WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:03.279 The following program is produced by the tech Talk Radio Network. 2 00:00:03.399 --> 00:00:06.360 Hey this comedian Kathleen Maddie, and you're listening to Slick, 3 00:00:06.919 --> 00:00:09.720 Justin and Andy on tech Talk Radio. It's something I 4 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:12.720 will never be listening to because I hate technology. For 5 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:18.280 those of you, the two these are your guys. Welcome 6 00:00:18.320 --> 00:00:21.280 to another episode of tech Talk Radio. I'm Andy Taylor, 7 00:00:21.399 --> 00:00:24.640 I'm Slick, and I'm Justin. Lemme Justin. It is good 8 00:00:24.640 --> 00:00:26.480 to see you, Slick, good to see you. It's been 9 00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:28.079 a while since both of you guys been on board. 10 00:00:28.120 --> 00:00:30.839 You know, we've been dealing with natural disasters. 11 00:00:30.879 --> 00:00:34.799 Of one four it wasn't so much more natural, but yes, 12 00:00:34.840 --> 00:00:37.560 it was a disaster. My entire basement flooded and that's 13 00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:38.439 where my studio is. 14 00:00:38.479 --> 00:00:41.240 So yeah, So now when it came time to do 15 00:00:41.280 --> 00:00:44.640 the repair for you, Justin, it meant going all out 16 00:00:44.679 --> 00:00:46.960 and removing everything that you had. Did you have to 17 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:49.200 take stuff off the walls as well? Or oh? 18 00:00:49.240 --> 00:00:52.719 Absolutely well? I mean so behind me in the studio 19 00:00:52.759 --> 00:00:56.000 here is my theater. I guess you could say, yeah, 20 00:00:56.039 --> 00:00:59.119 so I didn't have to remove the TV and stuff 21 00:00:59.159 --> 00:01:01.399 like that, but we did have to remove all of 22 00:01:01.399 --> 00:01:05.599 the furniture, including the entertainment center, the couch behind me, 23 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:08.920 over on this side, the computer desk, everything, because the 24 00:01:09.120 --> 00:01:12.319 entire carpet got replaced, so we have brand new carpet. 25 00:01:12.519 --> 00:01:14.439 It is a different style of carpet. It's it's a 26 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:17.000 lot more low, low ply, so it's a little bit 27 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:19.280 more of a of a modern type of carpet you 28 00:01:19.319 --> 00:01:24.040 find in more modern homes instead of the standard I 29 00:01:24.079 --> 00:01:25.599 don't know what do you call that inch inch and 30 00:01:25.599 --> 00:01:27.959 a half or whatever. It's not it wasn't shag before that, 31 00:01:28.040 --> 00:01:30.480 but it was the standard carpet. It's almost like a 32 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:34.480 like a hotel carpet. Maybe maybe a hotel Yeah, you're 33 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:36.599 kind of yeah, but it's it's it's much easier to 34 00:01:36.599 --> 00:01:38.560 clean up because we do have a cat who likes 35 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:42.359 to vomit everywhere, so this is actually much. 36 00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:44.439 Well you know what I mean, cats do what cats do? 37 00:01:44.879 --> 00:01:45.359 I like it. 38 00:01:45.560 --> 00:01:47.599 You would put I think you would put a meme 39 00:01:47.640 --> 00:01:50.120 up or a picture of your cat, was saying, brand 40 00:01:50.159 --> 00:01:52.719 new carpeting in the home, and now the cat has 41 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:53.519 to make his mark. 42 00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:55.359 Yeah, And it was like a meme of like a 43 00:01:55.400 --> 00:01:57.959 cat dressed in like upscale attire and it was like 44 00:01:58.239 --> 00:02:01.519 junkins prepare the finest carpet. I wish too vomit. 45 00:02:03.159 --> 00:02:04.719 What is it with cats in their hacking? 46 00:02:05.120 --> 00:02:06.879 Yeah, I mean yeah, and he and as soon as 47 00:02:06.920 --> 00:02:13.560 we lay the carpet down, he's like, oh, new carpet. 48 00:02:12.680 --> 00:02:15.639 The cats yacking. That's not good. 49 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:17.840 This is what it is, man. I mean, at least 50 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:20.080 he hasn't, you know, done anything else on the carpet. 