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<v Speaker 1>Is Michael Garfier. Michael Garfield.

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<v Speaker 2>Michael Garfield's joining.

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<v Speaker 3>In the high Tech Texan.

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<v Speaker 2>Michael Garfield is here with a high tech Texan. ITMS

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<v Speaker 2>to make life easier new technology.

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<v Speaker 3>So Michael Garfield has something you might like.

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<v Speaker 4>Texans.

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<v Speaker 1>Michael Garfield is your high tech Texan. Three decades helping

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<v Speaker 1>you make magic with your gadgets. Heard worldwide on the

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<v Speaker 1>iHeartRadio Act. Now your high tech Texan. Michael Garfield.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's start the show with the trin questions this week,

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<v Speaker 2>this weekend as we do the show live or losbly

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<v Speaker 2>love the last Saturday of November, particularly this year it

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<v Speaker 2>is Black Friday, it is almost Cyber Monday. Football, football, football, turkey,

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<v Speaker 2>whatever you're eating, you got family, greatest weekend of the year.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes or no, Yes or no. It's an interactive show

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<v Speaker 2>and that's how we're starting off. Three four, six, twenty

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<v Speaker 2>nine texts and that's the phone number, no matter where

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<v Speaker 2>you're listening around the world, because the last I checked, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>pretty much, long distance is not a thing. Everything is

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<v Speaker 2>so close you don't have to pay for it, especially

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<v Speaker 2>on weekends. You get free minutes. Right, that's old school stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>Michael Garfield. This is what we're doing. It's called the

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<v Speaker 2>High Tech Textan Show. And if you're a new listener,

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<v Speaker 2>especially at our new affiliate in San Antonio, shout out

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<v Speaker 2>to wo AI Big Blowtorch in Central Texas. Glad to

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<v Speaker 2>have you along for the ride. Trust me, we've been

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<v Speaker 2>doing this quite a while. It's Houston specifically for well

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<v Speaker 2>over twenty years. We have some fun. I guarantee not

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<v Speaker 2>to bore you. If you think this is just going

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<v Speaker 2>to be a tech show and I'm going to fix

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<v Speaker 2>your computer, you get give me, give me sixty minutes.

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<v Speaker 2>That's all I want, people, because I will low you

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<v Speaker 2>away going, hey, well, this guy's not boring. He's got

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<v Speaker 2>a little energy. I just woke up for probably what

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<v Speaker 2>is it about a thirty six hour nap after the turkey?

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<v Speaker 2>How did you cook your turkey? I'm sitting here looking

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<v Speaker 2>at Caln. By the way, A name will be hearing

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<v Speaker 2>me say a lot. Callum is his name. Callum is

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<v Speaker 2>the wonderful dude. I'm gonna call you a kid, Callum

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<v Speaker 2>because you're a little generation removed from me. He's the

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<v Speaker 2>gentleman with the very long hair, which I like. Man,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not making fun of it. Behind the glass, who

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<v Speaker 2>is picking up the phone calls, making sure the voice

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<v Speaker 2>quality sounds well and keeping me on time. Calum, did

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<v Speaker 2>you turkey? Turkey? Okay? I like doing the home stuff

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<v Speaker 2>myself and I for the first time, and you get, folks,

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<v Speaker 2>this is give you a little inside baseball. Some of

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<v Speaker 2>the things that I also play with and test and

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<v Speaker 2>recommend are outdoor grilling, kitchen gadgets and what have you.

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<v Speaker 2>And I have long had a Kamada type of smoker outside.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe it's a I have a kammana Joe. I've had

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<v Speaker 2>the big green egg I've got. I played for the

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<v Speaker 2>first time with a pellet grill. I did a turkey

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<v Speaker 2>on the Pella grill, and I might say I may

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<v Speaker 2>give up this media gig. I may open a restaurant. Man.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd tell you it is one of the easiest things

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<v Speaker 2>to do, is a Pellic grill, because they're incredibly technology enabled.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, there's an app. I hit a button, I

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<v Speaker 2>try to downloaded the app. It's it's I'm upstairs and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm watching my Cowboys and I'm snacking and I'm drinking

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm looking at my app. Going all right, make

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<v Speaker 2>sure you pull the Turkey off from Team Minud's fifty

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<v Speaker 2>five minutes. Because this is the internal temperature. Man, it's

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<v Speaker 2>it's almost foolproof. And so, by the way, if anybody

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<v Speaker 2>cares the brand Eye not endorsement, but the brand I

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<v Speaker 2>I used. A very nice company wanted me to test

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<v Speaker 2>it out. It's called brisk It love the name risk

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<v Speaker 2>it it two words brisket It and what is it

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<v Speaker 2>about the four or five hundred dollars or so then

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<v Speaker 2>you get the pelic grows really nice for an outdoor,

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<v Speaker 2>cool Texas atmosphere like we have now. So happy Black Friday.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope it is well or was well. Actually, by

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<v Speaker 2>the time you're listening to this, did you survive? Did

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<v Speaker 2>you do you expect? Amazon? It may be already today,

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<v Speaker 2>if not tomorrow or Cyber Monday, you're gonna get a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of Amazon packages. Don't cry because you missed a

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<v Speaker 2>good deal, because I'm gonna let you in on a secret.

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<v Speaker 2>The National Retail Foundation, the NRF, which is the trade

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<v Speaker 2>association for stores, retail stores offline and online too. They're

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<v Speaker 2>not in the mood to let these stores make you

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<v Speaker 2>mad because there will be more sales. There will be

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<v Speaker 2>this Monday of what the National Retail Foundation themselves coined

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<v Speaker 2>twenty years ago, cyber Monday. It was there. I'll tell you,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, a little trivia later in the show.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you where the term cyber Monday coming comes from,

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<v Speaker 2>when the National Retail Foundation created it. It's actually smart

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<v Speaker 2>what they did, and it's kind of pretty cute how

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<v Speaker 2>they named it cyber Monday. I'll tell you about that.

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<v Speaker 2>Whatever they come up with next. I am not kidding you.

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<v Speaker 2>I heard the term, and somebody google this for me

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<v Speaker 2>to make sure is it right or not? I heard Tuesday.

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<v Speaker 2>It's called travel Tuesday, not because people are traveling. I

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<v Speaker 2>think travel companies may start releasing some of their bigger

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<v Speaker 2>holiday sales on Tuesday. Okay, so it's we got witching

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<v Speaker 2>Wednesday or something. I see where they're going with the

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<v Speaker 2>alliteration on travel Tuesday. But it's a little different than

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<v Speaker 2>Black Friday Cyber Monday. Bottom line is we've got three

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<v Speaker 2>weeks ish or so until Santa comes down the chimney

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<v Speaker 2>until Hanakah Harry, which I believe starts on the same

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<v Speaker 2>night Hannikh is very late this year. At Kwanza. Whatever

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<v Speaker 2>you celebrate, great for you, and I hope if you

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<v Speaker 2>do celebrate with gifts, I hope you get what you

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<v Speaker 2>want and I hope it gives you just the gift

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<v Speaker 2>that keeps on giving year round. Clark that it does,

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<v Speaker 2>Edward that it does. It's whatever you I am. Hopefully

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<v Speaker 2>I will help you. I do have some ideas that

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<v Speaker 2>could give you the ideas of gift to give year round.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's what I'm here for. If you're purchased something,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're thinking about purchasing something in the next twenty

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<v Speaker 2>four hours to three weeks, help me a little email

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<v Speaker 2>Michael Garfield at iHeartMedia dot com. We're monitoring that and

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<v Speaker 2>Callum is over here. Hopefully you go do a trip

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<v Speaker 2>to fat on the Turkey Buddy three four six twenty

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<v Speaker 2>the Black Friday Cyber Monday deal that I like. And

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<v Speaker 2>again I'm telling you right now. Nothing I'm about to

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<v Speaker 2>tell you right now is an endorsement. This is things

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<v Speaker 2>that I saw. I don't get paid. I'm a content guy.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought I thought these were kind of cool streaming

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<v Speaker 2>people are streaming. I also am the guy who warns

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<v Speaker 2>you you probably have too many streaming services. Do you

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<v Speaker 2>really need Disney and Netflix and Hulu and Amazon and

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<v Speaker 2>whatever in max is anti ESPN plus whatever you have, take,

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<v Speaker 2>take a stock what you have, save yourself some money.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't watch it in a regular basis, kill it,

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<v Speaker 2>delete it. However, should you be in the mood to

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<v Speaker 2>get one, should you be in the mood to gifting.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't forget it's kind of cool to gift a streaming

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<v Speaker 2>subscription for people who don't have it. I saw a

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<v Speaker 2>deal from Hulu. Hulu has a deal and you gotta

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<v Speaker 2>hop on it because I think it ends December second,

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<v Speaker 2>So you got shit. Gosh, just a few days ninety

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<v Speaker 2>nine cents a month for an entire year, that's about

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<v Speaker 2>ninety percent per month for a year, savings ninety nine

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<v Speaker 2>cents a month. You're look at it, about twelve bones

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<v Speaker 2>a year. People now, listen, You're gonna get advertisements, which

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<v Speaker 2>is fine. We love ads because that's how radio works,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's how over the year TV works. Ninety nine

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<v Speaker 2>cents a month Hulu. If you're not familiar, it is

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<v Speaker 2>owned a lot by Disney. At ABC. You're gonna get

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<v Speaker 2>ABC TV shows, TV shows, I think NBC TV shows.

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<v Speaker 2>You're gonna get some first run stuff too. I'm a

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<v Speaker 2>big fan of what is it only Murders in the

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<v Speaker 2>building that starts in that Arizon. Hulu too, ninety nine

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<v Speaker 2>cents a month. That's not bad if you want another streamer.

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<v Speaker 2>I also did see a deal on Peacock. Peacock owned

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<v Speaker 2>by Comcast Slash NPC. Peacock is twenty dollars a year,

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<v Speaker 2>I saw, and that's about seventy five percent off which

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna get. And I'll tell you what. Peacock did

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<v Speaker 2>a great job of doing the Olympics this past year

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<v Speaker 2>because they had so many different sub channels. Peacock also

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<v Speaker 2>last year had an NFL football game. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if they have one this year. But Peacock some movies

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<v Speaker 2>and whatever you want. Twenty bucks a year. Tough to

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<v Speaker 2>beat that should you be looking for a streamer now.

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<v Speaker 2>Word of warning, as we get to commercial, there's an

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<v Speaker 2>asterisk there. If you don't unsubscribe the following year, it's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna go up to the regular price. Set a calendar, reminder, whatever,

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<v Speaker 2>and then cancel it if you don't want it. But

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<v Speaker 2>ninety nine cents a month for Hulu, twenty bucks a

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<v Speaker 2>year for peacock. Not that bad, all right, we'll get

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<v Speaker 2>into that. I'm gonna take your phone calls after this

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<v Speaker 2>to see what's going on. Three four six twenty nine

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<v Speaker 2>Texans stand by. We got a lot of fun stuff

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<v Speaker 2>it's going on. If I don't fall asleep. Happy Thanksgiving people,

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<v Speaker 2>We're back to it. Michael Garfield is the name. We

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<v Speaker 2>appreciate you duding in a happy Black Friday cyber Monday weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>Should you be listening these last few days of November

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty four, I'll give you the phone number three

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<v Speaker 2>four six twenty nine textan. It's that simple. Wherever you're

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<v Speaker 2>listening to, whether terrestrially in Houston, San Antonio, we do

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<v Speaker 2>think the New San Antonio listeners, or you get downloaded iHeartRadio.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a free app. And when I started this twenty

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<v Speaker 2>three years ago, there was actually there was no such

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<v Speaker 2>thing as an app. The only app there was there

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<v Speaker 2>was an appetizer. Do you want a little salad? You

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<v Speaker 2>maybe a little shrimp cocktail. Apps are a totally different thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now, having some fun with some folks, and you

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<v Speaker 2>got questions, and if you've got questions, I'd like to

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<v Speaker 2>think I have some answers or steer you in the

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<v Speaker 2>right direction. So how about this, let's go to the

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<v Speaker 2>phones you've got mail.

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<v Speaker 4>Hi, Michael, my name is Robin, and I have a

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<v Speaker 4>question regarding cellular or five G home Internet. I moved

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<v Speaker 4>to that because it was cheaper, but I have a

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<v Speaker 4>heck of a time with the signal, Like I'm not

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<v Speaker 4>that far from a cell tower, but it goes out

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<v Speaker 4>more than when I used to have table, and I'm wondering,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, I don't need a stronger router to send

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<v Speaker 4>it through the house. I need to strengthen the signal

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<v Speaker 4>that I get from the tower. Is that possible and economically?

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<v Speaker 4>So I really appreciate your opinions.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, Yes, Robin the inevitable. How do I improve

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<v Speaker 2>my signal in my house? Man, I'll tell you what

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<v Speaker 2>I did is almost as long as I have been

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<v Speaker 2>doing the show. That is one of the most frequent questions,

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<v Speaker 2>actually the most frequent question I got. It's just for FYI,

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<v Speaker 2>as Michael. Number one is that your real hair. Answer

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<v Speaker 2>is yes, And number two is what do I do

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<v Speaker 2>with my old phone? Should I give it to my kids?

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<v Speaker 2>Should give it to my spouse? Number three is how

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I used to be cute, maybe a little

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<v Speaker 2>snarky back of the day, because you know, I used

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<v Speaker 2>to say, you know, listen, the only really way to

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<v Speaker 2>You were very great, and in specific, he drilled it down.

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<v Speaker 2>You said, it's not so much of the router and

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<v Speaker 2>are different answers for that, and you know, number one

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<v Speaker 2>for a lot of people. And I'm going to answer

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<v Speaker 2>the question you really didn't ask is, well, gosh, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the same where cell signals and even Wi Fi signals.

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<v Speaker 2>The more signals have to go through versus thin air,

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<v Speaker 2>and through bricks, it degrades the signal. And so you

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<v Speaker 2>when it comes to Wi Fi. And to answer your question, Robin,

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<v Speaker 2>but listen to you can only get so close when

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<v Speaker 2>to a cell phone tower. Now, you'd like to think

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<v Speaker 2>explain what Robin was talking about. She has a five

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<v Speaker 2>new type of service that a number of companies offers,

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<v Speaker 2>and I know specifically Verizon offers it. Actually, I go

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<v Speaker 2>actually uses the Verizon signal. It's a router that you

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<v Speaker 2>purchase and you plug it in for electricity. That's it.

