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Is Michael Garfier Michael Garfield. Michael
Garfield's joining us and the high Tech Texan.

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Michael Garfield is here with a high
Tech Texans items to make life easier,

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some new technology, and Michael Garfield
has something you might want. Michael

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Garfield is your high Tech Texan.
Three decades helping you make magic with your

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gadgets. Heard worldwide on the iHeartRadio
Act. Now your high Tech Texan,

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Michael Garfield. Happy November. Did
you be listening live? It is finally

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November, and yeah, I'm not
one of those guys. Let's say,

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you know what, Gosh, it's
already November. It's been a long it's

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a little it's been a long the
freaking year, and it is about time

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that we get into the holiday season, which is my busy season because this

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is one of the major things that
I do. I am your guy,

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your boy, your friend, your
Powell, your Bobby who can actually help

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you decide whether you should buy you
shouldn't buy a product because this is what

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we do on the High Tech Text
and Show. Michael is the name Garf.

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If we're tight, feel free to
text me if you really know the

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number, I keep that number.
I may change that number. I'm getting

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more spam on my cell phones,
which is one of the things that we

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can't talk about. I do a
lot of consumer reviews and products. It's

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not just technology, not just TVs, not just phones. I do talk

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about cars. I have been really
rolling around in some sweet test automobiles.

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I get to brand. I get, if not one, sometimes two automobiles

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a week, not from a dealership. I get them straight from the manufacturers.

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I like them. I don't like
them. I like some things about

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them. I love saying love some
things about them. Had an electric one?

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Got an interesting election story. If
you've listened to my show, I've

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got a Is it a love hate
relationship with electric cars? I think that's

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what it is. I don't know
if I would ever buy an electric car,

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but I like electric cars. I
will explain that later. Some of

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the things that we were also talking
about countdown. I got ten ways to

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boost your cell signal. You ever
had problems still nowadays in the twenty first

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century, where your cell signal is
just crapola, Well, it doesn't matter

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if you've got an Android or an
iOS operating system or what have you.

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I can actually give you some ways
to improve your cell signal, and some

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of which I actually have used myself
recently because I've been in places in my

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travels where it's still ain't even near
five G, so I'll tell you about

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that. Privacy continues to be an
issue. There is an app I mentioned

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it a few weeks ago. I'm
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used it right now. It's how
to keep your data private, and it's

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really begetting a lot of traction where
it can help you regain control over your

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data, and I'm gonna tell you
how to use it. Also, AI,

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artificial intelligence man that has been in
the news more in the past three

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weeks that I could think of your
President, Joe Biden and what's going on

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in the White House. They had
a press conference earlier this week of how

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dangerous and scary AI is, how
they're going to really start slowing it down

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so it doesn't go crazy. It
is scary of some of the things and

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the deep fakes and the videos that
artificial intelligence could do. And then there

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are things that you ask yourself,
do we really need AI? Case in

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point, A new Beatles song was
released this past week by my count and

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I am a music trivia buff two
of the Beatles are dead, sorry to

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actually bury the lead, and a
new song came out thanks to artificial intelligence.

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Now listen. Another thing that you
may know about me is I am

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not a Beatles fan. The Beatles
really were not a big thing in the

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eighties. They were not, so
I'm not a big Beatles fan. There

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were Smidge before my time. Even
though there are younger people who love the

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Beatles. But I'm not a Beatles
guy. Even AI could not help make

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this Beatles song good. Oh I
went there. Oh, I absolutely went

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there. This is what you're gonna
get from me. It is no BS.

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Listen to people. I have a
BS degree from the University of Texas,

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and it does not stand for the
Bachelor of Science. If you know

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what I'm talking about, I'm gonna
tell you it like it is. And

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I'm gonna start with this one of
the most exciting and most fun weeks that

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I've had in a long time.
Because and I want you to sit down.

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If I'm based in Houston, the
Houston area, I have been here

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for thirty years. I am originally
from Dallas. Parents still live there,

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still live in the same house I
grew up with that was the years where

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I was. I learned to speak, I learned to read, I learned

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to write, I learned to cheer
in root for sports teams. I learned

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all my friends. That's where I
grew up. I'm still a Dallas boy,

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so I have a lot of listeners
in the DFW Metroplex. But the

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Metroplex this week, my friends,
the name has changed. It is metro

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Flex because it is the home of
the world champion Texas range As. A

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lot of people tell me, Michael, you're based in Houston. Really,

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you really want to ease down when
it comes to alienating your listener base.

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Listen. I have a listener base
now that's all over the world. And

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that's not a brag, but that's
on iHeartRadio, which is an app that

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has heard of the world. I
appear regularly on a Dallas radio station,

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I Pop on Dallas or DFWTV.
I have a lot of a ton of

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my friends still up there, So
I'm not trying to alienate anybody from Houston,

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because for some reason, when I
grew up, I did not understand

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that Ustonians really don't take too kindly
to the city of Dallas. Because me

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growing up in Dallas. We had
zero issue with Houston. In matter of

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fact, I was jealous of Houston
because Houston's a larger city, per se

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thing just Dallas, and I'm like, Okay, not a big deal.

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I come here and people, oh, you're from Dallas. It's like they

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it's like I shot JFK or something. By the way, I was not

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born when that happened, so Doway
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Astros fans, and I am a
Houston Astros fan. I am. I

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used to live next door to James
Mouton, longtime left fielder. The kid

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grew up with them, kids the
same age I used to go and I

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still go to the Astros scams.
We as a radio station and our sister

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station here at iHeart Houston. We
broadcast the Rockets. We broadcast the Astros.

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I'm a fan past seven years ALCS
ALCS people let me talk about the

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Texas Rangers and just suck it up. I am in my fifties, let's

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just go that way. For as
long as my life has been around.

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The Texas Rangers were can't say it
over the air, I can say it

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on a podcast. They were crapped
as a little kid. I was a

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little league kid. I used to
go with my team. I used to

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go with my dad. I used
to go with my friends, my friend's

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dad's. We used to sit in
the worst stadium in Major League Baseball was

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Arlington Stadium. It was the hottest
place that you could ever imagine because we

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didn't have a dome that was air
conditioned like Houston. Another reason to be

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jealous of Houston. I sat in
leftfield bleachers with my glove on, waiting

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for a foul ball, which I
never caught. In the seventies late seventies,

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I rooted for Jim Sunberg, Toby
hare Of, Mike Cargrove, Fergie

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Jenkins people. I go back.
I am a massive Rangers fan. I

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was a member of the Doctor Pepper
Junior Ranger Club. I go back for

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years and years. It was horrible. Rangers made it to the World Series

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and twenty ten loss. Rangers made
it to the World Series. In twenty

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eleven, I got to go to
one game. We were not only one

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strike away from winning the entire World
Series. Twice it happened David Freeze came

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on and he screwed that up.
It has been years last Saturday Game two,

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I said, screw it, I'm
going to the World Sit drove up

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to Dallas, went to Arlington.
Three of my best friends, like kids,

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bought tickets. Was not cheap.
We lost that game. We did

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not lose anymore because the Texas Ranges, the greatest road team in the history

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of World Series Playoffs, has won
it. So to all my people growing

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up who are living in the Metro
Flex right now, I salute you.

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This has been one unbelievable week.
I've already getten a memorabilia. I've got

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the front page of the Dallas Morning
News and it's really nice, and i'ma

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say this. I actually wasn't scared, but I was wondering what was going

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to happen when I, who lives
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now, and I have so many
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whatever you want to call them.
Every time I post something about my Cowboys

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or my whatever, I get crap
and I'm thinking, oh, goosh,

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here we go. So on Wednesday
night, when that final out came and

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I am screaming and waking up my
neighbors, and I take a sip of

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my pappy van Winkle, twenty three
year old Family Reserve bourbon. I post

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it online my feelings about my Texas
Rangers. I'm thinking my comments. I

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cannot wait to unfriend everybody because these
Houston people are just gonna tip typical.

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I haven't chipping my shoulder and Dallas
sucks. Props to you Eustonians. As

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of right now, still haven't gotten
any crap. It's listen, hey,

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Half of it is like, if
the asterisk can't be in there, at

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least we have another Texas team.
And if not, do what Thumper did,

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the great character from the Bambi movie
back in the nineteen fifties. If

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you can't say anything nice, don't
say anything all. But I'm gloating right

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now with my Texas Rangers World champions
hat, and I thank you for indulging

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me in that coming up holiday gift
guide time. You can call me a

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seven one three two one two five
nine five zero with any questions you know

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it to get me. I'm a
size large. If you want to get

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me any World Cities memorabilia, you're
gonna go straight to my heart and you

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go straight to the first CA or
I'm gonna pick up. Also, how

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is your Halloween? Oh I got
stories, people, Michael Garnfield, here's

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the World Champion Award winning Well,
I didn't get a trophy. High Tech

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Taxi show right here on KPRC Radio
and iHeartRadio. Not only was this a

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great week because my childhood baseball team, the Texas Rangers, win their very

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first World Series ever, people,
it was also a Halloween. And if

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you listen to me for a while, I'm gonna tell you something. Halloween

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is my favorite holiday. It's a
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Am I? And I I don't
care how you how do you categorize it?

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It's fun. I don't get into
the scary stuff with the witches of

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the week end of the Warlocks and
everything. No, no, no,

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I'll say it again. Man,
whenever, what other time of year,

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what of the world can you knock
on somebody ring somebody's doorbell that you do

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not know and they give you candy? Case close, case close. Halloween's

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the greatest thing ever, by the
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which was Wednesday, Tuesday night,
which I really didn't do anything. It's

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sad my kids are grown and I
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gone truck or treating if Game four
of the World Series was not on,

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but I had to stay home and
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I live in a community. It's
a gated community, and so I

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didn't have any I had to say, had some candy hanging around, but

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I don't. I really didn't need
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Did not get a lot of kids
coming to I didn't get any kids coming

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to the door, which is good
because I probably would have answered it because

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I was too glued to the TV
watching the other Rangers win that Game two

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versus the Diamondbacks. So it's uh. The next day, obviously it's the

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World Series, the Game five,
the deciding game five, and so the

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Texas Rangers Wednesday. Now I'm on
a high because it's a sugar high because

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I've loaded up with my reeses.
I then my team wins, and then

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the rest of the week it's half
priced candy. By the way, I'm

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open phone lines right now, and
hey, callum, how are you do

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you mind me talking about your Texas
Rangers. I know you're an Astros fan,

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would you indulge me? The Astros
have had a lot of success,

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give me a little love. Thank
you so much, that's all. It

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just indulged me. Here do you
like candy? Callum? Have you calem

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my producer? Here is on the
other side of the glass. Have you

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seen any what's the best deal in
candy? Do you buy it a fifty

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percent off or do you wait until
it's seventy five percent off or maybe ninety

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percent off? The problem is the
more you wait, the more the candy

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goes and disappears. There's a lot
of people who will buy it at the

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fifty percent mark. I'm kind of
the sixty to seventy five percent markof guy.