51 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:23.719 But we did have to, you know, get everything out. 52 00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:28.960 But it took a while too, because the last time 53 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:31.000 I was on the show, the basement was all torn up. 54 00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:35.319 I still had my desk here. But after that we 55 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:37.120 had to remove the desk. We had to remove all 56 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:38.960 the everything else so they could do the carpet. They 57 00:02:38.960 --> 00:02:43.000 did new paint, new baseboards, they've done all of that 58 00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:45.120 stuff and so everything is all brand new now. So 59 00:02:45.319 --> 00:02:48.599 it's we finally put everything back together, got the basement 60 00:02:48.639 --> 00:02:51.199 back up together. We put the couch back in. 61 00:02:52.120 --> 00:02:52.199 Now. 62 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:53.919 One of the things is with the couch. You know, 63 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:55.919 this is a it's a lazy boy. It's a three 64 00:02:55.960 --> 00:03:01.280 person you know, recliner. This we've had this for or gosh, 65 00:03:01.319 --> 00:03:04.280 it's been about fifteen years almost now, so it's a 66 00:03:04.280 --> 00:03:06.039 little bit older. But I mean it's still really nice 67 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:08.240 and it's a Lazy Boy brand, so it's gonna last forever. 68 00:03:08.680 --> 00:03:11.479 But when we took it apart, we had to take 69 00:03:11.520 --> 00:03:13.800 it into the three sections, and I had to store 70 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:16.639 it in the maintenance room behind me. And when we 71 00:03:16.680 --> 00:03:19.159 put it in the maintenance room, I didn't pay attention 72 00:03:19.800 --> 00:03:22.479 to where I actually put it, and one of the units, 73 00:03:22.479 --> 00:03:24.960 this one on the very end here, I actually put 74 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:29.479 it next to the condensate drain from the HVAC and 75 00:03:29.520 --> 00:03:32.319 the water heater. So for that whole month that it 76 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:36.439 was in there, it was leaking water into the swede 77 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:39.759 because this is a swede couch. Oh no, So it 78 00:03:39.800 --> 00:03:42.879 was leaking water into the swede enough so much so 79 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:46.080 that the pressure of it leaning up against the pipe 80 00:03:46.120 --> 00:03:50.120 and the humidity of the water caused the frame of 81 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:52.680 the couch to break because the wood just couldn't take 82 00:03:52.719 --> 00:03:54.960 it anymore. So now I have a broken piece of 83 00:03:54.960 --> 00:03:58.039 wood on it. It's thankfully it's not structural. It's just cosmetic. 84 00:03:58.120 --> 00:04:00.360 I can just take a piece of metal behind it 85 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:03.000 and like you know, shore it up and it'll be fine. 86 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:04.240 For their fifteen years. 87 00:04:04.039 --> 00:04:05.319 To be able to figure out how to do that 88 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:06.639 on YouTube. 89 00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:08.439 Oh yeah, yeah, well, you know, yeah, this is that's 90 00:04:08.479 --> 00:04:12.400 a pretty easy fix. But you know, it's it's it's 91 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:14.439 actually kind of funny that you mentioned that, and he, 92 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:16.360 you know, find out how to do that on YouTube. 93 00:04:16.360 --> 00:04:20.000 Because when this, when this happened, this was the second 94 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:22.120 thing that happened within a course of a month, because 95 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:24.720 I remember, our first event was a leak in our 96 00:04:24.759 --> 00:04:27.879 master bathroom, which caused us to have to remodel our 97 00:04:28.040 --> 00:04:31.560 entire master bathroom. Which that is done. That's great, everything's awesome. 