent of what you eat out 268 00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:45.720 here comes from out here, you know. So there's some of the stuff 269 00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:49.119 that we have to buy. But between the gardens and the cattle and the 270 00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:56.000 sheep and the chickens and and the pheasants, basically, you know, we 271 00:17:56.000 --> 00:18:00.079 we produced ninety percent of which you eat. And you saw Rick how he 272 00:18:00.119 --> 00:18:03.960 cooks it. He has a big smoke house and so he's big into charcoteries 273 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:10.000 and turned and meets into something special. So you know, we've done you 274 00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:14.160 know, family reunions. We've had up to twenty eight people out here at 275 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:17.960 one time. Double occupancy. You know, we can get about thirty people 276 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:22.519 into the space and it's a great place for a weekend family reunion. We 277 00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:26.160 got skeet and trapped that you can do. We do ranch tours with all 278 00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:30.119 the Texas history. You know, this used to be a big gathering spot 279 00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:36.920 for all the skirmishes before Texas became independent. So Gonzalez goalie had they're all 280 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:40.240 kind of mustard here on the ranch and then would go off to the battles. 281 00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:41.720 So it's we can take you on a tour and give you all the 282 00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:45.960 history. Of course, all the fishing in the lakes where got lots of 283 00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:51.240 stock ponds with big bass. As you mentioned, you can walk around and 284 00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:55.359 just depending upon the time of year, enjoy all the wilderness, the flowers 285 00:18:55.359 --> 00:19:00.400 in the spring, the fall fall out of all the migratory birds. So 286 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:03.240 lots to do. Well. I'll tell you what you haven't feed me quite 287 00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:06.480 well. The breakfast this morning was amazing. And when I'm done here at 288 00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:10.240 one pm Central time, I think I may have to go help you out 289 00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:12.519 with a little pig action to help you out over here. But I totally 290 00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:17.079 can see so many fun things that the events out here great Texas history, 291 00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:18.960 and I know, after what fifteen years of ownership, you're doing a great 292 00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:22.200 job for us. If anybody wants any more information, how about that website 293 00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:26.559 or how can they get a hold of you. Yeah, on the website 294 00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:29.960 you spread Oaks Lodge or spread Oaks Ranch, either one will pick it up 295 00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:33.240 and on there we have our contact information either by email or you can call 296 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:37.440 Jed who who will answer the phone and give you all the different things you 297 00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:41.880 can put together out here. So please spread Oaks Ranch, Spread Oaks Lodge 298 00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:45.480 on the internet or and then that will have Jed's phone number on it. 299 00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:48.039 Well fantastical. I thought, you know, if everybody wants to check out 300 00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:52.519 my Instagram, high tech texts and high t E C H T E x 301 00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:56.279 in I'm putting some videos. I'm putting some really nice photos. Just give 302 00:19:56.279 --> 00:19:59.440 you guys somebody to do, things to do. I know, obviously hunting 303 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:02.519 a seasonal come September. You've got a different things, but it is. 304 00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:03.960 It's Ferrell Pig Hunt season here in about an hour and a half. That's 305 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:07.079 okay with you, my man. There you go, brother, I love 306 00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:10.680 hey, listen, thank you so much for hosting again. I'm gonna get 307 00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:14.160 Rick on next hour and we're gonna talk a little about some of the food 308 00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:17.440 he's gotten. But you've got to you've got a really fun show place out 309 00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:19.720 here. Thank you so much. Thanks for coming out, and good luck 310 00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:23.079 with those pigs now, gotcha? All right, dinner time people not from 311 00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:26.799 mes anybody else eats that gas? All right? Michael guard filed out here 312 00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:30.119 again, spread oaks, Rangel Listen, we have a lot more coming up 313 00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:32.680 here. Yes, we do have some things in consumer lifestyle. I'll tell 314 00:20:32.720 --> 00:20:34.799 you which, which vehicle I drove out here because every week I get the 315 00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:37.240 test to have a new vehicle. I'm glad I got this one to come 316 00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:40.680 out here too. It's a little wet with all the rain, but I'm 317 00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:42.200 having a lot of fun. If you can't tell Doug go anywhere, it 318 00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:45.880 is Michael Gard feel right here on KPREC nine fifty am. iHeart Radio around 319 00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:56.880 the world on the High Tech Text and show Bottom of the Hour. When 320 00:20:56.960 --> 00:21:00.359 you think you continue to tune into the fun Saturday, I tet texting the 321 00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:03.680 show. How are your name is? Michael? None to call me Mike? 322 00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:07.240 What'd you get for Mother's Day? People get an air friar? That 323 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:11.599 was really not your number one gift for Mother's Day? Come on, ladies, 324 00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:15.880 give me a call seven one three two one two five nine five. 325 00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:18.319 Oh, Maybe able to tell you to exchange it for something else. Maybe 326 00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:22.079 you want a new iPhone, you want to you want to iPhone, an 327 00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:26.640 Apple Watch? I don't know. You want some jewelry. I'll suggestive, 328 00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:30.400 but that's what I do. Last week we counted down some last minute Mother's 329 00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:33.720 Day's gifts, and it seems like for the most part, everybody was happy. 330 00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:37.319 Flowers always something nice but if you were at least able to spend it 331 00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:41.319 with your mother, good for you. That It's sweet. See we're very 332 00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:44.920 sentiment over here as we continue to Michael Garfield shoh. Speaking of which, 333 00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:48.119 I have a very good suggestion for mom. How about a watch? How 334 00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:53.839 about jewelry? May I suggest US coins and jewelry on the Katie Freway just 335 00:21:55.119 --> 00:21:57.279 near Voss. I was out there two days ago on Thursday. I was 336 00:21:57.319 --> 00:22:02.119 a guest. Actually, I was a guest of the US coin podcast, 337 00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:07.960 the Coin and Jewelry podcast from Kenny and Matt Duncan. It's fun because I'm 338 00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:11.559 generally on this side of the microphone. I'm the interviewer, I'm the host. 339 00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:15.759 And it was really neat and in special and interesting to be a guest 340 00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:21.559 when Kenny and Matt hosted their their weekly podcast and they wanted me on there, 341 00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:23.480 and I'm thinking, why why would you want me? But it was 342 00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:26.559 this we got It was about an hour and fifteen minutes. Then it will 343 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:30.359 be I believe on YouTube here at some point soon were they were asking me 344 00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:34.519 questions about, yes, about technology, but also about you know, branding 345 00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:38.279 and how do you brand yourself? And it was very flattering. Uh, 346 00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:41.039 you know, I've been doing this for twenty two years. They wanted to 347 00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:45.119 know how I started or created the high tech techs in brand way before social 348 00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:49.440 media. It's a lot of hard work, fits and tears people that I'm 349 00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:53.440 still shitzing right now two decades later. The point is then we got into 350 00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:59.400 jewelry and that is the place to to really get some phenomenal watches. They 351 00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:04.359 have watches are great Rolex watch. I wasn't into watches a time. I'm 352 00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:07.240 into all I'm in you listen if we generally, hey man, here's my 353 00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:11.759 phone, whatever time it is. But I do like jewelry, especially for 354 00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:15.880 a dude. I like necklaces, and I like bracelets man liab bracelets. 355 00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:18.240 And then watch us too. They've got a great selection of Rolex watches and 356 00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:22.920 also do this and for some reason you could have some really nice pieces of 357 00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:26.880 jewelry watches, gold and silver. Do yourself a favor. If you want 358 00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:30.079 to sell it, start and stop at US coins and Jewelry gets US coins 359 00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:34.400 and Jewelry dot Com. Only trust them. They have got security everywhere. 360 00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:37.359 They've got little tiny cubicles where you know, you can just bring all your 361 00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:41.480 coins and they will complimentary, give you the value of what it's worth. 362 00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:44.119 You can just go shopping there. Some moms, if you did not like 363 00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:47.559 whatever you got from other's day, why don't you roll into US Coins and 364 00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:51.279 Jelry and you tell them that. Michael Garfield, Oh, that's right, 365 00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:55.480 the guy on the their podcast says, Hi, and it's very every time 366 00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:56.880 I come in there, they get shipments, I asked him. I say, 367 00:23:56.880 --> 00:24:00.240 they get shipments daily of things, you know, like the garm security 368 00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:04.079 guards coming in there. About two weeks ago, I was there they I 369 00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:07.720 mean they had some jewelry, beautiful bracelets, women's jewelry, earrings. I 370 00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:11.240 went in there on Thursday and it's like, my goodness, this is the 371 00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:12.960 most jewelry I've ever seen at any of the Jewelry star I've ever been into 372 00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:17.759 it. And they're just they're so fair and they're really great boys. What 373 00:24:17.880 --> 00:24:21.079 a great team. US Coins and Jewelry dot Com. Go check it out. 374 00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:25.599 It's Katie Freeway I ten just near Voss as we do continue the High 375 00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:30.160 Tech Texan Show. Speaking of time, it's just about what thirty five minutes 376 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:36.400 or so after eleven am Central time. If you're listening live on KPORC AM 377 00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:41.519 Radio nine fifty all across the southeast portion of the Great State of Texas. 