WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:03.919 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 2 00:00:04.040 --> 00:00:11.000 KFI AM six forty, Hey, Hi, Am six forty Live, 3 00:00:11.160 --> 00:00:16.559 Dreaming and HD Everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Dean Sharp 4 00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:20.120 The house Whisper Live every Saturday and Sunday morning. 5 00:00:20.160 --> 00:00:20.359 Hey. 6 00:00:20.399 --> 00:00:23.239 Follow us on social media. We only do the good 7 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:28.719 kind of social media, the uplifting, informative and inspiring kind. 8 00:00:29.079 --> 00:00:34.759 We're on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook X What what else are 9 00:00:34.759 --> 00:00:39.759 we on? That's enough? We're on all of the stuff, 10 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:43.520 all of the things. I'm told Home with Dean, same 11 00:00:43.560 --> 00:00:49.200 handle for all of them, Home with Dean, And of course, 12 00:00:49.439 --> 00:00:52.840 this very program is also the House Whisper podcast that 13 00:00:52.880 --> 00:00:57.560 you can listen to anytime, anywhere on demand. Hundreds of episodes, 14 00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:02.320 all searchable by topic. You're our home improvement reference library. 15 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:05.760 It is literally a home improvement reference library at this point, 16 00:01:06.280 --> 00:01:11.519 hundreds of episodes, hundreds of them, all waiting for your 17 00:01:11.680 --> 00:01:17.200 eager ears as you continue to turn your ordinary house 18 00:01:17.239 --> 00:01:21.799 into an extraordinary home today and tomorrow. It is the 19 00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:26.519 holiday gift guide that we do every single year, our juicy, 20 00:01:27.599 --> 00:01:31.079 wonderful House Whisper Holiday Gift Guide. I want to dive 21 00:01:31.120 --> 00:01:33.480 back in. Also I'm taking calls this morning. We're going 22 00:01:33.519 --> 00:01:35.599 to get back to the phones in just a bit, 23 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:38.680 but we're going to spend a little bit of time 24 00:01:38.760 --> 00:01:42.760 hitting a couple more items on the gift guide. One 25 00:01:42.959 --> 00:01:48.040 of a new entry this year, and I've been wanting 26 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:50.640 to do this in years past, and just we needed 27 00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:53.879 to have room for other things. But I really feel 28 00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:58.319 strongly about this. If you are thinking about a screwdriver 29 00:01:58.519 --> 00:02:03.840 set for that DI wire in your life, or yourself 30 00:02:03.959 --> 00:02:06.480 for that matter, if it's time to get a new 31 00:02:06.519 --> 00:02:09.280 set of screwdrivers, and by the way, there is nothing 32 00:02:09.479 --> 00:02:12.759 lovelier than a well organized set of tools. And so 33 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:15.280 if you can end up with a full set that's 34 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:19.159 in a nice rugged case that will store away nicely, 35 00:02:19.400 --> 00:02:22.879 then good on you for doing that. It's a great idea. 36 00:02:22.960 --> 00:02:25.360 But here's I'm going to add something. This is so 37 00:02:26.199 --> 00:02:32.319 outside the norm for most di wires that it ends 38 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:36.240 up just putting you a step ahead. Inevitably, if you 39 00:02:36.360 --> 00:02:40.479 are somebody who interacts with your house, you will probably 40 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:45.599 at some point use a screwdriver on an electrical outlet 41 00:02:45.919 --> 00:02:50.520 or I don't mean stick it into an electrical outlet, no, 42 00:02:50.680 --> 00:02:53.479 I mean maybe you change out a switch maybe you're 43 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:58.080 you're trying to fix an outlet or replace an outlet, 44 00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:00.639 something like that. There's a chance that you could use 45 00:03:00.840 --> 00:03:05.960 a screwdriver around voltage. So if you're in the market 46 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:11.319 or the DII wire that you love could use a 47 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:14.840 new set of screwdrivers, then instead of just your run 48 00:03:14.840 --> 00:03:18.360 of the mill screwdriver, why not get them a set 49 00:03:18.680 --> 00:03:24.159 of insulated electrician screwdrivers. Now you're not going to find 50 00:03:24.199 --> 00:03:29.520 these normally sitting with the other tools in the tool section. 