98 00:04:32.319 --> 00:04:35.639 But then this happened, and then I got to the 99 00:04:35.639 --> 00:04:38.399 point where I said, you know what, I can't. I can't. 100 00:04:38.439 --> 00:04:41.160 I can't do this anymore. I I have to learn 101 00:04:41.920 --> 00:04:46.560 how to do basic home maintenance. And in order to 102 00:04:46.600 --> 00:04:48.399 do that, I said, you know, I'm just going to 103 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:51.639 start watching some YouTube videos, and so I subscribed to 104 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:54.240 some random YouTube channels, like there's one it's like the 105 00:04:54.480 --> 00:04:57.879 hvac guy, and he talks about how to you know, 106 00:04:58.040 --> 00:05:00.720 dismantle your hvac and do it, you know, clean it 107 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:03.439 yourself and right, and not only just clean the outside thing, 108 00:05:03.439 --> 00:05:06.439 but like take apart the inside and get the a 109 00:05:06.639 --> 00:05:09.639 frame coil that's where all the free on and everything 110 00:05:09.680 --> 00:05:12.519 runs through how to take that out, how to clean that, 111 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:14.639 how to clean the outside, and then one of the 112 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:16.079 cool videos I saw, and this is this is a 113 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:18.879 funny story, but one of the videos I saw from 114 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:22.519 him was, Hey, is your ac turning on the but 115 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:25.720 it's not blowing cold air. Here's the problem. It's you. 116 00:05:26.079 --> 00:05:30.439 It's your capacitor in the outdoor unit. And so you'll 117 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:33.439 hear you'll hear the fan turn on, but you won't 118 00:05:33.439 --> 00:05:37.079 hear that dumb right, you know when the compressor kicks on, right, 119 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:41.000 because the capacitors dead, because the capacitor is what gives 120 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:44.360 that compressor the juice that it needs to start up. 121 00:05:44.839 --> 00:05:47.199 So I'm watching this and it's like this video is 122 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:49.959 talking about how you can replace this capacitor for like 123 00:05:50.160 --> 00:05:53.759 twenty bucks, and if you go with like an HVAC company, 124 00:05:53.959 --> 00:05:57.680 they're gonna charge seven hundred to one thousand dollars to 125 00:05:57.759 --> 00:06:00.040 replace this. And the the guys like it is so 126 00:06:00.120 --> 00:06:03.120 easy to replace. So I watched this video, I went out, 127 00:06:03.160 --> 00:06:06.199 I bought the one tool that he recommended, and I'm like, 128 00:06:06.240 --> 00:06:09.040 you know what, this makes me want to start learning 129 00:06:09.040 --> 00:06:13.120 how to do home maintenance. Fast forward two days later, 130 00:06:13.519 --> 00:06:16.680 I'm sitting over at Bruise Beers after work having a drink. 131 00:06:17.079 --> 00:06:19.199 My neighbor comes in. My neighbor, I see him there 132 00:06:19.199 --> 00:06:22.240 all the time. He comes in. He's like he's looking 133 00:06:22.279 --> 00:06:25.920 like he's looking disheveled, he's looking stressed, and it's it's sweaty, 134 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:28.720 it's sweaty. This was the week that we were having 135 00:06:28.720 --> 00:06:31.439 like one hundred degree tempts. And he's like, my ace's 136 00:06:31.480 --> 00:06:34.800 not working. I was like, oh, well, what's what's wrong. 137 00:06:34.879 --> 00:06:37.399 He goes, well, I don't know, man, but like I 138 00:06:37.399 --> 00:06:39.120 can hear the fan turning on, but it just won't 139 00:06:39.160 --> 00:06:42.519 blow cold air. And I'm like, ding ding ding. And 140 00:06:42.560 --> 00:06:45.639 so I immediately recalled that video and I said, have 141 00:06:45.720 --> 00:06:48.720 you checked your capacitor? And he's like, what is the capelsitor? 142 00:06:48.800 --> 00:06:49.319 What is that? 143 00:06:49.720 --> 00:06:51.839 And I was like, well, it's the outdoor unit, you know, 144 00:06:51.879 --> 00:06:54.000 blah blah blah, there's a capacitor in it. I kind 145 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:57.160 of explained how to do it. I said, dude, go 146 00:06:57.160 --> 00:07:00.000 go get a very simple multimeter. I can even let 147 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:02.720 borrow mine if you want. Go check your capacitor, make 148 00:07:02.759 --> 00:07:04.879 sure that's working. He's like, I don't know how to 149 00:07:04.920 --> 00:07:06.560 do that. I said, here's a video, and I sent 150 00:07:06.639 --> 00:07:08.319 him a link to the video. I said, here's a video. 151 00:07:08.879 --> 00:07:10.720 Watch this video, go test it. 152 00:07:10.759 --> 00:07:11.160 Let me know. 153 00:07:12.040 --> 00:07:14.839 He comes back the next day and he's like, dude, 154 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:16.959 you just save me a thousand dollars. 155 00:07:16.959 --> 00:07:18.399 So it worked, that's great. 