WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:04.040 KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp The 2 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:10.400 House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app Cam I. 3 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:19.640 Am forty being everywhere on the iHeartRadio app Welcome Home. 4 00:00:20.039 --> 00:00:24.160 I am Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. I design custom homes, 5 00:00:24.199 --> 00:00:27.719 I build custom homes, and I am your guide to 6 00:00:27.839 --> 00:00:32.600 better understand that place where you live today on the show. 7 00:00:33.039 --> 00:00:35.719 We look forward to doing this every year. This weekend, 8 00:00:35.759 --> 00:00:41.079 the weekend after Thanksgiving, we are going to be diving 9 00:00:41.159 --> 00:00:46.359 into this year's House Whisper Holiday Gift Guide. I've got 10 00:00:46.479 --> 00:00:48.679 thirty items up on the gift Guide. We're going to 11 00:00:48.759 --> 00:00:52.719 take today and tomorrow's show to discuss them with you, 12 00:00:52.840 --> 00:00:56.399 to explain why they have made it, why they have 13 00:00:56.479 --> 00:01:01.399 ascended to the heights to belong on the gift Guide. 14 00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:04.640 And this is for the di wire, the person who 15 00:01:04.840 --> 00:01:09.959 makes stuff, the maker in your life and everything from 16 00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:14.959 stocking stuffers up to some seriously you know, one time, 17 00:01:15.079 --> 00:01:18.400 one off gifts, but most of them somewhere in between. 18 00:01:19.599 --> 00:01:21.840 So it's the Holiday Gift Guide. I'm excited to dive 19 00:01:21.879 --> 00:01:24.480 into it with you, and of course we're doing that 20 00:01:24.840 --> 00:01:31.439 and your calls today as always taken calls. Anything you 21 00:01:31.480 --> 00:01:33.560 want to talk about that's got you scratching your head 22 00:01:33.560 --> 00:01:36.719 about your home. The number to reach me eight three 23 00:01:36.840 --> 00:01:41.439 three two. Ask Dean A three three the numeral two. 24 00:01:41.719 --> 00:01:45.959 Ask Dean eight three three two. Ask Dean. I know 25 00:01:46.480 --> 00:01:48.920 you're full of turkey or whatever you ate this week 26 00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:52.519 and leftovers. I know you're a little bit sleepy. I'm 27 00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:55.120 just letting you know. We've got plenty to talk about. 28 00:01:55.120 --> 00:02:01.000 But Saturday mornings light, light time and the best time 29 00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:05.000 to give a shot at calling in to get on 30 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:07.879 the air. Why, because you know all of your peers 31 00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:12.080 and your competitors, many of them are asleep even as 32 00:02:12.120 --> 00:02:16.280 we speak. Because it's an early show, but not too 33 00:02:16.319 --> 00:02:19.560 early to have some fun talking about your home and 34 00:02:19.919 --> 00:02:23.759 also the gift guide. Today, let me introduce our awesome 35 00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:28.159 team to you. Sam is on the board wrangling our 36 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:33.479 live studio audience. Good morning, Sam, Good morning Dean. It's 37 00:02:33.560 --> 00:02:37.879 nice hearing you. It was good seeing you just in 38 00:02:37.960 --> 00:02:41.919 front of human beings last week. Last that was really 39 00:02:41.919 --> 00:02:44.400 cool last Sunday. Did you like the show? I thought 40 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:46.840 it was a good show. I absolutely loved it. It was 41 00:02:46.919 --> 00:02:51.719 so nice seeing everybody out there, and really I look 42 00:02:51.840 --> 00:02:54.280 forward to those live audience shows with you because you 43 00:02:54.360 --> 00:02:57.039 really bring in the best crowd. And we had some 44 00:02:57.080 --> 00:03:00.000 great guests too with us. We had Sharon Belli Oh 45 00:03:00.240 --> 00:03:04.080 from the Conway Show Legendary Share and she's just such 46 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:08.840 a love. We had Neil Savadra, he's just such a love. 47 00:03:09.599 --> 00:03:15.520 And and we had Amy King, who is such a love. 48 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:18.439 They were all just some of my best buds here 49 00:03:18.560 --> 00:03:22.080 at KFI who took time out of the No, we 50 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:24.560 did not pay them extra money, No, they were just 51 00:03:24.680 --> 00:03:28.599 here out of the love of hanging out with their 52 00:03:28.879 --> 00:03:31.000 buddy on the radio for a while. So I greatly 53 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:34.599 appreciated and all of the listeners who turned out, all 54 00:03:34.639 --> 00:03:37.240 of the folks who turned up at Aldick Home after 55 00:03:37.400 --> 00:03:41.719 the show, big turnout over there, and Aldick homb for 56 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:48.680 sponsoring the whole thing. The tree was gorgeous. Brian and 57 00:03:48.800 --> 00:03:52.919 Mada and and Rosie just made it just stunning. And 58 00:03:52.919 --> 00:03:55.919 then we gave it away. We gave it away anyway. 