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And I go to the very small
walgrains in CBS's and I don't need

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candy corn, I don't want to. I just it's just anything with the

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Reeses, the His pumpkins. I
love the consistency of the Reese's pumpkin,

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nice and soft. I'll take any
time. If it's chocolate and peanut butter,

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give it to me. So if
anybody out there seven one, three,

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two, one, two, five, nine and five, oh,

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I don't know, if you want
to call and give a tip of where

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you keep your witch store has a
good stash of candy on sale, but

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weird looking. I mean, they've
got to make room for Thanksgiving. There's

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is there, there's a there's some
fall candy like Hershey's Kisses makes fall colored,

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you know, foil wraps, and
then comes to Christmas candy. But

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Halloween was awesome, so uh coolest? What was it? If I sa

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Travis Kelcey and Taylor Swift, I
don't know. I did not go to

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one Halloween party boohoo again because I
was I was in Dallas, and I

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was in Arlington this past weekend and
I was watching the World Series. So

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this was kind of a weird halloweenish
to me. But I will take this

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every year if my team is in
the World Series. So I didn't see

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a lot of fun costumes. If
you want to X me, you can

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I G h T E c h
T E x A n uh send me

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a photo of your creative Halloween costume. And I have a lot of gift

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cards hanging. I I have a
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Caeso Blancos just out of this freaking
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this atlandish I saw some Benny Hannah
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things that really tickle me a funny
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back and I will send you some
credit cards. I want the most creative

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outfits that you wore. Don't give, don't give me, or you were

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your kids? You or your kids
still party and I have I have ways

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to prove that. There's your phone
number and again high tech textan you can

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hit me on Instagram, Facebook threads. Also, I'm on there too.

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What do we want to talk about
over here? I would go through some

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emails? Uh no, do I
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wanted? Do I really want to
piss off the Beatles? But yeah,

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let's go ahead. So there's this
new Beatles song out anybody Beatles fans?

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Palm are you a Beatles fan?
You're way young? Calum hel what are

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you twenty three? Okay? There
was this really popular band from England that

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Paul McCartney used to be in before
he went solo. All right, it

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was called the Beatles. Okay,
that's the easiest way for me to break

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it down, really and pretty much. They were around for you know,

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six years, nineteen sixty four to
nineteen sixteen nine issues, so kind of

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broke up and it's it's it's the
de leite. And then one of the

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founders was shot and murdered horrible and
then and then then the basis, you

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know, he died, and there's
this drummer with a weird name he's still

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living doing about I'm not I'm just
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the point is a new Beatles song
was released this week, which was not

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the my high point of the week. So the high points of this week,

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let's let's just go back. Rangers
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Halloween, the Dallas Cowboys went and
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in Arlington, so that was a
great weekend. I got a Rangers game,

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I got a Cowboys game candy on
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that rings way lower over here.
I heard I've heard, I heard about

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a minute of this Beatles song.
And what happens that The story is this,

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you know, it's one of these
lost tapes that have been found that

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everybody had to you know, use
art use artificial intelligence to actually clean it

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up. But apparently John Lennon years
and years ago, he was jacking around

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in his apartment with a tape recorder
or something and he laid down some tracks

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and he did something but it was
scratchy, and then George Harrison he didn't

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like it. So, uh was
it? Peter Jackson is at his name,

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the guy who did Lord of the
Rings. He also did that that

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documentary a few years ago about the
Beatles, And so apparently he found these

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things and he used artificial intelligence,
artificial intelligence to clean this a new song

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up and then Ringo Star the drummer
and Paul McCartney, they collaborated. They

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approved it in the estates of you
know, George Harrison and John Lennon approved

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the whole thing, but this artificial
intelligence, they they cleaned it up.

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Hey, I just don't like any
Beatles songs. This is not even near

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a top fifty Beatles song I just
did. If please call me tell me

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I'm wrong and let me take this
from a technology an AI standpoint, Is

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this the right thing to do?
Is it freaky when you hear a voice

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of someone who has been dead?
Was it December eighth, nineteen eighty So

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it has been forty three years that
John Lennon has been gone forty three years,

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and his voice all of a sudden
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that not freaky? Deeckey, I'm
sorry they did this with Michael Jackson.

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I am a big Michael Jackson fan
because that was my era, and after

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he died, just In Timberlake and
another producer I forget, they came out

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and they came out with a pretty
good song. But it was a version

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of Michael's vocals that they found.
I put it together. It was one

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of his best songs, but it
was great. It was I didn't think

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it was freaky. It was just
because I'm such a Michael Jackson fan and

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had a really good beat. I
thought it was nice. But I don't

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know if anybody just thinks that it
is. The point is artificial intelligence.

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This can be done after people are
gone and people who don't exist. They

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can do videos and they can imitate, imitate their voice. I mean,

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if you think about it, we
don't need the Beatles, we don't need

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Michael Jackson, we don't need you
too. We don't need any artists right

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now. And this is why artists, and this is one of the reasons

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why there was a big breakdown with
a writer's guild strike and the and the

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actors. What is artificial intelligence going
to do to content? And do me

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a favorite? Colum? Do not
play it? I don't want. I

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don't think we even can play the
Beatles song because it's gonna cost a bazillion

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gazillion dollars if we even have to
try to play this thing. I don't

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want to hear it. I don't
play any any Beatles songs. But if

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you listen to this, I just
if you're a diehard and I gotta take

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a break right now. If you're
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from you. Is this good?
Is it? Is it? Is it?

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Why did they? Why did they
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of them, the two estates and
the two living ones, I don't think

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they need the money. Is it
for the fans? Is it to keep

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their name and their albums? You
know, playing on iHeart and Spotify and

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all these other things? We don't
know? All right, there's my Beatles

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ramp, anything anybody else that can
really tick off? I mean I have

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a seven one three two one two
five nine five, Oh Dames Michael's the

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high Tech textas show making of songs. After I just went pretty much lights

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out on the old love Field's new
song that just came out. Did Callum

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has that has our sister station Sunday
ninety nine? Have they flipped to all

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Christmas music yet? It's it's if
they did not flip, it's got to

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be any day. It's a it's
a big deal here Sunday ninety nine.

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It's wonderful radio station Dana in the
Morning, she's great on her for two

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decades plus. Christmas music puts everybody
in the mood. Anybody in the mood.

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And you know the number one Christmas
song everybody is wait for Calum do

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not. You don't play this either. Mariah Carey. I got to love

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what Mariah Carey did this week.
It was it was it was really it

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was some good bs. I liked
it. She sent out a tweet on

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x dot com. Mariah Carey tweeted, really like a thirty second video.

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It's a brand new shot. She
she was frozen inside of a big ice

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block. And this came out the
day after Halloween, so they had these

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scary pumpkin people holding up hair dryers
melting the ice obviously the symbolism Halloween is

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over and guess who's inside waiting to
sing the song? Mariah Carey, who

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either a lost a ton of weight, Semaglue tide, or she used some

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artificial intelligence to make her look great. Any Way, she's melted and she

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comes out and it's like it's time. And they did like a ten second

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thing All I Want for Christmas?
Is you good? That's good? I

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like it. I like that.
However, after the ten or fifteen second

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snippet of All I Want for Christmas, I'm already sick of All I Want

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for Christmas, which reminds me when
is love actually being shown? Which is

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that song was in Love Actually,
which is easily one of my top three

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movies of all the time. We
and Christmas People iconic holiday song, the

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unofficial song of the holiday season.
It's an earworm Thing's been out since nineteen

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ninety four, same year my oldest
son was born. Every year since it's

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been released, it's back on the
charts leading up to Christmas. Last year,

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it was one of the twenty five
songs the Library of Congress chose to

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add to the National Recording Registry.
I think this. My show was number

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twenty six on the list, so
I just missed it. I love this

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story. There was a bar in
Dallas. For all you Houston Eustonians who

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hate Dallas, You're gonna love this. A bar up in the Dallas area

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went viral about two years ago because
they banned the Mariah Carey song to be

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played before the month of December.
That's smart marketing right there. That is

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pretty smart marketing. But alas it
is November. Starbucks Duncan, they've added

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they put peppermint and other holiday drink
flavors on their menus. This past week,

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Rocket Fellow Centa just announced it's selected
its twelve ton tree this year.

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Who was ready for the holiday season. It's big And that's one of the

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things that I'm gonna do if you
are looking for I'm gonna put out my

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holiday gift guide. I usually do
that probably mid November, right before Black

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Friday. I'll go through some of
the Black Friday deals if you are looking

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already, because there some deals out
there. Television I saw I was looking

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for TVs. I need a new
TV, a flat screen in my backyard,

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and I just want a cheap o
one because they make expensive ones that

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are humidity free and sun free and
dust free. Televisions could be so inexpensive

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you can replace them almost every year. I saw one. I saw about

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forty three inch one. I saw
it as low as about one hundred and

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fifty nine dollars, and I forgot
what cheb brand it was, got where

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it was. But be on the
lookout for television sales. This is a

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big time of year. I remember
when flat screens, digital TVs or HDTVs,

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however you wanted to find them.
They were the rage back in two

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thousand and two, three four five, you know, because they were so

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expensive, but you would you you'd
see these Black Friday sales and then Black

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Friday. This is when Black Friday
you physically had to go to stores.

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It wasn't too much online and you
had to line up, and so the

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doors would open at midnight on Thanksgiving
night. So after you eat all your

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food and finish watching the Cowboy game, you took the nap, and then

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you go and wait in line.
The doors open at twelve and they would

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have these Lost Leader deals where you
would get a fifty h HTV for four

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hundred dollars because at that point there
were thousands of dollars and they only had

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like ten of them. Oh,
I'm sorry, I'm not the first time

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who've lined up Pearson's Tuesday Morning.
That's okay. Nowadays, almost I can

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I'm gonna say almost every household but
households. Let's put it this way.

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My listeners and the demographic over under, you've got at least three TVs hanging

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on your wall. In some cases
you have over ten hanging on your wall.

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So televisions aren't that nearly as big
as a deal as they were twenty

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years ago. But still you do
have to replace some of these things.

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And the technology has certainly improved.
You know, you have smart TVs and

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TVs that you know you don't need
a wire to get the cable because they

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scream that they stream in the whole
thing. So watch out for that.

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If I don't know if they're gonna
there's gonna be Black Friday deals, but

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they can't get I'm not gonna say
they can't get. But if you're looking

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for a thirty two inch diagonal thirty
two inch class is what we have to

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use the term television, Yeah,
you probably can get those around one hundred

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dollars. I mean, I found
a forty three inch class television for one

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fifty nine. It's not the greatest
thing, and I probably watch so.

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I would not recommend a one hundred
and fifty nine dollars or so television to

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be your main living room television.
If you watch that thing at a regular

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basis, then you have to you
know, it doesn't. The ones I'm

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looking at has sixty hurts, which
is the refresh rate, which is okay

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if you just kind of watch something
here and there. I watch sports,

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and the refresh rate means if you're
watching a football if you're watching Tyreek Hill

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from the Dolphins, who can run, you know, twenty five miles an

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hour. You know, I don't
want a little kind of ghost behind him.

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I want a quick refresh rate.
And that's why you look for something

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around a one hundred and twenty hurts, if not even higher. I think

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one hundred and twenty firsts is decent. You don't really need to go anything

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higher. You don't need to go
anywhere. Four K is fine. It's

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tough to find a TV that doesn't
have the ability to show things in four

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K. The problem is there's not
a lot of four K content. There's

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not a lot of four K delivery
processes. Even the Comcast cable they may

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have one or two or three a
handful of channels that can deliver four K

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TV. You really don't need a
four K do not even think of getting

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an eight K There are sixteen K
TV. Just feel free to just throw

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your money and burn it if you
want that. So to be able to

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look out for those deals. And
again, this is what I'm here for.

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And I know I do this live
plausibly live on Saturdays from eleven to

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one in the morning and in the
night. I am around during the week

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where pretty much I just kind of
puts around. I don't do much.