51 00:03:29.719 --> 00:03:33.479 You will normally find these in the electrical section of 52 00:03:33.560 --> 00:03:37.120 the hardware store. Okay, that's the trick. They're usually not 53 00:03:37.280 --> 00:03:40.159 sitting with the other standard screwdrivers. And what are these 54 00:03:40.199 --> 00:03:45.120 little babies? They're very simply this. They're just totally regular screwdrivers, 55 00:03:45.159 --> 00:03:49.360 Torque's head, Philip's head, flat heead screwdrivers, whatever the case 56 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:56.159 may be. But the handle and extending down the shaft 57 00:03:56.360 --> 00:04:00.879 towards the tip of the screwdriver, fully loaded in a 58 00:04:01.039 --> 00:04:03.960 fully insulated material. So here's what you want. You want 59 00:04:03.960 --> 00:04:10.199 a one thousand volt rated insulated electrician screwdriver set. That way, 60 00:04:10.479 --> 00:04:14.280 just the tip of each of the screwdrivers is exposed 61 00:04:14.759 --> 00:04:18.120 for doing just normal screwdriver stuff. And that's the thing 62 00:04:18.160 --> 00:04:23.480 about electrician screwdrivers. They're completely normal screwdrivers for every other use. 63 00:04:24.199 --> 00:04:27.120 There's nothing that they can't do. But here is what 64 00:04:27.360 --> 00:04:31.439 a regular screwdriver can't do. It can't keep you safe 65 00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:36.600 from touching a live wire with that long metallic conductive 66 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:40.319 shaft as it goes probing inside an area where there 67 00:04:40.399 --> 00:04:45.759 be be live wires. And so an insulated screwdriver set is, 68 00:04:46.199 --> 00:04:49.519 in my opinion, a brilliant buy. Plus most of them 69 00:04:49.560 --> 00:04:53.360 come in really nice rugged cases. The one that I've 70 00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:56.519 got in the gift guide that you can find the 71 00:04:56.560 --> 00:05:00.279 link to, we're talking about a twenty five dollars set. 72 00:05:00.519 --> 00:05:05.199 And here is why. There's one handle that interchanges with 73 00:05:05.480 --> 00:05:07.920 a number of different shafts. In fact, I think there 74 00:05:07.920 --> 00:05:12.199 are ten plus different shafts. Is at a fifteen piece 75 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:17.480 it's ten piece anyway, multiple multiple shafts and tips with 76 00:05:17.759 --> 00:05:20.000 just one handle. So they've saved money there. But this 77 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:22.959 is solid. It interlocks. You will never have an issue 78 00:05:22.959 --> 00:05:25.879 with this whatsoever, and it comes in a really beautiful 79 00:05:26.040 --> 00:05:30.839 rugged case and well worth it. Twenty five dollars. Twenty 80 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:34.800 five dollars and you give somebody the edge on their 81 00:05:34.800 --> 00:05:39.279 screwdriver usage and everyone will be jealous. Is that true? 82 00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:39.800 Yes? 83 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:45.160 It is all right. More Campie tean sharp the House 84 00:05:45.160 --> 00:05:50.439 Whisper at your service. We are diving into this year's 85 00:05:50.720 --> 00:05:55.279 House Whisper Holiday gift guide today and tomorrow. But I'm 86 00:05:55.279 --> 00:05:58.079 also taking calls, and I've got some calls on the board. 87 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:01.839 So let's dive hurt for a moment and talk to 88 00:06:01.879 --> 00:06:04.000 you about what's going on with your home. Let's talk 89 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:06.480 to Beth. Hey, Beth, welcome home. 90 00:06:09.399 --> 00:06:10.079 And how are you? 91 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:11.160 Hi? 92 00:06:11.439 --> 00:06:13.279 There? You are? I am well? 93 00:06:13.360 --> 00:06:17.240 How are you here? Doing great? So here's my question. 94 00:06:17.399 --> 00:06:22.079 I have a silver machine tree that I planted in 95 00:06:22.120 --> 00:06:24.839 front of my condle. Well, now my association wants me 96 00:06:25.000 --> 00:06:28.920 to trim it because it's twelve twelve feet all and 97 00:06:29.360 --> 00:06:31.079 if I let them do it, they are going to 98 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:33.600 just whack it and turn it into a box, you know, 99 00:06:33.720 --> 00:06:37.160 a bush. What is the best to wait to trim it? 100 00:06:37.160 --> 00:06:40.040 Because it's such a beautiful tree. I'm by the beach. 101 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:43.000 It dances when the wind blows. I don't want to 102 00:06:43.079 --> 00:06:46.560 lose that. How can I do it? If that's somebody 103 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:49.560 who specializes in this kind of tree? 104 00:06:50.560 --> 00:06:54.040 Okay, So when you say silver chine. Are we talking 105 00:06:54.040 --> 00:06:57.000 about the pine or the pittosporm. 