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Speaker 1 (00:04):
It's that time, time, time, time, luck and load. The
Michael Verie Show is on the air. Of all the
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issues that get the least public attention in the political realm,
how much regulation should there be or not deregulation over
regulation guiding technology here, or they're even allowing innovation or
subsidizing innovation, how the consumer choices will be made, and
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the economics of all of that subsidies certainly make a difference,
whether they be on the front end of the back end.
John Berger is our guest. He spent a career in
this field, most recently at Sonova. John, I got an email.
Let me see if I can find it again. Let
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me ask you a question while I'm finding this email.
Can you skate backwards? Did you have a roller skate
as a kid? Found it?
Speaker 2 (01:28):
I was never very good at it.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
I couldn't skate backwards. My brother could bothers me to
this day. All right, Roger writes, this energy fella today
was earnest, but kind of a zealot. I had wanted
to ask him about brownouts that Texas has been firting
with these past few years, specifically due to over reliance
on wind energy. How producing solar panels and batteries and
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wind turbines hurts the environment during mining, production, disposal, nuclear
natural gas we will never run out, and they're clean
and reliable. Relying on these sources is not Soviet style.
It works in no brownouts. Your response, John.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Burder, My comment on the Soviet style was the regulatory
structure of the power industry and was not specific whatsoever
to fuel type or technology generate.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Would you fight this guy?
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Well, I don't know. If he's bigger than me, I
may not.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
It's like behind or two with the process, right, you
don't know. If it's showcase showdown, you don't know what
you're going to get.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
No, I prefer to talk to things out to really
make an understanding rather than fight. Yeah. Look, I think
that there are some good points here that you made
right before the commercial break, which was, you know, people
are upset about being forced into certain things such as
you know, maybe certain technologies and transportation and so forth
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in state like California. And I sympathize with that, I
really do. And so again my position is is that
you know, if there's always pro and cons to everything,
I mean, I don't think natural gas and oil is evil.
I certainly don't. I think that, Yeah, there's some problems,
but it's it's it's also something that when you look
at natural gas, it's it's cleaner than coal. That's a fact,
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right in any way you look at it. So that's
a positive. And and yeah, there's going to be some
chemicals that you use to make batteries, uh and solar
panels and and and such, and those can be you know, toxic,
and how do you manage those quite effectively? And and
look at permitting you're running a transmission line, or building
the solar farm, or building the natural gas plant, those
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all have the same issues where we've just got you know,
our stuff, you know, just wrapped around ourselves and we
can't get anything done no matter what it is. And
so there's there's about how do you level the playing
field and then let the market work. That's my point.
And if he wants to buy all the natural gas power,
by god, I think you ought to be able to
do that, and us fully support that. I think solar
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is cheaper. I can tell can point to that and
batteries and that combination is really reliable. But I also
would say that, you know, I use natural gas as
a good portion of my energy system. And I'm not
bashful about that, and I'm not afraid of that, and
I'm not ashamed of it. And so it's all it's
all the above that the market works. For instance, let's
look at this reconciliation bill. The tax credits, whether you
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want them to go to zero or you want to
phase out, which is probably more of what the businesses want,
like Exxon and so forth. Is like, we need to
have policy stability. That's what businesses want. So that's what
we need to look towards. So how do or do
you do with those tax credits but make it a
level playing field for God's sakes? And the proposal in
the House does not do that. You know, what's what
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really calls me about that is the credits indirectly and
directly are structured to go to the monopolies. Those aren't
for profit companies. Those are in many cases literally government,
the city, the city governments, the federal government with TVA
and so forth, and so the federal these government entities,
these monopolies get the tax credits that the homeowners pay for,
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and the homeowners don't get a task credit. That's not right,
that's not American that's not a little playing field, that's
tilting the field more to the Soviet style of participants
in that industry. So that's, you know, my arguments about
how do you get out of the way and let
the consumer make the choices and let the market work.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
I think that's the real question, isn't it the extent
to which the consumer is driving?
Speaker 2 (05:28):
You know?
Speaker 1 (05:29):
I am a big believer in free market economics, going
back to the simplest but maybe perhaps most profound economist
on the subject being Adam Smith, but from Freedman to
soul On through a continuous line, the idea that the
consumer will make the best decision because they will review
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it long before yelp, and they will buy what's good
and reject what's bad, which brings me if you could
in a minute or less, because I'm short on time.
Why are you down on nuclear? John Berger is our guest.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
I'm down on nuclear because it's the most subsidized thing
that we have in power generation period, not even close.
