September 11, 2025 • 40 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Here we go.
We're back at it again, Just acouple of days late this time.
But they're late, isn't it?
That's right.
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I'm Wesley Turner and I'mStephen Merck.
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Speaker 1 (00:39):
where we're headed.
All we know is it's always afun ride.
So this week's episode gotderailed.
You know how we do around here.
Nothing new there.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Well, we've gotten to where we wait until the last
minute to record.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
We're back, finally bit us in the ass.
That's right, but better latethan never.
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(01:15):
So how did we get here two dayslate?
Well, we're in my office.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Oh yeah, we're switched up from Wesley's office
to Stephen's office.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Yeah, we've gone from my office where we normally
record it.
Then we had to do it separateone time, then the last one we
had to do at the warehouse.
Now we're at your office.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
I mean, we're really taking the shit show to the
streets right, we may be in mycar next time, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
I don't know, but you know at least we're sticking
with it.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Yeah, and shit happens.
So Sunday night Refine toSunday night.
Sunday night we were in a lotof sale, yeah, and I got a call.
I think I answered the call.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
I said I got to get this.
Yeah, because you're likeDylan's called something.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
And it was a neighbor and she was like the fire alarm
in the meal is going off.
Are you here?
And I said no, I'm working.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
But first of all, you all know Steven by now and you
know he likes to be in chargeand in the middle of everything.
And I am in charge.
So he's on the board at hiscondo mill and are you a vice
president?
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
You know it wasn't good enoughjust to be on the damn board.
He's got to be all up in itbecause he wants to have a
(02:44):
say-so and make sure things inhis home are gone.
He thinks he lives in the wholebuilding.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
No, I listen, it takes.
This building is almost 150years old.
It takes a lot of money to keepit up and I ain't playing with
that To keep it up.
And I ain't playing with thatBecause we've never had an
assessment since this buildingwas done.
So, anyway, we've had randomthings with the whole fire
(03:18):
suppression system and it's very, very sensitive Like a false
alarm.
Yeah, I mean we've hadexcessive dust from work being
done in the building, set it off, mm-hmm, you know various
things like that.
So my next-door neighbor calledand she said you know, I'm not
(03:43):
even going.
I said listen, it's fine, dylanis home, I will call him.
He can be my eyes and ears,we'll handle it, it's fine.
And she said you know, you'reright, I'm not even going out.
Not even going out, okay, it'sprobably fine, mm-hmm.
(04:03):
So I text Dylan in the live cellhey, nothing.
Well, he always texts me back.
We're both always right on itand I'm like where the hell is
it?
So I text him again Nothing.
I'm like what in the hell isgoing on?
So I called him and I was likewhere the hell are you?
(04:27):
And I could hear and he saidI'm in the shower.
And I said now's not a goodtime.
I said I need you to go out.
The fire department should bethere.
I need you to go out find outwhat's going on.
(04:49):
Let me know, just to make sureeverything's okay.
Because there were no otherboard members home.
Yeah, most everybody that liveshere has two or three or five
homes.
I don't know how many they have, but none of them were here
this past weekend.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
Mm-hmm, except for and when the alarm, when the
smoke alarm goes off, like that,it sends a signal.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
It does, I mean they automatically show up, they
automatically show up and unlesswe were to call and say this is
going on, yeah, you know it's abig building.
I mean, there's 104 condos inthis building.
So I don't hear anything andI'm not.
Honestly, I wasn't even alarmed, was I?
(05:32):
No, it's like, it's fine, it'ssomething stupid.
Somebody you know burned theirpizza.
We've had that and I'm sittingthere and the next thing I get
was a photo.
It just sent me a photo and itwas just water pouring out of
(05:55):
the ceiling, yeah, in thehallway, and I was like, oh my
God, it's actually a like my,one of my number one fears.
Uh, no, I mean, a home fire ishorrible and uh, and then the
good thing is, you know it's adouble-edged sword.
(06:16):
A good thing is is we have the,the fire suppression, the
spring course.
The bad thing is each sprinklerhead.
So I think there's one in here,that little thing.
There's actually two up in here.
Oh, is there Right?
(06:38):
We have a million.
Dylan was counting you have alot.
Oh, it's ridiculous.
Maybe this is bigger.
We have a million.
Dylan was counting, you have alot.
Yeah, oh, it's ridiculous.
And why?
Maybe this is bigger in this, Idon't know.
Anyway, one, that one therewent off.
It was the one that triggeredIn someone's condo.
(07:00):
100 gallons of water per minute, that seems like a lot.
Are we sure about that?
Yeah, I checked with my dad too.
I was just crazy.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Well, my dad said when I was doing work on it,
that there was an actual fire.
There was a fire, so he runsout during the lockdown.
Oh yeah, yeah, Sorry so.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
I am just like holy shit, nobody's there.
I got to go, mm-hmm, I get hereand there's more than I ever
anticipated.
There was probably four citypolice, eight fire trucks.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
It was not a false alarm, mm-mm, and it was not a
malfunction.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
And the good news is being in McDonald's for 30 years
.
I've been through about everyscenario you can imagine, and a
restaurant burning down is oneof them.
So the good news is is weweren't dealing with customers
sitting on the toilet orsomething you know.
(08:10):
Yeah, the bad news is there's104 units in the building and we
still had dumbasses and I cansay that because if I weren't on
the board, I would have beenone of the dumbasses that didn't
leave.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
Well, that's like how we slept through the hotel
evacuation.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
There's a lesson to be learned.
You never know.
That's true.
You never know.
It's better to be safe thansorry.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
You wouldn't have left.
If you would have been.
I just said that you would havebeen back there.
You probably wouldn't even haveheard them.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
I just said I just said, if I were not on the board
, I would have been like I'm notthere.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
Yeah, I'm not standing out there.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
So I actually had a few homeowners say don't be mad
at me, but I'm not like I get it, but I get it, but I get it.
But they were safe enough thatthey called neighbors to find
out where the fire was, and theywere on a different wing.
Yeah, so they were notconfirmed.
(09:17):
But it's comical because at thetime I don't think.
All I think is I want to knowwhat's going on.
So I get here.
No one's supposed to be in thebuilding.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
I go running in the building You're like let me see
for myself.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
Yeah, yeah, like I'm here.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
Steven in charge is here.
You know that's how he is.
You were probably holding thehose for the time signer Busting
up in there.
I was like what's the problem?
What's going on here?
Speaker 2 (09:47):
How'd this start?
I said what's going on?
Yeah, Problem, what's going onhere?
How'd this start?
I said what's going on?
Yeah, and he was like walk withme.
I was like, okay, so me and thefiremen are going through and
I'm like I need to know what'sgoing on.
And he was like, okay, go talkto my fire chief.
Yeah, he's outside.
I said, okay, point me to thefire chief.
(10:09):
So the homeowner had left.
There's a Broadway show here inGreenville at the Peace Center
the Michael Jackson deal.
We got to see it in.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
New York City.
Oh yeah, you did Shout outBrooke.
Uh-huh, she listened and she'scoming to dinner in the Dias.
Yeah, so they were not listenand she's coming to dinner in
the dais.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Yeah, so they were not here and actually the owner
of the unit was out of state onbusiness, but his fiance had
been here and left.
Their dog was in the unit, sowe really didn't know.
She finally got here.
I was like, do you have anyidea?
And she's like, no, yeah, andit's like in the spare bedroom.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
Oh, it was in the spare, it was in the guest room.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
It was in the guest room.