378 00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:44.160 TV is awesome. Mom. I don't know if you want a TV or 379 00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:48.599 not, but this is there anything better than a getting a gift? Which 380 00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:52.440 is nice? But how about getting something free even it's not a gift. 381 00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:56.640 This was kind of here's something that made the headlines and I kind of jumped 382 00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:59.400 on. I'm anxious to see what everybody thinks about this. There is a 383 00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:07.839 company that is taking names and they are going to give away TVs, totally 384 00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:15.640 give away fifty five inch TV. It's a company called Kelly t E L 385 00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:22.799 L Y Kelly, and it's kind of a startup, and it's a hardware 386 00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:26.079 startup, meaning it's hardware, meaning they actually make a TV. And they're 387 00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:32.319 giving away half a million of these new smart TVs for free. Here's a 388 00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:37.440 catch. Oh really, there's a catch. The catch is at the fifty 389 00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:44.440 five inch smart TV comes with a second display, a little secondary display that 390 00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:49.920 sits underneath the TV. It's a video thing and displays ads while you watch 391 00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:56.279 your favorite TV shows. So the trade offer free TV is agreeing to let 392 00:25:56.400 --> 00:26:03.920 this brand new start up collect a lot of data about you because the money 393 00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:08.400 ads make from what they make from the ads, they cover the cost of 394 00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:11.640 the TV itself. So I'm looking at this and I'm look at the privacy 395 00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:15.200 follow see because this is what I do for you, folks, according to 396 00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:18.960 the privacy policy the startup company, they collect data about what you view, 397 00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:22.759 where you're located, what you watch, along with maybe what could be inferred 398 00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:30.759 about you from that information. And there are a lot of people out there, 399 00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:33.400 probably most all of those things. I'm I'm worried about my data. 400 00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:37.319 What am I supposed to do? Listen when you're on the internet, when 401 00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:40.039 you have an email address, whatever you serve. I'm sorry, people, 402 00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:45.160 we trade a lot of things. We trade our data. Why do you 403 00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:48.640 see all the advertisements on Facebook, pop up or whatever social media you're on 404 00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:51.160 or whatever website, going, oh gosh, how do they know I was 405 00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:53.319 in the market for a car, a piece of jewelry, a tennis racket, 406 00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:56.960 a pickleball racket, or something like that. Well, they they they're 407 00:26:56.960 --> 00:27:00.480 a little everything from a little pick souls is what it's called. Uh, 408 00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:03.839 there's maybe cookies, which you've ever heard of in the internet world. They 409 00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:07.759 know where you're serving, what you're tracking, and a lot of people believe 410 00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.799 that your phone is listening to you. If you mentioned a word all of 411 00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:14.640 a sudden, you're gonna get served up some ads. Would you here's a 412 00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:18.960 question of the day. Would you sign up for this and to get a 413 00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:27.960 free fifty five inch TV? Oh have the secondary screen where there you're you're 414 00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:32.400 constantly going to be see ads. I went back and forth and I said, 415 00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:33.319 screw it. I signed up. Now am I gonna get it? 416 00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:37.200 I don't know how this thing works because you actually have to fill out some 417 00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:40.240 information. You got to fill out your age, you're where you're living, 418 00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:44.000 how many hours a week or a day you watch TV? And now listen. 419 00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:47.319 I am at TV, Hank. I mean, there's no secret, 420 00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:51.240 man. I live on TV, actually live watching ESPN, so I'm certainly 421 00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:56.200 I watched a lot of sports live sports sports shows. I watch an average 422 00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:57.720 of I don't even know what I putted. I mean I watched an average 423 00:27:57.720 --> 00:28:00.359 of easily my TV. Because I work a lot from home, my TV 424 00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:04.359 is on easily six seven, eight hours a day. Whether I'm directly watching 425 00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:07.559 it or not, I'm not. You know, it remains to be seen. 426 00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:11.880 But listen when I watch. Here's here's my thing. When I'm watching 427 00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:15.960 sports, and you've done this too over the past, the perifylation of television 428 00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:19.119 sports over the past anywhere between ten years or so. There's this thing called 429 00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:23.440 the bottom line. It's a scroll in the bottom and it shows you other 430 00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:26.559 scores of what's happening. It shows you the breaking news of stage headlines. 431 00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:30.279 If you're on ESPN, go to listen, CNN, does it Fox? 432 00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:34.920 It's just you're constantly at the bottom of the screen. Do you watch this 433 00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:38.359 or does your eyes float away from it? I'm gonna be I'm gonna be 434 00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:41.519 honest. If I'm watching some content, if I'm watching a game, my 435 00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:45.640 eyes really don't drift down to the lower third. It's not even the lower 436 00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:47.880 third. It's probably like about the lower fifth of the screen to see, 437 00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:51.880 So I don't see it. Would I notice the ads? I mean, 438 00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:55.440 depends how bright they are. Is there sound that's coming on? Again? 439 00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:57.799 Questions? I don't know. But for a free teeth, I'm used to 440 00:28:59.079 --> 00:29:04.279 actually having tons of stuff on my screen. We all are and and don't 441 00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:08.680 and think about this smart TVs which many of us have. They are notorious 442 00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:15.039 data collectors. Years ago, years ago, Visio televisions were caught spying on 443 00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:18.240 customers viewing habits, and they were ordered offer customers a way to opt out 444 00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:22.079 of the tracking. And there's a lot of other smart TV makers that are 445 00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:25.400 not much different. Samsung collects and information about what users watch on its smart 446 00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:29.480 TVs and data that was subsequently stolen in the data breach last year. This 447 00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:32.920 is according to TechCrunch dot com, which I'm reading right here. It's it's 448 00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:36.160 a give and take situation. Seven one three two one two five nine five. 449 00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:38.240 Oh. You can go on my Twitter and actually I put a link 450 00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:44.000 if you want to sign up for a free smart TV. Now. The 451 00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:48.160 reservation does cover and I'm clarifying this the first five hundred thousand TVs they're expected 452 00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:52.480 to ship this summer. I don't know the full specs. I don't know 453 00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:56.519 if it's four KHD, but the set's worth to be estimated about a thousand 454 00:29:56.559 --> 00:30:02.279 dollars in retail. And there is again for some reason you don't want it. 455 00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:03.640 I think you can return the TV, but you have to pay five 456 00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:10.599 hundred dollars or so. They're taking this company called Telly. They're taking reservations 457 00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:15.680 free fifty five inch TV that continuously displays ads. I'm part of the secondary 458 00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:18.680 screen. So if you if you're willing to accept those ads or maybe tune 459 00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:21.960 them out and share your data. It's free people, you don't have to 460 00:30:22.119 --> 00:30:22.880 you don't have to do it. Listen. I love ad. You just 461 00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:26.319 heard me do an ad for US coins and jewelry. You know what that 462 00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:29.440 cost you cost you about a minute and a half of the time, but 463 00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:33.240 also gave you an idea of potentially that's a pretty cool thing. Michael shops 464 00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:36.160 there, and I certainly will vouch for them. I'll stand behind them. 465 00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:41.440 Ads. Ads are not a bad thing. This is why you're listening to 466 00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:45.480 KPRC radio where it is free. Does not cost you anything to listen to 467 00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:49.039 this radio station. In effect, it's a it's a it's a business model 468 00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:52.519 that has been around for a long time. Is it for you talking up 469 00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:55.240 here? We are going to take a break. When we come back, 470 00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:59.599 I'm gonna tell you how you can make a lot of money on social media. 