156 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:22.600 It was exactly the same cause that capacitor of his 157 00:07:23.120 --> 00:07:25.120 burnt out. It was ten years old, which is what 158 00:07:25.199 --> 00:07:28.759 capacitors usually last about ten years. And he said, I 159 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:32.680 saw your video. I went to home depot. They had 160 00:07:32.680 --> 00:07:36.000 the capacitor there. I bought it. I followed the instructions 161 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:38.199 on the video. I replaced it. You know, you have 162 00:07:38.279 --> 00:07:41.600 to discharge it because you know it's a capacitor. It 163 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:42.160 can kill you. 164 00:07:42.959 --> 00:07:45.399 So he's like something to remember, Well, yeah, I. 165 00:07:45.319 --> 00:07:49.639 Know, seriously. So he discharged it properly, unhooked it, put 166 00:07:49.639 --> 00:07:52.639 the new capacitor in, hooked it back up, bam ac. 167 00:07:53.279 --> 00:07:55.959 He's like, you just save me a thousand dollars. I'm like, well, 168 00:07:56.000 --> 00:07:58.519 I guess I know who's buying my beer today. 169 00:07:58.560 --> 00:07:59.120 Exactly. 170 00:08:00.360 --> 00:08:02.000 I mean about the compensation charge. 171 00:08:02.279 --> 00:08:04.160 Yeah, well yeah, I mean. But but the thing is 172 00:08:04.160 --> 00:08:06.360 is this, this is the kind of stuff that every 173 00:08:06.399 --> 00:08:09.759 homeowner should know how to do the basic stuff. 174 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:12.279 Well and you know what, think about this too, justin 175 00:08:12.560 --> 00:08:14.680 you know, they used to teach some of this stuff 176 00:08:15.279 --> 00:08:18.120 in high school. They don't do that anymore. No, same 177 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:20.879 with auto auto shop. Used to learn auto shop. Heck, 178 00:08:21.000 --> 00:08:24.360 I learned computers in high school. I don't even know 179 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:27.160 if they do that anymore. Well, I'm sure they do 180 00:08:27.439 --> 00:08:30.399 a kind of that. But I mean, you could find 181 00:08:30.439 --> 00:08:33.279 the solution to these in these videos that are available 182 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:33.879 on YouTube. 183 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:36.320 There's so many videos out there on YouTube that are 184 00:08:36.360 --> 00:08:38.559 actually helpful. I mean, I know some people say, you know, 185 00:08:38.679 --> 00:08:41.159 YouTube is just full of junk, and you know it, 186 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:43.240 it really is. I mean, but it also it depends 187 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:45.720 on what you want to watch. I mean, the algorithm 188 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:50.919 will start to tailor your experience to what you're currently watching. 189 00:08:51.039 --> 00:08:53.840 So I went and I watched a ton of videos 190 00:08:53.840 --> 00:08:56.159 on how to repair your h BAC, how to clean 191 00:08:56.159 --> 00:08:58.840 your water heater, you know, tankless water heater, how to 192 00:08:59.639 --> 00:09:06.279 repair an undersync garbage disposal, how you know, things like that, 193 00:09:06.440 --> 00:09:08.240 And all of a sudden, now I'm starting to get 194 00:09:08.279 --> 00:09:11.600 more and more of these home repair videos because that's 195 00:09:11.639 --> 00:09:14.440 what I watch, and I learned stuff from this, and 196 00:09:14.519 --> 00:09:17.960 so far, what I've been able to do is replace 197 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:21.039 the lights in the master bathroom, replace the faucets in 198 00:09:21.080 --> 00:09:26.120 the master bathroom, replace the cocking around a sink in 199 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:33.360 the spare bathroom, fix my ac. Wow, unclog the garbage 200 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:35.799 disposal because we had a clog in it, and I 201 00:09:35.840 --> 00:09:37.919 was able to do that super easily. 202 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:39.399 These are things that happened normally. 203 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:41.200 I mean, yes, and these are the things that my 204 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:45.720 neighbors on our little Homeowner's Facebook page, they're calling, They're 205 00:09:45.759 --> 00:09:48.639 asking people, Oh, does anybody have a technician that they 206 00:09:48.679 --> 00:09:50.879 know of that can come out and repair a garbage disposal. 207 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:53.960 I'm like, dude, you're about to spend five hundred dollars 208 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:55.919 to have somebody come out and do this, and you 209 00:09:55.960 --> 00:09:57.679 could do it yourself for nothing. 