She was like I dump laundry onthe bed, yeah.
So after several hours we lethomeowners back into the
building.
Then we had the company here toreset the fire alarm or reset
(11:23):
all of the sprinklers.
I mean, it's a whole, like itsounds like it's not a lot, it's
hours and hours.
Yeah, you were up all night,yeah, the amount of water that
it don't.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
It's a thing.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
Thousands of gallons of water, yeah, and it just
takes hours.
But I was so impressed with thecity of Greenville Police
Department, fire Department,impressed with the city of
Greenville police department,fire department.
We used rainbow restoration toget the water up.
They've been working in thisbuilding since Sunday night, no
(12:00):
sleep, worked around the clock.
They've been amazing, I mean.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
I could not ask.
I was impressed because I'mjust on the outside like what
the hell's going on.
But they were here, the RainbowRestoration people, because it
started on the third floor, sothat meant all the water went to
the second floor, flooded thethird, then flooded the second
and then all the way down to thefirst floor, and they were here
(12:26):
that same night with fans.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
They were here on our property before the fire
department let us in thebuilding.
Yeah, that's crazy.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
They did great, but I'm like how did they get we
can't get four people to show upto work how did they get all
those people to show up?
Speaker 2 (12:47):
They were impressive, and so I've already talked to
management.
I was like I'm sure you do theydid a good job and you don't
get that a lot these days.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
So the fire leave you hanging, started in the guest
room In the guest room and youknow Stephen had to go
investigate.
He thinks he's, you know, thedoctor, but he's an investigator
too.
I am.
No, you actually went with theinvestigator and so tell us.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
And I just honestly, I just wanted to go with the
investigator just to say I wouldknow, you know I was.
I had no reason to suspectthere was any negligence or
anything, but it could have beenlike a candle burning.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
It could have been For its situation.
It could have been yes.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
And I needed to know how to proceed with.
You know, it was just important.
So you know and I don't knowshit about food, I don't know
anything about fire that I'mscared of it and it was very
interesting watching this, but Iknew my country ass could not
see anything.
(14:01):
I'm like there was no.
I was honestly expecting aniPad or a phone charger or some
electrical device that couldhave caused it.
So no, the way it appears, theway it has ended up, is we
(14:26):
noticed that the globe on thelight fixture was missing.
It was an LED light fixture andthe bulb was missing.
So then the homeowner got thereand was like is this?
She said no, that was taken off.
According to the fireinvestigator, what happened was
(14:49):
sometimes those LED lightsevidently can get short out and
get hot.
Yeah, so they're thinking itdid that melted and dropped onto
the bed Mm-hmm, and she hadlaundry there and poof Went up
in flames.
So what a freaky thing.
What a freaky thing.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
But the thing I've learned, tell us, is keep your
cover on your lights, but noneof my lights have covers.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
It's not the same LED light.
Those are one of those that arekind of made to be covered.
Made to be covered and youdon't replace it.
Yeah, like a built.
Yeah, so keep your cover onthere.
There was no reason.
You know what I mean, and I'mnot saying they were negligent
(15:41):
or anything.
They didn't know.
Hell, it fell off.
I wouldn't have promised.
You know, shit happens.
I don't think they did.
I don't think the homeowner didanything negligent or wrong at
all.
I feel horrible for them.
I feel horrible for the 16 to20 homeowners that had been
infected.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Yeah, Luckily the water stopped like pretty much
right at your door, like hestepped out like two times.
That's where the water wasrunning down the hall and I
thought.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
I thought I wasn't in here and I thought it may make
it in the door, yeah, but I waslike we can handle this.
I really wasn't worried aboutus.
You know, at that point I waslike we'll handle that.
Yeah, you know, at that point Iwas like we'll handle that.
But luckily and unluckily, thefloors in this damn place are
(16:36):
like this.
You know, they're just like aburning house.
Speaker 1 (16:41):
Well, your floor in your bedroom is like Drops three
inches.
Yeah, it's funny becauseStephen and I have a thing
amongst us for our houses.
I never end up anywhere withstraight walls, like there's
always some kind of like funkycurve.
Even our old garden store likeit got narrower.
(17:03):
There's always nothing,something ain't squares Right,
just, and then, like my housenow has all these like angled
walls just extra.
Yeah, and Stephen's is alwaysthe floors aren't level and like
your old house, like his bedhere is actually propped up on.
(17:23):
You got it on like Shims.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
Yeah, because if not, when you lay down on the bed,
you would be like my blood wentto my head, and so I said to the
people that owned it before Isaid did you not notice?
How in the hell did you sleepin this?
They said what are you talkingabout?
Speaker 1 (17:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
They said what are you talking about?
And I said the bed sloped threeinches.
So when I laid in the bed Ifelt like I was hanging up
something and they said you know, that is so funny.
We never notice.
How would you not notice that?
How would you not notice that?
That's crazy.
So, anyway, and I think it goesback.
(18:04):
I am making this shit up Now.
I'm a meal iceberg.
Yeah, I think it goes back towhen this mill was built in the
1800s.
Mm-hmm, I don't even know ifthere were window glass in all
the windows.
Yeah, and I think they made thefloors slow for drainage
purposes.
Yeah, to keep the floors fromrotting.
(18:25):
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
Because it was a factory, it was a working
factory.
Yeah, because it was a factory,it was a working factory and it
shifted every time.
So, long story long, thesprinkler, I guess, put out the
fire, although it had to get hotenough to turn that thing on.
I can't listen.
It had to get hot enough in theroom to trigger the sprinkler
because it has to bust the glass, that's crazy.
Speaker 2 (18:52):
I've told every homeowner.
The good news is this placewill never burn down.
Well, don't say that it won't.
The bad news is we might washto Georgia.
Yeah, it may flood.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
Yeah, that's crazy.
Speaker 2 (19:12):
It could have been much worse, and I forgot to say
while they left their dog athome.
Yeah, so their dog was trappedin there.
Yeah, so thankfully the firedepartment got here so quick.
Yeah, and the dog was saved,because it wouldn't have taken
long.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
Are they able to identify what condo it came from
?
How did the fire people orcould they see?
Speaker 2 (19:38):
it.
It tells you on the system.
It will tell you what condo,what room, exactly, where it's
coming from.
That's good to know, they knowbefore we know.
Speaker 1 (19:51):
Yeah, because I'm like, otherwise you're searching
around Like.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
Dylan.
I don't know how Dylan knewthis.
I don't know.
Did he call 9.
Somebody called 911 in themidst of it, yeah, and I and I
could not honestly talk to oneperson long enough, trying to
deal with all the differentstuff and it was kind of
(20:18):
insignificant.
But I remember at one pointDylan saying well, 911 said a
fire, and I'm like ah okay.
And then somebody else had saidat some point a neighbor said
well, dylan called 911 orsomebody did yeah, and I'm like,
(20:39):
okay, and he doesn't.
It's neither here or there.
It all worked out, the dog isfine yeah.
Speaker 1 (20:48):
You got here, though, and Dylan was in the parking
lot.
Yeah, he had rounded up his bagof goodies.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
He had.
I couldn't even stop and laughbecause it was so, but I mean,
that's good.
It is good.
That's what I would have done.
He got my backpack.
He was like I made sure we hadone computer.
Yeah, he got all of our carkeys, which is $1,400.
That's $600 a fall.