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<v Speaker 2>You do not have to plug in anything else, obviously,

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<v Speaker 2>as there's no cable. What it does it acts like

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<v Speaker 2>its own cell phone and think of think of a

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<v Speaker 2>as a Wi Fi signal to your home. To Robin's point,

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<v Speaker 2>it is cheaper you can get that router. I think

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<v Speaker 2>you purchase the router for a hundred and fifty dollars

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<v Speaker 2>and then you pay just a fraction of the cost

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<v Speaker 2>for cable, and that's it. You are set to go

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<v Speaker 2>and more and more people are doing it obviously to

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<v Speaker 2>cut the cord cut cost. You actually can move that

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<v Speaker 2>a flood or something, he lost electricity, and so what

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<v Speaker 2>happened was is I just unplugged mine. I took it

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<v Speaker 2>to his house, plugged it in, waited to boot up

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<v Speaker 2>three minutes. He was using bit the router. It works

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<v Speaker 2>as long as you have electricity to plug it in.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean technically you can use it in your car

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<v Speaker 2>if you plug it in. So it's really smart to

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<v Speaker 2>that fact. Robin. To answer your question, this is a

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<v Speaker 2>across the board, whether they're asking for this specifically or not,

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<v Speaker 2>there is a way to improve this signal between the

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<v Speaker 2>What you potentially want to look into is an external antenna.

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<v Speaker 2>An external anto This is an antenna that you put

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<v Speaker 2>phone tower that will then boost the signal or the

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<v Speaker 2>data speed from that cell phone tower to your router.

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<v Speaker 2>And then as you said, it's apparently you have no

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<v Speaker 2>home and getting everything now what you want to look for.

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<v Speaker 2>And again I hate using acronyms. And you know, stuff

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<v Speaker 2>that goes beyond not only you know people understanding it,

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<v Speaker 2>but even me understanding it. It's called a memo antenna

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<v Speaker 2>m I m O, MIMO anybody and I should actually

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<v Speaker 2>have a treat trivia question of what a MEMO stands for.

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<v Speaker 2>MEMO stands for a multiple input, multiple output technology and

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<v Speaker 2>what it is in playing terms. It uses signals that

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<v Speaker 2>are traveling along multiple paths simultaneously, and it increases the

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<v Speaker 2>bandwidth and reliability in wireless connections MIMO. And it's it's

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<v Speaker 2>it's the intenna's antenna's ability to handle several data streams

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<v Speaker 2>at once cleanly without much interference, which leads ultimately to

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<v Speaker 2>quicker data speeds, steadier connections. All right, So then you

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<v Speaker 2>want to go potentially look if it's really bad, you

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<v Speaker 2>can go through the whole Michig gossip of looking and

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<v Speaker 2>installing an external memo m I m O antenna outside.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not the I'm not gonna say it's not for

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<v Speaker 2>the faint of heart, not the it's it's not a

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<v Speaker 2>plug and play thing. You know, you're gonna have to

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<v Speaker 2>kind of find out, Okay, where is the signal and

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<v Speaker 2>you know how much gain do I have? You may

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<v Speaker 2>other than maybe moving that route, in my first suggestion,

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<v Speaker 2>move that route, t unplug it, plug it into another

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<v Speaker 2>AC outlet as much as you want to. Maybe you'll

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<v Speaker 2>find a better spot where it's closer to your cell

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<v Speaker 2>it's called an m IMO antenna and hopefully that is

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<v Speaker 2>signal into your home. At that point, then that wireless

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<v Speaker 2>that takes over. So there you got anybody's interested in this, Listen,

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<v Speaker 2>find a new way to save money or a new

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<v Speaker 2>process to do something. You know, Listen, I have had

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<v Speaker 2>moved out of Houston, and there's another one here. It's

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<v Speaker 2>certainly satellite and maybe some other ways to get there.

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<v Speaker 2>But I've been having some very very good luck, very

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<v Speaker 2>good results with my wireless five G home Internet. I

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<v Speaker 2>specifically use total wireless in this case, and go to

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<v Speaker 2>total Wireless, but go look at the other options that

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<v Speaker 2>you have. But apparently that is what Robin has. And

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<v Speaker 2>hopefully Robin is now going to get a bigger, better

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<v Speaker 2>signal so then she can download and stream this radio

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<v Speaker 2>show all she won. So hope that help. If anybody

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<v Speaker 2>else has questions like that, hopefully I can answer just

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<v Speaker 2>as sweet and just as kind and hopefully just as understandable.

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<v Speaker 2>Just call. If we don't pick up, you can leave

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<v Speaker 2>a message. We do have the right to actually put

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<v Speaker 2>it on the air, like Robin three four six twenty nine, Texan.

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<v Speaker 2>That simple three four six twenty nine, Texan. What say

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<v Speaker 2>you stand by? We got more questions, more Black Friday,

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<v Speaker 2>more Cyber Monday, and what's to stay away from? If

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<v Speaker 2>Textan Show bottom of the first hour of The High

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<v Speaker 2>Tech Textan Show as specialist cyber Monday, Black Friday, ELP

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<v Speaker 2>the fan weekend here the last week of Novemba of

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty four. Anybody have turkeys leftover? I mean, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it's be It would be odd for me if everybody

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<v Speaker 2>there on Thanksgiving. I mean, everybody has leftovers, right, everybody's

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<v Speaker 2>left over. And you know, by the way, I thought

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<v Speaker 2>part of this week about the annual White House turkey pardoning.

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<v Speaker 2>When did this start? This? Because it's really odd and

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<v Speaker 2>it is nothing. I guess it's the National Turkey Foundation.

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<v Speaker 2>Is there such a thing? Can someone research that the

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<v Speaker 2>out of the the the n TF the turkey part

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<v Speaker 2>that you generally pardoned to turkeys, which I'm thinking, if

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<v Speaker 2>they keep doing this, why stop a Thanksgiving? And I

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<v Speaker 2>want to I want you to think about this. Why

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<v Speaker 2>if you have to pardon something, why just do it

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<v Speaker 2>at Thanksgiving? Maybe the president should also pardon a Leprechaun

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<v Speaker 2>on Saint Patrick's Day, maybe Darth Vader on Father's Day.

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<v Speaker 2>How about pardoning summer in the city of Uset today.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, just get rid of that. I mean, just something.

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<v Speaker 2>I appreciate it, but my goodness, it's it's nothing but

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<v Speaker 2>a glorified little thirty second thing in which I'm also

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<v Speaker 2>the day when she was president Julie Juliet Louis Dreyfus,

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<v Speaker 2>which is one of the funniest shows ever done. It's

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<v Speaker 2>it's off there right now, but if you go back,

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<v Speaker 2>a hilarious episode. Speaking of Thanksgiving episodes, you know, Thanksgiving

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<v Speaker 2>episodes kind of get lost in the fray of televisions

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<v Speaker 2>versus Christmas episodes. And then you know, over the years,

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<v Speaker 2>gonna air, and so let's have a theme. Let's do

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<v Speaker 2>a Halloween theme, and let's you know, do the Thanksgiving thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Christmas is always you know, they could have two or

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<v Speaker 2>Generally there maybe one Thanksgiving best Thanksgiving episode of any

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<v Speaker 2>TV show or the best Thanksgiving special. Talk to me

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<v Speaker 2>over here, interactive show. If you just want to say hi,

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<v Speaker 2>eight three to two twenty nine Textan eight three. I

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<v Speaker 2>keep getting that number three four six twenty nine Texan.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the number three four six two nine t e

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<v Speaker 2>x A N. Michael Garfield, you can you can call

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<v Speaker 2>me pound four pound and again, being in the radio business,

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<v Speaker 2>there's absolutely nothing that will ever beat w KRP in

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<v Speaker 2>Cincinnati the Great Frozen Turkey Drop with Les Nessman. There's

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<v Speaker 2>just absolutely not happening. Somebody beat that. I'll debate you

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<v Speaker 2>the entire two hours of this show. Then I gotta go.

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<v Speaker 2>Charlie Brown, Chris, Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, Yeah, you gots to do.

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<v Speaker 2>I did not see Charlie Brown Thanksgiving because I think

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<v Speaker 2>Apple bought the rights to all of the Charlie Brown

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<v Speaker 2>holiday specials, the Christmas Special, which is also classic, and

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<v Speaker 2>services this you know today of you know which streaming

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<v Speaker 2>services you usually get rid of, and also some Black

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<v Speaker 2>for gifts which are pretty cheap cheap. I don't have

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<v Speaker 2>I bet I've taped Thanksgiving Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving in Christmas

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<v Speaker 2>specials for their great top two for me Frants had

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<v Speaker 2>a good Thanksgiving special? What am I forgetting here? Three

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<v Speaker 2>four six twenty nine text it as we continue the

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<v Speaker 2>trip to fan If you guys are not sleeping right now,

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<v Speaker 2>holiday we continue the Black Friday Cyber Monday sales. I

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<v Speaker 2>remember back in the day, in two thousand and one,

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<v Speaker 2>two thousand and two, two thousand and three, that was

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<v Speaker 2>when digital TVs, high definition high definition TVs httvs, or

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<v Speaker 2>flat screen TVs if you will, whatever you want to

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<v Speaker 2>categorize them, they were the thing. It was the FCC

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<v Speaker 2>who mandated everything go digital. Back in what two thousand

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<v Speaker 2>and two thousand and one, the first flat screen or

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<v Speaker 2>high def TVs were well over ten thousand dollars. And

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<v Speaker 2>I remember in longtime listeners, they know my story the

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<v Speaker 2>very first flat screen TV that I got, and I

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<v Speaker 2>believe it was two thousand and three. It was a

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<v Speaker 2>Hatachi and Hatachi that was one of the companies. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think it's around anymore. Hatachi was one of the leaders,

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<v Speaker 2>the inventors, the creators of one of the end of

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<v Speaker 2>the plasma and back then it was a plasma TV

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<v Speaker 2>or did you want the what the LCDTV? And you

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<v Speaker 2>know now it's oled. I mean, there's so many variants

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<v Speaker 2>of whatever. You got a fifty inch TV and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not kidding you my fifty inch TV flat screen that

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<v Speaker 2>hung on the wall fifteen thousand dollars, not kidding, not kidding.

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<v Speaker 2>A fifty inch TV nowadays, not even on sale. You

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<v Speaker 2>can get this thing for like what three hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>four hundred dollars And now you can get eve cheaper

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<v Speaker 2>footback product fifty inch and then TV's went up to

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<v Speaker 2>fifty five, in, sixty five, in seventy five inches, now

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<v Speaker 2>eighty five. I was in Costco the other day is

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<v Speaker 2>an eighty two incher. I mean it goes on and

446
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<v Speaker 2>on televisions. One of the biggest gifts this holiday season.

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<v Speaker 2>It actually won't fit under the tree or down the

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<v Speaker 2>chimney or technically in some of your homes, because there's

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<v Speaker 2>TVs right now that measure more than ninety seven inches

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<v Speaker 2>and they're actually called xxltvs XXL extra extra Large, and

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<v Speaker 2>they're becoming a pretty big hit because the cost of

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<v Speaker 2>giant screens. The price is going down and viewers now

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<v Speaker 2>they're looking to replace the screens they bought, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe four years ago during the pandemic or whatever. So

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<v Speaker 2>as look at some stats over here, Best Buy they're

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<v Speaker 2>adding xxltvs to the majority of its stores across the

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<v Speaker 2>US because of the demand from the customers. The technology

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<v Speaker 2>has improved that the cheaper prices of components, the manufacturing,

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<v Speaker 2>and prices for ninety eight inch TVs have fallen fifty

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<v Speaker 2>three percent compared to a year ago. Sales have went

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<v Speaker 2>up about eight hundred and seventy seven percent. These ultra

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<v Speaker 2>large TVs now, Listen, they're still not cheap. Not what

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<v Speaker 2>do you define as cheap? What do I define a cheap?

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of the options range in price between let

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<v Speaker 2>me say, seventeen hundred bones to maybe three thousand dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>And then let's say you're big, there's a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of you don't have vehicles that could schlep

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<v Speaker 2>or put a ninety seven ninety eight inch TV in

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<v Speaker 2>your vehicle, and so you know, you can get them

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<v Speaker 2>delivered and in I think best Buy is offering free

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<v Speaker 2>This is not a commercial for the best Buy. They're

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<v Speaker 2>offering free delivery and installation if you buy them. But

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<v Speaker 2>it is how big of a TV do you need?

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<v Speaker 2>And so if you're thinking about getting something like this,

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<v Speaker 2>let me give you my advice to Yes, you could

476
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<v Speaker 2>go out and you could spend you know, almost three gerr,

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<v Speaker 2>like I said, on a massive XXL TV. But let

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<v Speaker 2>me give you another option that is really hot right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Projectors projectures projection TVs that you can plug or stream

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<v Speaker 2>from your phone into a very bright projector a small projector. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>if you've got inside your home a blank wall where

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<v Speaker 2>you think or you thought or you want your TV

483
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<v Speaker 2>to hang, why not go get a projector either mounted

484
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<v Speaker 2>on your ceiling. But you don't have to because you

485
00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:11.359
<v Speaker 2>can keep these things on your floor maybe ten feet

486
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<v Speaker 2>you know, you know, in front of the TV, between

487
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<v Speaker 2>your two you know, couches or chairs because the screens

488
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<v Speaker 2>now they could be four K and they're brighter lumens

489
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<v Speaker 2>and the and the best thing about this I want

490
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<v Speaker 2>you to think about that. You can adjust the picture

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<v Speaker 2>quality because you can move that projector closer to the

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<v Speaker 2>wall to make it a smaller picture. You can move

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<v Speaker 2>it farther away from the wall to make it a

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<v Speaker 2>bigger screen, maybe one hundred and twenty inches. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>you may have seen these projectors. A lot of families

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<v Speaker 2>get these projectors because they're portable. They put them outside,

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<v Speaker 2>like in the summertime, they could put them by the

498
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<v Speaker 2>pool and kids, you know, the kids could sit in

499
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<v Speaker 2>the pool and have a pool watching party with the movies.