59 00:03:56.039 --> 00:03:57.759 It was a great time. We had a We had 60 00:03:57.759 --> 00:04:01.080 a hoot of a time, and I look forward to 61 00:04:01.159 --> 00:04:04.560 doing that every year. That's always the Sunday before Thanksgiving 62 00:04:04.879 --> 00:04:08.960 and then we try our best the weekend after Thanksgiving 63 00:04:09.000 --> 00:04:13.759 which is today, to dive right into the holidays, because 64 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:18.120 I know yesterday was Black Friday, Today is Small Business Saturday, 65 00:04:18.800 --> 00:04:23.600 and Monday is Cyber Monday. They're gonna end up with 66 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:26.680 a name for every day of the week. Follow anything 67 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:30.360 to just get your shopping for stuff anyway. I know 68 00:04:30.399 --> 00:04:32.240 you're going to be interested in that, and so we've 69 00:04:32.279 --> 00:04:36.360 got a great gift guide for you. Matt Toffler standing 70 00:04:36.399 --> 00:04:39.560 by to take your calls today, and he wants me 71 00:04:39.639 --> 00:04:42.120 to let you know. The phone lines are wide open 72 00:04:42.360 --> 00:04:44.560 and he is ready. He'll tell you everything you need 73 00:04:44.600 --> 00:04:46.560 to know. He'll pop you into the queue. You can 74 00:04:46.600 --> 00:04:49.000 listen to the show while you wait. The number again 75 00:04:49.079 --> 00:04:52.920 eight three three two ass Dean and Eileen Gonzalez at 76 00:04:52.920 --> 00:04:56.240 the news desk. Good morning, Eileen, Good morning Dean. Good 77 00:04:56.240 --> 00:04:59.279 to hear your voice. Good to hear your voice. How 78 00:04:59.279 --> 00:05:01.040 are things going going good? 79 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:02.800 By the way, I'm sorry I didn't make it to 80 00:05:02.920 --> 00:05:05.240 your show, but I did see it on social media 81 00:05:05.360 --> 00:05:07.600 and it was a beautiful crowd and that tree was 82 00:05:07.680 --> 00:05:10.079 absolutely gorgeous, wasn't it. 83 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:12.600 I mean, you can't go wrong with an elder tree, 84 00:05:12.600 --> 00:05:15.199 but yeah, it was a stunner. I love the way 85 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:18.160 they decorated it this year in particular. So yeah, it 86 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:20.639 was a good time, and yes we missed you. But 87 00:05:20.759 --> 00:05:24.839 you're here now here in the dark hours, happy to 88 00:05:24.879 --> 00:05:28.639 be here Saturday morning. And I am very very glad 89 00:05:28.680 --> 00:05:31.319 that you're here as well. So Eileen's gonna have us 90 00:05:31.319 --> 00:05:34.759 handled with all of the news this morning. All right, 91 00:05:36.360 --> 00:05:40.720 there she is my early Christmas present, sitting across the 92 00:05:40.720 --> 00:05:43.000 table from me. Now, some of you heard last week 93 00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:46.160 that Tina couldn't join us in studio at the Theater 94 00:05:46.360 --> 00:05:50.839 on the live audience show because Tina underwent an unexpected 95 00:05:50.920 --> 00:05:56.959 abdominal surgery earlier in the week before last Sunday show, 96 00:05:57.240 --> 00:05:59.639 which she will be recovering from for some time. But 97 00:06:00.079 --> 00:06:03.519 I can and you know what, Yeah, I was nervous. 98 00:06:03.800 --> 00:06:07.439 Yes it was not a good thing, but it is 99 00:06:07.480 --> 00:06:10.240 a good thing because she came through with flying colors 100 00:06:10.279 --> 00:06:15.160 and she's recovering incredibly well. And I am so thrilled 101 00:06:15.199 --> 00:06:17.560 to say that my best buddy in the world, my 102 00:06:17.720 --> 00:06:22.319 design partner, the co founder and co owner of House Whisper, 103 00:06:22.480 --> 00:06:26.680 is sitting across the table from me. Yet again. Good 104 00:06:26.759 --> 00:06:30.000 morning you, oh, good morning. How are you feeling so 105 00:06:30.120 --> 00:06:30.639 much better? 106 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:34.480 I was just thinking that I was with you last 107 00:06:34.480 --> 00:06:37.759 Saturday in here and it was a rough one. I was, 108 00:06:37.879 --> 00:06:41.120 I was struggling. But today, you know, I felt so 109 00:06:41.240 --> 00:06:42.160 much more myself. 