106 00:06:58.000 --> 00:06:59.800 Pittus porm. 107 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:04.439 Ok, everybody's like, what a pitisform? A silver sheene. It's 108 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:07.040 a hedge that can grow tree size, you know. It's 109 00:07:07.040 --> 00:07:10.519 a small shrub that can grow up to twelve fourteen 110 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:14.600 feet tall, little tiny flower I mean little tiny flowers, 111 00:07:14.639 --> 00:07:17.879 little tiny leaves, and they do. They're beautiful, They shimmer, 112 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:23.680 they make decent hedges and they are, Beth, one of 113 00:07:23.720 --> 00:07:26.319 those I'm so glad you called they're they're one of 114 00:07:26.360 --> 00:07:32.720 those plants that that that gardeners and I'm using air 115 00:07:32.839 --> 00:07:37.720 quotes here, gardeners, the mow and blow guys. They they 116 00:07:37.800 --> 00:07:40.560 just they murder them. They murder and they don't kill them, 117 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:44.120 but they just they'll box them off, they'll flatten them out. 118 00:07:44.480 --> 00:07:48.920 And and so that's the thing I always tell people this. Listen, 119 00:07:49.319 --> 00:07:53.680 if your landscape personnel, if the only tools you ever 120 00:07:53.720 --> 00:07:57.439 see them bring out are these big flat bladed hedge trimmers, 121 00:07:57.879 --> 00:08:00.000 then guess what. Guess what you get with a big 122 00:08:00.040 --> 00:08:05.279 old flat blade. You get big flat surfaces. Okay, so 123 00:08:05.480 --> 00:08:08.680 this goes back to Beth. It goes back to this, 124 00:08:08.920 --> 00:08:11.920 and it's a very simple answer to your question, but 125 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:14.360 I'm setting it up this way. This goes back to 126 00:08:15.040 --> 00:08:21.439 this very very basic concept that every garden needs a gardener, 127 00:08:21.959 --> 00:08:25.560 garden nerve, somebody who's going to actually engage with the 128 00:08:25.600 --> 00:08:29.319 plants in the proper way and bring them to the 129 00:08:29.360 --> 00:08:34.360 fullness of what they're capable of. So very much like 130 00:08:34.600 --> 00:08:40.360 a a any other wild plant like this, this is 131 00:08:40.360 --> 00:08:48.279 an Australian plant, silver sheene, very much like sage and 132 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:52.840 Salvia's plants that just have their own kind of vibe 133 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:57.039 to them. You don't let anybody near them with box 134 00:08:57.879 --> 00:09:01.360 flat cutters. What you do is you want somebody to 135 00:09:01.440 --> 00:09:04.759 approach it just with a hand clipper. Hand clipper, not 136 00:09:04.919 --> 00:09:09.279 to take out and flatten off the surface and be 137 00:09:09.440 --> 00:09:11.960 done with it in five minutes and move on, because 138 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:14.519 that's what's gonna make them all flat and hedgy, but 139 00:09:14.840 --> 00:09:18.519 just to thin it out, trim it down and keep 140 00:09:18.559 --> 00:09:22.039 those loose wild perimeter edges to it so that it 141 00:09:22.159 --> 00:09:26.600 continues to sway and blow and just look as naturalistic 142 00:09:26.639 --> 00:09:30.159 as possible. It's really just about when you've got a 143 00:09:30.919 --> 00:09:33.240 wild I don't want to say scraggly, but just this 144 00:09:33.679 --> 00:09:38.039 wild feathery shrub or and or tree that you're dealing with, 145 00:09:38.519 --> 00:09:42.000 then treat it that way and selectively go in and 146 00:09:42.120 --> 00:09:45.720 just hand clip, hand clip some of the branches out 147 00:09:45.759 --> 00:09:48.639 to thin it and or to control its height, to 148 00:09:48.679 --> 00:09:52.200 clip its height, but keep it uneven. And believe me, 149 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:54.200 it takes a little bit of practice to do this 150 00:09:54.440 --> 00:10:00.200 because randomness, the randomness of a natural look, is one 151 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:04.039 of the hardest things for a human being to replicate, 152 00:10:04.600 --> 00:10:07.879 because we just like we like going in just cutting 153 00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:10.240 things flat and even and getting done with it. And 154 00:10:10.360 --> 00:10:13.000 so you take one branch, you cut it a little higher. 155 00:10:13.039 --> 00:10:14.919 You take another branch, you cut it a little lower, 156 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:16.879 a little lower on the next one. Then you go 157 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:19.799 back high again, and you kind of stand back and 158 00:10:19.840 --> 00:10:21.639 you keep looking at it. But you only have to 159 00:10:21.639 --> 00:10:23.919 trim it every once in a blue moon. And so 160 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:28.480 taking a little time, taking a half hour to trim 161 00:10:28.519 --> 00:10:31.799 this beautiful plant as opposed to five minutes of just 162 00:10:33.480 --> 00:10:35.000 we'll make all the difference in the world. 