Yeah, he got all the cash andgot all the watches and jewelry.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
You said the hell with the rest of it.
Speaker 2 (21:27):
Yeah, we would forget my art, forget my photos,
forget all of that.
We would have Rolexes.
You could sell them off.
You know I could not.
I would have done the sameBecause I would have been like
that's funny.
Speaker 1 (21:46):
I can't believe he wasn't running in and out
grabbing more batteries.
Speaker 2 (21:50):
I tell you that it makes you think.
It makes you think about thingsdifferently, and I had thought
about ordering the chain thing.
You throw out the window toclimb down in an emergency.
It's not a bad thing to have.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
It's really not, but also you have a stairwell right
there.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
Yeah, so you should be.
We've got one in two ways.
Yeah, I feel you should stay.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
And I could jump.
Yeah, you might break something, but you could.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
I'm sure I'd break it , you'd be in traction.
But unfortunately I meanfortunately it wasn't worse than
it was and fortunately I wasable to call all the homeowners
that their units were affectedand get into their units and get
(22:47):
Rainbow in to get water out.
I mean, everybody has been.
This has been as good as it canbe for a bad situation.
Insurance has been great,adjusters have been great and
everything's happening.
Bam, bam bam.
Everything's being repaired.
Speaker 1 (23:06):
Well, that's good it's got about.
Just on this one floor, like 40blowers out there, just on this
one floor, like 40 blowers outthere.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
I wonder, when all said and done, how much money
that?
Yes, I bet you it astronomical,I bet it will be, with all the
I bet it to be close to amillion dollars of repair.
Speaker 1 (23:29):
A total plane that time.
Yeah, it's a lot.
Well, I'm glad that worked out.
You still got a home because Iwas like, oh my God, they can't
come with me.
No, I'll be out.
Speaker 2 (23:39):
I'll be out of luck for six months moving.
Oh my God, Because I'm tellingyou I would have just had to
move.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
Yeah, that is crazy.
So, moving on from that, do youhave any Southernisms for us
this week?
Because I have a story?
Give me your story.
Okay, have you seen?
You've been busy so youprobably haven't seen this.
I'm going to chalk it up tobeing Southern, but have you
seen these two girls on TikTokthat were traveling?
Have you seen any of this?
(24:09):
And they got sent to the wrongplace.
So it's been.
I'm sure you've seen it ifyou're watching or listening,
but this is so something thatwould happen to Stephen and me
and you traveling.
So these two girls aretraveling together and they are
going to Nice, france, to Nice.
(24:32):
France is where they're going.
So they're traveling.
They have their ticket to NiceFrance.
Well, they get to the airportand Wesley, I'm sure of the two,
had to check their luggage andthey were four minutes late.
So that's exactly the scenariothat I would get us in, with or
(24:56):
not you'd be like four minutes,four minutes.
I told you you were onInstagram.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
In fact, this is a true story.
My only travel issue with youis the very beginning, making
sure you're on time.
Speaker 1 (25:14):
That's it Getting there and getting off, that's it
.
That's the only thing.
They miss their flight to NiceSprings and there's not another
one to get there from thisairline.
So the airline, I guess, likethere's not another one tonight
or today or whatever.
So they referred them, I think,to a different airline next
(25:39):
door, like they're already atthe airport.
So they go to the counter andthey're like we need, we missed
our flight, we need tickets toNice, france, or to Nice, I
guess, is what they said.
Well, they get their ticket.
Tunis, yeah, tunis, tunis iswhere they're going.
They get their tickets.
(26:00):
I don't know why they didn'tcheck them.
I saw an interview.
She was like they were paper.
We travel a lot.
We just didn't pay attention.
But they get on the plane andwhen they're on the plane they
realize they're going Tunis, inTunisia, africa.
They're going to Africa, to aplace called Tunis.
Yeah, it's spelled T-U-N.
(26:22):
How do we spell it?
T-u-n-i-u-s?
Tunis instead of Nice?
Yeah, so instead of T-O, niceit's Tunis.
Yeah, to Nice.
So they got booked to go intoAfrica, Tunisia, tunisia,
tunisia Instead of France.
(26:42):
But isn't that something wewould have done?
So she posted the whole thing,like they literally realized it
when they were getting on theplane they were like, wait, is
this?
And then the crew's allconfused because they're like,
is this going to Nice?
To Nice?
The way they're saying it to mesounds like more of like a
southern kind of accent.
(27:02):
Like, is this going to Nice?
And they're like, yeah, we'regoing to Nice.
And they're like, and thenthey're all confused.
But then they couldn't get offand so they ended up flying to
Africa.
They get there, they said.
I looked it up today after thewhole ordeal they ended up just
(27:25):
getting another flight, likethey never.
Because people were like, didyou not just stay there and do
something?
And they were like, no, we weregoing to.
Because once we figured outwhat was happening and then I
guess people were messaging themlike it would have been a
pretty place, but they alreadyhad accommodations and
everything set up in France, inNice, france, and they couldn't
(27:50):
cancel it and so they would haveto book.
And so she said they ended upjust kind of a long layover and
got out of there.
But I'm like this story thatsounds like one of my travel
stories.
That's something we would getourselves into, you know, and I
would have been the onedocumenting it.
Speaker 2 (28:09):
I have all of my travel disasters he would have
been the pissed one.
Yeah, you know, I have all mytravel disasters.
He would have been the pissedone.
Yeah, you know, I have all mytravel disasters.
There's been something,especially if I leave the United
States, there's something,there's something.
And so Dylan's heard all those.
Yeah.
So when we were in, you told uswhen you went yeah, he was like
(28:30):
no turn around.
Yes, this story did not end up.
Well, I remember it.
Yeah, he was like no turnaround.
Yes, this story did not end up.
Well, I remember it was turnaround and I was like it's going
to be fine.
Yeah, it's going to be fine andit was fine.
We stayed.
But, yeah, I mean.
So Southernisms I don't have, Ihave kind of.
(28:53):
This is funny.
So during the fire turmoil, aplumber ended up being here.
Someone had scheduled theplumber that I use and he was
here Just randomly Randomly theday after.
Speaker 1 (29:11):
The day after, and I was here, I was no sleep Because
the night when the fire startedit was like probably what?
Nine o'clock at night, mm-hmm.
And so back to the fire.
You ended up staying up prettymuch all night because you were
letting the people into condosand double-checking.
And it was just in the middleof it, mr Big Mac, over here,
(29:31):
big back, and around this place,I said, gee, I can see you in
here going.
We're getting this done andit's going to be better than it
was.
Just wait.
Speaker 2 (29:40):
Yes, I was like didn't like this color of these
walls.
Anyway, I did say that I waslike we're changing this.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
Well, we got to paint .
We're going to change it allanyway, just saying.
Speaker 2 (29:54):
I can hear you.
So while he was here, I waslike you know, my damn garbage
disposal has been broken forover six months and I just had
to get these people over here.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
Water damaged from a fire.
Speaker 2 (30:11):
I'm dealing with them .
But I just said you go on inthere and replace my garbage
disposal.
So we talked for maybe threeminutes and I said you know?
Funny thing is I said I grew upin the country I didn't know
what a garbage disposal was.
You know what our garbagedisposal was?
Speaker 1 (30:31):
The hogs.
Well, see, in the country youhad a can.
Well, you're not supposed tohave a garbage disposal,
especially back in your day.
They probably didn't even makethem back in your day in the
country, because when you have aseptic tank you're not supposed
to have a garbage disposal.