110 00:06:42.600 --> 00:06:45.279 You're a little over, like we're a week and for 111 00:06:45.319 --> 00:06:48.399 a week, wee can two or three days out almost. 112 00:06:48.079 --> 00:06:48.600 Two weeks ago. 113 00:06:48.720 --> 00:06:53.360 Yeah, and I feel so much better. Yeah, it was 114 00:06:53.439 --> 00:06:55.839 a thing. It was a thing the week's leading up 115 00:06:55.879 --> 00:06:58.120 I couldn't share with everybody, just it was a thing. 116 00:06:58.160 --> 00:07:01.680 There were some fears, there were concerns, there were nerves, 117 00:07:01.800 --> 00:07:05.519 and then the surgery took extra long, which was not 118 00:07:05.800 --> 00:07:09.279 easy on my nerves at all because Mike, I didn't 119 00:07:09.319 --> 00:07:12.160 notice anything. You didn't notice the thing. Keina woke up 120 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:14.720 all groggy and said, oh, how was that was that short? 121 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:18.399 I'm like, no, it was long. It took extra long, 122 00:07:19.879 --> 00:07:23.279 just because they took extra care of you. But I'm 123 00:07:23.279 --> 00:07:25.680 telling you when you go, you know, when you're pushing 124 00:07:25.720 --> 00:07:29.920 two hours past where they said they anticipated the surgery 125 00:07:29.959 --> 00:07:33.040 to end, and there was no word. Yeah, I was 126 00:07:33.079 --> 00:07:35.319 not a happy camper at that point. I was just 127 00:07:36.360 --> 00:07:38.079 because you know what, my whole life was in on 128 00:07:38.120 --> 00:07:41.120 that table and you're out of control with it. And 129 00:07:41.199 --> 00:07:44.480 that's the truth. And here you are. Now my whole 130 00:07:44.480 --> 00:07:46.800 life on the other side of the table from me 131 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:56.000 where she belongs. All right, everybody, everybody, just grab a 132 00:07:56.040 --> 00:08:00.160 hot beverage. The holidays are here, by the way, it's official, right, 133 00:08:00.279 --> 00:08:03.720 we kicked them off last weekend. Now we're past Thanksgiving, 134 00:08:03.759 --> 00:08:07.519 we're into the slide towards Christmas, and we've got the 135 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:11.680 Holiday Gift Guide coming up. Yeah, Fie Jean Sharp the 136 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:15.399 house whisper. Hey, whether home for you as a condo 137 00:08:15.680 --> 00:08:18.439 or a cottage or a castle, I'm here to help 138 00:08:18.480 --> 00:08:20.759 you take it to the next level. We're gonna be 139 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:23.759 taking calls, and I'll tell you this. The nice thing 140 00:08:23.800 --> 00:08:27.759 about doing the Holiday Gift Guide is that I just 141 00:08:27.800 --> 00:08:30.600 get to bounce around between items on the Gift Guide. 142 00:08:30.639 --> 00:08:33.600 So as calls come in, I'm gonna be spreading them 143 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:37.200 out through the show, as opposed to waiting all till 144 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:40.200 you know our normal call segments. So we'll just take 145 00:08:40.240 --> 00:08:42.759 calls as they roll in, which means if you call 146 00:08:42.799 --> 00:08:45.360 in this morning, you won't be waiting on hold as 147 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:48.679 long as folks normally do. Here's the number to reach 148 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:52.320 me eight three to three two ask Dean A three three. 149 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:56.480 The numeral to ask Dean. Anything that's on your mind. Construction, 150 00:08:56.679 --> 00:09:01.679 diy design, Yes, please, anything that's got scratching your head 151 00:09:01.679 --> 00:09:05.679 about your house. I'm here to help you figure it out. 152 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:08.840 Phone lines are open. Matt Toffler standing by. He'll tell 153 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:10.879 you everything you need to know. So as you call in, 154 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:14.399 I will do my best to turn away from the 155 00:09:14.440 --> 00:09:17.120 gift guide. Take the calls as they roll in. And 156 00:09:17.200 --> 00:09:21.320 it's a minimal weight. It's a it's a lightning lane 157 00:09:21.320 --> 00:09:24.600 fast pass. I'm dating myself. It's not fast pass anymore, 158 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:28.679 is it, Tina, It's lightning lane at Disneyland? Correct? Correct? 159 00:09:29.519 --> 00:09:33.639 What's that really expensive one? Where like, if you're you're 160 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:38.279 super rich and pompous, you can you can spend. 161 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:42.679 Like four hundred bucks and just stroll. 