471 00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:03.519 I my social media is growing and growing, which is nice, and 472 00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:06.720 it's nice that you know companies will now you could partner, you know, 473 00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:11.519 listen, influence or whatever it is. I'm gonna give you a story about 474 00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:15.039 some Snapchat influencer of how much money this chick made in one week, and 475 00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:18.680 you're gonna be like, I'm quitting my job. How in the world does 476 00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.880 this happen? This is this is the world we're living in, my friends, 477 00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:22.759 and I'm just here to hold on right along and tell you stories. 478 00:31:22.799 --> 00:31:26.680 Michael is my name, Michael Garfield. It is called the IDEC dex and 479 00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:40.119 shell see three two, one, two five nine twenty two years that number 480 00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:44.119 has not has a lot of change, lottest change what I started doing this 481 00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:47.799 radio show, the longest running live radio program here on kpre SE nine fifty. 482 00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:52.079 Either way, we just celebrated ninety eight years of broad jesting on this 483 00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:56.319 heritage talk station. Why they have let me do it for about a quarter 484 00:31:56.400 --> 00:32:00.160 of that time. I still can't figure it out. Well, maybe it's 485 00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:04.880 because of you, dear listeners who listen treshally on nine fifty AM Southeast Texas, 486 00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:07.319 but also around the world on the iHeart Radio app. Wherever you go, 487 00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:12.960 you could take me and you can listen anytime at your Leisia. You 488 00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:15.799 don't need to listen live. Well, I like you listening live because sometimes 489 00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:20.200 I may say, hey, it's lunchtime here. It's almost twelve o'clock noon 490 00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:23.000 Central time here on this beautiful Saturday. I got a deal at the restaurant. 491 00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:28.960 At the first twenty people there get free burritos. I'm not saying that 492 00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:30.960 right now because I don't have anything to give away. But does it feel 493 00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:36.920 free to listen live as you're driving around wherever you are? Certainly if you 494 00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:42.440 are in the great State of Texas high Tech Texa dot com. I've done 495 00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:45.359 this for twenty two years, and it's not like they pay me to do 496 00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:47.519 this. That's I don't want to get into it. That's too much information. 497 00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:53.680 But more and more there are ways to actually or a living without without 498 00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:59.400 working. It's kind of like radio, right. Yeah, it's social media. 499 00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:01.240 It's a it's a funny thing. It certainly was not around when I 500 00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:06.160 was in college to take social media classes. But I've tried to glom on 501 00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:08.519 and all of us have everybody here at our station, and at most everybody's 502 00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:12.839 certainly and definitely in the media because our bosses they want us to. You 503 00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:15.240 know, we are quote unquote and I hate using this term sometimes, but 504 00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:19.720 where personalities and obviously people tune in to heroes, and so they want to 505 00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:22.400 follow us on social media. And the more, the more post that you 506 00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:27.039 have, the more people will maybe click to KPORC website. It goes on 507 00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:30.559 or not, especially in the TV business. I know so many my buddies 508 00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:34.160 of who are in the TV business, the sports anchors, the morning host 509 00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:39.599 or whatever. I believe it's in their contract they need to post photos on 510 00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:44.359 an hourly basis or something during their their shifts or something. It's just it's 511 00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:47.920 it's for content. Hey, listen, I get if you get enough viewers 512 00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:52.400 and followers, it becomes an advertising platform. And look at look at the 513 00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:57.440 famously the Kardashians. You know, I don't know how many millions or hundreds 514 00:33:57.440 --> 00:34:00.279 of millions of followers that they have, but every time allegedly Kim Kardashian, 515 00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:04.119 you know, post one tweet, it's could be a quarter of a million 516 00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:07.079 dollars. A man's crazy. And I say this is because I saw this 517 00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:13.159 story about an influencer, which is a name. I do not like that 518 00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:17.280 title. I think that's be it because I was among many somebody had called 519 00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:21.440 me. I was twenty about two years ago. The Houston Chronicle, I 520 00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:25.599 think was doing a twenty year column on you Know Me in Congrats and High 521 00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:30.679 Tech dex Rand and I think they quoted they said Michael Garfield was an influencer 522 00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:35.800 before the word influencer was around, which was it's nice, but there had 523 00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:38.639 been many influencers. I mean when I started on Channel two, where I 524 00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:44.280 started my local media career, even before radio, in two thousand and two 525 00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:46.719 thousand and one, I was on the morning early mornings on Channel two on 526 00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:49.719 the morning show, and I would be able to at the desk and I 527 00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:52.159 would talk about technology and I would hold up products like I would explain what 528 00:34:52.239 --> 00:34:54.239 Wi Fi was. I mean, that's how long I've been doing this. 529 00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:58.400 And then when the rollout of you know, digital TV and HDTV, and 530 00:34:58.440 --> 00:35:00.199 they were laptops that were very big, and cell phones here everybody and I 531 00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:04.800 allow I was doing. They weren't endorsements. It was just me taking I 532 00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:07.920 think two minutes and thirty five seconds. Right before that they would flip today's 533 00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:10.679 show. I would just explain, hey, this is a neat piece of 534 00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:15.320 technology, and I would talk simply about it and how it could be good 535 00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:16.679 for your life or you know, maybe why this is you know, maybe 536 00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:21.159 you should wait to version two, three, four, or five. But 537 00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:25.800 people would see it. Viewers would see it. They would say, Michael's 538 00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:30.639 in't to know about this thing. He must be relatively intelligent about this subject. 539 00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:34.840 I'm going to go out and buy one of these laptops. That's pretty 540 00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:38.119 much. I'm breaking down what an influencer is without really endorsing it. And 541 00:35:38.239 --> 00:35:42.639 I talk a lot about a stuff on the show that is not endorsed. 542 00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:45.639 It's just content. But when I do talk about things that I like, 543 00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:51.679 like said I love Android phones, I get paid zero and it ticks me 544 00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:54.400 off. I talked more. I have said the word Samsung more on this 545 00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:59.880 radio program in twenty two years than probably any other brand. I have not 546 00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:04.800 gotten squat from Samsung. It's just something I like. I review. It's 547 00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:07.199 good content. Samsung. I'm sick of it. We need to talk to 548 00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:09.880 my people. Anyway. Let's go back to the story. There's this there's 549 00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:15.639 an influencer and NANSK wins here, probably some young girl on Snapchat. Her 550 00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:20.639 name is Karen Marjorie. And again I'm giving her publicity. I don't know 551 00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:27.800 who she is. She made more than seventy one thousand dollars in one week. 552 00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:32.920 One week what she did. She released at an artificial intelligence version of 553 00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:39.119 herself. It's called karen Ai. She's charging fans. I love how they 554 00:36:39.239 --> 00:36:47.840 use fans one dollar per minute for this karen Ai to be their virtual girlfriend. 555 00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:52.880 This is from Fortune magazine. As of last week, this karen Ai 556 00:36:53.760 --> 00:37:00.519 had more than one thousand quote unquote boyfriends or other words paying some subscribers, 557 00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:05.400 and she estimates she could eventually bring in five million dollars a month from this 558 00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:08.320 chat bot. Man, people, I tell you, I thought I was 559 00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:10.920 I thought I was new. I thought I was a first to the game. 560 00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:15.000 I thought I was smart. I have missed the boat on so many 561 00:37:15.079 --> 00:37:20.360 things. Oh my god, seventy one girl in one week. Now. 562 00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:23.960 To be sure, I don't have Snapchat. I've never used Snapchat. I 563 00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:27.239 don't know who this lady is. This girl is, I don't know how 564 00:37:27.280 --> 00:37:31.239 old she is. But if this is anywhere true, that is it's a 565 00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:37.760 pretty darn good business model. You ever had a virtual girlfriend? Callum, 566 00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:39.840 I'm looking at you here on the other side, callum, you have a 567 00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:44.840 you have a real girlfriend, right, yeah? Really describe how that is? 568 00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:47.199 I forgot about that. Say, what is a virtual girlfriend? Someone 569 00:37:47.719 --> 00:37:52.199 to talk to? That we used to just buy a magazines back of the 570 00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:57.639 day. I don't know what a virtual girlfriend is and a dollar per minute 571 00:37:59.519 --> 00:38:04.760 whole cow. I mean, I need to you know what I should? 572 00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:07.639 You know this is what I'm doing. I'm not stealing. I'm gonna partner 573 00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:13.559 with this, Karen Marjorie Chick. Maybe I'm gonna come up with garf Ai. 574 00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:19.719 Well, I can have a thousand virtual girlfriends. Hell, I'll charge 575 00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:23.000 them a penny permitted. Hell, I'll pay for you to be my virtual 576 00:38:23.119 --> 00:38:28.760 rural girlfriend. That's a funny story point is seventy one thousand dollars. If 577 00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:31.880 you parents or your kids are listening, and if you want to get a 578 00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:37.840 what career should go into? People, Listen, I am old school. 