210 00:09:58.320 --> 00:10:01.519 I did the same thing when it came to garbage disposal, 211 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:04.559 although I had to watch a couple of videos to 212 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:07.399 nail it. And you know, you have to be specific 213 00:10:07.440 --> 00:10:10.360 in your search, Like if you're looking for maybe you 214 00:10:10.399 --> 00:10:14.720 know a specific type of garbage disposal, specific type of sync, 215 00:10:14.960 --> 00:10:16.919 you know it's good to you. Sure, you may have 216 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:19.480 to go down a rabbit hole to find exactly what 217 00:10:19.600 --> 00:10:22.440 it is or tailor your search is, but you know 218 00:10:22.639 --> 00:10:24.159 you're gonna be able to and that's what I ended 219 00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:27.720 up doing and replace the garbage disposal myself, and to 220 00:10:27.799 --> 00:10:30.519 this day it's still working. It still works. Okay, So 221 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:34.559 again you can do this with cars, help some computers. 222 00:10:34.879 --> 00:10:37.039 You could do it with your yard. You want to 223 00:10:37.080 --> 00:10:39.159 know how to put something in your yard, you could 224 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:40.120 even do that as well. 225 00:10:40.240 --> 00:10:42.399 I've learned a lot from it, and honestly, I mean, 226 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:47.000 I'm loving what the content that YouTube has and and 227 00:10:47.399 --> 00:10:49.440 how you can learn so much about how to repair. 228 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:52.840 I mean, there's there's almost a video for everything. 229 00:10:52.919 --> 00:10:55.200 Do you subscribe to these channels? Like when you find 230 00:10:55.240 --> 00:10:59.320 a maybe a creator that's doing a lot of different 231 00:10:59.320 --> 00:11:00.399 home repairs. 232 00:11:00.279 --> 00:11:02.720 Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. If I find them and what 233 00:11:02.759 --> 00:11:05.759 they've given me is useful to me, I will make 234 00:11:05.799 --> 00:11:07.759 sure to do exactly what they ask, and that is 235 00:11:07.799 --> 00:11:10.840 to make sure to like and subscribe because you know, 236 00:11:10.879 --> 00:11:13.120 it obviously helps them out, but it helps me out 237 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:17.279 because then it changes the algorithm to instead of showing me, 238 00:11:17.799 --> 00:11:21.080 you know, conspiracy theory videos, which I don't know how 239 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:22.879 that ended up on my channel, right. 240 00:11:23.080 --> 00:11:24.120 But I could see that. 241 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:28.919 Yeah, well okay, well whatever, but anyway, it's changed the 242 00:11:28.960 --> 00:11:31.399 algorithm to show me more of these home repairs. So 243 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:33.039 I might be sitting there at night and you know, 244 00:11:33.120 --> 00:11:35.200 Mysa's like, hey, let's watch a little YouTube. Let's see 245 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:37.559 what's on YouTube. And I'm like, oh, the HVAC guy's 246 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:39.240 got a new video. And she's like, yeah, I'm going 247 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:39.519 to bed. 248 00:11:40.519 --> 00:11:42.799 Yeah, that's probably not something she'd want to watch. 249 00:11:42.840 --> 00:11:44.480 Do you have a new side hustle now, Justin, Like, 250 00:11:44.639 --> 00:11:46.039 Justin's just fix it or something. 251 00:11:48.440 --> 00:11:49.960 I'm not quite the handyman yet. 252 00:11:49.960 --> 00:11:50.000 No. 253 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:51.639 There, we do have a couple of handymen in the 254 00:11:51.639 --> 00:11:53.320 neighborhood that take care of that. But I do have 255 00:11:53.360 --> 00:11:55.000 a new side hustle. We can talk about that later. 