162 00:09:42.279 --> 00:09:44.799 Right in to just you just get on the ride, right, 163 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:46.799 you just walk up and get on the ride, Yes, 164 00:09:46.960 --> 00:09:50.559 and just flaunt the fact that you've left the plebeians behind, 165 00:09:51.639 --> 00:09:55.840 the peasants out in the standby line. It's a little uh, 166 00:09:55.879 --> 00:09:59.159 it's a little haughty, and it's also crazy stupid expensive. 167 00:09:59.320 --> 00:10:01.759 All right. This is not meant to be an editorial 168 00:10:01.960 --> 00:10:06.519 on one of our favorite places, Disneyland. But the point is, 169 00:10:06.559 --> 00:10:10.159 what was my point. Oh for free. You can get 170 00:10:10.200 --> 00:10:11.720 to the front of the line today. All you have 171 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:14.840 to do is call in the show eight three three 172 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:19.639 two ask Dean, all right, it is time. Let's dive in. 173 00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:23.120 First item this is a This is a great one. 174 00:10:23.240 --> 00:10:26.519 And by the way, this year's guide all tools and gear. 175 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:29.039 This year, nothing but tools and gear on the guide. 176 00:10:29.080 --> 00:10:31.440 Sometimes I mix it up, sometimes I just go it's 177 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:34.759 an all tools year, so very very useful for you 178 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:38.600 who are thinking about getting gifts for that di wire 179 00:10:38.759 --> 00:10:43.120 in your life. Item one on the gift guide is 180 00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:49.799 a folding utility knife from Milwaukee. Now, utility knives. Let's 181 00:10:49.840 --> 00:10:54.480 talk about utility knives for a moment. I love tool talk. 182 00:10:54.759 --> 00:10:56.799 This is just one of my favorite things in the world. 183 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:04.600 Utility Knives are perhaps literally one of the most important 184 00:11:04.639 --> 00:11:11.879 tools in any any builders, any craftsman's arsenal of tools. 185 00:11:11.960 --> 00:11:15.639 I mean literally one of the most important tools. Blades 186 00:11:15.759 --> 00:11:21.279 are critically important, cutting instruments are critically important. And I 187 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:25.000 love a good knife as much as anybody. Okay, I 188 00:11:25.039 --> 00:11:27.799 love a good kitchen knife, I love a good pocket knife, 189 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:32.559 I love a good bushcraft survival knife. I mean I 190 00:11:32.600 --> 00:11:36.120 love all knives for what they are. But I got 191 00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:38.399 to tell you when it comes to building, when it 192 00:11:38.399 --> 00:11:41.399 comes to craftsmanship, when it comes to being a maker. 193 00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:45.080 The utility knife. Now, what is the utility knife. It's 194 00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:49.159 the one that holds the little razor blades. The you know, 195 00:11:49.200 --> 00:11:52.759 some people call them box cutters. Fine, that's actually a 196 00:11:52.879 --> 00:11:56.840 very very specific, dedicated utility knife that the blade does 197 00:11:56.879 --> 00:12:00.000 not extend much further than about a quarter of an inch. 198 00:12:00.279 --> 00:12:04.320 So every utility knife I know has one of those 199 00:12:04.360 --> 00:12:07.080 settings on them, or at least one of those areas 200 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:09.720 where you can utilize it as a box cutter. But 201 00:12:10.080 --> 00:12:13.519 it's not a box color cutter. It is a utility knife. 202 00:12:13.559 --> 00:12:18.200 And why are they so dang important? Why are they 203 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:22.320 such a brilliant invention, by the way, Well, simply because 204 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:25.759 it doesn't get sharper than a razor blade. And when 205 00:12:25.799 --> 00:12:30.840 you are needing a knife, especially in construction, you've got 206 00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:39.799 this paradox happening because you want the absolute sharpest knife possible. 