163 00:10:36.039 --> 00:10:39.039 So treat it like a giant bone side. 164 00:10:39.159 --> 00:10:43.440 Yes, exactly, treat it like a giant Bondzie, why you 165 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:45.840 should be on this side of things, just because that 166 00:10:46.039 --> 00:10:49.480 was the perfect Yeah, treat it like a giant bonds. 167 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:53.200 I just shape it, take your time. If you love it, 168 00:10:53.679 --> 00:10:55.799 spend time with it. And I know that sounds like 169 00:10:56.440 --> 00:10:59.120 one of those plant guys I am. If you love 170 00:10:59.159 --> 00:11:02.000 a plant, spend time with it, give it the shape 171 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:05.519 that you want, train it, care for it in that way, 172 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:08.799 and it will pay you back, you know, tenfold. 173 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:11.399 Awesome, Thank you so much. 174 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:14.480 You are so welcome. Bet, thank you a really really 175 00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:17.960 good question. Do I have time to let me see you? 176 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:20.080 Sam is telling me here and he's like, well, yeah, 177 00:11:21.000 --> 00:11:22.679 I'll tell you what. We're gonna go to the break 178 00:11:22.720 --> 00:11:25.600 and we come back. We'll go back to the phones, 179 00:11:26.080 --> 00:11:31.480 and yeah, yeah, sounds good. You are listening to Dean 180 00:11:31.519 --> 00:11:35.679 Sharp The House Whisper on KFI. You're listening to Home 181 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:39.080 with Dean Sharp on demand from KFI AM. 182 00:11:38.799 --> 00:11:39.639 Six forty. 183 00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:47.759 KFI live streaming and HD everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Hey, 184 00:11:47.799 --> 00:11:52.039 you're Home with Dean Sharp the House Whisper. Welcome aboard. 185 00:11:52.799 --> 00:11:56.120 What am I a skipper now? I said, Well, thanks 186 00:11:56.200 --> 00:11:59.519 for joining us on the program this morning. We're talking 187 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:03.120 about our holiday gift guide. We're moving through bits and pieces, 188 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:06.399 not the whole thing, because uh, you know, it's more 189 00:12:06.480 --> 00:12:10.840 sizable than two shows can handle. But bits and pieces 190 00:12:10.879 --> 00:12:13.879 as we go. And I'm also taking your calls this morning. 191 00:12:14.399 --> 00:12:15.799 I want to go back to the phones and then 192 00:12:15.799 --> 00:12:18.039 we'll go back to the Gift Guide again. Let's talk 193 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:27.120 to Laura. Hey, Laura, welcome home. Oh yes, hello, good 194 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:28.200 good morning. 195 00:12:28.919 --> 00:12:32.600 Oh I had you on speaker. I'm like, oh, shoot, 196 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:37.399 she's in my name. I'm so glad Tina is better. 197 00:12:37.559 --> 00:12:42.360 I feel for you, guys, and I'm good things for her. 198 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:49.440 And Okay, I'm talking about we made some space to 199 00:12:49.480 --> 00:12:53.519 put a water fountain in our backyard and I'm really 200 00:12:53.559 --> 00:12:58.720 excited about it. But it's next to our house. It's 201 00:12:59.679 --> 00:13:03.720 like now to the wall in our backyard. And I 202 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:07.559 guess wasn't sure. I remember you talking about a store 203 00:13:07.559 --> 00:13:11.279 that had all these water fountains that you could see 204 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:16.600 them work and experience them. And because my husband really 205 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:18.519 just wants to go get one, and I don't want 206 00:13:18.559 --> 00:13:21.399 to just get one. I want one that I really like. 207 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:26.720 So I'm just wondering what you recommend, what store we 208 00:13:26.919 --> 00:13:31.440 could browse. And yes, that's that's my question. 