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I run, try to keep healthy, you know, just you know,

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read my emails and I respond to
your email. So that's you, that's

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your TV things. And so keep
on the lookout. I will be updating

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a lot more things, and I
do more than just tech two. If

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you want phone advice. Also,
I'm into I got a lot of home

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appliances. Home appliances are big,
you can call them technology because you know,

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I hear fryars and the all in
one devices that cook, the that

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that dehydrate, that toasted bake.
I got one of those two. I'm

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also I mean, I'm really getting
into decorating and betting and new sheets because

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I've got this, Like, i
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And I'm telling you something. I
have given you advice right here on

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my show for a quarter of a
century, ah twenty five years or so

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on television radio. Can can someone
out there help me? How in the

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world do you get that duvet inside
a douve cover? Because I just cannot

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figure it out? Open phone lines
now on that one seven, one three,

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two one two five nine five.
By the way, I got this

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different color schemes and patterns. I
got to the number of different you know,

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how much cotton in there? And
what's the thread count? I'm gonna

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do. These will be on my
Holiday Gift Guy, which I'll post on

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my website High Tech textan dot com
h I G H T E C h

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T E x A N. Speaking
of streaming, when I come back,

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got a big question. Streaming is
getting very expensive, especially if you have

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00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:11.799
all these streaming channels from Hulu to
Disney to Netflix to Amazon to everything.

407
00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:17.799
Question, is streaming video worth it
nowadays? I got my thoughts on that

408
00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:27.759
coming up on the other side.
Final segment, This first hot work of

409
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the High Tech Texans Show. Hope
everybody is having a wonderful day or nights,

410
00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:36.839
depending on what time or where you're
listening to this. We do it

411
00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:41.160
on Saturdays. This is the first
Saturday of November. Just lovely weather.

412
00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:47.759
Can you imagine for all the people
in Texas and certainly Southeast Texas, if

413
00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:52.079
the weather was this nice year round, this would be San Diego, and

414
00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:56.680
our prices would be like San Diego. You know, you laugh, the

415
00:29:56.799 --> 00:30:02.079
heat and humidity, and you know, I've talked to city leaders, community

416
00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:07.480
leaders. It is the thing that
keeps everything are cost relatively cheaper than anywhere

417
00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:12.960
else in the country because eight months
of the year, it's just it sucks.

418
00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:18.920
The hit. It's the only you
have to joke to get around.

419
00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:22.359
Oh my goodness, you live in
you used to deal with all that humidity

420
00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:25.279
or you know Texas is in Dallas
is so hot and dry. You know,

421
00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:27.839
the humidity is easy to get around. Well, it keeps my skin

422
00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:30.839
nice and moist. I'm really eighty
five years old, but I don't look

423
00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:34.039
at It's the only way you can
get around and joke point is this is

424
00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:37.799
the weather. If you're a runner
like me, awesome, get out and

425
00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:41.640
start running because it is fattening.
Season two coming up as I sit here

426
00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:47.920
and I try to kill the all
the fifty percent off Alloween candy that I

427
00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:49.799
went out and bought. Uh,
if you want to get in and say

428
00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:55.079
hi, it's seven one three two
one two five nine five zero out an

429
00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:56.640
email. People say, Michael,
listen, I know you were. You

430
00:30:56.720 --> 00:31:03.079
give great recommendations on products. What's
the craziest product that you've seen recently that

431
00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:06.519
you can give someone as a gift
or a gag gift. It's a good

432
00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:12.200
question. I saw, I got, I get. I get hundreds of

433
00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:18.000
emails a day with press release to
what everything. Some company that does memorabilia

434
00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:23.160
from movies, they they they send
out, Oh, here's some of the

435
00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:26.640
hot eyems for for for Christmas,
for the holidays. Let me see if

436
00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:30.359
I can pull this thing up.
Oh here it is here this yeah,

437
00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:33.039
okay, here you go. Here's
here's your answer. Uh. Back to

438
00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:37.119
the Future phenomena movie eighties. Love
it one of my favorite movies. Just

439
00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:44.200
beautifully written, it's directed. Everything
there is a replica Back to the Future

440
00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:56.240
Flux capacitor that Christopher Lloyd signed the
Christopher Lloyd Signature Edition prop replica mart of

441
00:31:56.279 --> 00:32:00.799
the flux capacitor. How freaking cool
is that? That is good? I

442
00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:05.039
need I need two of those.
I need two of them. If you

443
00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:10.759
could have one prop from any EV
show or movie, what would it be?

444
00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:16.279
Will be a high tech Texan It's
on threads or on X let me

445
00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:22.200
know seven one three two one two
five nine five zero. I would love

446
00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:28.200
to have the ss MENO shipwreck and
put in my backyard. That would be

447
00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:34.480
pretty cool. That would be nice. I don't know, it's I love

448
00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:37.240
back to the future. I just
I guess I could hang the flux capacity

449
00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:42.799
Marty. What else? What else
does this company sell collectibles? Over here?

450
00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:50.240
Uh? Uh? Oh? A
men in black neuralizer? Men in

451
00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:52.359
black neuralizer? You know that little
thing that you put the sunglasses on and

452
00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:55.160
then you know, here's the month, the date, the year, and

453
00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:59.440
it takes you back in time and
your whole memory wipes out. How cool?

454
00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:01.319
If it acts would work, that
would be awesome. Any actually?

455
00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:08.039
Uh over under Calum ready to play
the over undergame? How much is a

456
00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:16.920
limited edition mid in Black Neuralizer prop
replica? Over under, No, sir,

457
00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:22.440
your way under six hundred bones,
six hundred dollars. Oh, by

458
00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:24.079
the way, I didn't even tell
you know how much the a flex capacitor

459
00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:31.440
with Christopher Lloyd's signature is fifteen hundred
dollars. Mm hmm, I'm gonna pass

460
00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:36.440
on that one. Gonna pass on
that one. Let me let's let's get

461
00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:38.799
to this point over here, because
I tease this one streaming t this is

462
00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:42.160
a segue. I am a professional
kid, so I can do this like

463
00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:45.559
streaming TV? How many? How
many streaming services do you have? The

464
00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:51.400
point is is it even still worth
it? Netflix? Apple, TV,

465
00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:59.119
Plus Hulu, Amazon, they won't
stop hiking their streaming priceless. Probably still

466
00:33:59.160 --> 00:34:04.839
better than cable, but is it
worth it? Two thousand and seven,

467
00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:09.840
fifteen years it was Netflix that first
unveiled its streaming video service. That was

468
00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:13.559
pretty cool. No more did you
have to get the DVDs that you had

469
00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:19.840
to return Netflix DVD customers. They
were paying between six bucks to eighteen dollars

470
00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:24.400
a month with access to a thousand
movies over a web browser. Nope,

471
00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:32.639
no more. Was forever ago Netflix's
most premium four KSE streaming plan. It

472
00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:37.960
costs now twenty three dollars a month. The standard without ads is fifteen dollars

473
00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:43.440
a month. Was not just Netflix
people over the past year, and I

474
00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:47.880
take notes about this, Apple TV
Plus doubling its original price started at five

475
00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:52.519
dollars going to be ten dollars a
month. Disney Plus they had a big

476
00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:58.679
price increase. I'm not trying to
be dramatic over here, but subscribing to

477
00:34:58.719 --> 00:35:02.679
the streaming services that you use the
most, it's probably still a bit cheaper

478
00:35:02.719 --> 00:35:07.360
than going for a typical cable plan. If you're in the Houston area,

479
00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:13.639
we've got Comcast Exfinity. Most popular
plan has about one hundred and twenty five

480
00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:17.840
channels. Maybe it's when it was
at sixty seventy eighty bucks a month,

481
00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:21.280
But then again, wait a minute, you have to also bundle your internet

482
00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:23.000
access everything. I get a bill
about two hundred and fifty bucks a month

483
00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:27.239
that I don't even just it's so
not worth it. The tax is and

484
00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:32.719
the fees and everything. People have
argued that streaming prices hiked, all these

485
00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:37.239
hikes of the dollars, it's going
to signal the end of the cord cutting

486
00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:42.760
dream. I don't think so just
yet, because cable prices were already high

487
00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:46.519
a few decades ago, and they've
risen considerably since then. If anything,

488
00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:52.440
I think the case for cord cutting
is even stronger now because there's so much

489
00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:57.559
content available on streaming services. You
like Ted Lasso, you ain't gonna get

490
00:35:57.559 --> 00:36:00.760
that on cable, you gotta get
it on Apple Plus. You want the

491
00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:05.440
marvelous Missus masel Well, you got
to get Prime Video. So there is

492
00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:07.679
some really good show content. Content
is king. This is why you listen

493
00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:13.159
to this radio show for my stuff, right listen. Nobody likes to see

494
00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:16.719
their favorite services get more expensive.
No, itse is. It's but I

495
00:36:16.760 --> 00:36:22.039
think it's worth acknowledging that why streaming
services were so cheap to begin with.

496
00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:25.800
Was it a loss leader? Was
it trying to get you as to shift

497
00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:34.800
what your practices. Netflix launched its
standalone streaming subscription. It was eight bucks

498
00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:38.840
a month, I think, and
that held pretty much basically for about ten

499
00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:43.079
years or so, and then it
just incredibly went up. Is that the

500
00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:47.920
writers is the production. It's a
lot of things that are happening now.

501
00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:52.920
They're cutting back on passwords. Netflix
just had a phenomenal quarter because Netflix stopped

502
00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:58.719
password sharing. No longer can you
use or share passwords with your ex wife

503
00:36:58.760 --> 00:37:01.159
or whoever you've got to You got
to subscribe yourself. They just added a

504
00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:07.159
million people. Yes, it stanks
that Netflix and all these other streaming services

505
00:37:07.239 --> 00:37:12.719
are getting more expensive, but at
the end of the day, so far,

506
00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:22.679
I'll take these prices over the higher
prices before this streaming era ends seven

507
00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:24.280
one three two one two five nine
five. Oh, if you want to

508
00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:28.159
weigh in on that, we have
one more hour, so don't go anywhere.

509
00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:32.400
The next hour we're going to talk
about how to keep your data private.

510
00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:37.159
A few weeks ago, I talked
about this new service that you can

511
00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:39.800
sign up to. It's called Permission
Slip, and it can help you regain

512
00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:43.719
control over your data. I'm gonna
show you tell you more about it.

513
00:37:43.800 --> 00:37:45.760
I've used it, I'll tell you
how to use it. I like it

514
00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:49.079
so far. You're not gonna believe
what Google now does. And where was

515
00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:52.039
this when I was in school where
I hated math? This is unbelievable.

516
00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:55.880
The types of the days, the
era that we live in. And I

517
00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:59.639
talk about not only cars and trucks, and I'm going to give review some

518
00:37:59.679 --> 00:38:02.239
of those that I'm driving around in, but also somebody asked me if I

519
00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:06.679
used a dash cam, a camera
that fixed the dashboard. There's a lot

520
00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:09.119
of reasons why you may want to
use a dash cam. I'm gonna count

521
00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:12.519
down some of the best, just
a few of the things that you expected.

522
00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:28.000
I wur Number two, the High
Tech Texan Show coming back is Michael

523
00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:31.519
Garfer Michael Garfield. Michael Garfield's joining
us in the High Tech Texan. Michael

524
00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:37.719
Garfield is here with a high Tech
Texan items to make life easier, some

525
00:38:37.800 --> 00:38:47.079
new technology. So Michael Garfield has
something you might want. Michael Garfield is

526
00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:54.360
your high Tech Texan three decades helping
you make magic with your gadgets. I

527
00:38:57.480 --> 00:39:02.920
heard worldwide on the iHeartRadio Act.
Now you're high Tech Texts and Michael Garfield

528
00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:07.480
every time, and I must say
it, Actually, you say it with

529
00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:10.599
me. People. It's halfway to
happy hour. That's right halfway through the

530
00:39:10.639 --> 00:39:15.440
High Tech Textans Show. No matter
which version you're listening to at twelve noon,

531
00:39:15.719 --> 00:39:20.880
should you be listening on KPRC nine
fifty A, certainly it's happy hour?