256 00:11:55.159 --> 00:11:58.200 Oh okay, I like that. That's good. Slike, how about you. 257 00:11:58.240 --> 00:12:00.480 I know you've been keeping busy with the well, we 258 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:03.679 had the storms here. Justin is in Denver for those 259 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:06.559 that don't know, Slick is actually in Tucson. We had 260 00:12:06.879 --> 00:12:09.799 storms that and it's been a different monsoon season. I 261 00:12:09.799 --> 00:12:12.600 remember last year thinking, eh, it's kind of week week. 262 00:12:12.639 --> 00:12:14.679 The year before it was kind of weak. This one 263 00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:17.080 kind of has played out pretty good so far. 264 00:12:17.559 --> 00:12:20.120 I see, yeah, and we're being in Arizona. I've always 265 00:12:20.159 --> 00:12:21.960 been of the mind that we need the water. Just 266 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:25.639 just bring it, just skick it over. Now, A bad 267 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:27.200 story about this. I mean, this is a kind of 268 00:12:27.200 --> 00:12:28.600 a side story. Just a couple of days ago and 269 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:31.440 we had rain. It wasn't that that about a week 270 00:12:31.440 --> 00:12:32.679 week and a half ago. I guess we had a 271 00:12:32.679 --> 00:12:35.759 big storm. Yeah, but a couple of Sunday, Yeah, yeah, 272 00:12:35.799 --> 00:12:37.399 a couple of days ago we had some rain and 273 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:41.879 I was out and I forgot how water flows in Tucson. 274 00:12:42.799 --> 00:12:45.399 So just you forgot how water described it. 275 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:47.799 Some people, Well, it flows differently in Tucson. 276 00:12:48.200 --> 00:12:50.279 Yeah, it doesn't. I don't know if this will make 277 00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:51.960 sense to people, but I will try. So I was 278 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:55.039 let's say, ten blocks away. It was ten blocks south 279 00:12:55.320 --> 00:12:57.799 from where I live, meaning that I had to cross 280 00:12:57.960 --> 00:13:01.000 some streets that carry water from east to west, and 281 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:03.360 I forget all about that part. So as I'm trying 282 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:05.759 to walk home, I come to the first street and 283 00:13:05.799 --> 00:13:08.360 it's flowing. So a couple hours later, I decide, Okay, 284 00:13:08.440 --> 00:13:11.679 I'm definitely going to try to walk through this made 285 00:13:12.320 --> 00:13:14.559 But that's when I forgot there was a street following 286 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:15.840 it that's doing the same thing. 287 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:18.159 If I remember correctly with Tucson, because I used to 288 00:13:18.200 --> 00:13:20.039 live in Tucson as well. That's where Andy and I 289 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:25.320 and Slick met. Water in Tucson either is nonexistent or 290 00:13:25.360 --> 00:13:26.279 it is torrential. 291 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:30.240 Yeah, yes, when it comes to storming. Yeah yeah, yeah. 292 00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:32.559 And we've had the torrential lately so that. 293 00:13:32.559 --> 00:13:35.000 I remember one time when I was a kid, the monsoon. 294 00:13:35.039 --> 00:13:37.639 It was a monsoon season and we went to one 295 00:13:37.679 --> 00:13:39.399 of the wash. I can't remember which wash. It was, 296 00:13:39.480 --> 00:13:42.240 that wash that went right behind the fries at like Oracle, 297 00:13:42.279 --> 00:13:44.759 And first we were there and they were like, hey, 298 00:13:44.799 --> 00:13:47.200 there's a monsoon, check this out. And so we were 299 00:13:47.200 --> 00:13:49.559 just standing there in this heat and I'm like, what 300 00:13:49.600 --> 00:13:51.639 are we doing here? And They're like just wait, just wait. 301 00:13:52.039 --> 00:13:54.320 And then all of a sudden, I felt like a 302 00:13:54.480 --> 00:13:58.240 cold breeze come over me. And I was like and 303 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:00.279 they're like, oh, here comes, here comes, here comes. And 304 00:14:00.320 --> 00:14:02.480 I look down the wash and there was just a 305 00:14:02.679 --> 00:14:07.840 wall of water and debris like logs and sticks and plants, 306 00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:11.559 but it was a wall of water and just like that, 307 00:14:11.720 --> 00:14:15.960 it was just boom, a massive flood in that whole area. 308 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:17.759 That's they have to remind every year. They have to 309 00:14:17.799 --> 00:14:20.759 remind people stay out of the washes. Because it may 310 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:24.399 look you know, dry, and everything may look good and 311 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:27.000 it just comes in like crazy, or even people that 312 00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:31.639 drive across these areas that have had minimal flooding that 313 00:14:31.919 --> 00:14:34.200 