209 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:35.879 All right, Well here it is super simple answer, Reseda 210 00:13:36.240 --> 00:13:39.879 Discount Pottery and Fountain. You know, and I never remember 211 00:13:39.879 --> 00:13:42.240 if it's fountain in pottery or pottery and fountain. But 212 00:13:42.960 --> 00:13:45.480 that's it's Reseda. They're in Resita, in the in the 213 00:13:45.559 --> 00:13:49.639 valley and uh you, I don't know where you live, 214 00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:51.080 but we're. 215 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:52.200 In the South Bay area. 216 00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:53.240 But that's not that far. 217 00:13:53.679 --> 00:13:56.320 Okay. Yeah, and you know what, there are a few 218 00:13:56.559 --> 00:13:59.159 there are a few places. There are a few vendors 219 00:13:59.320 --> 00:14:03.799 of special items in southern California where I just tell people, listen, 220 00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:06.879 it doesn't matter, it is worth the drive. Just make 221 00:14:06.919 --> 00:14:09.919 the pilgrimage because if you're looking for it, I mean, 222 00:14:09.919 --> 00:14:12.360 this is a store that literally has and I am 223 00:14:12.440 --> 00:14:16.240 not exaggerating, a thousand fountains that are all on when 224 00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:19.519 you walk in. Okay, they're all on. And so a 225 00:14:19.559 --> 00:14:21.480 fountain is just one of those things, you know, it's 226 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:26.120 it's very very I never recommend anybody buy one online 227 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:30.360 if you haven't already had direct interaction with it. You 228 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:32.399 need to see it, you need to hear it, you 229 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:35.000 need to size it up, you need to have a 230 00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:39.120 massive selection to choose from. If you're not exactly sure 231 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:42.399 exactly what kind of fountain or water feature you're looking for, 232 00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:47.559 so receipt a discount pottering fountain, fountain and Potter fact. 233 00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:51.559 I think it's Pottering fountain anyway, great place, great, great 234 00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:56.080 place to go to start your window shopping. Bare minimum 235 00:14:56.600 --> 00:14:58.799 for a water future or a mountain in your yard. 236 00:14:58.960 --> 00:14:59.919 So there you have. 237 00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:04.320 Is there a type of water fountain that is better 238 00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:08.080 when it's close to the house or next like you know, 239 00:15:08.360 --> 00:15:11.960 right next to the house, as opposed to like in 240 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:15.320 your middle of your backyard. Well, would you know, like 241 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:18.600 if there's a water issue or uh no, No. 242 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:21.279 I mean as far as water supply goes, they you know, 243 00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:24.240 they all have their own internal reservoirs and they all 244 00:15:24.559 --> 00:15:27.919 do that, I think from a pure design perspective. So 245 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:30.639 practically speaking, no, I don't think that there's anything that 246 00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:35.879 you have to be concerned about. But in placement, whenever 247 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:39.720 you do a water feature, you want to ideally try 248 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:42.559 and think about a couple of the things. One, the 249 00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:45.799 scale of the water feature based on how far away 250 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:48.919 it is from the house, so that as you're looking 251 00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:53.600 out upon it that you know it's it brings a 252 00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:56.960 proper scale. Now, some people have very very expansive yards 253 00:15:57.279 --> 00:16:00.000 and a fountain is just dedicated to a little air 254 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:02.080 are you don't even see it from the house. But 255 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:06.480 for most folks in mainstream homes, your yard is not 256 00:16:06.600 --> 00:16:09.440 so large that you couldn't actually have the potential of 257 00:16:09.480 --> 00:16:12.399 seeing it from inside the house or from the back 258 00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:15.320 porch or the areas like that, the patio area, So 259 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:17.399 you want to be aware of that. You know, place 260 00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:21.960 a water feature in a place where you can maximize 261 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:25.120 its view. But depending on how far away from the 262 00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:29.399 house it is. You also want to scale the sound 263 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:33.159 of the water, So a big water feature with a 264 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:37.879 lot the further the water falls physically, the louder of 265 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:40.720 a noise it makes when it hits when it lands, 266 00:16:41.159 --> 00:16:44.559 and the larger the volume of water, So a tiny 267 00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:48.320 trickling fountain, which are just beautiful little intimate garden settings. 