207 00:12:40.120 --> 00:12:42.639 And let me re emphasize this for those of you 208 00:12:42.679 --> 00:12:47.159 who are not familiar with tool theory, this goes true 209 00:12:47.240 --> 00:12:49.759 for anybody who works in a kitchen as well. Keep 210 00:12:49.799 --> 00:12:54.840 your knives sharp. Sharp knives are the safest knives, just 211 00:12:54.919 --> 00:12:59.000 like sharp saws, any tool that has a blade that 212 00:12:59.159 --> 00:13:02.600 needs to be sharp, the sharper it is, the safer 213 00:13:03.039 --> 00:13:06.840 it is. And I know some people are like, huh uhhh, 214 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:11.279 it's very very simple explanation. One. You want that tool 215 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:13.919 to do its job with the least amount of pressure 216 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:18.120 on your hand or on your arm as possible, because 217 00:13:18.159 --> 00:13:21.240 it's when a saw blade is dull. It's when a 218 00:13:21.320 --> 00:13:24.720 knife blade is dull that you are having to push 219 00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:29.759 it through something saw back and forth instead of gently 220 00:13:29.799 --> 00:13:33.440 gliding it through the material. And once that pressure is applied, 221 00:13:33.600 --> 00:13:36.679 that is when a little bit of mispressure, a little 222 00:13:36.720 --> 00:13:39.840 bit of misalignment, and that blade goes slipping and sliding 223 00:13:40.120 --> 00:13:41.879 where you don't want it to go. That's when you 224 00:13:41.919 --> 00:13:47.559 get yourself hurt. Okay, a dull saw blade bucks against 225 00:13:47.559 --> 00:13:49.399 the wood in the saw or whatever it is that 226 00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:52.600 you're cutting. That's when you get yourself hurt. The very 227 00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:58.240 very safest tools with blades are tools that are the 228 00:13:58.320 --> 00:14:03.080 sharpest tools. Makes sense, I hope it does. Okay, remember that. 229 00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:07.440 So there's a utility knife that is specifically on the 230 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:10.320 gift guide this year. I highly recommend it. I'm gonna 231 00:14:10.320 --> 00:14:14.480 explain its features to you. You're listening to Home with 232 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:18.159 Dean Sharp on demand from KFI AM six forty. 233 00:14:19.919 --> 00:14:24.000 KFHI and six forty Light Streaming and HD everywhere on 234 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:28.519 the iHeartRadio app Dean Sharp the House Whisper here with 235 00:14:28.679 --> 00:14:32.480 you on this Saturday morning post Thanksgiving. 236 00:14:32.519 --> 00:14:34.919 Have you recovered? Do you still have a bit of 237 00:14:34.960 --> 00:14:39.039 a tum from all the eating on Thursday? Well, it's 238 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:41.399 a beautiful weekend. Time to get out to stretch your 239 00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:43.600 legs a little bit, maybe do a little shopping, which 240 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:47.679 is why, as always, we are doing our House Whisper 241 00:14:47.799 --> 00:14:52.879 Holiday Gift Guide today and tomorrow during the big show. Plus, 242 00:14:53.159 --> 00:14:55.320 we are taking your calls, and I've got some calls 243 00:14:55.320 --> 00:14:57.960 on the board. I want to get to them asap here, 244 00:14:58.000 --> 00:15:00.000 So let me finish up this thought on the front 245 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:03.639 item on our gift guide, which I've been waxing poetic 246 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:09.960 on the value of a utility knife in every maker's arsenal, 247 00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:16.600 utility knives are simply fantastic because of the paradox of 248 00:15:16.960 --> 00:15:20.200 wanting a knife that's as sharp as possible, and also 249 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:23.519 to do tasks with it in which you're going to 250 00:15:23.639 --> 00:15:26.320 damage the blade quite often. I mean you just be 251 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:28.559 able to push it in. And this is why utility 252 00:15:28.600 --> 00:15:34.000 blade exceeds the usefulness of even a really really good 253 00:15:34.120 --> 00:15:37.519 pocket knife. And because you know, and I've got a 254 00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:41.039 few pocket knives right of various types, locking blades and 255 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:44.799 so on. The point is that you keep them sharp. 256 00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:49.759 They are never absolutely as sharp as a razor blade. 