they think they can go through it, and then another 314 00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:37.240 wave will come in and it just knocks the cars, 315 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:39.399 the cars off the road. I mean, it's it's been 316 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:42.799 it's been pretty crazy. So yeah, it's been bad. Luckily, 317 00:14:42.879 --> 00:14:46.120 I have only heard one story so far about lightning. Well, 318 00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:48.080 there was one story about a car getting hit by 319 00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:52.440 lightning at a fry shopping center out towards us A 320 00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:54.799 Central too. So I don't know if you heard about 321 00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:58.639 that one slick, but carbage just sitting there got zapped 322 00:14:58.639 --> 00:15:02.120 by lightning and pretty much destroyed the car. There was 323 00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:07.039 another one. I've only heard one story about electronics being zapped. 324 00:15:07.080 --> 00:15:11.799 The house took a hit and basically took out the TVs, computers, 325 00:15:12.120 --> 00:15:15.440 a laptop that was plugged in, some appliances. I mean, 326 00:15:15.519 --> 00:15:19.279 did just major damage to that, and they did not 327 00:15:19.480 --> 00:15:21.639 have search suppression on it. 328 00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:25.559 We have that same problem at my job, water World, 329 00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:28.559 you know where I work here in Denver because water 330 00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:32.159 World sits on a hill and so we're the highest 331 00:15:32.200 --> 00:15:36.159 point in that area. So when a storm does roll over, obviously, 332 00:15:36.200 --> 00:15:38.960 being that it's a giant water park that obviously already 333 00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:42.039 attracts lightning, and then the fact that we're high up 334 00:15:42.440 --> 00:15:44.200 it also at tracks more lightning. So we've got these 335 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:48.320 giant lightning towers that look like giant flagpoles, right. Their 336 00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:50.360 whole job is just to you know, take the lightning. 337 00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:53.440 But from time to time we will get hit with 338 00:15:53.559 --> 00:15:57.080 lightning on one of our buildings. And even though we 339 00:15:57.159 --> 00:16:03.360 have search protectors on every device for you know, computer network, whatever, 340 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:06.480 it doesn't matter a lightning bolt. You take a direct 341 00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:09.279 hit from a lightning bolt, it's gonna fry everything. 342 00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:11.840 The plus sides of this, if you buy one with 343 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:15.519 enhanced jewel protection, generally you're gonna get a guarantee or 344 00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:19.559 a warranty, whether it be for Monster APC. They carry 345 00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:22.360 warranties on a lot of those. So at least if 346 00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:24.799 you've taken that warranties, yeah, you've taken that step. I 347 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:26.480 don't know if you've ever tried to cash in on 348 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:26.919 one of those. 349 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:28.720 Oh yeah, no, we have. Definitely. 350 00:16:28.799 --> 00:16:31.240 Do they pay, Oh yeah, they'll pay. They pay good. 351 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:33.600 I mean, it's not like it's not instant. I mean 352 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:36.039 usually you have to come out of pocket to replace 353 00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:38.720 things and then they reimburse you, you know, a certain 354 00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:41.120 portion of it. But you know, yeah, they do stand 355 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:43.799 by their word. But it's just just the nature of 356 00:16:43.799 --> 00:16:45.480 the beast man. I mean, where we're at and what 357 00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:48.200 we do. I mean, you're gonna get a lightning and 358 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:50.080 so no matter what we can do to prevent it, 359 00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:51.960 there's really nothing you can do. You might get a 360 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:55.759 serve protector that says, I don't know, ten thousand jewel protection, 361 00:16:55.840 --> 00:17:00.440 fifty thousand jewel protection, a lightning strike is like twenty millions. 