We had, when we moved in ourhouse had a garbage disposal and
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I took it out.
I had it taken out, I took itout.
You shouldn't have, because youshouldn't have that with a,
because it fills up your septictank and takes it out of balance
.
And you know, my granddaddy isa plumber.
You need that, you know.
Like my mom's house, they havea septic tank.
She's never had a garbagedisposal.
And she's never had a garbagedisposal and she's never had to
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do like doing that.
She's never had to have hertank like pumped or anything
Like it, just naturally.
Speaker 2 (31:20):
So when I have clients with septic tanks no
garbage, no garbage disposal.
Speaker 1 (31:24):
That is good to know.
And if they're selling orbuying, if they're buying it and
it's with the septic tank, youneed to make sure they do an
inspection because it may needto be pumped because it fills up
.
Speaker 2 (31:38):
That's really logical , good to know.
Well, I was laughing to him andI said you know, I grew up in
the country we did.
We had a I don't know how y'alldid it we had what used to be a
Crisco can that had the lid.
We just all went down.
We had a scrap can that satbeside the sink Real pretty yeah
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.
Speaker 1 (32:02):
Real nice looking.
Those silver ones, mm-hmm, thatmatte silver with the little
handle that the Crisco painted.
Is that what it was?
Mm-mm, it was just a littleplastic, oh, just peeled off.
Speaker 2 (32:12):
Ugh, it was just a little plastic Just peeled off,
stinking, yeah.
But we would line it, you know,with like a Walmart or an
Ingalls plastic bag.
Yeah, real classy, real classy.
And we scraped our plates inthat, yeah, real nice.
And I told him, I said I wentfrom that to this and I said
(32:37):
this shit breaks, we don't knowwhat to do.
It throws us for a week.
What are we going to do now?
Speaker 1 (32:44):
Well, okay, but here's the thing.
So growing up we had dogs orlike outside, so we always just
scraped it in a pan and fed thedogs, whatever the secret.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
Yeah, you could do that, but if you had hogs, we
didn't have hogs or anything itdepended on where I was.
It depended on where I was,like my mom's parents.
It went to the dogs and with mymom she wouldn't feed that to
our dogs, but we just scraped itin the edge of the dogs With my
mom she wouldn't feed that toour dogs, we just Once the dog
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got into the chicken orsomething.
It just depended.
But you know, my othergrandparents, my aunt, both went
to the hog house.
Speaker 1 (33:26):
But now, like Daniel and I, I'm trying to like we
just scrape it into the trashcan.
Speaker 2 (33:31):
Yeah, you can do that , it just gets a little stinky
and take it out.
That's what we did and ours wasbroken.
But it was just funny.
How you know, I did not grow upwith a dishwasher, I did not
grow up with a garbage disposal,I did not grow up out of that,
I mean.
And now when our Wi-Fi goes out, it's like, oh my God, oh yeah,
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it is, we are down.
Speaker 1 (33:57):
Yeah, you're down for the count.
Well, that's how we ended upmoving places.
Remember the Wi-Fi was down.
It's been weeks since we'vegiven you a normal podcast, but
someone did reach out to me.
I wonder if I need to checkback.
They have a countertopcomposter that is supposed to
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compost within 24 hours yourfood.
I wanted it like a brand did.
I wanted it just to try it toshare with you, just to see what
happens.
I mean, I want to try it out tosee what happens, Because that
would be cool if it compostedand no smells or anything.
We've gone through periods.
We have a pail where we willput our coffee grounds in some
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sort and then compost it.
Then we just did coffee groundsand then.
Speaker 2 (34:46):
I mean, I don't agree Composted.
Yeah, you have to be careful inthe country because of rodents
and attracting so much if youdon't have a special compost.
Speaker 1 (35:01):
Well, we just throw it out.
Daniel with the flower farm, hehas a big compost pile and he
turns it with the tractor andstuff like that.
You know we don't do nothingwith it.
Speaker 2 (35:10):
Does he still have the tea thing for the fertilizer
?
Does he use that?
He does have the compost tea.
I don't do nothing with this.
Does he still have the teathing for the fertilizer?
Does he use that?
Speaker 1 (35:15):
He does have the compost tea.
I don't know if you you know Idon't keep up with you that was
expensive.
Speaker 2 (35:20):
I don't know that thing was expensive.
It was like it's like a gianttub, it's like a giant tea
brewer.
Speaker 1 (35:29):
Yeah, that you brew a compost tea and then it's
liquid and then you fertilize it.
But I don't know, he buysrandom things and uses them,
then he doesn't, then he does,then it's the best thing, then
it's the worst thing.
Well, I thought it was cool.
Yeah, I mean it's in thegreenhouse.
I mean I know he still has it.
I just don't know how much heuses it or does or doesn't.
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And he might use it for certainthings, like starting certain
things, or not.
I don't know about egg a pando.
Speaker 2 (35:57):
So yeah, it's funny like doing that, you know, for
the southernisms, like scrapbookit I know that's a southern
thing, yeah.
And the other thing is and Idon't know if I've ever told
this on here for years I thought, you know, I went down to my
aunt's house and our butter youtold that was on a dish and
(36:24):
pretty and pretty, and I thoughtfancy butter.
Yeah, the grocery store hadsomething nice this week, you
know, I didn't think so,literally like 30 years, and she
was saying something aboutbutter molds and I was like
those were grandma's.
Yeah, she was like no, thosewere my butter.
(36:50):
And I said what did't you forButter Vault?
And she was like all of thebutter you had, what I made.
Speaker 1 (37:00):
That's funny.
We should make some butter.
I want to make some butter.
It's not.
I mean, it's not hard, hold on,it's not.
I don't think it's any morelike efficient or price
efficient.
But it'd be good to if younamed your own butter and you
could season it.
You could season it Because I'mabout to get it's about to be
sourdough bread making seasonagain, so I'm about to get into
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that.
Which sourdough you can haveanytime, but for some reason,
even when I've made differentbreads, I always do it in the
fall, winter.
Speaker 2 (37:33):
I don't like it in the summer.
I always I watch how differentpeople make butter in different
ways.
Yeah, it's interesting to me,mm-hmm.
And then the seasoning of thebutter.
Yeah, and you know, I canalways tell now, like when
butter is fresh.
Yeah, you know, because itain't bright yellow.
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Yeah, if your butter is brightyellow, it ain't real.
Or it might be real butter butit's got color in it, it's got
something added to it.
It should be a cream.
Speaker 1 (38:08):
It should be.
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I was looking right before Icame here I was over at the
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We got in a lot of goodChristmas.
Speaker 2 (39:14):
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Here we go.
We're back at it again, Just acouple of days late this time.
But they're late, isn't it?
That's right.
It's time for another episodeof who's Driving.
Welcome to who's Driving.
I'm Wesley Turner and I'mStephen Merck.
We're two best friends andentrepreneurs.
Who's Driving is anentertaining look into the
behind the scenes of our lives,friendship and business.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
These are the stories we share and topics we discuss,
as two best friends would on along road trip.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Along the way, we'll check in with friends and offer
a wide range of informativetopics centered around running
small businesses, social mediaand all things home and garden.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Buckle up and enjoy the ride.
You never know who's driving,or?
Speaker 1 (00:39):
where we're headed.
All we know is it's always afun ride.
So this week's episode gotderailed.
You know how we do around here.