257 00:15:49.840 --> 00:15:52.919 I don't care how you know, well you sharpen them, 258 00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:55.600 and I can sharpen a knife really really well, but 259 00:15:55.960 --> 00:15:58.519 I mean, you can approach that level. But razor blades 260 00:15:58.559 --> 00:16:01.279 are just what they are, the blades. But at the 261 00:16:01.320 --> 00:16:05.279 same time, sometimes, especially you do in construction work and 262 00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:09.840 building project stuff, you end up using a utility blade 263 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:13.879 for you know, something nasty that's gonna damage it. I 264 00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:19.000 don't want to damage a pocket knife blade because that's 265 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:22.399 a big investment. And that's the real key for the 266 00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:24.879 utility knife, because you just switch the blade out, you 267 00:16:24.919 --> 00:16:27.879 turn it around right, two blades to every single blade, 268 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:30.480 to cutting surfaces, You flip it around once and then 269 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:34.600 you toss it and bring in another one for super 270 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:38.120 super cheap, so you have something that you can not 271 00:16:38.440 --> 00:16:42.759 worry about damaging. The invention must be given to Ukraine 272 00:16:43.039 --> 00:16:49.399 with it okay, and at the same time, you've got 273 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:52.440 the sharpest possible blade on your hands. So the holder 274 00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:56.279 for that, okay, the mechanism to hold on to it, 275 00:16:56.440 --> 00:16:59.039 the utility blade, This I think is one of the 276 00:16:59.159 --> 00:17:01.399 very finest ones on the market. We've gone through a 277 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:07.119 lot of iterations. Classically, the utility knife was a retracting blade, 278 00:17:07.279 --> 00:17:09.519 and a lot of people find that to be, you know, 279 00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:11.720 very convenient. You know, the little button on the top 280 00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:13.559 and you slide it and the blade comes forward. But 281 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:17.480 if you know anything about knives or blades, you'll know 282 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:21.119 that a blade that moves like that is never the 283 00:17:21.160 --> 00:17:23.880 most secure blade. In fact, many of you have experienced 284 00:17:23.880 --> 00:17:26.160 you're using the utility knife, you're bearing down on it, 285 00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:27.799 and then all of a sudden, the little catch that 286 00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:32.039 holds the blade out is overwhelmed by the pressure that 287 00:17:32.079 --> 00:17:34.279 you're putting on the blade, and it slides back in 288 00:17:34.319 --> 00:17:36.599 and messes up your cut. It just kind of messes 289 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:38.640 things up. In general, you don't want that blade moving 290 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:44.079 on you. I much prefer a fixed blade utility knife, 291 00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:48.279 but one that folds and locks away so that the 292 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:51.160 blade is not you know, sticking out. So the folding 293 00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:55.119 fixed blade utility knife that folds up, It folds up 294 00:17:55.200 --> 00:17:58.160 really small. It's got a great belt clip, it slides 295 00:17:58.200 --> 00:18:01.359 into your pocket, it's got blade storage, and the one 296 00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:05.960 from Milwaukee especially, you've got a beautiful thumb indentation grip 297 00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:08.359 in just the right place so you get your hand 298 00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:11.440 on it in a really really excellent cutting way. And 299 00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:16.119 all of this for fifteen dollars. There you go, There 300 00:18:16.160 --> 00:18:19.519 you go, fifteen bucks. That's a stocking stuff for my friend. 301 00:18:20.359 --> 00:18:22.960 There you go. All right, you know what. We're at 302 00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:25.720 least going to start a call and then we'll come 303 00:18:25.759 --> 00:18:28.079 back to it if we need to. During the break, 304 00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:31.000 I want to talk to Gloria. Hey, Gloria, welcome. 