May 29, 2025 • 8 mins
Keke had to go through the process of having someone fix her dryer and she doesn't have a handy man!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Coming away. Yeah, they talk better than the excited. These
are the radio blogs on the Fred Show. It's like
for writing in our diaries, except we say him Aliud,
we call him blogs kiky all yours?
Speaker 2 (00:14):
All right, dear blog.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
I want to just talk to you guys about the
moment you realize you were a real adult. You know,
I live in denial a lot of times and I
don't want to face adulthood. But this week I had
to face it head on. And it all started with
my washer at home. Okay, it went down, and I
came home from work and Timothy was at the washer with.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Like tools and like his phone was out. I could
see he was on YouTube.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
And my anxiety went through the roof because I'm like,
my man's a lot of things. He's a great guy,
but he is not handy. Okay, so when I.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
See him with a tool, he got a rench in
his hand. You're like, yo, okay, it's about to get worse.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Yeah, no, you know, we we both panicking. We're sweating.
The dog is facing the floor. I'm like, what happened.
He's like, I don't know. It just stopped working. It
won't drain, and so I'm like Okay. Now I tried
to live in denial for a few days, like just
let's just ignore this, but you can't.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Then you don't have any clothes because you wear the
one song. And then you're like, I gotta wear it again. Right,
you're watching stuff by hand on one of those boards.
Kiki's down in the backyard, every one of those Like
you know what I'm saying, read the boards, hanging stuff
up on a because she doesn't want to have to
call anybody.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Yes, you know me, Like I try to ignore stuff
parking tickets and student loans, and then it always comes
to nite me.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
So the clothes started paling up. I'm like, okay, we
gotta fix this.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
So I I get on YouTube as if I can learn,
because you know, I have taught myself many.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
I will say, YouTube solves a lot of problems.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
YouTube University.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Somebody has made a video about just about everything.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
Everything. I made a whole career from you, said, like,
I've learned a lot. You know, before there was shadd
and ge, there was YouTube. So but I couldn't even
figure it out. So finally I broke down. I called
the little one eight hundred number on the washer or
whatever and it's you know, we go through this whole
troubleshooting thing with Samsung and they can't even figure it out.
So then they send me three recommendations of Handyman or whatever,
(02:16):
and I go and I look up the reviews. One
review is like, don't let these people in your house.
They're gonna kill you. Another review it's like, oh, they're
gonna come, they're gonna tell you it's one thing, and
then they're gonna charge you. And then the third company,
their reviews seem to be the most normal. So I
was like, okay, I called the reviews. I mean, I
called the place in schedule an appointment. The guy came
(02:36):
out last night and he's like, you know, I love Handyman.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
When they come to your house.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
They got their little tool bag, they sit it down,
and I really feel like he was making up this
price in his head, you know, like just seeing what
you get away.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Like I was like, so, how much is it gonna
cost me? He was like uh oh.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
He started squating his eyes and he's like hmm, three
fifty and I'm looking like.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
You're looking, and he's looking at you like if she
could go for that, and like, I know the thing
where you're like looking at him like is that the
real price? Or should I push back?
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Exactly?
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Yeah, And I thought about Jason, because I know Jason
doesn't like a haggler. He doesn't want to have to
go back and forth. So I just say, you know
what I'll take. We can handle the three fifty sir,
and he's coming back today to hopefully fix it. But
when I had to call that one eight hundred number,
it was like, to me, that was a new level
of adult team, like I'm getting washing machines fixed?
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Like what am I doing here? I don't like it?
Speaker 1 (03:31):
So this now you feel like an adult? Feel well,
you would tell your bills. I think for a lot
of people it was it was Bill paying ye that
made you feel like a grown up. But you don't
do that, so okay, I do what I want to.
So that was the moment you're like, man, I got
to call somebody, get him over here to fix a
washing machine. I am a true grown up.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Now I'm calling handyman, Like I'm in here asking you
guys like do you.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Have a handyman? So like that's so old, Like why
am I doing it?
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Like?
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Got a guy hot?
Speaker 4 (03:58):
Well, and unfortunately so I did, Oh you did? And
do you want another response?