362 00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:02.399 I mean, there's nothing you can do about that. 363 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:04.359 One of the things though, that I and a lot 364 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:06.720 of people don't know, and I'd like to mention it 365 00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:10.039 because here's some I found out about in a YouTube video. 366 00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:12.799 When you have a surge hall, when you get a 367 00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:15.039 search protector, and we've all been there, where you're in 368 00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:17.640 the house and the lights flicker, maybe power goes out, 369 00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:20.920 takes a little while, and then comes back up. Every 370 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:24.400 time you get a surge on one of those surge suppressors, 371 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:28.640 it will degrade the quality of the protection and the 372 00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:32.160 suppression for that surge protector. So if you think about it, 373 00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:34.039 if you live like in Tucson where we get a 374 00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:37.039 lot of electrical storms during the monsoon season, you've taken 375 00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:40.960 about seven eight nine hits on that suppressor. You may 376 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:44.839 want to really start thinking about, Okay, time to replace 377 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:46.960 that because you're not going to get that kind of 378 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:49.160 protection you would get with one brand new out of 379 00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:51.960 the box that has never taken a suppress you know, 380 00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:53.880 a suppression before. 381 00:17:54.359 --> 00:17:57.880 Well another thing too is, you know, most new homes, 382 00:17:58.640 --> 00:18:00.759 you know, built within let's say the last ten years, 383 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:03.640 because our home is ten years old, they actually put 384 00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:08.599 a whole home surge protector in the panel. So that's 385 00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:11.559 like your first line of defense, right, So that will 386 00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:14.400 absorb you know, a certain amount of jewels when a 387 00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:17.920 lightning strike, and then whatever is residual that makes it through. 388 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:23.119 Hopefully then your APC's, you know, your battery backups and 389 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:25.720 your surge protectors in your house will then absorb the 390 00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:26.240 rest of it. 391 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:29.160 Yeah, that's something I have to do. I won't do 392 00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:32.559 it because I know I will frizz my hair and 393 00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:35.680 you know, be skeletal if I try to replay. Yeah, 394 00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:36.480 it looked like slick. 395 00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:39.160 Is that where you're going? With us. 396 00:18:39.799 --> 00:18:43.680 Yeah. Basically, so the house in Hunting the Beach was 397 00:18:43.720 --> 00:18:48.279 built in nineteen sixty four. I believe my dad replaced 398 00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:53.119 the power panel in around seventy six, seventy seven. It's 399 00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:57.440 never been replaced ever since. And so we're talking eighty ninety. 400 00:18:57.680 --> 00:19:00.599 You know, we're talking almost forty years. It's time to 401 00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:03.799