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<v Speaker 2>But nowadays, I went, ah, where was I? I went

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<v Speaker 2>to New York last earlier this year and there was

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<v Speaker 2>a debut of a Chinese company came out with a projector.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, I forget it right now, but give me

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<v Speaker 2>a few minutes, I'll come out with it. They are

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<v Speaker 2>so light and so small, and they're actually a portable

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<v Speaker 2>and a lot of them are battery powered. And right

507
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<v Speaker 2>now now they have an HDMI input, so you can

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<v Speaker 2>bring a laptop out there. If you have a cable connection,

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<v Speaker 2>you can put it there. But the other thing is

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<v Speaker 2>that you could hook them connect wirelessly via Bluetooth for

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<v Speaker 2>your Wi Fi from your phone, let's say, and obviously

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<v Speaker 2>you then you could stream it or mirror lack of

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<v Speaker 2>a better drum directly to that projector, and you're set

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<v Speaker 2>to go. Just an idea here, as we get to

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<v Speaker 2>the end of this segment, if you're looking for TVs,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe a TV, the actual TV, the television a hardware

517
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<v Speaker 2>set is not what you want, not what you need,

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<v Speaker 2>and there's better options. Take a look at your home,

519
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<v Speaker 2>take a look at your apartment. What are you going

520
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<v Speaker 2>to do if you go camping, if you move, think

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<v Speaker 2>about getting a relatively hortible, relatively inexpensive, certainly cheaper than

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<v Speaker 2>three thousand dollars projector. Let me take them. Let me

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<v Speaker 2>take a few minutes over here to break. Let me

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<v Speaker 2>go find a brand or two. I'll come back. I'll

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<v Speaker 2>take your phone calls, I will take your emails. Michael

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<v Speaker 2>Garfield at on artmedia dot com. We do continue the

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<v Speaker 2>high tech text and show playing around on my ex Twitter, Facebook,

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<v Speaker 2>Blue Sky, Instagram. As we come back to the high

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<v Speaker 2>tech text and show, I'm one of these platforms. I

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<v Speaker 2>forgot which one I was doing that I threw on

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<v Speaker 2>a pull best side dish for Thanksgiving. As we continue

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<v Speaker 2>to celebrate Thanksgiving weekend, and odds are you still have

533
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<v Speaker 2>some leftovers. As you're plopped on the couch, you're listening

534
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<v Speaker 2>to me via your earphones, your ear pods or whatever, which,

535
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<v Speaker 2>by the way, if you want some ear pods, headphones, whatever,

536
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<v Speaker 2>I am your guy who can kind of steer you

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<v Speaker 2>the right way. It's steer you away from some of

538
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<v Speaker 2>the crap, little cheap products because probably on a regular base,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not kidding, you have all the test products, review

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<v Speaker 2>products that I get that are mailed to me on

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<v Speaker 2>a giving you and I get a lot of stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I get phones, TVs, projectors, cars and stuff.

543
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<v Speaker 2>I probably get more headphones or ear pods all across

544
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<v Speaker 2>the gamut from companies you haven't heard of, and some

545
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<v Speaker 2>of them are very good. So if you're looking for advice,

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<v Speaker 2>talk to me here three four six twenty nine TEXTA.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the how you got to get to me. Michael

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<v Speaker 2>Garfield is the name Callum Reid, staying away from his

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<v Speaker 2>trip to fed Rose earlier this week, he hopefully will

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<v Speaker 2>answer the phones when you called, I would I want

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<v Speaker 2>to pay off what I was talking about about projectors

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<v Speaker 2>and we're talking about TVs. TVs had long been twenty years.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's just stay the thing to get on Black Friday.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember, you know Black Friday deals. You would line

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<v Speaker 2>up at Target, best Buy and I'm going back to

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<v Speaker 2>two thousand and two, two thousand and three, four and five.

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<v Speaker 2>You would get there and I'm not kidney. You would

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<v Speaker 2>get there at midnight, maybe three in the morning. Certainly

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<v Speaker 2>by six in the morning. They didn't have a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a loss leader, meaning you know, okay, we're

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<v Speaker 2>we're only gonna have a few of these, but so

562
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<v Speaker 2>the first ten people in line are going to get

563
00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:07.319
<v Speaker 2>really inexpensive deal on a on a TV. That was

564
00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:12.359
<v Speaker 2>the thing. But then at some point high definite. So

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00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:15.599
<v Speaker 2>many of us had these high definition TVs and then

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<v Speaker 2>we maybe got a second one. You know, nowadays they

567
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<v Speaker 2>may not be the thing, the hottest thing we line

568
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<v Speaker 2>up for, because now it's I don't know, air fryers

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<v Speaker 2>or something, but TVs are still there. I had just

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<v Speaker 2>talked about a few minutes ago that TVs are getting

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<v Speaker 2>larger because they're getting cheaper. It sounds like an airplane

572
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<v Speaker 2>and things are getting larger. Le's getting have you xxltvs

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<v Speaker 2>ninety eight inch screen size? But I said, wait, a minute,

574
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<v Speaker 2>you could get one of those. But I think if

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<v Speaker 2>I had to see a trend this year in twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty four of technology, I think this was the year

577
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<v Speaker 2>of projectors. Now, projectors have been around for a long time.

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<v Speaker 2>They have gotten much higher tech, much brighter, much more portable,

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<v Speaker 2>much more affordable. And there's some reasons why you may

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<v Speaker 2>want to look at having a projector at home instead

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<v Speaker 2>of a TV beyond what a basic TV can give. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>hear me out Number one, it's that custom of the

583
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<v Speaker 2>customizable screen size. Because projectors it gives you the size variation.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, if you buy a fifty inch TV, that's

585
00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:23.559
<v Speaker 2>all you're getting. You're getting a fifty inch TV, but

586
00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:26.519
<v Speaker 2>you can vary the projecting to suit your room size.

587
00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:29.920
<v Speaker 2>You move the projector closer to the wall, make sure

588
00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:32.759
<v Speaker 2>become smaller, you move it back. You've got a real

589
00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:37.119
<v Speaker 2>cinema experience. They're huge images. It makes you feel like

590
00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:39.319
<v Speaker 2>you're a part of the event. Imagine watching your football

591
00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:42.920
<v Speaker 2>games with all your family, you know, this weekend, and

592
00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:46.000
<v Speaker 2>you've got this projector and it's one hundred and twenty

593
00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:50.720
<v Speaker 2>inches wide. It's like, dang man, that's pretty strong. There's

594
00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:54.319
<v Speaker 2>also eye comfort if you look at it. Projectors reflect light.

595
00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:56.880
<v Speaker 2>I want you to think about this. They reflect light

596
00:32:57.400 --> 00:33:00.119
<v Speaker 2>rather than transmit it straight in front of your eye,

597
00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:03.720
<v Speaker 2>so it's more comfortable for your eyes than standard screens.

598
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<v Speaker 2>A lot of the projectors, they're very small. They fit

599
00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:11.440
<v Speaker 2>on shelves, they can mount easily. You can put them

600
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<v Speaker 2>on a ceiling, and you can move it too. I

601
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<v Speaker 2>had said that earlier this year that I went to

602
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<v Speaker 2>New York because it was a debut of this Chinese

603
00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:24.480
<v Speaker 2>company who makes projectors, and they wanted to really show

604
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<v Speaker 2>it off. The name of the company is X Jimmy,

605
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<v Speaker 2>I'm a spell this it's X G I M I.

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<v Speaker 2>And they announced the whole line of projectors, and it

607
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<v Speaker 2>really kind of blew me away because they didn't look

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<v Speaker 2>like these traditional projectors that I know I had growing

609
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<v Speaker 2>up in high school in college that looked like you know,

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<v Speaker 2>a slide you know, show. They weren't heavy, they weren't

611
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<v Speaker 2>ric danglar. These things are around their portable. You know.

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<v Speaker 2>One of them is so light. It comes with a

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<v Speaker 2>little strap that you can just put it in a

614
00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:54.279
<v Speaker 2>little case and just kind of swing it on your

615
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<v Speaker 2>wrist and you know, take it to grandma's house or something. Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>The one I particularly have right now now that I

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<v Speaker 2>play with, it's called the It's from a company called

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<v Speaker 2>x G. I am I. I have the Mogo three

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<v Speaker 2>pro mogo as an MgO Actually, if I thought about

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<v Speaker 2>mg Michael Grifield, how come they I'm not endorsing these things.

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<v Speaker 2>Mogo three pro it right now, let me tell, let

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<v Speaker 2>me just pull this up. How much is this thing?

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<v Speaker 2>Came out about a retail for about four hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>fifty bucks. I'm singing it on the website now, I

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<v Speaker 2>guess that guess could be a Black Friday seal three

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and seventy nine dollars. Okay, this is a projector

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<v Speaker 2>now that has ten ADP. It's it's pretty bright. Bright.

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<v Speaker 2>Brightness is measured in lumens. This has four hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>fifty lumens. It's got a built in Speaker's got a

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<v Speaker 2>five watt harmon card and speaker. So you just and

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<v Speaker 2>all you do is just connect a source. You connect

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<v Speaker 2>connect your phone because it's got an HDMI input. You

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<v Speaker 2>could stream it from your phone. But you take this

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<v Speaker 2>thing anyway. You can put it outside, you can put

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<v Speaker 2>it inside. That may be the thing to do. So

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<v Speaker 2>that's again just an idea. You may want to look

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<v Speaker 2>at the projectors because I really think not only on

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<v Speaker 2>top of portability, I think the value projectors give a

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<v Speaker 2>bigger screen size at a fraction of the cost as

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<v Speaker 2>these big high ftvs, So which is better value. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a good cinematic experience, and so that's that's really what

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<v Speaker 2>you want for. But last point of this thing what

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<v Speaker 2>to look for if you want to buy some of

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<v Speaker 2>these things, look for projectors with high resolution. You want

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<v Speaker 2>at least ten EIGHTP. If you want to go a

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<v Speaker 2>little better four K. Not that you're really going to

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<v Speaker 2>project anything at four K, but four K is ideal

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<v Speaker 2>for the best clarity. You want to look for brightness,

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<v Speaker 2>as I said, lumens, lu M, E and S. That's

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<v Speaker 2>the word lumits. The higher the number the better. You

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<v Speaker 2>also want to look for a high contrast ratio for

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<v Speaker 2>those vivid colors and those deep blackings. High contrast ratio.

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<v Speaker 2>So those are the things to look at if you

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<v Speaker 2>really want to see if they have an HDMI input

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<v Speaker 2>port or USB. Can they be capables wireless streaming? Those

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<v Speaker 2>are little things, but the more more these projectors are

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<v Speaker 2>going to come out. They actually do have all that stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>So there you go, there's another idea for it. So

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<v Speaker 2>any anything else I got to help you with when

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<v Speaker 2>it comes to TV's I wish I could help with programming.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh by the way, if anybody at least in the

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<v Speaker 2>Houston area wants some good programming, highly recommend turning on

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<v Speaker 2>your projector. On weekday mornings, nine am, Channel eleven CBS,

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<v Speaker 2>there's a show called Great Day Houston. It is hosted

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<v Speaker 2>by my longtime friend Debora Duncan with your contributing reporter Moah,

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<v Speaker 2>which I have. This has been busy. I've been doing

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<v Speaker 2>two or three segments each week. Why don't you test

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<v Speaker 2>it out and see what see what my hair looks

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<v Speaker 2>look like and which is real hair and high definition

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<v Speaker 2>on Great Day Houston. I got a few segments coming

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<v Speaker 2>up on what to do this holiday season. There's a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of Christmas lights or you know, walking in very

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<v Speaker 2>instagrammable fun things. I was just at the Houston Botanic

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<v Speaker 2>Garden not far from Hobby Airport, about a mile and

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<v Speaker 2>a half long trail you go at night when the

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<v Speaker 2>sun goes down, and it's just unbelievable, just really really

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<v Speaker 2>cool things and so I took a photographer out there

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<v Speaker 2>and shut that for Channel eleven and a number of

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<v Speaker 2>other things. And so again just a little programming just

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<v Speaker 2>to let you know that this is a gig economy.

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<v Speaker 2>Not only do a radio you have to slap some

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<v Speaker 2>makeup on me and put some lights up, and maybe

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<v Speaker 2>I could be TV radio. I'll let you guys decide

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<v Speaker 2>that our number one coming to it in If you're

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<v Speaker 2>listening on WOAI and all you get is our number one,

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<v Speaker 2>why don't you download the iHeartRadio app and you can

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<v Speaker 2>listen to the full show. To keep you entertained, just

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<v Speaker 2>look for Michael Garfield, Dorf Deep high Tech text it

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<v Speaker 2>and I do appreciate you following me on all of

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<v Speaker 2>these social media outlets. We'll be back for those of

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<v Speaker 2>you who still get the second out of the show

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<v Speaker 2>right after this. Don't go anywhere. If people stay awake,

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<v Speaker 2>I know the turkey's making you go to sleep. For

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<v Speaker 2>the high Tech dec Can show particular.

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<v Speaker 1>Is Michael Garfield of Michael Garfield.

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<v Speaker 2>Michael Garfield's joining.

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<v Speaker 3>Us and the high Tech Texan.

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<v Speaker 2>Michael Garfield is here with a high Tech Texans items

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<v Speaker 2>to make life easier, new technology.

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<v Speaker 3>So Michael Garfield has something you might like.

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<v Speaker 1>Michael Garfield is your high tech Texan three decades helping

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<v Speaker 1>you make magic with your gadgets. I heard worldwide on

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<v Speaker 1>the Iheartwadio Act. Now your high Tech Texan Michael Garfield.

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<v Speaker 2>Halfway through the show and a very special Black Friday

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<v Speaker 2>Cyber Monday trip to fan weekend. That means we are

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<v Speaker 2>a halfway and a happy hour people, you know what,

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<v Speaker 2>this is a weekend long if you think about it.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope you're enjoining the fam. I hope you're not sick.