And when you look at why is that is, you
can say that there is a crazy fear of the
nuclear meltdown, and when you look at the science. I'm
an engineer, right from texting them, graduated texting them, grew
up there and.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Brian IRV because that would be a black mark against you.
Good move.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
Yes, yeah, I know know what to emphasize here, but
I will say this. I don't go to the Harvard
football games to go to and in football games. So
hopefully we're going to do well this year. But you know,
when you look at you know, nuclear, the problem with
nuclear is is that while it's an irrational fear and
you look at it from an engineering perspective, was my point.
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I totally agree with that. The science is pretty clear,
the math is pretty clear on that, and I think
you've made that point on an earlier show weeks ago.
But the problem is is that that's not what the
market perceives, and you can't get insurance from a private sector.
There's no company on this earth, including Apple, that can
afford that insurance, and so the government has to do it.
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And there's no place in this country that the citizens
that live in that state want that particular piece of
property to not be used by mankind for ten thousand
years as a waste disposal site. This is why Yucka Mountain,
decades later, still is in operational for nuclear waste. So
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there's there's problems here that we're not solving, that we're
not thinking about. And it's very costly. I mean, just
look at the latest nuclear power plant that the son
of the company did and they're always like, yeah, but
you know, we just get cuts from regulations. We'll do
a better job next time, and then the next time
and the next time. And it's it's South Texas back
in the eighties, spark the you know, the big part
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of power to the regulation within.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
The regulation of right to get to this because a
lot of people ask, I'm gonna let you take it
to the break and thank you for being our guest.
You've got till the end of this of the segments
about a minute. How do you deal with battery disposal?
You talked a lot about batteries. It's a big issue.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Recycling. That material can be recycled and that's a part
of it, and that should be part of their regulation
with batteries.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
John Burger, thank you, sir.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
And every day to see what's going on in my
cousin to Michael Mary show and this is.
Speaker 4 (08:28):
My damn country.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
I thought for this country, this is mine.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
That is of course a coverer of the King Harvest
song that I have an unnatural affinity for. I love
that song so much, and I loved it for years
before I dug into what the background was. It was
written by a fellow named Sherman Kelly a year before
King Harvest recorded it. Kelly had a band called BAFFALONGO
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and Sorry. Two years before he had just been attacked
on a trip to Saint Croix and there was a
gang that eventually murdered eight American tourists and beat him.
Said he had multiple facial fractures, wounds, and he was
left for dead. They thought he was dead when they
finished with him. While he was recovering, he was envisioning
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an alternate reality, the dream of a peaceful, joyful celebration
of life, to put himself in a better mood. And
he wrote that song in Keating Harvest, of course made
it famous. That was a cover by Jubelle. Beautiful song,
great message. So a wonderful, beautiful listener of ours name
Carol Nolan, sent me an email and she said, I
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thought you would love this. Every year over the past
couple of years, I get something on my door from Henry.
I got this yesterday I called him immediately before he
gets booked up. He'll be at my house on Monday
and Tuesday of next week. And she included a very
rudimentary simple no graphics, although there was a scan here.
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I don't know how to do a scan code. But
he's a kid, what do I know? And at the
top left this is all just in microsoftware. Top left
it says Henry's Home Services and then it says, Hi,
my name is Henry Bradley and I live on I'm
not going to tell you where he lives. I am
fifteen and next year I'll be a sophomore at Houston
Christian High School. This summer will mark my fourth doing
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my Henry's Home Services. Business services, dog walking, dog sitting,
house sitting, window cleaning, trash bend cleaning. We'd removal, car washing,
other odd jobs if needed. If we didn't get you already,
ramote you come up with a job and we'll do
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it twelve dollars an hour or set prices depending on
the job. He'll negotiate. He gives his phone number, he
gives his email, and yes, Henry's Home Services has their
own Instagram account because he's fifteen, and they know how
to do these things. Well, I love this so much.
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We needed some help clearing out my parents' house and
there was so much stuff. You know, in the course
of a lifetime you accumulate so much stuff, And so
we hired Bert Harvey's son and his son and his
son's friend Paxton, and my wife was marveling because these
kids could haul things that it would take three grown
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men to haul. Because they're seventeen, eighteen, nineteen years old
and they're horses. These are just corn fed farm boys working.
I love the fact that Henry is not sitting around
playing games all summer. He's not piddling, he's not getting
into trouble. He's out doing work. And he took the
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initiative to do this. So we have tracked down Henry
Bradley and he has taken time off from his very
busy CEO executive leadership of Henry's Home Services to be
our guest. But we have to pay him, okay, billing
US twelve dollars an hour. Henry, Welcome to the program.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
Hey, how are we go?