579 00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:40.239 Go to college, get a degree, at least take some sort of a 580 00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:44.360 writing journalism class. You can speak well, you can write well. Become 581 00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:45.480 a doctor, become a lawyer, be whatever like that. But if all 582 00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:50.679 those fails, Hell, just create a virtual boyfriend or girlfriend out of yourself. 583 00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:54.239 People, Because I mean I know a few doctors, most all my 584 00:38:54.280 --> 00:38:58.440 friend or lawyers. I don't think that makes seventy one girl in one week. 585 00:38:58.519 --> 00:39:00.639 I just don't I know, I don't a few more minutes before the 586 00:39:00.719 --> 00:39:05.239 top of the hour. On the other side, we are going to talk 587 00:39:05.239 --> 00:39:08.519 a little bit more cars and trucks. And I had a monster. I 588 00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:16.119 had the Ford F one fifty Raptor R pickup truck. It was absolutely stupid, 589 00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:19.320 and I say stupid with a lot of respect. Man, it was 590 00:39:19.360 --> 00:39:22.679 amazing. If you are a truck head, a truck fangirl, a truck 591 00:39:22.760 --> 00:39:23.840 fan boy, you got to hear some of this stuff. I was rolling 592 00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:28.599 around, I got stairs, and it wasn't about my flowing hair when the 593 00:39:28.639 --> 00:39:31.239 windows was rolled down. Now, this is about the five point two leaders 594 00:39:31.280 --> 00:39:36.639 supercharged V eight with a Shelby GT five hundred engine, which, oh, 595 00:39:36.719 --> 00:39:42.599 by the way, produces seven hundred horses seven hundred horsepower, and a pickup 596 00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:44.880 truck. That's just one of the things that I get to I drive a 597 00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:46.199 two around with It's it's fun. Yeah, I do get to do a 598 00:39:46.239 --> 00:39:49.320 lot of fun things. I get to talk about stuff. Sadly, I 599 00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:52.920 don't get indoorsed for some of these, but I will. I will anybody 600 00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:57.719 want to. I'm more than happy. I'm not gonna be your virtual boyfriend, 601 00:39:58.440 --> 00:40:00.360 but I'm more than happy to speak for you if I do like and 602 00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:04.000 truly believe in your product, because that is how I've done it for twenty 603 00:40:04.079 --> 00:40:07.800 years. Our number one is officially I've coming up. I'll learn a little 604 00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:10.159 bit more of where we are here at spread Oaks Ranch, ninety minute southwest 605 00:40:10.199 --> 00:40:14.880 of Houston, and it's a child time. Rick Rosser, the head chef. 606 00:40:15.159 --> 00:40:16.559 Oh, we had a fun time last night, eat and drinking and 607 00:40:16.599 --> 00:40:19.880 cook And we'll telly a little bit more about where we are and give you 608 00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:22.119 some ideas of where to travel because we are taking the show on the road 609 00:40:22.679 --> 00:40:25.800 all summer, I hope so and for the rest of you know the days 610 00:40:25.800 --> 00:40:28.840 that we were on the radio, because we try to have some fun, 611 00:40:29.159 --> 00:40:36.639 happy Saturday people. Michael garfeerd, We're gonna be right back. Yeah. 612 00:40:44.119 --> 00:40:52.119 High is Michael Michael Garfield. Michael Garfields joining the high tech texting Michael Garfiel 613 00:40:52.239 --> 00:40:58.000 is here with a high tech texting also make life easier technology. So Michael 614 00:40:58.039 --> 00:41:07.519 Garfield has something you might like, High tex Michael Garfield, it's your high 615 00:41:07.559 --> 00:41:16.440 Tech Texan. Three decades hoping you make magic with your gadgets, curred worldwide 616 00:41:16.639 --> 00:41:23.719 on the iHeart Radio Act. Now you're high tech Texan Michael Garfield check o'clock. 617 00:41:23.800 --> 00:41:28.000 We are at just after twelve o'clock cent time, halfway through the High 618 00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:30.559 Tech Texan Show, which means we're halfway to happy hour. We've been again 619 00:41:30.599 --> 00:41:35.360 to part week hitting. It's all happy hour on Saturdays, on this pretty 620 00:41:36.280 --> 00:41:40.239 mid May day. If you're listening live on KPARC Radio, it's a happy 621 00:41:40.280 --> 00:41:45.679 hour right now. Because we are not in studio. We're broadcasting from spread 622 00:41:45.719 --> 00:41:50.079 Oaks Ranch, about ninety minutes southwest of Houston. It is a massive fifty 623 00:41:50.159 --> 00:41:55.360 five one hundred acre beautiful wildlife preserved. We got we got ducks, we 624 00:41:55.480 --> 00:42:00.039 got teal, we've got pheasant, We've got fair all dogs which I'm getting 625 00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:05.000 ready to go take down after the show is over. Some great food. 626 00:42:05.079 --> 00:42:08.800 We'll talk one more time with Forrest Wiley, who is the Odor, and 627 00:42:08.920 --> 00:42:13.559 long later this hour of all the great food with Rick Rosser. Just to 628 00:42:13.639 --> 00:42:16.480 give you some ideas of where to go destination weddings. Not that I'm having 629 00:42:16.559 --> 00:42:21.079 one, but if you anybody wants to go somewhere for destination, they've got 630 00:42:21.159 --> 00:42:23.599 Oh, I got Casita's big ranch house. It's it's it's quite fun. 631 00:42:23.760 --> 00:42:27.840 So it's nice to take the show on the road and give you some ideas 632 00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:30.920 of where to go. We hope to take too lots of travel this summer, 633 00:42:30.079 --> 00:42:35.519 and I have a companion pass no companion, so let's go. Let's 634 00:42:35.559 --> 00:42:38.360 fly people. Phone number here is seven one three, two one two, 635 00:42:38.599 --> 00:42:42.400 five and nine to five. Oh, that's how you're going to get into 636 00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:45.119 a Callum. He's on the other side. Callum's back in studio. He's 637 00:42:45.159 --> 00:42:47.880 to keep his on the ear. This will be podcasted, so you can 638 00:42:47.920 --> 00:42:52.360 go to the iHeartRadio app after this is completed at one o'clock Central time and 639 00:42:52.599 --> 00:42:57.840 listen to your heart's content one more time. Last hour, I talked about 640 00:42:58.800 --> 00:43:01.679 there's a company who's giving a free televisions free to half a million free TVs, 641 00:43:01.719 --> 00:43:07.280 fifty five inch TVs. The catches that it comes with a little secondary 642 00:43:07.360 --> 00:43:14.039 screen underneath the TV that you have to watch ads advertisements NonStop, along with 643 00:43:14.159 --> 00:43:16.079 a little data they collect from you where you are, what you watch, 644 00:43:16.159 --> 00:43:20.920 and what have you. Is this something you I do? I signed up 645 00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:22.679 for it. I don't know if I'm going to be one of the first 646 00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:27.400 half a million people who will get this thing, but I'll take a fifty 647 00:43:27.440 --> 00:43:30.000 five inch TV maybe I won't turn it on, but I'm interested to check 648 00:43:30.039 --> 00:43:32.440 it out if you would like to sign up for one of the TVs. 649 00:43:32.519 --> 00:43:37.880 I believe I put the link on the old Twitter high Tech Texans, so 650 00:43:37.039 --> 00:43:40.920 go check that out. What else I wanted to talk about? I guess 651 00:43:42.159 --> 00:43:44.400 I teased that I might as well pay it off. You know, I 652 00:43:44.519 --> 00:43:47.280 do like driving. One of the things that I do as I review and 653 00:43:47.320 --> 00:43:52.440 I recommend cars and trucks. For fifteen years I have been a member of 654 00:43:52.480 --> 00:43:59.599 the Texas Auto Writers Association, which means I write and I talk about recommend 655 00:43:59.639 --> 00:44:02.119 cars and trucks, sadly for no money. It's all content, not endorsement. 656 00:44:02.159 --> 00:44:06.039 I do not work with dealerships. I worked directly with the manufacturers. 657 00:44:06.639 --> 00:44:09.840 So I had a really nice one from a very powerful manufacturer, very famous 658 00:44:09.880 --> 00:44:15.280 manufacturer, this past week or two from Ford. Anyone, anyone Ford pickup 659 00:44:15.320 --> 00:44:19.239 truck fans, here it comes. You've heard of the Ford F one fifty, 660 00:44:19.239 --> 00:44:22.119 obviously a very, if not the most popular truck on the road. 661 00:44:22.639 --> 00:44:27.199 Then there's the Ford F one fifty Raptor version, which is the upgraded kind 662 00:44:27.239 --> 00:44:30.000 of interior, a little bit more elegant, and you may have not heard 663 00:44:30.000 --> 00:44:37.599 of this one. This was the Ford F one fifty Raptor R and I 664 00:44:37.639 --> 00:44:42.599 don't know exactly what the R stands for other than raw, which I made 665 00:44:42.639 --> 00:44:45.800 that word up because while starts with the W. This was right. The 666 00:44:45.920 --> 00:44:50.960 most impressive thing about this was the damn truck itself. The looks, the 667 00:44:51.320 --> 00:44:54.559 sound, the ride, the stairs. I got. It was unbelievable. 668 00:44:54.679 --> 00:44:59.039 These are very, very tough to find. If you go to a Ford 669 00:44:59.079 --> 00:45:01.599 dealership or look on line, if you can find one. I believe the 670 00:45:01.679 --> 00:45:07.360 sticker the way I the sticker price that what I drove was just about one 671 00:45:07.440 --> 00:45:10.840 hundred and ten thousand dollars. That's just the sticker. And because these are 672 00:45:10.920 --> 00:45:14.800 so hard to get, there's not They don't make a ton of them. 673 00:45:15.159 --> 00:45:19.920 Good luck finding one, and good luck finding one for that price. But 674 00:45:20.119 --> 00:45:23.400 if you happen to get one, you've got the means to get one. 675 00:45:23.480 --> 00:45:29.360 Don't worry about the gas mallad journey thing, which was relatively decent. This 676 00:45:29.559 --> 00:45:34.159 is a five point two Leader supercharged V eight engine. Oh it's not just 677 00:45:34.360 --> 00:45:38.079 any old V eight engine you ever heard of. Shelby Carol Shelby famously the 678 00:45:38.159 --> 00:45:44.159 racer out of Dallas. This has a V eight Shelby GT five hundred engine, 679 00:45:45.320 --> 00:45:50.079 which is in a truck bad, which means it's not the bad it's 680 00:45:50.079 --> 00:45:52.000 in the engine of the truck. It's gas. It's not by the byways. 681 00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:55.599 Someone says, I posted this online a picture. Is it is that 682 00:45:55.679 --> 00:46:00.559 electric or a hybrid? Uh, let's let's go back on time, people. 683 00:46:00.679 --> 00:46:05.559 This is one solid gasoline. No, this is this is a gas 684 00:46:05.639 --> 00:46:10.119 power baby. Seven hundred horse power in a truck goes from zero to sixty 685 00:46:10.519 --> 00:46:16.039 Oh, just about three point seven seconds. Moms, didn't get what you 686 00:46:16.079 --> 00:46:19.519 wanted last week from Mother's Day. You're salivating on this thing right now. 687 00:46:20.840 --> 00:46:25.079 Dad's kids listen to this. Go go get mama. Raptor R. It's 688 00:46:25.119 --> 00:46:31.320 got a valved exhaust. This is neat the exhaust pipes. You actually can 689 00:46:31.400 --> 00:46:38.920 switch different modes, so from normal to sport and Baha, like you're driving 690 00:46:38.960 --> 00:46:44.639 around the hills and the offerading of Baja and the exhaust it's it number one. 691 00:46:44.679 --> 00:46:47.360 It dampens the noise. If you go to normal, the engine is 692 00:46:47.400 --> 00:46:51.719 relatively quiet. You push a button on the steering wheel, you go into 693 00:46:51.800 --> 00:46:53.760 sport mode. Obviously you get a little bit more, you know it the 694 00:46:53.800 --> 00:47:02.000 wheels, and the steering tightened up the exhaust. Now we're talking, then 695 00:47:02.039 --> 00:47:07.039 you gonna buy a mode and you wake up the entire neighborhood. The tires 696 00:47:07.239 --> 00:47:09.599 thirty seven inch all terrain tires. These tires are massive, obviously, they're 697 00:47:09.880 --> 00:47:14.599 they're three well over three well well over there over three feet in diameter, 698 00:47:15.480 --> 00:47:19.840 toes up to eighty seven hundred pounds. Inside. Seats could not be more 699 00:47:19.920 --> 00:47:23.000 comfortable. They're front, the front or the Racaro seats. The rear seat, 700 00:47:23.079 --> 00:47:27.039 the rear it splits into like a sixty forty split seat, and so 701 00:47:27.239 --> 00:47:29.559 it's just like a bench that folds up. And so you could put your 702 00:47:29.639 --> 00:47:31.239 rifles, your shotguns, which I did, by the way, easily under 703 00:47:31.280 --> 00:47:35.000 there to hide them. And again the price is one hundred and ten thousand 704 00:47:35.000 --> 00:47:37.360 dollars. I don't know what else to say. It's a lot of the 705 00:47:37.440 --> 00:47:39.880 stuff. A lot of the things I get to drive are fun. They're 706 00:47:39.920 --> 00:47:46.440 smile machines. Yes, I have to drive small, boxy sedans. I 707 00:47:46.599 --> 00:47:50.920 have to test drive probably two times a year, maybe a mini minivan. 