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<v Speaker 2>You're a family. Actually by this point, my name is Michael,

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<v Speaker 2>Miguel whatever you want to call me. Just don't call

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<v Speaker 2>me late for dinner, and actually call me late for

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<v Speaker 2>dinner because I think I've had enough food this weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>But we are in the bed stuff going over what

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<v Speaker 2>did you get for Black Friday? There's still are maybe

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<v Speaker 2>a few Black Friday sales, but now they call them

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<v Speaker 2>Cyber Monday sales, and so get prepped for that. If

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<v Speaker 2>you want to get in and ask questions or just

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<v Speaker 2>you know, say what's up and what your favorite side

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<v Speaker 2>dish was three four six twenty nine Texan brand new

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<v Speaker 2>phone number we launched last week as we brought in

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<v Speaker 2>a new radio affiliate where we are heard long time

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<v Speaker 2>in Houston, but we welcome the good people of San

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<v Speaker 2>Antonio on their Blowtorch AM radio station. WOAI. Great to

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<v Speaker 2>be there. So I figured, you know what, let's just

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<v Speaker 2>let's get a generic number. Doesn't you know, doesn't it

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<v Speaker 2>to be seven point three and two one zero? Let's

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<v Speaker 2>go three four six two nine hexan And for some

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<v Speaker 2>reason we don't answer. There's a voice mail and leave

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<v Speaker 2>me a question, and we do have the right days.

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<v Speaker 2>You'll hear that we can't air this on the show

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<v Speaker 2>and make you famous, even though being on the radio

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<v Speaker 2>does not make you famous. But have some fun. You

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<v Speaker 2>don't have to call. You can also send an email.

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<v Speaker 2>Speaking of emails, look what we have here.

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<v Speaker 5>You've got mail.

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<v Speaker 2>We do have mail, and we thank you. This is

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<v Speaker 2>from Jennifer. Jennifer is in Paarland, Texas. Paarland, JA, south

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<v Speaker 2>of Houston. She writes, in Hey Michael, there's so many

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<v Speaker 2>apps out there, and I was thinking about it this

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<v Speaker 2>weekend while I was making Thanksgiving. I have a ton

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<v Speaker 2>of recipes. My mother and my grandmother both passed down

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<v Speaker 2>recipes to me. And I'd have no clue where to

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<v Speaker 2>keep them. Is there a specific app that would help

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<v Speaker 2>other than a spreadsheet or something? Appreciate it listening to

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<v Speaker 2>you a long time, Thank you so much. Okay, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>actually there are. There are a number of apps to

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<v Speaker 2>organize and save all those recipes. I should probably I

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<v Speaker 2>like cooking. I'm a big cooker and a griller and

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<v Speaker 2>a smoker and not a tooker. But you know, not

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<v Speaker 2>that I need to pass recipes down to my three boys.

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<v Speaker 2>But there's a number of things that I probably should

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<v Speaker 2>start using. But let me get let me go through

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<v Speaker 2>with some of them. There is one I saw this

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<v Speaker 2>over here. There's one. It's free, I believe it's for

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<v Speaker 2>This is for a few if you have a Mac

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<v Speaker 2>and a Mac or an iOS only if you have

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<v Speaker 2>an Apple. It's called Mela e La And I took

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<v Speaker 2>a quick look at this, and this app keeps things

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<v Speaker 2>really clean, really simple. And if you use it on

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<v Speaker 2>your desktop, there's an in app browser, so you can

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<v Speaker 2>find a recipe and save the details to your collection.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you're you know, kind of surfing, you find

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<v Speaker 2>something and it's got a nice does a nice job

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<v Speaker 2>of keeping things organized. I think the first ten recipes

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<v Speaker 2>are free, or you could pay more, and I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think you could pay more than five dollars. There's another

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<v Speaker 2>one that has been around for a while, and this

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<v Speaker 2>works in all the platforms, doesn't matter if you have

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<v Speaker 2>a Mac or Microsoft Android whatever. This is called recipe Keeper.

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<v Speaker 2>Well there's a creative name, but recipe Keeper, if you

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<v Speaker 2>think about it's probably this is probably the og of

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<v Speaker 2>recipe saving apps. And you can save up to twenty

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<v Speaker 2>recipes for free. You could scan them in from a photo,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe a PDF. Maybe your grandmother wrote it down way

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<v Speaker 2>back in the day you want to keep your handwriting

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<v Speaker 2>or something, or you can import it from a website

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<v Speaker 2>and it lets you This is nice because there's some

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<v Speaker 2>of these apps, including this one. They'll let you adjust

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<v Speaker 2>serving sizes right on the flo. Okay, so I have

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<v Speaker 2>six people coming to dn I have ten people coming

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<v Speaker 2>to dent and it will adjust the ingredients. I think

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<v Speaker 2>that's pretty cool. There's another one here. You on me

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<v Speaker 2>pull this one up, just the recipe dot Com. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a website and it's an iOS and an Android app.

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<v Speaker 2>I think this cost a little, maybe like thirteen bucks

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<v Speaker 2>a year. It's called just the recipe dot com. This

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<v Speaker 2>looks pretty good because it transforms a cluttered recipe page

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<v Speaker 2>and into something that looks really simple and really clean,

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<v Speaker 2>really clean. And uh, that's that's another one to you

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<v Speaker 2>try that. I hope I'm helping you out over here.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's one called crouton. This is for Apple devices only, Jennifer,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if you have an Apple device, don't

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<v Speaker 2>like that, but it's got a really nice design. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a clean design, and you can import things from a

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<v Speaker 2>camera or an image, and you could say ten recipes

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<v Speaker 2>for free too. And there's one more called oh Mommy,

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<v Speaker 2>ooh Mommy, who Mamma's eat that?

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<v Speaker 4>No?

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<v Speaker 2>This is you m A m I iOS and Android

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<v Speaker 2>and it works on both of those. But it's got

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<v Speaker 2>an extension for your web browser, so if you're online,

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<v Speaker 2>you can import recipes right on your computer too. And

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<v Speaker 2>it's also kind of specific import options for inputting a

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<v Speaker 2>TikTok or Instagram URL. And this may be this may

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<v Speaker 2>be good because I'm telling you right now, and I

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<v Speaker 2>don't use TikTok, my kids do? You probably do? Tiktoking

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<v Speaker 2>Instagram are like the places to go for recipes so

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<v Speaker 2>much so my youngest son, twenty four, came in so

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<v Speaker 2>he's with me this weekend with his brothers too, and

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<v Speaker 2>he wanted mac and cheese. And the first thing he said,

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<v Speaker 2>he goes, I don't want no craft. He goes, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't want real mac and cheese. And I saw something

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<v Speaker 2>on Instagram. He goes, there's a TikTok recipe. It's this

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<v Speaker 2>famous TikTok mac and cheese recipe. Does anybody know about this?

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<v Speaker 2>So anyway, I'm like, well, this is a perfect excuse

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<v Speaker 2>for daddy. I don't have I don't have a TikTok.

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<v Speaker 2>Can't do it. He goes, I'll do the mac and cheese.

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<v Speaker 2>Look at the kid, bacon, look at the kid. Make it?

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<v Speaker 2>Sure enough, man goes, TikTok is the so many recipes.

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<v Speaker 2>He made some mac and cheese and it was freaking killer.

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<v Speaker 2>And I am sure I gained five pounds just from

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<v Speaker 2>a few bites of this stuff. So TikTok and Instagram

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<v Speaker 2>since the place. But you may want to look for

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<v Speaker 2>a recipe keeper that can import those links too. And

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<v Speaker 2>I know, mom me, you am a am I that

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<v Speaker 2>does that. They go, Jennifer, hope you help. This is

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<v Speaker 2>what I am I am your answer man if you

828
00:45:07.719 --> 00:45:11.079
<v Speaker 2>tuned in last hour. Talked a little a little about TVs.

829
00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:14.360
<v Speaker 2>TVs have long been a staple of Black Friday sales

830
00:45:14.400 --> 00:45:16.719
<v Speaker 2>and what have you. You know, what's good deal, what's

831
00:45:16.760 --> 00:45:19.960
<v Speaker 2>not a good deal. I didn't give any specific Black

832
00:45:19.960 --> 00:45:23.239
<v Speaker 2>Friday deals for TVs, but I did talk about another option,

833
00:45:23.519 --> 00:45:27.239
<v Speaker 2>which is projector's projectors. To me, it was a very

834
00:45:27.320 --> 00:45:30.119
<v Speaker 2>hot category in twenty twenty four. I do see that

835
00:45:30.199 --> 00:45:35.880
<v Speaker 2>category growing because projectors are getting less expensive, they're getting

836
00:45:35.880 --> 00:45:38.519
<v Speaker 2>more portable. You could take them inside outside, but you know,

837
00:45:38.719 --> 00:45:40.280
<v Speaker 2>you could, you know, you could project them on the

838
00:45:40.280 --> 00:45:43.519
<v Speaker 2>side of the outside of your house, have a watching party,

839
00:45:43.679 --> 00:45:47.039
<v Speaker 2>do whatever. You can make the screen size smaller by

840
00:45:47.039 --> 00:45:50.239
<v Speaker 2>putting the projector closer to the wall, bigger, larger. I mean,

841
00:45:50.280 --> 00:45:51.960
<v Speaker 2>you could have one hundred and twenty inch screen if

842
00:45:51.960 --> 00:45:54.440
<v Speaker 2>you really wanted to. By putting it back, you could.

843
00:45:54.480 --> 00:45:57.599
<v Speaker 2>They have HDMI inputs, they have built in speakers, they've

844
00:45:57.599 --> 00:46:00.559
<v Speaker 2>got good battery life, and that made it be the

845
00:46:00.559 --> 00:46:03.239
<v Speaker 2>thing to go. And you know, the one one I

846
00:46:03.280 --> 00:46:05.840
<v Speaker 2>have right now is three hundred and seventy nine dollars.

847
00:46:05.920 --> 00:46:07.880
<v Speaker 2>I got one from a company called x G I

848
00:46:08.119 --> 00:46:12.360
<v Speaker 2>M I x Jimmy Chinese company, and it works well.

849
00:46:13.000 --> 00:46:15.320
<v Speaker 2>Just when you look, you know, look for high lumens,

850
00:46:15.320 --> 00:46:17.760
<v Speaker 2>which is a high brightness. Look for something at least

851
00:46:17.760 --> 00:46:20.360
<v Speaker 2>ten eighty p if not four K, and you should

852
00:46:20.400 --> 00:46:22.719
<v Speaker 2>be set to go. So again, this is some of

853
00:46:22.719 --> 00:46:26.440
<v Speaker 2>the advice that I'm gonna give throughout the show, as

854
00:46:26.440 --> 00:46:28.920
<v Speaker 2>we have done for twenty plus years. Should you just

855
00:46:28.960 --> 00:46:31.679
<v Speaker 2>be tuning in. Coming back between now and the end

856
00:46:31.679 --> 00:46:33.519
<v Speaker 2>of the show, I'm gonna talk about cars, because I

857
00:46:33.559 --> 00:46:36.360
<v Speaker 2>do do cars and trucks. Oh guess what I had, people,

858
00:46:36.360 --> 00:46:39.519
<v Speaker 2>I'm so excited. I had another EV, had another electric vehicle.

859
00:46:40.039 --> 00:46:42.440
<v Speaker 2>And you know how I love electric vehicles. I actually

860
00:46:42.440 --> 00:46:44.440
<v Speaker 2>do it like electric vehicles. You know how I love

861
00:46:44.719 --> 00:46:49.079
<v Speaker 2>charging those batteries. That's facetious right there. I had a Chevy,

862
00:46:49.159 --> 00:46:56.679
<v Speaker 2>the Chevy Equinox. Chevy Equinox not bad, relatively inexpensive compared

863
00:46:56.719 --> 00:46:59.159
<v Speaker 2>to other evs, kind of sizey. I'll give you my

864
00:46:59.199 --> 00:47:01.199
<v Speaker 2>thoughts on that. And if you have a specific vehicle

865
00:47:01.239 --> 00:47:03.679
<v Speaker 2>you want me to test drive, let me know because

866
00:47:03.880 --> 00:47:07.159
<v Speaker 2>in any given year, I probably drive about sixty different vehicles,

867
00:47:07.199 --> 00:47:12.800
<v Speaker 2>from trucks to yes, evs, sports cars, minivans, sid Dan's

868
00:47:13.320 --> 00:47:16.159
<v Speaker 2>as a member of the Texas Auto Writers Association. I

869
00:47:16.199 --> 00:47:18.519
<v Speaker 2>happen to know a lot of the manufacturers. I do

870
00:47:18.639 --> 00:47:20.840
<v Speaker 2>not deal with dealerships. I can't get you a deal.

871
00:47:21.360 --> 00:47:23.119
<v Speaker 2>I can't tell you to walk into a dealership and

872
00:47:23.159 --> 00:47:25.760
<v Speaker 2>mention my name or asked for a guy. No, this

873
00:47:25.920 --> 00:47:28.440
<v Speaker 2>is non biased, non paid. I can tell you if

874
00:47:28.440 --> 00:47:30.039
<v Speaker 2>they're crap, or I can tell you if they're good.

875
00:47:30.239 --> 00:47:32.280
<v Speaker 2>That's why you listen to me, right, all right, keep

876
00:47:32.280 --> 00:47:34.679
<v Speaker 2>listening to this crappy I keep listening to this wonderful

877
00:47:34.760 --> 00:47:36.719
<v Speaker 2>radio program for the next forty five minutes or so.

878
00:47:36.800 --> 00:47:44.199
<v Speaker 2>It's my cocarfield. We'll be right back. Anybody get a

879
00:47:44.199 --> 00:47:47.159
<v Speaker 2>new phone for Black Friday, pre Cyber Monday. Tell you what,

880
00:47:47.760 --> 00:47:50.239
<v Speaker 2>let's let's test it out. Give me a shout. We'll

881
00:47:50.280 --> 00:47:52.719
<v Speaker 2>tell you what the quality sounds like. Three four six

882
00:47:52.840 --> 00:47:57.199
<v Speaker 2>twenty nine Text it three four six twenty nine, texa it.