532
00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:24.719
Man. We got football college,
great day, lots of stuff going

533
00:39:24.760 --> 00:39:30.480
on. If you're listening to the
repeat show, which is eleven at night

534
00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:34.079
to one in the morning. It's
midnight right now, just after midnight.

535
00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:37.480
Y you could be happy hour,
depending on what shift you were working and

536
00:39:38.639 --> 00:39:43.320
how big are you you want to
party, But technically I'm going to give

537
00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:46.320
your permission to have happy hour all
day, especially you late night listeners now,

538
00:39:46.880 --> 00:39:52.320
because you are just a few hours
away from gaining one hour of sleep.

539
00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:59.559
This is my semi annual reminder to
check your clocks now, folks,

540
00:39:59.599 --> 00:40:05.760
we get the fall back, you
get an extra hour sleep. This was

541
00:40:05.800 --> 00:40:09.280
a big thing back obviously when I
was a kid, you know, in

542
00:40:09.280 --> 00:40:14.880
the seventies and eighties, because the
clocks, most clocks had to be manually

543
00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:21.480
reset. Today, our phones reset
automatically. A lot of cars, most

544
00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:24.599
cars they'll reset automatically, depending how
new or how and certainly how old your

545
00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:30.000
car is. If it doesn't,
what are the ones that we forget about?

546
00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:36.239
Microwave ovens, there's not many that
are technically advanced to reset them back.

547
00:40:36.880 --> 00:40:39.360
I have a clock on my I
have two. Most of us.

548
00:40:39.559 --> 00:40:43.360
If you have a microwaven, if
you have a stove or an oven,

549
00:40:44.679 --> 00:40:47.079
they have clocks on them and then
you have to reset those that I am

550
00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:52.000
I'm meticulous though I don't like anything
being one minute off. I mean,

551
00:40:52.719 --> 00:40:58.199
I live and work in a medium
which is radio and media itself, where

552
00:40:58.199 --> 00:41:00.800
we live by the second. I
mean when Callum he looked at me,

553
00:41:00.840 --> 00:41:06.159
and my producer says, okay,
talk open the microphone, get out of

554
00:41:06.199 --> 00:41:08.400
this hard break because we've got to
go to a commercial. My life is

555
00:41:08.400 --> 00:41:10.760
to the second. I mean,
yes, it's an ADHD thing, but

556
00:41:10.920 --> 00:41:15.280
yes, this is how I am
very meticulous, and it bugs the hell

557
00:41:15.280 --> 00:41:19.800
out of some people. But I
don't like any clocks in any any direction

558
00:41:19.800 --> 00:41:22.719
I'm looking. I don't want it
to say twelve oh eight, and I

559
00:41:22.760 --> 00:41:25.480
don't want the one on microwave to
say twelve oh nine. They better be

560
00:41:25.559 --> 00:41:31.559
synced almost to the second. So
when I reset my microwave in my stove,

561
00:41:31.719 --> 00:41:35.559
I'm you know, they're relatively they're
they're within arm's reach. I've got

562
00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:37.960
a pretty long wingspan. I'm sitting
there with my fingers on the buttons,

563
00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:44.519
going bit to make sure that they
set and the times are the same.

564
00:41:44.679 --> 00:41:47.000
I know I'm a weirdo, but
other than that, let's see, I

565
00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:52.360
do have I have an old fashioned
clock radio, and if you've listened to

566
00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:53.840
me, long enough. You know. One of my famous funny questions,

567
00:41:53.880 --> 00:41:59.639
what is the oldest piece of technology
that you have in your house? And

568
00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:05.480
if you were some my ilk age
around there. I still have an old

569
00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:08.880
fashioned clock radio. It's digital,
don't get me wrong, but I have

570
00:42:08.920 --> 00:42:13.880
to reset it and reset it.
Nowadays, kids don't even have clock alarm

571
00:42:13.920 --> 00:42:16.360
clocks. If you will, they
use their phones. But I do have

572
00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:21.960
to set my alarm clock or my
clock radio next to my bed. I

573
00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:24.760
do have one of my cars,
it's a two thousand and five. I

574
00:42:24.840 --> 00:42:27.920
have a two thousand and five car. I don't drive it too much,

575
00:42:27.920 --> 00:42:30.840
but I do have to set that
myself. And in my living room I

576
00:42:30.840 --> 00:42:35.039
got a really nice actually it's my
dining room. I got a really nice

577
00:42:35.079 --> 00:42:37.360
big wall clock that just runs in
a battery, So now I have to

578
00:42:37.360 --> 00:42:42.920
set that. Other than that,
I think everything automatically, does it buty

579
00:42:42.920 --> 00:42:45.679
way? Just a reminder. And
by the way, I always listen to

580
00:42:45.760 --> 00:42:51.079
every time the radio announcer or the
TV folks back in the day saying,

581
00:42:51.119 --> 00:42:52.559
hey, it's time to fall back
or spring forth. They always used to

582
00:42:52.599 --> 00:42:57.320
say, and it's also time to
check your batteries and your smoke alarm.

583
00:42:57.440 --> 00:43:00.480
So I do that just because that
brings me back going. Yeah, I

584
00:43:00.480 --> 00:43:04.119
have the power now to tell people
to check their batteries on their smoke alarm.

585
00:43:04.599 --> 00:43:07.599
That doesn't warn you. So anyway, congratulations for getting another hour.

586
00:43:07.880 --> 00:43:13.039
I'm also one of the very few
people and I'd love to hear from you

587
00:43:13.159 --> 00:43:15.360
seven one three, two one two
five nine five. Oh. You could

588
00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:20.960
also hit me on all of the
social media high tech textan if you spill

589
00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:25.880
it out. I'm one of the
very few people who like when it gets

590
00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:34.760
darker earlier. It's a it's a
very small group of people this coming.

591
00:43:35.159 --> 00:43:38.360
I don't know. A few hours
from right now, by Sunday the sun

592
00:43:38.440 --> 00:43:42.559
will start setting. It like five
o'clock or five thirty or six. It

593
00:43:42.599 --> 00:43:45.639
gets darker earlier. I mean,
kids don't like it because, hey,

594
00:43:45.639 --> 00:43:50.079
they have less time outside to play. I like it for one or two

595
00:43:50.119 --> 00:43:53.800
reasons. Number one, I love
winter more than I do summer because,

596
00:43:53.800 --> 00:43:58.360
as pretty much almost a lifelong textan, I hate the summers. I hate

597
00:43:58.360 --> 00:44:01.000
the heat because I run. I
am a runner for thirty plus years.

598
00:44:01.079 --> 00:44:05.440
I do not like running when it's
one hundred and five degrees with one hundred

599
00:44:05.440 --> 00:44:08.440
percent humidity. So during the summer, I have to run kind of at

600
00:44:08.559 --> 00:44:12.199
night or well, I don't like
running in the dark when the sun goes

601
00:44:12.239 --> 00:44:15.159
down, so I start running at
about seven seven thirty, which screws up

602
00:44:15.199 --> 00:44:20.119
my entire night. You know,
I don't. You don't want to eat

603
00:44:20.119 --> 00:44:22.199
dinner before you run, because that's
not good because you're you know, you

604
00:44:22.280 --> 00:44:24.679
got food and your stomach and it's
bouncing around. But then by the time

605
00:44:24.719 --> 00:44:28.480
you run and then you start eating, it's late. And then sometimes you

606
00:44:28.519 --> 00:44:30.480
can't go out and hang and go
to dinner or go to events because I

607
00:44:30.519 --> 00:44:34.840
know I want to run. It
just it screws up everything. So Number

608
00:44:34.840 --> 00:44:37.679
one, I like winter better.
And when it's winter, I do no

609
00:44:37.039 --> 00:44:40.599
just from my body clock, it
gets darker earlier. Now when it gets

610
00:44:40.639 --> 00:44:45.199
darker earlier, it's cool outside.
I can run throughout almost all the day,

611
00:44:45.239 --> 00:44:49.519
but certainly after work five o'clock,
right when the sun starts going down,

612
00:44:49.519 --> 00:44:52.440
I can run earlier, which means
I have the rest of the night

613
00:44:52.480 --> 00:44:54.880
to go out. I could party, I can hang, I can eat

614
00:44:54.960 --> 00:45:00.119
later. That is pretty much why
I like when it gets darker early.

615
00:45:00.159 --> 00:45:02.440
It's weird, it's my thing.
But this is why you listen to me,

616
00:45:02.440 --> 00:45:06.079
and this is why you love me. Michael Garfield is the name.

617
00:45:06.159 --> 00:45:08.360
It is called the High Tech Text
and Show. Should we get actually,

618
00:45:08.360 --> 00:45:13.239
should we talk about something of content? What I just gave you is content.

619
00:45:13.800 --> 00:45:17.119
This is me looking at you Callum
and all these buttons in front of

620
00:45:17.119 --> 00:45:21.239
me and just bs ing. This
is why I have a degree in this

621
00:45:21.239 --> 00:45:23.239
thing. I have a BS degree
and it does not mean Bachelor of Science.

622
00:45:23.480 --> 00:45:25.639
And kids do not try this at
home. I've done this for well

623
00:45:25.639 --> 00:45:29.760
over two and a half decades.
When we come back, I am going

624
00:45:29.800 --> 00:45:35.519
to tell you about about phones.
About two things. Foldable phones had a

625
00:45:35.719 --> 00:45:38.519
very big year. I would even
dare to say they had a very they

626
00:45:38.519 --> 00:45:44.159
had a breakout year. They still
make up a very small percentage of all

627
00:45:44.199 --> 00:45:46.280
of the phones out there. But
these are foldable phones and flippable phones,

628
00:45:46.320 --> 00:45:52.039
and it's still I've had one,
two, I've played with several different manufacturers.

629
00:45:52.119 --> 00:45:57.519
I currently carry a foldable phone and
it's so funny because what I I'll

630
00:45:58.039 --> 00:46:01.360
show it to people as recently as
last night eight excuse me while I whip

631
00:46:01.400 --> 00:46:05.119
this out, and I'll show this
phone, and it's so funny looking at

632
00:46:05.119 --> 00:46:07.880
their eyes. They did not know
it exists. Do you know why people

633
00:46:07.920 --> 00:46:13.840
don't know that foldable phones exist?
Because Apple doesn't have a foldable flippable phone.

634
00:46:14.039 --> 00:46:15.760
So many people think there's only an
Apple and iPhone. Well, you

635
00:46:15.840 --> 00:46:19.800
know me, I am an Android
guy, and not just a Samsung.

636
00:46:19.880 --> 00:46:22.760
I have a one, plus I
have several others. Are they here?