708 00:47:51.079 --> 00:47:55.800 I have to drive little small cars that barely fit through four people in there. 709 00:47:57.320 --> 00:48:01.239 I like sport cars. I drive SUVs, but then I drive pickups. 710 00:48:01.239 --> 00:48:04.280 Some of them are like, oh my goodness, this if but I 711 00:48:04.880 --> 00:48:07.239 give you every vehicle is meant for somebody else. You may be in a 712 00:48:07.360 --> 00:48:10.840 mode of frame of life right now where you're just out of college, you 713 00:48:10.880 --> 00:48:13.599 don't have a lot of money. Sure, I'm gonna go tell you to 714 00:48:13.639 --> 00:48:16.800 see if I can get you a twenty thousand, twenty five thousand dollar vehicle 715 00:48:16.840 --> 00:48:20.840 that's going to last year for a long time. Okay, that's that's fun, 716 00:48:21.280 --> 00:48:23.559 all right. If you are looking for a second, third, fourth 717 00:48:23.639 --> 00:48:27.960 car and you got nothing but money to spend, sure, I'm gonna tell 718 00:48:27.960 --> 00:48:32.599 you to go get a two hundred and fifty thousand dollars Mercedes Ragtop, you 719 00:48:32.679 --> 00:48:37.079 know, AMG model, which I've had several over the years. Now, 720 00:48:37.440 --> 00:48:39.800 i am not telling you to go get one, but I'm just giving you 721 00:48:39.920 --> 00:48:43.440 the idea that if you're a pickup truck and you want one of the most 722 00:48:43.519 --> 00:48:47.119 ultimate pickup trucks. There's probably two ultimate pickup trucks, the Ford F one 723 00:48:47.239 --> 00:48:52.039 fifty raptor the Raptor R. But also Ram has one called the TRX or 724 00:48:52.119 --> 00:48:58.360 the t Rex. So apparently they're marketing to dinosaur fans the Raptor or the 725 00:48:58.480 --> 00:49:02.199 t Rex, the trx. This is what the forward Raptor are can compared 726 00:49:02.280 --> 00:49:05.639 to. So there you go. There's this kind of the update of the 727 00:49:05.719 --> 00:49:07.000 day. What else you got for you? I don't know. Let's find 728 00:49:07.039 --> 00:49:09.480 out after the break a little bit more where we are at spread Oaks Ranch 729 00:49:09.559 --> 00:49:13.239 while we're eating, and give you an idea where to come before we wind 730 00:49:13.280 --> 00:49:15.199 up the show. Here jazzed about forty five minutes. It is called the 731 00:49:15.320 --> 00:49:25.199 high Tech Text and Show. Michael Garfield is the name. We are back 732 00:49:25.280 --> 00:49:30.679 at it on the High Tech Texan Michael Garfield Show. Happy Saturday eight everybody 733 00:49:30.920 --> 00:49:35.679 jazzed halfway through or so, May of twenty twenty three. Congratulations to everybody's 734 00:49:35.679 --> 00:49:39.639 graduating. Summer season's coming. That means weddings, That means travel, which 735 00:49:39.760 --> 00:49:42.800 is one of the things that I do. You know, I've done this 736 00:49:42.840 --> 00:49:45.239 show for well over twenty years, and I love getting out of the studio 737 00:49:45.360 --> 00:49:50.320 because it's tough just to kind of keep me belt it is sitting down anywhere, 738 00:49:50.320 --> 00:49:52.719 and so I take the show on the road, which is exactly what 739 00:49:52.920 --> 00:49:55.239 we are doing this week. And I am just about an hour and a 740 00:49:55.320 --> 00:50:00.679 half outside of Houston on the south southwest side. I am at just it's 741 00:50:00.719 --> 00:50:04.480 just gorgeous. I never knew this existed. It's called spread Oaks Ranch. 742 00:50:04.719 --> 00:50:07.599 It is I can't even tell you how something like fifty five hundred acres will 743 00:50:07.760 --> 00:50:12.719 get the exact dimensions. It is just great. I got here yesterday and 744 00:50:12.840 --> 00:50:16.199 there's everything from hunting and I mean I can't just walk out without seeing a 745 00:50:16.320 --> 00:50:21.079 duck here or fireal pig over here. The food is great. So many 746 00:50:21.199 --> 00:50:23.079 things to do. I want to I want to bring in the owner over 747 00:50:23.159 --> 00:50:27.119 here because I gotta learn more about this and it's one of my things that 748 00:50:27.199 --> 00:50:30.280 I want to do. I'd like giving you guys some information. His name 749 00:50:30.360 --> 00:50:34.239 is Forest Wiley. Forest is the owner of what we call spread Oaks Ranch 750 00:50:34.320 --> 00:50:37.400 over here. I'm gonna call you cowboy a hoss for us. First of 751 00:50:37.400 --> 00:50:39.159 all, you know you know how to host and I do. Thank you 752 00:50:39.239 --> 00:50:43.760 for having me out here. Congrats on such a success out here. Why 753 00:50:43.880 --> 00:50:45.960 is this such a hidden secret? My man? Hey, well, thanks 754 00:50:46.000 --> 00:50:50.559 thanks for coming, Mike. And you know spread Oaks Ranch. We started 755 00:50:50.599 --> 00:50:52.800 out here about fifteen years ago. We built the lodge about six years ago, 756 00:50:53.440 --> 00:50:57.239 and it's just it's the whole deal. You know. We've got farming, 757 00:50:57.400 --> 00:51:02.079 ranching, hunting, outdoor sports really just come out here and you can't 758 00:51:02.079 --> 00:51:05.960 believe it's an hour and a half away from Houston. So that's been the 759 00:51:06.000 --> 00:51:09.639 big brawlm again. Really really hunting's how started, and we've kind of branched 760 00:51:09.679 --> 00:51:15.000 into all kinds of different things. It's fiftys is that right. That's a 761 00:51:15.079 --> 00:51:19.199 that's a lot of land here. Yeah, it's fifty We bought it in 762 00:51:19.239 --> 00:51:22.320 three different pieces. About a third of it's farm land, about a third 763 00:51:22.360 --> 00:51:25.679 of it is uh kind of pasture land with big trees, and then a 764 00:51:25.760 --> 00:51:30.039 third of it's dedicated to waterfowl. So it's it's a third or third or 765 00:51:30.119 --> 00:51:35.039 third six miles Colorado River frontage. Um, you know, it's a beautiful 766 00:51:35.079 --> 00:51:37.599 place. I was able to walk around a lot yesterday. It's been in 767 00:51:37.679 --> 00:51:39.480 some time and doing little fishing, but just walking alone. It's just great 768 00:51:39.559 --> 00:51:43.360 hiking. But I mean, I got my exercise yesterday, my man. 769 00:51:43.360 --> 00:51:45.920 I'll tell you what I'm doing. The show here and just a beautiful, 770 00:51:45.000 --> 00:51:49.599 you know casita, which which you have several of and you've got everything from 771 00:51:49.639 --> 00:51:53.800 a farmhouse. The main house is very picturesque and I already put some of 772 00:51:53.880 --> 00:51:58.320 my Instagram page. Here's a lake over here, There's there's there, there's 773 00:51:58.320 --> 00:52:01.559 a lot of you call impondments. There's just a lot of water everywhere, 774 00:52:01.599 --> 00:52:06.079 which I like, Yeah, we're on the coastal prairie, so you know, 775 00:52:06.159 --> 00:52:09.960 this is the native habitat for you know, the ducks, the alligators, 776 00:52:10.199 --> 00:52:14.280 uh, you know, all the waterfowl, the big fallout in the 777 00:52:14.320 --> 00:52:16.960 fall with all the migratory birds coming coming through. But yeah, forty five 778 00:52:17.000 --> 00:52:21.400 different impondments. Um. You know, eight of them are permanent lakes. 779 00:52:21.440 --> 00:52:23.519 The rest of them are man made, and we do it really to encourage 780 00:52:23.559 --> 00:52:28.880 the wildlife and the waterfowl to come down every fall and stick through the spring. 781 00:52:29.400 --> 00:52:32.760 So um, like I said, very very much focused on trying to 782 00:52:32.840 --> 00:52:37.599 integrating the farming, the ranching and the wildlife kind of the way. I 783 00:52:37.679 --> 00:52:39.440 remembered that when I was a kid growing up in Wharton, Texas and Rosenberg, 784 00:52:39.519 --> 00:52:44.280 Texas, true Texan speaks, and I'm there's there's a We went to 785 00:52:44.320 --> 00:52:46.239 a place last night right on property of here. It's massive, it's it's 786 00:52:46.280 --> 00:52:51.280 got like four rooms in private baths. You call it the old three hundred 787 00:52:51.400 --> 00:52:52.719 and explain how something to do with Stephen F. Austin or something. What's 788 00:52:52.760 --> 00:52:55.519 the story there. Yeah, so it's actually we call it the Old three 789 00:52:55.639 --> 00:52:59.719 hundred. It's got eight bedrooms and eight bathrooms in it. We can put 790 00:53:00.039 --> 00:53:05.840 well people up here in their individual rooms on bathrooms. But essentially the first 791 00:53:05.920 --> 00:53:12.519 approved American immigration into Texas when it was Spanish Texas and then Mexican Texas, 792 00:53:13.480 --> 00:53:17.239 was with Steven F. Austin. He became an impresario with the Mexican government 793 00:53:17.519 --> 00:53:22.559 after the Mexican Revolution in eighteen twenty one, and he got approval to bring 794 00:53:22.639 --> 00:53:28.400 three hundred families into Mexican Texas. Let them, you know, get they 795 00:53:28.440 --> 00:53:31.400 each got a league or about five thousand acres granted to them by the Mexican 796 00:53:31.480 --> 00:53:36.840 government. But they had to fulfill conditions and that was run off the Coronquin 797 00:53:36.920 --> 00:53:43.280 Indian make it productive either farming, ranching, and then keep it that way 798 00:53:43.360 --> 00:53:46.440 for a period of ten years, and then the land reverted to them what 799 00:53:46.599 --> 00:53:51.480 Stephen F. Austin got and it was between the Colorado and the Brazis River, 800 00:53:51.559 --> 00:53:53.880 so we're on the Colorado River. So three hundred families they made, 801 00:53:54.239 --> 00:53:58.440 they tamed it and then they got to keep the land after they kind of 802 00:53:58.519 --> 00:54:00.559 proven that they had done it. And Stephen F. Austin for doing all 803 00:54:00.639 --> 00:54:04.039 that, he got a big chunk of land up where Stephen F. Auston 804 00:54:04.159 --> 00:54:07.920 University is, so he got eighty thousand acres for putting all these families together. 805 00:54:07.320 --> 00:54:12.719 It was the Mexican government's way to grow taxes, to tame the cronkwind 806 00:54:12.760 --> 00:54:16.719 Indians, and to make the land productive. So we honored that that history 807 00:54:16.880 --> 00:54:21.960 by naming it all three hundred. The actual original site where the Old three 808 00:54:22.039 --> 00:54:24.400 hundred would come and pick up their supplies is on Jennings Lake, which is 809 00:54:24.440 --> 00:54:30.039 on our property. So that's the spot where the Old three hundred started the 810 00:54:30.599 --> 00:54:35.280 first approved American immigration into Mexican Texas. I love it. I just get 811 00:54:35.320 --> 00:54:37.320 Texas history is. Obviously it's so important to me. I remember I study 812 00:54:37.400 --> 00:54:42.039 in seventh grade. And obviously somebody of listeners here are Born Ray's generational so 813 00:54:42.199 --> 00:54:45.400 this is this is something very neat talking to Forest Wiley. Forest is the 814 00:54:45.480 --> 00:54:50.440 owner of spread Oaks Ranch, where about ninety minutes outside of Houston. Just 815 00:54:50.559 --> 00:54:52.559 looking outside that there's just so many fun things to do. You were just 816 00:54:52.719 --> 00:54:57.360 going through the Texas history. So you talk about historical routes, but you 817 00:54:57.440 --> 00:55:00.599 look around and I already talked about there's ducks out here, but I mean 818 00:55:00.880 --> 00:55:04.559 you have what how many heads of brangs cow out here? You got wildlife 819 00:55:04.599 --> 00:55:07.039 flying around, there's organic crops out here. Give us a little bit more 820 00:55:07.119 --> 00:55:10.920 lay the land. Yeah, So we are a cow calf operation. Five 821 00:55:12.039 --> 00:55:15.760 hundred mama cows, thirty five bulls, and so we have about four hundred 822 00:55:15.760 --> 00:55:20.119 and fifty calves born every year. We sell them off when they hit about 823 00:55:20.199 --> 00:55:24.039 nine months old, six seven hundred pounds. We farm, as you mentioned, 824 00:55:24.079 --> 00:55:28.320 we have organic and conventional farming. We've got about two thousand acres that 825 00:55:28.400 --> 00:55:31.039 we farm, and that's Texas Road. Crop used to be all rice, 826 00:55:31.159 --> 00:55:36.440 but that went away about ten fifteen years ago, and then again the rest 827 00:55:36.559 --> 00:55:39.440 of it is basically left for wildlife habitat. You know, when I was 828 00:55:39.480 --> 00:55:44.000 a kid growing up in Horton, Texas and Rosenberg, Texas, we used 829 00:55:44.000 --> 00:55:46.039 to go up and down the rivers because they were public waterways and we're hunting 830 00:55:46.079 --> 00:55:51.119 fish and occasionally we'd get off the waterway with tennis shoes and do some more 831 00:55:51.199 --> 00:55:54.840 hunting and fishing. We used to call them tennissee leases, and