Nothing new there.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Well, we've gotten to where we wait until the last
minute to record.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
We're back, finally bit us in the ass.
That's right, but better latethan never.
So it's Thursday.
We're releasing this.
Remember, you can watch atwhosedrivingpodcastcom.
If you join the onlinecommunity or anywhere, you get a
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whosetrivingpodcastcom.
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So how did we get here two dayslate?
Well, we're in my office.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Oh yeah, we're switched up from Wesley's office
to Stephen's office.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Yeah, we've gone from my office where we normally
record it.
Then we had to do it separateone time, then the last one we
had to do at the warehouse.
Now we're at your office.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
I mean, we're really taking the shit show to the
streets right, we may be in mycar next time, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
I don't know, but you know at least we're sticking
with it.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Yeah, and shit happens.
So Sunday night Refine toSunday night.
Sunday night we were in a lotof sale, yeah, and I got a call.
I think I answered the call.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
I said I got to get this.
Yeah, because you're likeDylan's called something.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
And it was a neighbor and she was like the fire alarm
in the meal is going off.
Are you here?
And I said no, I'm working.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
But first of all, you all know Steven by now and you
know he likes to be in chargeand in the middle of everything.
And I am in charge.
So he's on the board at hiscondo mill and are you a vice
president?
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
You know it wasn't good enoughjust to be on the damn board.
He's got to be all up in itbecause he wants to have a
(02:44):
say-so and make sure things inhis home are gone.
He thinks he lives in the wholebuilding.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
No, I listen, it takes.
This building is almost 150years old.
It takes a lot of money to keepit up and I ain't playing with
that To keep it up.
And I ain't playing with thatBecause we've never had an
assessment since this buildingwas done.
So, anyway, we've had randomthings with the whole fire
(03:18):
suppression system and it's very, very sensitive Like a false
alarm.
Yeah, I mean we've hadexcessive dust from work being
done in the building, set it off, mm-hmm, you know various
things like that.
So my next-door neighbor calledand she said you know, I'm not
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even going.
I said listen, it's fine, dylanis home, I will call him.
He can be my eyes and ears,we'll handle it, it's fine.
And she said you know, you'reright, I'm not even going out.
Not even going out, okay, it'sprobably fine, mm-hmm.
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So I text Dylan in the live cellhey, nothing.
Well, he always texts me back.
We're both always right on itand I'm like where the hell is
it?
So I text him again Nothing.
I'm like what in the hell isgoing on?
So I called him and I was likewhere the hell are you?
(04:27):
And I could hear and he saidI'm in the shower.
And I said now's not a goodtime.
I said I need you to go out.
The fire department should bethere.
I need you to go out find outwhat's going on.
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Let me know, just to make sureeverything's okay.
Because there were no otherboard members home.
Yeah, most everybody that liveshere has two or three or five
homes.
I don't know how many they have, but none of them were here
this past weekend.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
Mm-hmm, except for and when the alarm, when the
smoke alarm goes off, like that,it sends a signal.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
It does, I mean they automatically show up, they
automatically show up and unlesswe were to call and say this is
going on, yeah, you know it's abig building.
I mean, there's 104 condos inthis building.
So I don't hear anything andI'm not.
Honestly, I wasn't even alarmed, was I?
(05:32):
No, it's like, it's fine, it'ssomething stupid.
Somebody you know burned theirpizza.
We've had that and I'm sittingthere and the next thing I get
was a photo.
It just sent me a photo and itwas just water pouring out of
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the ceiling, yeah, in thehallway, and I was like, oh my
God, it's actually a like my,one of my number one fears.
Uh, no, I mean, a home fire ishorrible and uh, and then the
good thing is, you know it's adouble-edged sword.
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A good thing is is we have the,the fire suppression, the
spring course.
The bad thing is each sprinklerhead.
So I think there's one in here,that little thing.
There's actually two up in here.
Oh, is there Right?
(06:38):
We have a million.
Dylan was counting you have alot.
Oh, it's ridiculous.
Maybe this is bigger.
We have a million.
Dylan was counting, you have alot.
Yeah, oh, it's ridiculous.
And why?
Maybe this is bigger in this, Idon't know.
Anyway, one, that one therewent off.
It was the one that triggeredIn someone's condo.
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100 gallons of water per minute, that seems like a lot.
Are we sure about that?
Yeah, I checked with my dad too.
I was just crazy.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Well, my dad said when I was doing work on it,
that there was an actual fire.
There was a fire, so he runsout during the lockdown.
Oh yeah, yeah, Sorry so.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
I am just like holy shit, nobody's there.
I got to go, mm-hmm, I get hereand there's more than I ever
anticipated.
There was probably four citypolice, eight fire trucks.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
It was not a false alarm, mm-mm, and it was not a
malfunction.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
And the good news is being in McDonald's for 30 years
.
I've been through about everyscenario you can imagine, and a
restaurant burning down is oneof them.
So the good news is is weweren't dealing with customers
sitting on the toilet orsomething you know.
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Yeah, the bad news is there's104 units in the building and we
still had dumbasses and I cansay that because if I weren't on
the board, I would have beenone of the dumbasses that didn't
leave.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
Well, that's like how we slept through the hotel
evacuation.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
There's a lesson to be learned.
You never know.
That's true.
You never know.
It's better to be safe thansorry.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
You wouldn't have left.
If you would have been.
I just said that you would havebeen back there.
You probably wouldn't even haveheard them.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
I just said I just said, if I were not on the board
, I would have been like I'm notthere.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
Yeah, I'm not standing out there.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
So I actually had a few homeowners say don't be mad
at me, but I'm not like I get it, but I get it, but I get it.
But they were safe enough thatthey called neighbors to find
out where the fire was, and theywere on a different wing.
Yeah, so they were notconfirmed.
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But it's comical because at thetime I don't think.
All I think is I want to knowwhat's going on.
So I get here.
No one's supposed to be in thebuilding.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
I go running in the building You're like let me see
for myself.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
Yeah, yeah, like I'm here.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
Steven in charge is here.
You know that's how he is.
You were probably holding thehose for the time signer Busting
up in there.
I was like what's the problem?
What's going on here?
Speaker 2 (09:47):
How'd this start?
I said what's going on?
Yeah, Problem, what's going onhere?
How'd this start?
I said what's going on?
Yeah, and he was like walk withme.
I was like, okay, so me and thefiremen are going through and
I'm like I need to know what'sgoing on.
And he was like, okay, go talkto my fire chief.
Yeah, he's outside.
I said, okay, point me to thefire chief.
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So the homeowner had left.
There's a Broadway show here inGreenville at the Peace Center
the Michael Jackson deal.
We got to see it in.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
New York City.
Oh yeah, you did Shout outBrooke.
Uh-huh, she listened and she'scoming to dinner in the Dias.
Yeah, so they were not listenand she's coming to dinner in
the dais.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Yeah, so they were not here and actually the owner
of the unit was out of state onbusiness, but his fiance had
been here and left.
Their dog was in the unit, sowe really didn't know.
She finally got here.
I was like, do you have anyidea?
And she's like, no, yeah, andit's like in the spare bedroom.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
Oh, it was in the spare, it was in the guest room.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
It was in the guest room.
She was like I dump laundry onthe bed, yeah.
So after several hours we lethomeowners back into the
building.
Then we had the company here toreset the fire alarm or reset
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all of the sprinklers.
I mean, it's a whole, like itsounds like it's not a lot, it's
hours and hours.