637
00:46:22.840 --> 00:46:24.039
Should you get one? I'll tell
you about that. But also, more

638
00:46:24.079 --> 00:46:27.840
importantly, it doesn't matter if you
have an iPhone, doesn't matter if you're

639
00:46:27.840 --> 00:46:30.840
an Android. Does it really tick
you off when it's twenty twenty three,

640
00:46:30.920 --> 00:46:35.760
almost twenty twenty four, why are
cells signals still tough to get wherever you

641
00:46:35.800 --> 00:46:38.440
are? I was driving somewhere also
yesterday, late afternoon, and I was

642
00:46:38.480 --> 00:46:43.119
in a patch near the Galleria in
Houston, and like, I couldn't get

643
00:46:43.119 --> 00:46:45.760
a signal. I couldn't figure out
where I was the map for probably about

644
00:46:45.760 --> 00:46:46.880
a minute and a half. And
it's like, what's going on. I'm

645
00:46:46.880 --> 00:46:52.320
gonna give you ten ways to boost
your cell signal people, you tell me

646
00:46:52.320 --> 00:46:54.519
where you can find content like this
anywhere else. My name is Garth.

647
00:46:54.519 --> 00:47:02.400
We're gonna come back to the high
Tech Texas him. Hey, Hey,

648
00:47:02.760 --> 00:47:07.599
what do you say Rangers to win? Today. I'm sorry. I'm still

649
00:47:07.639 --> 00:47:10.679
on the Texas Rangers high as we
continue the high tech textan show. How

650
00:47:10.679 --> 00:47:15.400
many how many different types of people
have I have I ticked off in this

651
00:47:15.440 --> 00:47:21.159
past hour and fifteen minutes. Uh
proba some Astros fans because for some reason

652
00:47:21.239 --> 00:47:23.519
they don't like Texas Rangers fans,
which is just that's that's that's that's crap.

653
00:47:24.239 --> 00:47:30.760
Uh. Definitely I pissed off some
of the Beatles fans because I am

654
00:47:30.760 --> 00:47:34.599
not a Beatles fan, and I
last hour I talked about the Beatles new

655
00:47:35.000 --> 00:47:38.760
or new ish song that came out
earlier this week, which is I heard

656
00:47:38.800 --> 00:47:42.320
a minute, I could even last
a minute. It's it's I don't think

657
00:47:42.320 --> 00:47:45.239
it's a good song. But then
again, I mean, I respect the

658
00:47:45.280 --> 00:47:52.440
Beatles for what they did of creating
I mean, a whole new genre of

659
00:47:52.519 --> 00:47:57.400
music and pop culture without a doubt, But I just I just didn't get

660
00:47:57.440 --> 00:47:59.760
into their songs. Didn't get into
their songs. And now there's this new

661
00:48:00.199 --> 00:48:05.159
artificial intelligence. That's why I got
into it. They took a John Lennon

662
00:48:06.039 --> 00:48:13.320
vocal track that he recorded on in
his room on some small, old,

663
00:48:13.440 --> 00:48:19.119
dirty recording machine, and artificial intelligence
cleaned it up, and then Ringo laid

664
00:48:19.119 --> 00:48:22.079
down some new drum tracks and now
it's a new Beatles song that's I don't

665
00:48:22.159 --> 00:48:24.880
like it. So anyway, who
who else can I take off? Who

666
00:48:24.960 --> 00:48:30.400
the Aggies play today? Because they're
gonna lose. Aggies will lose. I'm

667
00:48:30.440 --> 00:48:32.800
a nice guy and I just it's
I'm just I'm cocky because the Rangers won

668
00:48:32.960 --> 00:48:37.239
seven one three two one two nine
five. Oh. No matter what FOAE

669
00:48:37.519 --> 00:48:42.880
you use or what cell service you
use, you can call callum and if

670
00:48:42.920 --> 00:48:45.159
I feel like picking up the phone, callum. Read here he's run on

671
00:48:45.159 --> 00:48:47.639
the board on the other side of
the glass. He could put you through

672
00:48:47.639 --> 00:48:52.239
to me. This was a big
year for foldable phones. Foldable phones have

673
00:48:52.239 --> 00:48:57.079
been around for a while. This
is the phones can actually for you.

674
00:48:57.159 --> 00:49:01.159
Not on iPhone, folks, breaking
news. There are most every other manufacturer

675
00:49:01.199 --> 00:49:06.079
in the world makes a phone that
flips and folds, which takes the size

676
00:49:06.320 --> 00:49:09.079
in half. Some of them flip
up like the old clamshell phones, like

677
00:49:09.119 --> 00:49:14.920
the old Motorola rasors, if you
will. And there's glass that's actually foldable

678
00:49:14.960 --> 00:49:20.400
and bindable. It's an amazing thing. There's still a niche. They really

679
00:49:20.440 --> 00:49:23.480
are. It's a very small percentage
of the market, but you could find

680
00:49:23.519 --> 00:49:28.840
one from as I said, almost
every major smart phone maker except the one

681
00:49:28.840 --> 00:49:34.079
from Coopertina, California. But they've
been around for probably five or six years.

682
00:49:34.079 --> 00:49:37.800
The first models from Samsung and Hua
Wi. They came up about twenty

683
00:49:37.920 --> 00:49:43.320
nineteen. They aren't cheap. They
have high prices. They do some of

684
00:49:43.360 --> 00:49:46.880
them have limited software functions in the
design somewhat can be fragile. I remember

685
00:49:46.920 --> 00:49:52.519
there was some issues. I remember
Samsung one of their earlier foldable phones had

686
00:49:52.559 --> 00:49:57.199
massive issues. But they're improved right
now. A lot has changed over the

687
00:49:57.280 --> 00:50:02.280
past few years. There are are
more of them. There's cheaper devices.

688
00:50:02.320 --> 00:50:06.400
I think Motorola makes a razor that's
right, or there is a Motorola razer.

689
00:50:06.760 --> 00:50:13.000
It's about seven hundred bones. But
there are plenty of neat opportunities and

690
00:50:13.079 --> 00:50:17.719
I like them. There are large
screens. This past July, I had

691
00:50:17.719 --> 00:50:22.719
the opportunity to go to South Korea. That was pretty cool. Samsung had

692
00:50:22.719 --> 00:50:28.760
a big announcement for their fifth generation
of their flip phones and their fold phones,

693
00:50:29.039 --> 00:50:34.639
and I got to tour the Samsung
headquarters and it's a region of the

694
00:50:34.679 --> 00:50:37.559
world I'd never got to go to. But I met the designers and the

695
00:50:37.599 --> 00:50:40.639
engineers and for a month or two
I got to play with the Samsung Galaxy

696
00:50:40.920 --> 00:50:47.840
Z Flip five, the Galaxy Z
flip fold or Z fold five, and

697
00:50:47.880 --> 00:50:52.639
they were nice. They are good. The cameras on the flippable phones,

698
00:50:52.679 --> 00:50:58.360
they still have a lot, a
lot to be added to just because of

699
00:50:58.400 --> 00:51:01.400
the form factor. If a phone
folds up, there's a lot of things

700
00:51:01.400 --> 00:51:05.559
you have to, you know,
give way to The battery's got to be

701
00:51:05.599 --> 00:51:09.119
in some cases needs to be smaller. They can't have all the five or

702
00:51:09.159 --> 00:51:14.960
six lenses that some cam other you
know phones have and so you know some

703
00:51:15.039 --> 00:51:19.039
of them are they it's and we're
in the learning stages, if you will.

704
00:51:19.480 --> 00:51:23.000
So the point is when and how
to decide on a flip phone or

705
00:51:23.000 --> 00:51:25.239
a fold of a phone. The
first thing I ask you is what's your

706
00:51:25.280 --> 00:51:29.639
budget? Because that's the most important
question, is when I asked when somebody

707
00:51:29.679 --> 00:51:31.159
asked me anything, Hey Michael,
what's your best favorite TV, what's your

708
00:51:31.159 --> 00:51:37.480
favorite EV car? What's your favorite
how much you're willing to spend The Samsung

709
00:51:37.519 --> 00:51:42.440
Galaxy Z Fold five, but even
the Google Pixel Fold, for example,

710
00:51:43.039 --> 00:51:47.760
they start at about eighteen hundred dollars. We got a zout that we've got.

711
00:51:47.760 --> 00:51:52.599
The Samsung Flip five cost about a
thousand dollars. As I said,

712
00:51:52.639 --> 00:51:57.239
Motorol the new motoroil eraser. It's
probably the cheapest, around seven hundred dollars.

713
00:51:58.679 --> 00:52:00.880
And that's one of now another one
that just came out, and if

714
00:52:00.920 --> 00:52:06.119
you see me in the upcoming anywhere, the phone of the phone du jour

715
00:52:06.239 --> 00:52:09.400
in the high Tech Texans hands is
from a company called one Plus. For

716
00:52:09.480 --> 00:52:13.679
about a month right now, the
one Plus, it's a company out of

717
00:52:13.719 --> 00:52:19.480
China sent me their brand new OnePlus
open seventeen hundred dollars. Again, they

718
00:52:20.000 --> 00:52:22.079
let me play with this. I
did not buy these things, so I'm

719
00:52:22.119 --> 00:52:28.679
just fair warning. I actually like
that one compared to other models of Samsung's

720
00:52:28.719 --> 00:52:31.079
and motor Roads whatever, I think
the one Plus is really interesting design.

721
00:52:31.199 --> 00:52:36.679
It is relatively thinner and relatively lighter
that I would think other foldle phones,

722
00:52:36.679 --> 00:52:38.559
and I say folded the phones.
These are phones that fold out like a

723
00:52:38.559 --> 00:52:44.320
book. They open left to right
the front screen. If you close it

724
00:52:44.920 --> 00:52:49.159
and hold that closed phone, it's
roughly the same size of a regular phone,

725
00:52:49.159 --> 00:52:51.440
maybe an iPhone. I don't know. I've never even seen an iPhone

726
00:52:51.480 --> 00:52:53.719
fifteen, you know, maybe some
other Samsung phones. But when you fold

727
00:52:53.719 --> 00:53:00.000
it out, it doubles in size
and the screen is pretty freaking cool,

728
00:53:00.159 --> 00:53:01.440
and it's funny. When I show
these people, it's like, oh my

729
00:53:01.559 --> 00:53:05.599
god, how did that happen?
Is this a word? Gammy? It

730
00:53:05.599 --> 00:53:08.159
folds up? Yeah, it does. One plus has really done a really

731
00:53:08.239 --> 00:53:13.480
nice job of utilizing with their software. It is Android software, but they

732
00:53:13.480 --> 00:53:16.639
have their own other software on top
of the Android software to utilize that big

733
00:53:16.679 --> 00:53:21.559
screen. When it's open, you
can have three different pops running and you

734
00:53:21.599 --> 00:53:23.239
can configure them so you can see
all three at once. I can watch

735
00:53:23.280 --> 00:53:25.920
TV on one part of the screen. I can text on another part of

736
00:53:25.960 --> 00:53:30.039
the screen. It's really cool.
Again, seventeen hundred dollars. As we're

737
00:53:30.039 --> 00:53:35.000
talking about price over here, you
also have to be careful. Now today's

738
00:53:35.039 --> 00:53:37.559
foldable's phones, they're pretty sturdy.
They're much sturdier than the first came out

739
00:53:37.559 --> 00:53:45.039
three or four years ago. But
just by nature, they have hinges.