I promised 832 00:55:54.920 --> 00:55:58.960 myself if I ever had a chance, I'd come back and kind of recreate 833 00:55:59.039 --> 00:56:00.320 what I remember as a kid. You know, you didn't have the big 834 00:56:00.400 --> 00:56:05.519 corporate farm or the big corporate ranch. You had these integrated operations that had 835 00:56:05.559 --> 00:56:08.519 a little bit of everything, and it really supported the wildlife. And so 836 00:56:08.639 --> 00:56:13.639 that's the whole purpose of spread Oaks is to be integrated kind of like what 837 00:56:13.679 --> 00:56:16.039 I remembered as a kid. And it works well for the farming, ranching, 838 00:56:16.119 --> 00:56:20.719 and for the waterfowl and all the other you know wildlife out here, 839 00:56:20.840 --> 00:56:22.719 dear. Unfortunately, a lot of pigs, but you know, all the 840 00:56:22.760 --> 00:56:25.480 other wildlife really enjoys it. Yeah, okay, if I take care of 841 00:56:25.519 --> 00:56:30.239 some of those pigs later today, because I brought my rifle, absolutely as 842 00:56:30.280 --> 00:56:31.639 many as you want. Like I said, you know, we encourage people 843 00:56:31.679 --> 00:56:36.079 come out and shoot the pigs because they're a big problem in Texas. We 844 00:56:36.119 --> 00:56:38.039 have a couple of companies that bring out their helicopters into it, and so 845 00:56:38.840 --> 00:56:43.199 we appreciate all the help you'll give us. I've never never been hella hogging, 846 00:56:43.239 --> 00:56:45.800 but I I am loaded right now, and I know thrilled pigs If 847 00:56:45.920 --> 00:56:49.880 people don't understand this, they really can't be at issued. So I'm gonna 848 00:56:49.920 --> 00:56:52.159 do my part later today when I when I get off, when I get 849 00:56:52.199 --> 00:56:55.320 off the air, for us Wiley joining me here for another minute to two. 850 00:56:55.440 --> 00:56:59.679 He is the owner of his beautiful spread Oaks Ranch. I can imagine, 851 00:57:00.039 --> 00:57:01.360 and I know you're very nice because I'm doing a radio show and it's 852 00:57:01.400 --> 00:57:05.199 just you know, it's just me out here. It's so big and spread. 853 00:57:05.840 --> 00:57:07.800 I can imagine the events that you have out here. I mean, 854 00:57:08.000 --> 00:57:13.840 can I go with hunting and fishing trips or or weddings, destination stuff, 855 00:57:13.840 --> 00:57:15.679 family, your unions? I mean, what all do you host out here? 856 00:57:15.119 --> 00:57:19.159 Yeah, we've all the above. We've done weddings, kind of destination 857 00:57:19.239 --> 00:57:22.519 weddings. You know, a family wants to bring twenty people that go to 858 00:57:22.599 --> 00:57:25.679 Costa Rica or the Caribbean. Instead they come here for the whole weekend and 859 00:57:25.800 --> 00:57:29.559 kind of share the whole weekend with the family and have their small wedding, 860 00:57:29.920 --> 00:57:34.280 very intimate and a lot less travel and a lot less stress. We do 861 00:57:34.400 --> 00:57:38.159 corporate events, We do leadership training out here. You know, we've done 862 00:57:38.920 --> 00:57:43.920 culinary weekends. We do one every October with Brennan's restaurant. They come out 863 00:57:43.960 --> 00:57:47.719 in half Brennan's and half Rick. And you've met Rick. Rick's showing himself 864 00:57:47.960 --> 00:57:50.920 yep, last night. O. He knows, he knows how to cook 865 00:57:50.960 --> 00:57:53.679 man he does, he does, And like ninety percent of what you eat 866 00:57:53.719 --> 00:57:57.440 out here comes from out here, you know. So there's some of the 867 00:57:57.480 --> 00:58:00.920 stuff that we have to buy. But between the guard and the cattle and 868 00:58:00.039 --> 00:58:06.679 the sheep and the chickens and and the pheasants, basically, you know, 869 00:58:06.760 --> 00:58:09.920 we we produced ninety percent of which you eat. And you saw Rick how 870 00:58:10.000 --> 00:58:14.159 he cooks it. He has a big smoke house and so he's big into 871 00:58:14.239 --> 00:58:17.920 charcouteries and turned and meets into something special. So um, you know we've 872 00:58:19.000 --> 00:58:23.320 done um, you know, family reunions. We've had up to twenty eight 873 00:58:23.360 --> 00:58:27.880 people out here at one time, double occupancy. You know, we can 874 00:58:28.000 --> 00:58:31.599 get about thirty people into the space and it's a great place for a weekend 875 00:58:31.679 --> 00:58:35.960 family reunion. We got skeet and trapped that you can do. We do 876 00:58:36.119 --> 00:58:39.119 ranch tours with all the Texas history. Um, you know, this used 877 00:58:39.119 --> 00:58:45.039 to be a big gathering spot for all the skirmishes before Texas became independent. 878 00:58:45.119 --> 00:58:49.679 So Gonzalez goalie had they're all kind of mustard here on the ranch and then 879 00:58:49.760 --> 00:58:52.880 would go off to the battles. So it's we can take you on a 880 00:58:52.920 --> 00:58:55.559 tour and give you all the history. Um of course, all the fishing 881 00:58:55.599 --> 00:59:00.960 in the lakes where got lots of stock ponds with big bass. As you 882 00:59:00.079 --> 00:59:04.239 mentioned, you can walk around and just depending upon the time of year, 883 00:59:04.559 --> 00:59:07.960 enjoy all the wilderness, the flowers in the spring, the fall fall out 884 00:59:08.000 --> 00:59:12.880 of all the migratory birds. So lots to do. Well, I'll tell 885 00:59:12.920 --> 00:59:15.039 you what you haven't feed me quite well. The breakfast this morning was amazing. 886 00:59:15.119 --> 00:59:20.079 And when I'm done here at one pm Central time, I think I 887 00:59:20.280 --> 00:59:22.880 may have to go help you out with a little pig action to help you 888 00:59:22.920 --> 00:59:25.039 out over here. But I totally can see so many fun things that the 889 00:59:25.119 --> 00:59:29.599 events out here, great Texas history, and I know, after what fifteen 890 00:59:29.639 --> 00:59:31.679 years of ownership, you're doing a great job for us. If anybody wants 891 00:59:31.719 --> 00:59:35.039 any more information, how about that website or how can they get a hold 892 00:59:35.039 --> 00:59:38.400 of you. Yeah, on the website you spread Oaks Lodge or spread Oaks 893 00:59:38.480 --> 00:59:42.960 Ranch, either one will pick it up and on there we have our contact 894 00:59:43.000 --> 00:59:46.440 information. Either by email, or you can call Jed, who will answer 895 00:59:46.480 --> 00:59:50.480 the phone and give you all the different things you can put together out here. 896 00:59:51.400 --> 00:59:54.400 So please spread Oaks Ranch, spread Oaks Lodge on the internet or and 897 00:59:54.800 --> 00:59:58.880 then that will have Jed's phone number on it. Well fantastical. I thought, 898 00:59:58.880 --> 01:00:00.559 you know, if everybody wants to check out my Instagram high tech texts 899 01:00:00.559 --> 01:00:04.159 and hi g h T E c h T E x in. I'm putting 900 01:00:04.159 --> 01:00:07.119 some videos. I'm putting some really nice photos. Just give you guys somebody 901 01:00:07.159 --> 01:00:10.199 to do, things to do. I know obviously Hunting a season will come 902 01:00:10.239 --> 01:00:14.320 September. You've got a different things, but it is. It's Ferrell Pig 903 01:00:14.400 --> 01:00:15.480 Hunt season here in about an hour and a half. That's okay with you, 904 01:00:15.559 --> 01:00:19.599 my man. There you go, brother, I love hey, listen, 905 01:00:19.840 --> 01:00:22.800 thank you so much for hosting again. I'm gonna get Rick on next 906 01:00:22.880 --> 01:00:24.639 hour and we're gonna talk a little about some of the food he's gotten. 907 01:00:24.679 --> 01:00:29.440 But you've got you've got a really fun show place out here. Thank you 908 01:00:29.519 --> 01:00:31.400 so much. Thanks for coming out, and good luck with those pigs. 909 01:00:31.880 --> 01:00:36.199 Gotcha all right? Dinner time? People not promise anybody else who eats. 910 01:00:36.280 --> 01:00:39.039 That's awry. Michael Gardfield out here again, spread Oaks, Rangel Listen. 911 01:00:39.079 --> 01:00:42.159 We have a lot more coming up here. Yes, we do have some 912 01:00:42.239 --> 01:00:45.840 things in consumer lifestyle. I'll tell you which which vehicle I drove out here, 913 01:00:45.880 --> 01:00:46.920 because every week I get to test to have a new vehicle. I'm 914 01:00:46.920 --> 01:00:50.400 glad I got this one to come out here too. It's a little wet 915 01:00:50.679 --> 01:00:52.639 with all the rain, but I'm having a lot of fun. If you 916 01:00:52.679 --> 01:00:55.159 can't tell Doug go anywhere, it is Michael Garfield right here on KPREC nine 917 01:00:55.280 --> 01:01:07.960 fifty am iHeart Radio around the world on the High Tech EC and show Good 918 01:01:07.960 --> 01:01:12.199 Afternoon, Welcome back. It is beIN gu Darfield. I hope you're having 919 01:01:12.239 --> 01:01:14.760 a great day. Rainy for the past week and a half. Man, 920 01:01:14.880 --> 01:01:17.119 this weekend turned out quite well. Phone number if you want to get in 921 01:01:17.320 --> 01:01:22.360 talk to me, ask me some questions Postmother Day return gifts. I am 922 01:01:22.440 --> 01:01:27.000 your guy seven one three two one two five nine five out. I've told 923 01:01:27.039 --> 01:01:29.920 you several times where I am. We are not in studio, which really 924 01:01:30.000 --> 01:01:31.000 is a good thing if you think about it. I'm about an hour and 925 01:01:31.039 --> 01:01:35.880 a half outside of Houston, about on the southwest side. I am at 926 01:01:35.960 --> 01:01:39.239 the beautiful spread Oaks Ranch, and I'm so glad I learned about this and 927 01:01:40.039 --> 01:01:44.960 got here yesterday. I'll be here another four or five six hours. And 928 01:01:45.079 --> 01:01:47.000 I mean, this is a summer camp for adults. I'm just gonna gotta 929 01:01:47.039 --> 01:01:51.880 throw it out there. I've done everything from skeet shooting and there's Ferrell pigs, 930 01:01:51.960 --> 01:01:53.639 and I haven't even gotten to the food yet, which is what I 931 01:01:53.760 --> 01:01:59.480 want to do. The chief chef, the chef extraordinaire, the man with 932 01:01:59.599 --> 01:02:01.159 the plan of the kitchen. His name is Rick Rosser. And now he 933 01:02:01.239 --> 01:02:05.679 and I tucked each other quite quickly, because you know, I like me 934 01:02:05.840 --> 01:02:08.480 some food and some wild game and everything else he serves here. I'm gonna 935 01:02:08.519 --> 01:02:12.440 bring Rick in for a few minutes to talk over there. Rick, are 936 01:02:12.519 --> 01:02:15.719 you are you trying to just get me fat? Or you just want to 937 01:02:15.760 --> 01:02:17.480 showcase your talents? I mean, what's the real story here, buddy? 938 01:02:19.000 --> 01:02:22.000 You know, it's just it's it's uh, it's maybe it's a mixture of 939 01:02:22.079 --> 01:02:24.760 both. You never know. Well, you do have talents, and you 940 01:02:24.840 --> 01:02:29.800 know we were talking over for sellable cocktails, which obviously you're a cocktail maker 941 01:02:29.880 --> 01:02:36.199 too, But twenty five years of professional artisanal cooking experience. Uh, you've 942 01:02:36.559 --> 01:02:39.480 you've traveled around and find dyning. I mean, get a quick background of 943 01:02:39.800 --> 01:02:44.840 what brought you to spread oaks over here in terms of food. Um, 944 01:02:45.360 --> 01:02:50.239 look, you know, maybe some serious religion and praying. Uh you know, 945 01:02:51.039 --> 01:02:54.360 really spread oaks lodge and ranch. We're out here. We have a 946 01:02:55.320 --> 01:03:00.800 forrest gave us the opportunity to build a thirteenth century smokehouse. How many people 947 01:03:00.880 --> 01:03:04.119 get to say that? And when he gave us that opportunity and we started 948 01:03:04.159 --> 01:03:07.039 looking at blueprints and then just really the recipes that can go from that, 949 01:03:07.000 --> 01:03:10.880 it sparked a whole new thought process out here. I don't want to get 950 01:03:10.880 --> 01:03:17.719 ahead of myself. Last night's dinner also buco grim will lava. We raise 951 01:03:19.000 --> 01:03:22.239 parsley in a lot of different areas because it's a great companion garden plant for 952 01:03:22.400 --> 01:03:29.039 us tomatoes. It keeps the deer away. But we some hydroponic parsley grim 953 01:03:29.039 --> 01:03:34.239 Wi lava with a little wild orange juice in there from our orchards. Then 954 01:03:34.320 --> 01:03:37.079 we follow it with our three mile corn. You have to be real careful 955 01:03:37.159 --> 01:03:44.039 when you have a farmer that works with you and he plants a thousand acres 956 01:03:44.079 --> 01:03:45.039 of corn and you make mention. He's like, hey, man, i'd 957 01:03:45.079 --> 01:03:49.000 really like to I've never had sweet corn before. Can we grow that? 958 01:03:49.679 --> 01:03:52.840 And then next thing, you know, he plants three miles of corn for 959 01:03:52.039 --> 01:03:55.679 you. So we spent last summer picking corn and rolling it into ground corn 960 01:03:55.760 --> 01:04:00.519 for polenta, and we served it last night. Yet again never points the 961 01:04:00.559 --> 01:04:03.639 way that yellow corn really tastes great. Uh, and then the axis dear 962 01:04:03.719 --> 01:04:06.920 DEMI to top it. Wow? Wow, wow is it? I mean 963 01:04:06.960 --> 01:04:10.960 I listen, I'm rolling out there thinking, okay, I'm gonna have a 964 01:04:11.000 --> 01:04:14.079 burrito. No no, no, not not with chef Rick Rosser. Baby, 965 01:04:14.119 --> 01:04:15.239 you don't do that stuff. I meant you and everything, and and 966 01:04:15.320 --> 01:04:18.960 the point is, and we talked to forest earlier about the fifty five hundred 967 01:04:18.960 --> 01:04:23.760 acres that that you were on a spread Oaks ranch. I mean everything is 968 01:04:23.840 --> 01:04:26.760 microlocal. I mean, as you said, you're growing this over here and 969 01:04:26.840 --> 01:04:29.960 you and listen, you're you're talking about pheasant I mean, pheasants are laying 970 01:04:29.960 --> 01:04:31.800 eggs. You're having pheasant legs eggs because you gotta eat them because there's no 971 01:04:31.920 --> 01:04:35.599 incubator. I mean, there's there's You got a lot of top quality organic 972 01:04:35.719 --> 01:04:39.519 fruits to vegetables, to herbs, and you got a shade house and a 973 01:04:39.599 --> 01:04:42.000 greenhouse. I mean, you don't need to go to a grocery store really, 974 01:04:43.000 --> 01:04:46.320 you know, the we don't. We really try and just eat and 975 01:04:47.159 --> 01:04:50.960 grow what we want. So when the guests come in, it's very seasonal. 