Speaker 1 (12:12):
I have a question. So Jim Mudd, my creative director,
called you. Ramon called you, and I called you, and
you didn't pick up. How did you know we weren't
calling for Henry's home services and we might need trash
men cleaning or window cleaning.
Speaker 3 (12:24):
Well, I was a little confused that kind of thought
I was a joke.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
Are you serious?
Speaker 2 (12:30):
Yes, sir?
Speaker 1 (12:32):
Did you check with your parents to confirm it's okay
for you to be on with us?
Speaker 2 (12:36):
I did?
Speaker 1 (12:37):
And what did they say?
Speaker 2 (12:39):
It's okay?
Speaker 1 (12:40):
Okay? Did they know who we are?
Speaker 2 (12:43):
Yes, sir?
Speaker 1 (12:43):
Are they listeners?
Speaker 2 (12:46):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (12:47):
Good answer. Are you a listener?
Speaker 2 (12:51):
Yes, sir.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
I'll be honest with you. The reason we wanted to
have you on we do real well in the seventy
five plus demo, but we're not as strong at at
Houston Christian High School in the fifteen demo. So we're
thinking maybe some of your entrepreneurial spirit you could kind
of help us spread the word. Okay, I'm just kidding you, Henry.
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I love what you've done here, son. I think this
is just fantastic. I think this is wonderful. First of all,
I wanted to commend you. How did you get the
idea to do this? Why not just sit around playing
games all summer? Did your parents say, Henry, get off
your button, go get a job or did you go
because I used to walk the neighborhood and wash cars,
mow grass, haul trash and it kept me busy and
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it gave me my own pocket money, which is there
anything better? I love that kids are doing this. I think,
first of all, commendations to you, Henry Bradley.
Speaker 3 (13:41):
Well, kind of started with like a pressure washing type business,
but that didn't work out, so I kind of transitioned
it more to dog clean dog walking and house sitting
and those sort of stuff.
Speaker 1 (13:53):
Why do you think the uh, pressure washing didn't work out.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
I wasn't very good at it and the pressure washer
broke down.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
But okay, well there's nothing wrong with that. And so
your number one service that you get booked for is
dog walking, I.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
Would say probably dog walking and dog.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
City yeah, okay, and then the trash bin cleaning. You know,
I had a kid on a couple of years ago
he was making a fortune doing that trash band cleaning.
Speaker 3 (14:23):
Well, that one's actually new this summer.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
I just started that one.
Speaker 3 (14:26):
So this is a new division of the company, yes, sir, okay, okay, okay,
I'm pretty excited about that one.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
Yeah, I would think so. And so what is the
trash bind if I was trying to decide whether to
do that or not, could you explain to me what
the service is.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
Well, if you're trash can kind of smell bads or
they're just silky and you kind of dread going out
there and going to get them off the curb, they
we clean them down with hoses and then we use
some special chemicals and stuff, clean them up, spray them out,
and then I'll put like fabuloso and then to bre
and then they'll be snowing good afterwards.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
Okay, all right? Interesting, Actually, what is that I was
gonna put?
Speaker 3 (15:08):
Uh coming up soon. I'm gonna put some flyers on
the trash cans, I think this Saturday. I'm gonna put
specific trash can cleaning flyers on there so you might
see those around.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
I like that.
Speaker 1 (15:19):
Henry, can you hold with us for just a moment.
I know you're probably in the middle of a project,
did you, Okay, just one moment? Have them hold your
calls and where's the honey out?
Speaker 3 (15:25):
Others?
Speaker 1 (15:26):
We didn't get nothing the hard time to Michael Berry show.
It's a damn shame. It's a damn shame. It's a
damn shame. It's a damn shame, n man A ready
already like thy. So I have some friends who are
well to do, folks who vacation in places around the world,
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and they make their kids, who are in high school
and college, go to work at the local five star
hotel where they vacation. Some of these folks for people
who could afford to buy the hotel themselves, but they
make their kids do jobs like the valets at the
front entrance. So, in talking to a friend of mine
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the other day, I said, you know, how's your kid's
job going, because he's valeting in the town where they
go where they vacation in. I think it's in Colorado,
I think so. Anyway, so his kid is working as
a valet parking the cars. And he said, well, when
the people every morning, the day before and then the
morning they get a repeat of it, they get a
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list of what are called ng's notable guests, And that
day it was Carmelo, Anthony, CP three and Kevin Costner.
And I said, well, which one was he most excited about?
And he said, well, I was happy to know it
was Kevin Costner. I was afraid it might be CP three,
But either way, these are folks who kid don't need
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the money per se, But working a job like that
will teach you more than and you will learn in
calculus or English that year. It's the real world. It's important.