740
00:53:45.400 --> 00:53:51.679
The screens are bendable. They're a
bit more delicate than regular phones. If

741
00:53:51.679 --> 00:53:53.880
you drop your phone, if you
handle it roughly, if you use it

742
00:53:53.920 --> 00:54:00.119
without a case, you need to
be careful or you ask yourself on a

743
00:54:00.119 --> 00:54:02.440
foldable phone, because you don't want
those things to break. And then it's

744
00:54:02.519 --> 00:54:07.440
like when is the time to buy? And I'm not talking about when as

745
00:54:07.519 --> 00:54:09.119
well. It's just a holiday season. Are they putting on sale or do

746
00:54:09.159 --> 00:54:16.360
you wait until they really get even
smarter foldable phones? Just I mean all

747
00:54:16.360 --> 00:54:21.920
the electronics they're released, they're released
on a seasonal basis. Generally once a

748
00:54:21.960 --> 00:54:24.360
year, you know you're gonna get
new phones from my from Apple, generally

749
00:54:24.400 --> 00:54:28.960
twice a year you may get new
phones from Samsung. They did they did

750
00:54:28.960 --> 00:54:32.960
the foldable launch in the foldable and
flippable launch last July, but generally in

751
00:54:34.000 --> 00:54:37.119
February they come out with their typical
flagship Galaxy phones, the Galaxy S phones,

752
00:54:38.599 --> 00:54:44.559
and there's new versions of software too. The Black Friday it's coming up.

753
00:54:44.679 --> 00:54:46.559
Probably good time to look for a
deal on foldable phones. Maybe they're

754
00:54:46.599 --> 00:54:50.119
not going to cut them off the
price down, but maybe you're gonna get

755
00:54:50.159 --> 00:54:54.159
some sort of a rebate or something. You ask yourself, what do you

756
00:54:54.199 --> 00:54:59.639
want from a new phone? How
do you want to use it? Flip

757
00:54:59.679 --> 00:55:04.599
phone flip meaning they flipping from top
to bottom, not left to right.

758
00:55:04.679 --> 00:55:07.840
Flip phones are good for people who
want a regular sized phone that can fit

759
00:55:07.920 --> 00:55:13.559
your pocket and your purse. When
the Flip five came out in July,

760
00:55:14.440 --> 00:55:16.559
a lot I saw a lot of
the marketing of the advertising, and it

761
00:55:16.599 --> 00:55:22.800
seems like Samsung was marking this a
bit towards females, because if you look

762
00:55:22.840 --> 00:55:25.119
at it, these flip phones.
Let's just talk about the Galaxy Z Flip

763
00:55:25.159 --> 00:55:30.880
five. It looks like a women's
compact, you know where they put makeup

764
00:55:30.880 --> 00:55:32.480
in there and you flip it open
and the top part has a mirror,

765
00:55:32.840 --> 00:55:37.320
and I think the bottom party has
got like some powder or some powder puff

766
00:55:37.400 --> 00:55:39.760
or something. That's the size of
it. You can fold it up and

767
00:55:39.800 --> 00:55:43.519
girls can put that in their tiny
little purses they're black purses, or if

768
00:55:43.519 --> 00:55:45.000
you're or if they go to the
football games and you need the little c

769
00:55:45.119 --> 00:55:51.000
through persons. It's small. It's
also has a built in kickstand. They

770
00:55:51.159 --> 00:55:52.679
I mean, listen, men and
women love taking selfies. But you know

771
00:55:52.719 --> 00:55:55.119
what, I think the women went
out of these selfies things. It could

772
00:55:55.119 --> 00:56:00.920
stand up by itself. You can
wave your hand in automatic takes a photo.

773
00:56:01.719 --> 00:56:05.320
So those actually work. Well,
what do you want to use from

774
00:56:05.320 --> 00:56:07.159
a phone. Some have better cameras, some don't have better cameras. So

775
00:56:07.519 --> 00:56:10.360
things to look out for when you're
thinking of a phone. I know I

776
00:56:10.360 --> 00:56:13.199
got to take a break over here, and I didn't get to the other

777
00:56:13.239 --> 00:56:15.239
part. When I come back on
the other side, I'm going to talk

778
00:56:15.239 --> 00:56:19.559
about the connectivity. This has nothing
to do with a phone model. This

779
00:56:19.639 --> 00:56:22.519
has how to boost your cell phones. But if you have any questions about

780
00:56:22.519 --> 00:56:24.760
phones, which one to buy,
which foldable phone, or which regular phone,

781
00:56:24.760 --> 00:56:28.400
then you want I am here for
you, at least for the next

782
00:56:28.440 --> 00:56:31.599
what thirty minutes seven to one three
two one two five nine five oh.

783
00:56:31.880 --> 00:56:35.480
And if you don't get me during
the radio show hours, you can always

784
00:56:35.480 --> 00:56:38.880
go to high tech Textan dot com
Michael at high tech Textan dot com,

785
00:56:38.880 --> 00:56:42.239
and I will try to answer anything
as best as I can. All right,

786
00:56:42.239 --> 00:56:52.159
don't go anywhere bottom of the arm
right now, seven one three two

787
00:56:52.239 --> 00:56:54.920
one two five nine five Oh.
That's how you're going to get to me.

788
00:56:54.960 --> 00:56:58.639
And looking at some I gives a
few callers over there, cal I'm

789
00:56:58.679 --> 00:57:00.239
just kind of keep them on hold. Did we give anything away yet?

790
00:57:00.320 --> 00:57:05.880
Callen? No, I do want
to thank one of our longtime sponsors US

791
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792
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793
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have to listen to me, yeah, for a few seconds about some of

794
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795
00:57:21.159 --> 00:57:24.559
they sell gold bars and Bouyon's.
Kenny and Matt Duncan, the brothers who

796
00:57:25.320 --> 00:57:29.440
run US Coins and Jewelry. I
love going. They take me kind of

797
00:57:29.639 --> 00:57:31.400
behind the scenes. Actually, if
you go to my Instagram, I got

798
00:57:31.440 --> 00:57:38.960
a behind the scene play by play
of Kenny Duncan on he was showing me,

799
00:57:39.440 --> 00:57:43.119
which I capture on videotape so you
can see it too. How he

800
00:57:43.320 --> 00:57:47.000
grades and puts a price and buys
coins special coins. It's really cool.

801
00:57:47.320 --> 00:57:52.039
It is on the Katie Freay right
at vas So, not too far from

802
00:57:52.039 --> 00:57:54.360
the galleria. They've been around.
It's a generational Their dad started. The

803
00:57:54.440 --> 00:57:59.559
dad's still involved. But they not
only have coins where they buy your silver

804
00:57:59.639 --> 00:58:02.599
and buy so if you need some
extra cash this holiday season, take it

805
00:58:04.280 --> 00:58:07.519
trustworthy. I mean I am talking
trustworthy folks. Tons of security. They've

806
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got cameras, they've got security officers
over there, so there's no need to

807
00:58:12.079 --> 00:58:15.960
be worried about bringing all your gold
and silver in there. They will give

808
00:58:15.000 --> 00:58:19.519
you incredibly fair value. Or if
you want to buy golden silver, they

809
00:58:19.519 --> 00:58:22.559
got it there. Love the watches
I walk around. I got my Rolex

810
00:58:22.639 --> 00:58:25.320
there it is. They always have
a ton of rolexus h and also jewelry.

811
00:58:25.320 --> 00:58:30.920
They have tennis bracelets and nice beautiful
diamond earrings and a great collectibles too,

812
00:58:30.039 --> 00:58:36.079
Texas memorabilia, document state flags,
comic stuff, along with their new

813
00:58:36.239 --> 00:58:42.920
new end of the business called Celebrityment
celebritymint dot com. They've got coinage and

814
00:58:42.960 --> 00:58:45.719
autographs of Rick Flair, Mike Tyson
and what they're doing in the sports world.

815
00:58:46.079 --> 00:58:51.800
It's collectibles. It's good. So
US coinsan Jewelry dot Com. When

816
00:58:51.840 --> 00:58:53.960
you go in, they're open every
day except Sunday. Chick fil Afe,

817
00:58:53.960 --> 00:58:58.360
follow their their their their business model. Go ahead, tell you heard it

818
00:58:58.360 --> 00:59:00.400
on the Michael Garfield program. And
if you don't, you know, you

819
00:59:00.440 --> 00:59:02.639
don't live in Houston. They you
could trust them on the internet to US

820
00:59:02.760 --> 00:59:07.239
coins and Jewelry dot com. So
we appreciate those guys. I promised I'm

821
00:59:07.239 --> 00:59:10.159
gonna I've only been teasing this for
an hour or so. I just talked

822
00:59:10.159 --> 00:59:15.000
about cell phones. Foldable cell phones
are big. Is it right time for

823
00:59:15.000 --> 00:59:16.559
you to buy a foldable footable cell
phone. That's up to you. They're

824
00:59:16.599 --> 00:59:20.519
only going to get better, and
sadly they may only get more expensive.

825
00:59:20.559 --> 00:59:24.079
We're not sure, but does anybody
still have problems with getting reception? I

826
00:59:24.199 --> 00:59:30.800
was driving somewhere yesterday near the Galleria, and for some reason I lost connectivity

827
00:59:30.840 --> 00:59:34.280
for about a minute or two.
I was at it was it Chimney Want

828
00:59:34.519 --> 00:59:37.480
Chimney Rock near Richmond Avenue, and
all of a sudden, I know where

829
00:59:37.519 --> 00:59:39.840
I'm going, but I always have
a map up because I look at traffic,

830
00:59:40.360 --> 00:59:43.840
and all of a sudden, nothing
was moving, nothing was going on.

831
00:59:43.920 --> 00:59:46.320
So I had to turn on and
off my airplane mode. And that's

832
00:59:46.320 --> 00:59:49.880
one of the tips I'm gonna give
you. I just kind of reset nothing.

833
00:59:49.880 --> 00:59:52.880
I didn't turn the whole phone off, but it lost the signal for

834
00:59:52.960 --> 00:59:55.000
some reason. Maybe it was about
five in the afternoon. So that's what

835
00:59:55.119 --> 00:59:59.840
a lot of people are on their
phones yapp and talking looking at maps and

836
01:00:00.039 --> 01:00:04.760
so traffic. Cell phone traffic signals. It's very big in morning drivetime and

837
01:00:04.960 --> 01:00:08.840
afternoon drivetime, just like radio.
So I'm like, I can't believe we're

838
01:00:08.880 --> 01:00:12.159
in an age right now where we
still have to do this. But a

839
01:00:12.199 --> 01:00:15.599
lot of people when you travel,
where you live, a lot of factors

840
01:00:15.119 --> 01:00:19.800
doesn't matter. If it's Android drive
phone, you can drop calls in.

841
01:00:19.840 --> 01:00:23.400
Some of your text messages just are
unsent, and that's it's a pain,

842
01:00:23.440 --> 01:00:27.639
and it ticks me off. And
so I kind of compile the list of

843
01:00:28.320 --> 01:00:34.320
things that to maybe help you out
of one of which was turn on and

844
01:00:34.360 --> 01:00:38.440
turn off the airplane mode. It
worked for me. It's kind of like,

845
01:00:40.480 --> 01:00:44.000
what of my typicult? What's the
easy? Hey, Michael, you

846
01:00:44.000 --> 01:00:45.519
know if I've done this show for
twenty plus years, Michael, my computer's

847
01:00:45.559 --> 01:00:47.679
not working, well, why don't
you turn it off and turn it on?

848
01:00:49.159 --> 01:00:52.800
You laugh about it, but fifty
plus percent of the time that works.

849
01:00:52.559 --> 01:00:55.760
Do it. You don't need to
turn your whole phone on or off.