268 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:51.279 If you've got to set one really really close to 269 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:53.919 a house, like a bedroom window or something like that, 270 00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:56.679 then you can get away with that because that sounds 271 00:16:56.679 --> 00:17:00.559 going to resonate inside without overwhelming you. But you don't 272 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:03.480 want to put you know, Niagara falls right outside the 273 00:17:03.559 --> 00:17:06.119 kitchen window or the family you know what I'm saying, 274 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:09.759 because then it becomes a level of noise where it's like, okay, 275 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:13.519 turn off the water feature. We can't even hear ourselves talk. 276 00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:17.119 But if you've got a sizeable yard, then you know, 277 00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:19.920 Niagara Falls might not be a bad idea on the 278 00:17:20.079 --> 00:17:24.240 far side of the yard, so that that sound emanates 279 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:26.559 throughout the entire yard and by the time it gets 280 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:29.160 to the house, it's the right uh, you know, the 281 00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:33.440 right volume and scale. And that's why I always recommend 282 00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:36.279 that people go and see the fountains and a place 283 00:17:36.359 --> 00:17:39.240 like the Discount. You'll see the water running through it. 284 00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:42.079 You'll hear how loud it is, and uh and they're 285 00:17:42.119 --> 00:17:45.720 they're super helpful there in that sense. So if at 286 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:49.440 all possible, put a fountain where you can enjoy the 287 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:52.839 sight of it and the water from as many places 288 00:17:52.839 --> 00:17:55.279 in the yard and even in the house as possible, 289 00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:59.480 and consider the scale of the water being moved so 290 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:02.960 that the sound is the right volume, you know. And 291 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:07.279 some of them have adjustable pumps. That's the other thing, Yeah, 292 00:18:09.160 --> 00:18:11.960 to ask you yes, so you can turn a pump up, 293 00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:15.920 you turn to higher volume, lower volume, and and so on. 294 00:18:16.160 --> 00:18:17.400 These are all factors. 295 00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:17.640 You know. 296 00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:21.400 It's nice to have volume control on a water supply 297 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:23.839 so that you can, you know, change it according to 298 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:26.000 the mood and the needs. A big party you can 299 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:28.319 just have you can just be roaring because it's above 300 00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:30.839 you know, it can still be heard above the uh, 301 00:18:31.160 --> 00:18:33.720 the the sound of lots of people talking. But if 302 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:36.799 it's just you, uh sitting in your garden, you don't 303 00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:40.279 need that much volume necessarily. So all of these things 304 00:18:40.319 --> 00:18:43.920 factors to consider, and I'll just tell you just do 305 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:48.319 your research and remember dreaming and windows shopping is free 306 00:18:48.599 --> 00:18:52.079 and so uh you know, just let yourself dream it 307 00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:55.720 all through and take the time ahead of time to 308 00:18:56.200 --> 00:18:59.519 plan it out before you just go grab one. 309 00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:03.640 Thank you so much, appreciate you so. 310 00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:06.359 Much, oh Laura, thank you so much, and thanks for 311 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:09.640 your well wishes to Tina as well. She loves and appreciate. 