Yeah, you were up all night,yeah, the amount of water that
it don't.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
It's a thing.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
Thousands of gallons of water, yeah, and it just
takes hours.
But I was so impressed with thecity of Greenville Police
Department, fire Department,impressed with the city of
Greenville police department,fire department.
We used rainbow restoration toget the water up.
They've been working in thisbuilding since Sunday night, no
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sleep, worked around the clock.
They've been amazing, I mean.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
I could not ask.
I was impressed because I'mjust on the outside like what
the hell's going on.
But they were here, the RainbowRestoration people, because it
started on the third floor, sothat meant all the water went to
the second floor, flooded thethird, then flooded the second
and then all the way down to thefirst floor, and they were here
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that same night with fans.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
They were here on our property before the fire
department let us in thebuilding.
Yeah, that's crazy.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
They did great, but I'm like how did they get we
can't get four people to show upto work how did they get all
those people to show up?
Speaker 2 (12:47):
They were impressive, and so I've already talked to
management.
I was like I'm sure you do theydid a good job and you don't
get that a lot these days.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
So the fire leave you hanging, started in the guest
room In the guest room and youknow Stephen had to go
investigate.
He thinks he's, you know, thedoctor, but he's an investigator
too.
I am.
No, you actually went with theinvestigator and so tell us.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
And I just honestly, I just wanted to go with the
investigator just to say I wouldknow, you know I was.
I had no reason to suspectthere was any negligence or
anything, but it could have beenlike a candle burning.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
It could have been For its situation.
It could have been yes.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
And I needed to know how to proceed with.
You know, it was just important.
So you know and I don't knowshit about food, I don't know
anything about fire that I'mscared of it and it was very
interesting watching this, but Iknew my country ass could not
see anything.
(14:01):
I'm like there was no.
I was honestly expecting aniPad or a phone charger or some
electrical device that couldhave caused it.
So no, the way it appears, theway it has ended up, is we
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noticed that the globe on thelight fixture was missing.
It was an LED light fixture andthe bulb was missing.
So then the homeowner got thereand was like is this?
She said no, that was taken off.
According to the fireinvestigator, what happened was
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sometimes those LED lightsevidently can get short out and
get hot.
Yeah, so they're thinking itdid that melted and dropped onto
the bed Mm-hmm, and she hadlaundry there and poof Went up
in flames.
So what a freaky thing.
What a freaky thing.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
But the thing I've learned, tell us, is keep your
cover on your lights, but noneof my lights have covers.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
It's not the same LED light.
Those are one of those that arekind of made to be covered.
Made to be covered and youdon't replace it.
Yeah, like a built.
Yeah, so keep your cover onthere.
There was no reason.
You know what I mean, and I'mnot saying they were negligent
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or anything.
They didn't know.
Hell, it fell off.
I wouldn't have promised.
You know, shit happens.
I don't think they did.
I don't think the homeowner didanything negligent or wrong at
all.
I feel horrible for them.
I feel horrible for the 16 to20 homeowners that had been
infected.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Yeah, Luckily the water stopped like pretty much
right at your door, like hestepped out like two times.
That's where the water wasrunning down the hall and I
thought.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
I thought I wasn't in here and I thought it may make
it in the door, yeah, but I waslike we can handle this.
I really wasn't worried aboutus.
You know, at that point I waslike we'll handle that.
Yeah, you know, at that point Iwas like we'll handle that.
But luckily and unluckily, thefloors in this damn place are
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like this.
You know, they're just like aburning house.
Speaker 1 (16:41):
Well, your floor in your bedroom is like Drops three
inches.
Yeah, it's funny becauseStephen and I have a thing
amongst us for our houses.
I never end up anywhere withstraight walls, like there's
always some kind of like funkycurve.
Even our old garden store likeit got narrower.
(17:03):
There's always nothing,something ain't squares Right,
just, and then, like my housenow has all these like angled
walls just extra.
Yeah, and Stephen's is alwaysthe floors aren't level and like
your old house, like his bedhere is actually propped up on.
(17:23):
You got it on like Shims.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
Yeah, because if not, when you lay down on the bed,
you would be like my blood wentto my head, and so I said to the
people that owned it before Isaid did you not notice?
How in the hell did you sleepin this?
They said what are you talkingabout?
Speaker 1 (17:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
They said what are you talking about?
And I said the bed sloped threeinches.
So when I laid in the bed Ifelt like I was hanging up
something and they said you know, that is so funny.
We never notice.
How would you not notice that?
How would you not notice that?
That's crazy.
So, anyway, and I think it goesback.
(18:04):
I am making this shit up Now.
I'm a meal iceberg.
Yeah, I think it goes back towhen this mill was built in the
1800s.
Mm-hmm, I don't even know ifthere were window glass in all
the windows.
Yeah, and I think they made thefloors slow for drainage
purposes.
Yeah, to keep the floors fromrotting.
(18:25):
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
Because it was a factory, it was a working
factory.
Yeah, because it was a factory,it was a working factory and it
shifted every time.
So, long story long, thesprinkler, I guess, put out the
fire, although it had to get hotenough to turn that thing on.
I can't listen.
It had to get hot enough in theroom to trigger the sprinkler
because it has to bust the glass, that's crazy.
Speaker 2 (18:52):
I've told every homeowner.
The good news is this placewill never burn down.
Well, don't say that it won't.
The bad news is we might washto Georgia.
Yeah, it may flood.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
Yeah, that's crazy.
Speaker 2 (19:12):
It could have been much worse, and I forgot to say
while they left their dog athome.
Yeah, so their dog was trappedin there.
Yeah, so thankfully the firedepartment got here so quick.
Yeah, and the dog was saved,because it wouldn't have taken
long.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
Are they able to identify what condo it came from
?
How did the fire people orcould they see?
Speaker 2 (19:38):
it.
It tells you on the system.
It will tell you what condo,what room, exactly, where it's
coming from.
That's good to know, they knowbefore we know.
Speaker 1 (19:51):
Yeah, because I'm like, otherwise you're searching
around Like.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
Dylan.
I don't know how Dylan knewthis.
I don't know.
Did he call 9.
Somebody called 911 in themidst of it, yeah, and I and I
could not honestly talk to oneperson long enough, trying to
deal with all the differentstuff and it was kind of
(20:18):
insignificant.
But I remember at one pointDylan saying well, 911 said a
fire, and I'm like ah okay.
And then somebody else had saidat some point a neighbor said
well, dylan called 911 orsomebody did yeah, and I'm like,
(20:39):
okay, and he doesn't.
It's neither here or there.
It all worked out, the dog isfine yeah.
Speaker 1 (20:48):
You got here, though, and Dylan was in the parking
lot.
Yeah, he had rounded up his bagof goodies.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
He had.
I couldn't even stop and laughbecause it was so, but I mean,
that's good.
It is good.
That's what I would have done.
He got my backpack.
He was like I made sure we hadone computer.
Yeah, he got all of our carkeys, which is $1,400.
That's $600 a fall.
Yeah, he got all the cash andgot all the watches and jewelry.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
You said the hell with the rest of it.
Speaker 2 (21:27):
Yeah, we would forget my art, forget my photos,
forget all of that.
We would have Rolexes.
You could sell them off.
You know I could not.
I would have done the sameBecause I would have been like
that's funny.
Speaker 1 (21:46):
I can't believe he wasn't running in and out
grabbing more batteries.