883
00:47:57.320 --> 00:47:58.760
<v Speaker 2>That is how you're going to get to me. If

884
00:47:58.800 --> 00:48:00.880
<v Speaker 2>we don't pick up the phone, well little voicemail will

885
00:48:00.920 --> 00:48:02.440
<v Speaker 2>come on and you could leave a message, and we

886
00:48:02.519 --> 00:48:04.719
<v Speaker 2>do have the right to play that on air. You

887
00:48:04.800 --> 00:48:07.559
<v Speaker 2>might hear yourself and become famous. Steven though being on

888
00:48:07.599 --> 00:48:09.639
<v Speaker 2>the radio is not really famous, so don't worry about that.

889
00:48:09.719 --> 00:48:13.000
<v Speaker 2>Three four six twenty nine texts and I listen. I

890
00:48:14.119 --> 00:48:16.960
<v Speaker 2>know we're probably stopped with all the turkey and the

891
00:48:17.119 --> 00:48:19.480
<v Speaker 2>dressing and all the size, and you're laying on the

892
00:48:19.480 --> 00:48:21.840
<v Speaker 2>couch and you're, you know, watching all the football games.

893
00:48:21.880 --> 00:48:24.239
<v Speaker 2>We got calle age, we got the NFL. It's a

894
00:48:24.239 --> 00:48:27.719
<v Speaker 2>fun weekend, it really is. Maybe you're sick of your family.

895
00:48:27.960 --> 00:48:31.400
<v Speaker 2>Maybe you're listening with your brand new headphones, your ear pods,

896
00:48:31.480 --> 00:48:33.760
<v Speaker 2>listening to me, Well, listen if you think, if you

897
00:48:33.880 --> 00:48:36.239
<v Speaker 2>think you got schnooker and you don't want a better pair,

898
00:48:36.559 --> 00:48:38.480
<v Speaker 2>that's what you called me for. You could say, Michael,

899
00:48:38.480 --> 00:48:40.639
<v Speaker 2>did I get a good pair? Should I return them?

900
00:48:40.639 --> 00:48:43.440
<v Speaker 2>Should I ask for whoever gave them to me to

901
00:48:43.480 --> 00:48:45.760
<v Speaker 2>give the receipt back so I can go get them.

902
00:48:46.519 --> 00:48:49.360
<v Speaker 2>I study what's going on in the world of consumer products. Yes,

903
00:48:49.360 --> 00:48:52.480
<v Speaker 2>certainly technology, but also cars and trucks too. I get

904
00:48:52.519 --> 00:48:54.559
<v Speaker 2>to drive a lot of them, and so I'm more

905
00:48:54.599 --> 00:48:57.119
<v Speaker 2>than happy to steer you. You see what I did there.

906
00:48:57.400 --> 00:49:00.000
<v Speaker 2>You see, after two decades of doing this, I actually

907
00:49:00.119 --> 00:49:03.519
<v Speaker 2>can segue semi cute. I could steer you in the

908
00:49:03.599 --> 00:49:06.400
<v Speaker 2>right direction in the wrong direction. Been driving actually some

909
00:49:07.079 --> 00:49:10.480
<v Speaker 2>electric vehicles as of late. I don't mind, and I'm

910
00:49:10.480 --> 00:49:13.079
<v Speaker 2>like into the whole should you get electric vehicle? Should

911
00:49:13.119 --> 00:49:15.800
<v Speaker 2>you not? It's up to you. I think electric vehicles

912
00:49:15.800 --> 00:49:19.239
<v Speaker 2>are nice, they're sexy, they're fast, they're designed quite well.

913
00:49:19.760 --> 00:49:22.719
<v Speaker 2>I'm just not one hundred percent sold on the battery

914
00:49:23.039 --> 00:49:26.840
<v Speaker 2>charging infrastructure that we currently have in our great United

915
00:49:26.880 --> 00:49:29.159
<v Speaker 2>States right now. But some of the ones that I

916
00:49:29.199 --> 00:49:33.280
<v Speaker 2>have driven over the past few weeks, actually recently a

917
00:49:33.360 --> 00:49:36.320
<v Speaker 2>Chevy Equinox, believe it or not. It's a kind of

918
00:49:36.320 --> 00:49:40.599
<v Speaker 2>a CUV, a compact utility vehicle. It is electric, about

919
00:49:40.599 --> 00:49:44.639
<v Speaker 2>three hundred mile range, it's relatively roomy. If you're looking

920
00:49:44.639 --> 00:49:47.360
<v Speaker 2>for something that is domestic like that with Chevy, but

921
00:49:47.400 --> 00:49:51.280
<v Speaker 2>also electric, Chevy also has something I think very similar,

922
00:49:51.360 --> 00:49:54.360
<v Speaker 2>because about a month ago I was in a Chevy Equinox,

923
00:49:54.519 --> 00:49:57.920
<v Speaker 2>which is a little larger than now I'm sorry, the

924
00:49:58.000 --> 00:50:00.400
<v Speaker 2>Chevy Blazer. See I'm getting confused. I was in a

925
00:50:00.440 --> 00:50:03.000
<v Speaker 2>Chevy Blazer a little larger than the Equinox a little,

926
00:50:03.280 --> 00:50:06.960
<v Speaker 2>but also three hundred plus miles range, and I didn't

927
00:50:07.000 --> 00:50:09.000
<v Speaker 2>mind them. They were nice, they had the good room.

928
00:50:09.039 --> 00:50:12.920
<v Speaker 2>It's just every time I drive at EV, my eyes

929
00:50:13.639 --> 00:50:15.679
<v Speaker 2>not only focus on the road, but my eyes focus

930
00:50:15.719 --> 00:50:19.519
<v Speaker 2>on how little range I get, how little range it

931
00:50:19.599 --> 00:50:22.320
<v Speaker 2>keeps going down and down and down. Oh my gosh,

932
00:50:22.320 --> 00:50:26.079
<v Speaker 2>I'm at fifty, I'm at forty. And then I start schmitzing,

933
00:50:26.119 --> 00:50:27.559
<v Speaker 2>and then I'm thinking, oh my god, I'm gonna run

934
00:50:27.559 --> 00:50:30.960
<v Speaker 2>out of batteries. That's my problem. That's my problem with

935
00:50:31.000 --> 00:50:33.239
<v Speaker 2>having it in EV. I think they're great second cars.

936
00:50:33.519 --> 00:50:35.639
<v Speaker 2>If you don't drive a ton. If you have a

937
00:50:35.719 --> 00:50:40.159
<v Speaker 2>charger at home and you have one at work, that's phenomenal.

938
00:50:40.280 --> 00:50:42.320
<v Speaker 2>So I could steer you in the right way and

939
00:50:42.320 --> 00:50:45.280
<v Speaker 2>the wrong way. Oh. Actually, speaking of which, I do

940
00:50:45.400 --> 00:50:47.559
<v Speaker 2>have questions about any type of vehicles. I am here

941
00:50:47.559 --> 00:50:49.400
<v Speaker 2>for you. Why don't we pick up that phone and

942
00:50:49.400 --> 00:50:51.719
<v Speaker 2>see what's going on. You've got mail.

943
00:50:52.280 --> 00:50:57.480
<v Speaker 5>This is doctor Joe Agris the crazy Text. My wife

944
00:50:57.519 --> 00:51:00.920
<v Speaker 5>wants a new car for the holidays. She's looking at

945
00:51:00.920 --> 00:51:05.320
<v Speaker 5>the Lincoln or the christ for the big SUV. Their expensive.

946
00:51:06.280 --> 00:51:08.400
<v Speaker 5>Tell me what you think about them. You said you

947
00:51:08.480 --> 00:51:11.039
<v Speaker 5>drove twenty nine cars. I want to know if you

948
00:51:11.159 --> 00:51:14.880
<v Speaker 5>drove one of these and whether I should buy it.

949
00:51:15.519 --> 00:51:17.360
<v Speaker 5>Doctor Joe the Crazy Texan.

950
00:51:18.480 --> 00:51:20.280
<v Speaker 2>Okay, First of all, we got a lot of things

951
00:51:20.320 --> 00:51:24.440
<v Speaker 2>going on here, Doctor Joe. Appreciate the phone call, love

952
00:51:24.480 --> 00:51:27.239
<v Speaker 2>it absolutely, and I'm going to answer it. Three four

953
00:51:27.360 --> 00:51:30.960
<v Speaker 2>six twenty nine Texan. All right, number one. Have you

954
00:51:31.039 --> 00:51:34.960
<v Speaker 2>trademarked the Crazy Texan? Because you really should. I got

955
00:51:34.960 --> 00:51:37.199
<v Speaker 2>the high tech Texan. Stay away from that, but the

956
00:51:37.239 --> 00:51:40.000
<v Speaker 2>Crazy Textan, that's when I have not touched I like it.

957
00:51:40.000 --> 00:51:43.000
<v Speaker 2>It's good. What a wonderful gentleman. You want to buy

958
00:51:43.039 --> 00:51:45.760
<v Speaker 2>your wife a car for the holidays? Does this occur

959
00:51:45.800 --> 00:51:51.239
<v Speaker 2>every single holiday? I've actually got questions to specifically answer it.

960
00:51:51.239 --> 00:51:53.840
<v Speaker 2>It's this is a relatively simple one. You said that.

961
00:51:54.559 --> 00:51:56.880
<v Speaker 2>First of all, I've driven much more than twenty nine cars.

962
00:51:57.360 --> 00:52:01.840
<v Speaker 2>I genuinely drive one. I have vehicles brand new per week,

963
00:52:01.960 --> 00:52:06.320
<v Speaker 2>so I drive well over sixty plus vehicles any given year.

964
00:52:06.639 --> 00:52:09.760
<v Speaker 2>Not from a dealership. I have the privilege of knowing

965
00:52:09.800 --> 00:52:12.360
<v Speaker 2>the manufacturers. My job. I do not get paid. Nothing

966
00:52:12.440 --> 00:52:14.079
<v Speaker 2>is endorsed. What I'm about to tell you, these are

967
00:52:14.119 --> 00:52:16.519
<v Speaker 2>just my personal thoughts, and so I think a lot

968
00:52:16.559 --> 00:52:19.639
<v Speaker 2>of people can and do respect that. You talk specifically

969
00:52:19.679 --> 00:52:24.039
<v Speaker 2>about Chrysler SUVs, and you talked also about Lincoln Is

970
00:52:24.039 --> 00:52:28.079
<v Speaker 2>SUVs Let's start with Chrysler. Chrysler does not make SUVs,

971
00:52:28.119 --> 00:52:30.280
<v Speaker 2>and so that's going to be a simple answer. Chrysler really,

972
00:52:30.360 --> 00:52:32.519
<v Speaker 2>right now, as great as a brand it is, it's changed.

973
00:52:32.559 --> 00:52:35.320
<v Speaker 2>Chrysler really only makes about four different vehicles, three of

974
00:52:35.320 --> 00:52:37.519
<v Speaker 2>which are minivans. Now, if you're looking for a minivan,

975
00:52:38.519 --> 00:52:41.599
<v Speaker 2>hands down, Chrysler Pacifica my favorite out there. You want

976
00:52:41.639 --> 00:52:43.880
<v Speaker 2>to get a minivan from Mama, bring it on. So

977
00:52:43.960 --> 00:52:46.840
<v Speaker 2>it's about forty thousand dollars Chrysler Pacifica, all right. I

978
00:52:46.920 --> 00:52:51.000
<v Speaker 2>also have a Chrysler Voyager two. The only other non

979
00:52:51.440 --> 00:52:55.599
<v Speaker 2>type of minivan they make. It's a Sizdan. It's a

980
00:52:55.679 --> 00:52:59.599
<v Speaker 2>Chrysler three hundred, all right. And that's about it. So

981
00:53:00.400 --> 00:53:04.639
<v Speaker 2>there's no SUVs if you will from Chrysler right now.

982
00:53:04.679 --> 00:53:08.880
<v Speaker 2>Now other Stilantis own brands, they do make them. Stalantis

983
00:53:08.920 --> 00:53:15.119
<v Speaker 2>owns Jeep, Ram, Dodge, Fiat. But you didn't ask that. Okay,

984
00:53:15.280 --> 00:53:18.559
<v Speaker 2>Let's go to Lincoln. I like Lincoln. Lincoln is a

985
00:53:18.599 --> 00:53:21.480
<v Speaker 2>strong brand. I do get the test drive. So Lincoln

986
00:53:22.119 --> 00:53:26.039
<v Speaker 2>has four SUVs starting at the top in terms of

987
00:53:26.360 --> 00:53:30.639
<v Speaker 2>cost and size. The Lincoln Navigator Big Boy seats eight people.

988
00:53:30.639 --> 00:53:32.559
<v Speaker 2>If you want it then we can take a little

989
00:53:32.559 --> 00:53:36.159
<v Speaker 2>step down the Lincoln Aviator. See it's about seven people.

990
00:53:36.559 --> 00:53:39.119
<v Speaker 2>If you want a five seater, they've got a Lincoln

991
00:53:39.159 --> 00:53:42.679
<v Speaker 2>Nautilus and a Lincoln Corsair. I think Lincoln does a

992
00:53:42.719 --> 00:53:46.280
<v Speaker 2>really really nice job. It is a smooth ride, and

993
00:53:46.400 --> 00:53:50.480
<v Speaker 2>they're not maybe not they you know, most inexpensive things

994
00:53:50.519 --> 00:53:52.960
<v Speaker 2>are out there, but the newer ones, if you really

995
00:53:53.000 --> 00:53:54.559
<v Speaker 2>want to go on the higher level, you can get

996
00:53:54.559 --> 00:53:57.000
<v Speaker 2>the Lincoln Black label. That's you know, a little bit

997
00:53:57.000 --> 00:54:00.320
<v Speaker 2>more elegant and higher services inside, a little bit more leather,

998
00:54:00.320 --> 00:54:02.599
<v Speaker 2>a little bit more would. But I will tell you this,

999
00:54:03.159 --> 00:54:06.639
<v Speaker 2>pound for pound internally, if I had to get a

1000
00:54:06.639 --> 00:54:09.159
<v Speaker 2>new car and I've wanted something a little larger, maybe

1001
00:54:09.159 --> 00:54:13.440
<v Speaker 2>an suv, I absolutely love And to have not been

1002
00:54:13.440 --> 00:54:16.159
<v Speaker 2>more impressive almost with anything else in the auto industry

1003
00:54:16.199 --> 00:54:19.119
<v Speaker 2>this year than what Lincoln has done with their internal

1004
00:54:19.159 --> 00:54:22.199
<v Speaker 2>cabin on their new twenty twenty fives. It is the

1005
00:54:22.239 --> 00:54:26.039
<v Speaker 2>most technologically advanced dashboard than I have ever seen. I

1006
00:54:26.079 --> 00:54:29.239
<v Speaker 2>was a Lincoln Nautilus for probably about four months ago,

1007
00:54:29.719 --> 00:54:33.440
<v Speaker 2>and what they have done is the future of cars.