312 00:19:09.680 --> 00:19:11.880 She's sitting her smiling and nodding at me as she's 313 00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:16.319 doing some interweb work right now, babe, Hey, grab your 314 00:19:16.319 --> 00:19:20.119 mic real quick and let's before we go to break here. 315 00:19:20.440 --> 00:19:23.039 What's the status of the gift guide as far as 316 00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:24.599 people accessing it? 317 00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:30.400 Okay, so there are photographs of the actual gift guide 318 00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:35.759 on Instagram. There's a link in our bio to the 319 00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:38.400 interactive pdf. So if they actually want to download the 320 00:19:38.400 --> 00:19:42.079 pdf and click on links to figure out. 321 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:44.480 In our bio all you mean on the KFI website. 322 00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:47.720 Well, go to our bio on Instagram. Oh okay, good, yeah, 323 00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:50.559 and you'll find an interactive link that'll take you to 324 00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:53.000 our KFI page and you can download that PDF and 325 00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:53.680 you can use it. 326 00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:56.319 And once you download the pdf, those links are live 327 00:19:56.680 --> 00:19:58.279 right in the p so you'll just be able to 328 00:19:58.279 --> 00:20:00.519 click on them and voomp right to the site where 329 00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:01.279 we sourced. 330 00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:03.559 Yeah, and we tried to source like the best prices, 331 00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:04.759 you know, we did our best. 332 00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:07.319 Yeah, and they're available in other places. But that'll take 333 00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:07.720 you right now. 334 00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:10.359 That's Instagram, and then on Facebook there's a on the 335 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:12.319 post itself, there's a direct link that you can just 336 00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:14.160 click it again and it'll take you right to the KFI 337 00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:16.279 site where you can download that interactive PDF. 338 00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:17.839 So okay. Or you can just go right to the 339 00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:21.799 KFI web page or the page right to our little 340 00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:24.599 corner of the KFI web page. So you listen, you 341 00:20:24.640 --> 00:20:26.839 go to the on air column and find a home 342 00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:29.920 with Dean and it's right there up front, top of 343 00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:34.039 the list. Currently you can download the PDF and follow 344 00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:39.920 along as as I continue to share with you items 345 00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:43.480 off of this year's House Whisper Holiday Gift Guide. We'll 346 00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:48.119 get right back to it. Kfi, Dean Sharp, the House Whisper, 347 00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:51.599 Welcome the home. Thanks for joining us on the program. 348 00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:55.960 We are moving through our holiday gift guide for twenty 349 00:20:56.079 --> 00:21:01.240 twenty four. Today this program and our next episode tomorrow, 350 00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:04.759 the Big Show three hours. We will continue with your 351 00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:09.480 calls and the gift guide. That's the weekend here, always 352 00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:14.240 the weekend right after Thanksgiving, we unveil this year's gift guide. 