Speaker 2 (21:50):
I tell you that it makes you think.
It makes you think about thingsdifferently, and I had thought
about ordering the chain thing.
You throw out the window toclimb down in an emergency.
It's not a bad thing to have.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
It's really not, but also you have a stairwell right
there.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
Yeah, so you should be.
We've got one in two ways.
Yeah, I feel you should stay.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
And I could jump.
Yeah, you might break something, but you could.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
I'm sure I'd break it , you'd be in traction.
But unfortunately I meanfortunately it wasn't worse than
it was and fortunately I wasable to call all the homeowners
that their units were affectedand get into their units and get
(22:47):
Rainbow in to get water out.
I mean, everybody has been.
This has been as good as it canbe for a bad situation.
Insurance has been great,adjusters have been great and
everything's happening.
Bam, bam bam.
Everything's being repaired.
Speaker 1 (23:06):
Well, that's good it's got about.
Just on this one floor, like 40blowers out there, just on this
one floor, like 40 blowers outthere.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
I wonder, when all said and done, how much money
that?
Yes, I bet you it astronomical,I bet it will be, with all the
I bet it to be close to amillion dollars of repair.
Speaker 1 (23:29):
A total plane that time.
Yeah, it's a lot.
Well, I'm glad that worked out.
You still got a home because Iwas like, oh my God, they can't
come with me.
No, I'll be out.
Speaker 2 (23:39):
I'll be out of luck for six months moving.
Oh my God, Because I'm tellingyou I would have just had to
move.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
Yeah, that is crazy.
So, moving on from that, do youhave any Southernisms for us
this week?
Because I have a story?
Give me your story.
Okay, have you seen?
You've been busy so youprobably haven't seen this.
I'm going to chalk it up tobeing Southern, but have you
seen these two girls on TikTokthat were traveling?
Have you seen any of this?
(24:09):
And they got sent to the wrongplace.
So it's been.
I'm sure you've seen it ifyou're watching or listening,
but this is so something thatwould happen to Stephen and me
and you traveling.
So these two girls aretraveling together and they are
going to Nice, france, to Nice.
(24:32):
France is where they're going.
So they're traveling.
They have their ticket to NiceFrance.
Well, they get to the airportand Wesley, I'm sure of the two,
had to check their luggage andthey were four minutes late.
So that's exactly the scenariothat I would get us in, with or
(24:56):
not you'd be like four minutes,four minutes.
I told you you were onInstagram.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
In fact, this is a true story.
My only travel issue with youis the very beginning, making
sure you're on time.
Speaker 1 (25:14):
That's it Getting there and getting off, that's it
.
That's the only thing.
They miss their flight to NiceSprings and there's not another
one to get there from thisairline.
So the airline, I guess, likethere's not another one tonight
or today or whatever.
So they referred them, I think,to a different airline next
(25:39):
door, like they're already atthe airport.
So they go to the counter andthey're like we need, we missed
our flight, we need tickets toNice, france, or to Nice, I
guess, is what they said.
Well, they get their ticket.
Tunis, yeah, tunis, tunis iswhere they're going.
They get their tickets.
(26:00):
I don't know why they didn'tcheck them.
I saw an interview.
She was like they were paper.
We travel a lot.
We just didn't pay attention.
But they get on the plane andwhen they're on the plane they
realize they're going Tunis, inTunisia, africa.
They're going to Africa, to aplace called Tunis.
Yeah, it's spelled T-U-N.
(26:22):
How do we spell it?
T-u-n-i-u-s?
Tunis instead of Nice?
Yeah, so instead of T-O, niceit's Tunis.
Yeah, to Nice.
So they got booked to go intoAfrica, Tunisia, tunisia,
tunisia Instead of France.
(26:42):
But isn't that something wewould have done?
So she posted the whole thing,like they literally realized it
when they were getting on theplane they were like, wait, is
this?
And then the crew's allconfused because they're like,
is this going to Nice?
To Nice?
The way they're saying it to mesounds like more of like a
southern kind of accent.
(27:02):
Like, is this going to Nice?
And they're like, yeah, we'regoing to Nice.
And they're like, and thenthey're all confused.
But then they couldn't get offand so they ended up flying to
Africa.
They get there, they said.
I looked it up today after thewhole ordeal they ended up just
(27:25):
getting another flight, likethey never.
Because people were like, didyou not just stay there and do
something?
And they were like, no, we weregoing to.
Because once we figured outwhat was happening and then I
guess people were messaging themlike it would have been a
pretty place, but they alreadyhad accommodations and
everything set up in France, inNice, france, and they couldn't
(27:50):
cancel it and so they would haveto book.
And so she said they ended upjust kind of a long layover and
got out of there.
But I'm like this story thatsounds like one of my travel
stories.
That's something we would getourselves into, you know, and I
would have been the onedocumenting it.
Speaker 2 (28:09):
I have all of my travel disasters he would have
been the pissed one.
Yeah, you know, I have all mytravel disasters.
He would have been the pissedone.
Yeah, you know, I have all mytravel disasters.
There's been something,especially if I leave the United
States, there's something,there's something.
And so Dylan's heard all those.
Yeah.
So when we were in, you told uswhen you went yeah, he was like
(28:30):
no turn around.
Yes, this story did not end up.
Well, I remember it.
Yeah, he was like no turnaround.
Yes, this story did not end up.
Well, I remember it was turnaround and I was like it's going
to be fine.
Yeah, it's going to be fine andit was fine.
We stayed.
But, yeah, I mean.
So Southernisms I don't have, Ihave kind of.
(28:53):
This is funny.
So during the fire turmoil, aplumber ended up being here.
Someone had scheduled theplumber that I use and he was
here Just randomly Randomly theday after.
Speaker 1 (29:11):
The day after, and I was here, I was no sleep Because
the night when the fire startedit was like probably what?
Nine o'clock at night, mm-hmm.
And so back to the fire.
You ended up staying up prettymuch all night because you were
letting the people into condosand double-checking.
And it was just in the middleof it, mr Big Mac, over here,
(29:31):
big back, and around this place,I said, gee, I can see you in
here going.
We're getting this done andit's going to be better than it
was.
Just wait.
Speaker 2 (29:40):
Yes, I was like didn't like this color of these
walls.
Anyway, I did say that I waslike we're changing this.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
Well, we got to paint .
We're going to change it allanyway, just saying.
Speaker 2 (29:54):
I can hear you.
So while he was here, I waslike you know, my damn garbage
disposal has been broken forover six months and I just had
to get these people over here.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
Water damaged from a fire.
Speaker 2 (30:11):
I'm dealing with them .
But I just said you go on inthere and replace my garbage
disposal.
So we talked for maybe threeminutes and I said you know?
Funny thing is I said I grew upin the country I didn't know
what a garbage disposal was.
You know what our garbagedisposal was?
Speaker 1 (30:31):
The hogs.
Well, see, in the country youhad a can.
Well, you're not supposed tohave a garbage disposal,
especially back in your day.
They probably didn't even makethem back in your day in the
country, because when you have aseptic tank you're not supposed
to have a garbage disposal.
We had, when we moved in ourhouse had a garbage disposal and
(30:52):
I took it out.
I had it taken out, I took itout.
You shouldn't have, because youshouldn't have that with a,
because it fills up your septictank and takes it out of balance
.
And you know, my granddaddy isa plumber.
You need that, you know.
Like my mom's house, they havea septic tank.
She's never had a garbagedisposal.