Speaker 1 (04:02):
I got you.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
Oh you asked the mechanics because he tends to know things,
or like he has a best friend that's a painter,
a best friend that's a plumber an electrician, Like you
got all the bases covered, He goes garbage. They are
not meant to fix what? Yeah, so I will.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Say, I have heard that sometimes the repair can be
more than it would cost to replace it.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Oh wow, I didn't want to tell you yesterday because it's.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Your dryer that's broken machine. You're watching me soon? See
here average cost, he.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Said, throw it away, I start over.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
I've only had three years garbage period. The man used
the period. Here's like I'm looking at, like like a
nice looking whirlpool seven ninety eight, a nice looking LG LG.
But like an average price of a washer they're saying
is two fifty to five. And again I don't know
(04:58):
what I'm talking about here. This is Mike Mechanics standing.
But two fifty five fifty is the average price for
a washing machine and he wants three fifty to pick
you up. So at what point do you get to
the to where it's like okay, let's just take this
one and bring me another one.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
See, I was gonna take the money I want from
Shelley and start a foundation.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
You know.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
That was going to be the launch of the foundation
where I helped the children.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
That was my plan. Now I gotta take this money.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Then the found it was gonna be called the Foundation
for Kiki's House.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Oh, the poundation was really going to be for the children.
That was my plan. But now it's gay. I need
a washing machine.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Well, if those children want to come over wash their
closing in your new washer, then I guess they can
do that.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
I gotta win this money.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Yeah. I my dad is super handy as an engineer.
He has that kind of brain. It was not passed
on to me. I don't have those abilities. And I
need I need a guy the way that you have
a guy you know, or Mike has a guy you're
your partner. I need a guy. Like I was painting
yesterday and I realized it's paint on a wall, Like,
how difficult can this possibly be? And I'm bad at
(06:01):
it and we've already been through this in the past.
I don't know how it's paint wall. How difficult is that?
It looks not right like that. So I need I
need a painter, I need I need a cabinet guy.
I think I realized I don't have anyone that can
do this stuff. And I'm not the guy that can
go to home depot and be like a couple two
(06:22):
by fours. Let's see, right, I'm not that guy. But
I also don't trust anybody. And I'm sure there are
a lot of people who listen to us who are
very trustworthy, but unfortunately, you know, many of us have
also had the experience where we hire somebody online and
they come over and they're like doing the thing we're
oh man, yeah, oh boy, same with like autobody and mechanics.
(06:43):
Is Unfortunately, there are some folks out there that are
not necessarily straightforward and honest, that's not everybody. But then
it's like, I don't know who to hire.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
I don't know, I don't know what to do, saying no,
you got to get a lineup, a lineup of the guys.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
I need a lineup of guys. Yes, start I'm playing now,
who wants to be my handy? Who can do it all?
Because I need someone to come over and paint this
wall that I already painted. It's now I need you
to paint the whole room because it looks like it
like a salvat or who is the guy that with
a splatter paint not Dolly? Who is the splatter paint guy?
That's what my wall looks like. That it looks like.
That's what it looks like. You can come over stare
(07:19):
at the wall and tell me if you have mental
illness or not, like that's what's going on. That's what
my white wall looks like. Somehow I went I went
white to white basically, and you can come over and
it looks like like a like a white murder scene.
I don't know what the hell. I don't know how
like how it's paint wall. There's no construction, there's no engineering,
(07:42):
there's nothing required. Take the little roller, no painting his
heart im playing there, there's painting. There's paint on my feet. Yeah,
how is it?
Speaker 2 (07:52):
You che up the walls like the size?
Speaker 1 (07:54):
Yeah? I did kind of and then I and then
I was like, ah, no, I can keep it in
the lines. I didn't. It's tart. Then we're still painting
on the floor that I was, Oh, I don't know how, Yes, okay,
So look Kiki and I we on this show. We
all need a painter who will come to the city. Well,
I need a painter that will come to city. I
need a cabinet guy that will come to the city.
(08:14):
I need a general handyman guy that will come to
the city. Okay, good, thank you. You know what I'm saying.