353 00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:17.440 And there's no gift guide like it, really, you know, 354 00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:20.160 I find them online. It's not so simple as Best 355 00:21:20.200 --> 00:21:24.319 Tool Buys for twenty twenty four. And it's not just 356 00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:29.119 some random gift guide full of you know, coasters and 357 00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:32.559 personalized mailboxes and things like that. No, this is all 358 00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:37.920 about that maker, that di wire, that person who gets 359 00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:41.079 out there and gets things done on your house, and 360 00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:44.759 all guided by curated by me, and guided by me 361 00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:49.440 so that you understand the value of what these actual 362 00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:53.440 tools and gear are, whether they be a stocking stuffer 363 00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:57.000 or something more significant. And speaking of something more significant, 364 00:21:57.000 --> 00:22:01.519 I want to end today on a signal magnificant item. Okay, 365 00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:05.039 we've had some you know, fifteen dollars twenty dollars items. 366 00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:07.160 Now we're going to step up Now, this is not 367 00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:11.279 for everybody, clearly, but some of you are like, listen, 368 00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:14.920 I've got this special person. They're all about this. I 369 00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:19.599 would like to lay out some serious cash on something 370 00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:26.039 that will just just be momentous and really say I 371 00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:29.839 get you, and that they will love, love, love and 372 00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:34.079 want to use for years to come. I've got a 373 00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:37.480 few items like this on the gift Guide. First up, though, 374 00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:43.640 in that category A hammer, A hammer, not just any hammer. Now, 375 00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:48.000 in years past, I have, in recent years especially, have 376 00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:54.079 grown incredibly fond of the Stiletto Hammer Company, Stiletto Tools. 377 00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:59.920 Okay like Stiletto, like you know the heels, Stiletto, fantastic, 378 00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:06.519 fantastic tool company. But they have specialized in titanium based hammers. 379 00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:11.279 And the whole idea behind a titanium hammer is that 380 00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:18.839 it is incredibly durable, super strong, and also incredibly lightweight. 381 00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:22.720 And you would think, well, light hammer, Yeah, I mean 382 00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:25.680 I want to get some serious hammering done. You don't 383 00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:29.680 have to worry about that because you know, physics science 384 00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:34.079 will tell you that you don't have to be carrying 385 00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:37.920 around all the time for most projects a big old 386 00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:43.480 heavy hammer in order to get some really effective nailing done. 387 00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:46.519 Here's the reality, right. Can I share just a little 388 00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:48.640 bit of science with you. I'll nerd out with you here. 389 00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:58.920 Force force okay. The formula essentially for force, okay, is 390 00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:06.240 mad Yes, that's the weight of a thing times velocity squared. 391 00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:13.319 Velocity squared okay. So the force of impact on an 392 00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:17.039 item that's moving through space, okay, has to do with 393 00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:23.119 its mass obviously, and it's speed at which it hits 394 00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:26.400 you or hits something. Okay. Not that I want you 395 00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:28.839 to get hit with a hammer, but you understand what 396 00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:31.839 I'm saying. But the cool thing about that formula is 397 00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:35.839 that it's mass just whatever the weight is. Bump it 398 00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:39.240 plugs into the formula just like that, but the velocity 399 00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:43.680 is squared. That means if the one thing that you 400 00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:48.640 could affect in a to make a hammer more effective, 401 00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:52.960