1008
00:54:33.440 --> 00:54:35.119
<v Speaker 2>And you can talk about evs all you want to.

1009
00:54:35.679 --> 00:54:39.760
<v Speaker 2>It is amazing. They you know, most infotainment screens and

1010
00:54:39.880 --> 00:54:42.800
<v Speaker 2>dashboards and whatever. You know, there's a screen in the middle.

1011
00:54:43.159 --> 00:54:45.800
<v Speaker 2>You're lucky if they're ten inches, Yes, you're gonna go

1012
00:54:45.880 --> 00:54:48.039
<v Speaker 2>up to twelve twelve and a half inches. And then

1013
00:54:48.079 --> 00:54:50.760
<v Speaker 2>you've got the vehicle information display, which is right in

1014
00:54:50.880 --> 00:54:54.920
<v Speaker 2>between your right through your steering wheel. What Lincoln has

1015
00:54:55.039 --> 00:54:58.960
<v Speaker 2>done with their new vehicles they have taken about I

1016
00:54:59.000 --> 00:55:01.840
<v Speaker 2>want you to imagine we'll sitting in your driver's seat.

1017
00:55:02.159 --> 00:55:05.239
<v Speaker 2>Look out that front windshield. All right, your front windshield.

1018
00:55:05.280 --> 00:55:06.760
<v Speaker 2>I don't know what is it Maybe you know. It

1019
00:55:06.760 --> 00:55:09.320
<v Speaker 2>could be about three feet long top to bottom at

1020
00:55:09.320 --> 00:55:11.840
<v Speaker 2>the bottom of the windshield. I want you to imagine

1021
00:55:11.840 --> 00:55:15.639
<v Speaker 2>from the left side of that windshield to the right.

1022
00:55:16.400 --> 00:55:21.440
<v Speaker 2>All right, we're talking five feet whatever it is. They

1023
00:55:21.519 --> 00:55:26.800
<v Speaker 2>have an infotainment display across the entire thing. It is crazy.

1024
00:55:26.880 --> 00:55:31.079
<v Speaker 2>It's jetsnian if you will, it's easy to navigate. You

1025
00:55:31.079 --> 00:55:33.400
<v Speaker 2>can see exactly how fast you're going, where you're going,

1026
00:55:33.440 --> 00:55:36.639
<v Speaker 2>what radio station you're you're on. But it is it's

1027
00:55:36.679 --> 00:55:39.679
<v Speaker 2>a whole new look. And there's not one person who

1028
00:55:39.719 --> 00:55:41.599
<v Speaker 2>got into this vehicle when I was driving it just

1029
00:55:41.639 --> 00:55:44.000
<v Speaker 2>to kind of play around that didn't blow their mind.

1030
00:55:44.119 --> 00:55:48.159
<v Speaker 2>Oh my goodness. Wine is good for Lincoln. I think

1031
00:55:48.199 --> 00:55:50.599
<v Speaker 2>it's a very strong brand. I mean, I remember my

1032
00:55:51.360 --> 00:55:53.599
<v Speaker 2>I mean you talk about my my grandparents going up.

1033
00:55:53.679 --> 00:55:56.079
<v Speaker 2>Got to have a Lincoln Continental. You gotta have whatever.

1034
00:55:56.119 --> 00:55:58.320
<v Speaker 2>But in terms of SUVs that you which you asked for,

1035
00:55:58.480 --> 00:56:04.840
<v Speaker 2>Jojo Navigate, Aviator, Nautilus, Courssair, that's what you're gonna get.

1036
00:56:05.079 --> 00:56:11.760
<v Speaker 2>I like the Nautilus. It seats five, very comfortable, starts

1037
00:56:11.920 --> 00:56:14.679
<v Speaker 2>around fifty thousand, and it is absolutely going to go

1038
00:56:14.760 --> 00:56:17.360
<v Speaker 2>up from there. Not the cheapest thing, but it seems

1039
00:56:17.400 --> 00:56:20.159
<v Speaker 2>like Daddy Warbucks over here is a great listener of mine.

1040
00:56:20.159 --> 00:56:23.000
<v Speaker 2>Doctor Joe, the crazy Texan. But he couldn't sounds like

1041
00:56:23.000 --> 00:56:26.480
<v Speaker 2>a sweetheart because he's buying his wife a holiday present.

1042
00:56:26.519 --> 00:56:28.280
<v Speaker 2>You know, A. I don't have a wife at the

1043
00:56:28.320 --> 00:56:32.039
<v Speaker 2>current moment. B. I probably would get her a crockpot.

1044
00:56:32.320 --> 00:56:35.920
<v Speaker 2>Tense the reason I'm not married, Big Daddy Joe, get

1045
00:56:35.960 --> 00:56:38.840
<v Speaker 2>mama a vehicle. This is the type of listening show.

1046
00:56:39.559 --> 00:56:42.519
<v Speaker 2>All right, three four, six, two nine, Texan, You got questions?

1047
00:56:42.559 --> 00:56:44.920
<v Speaker 2>Hopefully I have answer A standby more high tech Texan

1048
00:56:44.960 --> 00:56:52.320
<v Speaker 2>show coming up. Michael Garfield is called the High Tech

1049
00:56:52.360 --> 00:56:55.400
<v Speaker 2>Texan show hope everybody is having a great date. No

1050
00:56:55.440 --> 00:56:57.400
<v Speaker 2>matter where you are, you'd thank you for tuning in

1051
00:56:57.440 --> 00:56:59.679
<v Speaker 2>for two plus decades. I am your guy who's gonna

1052
00:56:59.679 --> 00:57:02.079
<v Speaker 2>give you all the fun information and steer you in

1053
00:57:02.119 --> 00:57:04.960
<v Speaker 2>the right direction when it comes to yes, technology gear,

1054
00:57:05.039 --> 00:57:07.880
<v Speaker 2>but I just everything. When the consumer lifestyle products, this

1055
00:57:07.920 --> 00:57:09.559
<v Speaker 2>is my job is to test them and play with

1056
00:57:09.599 --> 00:57:11.960
<v Speaker 2>them and tell you where to go, maybe what to

1057
00:57:12.079 --> 00:57:14.559
<v Speaker 2>run away from. Tell you what I'm not running away from.

1058
00:57:14.679 --> 00:57:16.719
<v Speaker 2>And none of us can run away from. It is

1059
00:57:16.840 --> 00:57:19.199
<v Speaker 2>it's our cell phones, it's our cell service, it's our

1060
00:57:19.280 --> 00:57:21.679
<v Speaker 2>data service. I mean I whether you look at whether

1061
00:57:21.679 --> 00:57:24.320
<v Speaker 2>you believe it or not, good or bad, it is

1062
00:57:24.360 --> 00:57:28.239
<v Speaker 2>here to stay and it's a necessity. Are operating lives

1063
00:57:28.280 --> 00:57:30.679
<v Speaker 2>the way we do our personal lives or business lives.

1064
00:57:30.719 --> 00:57:34.280
<v Speaker 2>We need our service. We need something reliable for palt

1065
00:57:34.519 --> 00:57:36.440
<v Speaker 2>How long have I been a member of Total Wireless.

1066
00:57:36.480 --> 00:57:39.000
<v Speaker 2>I've been using Total Wireless gosh now what four or

1067
00:57:39.039 --> 00:57:42.840
<v Speaker 2>five six months? Very happy with it, and I've told

1068
00:57:42.840 --> 00:57:45.719
<v Speaker 2>you folks that it's a great way to save money.

1069
00:57:45.760 --> 00:57:50.519
<v Speaker 2>These you know MVNOs, the mobile virtual network operators. They

1070
00:57:50.599 --> 00:57:54.239
<v Speaker 2>utilize major networks like Verizon or something, and in this case,

1071
00:57:54.480 --> 00:57:57.199
<v Speaker 2>I use Total Wireless many stories around the Houston area

1072
00:57:57.239 --> 00:58:00.519
<v Speaker 2>actually obviously all over the country, and you can get

1073
00:58:00.559 --> 00:58:02.840
<v Speaker 2>your cell service, you can buy your phones, and they've

1074
00:58:02.840 --> 00:58:05.440
<v Speaker 2>got home Internet five G service right now. And I

1075
00:58:05.519 --> 00:58:07.519
<v Speaker 2>just noticed on my I'm getting text from him and

1076
00:58:07.519 --> 00:58:11.400
<v Speaker 2>I'm getting my my bill. See this thing called Total Rewards.

1077
00:58:11.840 --> 00:58:15.039
<v Speaker 2>I'm thinking, oh, it's like, uh that Caesars Caesars Palaces.

1078
00:58:15.079 --> 00:58:16.679
<v Speaker 2>I'm like, Dad, It's like, oh good, I'm not dampling.

1079
00:58:16.719 --> 00:58:18.599
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to I'm going to Vegas like that guy said,

1080
00:58:18.760 --> 00:58:20.119
<v Speaker 2>Wait a minute, let me delve into this a little

1081
00:58:20.159 --> 00:58:23.920
<v Speaker 2>bit more. It's a rewards kind of incentive type back

1082
00:58:24.079 --> 00:58:26.800
<v Speaker 2>for members of Total Wireless. I needed to learn more

1083
00:58:26.840 --> 00:58:29.559
<v Speaker 2>because I like me some rewards, and so we're gonna

1084
00:58:29.559 --> 00:58:31.719
<v Speaker 2>find out more right now with Stephen Perez. He's the

1085
00:58:31.760 --> 00:58:35.159
<v Speaker 2>district manager of Total Wireless here in and around Houston.

1086
00:58:35.400 --> 00:58:38.320
<v Speaker 2>He joins me, happy holiday is my friend, And I

1087
00:58:38.320 --> 00:58:41.480
<v Speaker 2>know you're using Total Wireless right now, so you're sounding good.

1088
00:58:42.239 --> 00:58:46.440
<v Speaker 3>Yes, sir, I'm actually on our Total Wireless home Internet

1089
00:58:46.559 --> 00:58:49.599
<v Speaker 3>at the moment. So we are live in a fake.

1090
00:58:50.440 --> 00:58:53.360
<v Speaker 2>Quickly the home Internet. People don't people you know, don't

1091
00:58:53.400 --> 00:58:55.559
<v Speaker 2>realize I don't think unless they've been listening to my show.

1092
00:58:56.119 --> 00:58:58.480
<v Speaker 2>You know. Uh, back in the day before you were born,

1093
00:58:58.519 --> 00:59:00.159
<v Speaker 2>there was this thing called dial up. But I'm not

1094
00:59:00.199 --> 00:59:02.840
<v Speaker 2>going to get into that, Steve. Okay. So nowadays, obviously

1095
00:59:02.880 --> 00:59:04.639
<v Speaker 2>we use can we get cable, you can get it

1096
00:59:04.639 --> 00:59:08.079
<v Speaker 2>through phone companies, but now it's it's wireless and using

1097
00:59:08.119 --> 00:59:10.559
<v Speaker 2>the cell towers out there. Cell towers are pumping out

1098
00:59:10.679 --> 00:59:14.840
<v Speaker 2>five G. I utilize the Total Wireless, you know, five

1099
00:59:14.880 --> 00:59:17.239
<v Speaker 2>G home Internet and all I have it's a router.

1100
00:59:17.360 --> 00:59:19.480
<v Speaker 2>It's just that I plug it into the wall and

1101
00:59:19.559 --> 00:59:23.519
<v Speaker 2>that is it. It's pulling down cell signals, but then tossing

1102
00:59:23.559 --> 00:59:26.239
<v Speaker 2>out a Wi Fi signal that's five g's That is

1103
00:59:26.239 --> 00:59:27.679
<v Speaker 2>that the easiest way to explain.

1104
00:59:27.360 --> 00:59:31.119
<v Speaker 3>It, Absolutely, Michael, That's exactly how to describe that.

1105
00:59:31.239 --> 00:59:33.599
<v Speaker 2>Yes, third it. It's just one of the many things

1106
00:59:33.599 --> 00:59:36.519
<v Speaker 2>that the Total Wireless offers. I love what going in

1107
00:59:36.599 --> 00:59:38.679
<v Speaker 2>and playing and you know one of the stores, you've

1108
00:59:38.679 --> 00:59:41.239
<v Speaker 2>got some brand new phones. You've got, yes, you've got

1109
00:59:41.239 --> 00:59:43.360
<v Speaker 2>the iPhones, and you know, I'm an Android guys, Dave

1110
00:59:43.440 --> 00:59:46.880
<v Speaker 2>but tons of Android phones. But I'm looked at this thing.

1111
00:59:46.920 --> 00:59:48.639
<v Speaker 2>You have to explain me. I'm a kind of exciting

1112
00:59:48.679 --> 00:59:51.159
<v Speaker 2>now because I'm you know, I spend you know, not

1113
00:59:51.320 --> 00:59:53.119
<v Speaker 2>a lot per month, because you don't charge a lot

1114
00:59:53.119 --> 00:59:55.599
<v Speaker 2>per month. But what is this Total Rewards program?