And she's never had a garbagedisposal and she's never had to
(31:13):
do like doing that.
She's never had to have hertank like pumped or anything
Like it, just naturally.
Speaker 2 (31:20):
So when I have clients with septic tanks no
garbage, no garbage disposal.
Speaker 1 (31:24):
That is good to know.
And if they're selling orbuying, if they're buying it and
it's with the septic tank, youneed to make sure they do an
inspection because it may needto be pumped because it fills up
.
Speaker 2 (31:38):
That's really logical , good to know.
Well, I was laughing to him andI said you know, I grew up in
the country we did.
We had a I don't know how y'alldid it we had what used to be a
Crisco can that had the lid.
We just all went down.
We had a scrap can that satbeside the sink Real pretty yeah
(32:01):
.
Speaker 1 (32:02):
Real nice looking.
Those silver ones, mm-hmm, thatmatte silver with the little
handle that the Crisco painted.
Is that what it was?
Mm-mm, it was just a littleplastic, oh, just peeled off.
Speaker 2 (32:12):
Ugh, it was just a little plastic Just peeled off,
stinking, yeah.
But we would line it, you know,with like a Walmart or an
Ingalls plastic bag.
Yeah, real classy, real classy.
And we scraped our plates inthat, yeah, real nice.
And I told him, I said I wentfrom that to this and I said
(32:37):
this shit breaks, we don't knowwhat to do.
It throws us for a week.
What are we going to do now?
Speaker 1 (32:44):
Well, okay, but here's the thing.
So growing up we had dogs orlike outside, so we always just
scraped it in a pan and fed thedogs, whatever the secret.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
Yeah, you could do that, but if you had hogs, we
didn't have hogs or anything itdepended on where I was.
It depended on where I was,like my mom's parents.
It went to the dogs and with mymom she wouldn't feed that to
our dogs, but we just scraped itin the edge of the dogs With my
mom she wouldn't feed that toour dogs, we just Once the dog
(33:17):
got into the chicken orsomething.
It just depended.
But you know, my othergrandparents, my aunt, both went
to the hog house.
Speaker 1 (33:26):
But now, like Daniel and I, I'm trying to like we
just scrape it into the trashcan.
Speaker 2 (33:31):
Yeah, you can do that , it just gets a little stinky
and take it out.
That's what we did and ours wasbroken.
But it was just funny.
How you know, I did not grow upwith a dishwasher, I did not
grow up with a garbage disposal,I did not grow up out of that,
I mean.
And now when our Wi-Fi goes out, it's like, oh my God, oh yeah,
(33:53):
it is, we are down.
Speaker 1 (33:57):
Yeah, you're down for the count.
Well, that's how we ended upmoving places.
Remember the Wi-Fi was down.
It's been weeks since we'vegiven you a normal podcast, but
someone did reach out to me.
I wonder if I need to checkback.
They have a countertopcomposter that is supposed to
(34:19):
compost within 24 hours yourfood.
I wanted it like a brand did.
I wanted it just to try it toshare with you, just to see what
happens.
I mean, I want to try it out tosee what happens, Because that
would be cool if it compostedand no smells or anything.
We've gone through periods.
We have a pail where we willput our coffee grounds in some
(34:41):
sort and then compost it.
Then we just did coffee groundsand then.
Speaker 2 (34:46):
I mean, I don't agree Composted.
Yeah, you have to be careful inthe country because of rodents
and attracting so much if youdon't have a special compost.
Speaker 1 (35:01):
Well, we just throw it out.
Daniel with the flower farm, hehas a big compost pile and he
turns it with the tractor andstuff like that.
You know we don't do nothingwith it.
Speaker 2 (35:10):
Does he still have the tea thing for the fertilizer
?
Does he use that?
He does have the compost tea.
I don't do nothing with this.
Does he still have the teathing for the fertilizer?
Does he use that?
Speaker 1 (35:15):
He does have the compost tea.
I don't know if you you know Idon't keep up with you that was
expensive.
Speaker 2 (35:20):
I don't know that thing was expensive.
It was like it's like a gianttub, it's like a giant tea
brewer.
Speaker 1 (35:29):
Yeah, that you brew a compost tea and then it's
liquid and then you fertilize it.
But I don't know, he buysrandom things and uses them,
then he doesn't, then he does,then it's the best thing, then
it's the worst thing.
Well, I thought it was cool.
Yeah, I mean it's in thegreenhouse.
I mean I know he still has it.
I just don't know how much heuses it or does or doesn't.
(35:50):
And he might use it for certainthings, like starting certain
things, or not.
I don't know about egg a pando.
Speaker 2 (35:57):
So yeah, it's funny like doing that, you know, for
the southernisms, like scrapbookit I know that's a southern
thing, yeah.
And the other thing is and Idon't know if I've ever told
this on here for years I thought, you know, I went down to my
aunt's house and our butter youtold that was on a dish and
(36:24):
pretty and pretty, and I thoughtfancy butter.
Yeah, the grocery store hadsomething nice this week, you
know, I didn't think so,literally like 30 years, and she
was saying something aboutbutter molds and I was like
those were grandma's.
Yeah, she was like no, thosewere my butter.
(36:50):
And I said what did't you forButter Vault?
And she was like all of thebutter you had, what I made.
Speaker 1 (37:00):
That's funny.
We should make some butter.
I want to make some butter.
It's not.
I mean, it's not hard, hold on,it's not.
I don't think it's any morelike efficient or price
efficient.
But it'd be good to if younamed your own butter and you
could season it.
You could season it Because I'mabout to get it's about to be
sourdough bread making seasonagain, so I'm about to get into
(37:25):
that.
Which sourdough you can haveanytime, but for some reason,
even when I've made differentbreads, I always do it in the
fall, winter.
Speaker 2 (37:33):
I don't like it in the summer.
I always I watch how differentpeople make butter in different
ways.
Yeah, it's interesting to me,mm-hmm.
And then the seasoning of thebutter.
Yeah, and you know, I canalways tell now, like when
butter is fresh.
Yeah, you know, because itain't bright yellow.
(37:55):
Yeah, if your butter is brightyellow, it ain't real.
Or it might be real butter butit's got color in it, it's got
something added to it.
It should be a cream.
Speaker 1 (38:08):
It should be.
If you're listening, we'regoing to wrap this one up.
It's going to be a littleshorter because I got to go, but
if you're listening to this one, on Thursday or maybe within
the next few days, next week weare doing a three day sneak peek
week online at the Nested Fig,on the web or on the app, the
(38:30):
Nested Fig app.
So for those of you who arechomping at the bit to see some
Christmas items, we're going todo a three-day preview.
I'm going to pull up the datesso that will be Tuesday, the
16th, wednesday, the 17th andThursday, the 18th of September.
So 16th, 17th and 18th will belive three times a day inside
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It's where you're going toexclusively see some sneak peeks
of Christmas.
We're not going to show youeverything For one.
It ain't all come in yet, butwe got in a ton of Christmas.
I'm very excited about ourChristmas this year.
I was looking right before Icame here I was over at the
warehouse.
We got in a lot of goodChristmas.
Speaker 2 (39:14):
So next week the warehouse We've had in a lot of
good Christmas.
I can't wait.
I'm excited about my tree.
I know I'm excited about thiswhole Christmas.
Speaker 1 (39:19):
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sneak peeks, first looks, andevery year we sort of do this
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It all sells out, depending onwhat it is.
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