850
01:00:55.760 --> 01:01:00.039
It doesn't hurt. But it's quicker
just to turn your airplane mode on,

851
01:01:00.239 --> 01:01:04.159
which shuts down the cell signal such
it shuts down the Wi Fi too,

852
01:01:05.119 --> 01:01:07.400
and then turn it, give it
about fifteen seconds and turn it back

853
01:01:07.440 --> 01:01:10.079
on. Easy to do. You
go to your settings and there's this icon

854
01:01:10.119 --> 01:01:14.519
of an airplane and it worked for
me, So that that's one of the

855
01:01:14.519 --> 01:01:20.840
things that you can do. You
can also move yourself if you're walking around,

856
01:01:20.960 --> 01:01:23.599
so there's no obstructions between your phone
and any cell phone towers outside.

857
01:01:23.920 --> 01:01:29.440
Now this could mean stepping away from
any metal objects, concrete walls that because

858
01:01:29.599 --> 01:01:32.639
those things kill reception. Go to
a window, go outside if you really

859
01:01:32.679 --> 01:01:37.840
want to. Another one is this
you may want to remove your phone case.

860
01:01:37.800 --> 01:01:40.599
It doesn't hurt to remove whatever phone
case you have on your phone,

861
01:01:42.039 --> 01:01:45.119
especially if it's thick, because that
phone has an antenna in there, and

862
01:01:45.159 --> 01:01:49.880
the antenna could be blocked by that
case, so it can get a better

863
01:01:49.920 --> 01:01:52.039
signal. One of the other things
you can try always make sure your phone

864
01:01:52.119 --> 01:01:59.039
is charged too. Searching for connecting
to a stronger cell signalate it drains your

865
01:01:59.079 --> 01:02:01.960
battery power. So if your phone's
battery power is already low on a charge,

866
01:02:02.639 --> 01:02:09.920
you may have some difficulty when it
comes to getting good service. So

867
01:02:10.519 --> 01:02:15.760
there's another little tip for you.
So people sometimes don't forget about the phone

868
01:02:15.760 --> 01:02:19.679
case. What I'll tell you,
Yeah, if you really have some issues,

869
01:02:19.719 --> 01:02:22.360
and this is you gotta get a
little intense over here. Take the

870
01:02:22.480 --> 01:02:24.760
sim card out of your phone,
that little tiny that's a troubleshooting step.

871
01:02:24.800 --> 01:02:30.440
You remove a SIM card and you
place it back in your phone with your

872
01:02:30.480 --> 01:02:34.440
phone turned on. Because sometimes that
SIM card is dirty, sometimes it can

873
01:02:34.519 --> 01:02:37.840
get a little moisture on there.
If it has any physical detects, you

874
01:02:37.840 --> 01:02:39.920
may defects, you may need to
replace that SIM card too. Now to

875
01:02:39.960 --> 01:02:43.519
do that, you're gonna need that
little tiny SIM card tool, which is

876
01:02:43.559 --> 01:02:46.920
like that little paper clip type of
thing you usually get that your little phone's

877
01:02:46.920 --> 01:02:51.360
box. Sometimes you can't actually unfold
a paper clip, maybe a sewing needle.

878
01:02:51.559 --> 01:02:54.920
You pop it out. Do that
sim card tray is smaller than your

879
01:02:55.079 --> 01:02:59.800
pinky fingernail. Do not drop it. Do not lose it because at the

880
01:02:59.880 --> 01:03:05.039
end end of the day, that
SIM card is your phone number. That

881
01:03:05.159 --> 01:03:08.760
SIM card has all the data that
you have on. Don't lose that card.

882
01:03:09.119 --> 01:03:12.719
So remove it, maybe just give
it a quick little blow or a

883
01:03:12.719 --> 01:03:15.480
little dust off, and then that
could work too. All the thing to

884
01:03:15.480 --> 01:03:20.239
do is also check your whoever your
cell phone carrier is, check your cell

885
01:03:20.280 --> 01:03:24.800
phone settings, the carrier settings,
because mobile carriers sometimes they send out updates

886
01:03:25.159 --> 01:03:30.119
to help improve connectivity for their calls. The data the messages and you know

887
01:03:30.119 --> 01:03:37.079
anything on their network and carrier.
If there are carry updates, you can

888
01:03:37.199 --> 01:03:39.800
update it from pop up messages.
You can also go to your settings general

889
01:03:39.880 --> 01:03:44.159
and maybe network or about on the
phone. You could do that too.

890
01:03:44.599 --> 01:03:47.880
You can also reset your phone's network
settings too. Worst comes the worst.

891
01:03:47.920 --> 01:03:52.400
People just call or i'd say call
your phone carrier. But sometimes if you

892
01:03:52.400 --> 01:03:58.159
don't have self service, go online
or actually walk into a T mobile store

893
01:03:58.199 --> 01:04:02.599
at Att or Verizon store. Because
sometimes unexpected signal issues they actually can be

894
01:04:02.599 --> 01:04:06.960
traced back to problems with the wireless
carrier. A cell phone tower could be

895
01:04:08.039 --> 01:04:11.119
down, the tower's fiber optic cable
could have been cut. That can cause

896
01:04:11.159 --> 01:04:15.239
an outage. You know, sometimes
there's this new signal issue that can you

897
01:04:15.239 --> 01:04:17.760
know, be due to a defect
with your phone or your SIM card going

898
01:04:17.800 --> 01:04:24.960
bad. And I guess one of
the ones that I get questions, Hey,

899
01:04:25.079 --> 01:04:29.639
what the cell phone booster? A
signal booster? If everything else I

900
01:04:29.800 --> 01:04:33.920
just said fails, you could try
to get a signal booster. I've tried

901
01:04:34.039 --> 01:04:45.519
these. I can't verify that they
work on and they're signal boosters? What

902
01:04:45.559 --> 01:04:48.039
they what they do? They're they're
they're not cheap. They're you know,

903
01:04:48.079 --> 01:04:53.639
they can cost about a thousand dollars
for your entire home. Different companies you

904
01:04:53.639 --> 01:04:57.800
can go to just look at cell
phone signal boosters. And what you do

905
01:04:57.920 --> 01:05:00.480
is you put a little antennae up
in your back, y'all, and you

906
01:05:00.519 --> 01:05:02.599
put a wire. Then it's like
a Wi Fi thing, and your phone

907
01:05:02.599 --> 01:05:06.960
didn't connects to the Wi Fi,
but technically it's the outdoor signal. I

908
01:05:08.039 --> 01:05:12.800
recommend this potentially only if you live, if your home, orr apartment,

909
01:05:12.840 --> 01:05:16.320
wherever is in a situation is in
an area where the cell phone reception is

910
01:05:16.599 --> 01:05:21.840
totally crapola, where you're constantly having
connectivity issues in your home or your office

911
01:05:21.880 --> 01:05:26.239
where you spend a majority part of
your time. At that point, it

912
01:05:26.320 --> 01:05:32.840
may be worth investing into the signal
cell phone boosters. But also don't forget

913
01:05:32.840 --> 01:05:39.239
about this too. Most all phones
have Wi Fi calling. I always get

914
01:05:39.280 --> 01:05:42.840
out a Wi Fi signal when I
possibly can. If I'm at a restaurant,

915
01:05:42.880 --> 01:05:44.880
if I'm at a cafe, if
I'm at a bar, if I'm

916
01:05:44.920 --> 01:05:46.480
there for an hour or two,
and certainly when I'm at home, where

917
01:05:46.519 --> 01:05:51.119
I'm at an office, get up
because phone signals if you can't get a

918
01:05:51.159 --> 01:05:55.559
cell signal. They actually can come
through Wi Fi. It's called Wi Fi

919
01:05:55.599 --> 01:05:58.880
calling on some phones, Android or
iPhone, you do have to go into

920
01:05:58.880 --> 01:06:02.280
your settings and turn Wi Fi calling
on. And I'm telling you what this

921
01:06:02.360 --> 01:06:05.440
works great when you travel because when
I travel internationally, like I when I

922
01:06:05.440 --> 01:06:10.679
went to South Korea, I did
not light up my cell phone's international plan

923
01:06:11.280 --> 01:06:15.800
because Wi Fi is ubiquitous almost almost
anywhere in the world unless that I haven't

924
01:06:15.800 --> 01:06:19.000
been in the Serengetti or I haven't
been in you know, safaris or things,

925
01:06:19.000 --> 01:06:25.880
but cities, libraries, airports,
grocery stores, cafes. Sometimes you

926
01:06:25.880 --> 01:06:30.599
need to ask for the password.
And to end this segment in what we're

927
01:06:30.599 --> 01:06:35.280
talking about people, this is we
used to worry years ago about oh,

928
01:06:35.280 --> 01:06:38.559
should I get on a Wi Fi
signal because people are going to steal my

929
01:06:38.639 --> 01:06:42.679
data. Never do any transactions on
your bank or anything personal on Wi Fi

930
01:06:42.760 --> 01:06:46.920
and a coffee shopp because somebody can
steal your data. Yes, one hundred

931
01:06:46.960 --> 01:06:49.559
percent. It is not guaranteed.
No one's going to steal your data.

932
01:06:49.559 --> 01:06:55.519
But people, this is almost twenty
twenty four. The networks or the VPNs

933
01:06:55.599 --> 01:07:00.079
virtual private networks, have greatly improved
you do not, and I cover this

934
01:07:00.119 --> 01:07:04.760
industry, I do not hear nearly
as many stories of hackers breaking into phones

935
01:07:04.800 --> 01:07:09.800
and stealing signals on Wi Fi.
I'm a trusting person for the most part,

936
01:07:09.840 --> 01:07:13.199
and I do pretty much trust a
lot of Wi Fi networks and I'm

937
01:07:13.199 --> 01:07:15.840
fine with that. So people there
you go, feel free to podcast this.

938
01:07:16.000 --> 01:07:20.039
Send the link to anybody who is
having cell phone signals and you can

939
01:07:20.119 --> 01:07:25.880
let them know. The High Tech
Tection gives you ten ten different ideas of

940
01:07:25.880 --> 01:07:30.039
how to improve your cell phone signal. Why I try to improve this radio

941
01:07:30.079 --> 01:07:32.599
program which ends at about twelve to
fifteen minutes, stand by for the big

942
01:07:32.639 --> 01:07:36.800
finale over here on the High Tech
Textan show, first part of November twenty

943
01:07:36.840 --> 01:07:47.480
twenty three. Hey, I appreciate
everybody hanging in here for about an hour

944
01:07:47.519 --> 01:07:50.920
and fifteen minutes so far. Why
not just spend ten more minutes and we

945
01:07:50.960 --> 01:07:56.280
have. We got the whole schlemil
schla mazel here waiting for you as we

946
01:07:56.440 --> 01:08:00.360
wrap up the High Tech text in
the show. Interesting things, obviously I

947
01:08:00.440 --> 01:08:04.920
was. I'm still gawking and keveling
over my Texas Ranges World champions. We've

948
01:08:04.920 --> 01:08:09.519
been through that. The Beatles released
a new song that I do not like

949
01:08:09.639 --> 01:08:13.679
whatsoever. Hopefully your Halloween was great
people, Hopefully you got some candy.

950
01:08:14.360 --> 01:08:17.199
Still, I'm getting some emails over
you know this, Walgreens over here has

951
01:08:17.239 --> 01:08:20.079
got seventy five percent off the ress, which is always good. So I'm

952
01:08:20.079 --> 01:08:25.880
still taking those. We talked about
streaming video. Is streaming video worth it

953
01:08:26.079 --> 01:08:29.600
versus maybe continuing cable? Right now? I think the answer is right now,

954
01:08:29.680 --> 01:08:31.800
yes, streaming video is worth it. But at some point, as

955
01:08:31.800 --> 01:08:36.840
the prices go up for all these
streaming companies, it may not Ten ways

956
01:08:36.840 --> 01:08:40.840
to boost your cell phone signal.
We just cover that. I gave the

957
01:08:40.840 --> 01:08:44.319
breakdown on foldable phones. Foldable phones
had a very big year this year.