Inquire with him. Okay, I will trust me.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
The budget has twitted out us altogether.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
You will be employed forever, because apparently we're a bunch
of dumbasses that can do nothing but talk. So this
is a lifetime gig call now waiting by the phone
from the vault. We'll do it next. Red shows on
Coming away. Yeah, they talk better than the excited. These
are the radio blogs on the Fred Show. It's like
for writing in our diaries, except we say him Aliud,
we call him blogs kiky all yours?
Speaker 2 (00:14):
All right, dear blog.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
I want to just talk to you guys about the
moment you realize you were a real adult. You know,
I live in denial a lot of times and I
don't want to face adulthood. But this week I had
to face it head on. And it all started with
my washer at home. Okay, it went down, and I
came home from work and Timothy was at the washer with.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Like tools and like his phone was out. I could
see he was on YouTube.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
And my anxiety went through the roof because I'm like,
my man's a lot of things. He's a great guy,
but he is not handy. Okay, so when I.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
See him with a tool, he got a rench in
his hand. You're like, yo, okay, it's about to get worse.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Yeah, no, you know, we we both panicking. We're sweating.
The dog is facing the floor. I'm like, what happened.
He's like, I don't know. It just stopped working. It
won't drain, and so I'm like Okay. Now I tried
to live in denial for a few days, like just
let's just ignore this, but you can't.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Then you don't have any clothes because you wear the
one song. And then you're like, I gotta wear it again. Right,
you're watching stuff by hand on one of those boards.
Kiki's down in the backyard, every one of those Like
you know what I'm saying, read the boards, hanging stuff
up on a because she doesn't want to have to
call anybody.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Yes, you know me, Like I try to ignore stuff
parking tickets and student loans, and then it always comes
to nite me.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
So the clothes started paling up. I'm like, okay, we
gotta fix this.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
So I I get on YouTube as if I can learn,
because you know, I have taught myself many.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
I will say, YouTube solves a lot of problems.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
YouTube University.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Somebody has made a video about just about everything.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
Everything. I made a whole career from you, said, like,
I've learned a lot. You know, before there was shadd
and ge, there was YouTube. So but I couldn't even
figure it out. So finally I broke down. I called
the little one eight hundred number on the washer or
whatever and it's you know, we go through this whole
troubleshooting thing with Samsung and they can't even figure it out.
So then they send me three recommendations of Handyman or whatever,
(02:16):
and I go and I look up the reviews. One
review is like, don't let these people in your house.
They're gonna kill you. Another review it's like, oh, they're
gonna come, they're gonna tell you it's one thing, and
then they're gonna charge you. And then the third company,
their reviews seem to be the most normal. So I
was like, okay, I called the reviews. I mean, I
called the place in schedule an appointment. The guy came
(02:36):
out last night and he's like, you know, I love Handyman.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
When they come to your house.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
They got their little tool bag, they sit it down,
and I really feel like he was making up this
price in his head, you know, like just seeing what
you get away.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Like I was like, so, how much is it gonna
cost me? He was like uh oh.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
He started squating his eyes and he's like hmm, three
fifty and I'm looking like.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
You're looking, and he's looking at you like if she
could go for that, and like, I know the thing
where you're like looking at him like is that the
real price? Or should I push back?
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Exactly?
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Yeah, And I thought about Jason, because I know Jason
doesn't like a haggler. He doesn't want to have to
go back and forth. So I just say, you know
what I'll take. We can handle the three fifty sir,
and he's coming back today to hopefully fix it. But
when I had to call that one eight hundred number,
it was like, to me, that was a new level
of adult team, like I'm getting washing machines fixed?
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Like what am I doing here? I don't like it?
Speaker 1 (03:31):
So this now you feel like an adult? Feel well,
you would tell your bills. I think for a lot
of people it was it was Bill paying ye that
made you feel like a grown up. But you don't
do that, so okay, I do what I want to.
So that was the moment you're like, man, I got
to call somebody, get him over here to fix a
washing machine. I am a true grown up.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Now I'm calling handyman, Like I'm in here asking you
guys like do you.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Have a handyman? So like that's so old, Like why
am I doing it?
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Like?
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Got a guy hot?
Speaker 4 (03:58):
Well, and unfortunately so I did, Oh you did? And
do you want another response?