305 00:18:31.039 --> 00:18:31.160 Hi. 306 00:18:32.119 --> 00:18:32.240 Hi. 307 00:18:34.359 --> 00:18:39.720 Yes, I have problems with raccoons. You know, I have 308 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:45.119 just a small portion of my backyard where I have 309 00:18:45.640 --> 00:18:49.319 different trees and bushes, no ground cover because they never 310 00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:54.519 grow because of the trees covering them. But I have 311 00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:57.920 a palm tree next shore. So the gardeners put a 312 00:18:58.079 --> 00:19:04.720 mesh netting and then covered it with mulch. Well, the 313 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:08.119 raccoons like to dig, and I mean they dug to 314 00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:12.440 get those worms. They dug up an area where I 315 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:16.680 had the candy apple groundcover. It had just been planted, 316 00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:20.079 and I no longer have it on my slope like 317 00:19:20.160 --> 00:19:24.799 I used to. So the what happens is they dig, 318 00:19:25.200 --> 00:19:27.400 they want to get clean, they jump in my pool 319 00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:30.440 and they leave the dirt in the pool. It's a 320 00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:35.200 constant problem. Now. I've been told to put a powder 321 00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:40.160 that has a garlic smell to it, and that works. 322 00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:44.640 But if I wanted to sprinkle, then it's gone, or 323 00:19:44.720 --> 00:19:49.440 if it rains, it's gone. So I'm was told by 324 00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:51.960 my gardeners they would put rocks, but that's not good 325 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:54.759 because you need to have a flat surface when you 326 00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:58.039 put the ladder to top off, you know, to cut 327 00:19:58.079 --> 00:20:01.920 the limbs on the trees. So what can I do? 328 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:13.000 Raccoons, Yeah, they're adorable, and unless you have them darling, 329 00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:16.279 I know they're I mean raccoons. They're one of those things. 330 00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:20.279 I just always say they're Raccoons are adorable at a distance. 331 00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:24.240 They're adorable if they're not in your yard. But you know, 332 00:20:24.880 --> 00:20:28.799 and they're hard to deal with, absolutely no question. Because 333 00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:31.319 if you've ever looked at their hands, there's paws. I 334 00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:34.640 call them hands because you look at their pause. They 335 00:20:34.640 --> 00:20:40.039 have opposable thumbs. They have five fingered paws that can literally. 336 00:20:40.119 --> 00:20:42.880 I mean they they're wearing a bandit's mask, you know, 337 00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:46.440 for a purpose, right, those guys could crack saves if 338 00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:50.440 they wanted to. So yeah, I feel you. Okay, So 339 00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:54.839 a few things. The big question is always this, how 340 00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:59.279 are they getting into the yard? To start with? Okay, 341 00:20:59.279 --> 00:21:00.519 how are they? 342 00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:04.319 There are trees on my neighbor, you know, on my 343 00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:09.039 neighbor's side. On my they first crawled under a fence, 344 00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:12.519 so we put a rock there and that stopped them. 345 00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:16.079 But they have trees on my neighbor's side on the 346 00:21:16.079 --> 00:21:18.480 other side of the walls because we all have walls 347 00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:23.000 because there's a church built behind us, and they apparently 348 00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:27.960 go up the trees down over on the wall. My 349 00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:32.559 neighbors have seen them because they have they work late 350 00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:35.960 at night, so they have seen them. And I mean 351 00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:38.359 they saw them in their yard. But you know, they 352 00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:45.480 have the normal slope that I have. Nothing would affect it, 353 00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:47.799 but you know, I wanted to see some color on 354 00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:50.960 my slope. I don't like the round yeah, you know, 355 00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:57.880 the round dirt that's very uh impacted. So they apparently 356 00:21:57.960 --> 00:22:01.119 get on the tree and climb on the wall and 357 00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:03.279 then jump over and climb back up. 358 