958
01:08:44.319 --> 01:08:47.920
But should you get one, All
of that can be listened to again and

959
01:08:47.960 --> 01:08:53.119
again and again, because in about
ten minutes, my man callum over here.

960
01:08:53.159 --> 01:08:55.720
You were going to put that on
our podcast, And you can find

961
01:08:55.720 --> 01:08:59.199
this podcast I Heart Radio. You
download that app and you can look for

962
01:08:59.279 --> 01:09:03.479
Michael Garfue, you can look for
KPRC and you could just listen to your

963
01:09:03.520 --> 01:09:09.920
Hearts content ova and over again.
I wanted to what else did I want

964
01:09:09.920 --> 01:09:14.920
to say? Promise one more thing? Data? Data privacy talked about Wi

965
01:09:14.920 --> 01:09:17.640
Fi and how Wi Fi privacy has
gotten better. People used to be very

966
01:09:17.680 --> 01:09:21.439
scared that I don't want to get
on Wi Fi public Wi Fi system because

967
01:09:21.479 --> 01:09:26.880
somebody could hack into my phone or
hack into my computer. I've seen less

968
01:09:26.920 --> 01:09:30.239
less stories about that right now.
I think the Wi Fi networks and the

969
01:09:30.319 --> 01:09:34.720
data security AU networks on the virtual
private networks, if you use them,

970
01:09:34.720 --> 01:09:39.119
that's gotten better. And so there
was a you don't hear much about that

971
01:09:39.239 --> 01:09:44.319
now as we you know, near
twenty twenty four, but your data is

972
01:09:44.359 --> 01:09:50.319
still the probably the top concern of
what everybody has every time we log on

973
01:09:50.439 --> 01:09:54.479
them, every time we pick up
the phone. What can we do about

974
01:09:54.520 --> 01:09:58.479
it? Well, a few weeks
ago they're a service of a free service

975
01:09:58.520 --> 01:10:02.119
actually came about and I saw it. Actually it's from Consumer Reports and when

976
01:10:02.920 --> 01:10:06.399
Consumer Reports, which has long been
a magazine that you could trust because they

977
01:10:06.439 --> 01:10:10.600
do not take ads, they do
not take an it they tell you the

978
01:10:10.640 --> 01:10:13.960
real I mean I've been reading this, My family has got this since the

979
01:10:14.000 --> 01:10:16.359
seventies and eighties. I mean,
before you buy cars and refrigerators, that

980
01:10:16.439 --> 01:10:20.720
used to be the resource Consumer Reports. Now I am your resource that you

981
01:10:20.760 --> 01:10:26.680
need to go to The point is
Consumer Reports came out with an app and

982
01:10:26.720 --> 01:10:30.640
I recommend most everybody trying this thing. This is not an ad is they

983
01:10:30.680 --> 01:10:33.560
don't pay me for this one.
This is content right over here. It's

984
01:10:33.560 --> 01:10:36.880
called permission Slip. I talked about
it about a month ago, but then

985
01:10:36.880 --> 01:10:44.279
I tried it. It's very simple, permission slip. It's your online personal

986
01:10:44.359 --> 01:10:46.399
data because it's everywhere all over the
Internet, and there are pieces of your

987
01:10:46.439 --> 01:10:50.680
data that are collected by companies and
data brokers they sell to other companies that

988
01:10:50.720 --> 01:10:55.920
they can use your info to sell
ads that are targeted to you or whatever

989
01:10:57.039 --> 01:11:00.520
your name is everywhere. How do
you fix this? How do you control

990
01:11:00.560 --> 01:11:04.319
your data? Well, there's this
app called permission Slip, and what it

991
01:11:04.359 --> 01:11:14.880
does it helps you slowly bring back
a bit of your personal data because it

992
01:11:14.960 --> 01:11:21.359
will help you find what's out there
and does a lot of legwork of collecting

993
01:11:21.399 --> 01:11:27.119
the places that might have your data, including hundreds of companies that use your

994
01:11:27.119 --> 01:11:30.600
personal information. So quite simply is
this. To get started on this thing

995
01:11:30.680 --> 01:11:34.439
called permission Slip, you do have
to sign up with on your email address

996
01:11:35.960 --> 01:11:40.680
highly reckman. Signing up with your
email address that you use frequently when you

997
01:11:40.720 --> 01:11:45.279
sign up for online accounts, rewards
programs, whatever, because that's what you

998
01:11:45.319 --> 01:11:49.600
want to kind of, you know, watch for. And once you then

999
01:11:49.800 --> 01:11:54.119
do that, there's this little tab
there. It's called learn more and Take

1000
01:11:54.199 --> 01:11:58.039
Action. You select on this app
learn more and take Action, You're going

1001
01:11:58.079 --> 01:12:00.079
to go to a screen that shows
you what sort of data company usually collects

1002
01:12:00.119 --> 01:12:03.920
and what your options are. And
depending on the company and what state you

1003
01:12:03.960 --> 01:12:08.079
live in wherever you're listening right now, you have the options to stop companies

1004
01:12:08.119 --> 01:12:14.399
from selling your data or they can
delete your account out right. So just

1005
01:12:14.520 --> 01:12:20.479
go through it meticulously. Now,
what happens is permission slip. It submits

1006
01:12:21.520 --> 01:12:28.920
a request on your behalf to all
these companies. Sometimes it takes a bit

1007
01:12:28.960 --> 01:12:33.760
of time to have your request processed
and all your information deleted, So hang

1008
01:12:33.800 --> 01:12:38.239
in there and be patient. But
the fact is this is kind of an

1009
01:12:38.239 --> 01:12:41.720
all in one stop. Now.
I do my own little data check on

1010
01:12:41.760 --> 01:12:45.880
a semi regular basis, and I
did it even yesterday morning when I woke

1011
01:12:45.960 --> 01:12:49.159
up, because I check my email
and I'm getting I get so much I'm

1012
01:12:49.159 --> 01:12:53.840
gonna call them spam email. But
I get all these press releases, I

1013
01:12:53.840 --> 01:12:56.840
mean, because I'm on so many
lists of newsletters and they sell it.

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01:12:57.279 --> 01:13:00.680
What I do probably once every two
weeks or so, when I see all

1015
01:13:00.840 --> 01:13:03.239
this, Where did this email come
from? I scroll down to the bottom

1016
01:13:03.239 --> 01:13:08.640
of each email and then I go
down to managed subscriptions or change your settings,

1017
01:13:08.760 --> 01:13:11.119
and I click it. It goes
to their website and then I hit

1018
01:13:11.279 --> 01:13:15.279
unsubscribed, unsubscribe, unsubscribe you from
everything on your list. Now I know

1019
01:13:16.079 --> 01:13:19.119
I'm not that much of a fool
to think that, Oh wait a minute,

1020
01:13:18.840 --> 01:13:23.560
they just caught me in a little
moment over here the now. They

1021
01:13:23.560 --> 01:13:26.920
could have randomly sent me this email. But the fact is I responded it,

1022
01:13:26.920 --> 01:13:29.520
clicked on something. They know it's
a real working email address, and

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01:13:29.520 --> 01:13:32.359
they're going to keep sending me more. But then I also take the secondary

1024
01:13:32.359 --> 01:13:35.840
precaution. What I do and I
use my I use Microsoft Outlook. Actually

1025
01:13:35.880 --> 01:13:39.399
I use Office three sixty five,
but I have outlooked. But what I

1026
01:13:39.399 --> 01:13:43.800
can do is I go to that
email and I write click on it,

1027
01:13:44.279 --> 01:13:48.560
and I immediately name it junk.
And when you hit junk, it'll say

1028
01:13:48.720 --> 01:13:56.039
block sender. So I block everything
in anything coming that specific email address.

1029
01:13:56.239 --> 01:14:01.600
So if something comes from info at
newsletter, well I'll scroll to the bottom

1030
01:14:01.600 --> 01:14:05.359
of that email, and I will
unsubscribe me. Then I'll go back to

1031
01:14:05.439 --> 01:14:11.880
the actual email, and I'm gonna
junk block anything that ever comes from info

1032
01:14:12.079 --> 01:14:16.319
at newsletter dot com. It's just
one way to declutter your life, folks,

1033
01:14:16.359 --> 01:14:18.560
as we wipe up the show,
there's the last thing we need is

1034
01:14:18.600 --> 01:14:21.359
more clutter in our life. There's
just too much stuff going on. Our

1035
01:14:21.439 --> 01:14:26.720
data is out there. But I'll
tell you again, if we use the

1036
01:14:26.760 --> 01:14:30.479
internet, if we use a phone, there's a trade off. Yes,

1037
01:14:30.520 --> 01:14:32.800
we still have to pay for a
lot of this stuff too, but data

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01:14:32.920 --> 01:14:36.159
is important and they the companies,
will keep it and they'll use it.

1039
01:14:36.279 --> 01:14:40.760
Just try to keep your information as
protected as possible. And if you don't

1040
01:14:40.760 --> 01:14:43.479
want your information out there, it's
too late. It is to even if

1041
01:14:43.520 --> 01:14:45.800
you don't even use the internet.
My grandmother passed away last year. She

1042
01:14:45.840 --> 01:14:48.479
was one hundred and five years old. Never had a cell phone, never

1043
01:14:48.520 --> 01:14:51.520
had any never had a computer,
never or anything. Her information is out

1044
01:14:51.560 --> 01:14:55.359
there, you know, from the
government, your social security number, whatever.

1045
01:14:56.039 --> 01:14:59.399
But if you think if you get
a phone and you don't want anybody

1046
01:14:59.399 --> 01:15:02.319
taking your data, people, you
are sadly mistaken. Because listen, every

1047
01:15:02.319 --> 01:15:05.199
time you turn that there's note it
becomes a brick. If you don't want

1048
01:15:05.199 --> 01:15:09.640
your data, turn off your phone. Because every time I use a map,

1049
01:15:09.720 --> 01:15:12.560
well Google knows exactly where I am, where I'm going, how long

1050
01:15:12.600 --> 01:15:15.520
I spent there, and everything.
Be careful. The only thing I don't

1051
01:15:15.520 --> 01:15:17.520
take from it. I give you
information, but I don't take anything other

1052
01:15:17.600 --> 01:15:20.800
than you. Love people, and
thank you for continuing to give for twenty

1053
01:15:20.800 --> 01:15:25.399
plus years. Here on KPRC nine
fifty am. We are based in Houston

1054
01:15:25.680 --> 01:15:29.840
on the Ihearts Radio Network. Thank
you very much to Brian Ericksson, Mark

1055
01:15:29.880 --> 01:15:32.680
Sherman, and Eddie Martini who run
this Houston market, and everybody else for

1056
01:15:32.720 --> 01:15:39.600
tuning in. I will see you
next week. Go enjoy the Texas Rangers

1057
01:15:39.600 --> 01:15:43.319
World series. Hook them Horns,
how about them Cowboys? And it's my

1058
01:15:43.399 --> 01:15:45.000
show. I can just yap anything
I want, but I do appreciate you

1059
01:15:45.279 --> 01:15:50.159
listening to my bs. Maybe it's
a Bachelor of Science, maybe it's not.

1060
01:15:50.520 --> 01:15:55.159
My name is Garth. Right now, this show is over