Speaker 1 (04:02):
I got you.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
Oh you asked the mechanics because he tends to know things,
or like he has a best friend that's a painter,
a best friend that's a plumber an electrician, Like you
got all the bases covered, He goes garbage. They are
not meant to fix what? Yeah, so I will.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Say, I have heard that sometimes the repair can be
more than it would cost to replace it.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Oh wow, I didn't want to tell you yesterday because it's.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Your dryer that's broken machine. You're watching me soon? See
here average cost, he.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Said, throw it away, I start over.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
I've only had three years garbage period. The man used
the period. Here's like I'm looking at, like like a
nice looking whirlpool seven ninety eight, a nice looking LG LG.
But like an average price of a washer they're saying
is two fifty to five. And again I don't know
(04:58):
what I'm talking about here. This is Mike Mechanics standing.
But two fifty five fifty is the average price for
a washing machine and he wants three fifty to pick
you up. So at what point do you get to
the to where it's like okay, let's just take this
one and bring me another one.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
See, I was gonna take the money I want from
Shelley and start a foundation.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
You know.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
That was going to be the launch of the foundation
where I helped the children.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
That was my plan. Now I gotta take this money.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Then the found it was gonna be called the Foundation
for Kiki's House.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Oh, the poundation was really going to be for the children.
That was my plan. But now it's gay. I need
a washing machine.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Well, if those children want to come over wash their
closing in your new washer, then I guess they can
do that.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
I gotta win this money.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Yeah. I my dad is super handy as an engineer.
He has that kind of brain. It was not passed
on to me. I don't have those abilities. And I
need I need a guy the way that you have
a guy you know, or Mike has a guy you're
your partner. I need a guy. Like I was painting
yesterday and I realized it's paint on a wall, Like,
how difficult can this possibly be? And I'm bad at
(06:01):
it and we've already been through this in the past.
I don't know how it's paint wall. How difficult is that?
It looks not right like that. So I need I
need a painter, I need I need a cabinet guy.
I think I realized I don't have anyone that can
do this stuff. And I'm not the guy that can
go to home depot and be like a couple two
(06:22):
by fours. Let's see, right, I'm not that guy. But
I also don't trust anybody. And I'm sure there are
a lot of people who listen to us who are
very trustworthy, but unfortunately, you know, many of us have
also had the experience where we hire somebody online and
they come over and they're like doing the thing we're
oh man, yeah, oh boy, same with like autobody and mechanics.
(06:43):
Is Unfortunately, there are some folks out there that are
not necessarily straightforward and honest, that's not everybody. But then
it's like, I don't know who to hire.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
I don't know, I don't know what to do, saying no,
you got to get a lineup, a lineup of the guys.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
I need a lineup of guys. Yes, start I'm playing now,
who wants to be my handy? Who can do it all?
Because I need someone to come over and paint this
wall that I already painted. It's now I need you
to paint the whole room because it looks like it
like a salvat or who is the guy that with
a splatter paint not Dolly? Who is the splatter paint guy?
That's what my wall looks like. That it looks like.
That's what it looks like. You can come over stare
(07:19):
at the wall and tell me if you have mental
illness or not, like that's what's going on. That's what
my white wall looks like. Somehow I went I went
white to white basically, and you can come over and
it looks like like a like a white murder scene.
I don't know what the hell. I don't know how
like how it's paint wall. There's no construction, there's no engineering,
(07:42):
there's nothing required. Take the little roller, no painting his
heart im playing there, there's painting. There's paint on my feet. Yeah,
how is it?
Speaker 2 (07:52):
You che up the walls like the size?
Speaker 1 (07:54):
Yeah? I did kind of and then I and then
I was like, ah, no, I can keep it in
the lines. I didn't. It's tart. Then we're still painting
on the floor that I was, Oh, I don't know how, Yes, okay,
So look Kiki and I we on this show. We
all need a painter who will come to the city. Well,
I need a painter that will come to city. I
need a cabinet guy that will come to the city.
(08:14):
I need a general handyman guy that will come to
the city. Okay, good, thank you. You know what I'm saying.
Inquire with him. Okay, I will trust me.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
The budget has twitted out us altogether.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
You will be employed forever, because apparently we're a bunch
of dumbasses that can do nothing but talk. So this
is a lifetime gig call now waiting by the phone
from the vault. We'll do it next. Red shows on
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