976 01:04:51.400 --> 01:04:55.480 One of the funniest things is, you know when you when you call 977 01:04:56.199 --> 01:04:59.960 sometimes there are people that want to have a menu when you come out here, 978 01:05:00.159 --> 01:05:03.239 and that's so hard to think about because of what we're doing. Uh, 979 01:05:03.760 --> 01:05:08.039 you know, we raise lambs on property. You never know what the 980 01:05:08.079 --> 01:05:10.960 protein might be because it's so seasonal. And when I say seasonal, it 981 01:05:11.079 --> 01:05:14.880 changes from week to week. You know, tomorrow we'll have to go pick 982 01:05:14.960 --> 01:05:17.079 squashing zucchini because you were here and we didn't get to go to the field 983 01:05:17.119 --> 01:05:21.599 garden today, so we'll be behind. And then we'll have bigger squashing zucchini, 984 01:05:21.679 --> 01:05:25.000 so we'll have to play with the flavors that go with that with the 985 01:05:25.079 --> 01:05:29.000 next guests that come in. So microlocal I like that. I like that. 986 01:05:29.440 --> 01:05:30.639 Yeah, yeah, feel free of trademark that we're talking to. Rick 987 01:05:30.760 --> 01:05:34.159 Roster. He is the he is the chef, the lodge matter. He 988 01:05:34.199 --> 01:05:38.800 just does every pretty much almost everything here. We are again where it's spread 989 01:05:38.880 --> 01:05:43.400 Oaks Ranch. There's links, there's pictures on my Instagram account, checkout high 990 01:05:43.440 --> 01:05:45.719 Tech text and dot com. Certainly from a lot of the food that we 991 01:05:45.079 --> 01:05:47.960 had last night. You talk about the meats too. I mean, I 992 01:05:48.039 --> 01:05:51.400 mean that charcouterie board you met. I thought, I'm I'm a decent charcouterie. 993 01:05:51.440 --> 01:05:55.000 Dude, Dude, I took lessons from you. I mean this CHCARDI 994 01:05:55.079 --> 01:05:57.800 I don't even know what all you put on there. You just you know, 995 01:05:57.880 --> 01:06:00.679 you kept doing it. But everything from the Hennah house and your smoke 996 01:06:00.760 --> 01:06:02.960 house and and every all the proteins you had. You got a stock bass 997 01:06:03.039 --> 01:06:05.320 lake. I know we went nuts on fishing yesterday. I mean, who 998 01:06:05.360 --> 01:06:09.039 knows what you're gonna throw on the plate. And I guess when people come 999 01:06:09.519 --> 01:06:12.920 be at weddings, be at corporate outings, that's what they expect. They 1000 01:06:12.960 --> 01:06:15.440 just said, Man, I'm just sitting down. You just you just feed 1001 01:06:15.519 --> 01:06:18.159 me and I don't really don't care what it is. Yeah, once once 1002 01:06:18.239 --> 01:06:23.800 we established that, it's going to be amazing. Truthfully, the return business 1003 01:06:23.960 --> 01:06:28.480 is great because of just the calmness, the we take care of everything when 1004 01:06:28.559 --> 01:06:30.800 you when you show up, just because of the expectations and the culture. 1005 01:06:31.199 --> 01:06:34.480 You know that. But it's not just me on the ranch. There's we 1006 01:06:34.559 --> 01:06:38.559 have a whole team here Chef Spencer that helps me out with all of our 1007 01:06:38.639 --> 01:06:42.599 charcouterie items. Couldn't do it with it. It's not just one person. 1008 01:06:42.719 --> 01:06:46.840 Forest has been a great uh know. He just sees the vision in people 1009 01:06:47.159 --> 01:06:50.679 and gives them the talent and the ability or gives them the ability to do 1010 01:06:50.840 --> 01:06:55.199 that. So I didn't awesome. Yeah. We also I don't want to 1011 01:06:55.199 --> 01:06:59.480 sleep on your on your cocktails because you also you do some mixology classes too, 1012 01:06:59.559 --> 01:07:01.039 and you know, I love I love making a drink. But we 1013 01:07:01.119 --> 01:07:05.360 had a ball last night waiting on the honeysuckle now so we can get back 1014 01:07:05.440 --> 01:07:13.159 to our honeysuckle simple syrup for those brown water drinks you know, old fashions, 1015 01:07:13.480 --> 01:07:18.039 just something brown waters the way to go. So we've already blown through 1016 01:07:18.199 --> 01:07:21.639 all of the dew berries for this year. We're waiting on muscadine grapes, 1017 01:07:23.239 --> 01:07:28.480 honeysuckle. U can't really find the passion flowers that grow out here usually get 1018 01:07:29.480 --> 01:07:32.880 caught by the raccoons and there's not much flavor. But we're in that we're 1019 01:07:32.920 --> 01:07:38.480 in that sadly enough, we're in that summer grind, and we'll just start 1020 01:07:38.519 --> 01:07:43.280 eating vegetables and really relying. This is when Spencer and I start hitting hitting 1021 01:07:43.280 --> 01:07:46.360 the smokehouse, uh, making all of our charcooni because it takes I mean, 1022 01:07:46.400 --> 01:07:49.480 it takes anywhere from three months to three years, depending on what we're 1023 01:07:49.519 --> 01:07:55.360 processing. So from duck presciutto that Spencer knocks out of the park, to 1024 01:07:55.480 --> 01:08:00.920 our soap prosada from the lambs, the presciutto from some of our old school 1025 01:08:00.079 --> 01:08:06.320 farmers, got really exciting. It never slows down here just because we're always 1026 01:08:06.400 --> 01:08:12.000 doing something for the next group. It's it's crazy. Yeah. I mean 1027 01:08:12.079 --> 01:08:14.800 the wine parings and the cocktails are great, you know, you know, 1028 01:08:14.880 --> 01:08:16.319 I mean we had a great discussion about brown water because I am a bourbon 1029 01:08:16.359 --> 01:08:20.239 guy over here. But also I mean the foraging and you know, the 1030 01:08:20.359 --> 01:08:24.920 the outdoor fire pits and the cookery and I know you teach culinary classes. 1031 01:08:24.920 --> 01:08:27.319 I mean, it's it's a really really nice escape. It's only an hour 1032 01:08:27.359 --> 01:08:29.680 and a half from Houston. And the fact is, I'm not going to 1033 01:08:29.760 --> 01:08:31.359 call it a secret because it's been around for a while. But you for 1034 01:08:31.520 --> 01:08:34.520 as Spencer in the entire gang. I mean, you offer a lot of 1035 01:08:34.600 --> 01:08:38.439 stuff, and for us was saying, you know the number of different you 1036 01:08:38.520 --> 01:08:41.279 know, it's a destination wedding. I mean, why go to Mexico when 1037 01:08:41.319 --> 01:08:44.159 you can go an hour and a half and you close your eyes and you've 1038 01:08:44.199 --> 01:08:46.479 got your own private personal chef and you know all the great casitas and everything. 1039 01:08:46.520 --> 01:08:48.800 I mean, you're pretty much living on paradise. Am I wrong with 1040 01:08:48.840 --> 01:08:51.920 that one? No, you're not. I'm I'm living the dream. I'm 1041 01:08:51.960 --> 01:08:57.439 living the dream. We are living the dream and your fatness up and we 1042 01:08:57.520 --> 01:09:00.439 cannot thank you for it. So I get off the air here one o'clock 1043 01:09:00.479 --> 01:09:02.079 in the afternoon of the Saturday. So for the next hour or two, 1044 01:09:02.079 --> 01:09:03.720 I don't know what do you got fun for us to do? I know 1045 01:09:03.800 --> 01:09:06.760 we fished, we can go shooting again. I don't know what do you 1046 01:09:06.800 --> 01:09:10.880 think we should be doing? You know, I would like to take and 1047 01:09:11.039 --> 01:09:14.640 put you on a buggy, and I think we should go tour the grounds 1048 01:09:14.640 --> 01:09:16.720 a little bit more, show you some of the history that we have being 1049 01:09:16.880 --> 01:09:20.479 one of the original three hundred settlements of Texas. You know, we haven't 1050 01:09:20.520 --> 01:09:26.279 even cover some of the just the grounds on the property. It's really cool. 1051 01:09:27.159 --> 01:09:30.760 Our corn is just starting to tassle, so we've got about a thousand 1052 01:09:30.840 --> 01:09:34.479 acres of corn that we could go look at. We're still holding ducks that 1053 01:09:34.560 --> 01:09:39.000 are migrating through from Mexico. We still got some teal on property, so 1054 01:09:39.119 --> 01:09:42.359 that'd be cool to see. And then UH have to go look at some 1055 01:09:42.439 --> 01:09:45.279 more deer because all of our fawns are starting to drop. So you gotta 1056 01:09:45.319 --> 01:09:48.279 love the cute baby deer. Yeah, what if what if we run into 1057 01:09:48.279 --> 01:09:51.439 some feral hogs? What am I supposed to do? Ah? I don't 1058 01:09:51.479 --> 01:09:55.279 know if we can say that on the air. Boom boom boom. Baby, 1059 01:09:55.279 --> 01:09:57.840 we gotta take those things down. They are a nuisance. They are 1060 01:09:57.960 --> 01:10:02.319 nuisance and auto sim ha ha. You are a fun dude. Eight listen, 1061 01:10:02.760 --> 01:10:05.640 I get I enjoyed hanging with you yesterday and right now in the radio. 1062 01:10:05.640 --> 01:10:09.560 And we're gonna play around here for another few hours, but certainly we 1063 01:10:09.640 --> 01:10:12.199 want to so many of my listeners to at some point go check it out. 1064 01:10:12.239 --> 01:10:15.239 It is called Spread Oaks Rand spread Oak Ranch dot com. Come out 1065 01:10:15.279 --> 01:10:18.119 and hang with Rick and Forrest and the rest of the gang. That it's 1066 01:10:18.159 --> 01:10:20.560 just it's fun stuff. I'll but just I'll just make sure I just you 1067 01:10:20.600 --> 01:10:24.119 know, I don't want to overread. But my man, you are a 1068 01:10:24.319 --> 01:10:27.880 chef extraordinary and I appreciate your hospitality. Thanks, Sarah, you have a 1069 01:10:27.920 --> 01:10:30.159 great day, gotcha. Okay, well, we'll see you soon when we're 1070 01:10:30.159 --> 01:10:31.880 off there. That is Rick Rosser here as we continue to be spread Oaks 1071 01:10:32.000 --> 01:10:34.279 Ranch Broadcast. Check it out and you want to see some pictures. You 1072 01:10:34.279 --> 01:10:36.640 want to see all the fun stuff we're doing. Go on the old Instagram. 1073 01:10:36.720 --> 01:10:40.399 For me, it's called high Tech Tech and hi g h T E 1074 01:10:40.520 --> 01:10:44.279 C h T E x A N and you. At some point we're gonna 1075 01:10:44.319 --> 01:10:46.279 want to come out here. You're you know yourself. Some couples and weddings 1076 01:10:46.479 --> 01:10:49.000 certainly corporate out it. All right, We're gonna take a break so I 1077 01:10:49.000 --> 01:10:51.079 can finish up the show so I can have even more fun. Oh, 1078 01:10:51.119 --> 01:10:54.159 come on, I always have fun on the radio. But don't go anywhere. 1079 01:10:54.199 --> 01:11:05.319 It is Michael Garfield here KPRC nine fifty A M here you got who's 1080 01:11:05.359 --> 01:11:11.079 hungry? We do thank Rick Rosser, who is the head executive chef extraordinaire 1081 01:11:11.199 --> 01:11:15.319 here at does spread Oaks Ranch. When you thanked him for our stay ninety 1082 01:11:15.319 --> 01:11:17.479 minutes out southwest of used to go to spread Oaks Ranch dot com. We 1083 01:11:17.560 --> 01:11:21.079 appreciate it. What a what a fun time, got a fifteen more minutes. 1084 01:11:21.279 --> 01:11:25.279 Uh. It's Farrell Hawks, by the way, if all if you 1085 01:11:25.880 --> 01:11:29.600 the speakers were blasting out here all over the fifty five acres of property. 1086 01:11:29.600 --> 01:11:30.760 If you're a Farrell Hawk, baby, you're going down. You're going down 1087 01:11:30.840 --> 01:11:33.920 after this baby. A lot of a lot of fun hunting. Welcome to 1088 01:11:34.000 --> 01:11:38.399 Texas people. I'll give out the number one one more time, if that's 1089 01:11:38.439 --> 01:11:42.279 okay, seven one three two one two five nine five. Oh, Michael 1090 01:11:42.439 --> 01:11:45.319 Garf, Garfield, Garf. Yeah, let's just you know, don't call 1091 01:11:45.359 --> 01:11:49.399 me Garfield, don't call me Mike, call me Garf, Mikhael, Miguel, 1092 01:11:50.560 --> 01:11:54.560 don't call me late for dinner. And and Rick did not call me 1093 01:11:54.680 --> 01:11:58.439 late for dinner last night or even lunch. Just it's which I think it 1094 01:11:58.479 --> 01:12:00.600 looks like he's setting up here on the end of the corner. Some of 1095 01:12:00.600 --> 01:12:04.560 the things that we talked about today. I talked about that Mother's Day If 1096 01:12:04.600 --> 01:12:08.600 you didn't like your Mother's Day gift, I'm I got a few emails saying 1097 01:12:08.640 --> 01:12:11.000 hey, Michael. My kids were very sweet. They got me this, 1098 01:12:11.159 --> 01:12:14.560 But should I exchange it for another product? I like this watch. I 1099 01:12:14.600 --> 01:12:16.039 would rather have this smart watch whatever. And that's what I'm here for. 1100 01:12:16.119 --> 01:12:18.880 I'll suggest something that you really really want. Tell me, tell me, 1101 01:12:18.920 --> 01:12:23.279 tell me what you really really want? TVs too. I told you how 1102 01:12:23.319 --> 01:12:27.039 to get a free TV. Actually, they're starting this this promotion this summer. 