00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:07.519 You know you go, yeah, okay, all right, gotcha. All right, Gloria, 359 00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:09.319 I'm going to pop you on hold because we're at 360 00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:11.640 a break and when we come back, we're going to 361 00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:15.359 do our best to address this problem. Gloria can't deter 362 00:22:16.359 --> 00:22:19.880 raccoons from coming into her yard very easily because they've 363 00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:24.279 she's got natural bridges from the neighbors trees overhead. That's 364 00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:26.559 always the first question to ask. We'll see if there's 365 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:30.119 anything else we can do along those lines, and how 366 00:22:30.119 --> 00:22:34.960 do we protect that backslope groundcover from the raccoons as well? 367 00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:37.559 And then they get dirty and then they take a 368 00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:40.799 bath in her pool. All right, we're gonna deal with 369 00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:43.480 it the best we can. Gloria, you hang tight and 370 00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:48.920 we'll pick this one up. Dam I Fie Dean Sharp 371 00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:52.400 the House Whisper Welcome home. We are taking calls and 372 00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:58.000 also sharing with you this year's House Whisper Holiday gift guide. 373 00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:59.720 We're going to get back to that in just a bit, 374 00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:02.240 but I've got some calls on the board, and I 375 00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:04.960 want to give you first priority. We've been talking to Gloria. 376 00:23:05.079 --> 00:23:07.279 I've got her back. I think Gloria's still with me. 377 00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:10.240 Yes, yes, yes, So Gloria. 378 00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:15.640 Is fighting with raccoons coming into her backyard, and so 379 00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:17.960 here here is the thing. So they're they're coming in 380 00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:21.720 the backyard via the neighbors trees and her trees hooking 381 00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:26.319 up and so it's a bridge. So there's no stopping that. Right, 382 00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:29.960 You have a backslope that you're trying to plant and 383 00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:33.799 they're tearing it up. And then they the audacity of 384 00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:37.240 getting dirty digging for worms in your in your groundcover, 385 00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:39.359 and then taking a bath in your swimming pool. 386 00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:44.279 Well, I'm not concerned about the slope. I'm concerned about 387 00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:47.759 the flat part next to it. It's a smaller portion 388 00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:53.000 and it's flat, and that's where the trees are that 389 00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:55.079 need to be I have a lemon tree, and I 390 00:23:55.119 --> 00:24:00.240 have bushes and they create myrtle, So those would need 391 00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:04.119 to be trimmed by a gardener, and they need to 392 00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:07.720 put their ladder on a flat surface. So I don't 393 00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:12.240 think rocks will do it. You know, the geraniums will 394 00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:17.079 grow on the slope. The cherry apple thing was another 395 00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:21.279 gardener's idea. It didn't work with the raccoons. It would 396 00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:23.839 have worked without them, but it didn't work with them. 397 00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:27.079 So I just throw geraniums, cut geraniums up on the 398 00:24:27.119 --> 00:24:28.759 slope and they start growing. 399 00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:32.160 Okay, and there and they're and the problem is they're digging. 400 00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:40.240 Right right right, and they've they've pulled up the whatever 401 00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:44.839