1115
00:59:56.280 --> 00:59:58.199
<v Speaker 3>So one thing about a Total Rewards is that it's

1116
00:59:58.199 --> 01:00:01.119
<v Speaker 3>a free program from which are total waters can get

1117
01:00:01.119 --> 01:00:07.159
<v Speaker 3>exclusive access to instance savings benefits including local offers, doting, entertainment, travel,

1118
01:00:07.199 --> 01:00:09.360
<v Speaker 3>but also being able to get points for every time

1119
01:00:09.360 --> 01:00:10.880
<v Speaker 3>they redeem and stuff like that.

1120
01:00:11.719 --> 01:00:14.280
<v Speaker 2>Like that, it's points. I'm in a lot of these

1121
01:00:14.320 --> 01:00:17.039
<v Speaker 2>affinity clubs. Listen, I'm a member, you know, Southwest Airlines.

1122
01:00:17.079 --> 01:00:18.800
<v Speaker 2>I love the points. I love racking up the points,

1123
01:00:18.800 --> 01:00:20.480
<v Speaker 2>and so I see what you're doing over there. It's

1124
01:00:20.480 --> 01:00:23.320
<v Speaker 2>a great way to retain customers. I like it. How

1125
01:00:23.400 --> 01:00:25.559
<v Speaker 2>how does it for me? Also? How does it work?

1126
01:00:25.599 --> 01:00:26.880
<v Speaker 2>How do I earn my points?

1127
01:00:27.440 --> 01:00:27.679
<v Speaker 4>Yeah?

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01:00:27.719 --> 01:00:30.239
<v Speaker 3>So every time you make your payment for the month,

1129
01:00:30.440 --> 01:00:33.880
<v Speaker 3>you get points, but not only just earning points off

1130
01:00:33.920 --> 01:00:37.360
<v Speaker 3>of payments, but also referring friends and if you decided

1131
01:00:37.400 --> 01:00:39.519
<v Speaker 3>to set up your account on auto pay, you also

1132
01:00:39.559 --> 01:00:41.840
<v Speaker 3>get points for that. And then they also have a

1133
01:00:41.880 --> 01:00:43.679
<v Speaker 3>thing on the app where you can actually spend the

1134
01:00:43.679 --> 01:00:46.440
<v Speaker 3>wheel daily and you can also earn points just by

1135
01:00:46.440 --> 01:00:48.280
<v Speaker 3>spending the wheel. So we have a couple of different

1136
01:00:48.280 --> 01:00:50.079
<v Speaker 3>things on it where you can actually earn points.

1137
01:00:50.480 --> 01:00:52.760
<v Speaker 2>Sound like a game show? Can I can? I toss

1138
01:00:52.760 --> 01:00:54.519
<v Speaker 2>my hat in the ring. I would make a great

1139
01:00:54.559 --> 01:00:56.960
<v Speaker 2>game show host. I would. I mean, you see me

1140
01:00:57.000 --> 01:00:58.719
<v Speaker 2>as a game show host. All right, I had to talk.

1141
01:00:58.880 --> 01:01:01.800
<v Speaker 2>I need to talk to the victor Total Wireless. Hello, folks,

1142
01:01:01.840 --> 01:01:05.119
<v Speaker 2>good morning it is I just spin the wheel Total Wireless.

1143
01:01:05.119 --> 01:01:13.079
<v Speaker 2>I'm Michael Garfield. See, I'm your boy Stephen Perez. He's

1144
01:01:13.119 --> 01:01:17.480
<v Speaker 2>the district manager of Total Wireless. Big shopping season as

1145
01:01:17.480 --> 01:01:19.400
<v Speaker 2>we know right now, it's a holiday season too. But

1146
01:01:19.480 --> 01:01:21.440
<v Speaker 2>let's go back to the Total Rewards. You know, are

1147
01:01:22.159 --> 01:01:24.639
<v Speaker 2>there any special tactics for shoppers maybe to make the

1148
01:01:24.719 --> 01:01:26.599
<v Speaker 2>most of this Total Rewards program?

1149
01:01:27.039 --> 01:01:29.239
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so I think the biggest thing for Total Rewards

1150
01:01:29.280 --> 01:01:31.480
<v Speaker 3>program is you want to definitely do the refer to frame.

1151
01:01:31.880 --> 01:01:33.760
<v Speaker 3>So kind of what that works is on the app,

1152
01:01:33.760 --> 01:01:36.000
<v Speaker 3>there's a unique code that you get and on that

1153
01:01:36.159 --> 01:01:38.960
<v Speaker 3>app every time you refer a frame. So whenever they

1154
01:01:39.000 --> 01:01:41.440
<v Speaker 3>download the Total Wireless app and they send up their account,

1155
01:01:41.480 --> 01:01:43.280
<v Speaker 3>if they're a new customer, they send up third account,

1156
01:01:43.599 --> 01:01:46.360
<v Speaker 3>they use their their reference code on there. Not only

1157
01:01:46.400 --> 01:01:48.800
<v Speaker 3>do you get fifty dollars worth the reward points, but

1158
01:01:48.840 --> 01:01:51.480
<v Speaker 3>also they get fifty dollars worth the as well.

1159
01:01:52.440 --> 01:01:54.920
<v Speaker 2>Listen. I have a good amount of friends, have a

1160
01:01:54.960 --> 01:01:58.599
<v Speaker 2>lot more listeners. I think I'm referring everybody out there.

1161
01:01:58.639 --> 01:02:00.280
<v Speaker 2>Use my name. People, come on, I want me some

1162
01:02:00.320 --> 01:02:00.880
<v Speaker 2>free service.

1163
01:02:01.599 --> 01:02:03.440
<v Speaker 3>Hey, we can able to give them that referra code

1164
01:02:03.440 --> 01:02:05.000
<v Speaker 3>so they can get it in there and get you

1165
01:02:05.039 --> 01:02:05.880
<v Speaker 3>them points for sure.

1166
01:02:05.920 --> 01:02:07.880
<v Speaker 2>Come up with a high tech text and referral code.

1167
01:02:07.960 --> 01:02:10.519
<v Speaker 2>What are their benefits are there? As part of the total.

1168
01:02:10.239 --> 01:02:15.840
<v Speaker 3>Rewards Besides the referral program, you can also redeem those points.

1169
01:02:15.880 --> 01:02:18.400
<v Speaker 3>So one thing that's pretty cool that they just launch

1170
01:02:18.480 --> 01:02:21.679
<v Speaker 3>is that you can also get gift cards for like Target,

1171
01:02:21.679 --> 01:02:24.119
<v Speaker 3>Home depot, just different type of businesses where you can

1172
01:02:24.159 --> 01:02:26.400
<v Speaker 3>actually redeem it. Duck and Donuts as one of them

1173
01:02:26.480 --> 01:02:28.559
<v Speaker 3>as well, where you can use it at different type

1174
01:02:28.599 --> 01:02:30.639
<v Speaker 3>of businesses. So kind of like cash, but it's just

1175
01:02:30.719 --> 01:02:33.360
<v Speaker 3>kind of like in a gift card at standpoint, but

1176
01:02:33.440 --> 01:02:35.920
<v Speaker 3>also like I said, redeem it for free service and

1177
01:02:35.960 --> 01:02:38.079
<v Speaker 3>then you can also use it for like at different

1178
01:02:38.119 --> 01:02:39.599
<v Speaker 3>add alls and stuff like that.

1179
01:02:39.599 --> 01:02:42.599
<v Speaker 2>That's what Yeah, me like gift cards too, which is great.

1180
01:02:42.960 --> 01:02:45.079
<v Speaker 2>Is there a cost to be a part of the

1181
01:02:45.079 --> 01:02:46.159
<v Speaker 2>Total Awards.

1182
01:02:45.760 --> 01:02:50.000
<v Speaker 3>Program, so it's totally free. All the customer has to

1183
01:02:50.000 --> 01:02:52.079
<v Speaker 3>do is sign up for Total Rewards. They can do

1184
01:02:52.119 --> 01:02:53.920
<v Speaker 3>it on the app, or if they sign up for

1185
01:02:53.920 --> 01:02:55.679
<v Speaker 3>a new service, they can do and what the represented

1186
01:02:55.760 --> 01:02:57.039
<v Speaker 3>that's in the store and they can help them while

1187
01:02:57.039 --> 01:02:58.639
<v Speaker 3>to get it off to the form square away.

1188
01:02:59.000 --> 01:03:02.360
<v Speaker 2>Oh I love this. So we're talking specifically about Total Wireless.

1189
01:03:02.400 --> 01:03:04.320
<v Speaker 2>You see a lot of these national commercials. You see

1190
01:03:04.360 --> 01:03:07.559
<v Speaker 2>the billboards around town and I drive. You have a

1191
01:03:07.599 --> 01:03:09.480
<v Speaker 2>ton of stores all over I mean, first of all

1192
01:03:09.519 --> 01:03:11.639
<v Speaker 2>over the country, but here in Houston. How many and

1193
01:03:12.000 --> 01:03:15.800
<v Speaker 2>I know specifically the Total Wireless stores that you're the

1194
01:03:15.840 --> 01:03:18.000
<v Speaker 2>district manager of. I think they're they're owned by a

1195
01:03:18.000 --> 01:03:20.480
<v Speaker 2>company called Victra v ic Tra. If you go to

1196
01:03:20.639 --> 01:03:23.880
<v Speaker 2>Victor dot com you can find the locations. But you've

1197
01:03:23.880 --> 01:03:27.039
<v Speaker 2>got fifteen sixteen stores around Houston? Is that right?

1198
01:03:27.400 --> 01:03:30.679
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's roughly around that, you know, fifteen sixteen, Yes, sir.

1199
01:03:31.280 --> 01:03:33.679
<v Speaker 2>It's very very easy, very convenient. What I also like

1200
01:03:33.800 --> 01:03:35.719
<v Speaker 2>is your service because I think I actually you kind

1201
01:03:35.719 --> 01:03:37.679
<v Speaker 2>of hang out at the West Timer store just outside

1202
01:03:37.719 --> 01:03:38.559
<v Speaker 2>the Beltway, Is that right?

1203
01:03:38.840 --> 01:03:41.320
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's one of more locations is that they're the

1204
01:03:41.360 --> 01:03:42.599
<v Speaker 3>one off the west Timber.

1205
01:03:43.360 --> 01:03:45.800
<v Speaker 2>And listen, I'm gonna try to get your employees some

1206
01:03:45.920 --> 01:03:48.519
<v Speaker 2>raises right now. That's okay because your customer service. I

1207
01:03:48.559 --> 01:03:51.079
<v Speaker 2>came in, they could not have been nicer. And I'm

1208
01:03:51.079 --> 01:03:53.199
<v Speaker 2>not just saying this man just to blow sunshine anyway,

1209
01:03:53.639 --> 01:03:55.559
<v Speaker 2>because you know, I, you know, I walk in what

1210
01:03:56.039 --> 01:03:57.360
<v Speaker 2>I think you were there? And I walked in with

1211
01:03:57.400 --> 01:03:59.679
<v Speaker 2>what four or five phones because that's what I do

1212
01:03:59.719 --> 01:04:01.480
<v Speaker 2>because I I get to play and test with phones,

1213
01:04:01.519 --> 01:04:03.599
<v Speaker 2>and I brought my own phone. You don't need to

1214
01:04:03.599 --> 01:04:05.920
<v Speaker 2>buy a phone from you. And I was on a

1215
01:04:05.960 --> 01:04:09.280
<v Speaker 2>total different carrier. It took me a matter of minutes

1216
01:04:09.320 --> 01:04:11.480
<v Speaker 2>and they just walked me through, handheld me. They you know,

1217
01:04:11.559 --> 01:04:13.440
<v Speaker 2>they got the special code how to switch my service.

1218
01:04:13.480 --> 01:04:16.920
<v Speaker 2>Total Total Wireless could not have been nicer, explained everything

1219
01:04:16.960 --> 01:04:18.960
<v Speaker 2>and it was good. So would you get give your

1220
01:04:19.000 --> 01:04:20.800
<v Speaker 2>staff arraise? In my name? Would you please do that?

1221
01:04:21.360 --> 01:04:21.800
<v Speaker 2>I got you.

1222
01:04:21.960 --> 01:04:22.320
<v Speaker 4>Let's go.

1223
01:04:22.599 --> 01:04:26.920
<v Speaker 3>I got.

1224
01:04:26.400 --> 01:04:30.920
<v Speaker 2>Steven Perez is the district manager Total Wireless. People walk

1225
01:04:30.960 --> 01:04:33.320
<v Speaker 2>in and I like this fact, the fact that you

1226
01:04:33.440 --> 01:04:36.000
<v Speaker 2>got something that gives back to yourself to Total awards.

1227
01:04:36.000 --> 01:04:40.239
<v Speaker 2>Every month, you a crew points and you gift cards

1228
01:04:40.239 --> 01:04:42.480
<v Speaker 2>and everything else. All right, let's work on the the

1229
01:04:42.559 --> 01:04:44.400
<v Speaker 2>high tech textan code or something like baby so I

1230
01:04:44.440 --> 01:04:45.159
<v Speaker 2>can get me some points.

1231
01:04:45.239 --> 01:04:47.960
<v Speaker 3>Deal, Yes, sir, I got you. Man, I'll work with

1232
01:04:48.000 --> 01:04:50.480
<v Speaker 3>the tea departments so we can get to take take

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<v Speaker 3>some code.

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<v Speaker 2>I like it. Okay, well we'll get back to everybody

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<v Speaker 2>with that thing. Steve Listener, Happy holidays, appreciate you taking

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<v Speaker 2>some time here. And uh, I'll let you know. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna text you monthly basis. Let you know my but

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<v Speaker 2>the points I have on my account.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, yes, sir, we got you, We got Michael, thank you?

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<v Speaker 2>All right, all right, well, good luck. I know they're

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01:05:08.239 --> 01:05:10.679
<v Speaker 2>gonna be busy this holiday season. It is total wireless,

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01:05:10.719 --> 01:05:14.000
<v Speaker 2>so you can go to specifically Victor v ict r

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01:05:14.039 --> 01:05:16.360
<v Speaker 2>a dot com. Victor dot com. By the way, I

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01:05:16.400 --> 01:05:20.079
<v Speaker 2>also saw they just opened another store to Missouri City,

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01:05:20.280 --> 01:05:22.960
<v Speaker 2>southwest side of h Town. Actually it's not far from me.