1103 01:12:27.079 --> 01:12:29.760 It's it could be a good Father's Day gift. It's a company called 1104 01:12:29.840 --> 01:12:32.560 tell E T E L L Y there. They just announced it giving away 1105 01:12:33.279 --> 01:12:40.560 half a million free TVs fifty five four KTVs catches. There's a secondary part 1106 01:12:40.640 --> 01:12:45.159 of the screen underneath the fifty five inch TV screen that will show ads, 1107 01:12:45.199 --> 01:12:48.159 advertisements NonStop and they're going to collect a little of your data. Is that 1108 01:12:48.239 --> 01:12:50.239 a good exchange? Is that? Yea? Or nay? You tell me 1109 01:12:50.279 --> 01:12:55.920 about that, speaking of a TVs. Lots lots of things happening in the 1110 01:12:55.960 --> 01:12:59.560 world of television, which I do follow. This past week in New York 1111 01:12:59.640 --> 01:13:03.199 there was the big advertising conferences for all the networks. It's called the Upfronts. 1112 01:13:03.479 --> 01:13:09.119 Upfronts they usually happen in May, and all the the television networks from 1113 01:13:09.199 --> 01:13:13.840 NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox and every Disney and whatever. They will 1114 01:13:13.880 --> 01:13:17.439 host the advertising buyers, some big clients and let them know, hey, 1115 01:13:17.520 --> 01:13:21.800 here's our fall TV lineup. Let's take your money right now so you can 1116 01:13:21.880 --> 01:13:27.520 sponsor it, and some big announcements to Disney actually threw something out that Disney 1117 01:13:27.520 --> 01:13:34.119 obviously owns ESPN ABC. They had said that ESPN as we know it, 1118 01:13:34.760 --> 01:13:40.720 which is pretty much almost every single cable and satellite channel, that at some 1119 01:13:40.840 --> 01:13:45.000 point they may pull that off cable in satellite and may take it all streaming, 1120 01:13:45.199 --> 01:13:47.920 not like ESPN, kind of like ESPN plus where is right now, 1121 01:13:48.000 --> 01:13:51.600 but they could take it all streaming, which is interesting. U. The 1122 01:13:51.800 --> 01:13:56.720 NFL announced that they're doing a playoff game, their very first playoff game in 1123 01:13:56.840 --> 01:14:00.319 January, and it's going to be on a streaming package. This is play 1124 01:14:00.399 --> 01:14:03.800 now, nothing different. It's a little different because we've known for the past 1125 01:14:03.920 --> 01:14:08.279 year Thursday night games have been on Amazon, which is a un like what 1126 01:14:08.399 --> 01:14:12.359 one hundred billion dollars deal over the next thirty years or something that's that's a 1127 01:14:12.479 --> 01:14:17.239 Thursday night game. This is playoffs NBC Peacock, which is a streaming service. 1128 01:14:17.359 --> 01:14:21.119 They paid one hundred and ten million dollars to air one NFL game. 1129 01:14:21.880 --> 01:14:26.880 People content is king. The NFL is king the high Tech text and Shows 1130 01:14:26.960 --> 01:14:30.039 number two. For one hundred ten million dollars, you could not only title 1131 01:14:30.560 --> 01:14:34.640 this program the high Tech Texting two brought to you by Blah. I will 1132 01:14:34.680 --> 01:14:40.680 also marry you, Okay, it's I will. I will live with you, 1133 01:14:40.840 --> 01:14:43.199 I will show for you around for the rest of my life. Point 1134 01:14:43.359 --> 01:14:45.359 is, there is a lot of content, there's a lot of changes, 1135 01:14:45.359 --> 01:14:48.920 there's a lot of advertising, but there's also ways to watch free TV. 1136 01:14:49.039 --> 01:14:54.159 Two things are free and I don't have this. There is something called Sling 1137 01:14:54.439 --> 01:15:00.680 TV. They just announced a new free streaming service. Now, when's the 1138 01:15:00.760 --> 01:15:02.239 last time you heard well, first of all, my favorite four letter word, 1139 01:15:02.279 --> 01:15:05.159 and who isn't free? A lot of streaming services, you know, 1140 01:15:05.199 --> 01:15:09.399 they cost money eight bucks, nine bucks, ten bucks, twenty bucks a 1141 01:15:09.520 --> 01:15:14.800 month. Sling TV just announced a new level. It's called Sling Free Stream, 1142 01:15:15.239 --> 01:15:23.840 Sling Free stream, and it's it's a way to watch TV absolutely free. 1143 01:15:24.600 --> 01:15:29.560 Because you know why, it's advertisers supported. We talked about that. 1144 01:15:29.640 --> 01:15:32.399 I just talked about these new TVs and add supported streaming t and if you 1145 01:15:32.479 --> 01:15:36.359 think this is a new thing, you are listening right now to radio. 1146 01:15:38.680 --> 01:15:42.600 How much is this costing me right now? Nothing? Why? Because it's 1147 01:15:42.640 --> 01:15:45.840 advertising supported, which, by the way, we do think are good friends 1148 01:15:45.880 --> 01:15:50.319 at US coins and Jewelry, Universal Plumbing Supply, Astounds dot Com, which 1149 01:15:50.399 --> 01:15:54.960 is with a Z. They they upkeep, they keep up with my SEO 1150 01:15:55.239 --> 01:15:59.800 searching optimization and my website. See because I just said that for ten seconds 1151 01:16:00.039 --> 01:16:02.520 listening to this or freeze, that a big deal. Now Sling for you 1152 01:16:02.600 --> 01:16:05.439 stream, by the way, they can access more than three hundred and thirty 1153 01:16:05.479 --> 01:16:13.319 five channels, no sign up, no credit card required. Almost too good 1154 01:16:13.359 --> 01:16:14.920 to be tweet. I don't know. So I'm reading it and this is 1155 01:16:14.960 --> 01:16:17.119 not an endorsement. I'm just I'm just reading this. This one I think 1156 01:16:17.279 --> 01:16:23.039 USA today. It's first of all, it's different than Sling TV. Sling 1157 01:16:23.159 --> 01:16:29.359 TV is a paid subscription based service that gives you live channels. There's I 1158 01:16:29.439 --> 01:16:32.840 think three levels orange and blue or orange and blue, anywhere between forty to 1159 01:16:32.920 --> 01:16:40.039 sixty dollars a month, and that's paid. Sling Free Stream is a free, 1160 01:16:40.239 --> 01:16:45.560 ad supported service that gives you free streaming content from about three hundred and 1161 01:16:45.640 --> 01:16:50.159 thirty five live channels, and you can get this online. There's a Sling 1162 01:16:50.359 --> 01:16:56.479 app on Roku or the Amazon Firestick, Xbox PlayStation and a lot of your 1163 01:16:56.520 --> 01:17:01.600 smart TVs. You can get this thing. Let's see over here. All 1164 01:17:01.600 --> 01:17:06.560 you need to do is visit the Sling Free stream website and you start watching, 1165 01:17:06.880 --> 01:17:12.399 or you can download the Sling TV app. I'm trying to see what 1166 01:17:12.479 --> 01:17:15.920 kind of channels they are over here. Live news channels include ABC News Live, 1167 01:17:16.079 --> 01:17:20.920 CBS News, Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Sports content is available. And you know 1168 01:17:21.000 --> 01:17:24.439 you're not getting ESPN with this thing, though, because nothing's free with that 1169 01:17:24.560 --> 01:17:29.399 thing. Bar Stool Sports and overtime they're free. Okay, I mean I 1170 01:17:29.479 --> 01:17:33.560 gotta dig this. You just again, is this your end all, be 1171 01:17:33.920 --> 01:17:40.640 all service for everything. It's not for me because I need live big major 1172 01:17:40.720 --> 01:17:44.680 sports like NFL, which you know is going to go on the ESPN and 1173 01:17:44.920 --> 01:17:50.279 and things like that. But it's nice to know something that's free and it 1174 01:17:50.399 --> 01:17:56.079 suck it up. Who cares if they're advertisements. We've lived through advertise, 1175 01:17:56.199 --> 01:17:58.800 You read up newspaper, you read a magazine. If you do, you're 1176 01:17:58.880 --> 01:18:00.880 way too old. The demograph and for this radio show, you know what 1177 01:18:00.960 --> 01:18:04.840 you get. You're gonna get ads you listen to this radio station. Listen, 1178 01:18:04.880 --> 01:18:06.319 we're about to take a break. To the end of the show. 1179 01:18:06.319 --> 01:18:09.720 You're gonna hear about four or five minutes with the advertisements. At the top 1180 01:18:09.720 --> 01:18:12.079 of the hour, you're gonna hear some news and good content. We'll go 1181 01:18:12.159 --> 01:18:15.239 back into content with the you know, whatever program is next. Then you're 1182 01:18:15.279 --> 01:18:19.720 gonna hear some advertisements. Again, happens on TV. You know, a 1183 01:18:19.800 --> 01:18:24.840 thirty minute television sitcom really only has I believe, twenty two minutes of actual 1184 01:18:24.920 --> 01:18:29.880 content because they leave eight minutes four TV commercials. We have lived with this. 1185 01:18:30.760 --> 01:18:32.840 I'm willing to live with this, and I know you have to because 1186 01:18:32.880 --> 01:18:35.479 we consume media, and that's the way it is. By the way, 1187 01:18:35.520 --> 01:18:38.600 this portion of our show, of course, we are brought to you by 1188 01:18:38.720 --> 01:18:43.039 Universal Plumbing Supply, which I actually almost had a plumbing issue in my house 1189 01:18:43.319 --> 01:18:45.680 earlier this week. It turns out to be a construction issue, not a 1190 01:18:45.680 --> 01:18:48.159 plumbing issue. But if it was a plumbing issue, I absolutely know what 1191 01:18:48.239 --> 01:18:51.439 I would have done. I would have gone downtown twenty three oh one South 1192 01:18:51.560 --> 01:18:57.600 Congress Street to Universal Plumbing Supply Houston dot Com, which, by the way, 1193 01:18:57.600 --> 01:19:00.920 they're open right now until two o'clock on a Saturday. They've been around 1194 01:19:00.960 --> 01:19:04.039 since nineteen seventy nine, and the times I've walked into this great place, 1195 01:19:04.199 --> 01:19:08.560 they the smartest people. They're not they're not plumbers. They're not going to 1196 01:19:08.640 --> 01:19:13.960 fix things for you. Hence the name Universal Plumbing Supply. There are business 1197 01:19:14.039 --> 01:19:18.199 that there are plumbers who actually get their stuff, the products to fix your 1198 01:19:18.319 --> 01:19:23.000 things. Here. There's a lot of do it yourself people from RHEM water 1199 01:19:23.159 --> 01:19:27.239 heaters, Sloane flush valves, the SYNC faucets, the PBC pipes, that 1200 01:19:27.680 --> 01:19:30.520 the Toto and American Standard toilets. They just have so much. It is 1201 01:19:30.600 --> 01:19:35.319 twenty three zero one South Congress Street, downtown Htown, near Minname Park. 1202 01:19:35.399 --> 01:19:40.039 They even have free delivery within fifty miles, which is so convenient. Check 1203 01:19:40.039 --> 01:19:43.359 them out. It's Universal Plumbing Supply, Houston at Dodge Com. Hopefully you 1204 01:19:43.359 --> 01:19:45.760 don't have any plumbing issues. It looks like no more freeze is happening, 1205 01:19:46.119 --> 01:19:49.159 at least for the potentially for the next five or six months, so our 1206 01:19:49.199 --> 01:19:54.520 pipes aren't going to freeze. But make sure for some reason you keep these 1207 01:19:54.760 --> 01:19:58.239 The number of the website handy because there's so many people who just just adore 1208 01:19:59.079 --> 01:20:00.399 these the people who work the the smart people, and they do a good 1209 01:20:00.479 --> 01:20:03.199 job with that. We take a little glance in the show. We got 1210 01:20:03.239 --> 01:20:06.039 about another thirty forty five seconds. We do like to thank one more time 1211 01:20:06.119 --> 01:20:13.720 our hosts this weekend spread Oaks Ranch dot com or spreadex Lodge fifty five one 1212 01:20:13.880 --> 01:20:16.479 hundred massive acres with fishing. If you have a corporate outing, if you 1213 01:20:16.560 --> 01:20:20.119 want to corporate retreat, if you want to an event, bachelor party, 1214 01:20:20.960 --> 01:20:25.319 a destination wedding, you could bring your guns. You can bring whatever you 1215 01:20:25.399 --> 01:20:29.279 got. They've got the ponds lakes. It's so much here. Thank you 1216 01:20:29.399 --> 01:20:32.199 so much to for us Wiley, to also Rick Rosser, and to a 1217 01:20:32.239 --> 01:20:35.960 good friend Kim Pageant at Paget Public Relations. So who was the one who 1218 01:20:36.000 --> 01:20:40.119 actually told me about this great place. For all of us who've been a 1219 01:20:40.159 --> 01:20:42.960 part of this show, we do thank you for tuning in. Callum, 1220 01:20:43.479 --> 01:20:45.520 go take a nap right now, my man, and let me know who 1221 01:20:45.560 --> 01:20:50.119 wins the Breekness horse Racing stinks the derby here later today. I will see 1222 01:20:50.119 --> 01:20:54.479 you next week with more information. If not, you can find me high 1223 01:20:54.479 --> 01:20:58.800 Tech Texan dot com and everywhere else you will find those great words high tech 1224 01:20:58.920 --> 01:21:01.720 Texan. On so social media, my name is Michael and right now let's 1225 01:21:01.760 --> 01:21:06.840 go hunting some pigs and hogs. My friends, my show is over.