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01:05:23.159 --> 01:05:26.639
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna have to hit that Missouri City, Texas. Uh,

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01:05:27.519 --> 01:05:29.559
<v Speaker 2>they're gonna have like one hundred stores here my next year,

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01:05:29.880 --> 01:05:31.679
<v Speaker 2>so we need to go check that out. All right,

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01:05:31.719 --> 01:05:35.519
<v Speaker 2>we continue Black Friday, Cyber Monday. What's going on for

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01:05:35.559 --> 01:05:37.559
<v Speaker 2>the next month? I am the guy who's got all

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01:05:37.639 --> 01:05:39.719
<v Speaker 2>the deals for you. Michael Garkold. It is the long

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01:05:39.800 --> 01:05:48.159
<v Speaker 2>running high Tech Texas Show. We made it, Soras Berry, Manilosas.

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01:05:48.320 --> 01:05:52.400
<v Speaker 2>Looks like we've made it. Final segment of the Big

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01:05:52.400 --> 01:05:54.880
<v Speaker 2>Black Friday Cyber Monday Trip to Fan show at the

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01:05:54.960 --> 01:05:57.400
<v Speaker 2>high Tech Textan Show. We do appreciate it. Thank you

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<v Speaker 2>so much. By the way, I have, I have, we

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01:06:00.400 --> 01:06:03.079
<v Speaker 2>have gifts for you. We haven't done a giveaway yet.

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01:06:03.440 --> 01:06:05.639
<v Speaker 2>It's listen, this is it's the it's the gift. It's

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01:06:05.679 --> 01:06:08.440
<v Speaker 2>the season of gift giving. And every week we you know,

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01:06:08.480 --> 01:06:10.320
<v Speaker 2>generally give away a gift card or two or something.

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<v Speaker 2>You know. One of my big favorite places to eat

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01:06:13.079 --> 01:06:17.239
<v Speaker 2>Cabo Bob's four locations in Houston, several locations in Austin.

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<v Speaker 2>I think they have one at San Antonio too, for

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<v Speaker 2>my San Antonio listers. No matter where you are, calling

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<v Speaker 2>number ten three four six twenty nine Texan three four

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<v Speaker 2>six twenty nine, text it all right if you're calling,

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01:06:30.719 --> 01:06:32.119
<v Speaker 2>just for that. And if you get a voicemail, you

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01:06:32.119 --> 01:06:33.719
<v Speaker 2>don't need to leave a voice mail because we're gonna

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01:06:33.719 --> 01:06:36.400
<v Speaker 2>pick it up. Caller ten, We're gonna give you a

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01:06:36.559 --> 01:06:40.280
<v Speaker 2>twenty five dolla gift card to eat at Cabo Bob's

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01:06:40.360 --> 01:06:42.719
<v Speaker 2>kind of a fast casual place. You go through the line,

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01:06:42.760 --> 01:06:45.000
<v Speaker 2>you pick out one of your freshly made tortillas. They

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01:06:45.079 --> 01:06:48.199
<v Speaker 2>can make it. They can make burritos, they can make docos.

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<v Speaker 2>A great caso, great chips. Love to have you, uh

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01:06:52.159 --> 01:06:54.159
<v Speaker 2>win one of those. And also if you didn't win,

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01:06:54.360 --> 01:06:57.000
<v Speaker 2>sucks for you. But you can walk in and uh.

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<v Speaker 2>If you buy a fifty dollars gift card this holiday season,

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01:06:59.760 --> 01:07:02.960
<v Speaker 2>they will give you a ten dollars gift card reward.

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<v Speaker 2>So you can give and get hocket the ten dollars yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't care what you do with it, walk into

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<v Speaker 2>anyone of the Cabo bobs. Oh, already have a winner.

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<v Speaker 2>Stop calling? That was correct, Stop calling to win that.

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01:07:13.599 --> 01:07:15.199
<v Speaker 2>You can't call if you want to ask any questions,

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<v Speaker 2>even though I don't know if we're going to get

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<v Speaker 2>to your phone calls here three four, six, two nine

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<v Speaker 2>t e x A M Between now and the next

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<v Speaker 2>what have we got about seven minutes or so? Uh?

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<v Speaker 2>How are we by the way, it's uh? Are we tight?

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<v Speaker 2>How are we doing with Russia? Is the US and Russia?

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<v Speaker 2>Are we doing well? Okay, I'm Russia potentially could get

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01:07:37.280 --> 01:07:39.559
<v Speaker 2>a lot of money from the US. Uh And I

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01:07:39.599 --> 01:07:41.599
<v Speaker 2>saw this a few weeks ago and I've been meaning

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01:07:41.599 --> 01:07:46.000
<v Speaker 2>to talk about it. A Russian court is not happy

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01:07:46.000 --> 01:07:49.480
<v Speaker 2>with Google. A Russian court is demanding that Google pay

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01:07:49.760 --> 01:07:54.320
<v Speaker 2>an amount after a few of the Russia's TV channels

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<v Speaker 2>and media outlets were blocked from YouTube. Which is such

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01:07:58.519 --> 01:08:01.960
<v Speaker 2>a wonderful reason, too fine a big company like that.

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<v Speaker 2>This mine is hilarious because I can ask an over

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<v Speaker 2>under and I guarantee you're gonna be wrong. Well, if

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<v Speaker 2>you guess, you could guess correctly. A million dollars, two million,

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<v Speaker 2>ten million dollars. Uh uh. I really think Russia made

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<v Speaker 2>up this number, and the story is this number. A

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01:08:23.720 --> 01:08:28.359
<v Speaker 2>Russian court orders Google to pay this number for blocking

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<v Speaker 2>media on YouTube. Not making this up, I had no

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<v Speaker 2>First of all, Google itself is a number which is

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<v Speaker 2>actually spelled g O O g O L. Google is

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<v Speaker 2>like a one with one hundred zeros behind it. That's Google, right,

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<v Speaker 2>But I've never heard of this one. Google is being

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<v Speaker 2>asked to pay Russia twenty bacillion American dollars D E

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<v Speaker 2>C I L L I. I listen. I'm an edumacated person.

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01:09:03.520 --> 01:09:07.279
<v Speaker 2>I'm pretty good at math. I even know the metric system.

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<v Speaker 2>I am not familiar with decillion. It is twenty decillion dollars.

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01:09:15.640 --> 01:09:20.640
<v Speaker 2>It is a twenty with thirty three zeros behind it.

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<v Speaker 2>It is a thirty seven digit figure. That's what Google

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<v Speaker 2>was asked to pay Russia because seventeen of Russia's TV

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01:09:33.319 --> 01:09:36.720
<v Speaker 2>channels and media platforms were blocked from YouTube, which Google owns.

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<v Speaker 2>Who comes up with a number like this? Who why

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<v Speaker 2>not just go for a Google? Are they gonna pay it?

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<v Speaker 2>And how are they gonna pay it? I mean, technically,

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01:09:58.039 --> 01:10:01.880
<v Speaker 2>twenty decillion dollars could be a out fourteen bitcoin right now,

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01:10:01.920 --> 01:10:07.840
<v Speaker 2>Bitcoin going through the roof people anyway. This began back

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<v Speaker 2>in twenty twenty, the case against Google because Google block

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01:10:11.119 --> 01:10:17.359
<v Speaker 2>channels belonging to some dude, some Olive Ark, who were

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<v Speaker 2>strong supporters of Putin. This is according to NBC News.

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<v Speaker 2>The case expanded and the find increased and kept increasing,

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<v Speaker 2>and so they came up with decillion. My boss was

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<v Speaker 2>listening because when I get to my next contract negotiation,

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01:10:30.760 --> 01:10:34.640
<v Speaker 2>I may use the decillion and the negotiating tactics. That

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<v Speaker 2>would be pretty cool with it, I thought, so anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>if anybody wants, I'll take one decillion dollars. People, it

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01:10:42.279 --> 01:10:45.920
<v Speaker 2>doesn't even matter. We do think a lot of our sponsors,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know one of the reasons why we don't

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<v Speaker 2>ask you to pay a decillion dollars to listen or

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<v Speaker 2>download or subscribe to this program. It's free over the air,

1335
01:10:54.560 --> 01:10:57.399
<v Speaker 2>because that's how we do it here at iHeart Radio.

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01:10:58.079 --> 01:11:00.920
<v Speaker 2>You can also listen free on the podcast which you

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01:11:00.960 --> 01:11:03.439
<v Speaker 2>could download that free app. We do this because we

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<v Speaker 2>have sponsors. Again, we thank Cabo Bob's. They give away

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01:11:06.840 --> 01:11:09.600
<v Speaker 2>some gift cards Total Wireless. We actually had a great

1340
01:11:09.600 --> 01:11:12.960
<v Speaker 2>interview Total Wireless five G home wireless Internet. We talked

1341
01:11:13.000 --> 01:11:15.159
<v Speaker 2>about that in the first hour. Check out some of

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01:11:15.159 --> 01:11:18.239
<v Speaker 2>the Victor v Ictra a Victor dot com. They own

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01:11:18.319 --> 01:11:20.960
<v Speaker 2>a number of stores here across the country. Walk into there.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you to us. Coins and jewelry. The Matthew and

1345
01:11:25.359 --> 01:11:28.239
<v Speaker 2>Kenny Duncan great brothers, and they are busy. This is

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01:11:28.279 --> 01:11:30.520
<v Speaker 2>their season. They got a ton of obviously, if you're

1347
01:11:30.520 --> 01:11:33.359
<v Speaker 2>a coin collector, if you want to buy coins, sell coins,

1348
01:11:33.359 --> 01:11:37.640
<v Speaker 2>start a coin collection. They've got Rolex watches, tennis bracelets.

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<v Speaker 2>Like when I walk in, they got sports Memorabilia got

1350
01:11:39.880 --> 01:11:44.399
<v Speaker 2>a huge, huge facility it Katie Freeway right at voss

1351
01:11:44.479 --> 01:11:46.439
<v Speaker 2>Itin and Boss. But you can go to US coins

1352
01:11:46.439 --> 01:11:51.520
<v Speaker 2>and jewelry also thanks to Campbell's Compounding Pharmacy Campbell'scompounding dot Com.

1353
01:11:51.600 --> 01:11:54.840
<v Speaker 2>For some reason, you are interested in making having somebody

1354
01:11:55.199 --> 01:11:58.000
<v Speaker 2>make and whip up O medications, they can flavor it

1355
01:11:58.039 --> 01:12:00.359
<v Speaker 2>to whatever you want. Their two locations and see in

1356
01:12:00.359 --> 01:12:03.920
<v Speaker 2>the Houston area, and so I thank them. What else

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01:12:03.960 --> 01:12:06.439
<v Speaker 2>we got, Callum, that almost may be it. I'm going

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01:12:06.479 --> 01:12:10.279
<v Speaker 2>to go see if my electric car starts. The Chevy Equinox.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, I didn't get a ton of time

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01:12:11.560 --> 01:12:14.680
<v Speaker 2>to talk about that, but the Chevy Equinox it's starts

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01:12:14.680 --> 01:12:18.279
<v Speaker 2>about forty two thousand dollars. I was in a Chevy

1362
01:12:19.239 --> 01:12:24.520
<v Speaker 2>Blaser EV very similar to the Chevy Equinox EV. But

1363
01:12:24.680 --> 01:12:28.119
<v Speaker 2>they're out there. They are more and more evs I prefer.

1364
01:12:28.399 --> 01:12:30.479
<v Speaker 2>And again we could talk about this later dates because

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01:12:30.520 --> 01:12:34.760
<v Speaker 2>I certainly drive so many vehicles. Hybrids to me right

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01:12:34.760 --> 01:12:37.119
<v Speaker 2>now are the way to go. Hybrids are the way

1367
01:12:37.159 --> 01:12:41.279
<v Speaker 2>to go either, mostly the regenerative breaking. I'm still not

1368
01:12:41.359 --> 01:12:43.399
<v Speaker 2>a fan of the plug in hybrids because the plug

1369
01:12:43.399 --> 01:12:45.600
<v Speaker 2>in hybrids. It's going to give you a little extra juice.

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01:12:45.920 --> 01:12:48.239
<v Speaker 2>It's really not going to carry you far. But if

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<v Speaker 2>you're looking for me to specifically test drive something, I

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01:12:51.680 --> 01:12:54.640
<v Speaker 2>may have. I also have another podcast, if you look

1373
01:12:54.680 --> 01:12:57.640
<v Speaker 2>at The high Tech Texan, which is also on iHeart,

1374
01:12:57.680 --> 01:13:00.960
<v Speaker 2>it's on Spotify, it's on Apple. That one specifically for

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01:13:01.039 --> 01:13:04.079
<v Speaker 2>me talking about vehicles. So between Michael Garfield The High

1376
01:13:04.079 --> 01:13:06.960
<v Speaker 2>Tech Texan, I don't know. If you're bored this weekend,

1377
01:13:07.000 --> 01:13:09.279
<v Speaker 2>you're sick of your family, put your earpod, your earbuds

1378
01:13:09.279 --> 01:13:12.399
<v Speaker 2>on in Nnakota Town. Other than that, the next time

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<v Speaker 2>we'll talk to you it will be December of twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty four. Thank you so much for tuning in. I

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<v Speaker 2>hope everybody had a wonderful holiday weekend, the first of

1382
01:13:21.439 --> 01:13:24.199
<v Speaker 2>a few holiday weekends coming up. Next time we talk,

1383
01:13:24.319 --> 01:13:26.479
<v Speaker 2>we'll kind of go through the post Cyber Monday, and

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01:13:26.560 --> 01:13:28.640
<v Speaker 2>after that, odds are there's still gonna be some good

1385
01:13:28.640 --> 01:13:31.159
<v Speaker 2>deals out there, and I'm your deal guy. Michael Garfield

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<v Speaker 2>is the name. Thank you to Callum Reed, Brian Erickson,

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01:13:33.720 --> 01:13:36.680
<v Speaker 2>and everybody else involved in this show. Until then, my

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<v Speaker 2>show is over.