My kids are working summer jobs this year, and I
encourage you that your kids should too. You don't have
to have an internship, a clerkship, a paid job, or
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anything else. You could put your kid to work at
a fast food restaurant, but teach them some entrepreneurism. I
love that this kid, Henry Bradley, puts these notes out
that says, I'll twelve bucks an hour or you know,
work on I'm a sophomore at Houston Christian High School
and it's my fourth year to do this Henry's home
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services business. I mean it even makes it sound serious.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
So, Henry, when you started to do this, did you
get your parents' approval or how did this work?
Speaker 3 (17:48):
Well?
Speaker 2 (17:48):
I kind of love for baseball cards. I used to
go to these card shows and they're always be these kids.
Speaker 3 (17:53):
They would buy these really split the cards, and one
time we asked them how they were getting all this money,
and they said that they were doing sure washing. So
we have the idea that I should start off my
own business in my neighborhood. And like I, like I
said earlier, it didn't really work out at first, but
I said, they helped me a little bit, you know,
bought some of the materials and stuff we needed, and
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then we kind of got it going.
Speaker 2 (18:16):
Who is we? Me and my parents? Oh?
Speaker 1 (18:21):
Okay, cool? Do you have brothers and sisters? I have
two older siblings death and are they still at home?
Speaker 3 (18:29):
No?
Speaker 2 (18:30):
They both they're both off in college.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
Okay, what does your dad do for a living?
Speaker 2 (18:35):
My dad is lawyer, and so what does.
Speaker 1 (18:38):
He think of all this? He's he's he's gung ho
on you doing this.
Speaker 2 (18:41):
Yeah, they're both really supportive of it. It's pretty nice.
Speaker 1 (18:44):
Okay, do you take credit cards? Or is this a
cash only kind of deal? Cash?
Speaker 3 (18:49):
And then this summer I i'd have been moo.
Speaker 2 (18:51):
To it too.
Speaker 1 (18:52):
Do you do you have kind of a uniform, you know,
Henry's Home Services on it or anything like that.
Speaker 2 (18:57):
I have a little shirt, but I don't I don't
wear it super but.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
That's about what does the shirt say?
Speaker 3 (19:04):
It's a blue shirt says Henry Home Services on it.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
I think Henry, you got to lean into this. I
love that it's like your little uniform you tuck it in.
People like that it looks real official.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
And if it has to nice, oh yes, you know what, we.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
Could probably get hats donated for you from Lamont Brands,
our sponsored nice hats, stitched hats like make America Great Again,
hire Bradley, you know Henry's Home services kind of deal.
I mean, we could and do blues. Yeah, we could
do a lot of things here, the front and back,
I mean, the whole. It could be. It could be great.
Do your friends at school know that you do this?
Speaker 3 (19:43):
I'd say most most of my kind of inner circle
of friends know, but outside that, no one really knows.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
Okay. And and do you find that do you find
that the people who hire you just need something done
or they really like the idea of a kid doing
what you're doing.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
Kind of a little bit of those Some jobs, it
kind of feels like they really needed some certain thing done.
But sometimes it kind of feels like they're just I guess,
kind of hiring out of grace or to be nice
type of thing.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
Well, I don't know if you heard me say earlier,
but a good friend of mine who does all our
construction and renovation projects over the years. Who has for
me personally? I hired his son and his son's friend
to do some work helping clean out my parents' house
because because my parents have moved out of their house
and we needed to get there's a lot of stuff
in there, and I was amazed they could get more
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done than I or my wife for any of the adults,
because young people have more snap. You know, your back
doesn't hurt, your knees don't hurt, Henry, can I read
you something that somebody sent me from a Facebook page
called Talk of Paarland.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
It's sure, Okay.
Speaker 1 (20:57):
At the end of each sentence, when I pause, I
want you to acknowledge and kind of punctuate the sentence
with some version of hm M. Okay, everyone syllable, but
each one has to Each time you do it, it
has to be a different sound. Okay, Okay, it'll be
like we're having a conversation and you're sort of acknowledging
the end of the scenes. Okay, here we go. Let's try.
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South Deer is from a fellow named Matthew Murphy.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
I love this.
Speaker 1 (21:23):
Dear Mothers of Pearland School is out older kids constantly home,
have the house smelling of frustration and bad hygiene. Perhaps
even you see I'm good. I am inquiring about two
offsprings such as these as I have failed to give
my parents heirs. Okay, they have to sound different. That
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was real close, Henry. They are getting old. They just
moved and we've got to build a fence. You could
do higher tones, you know, pitch and things I require
work boots, jeans, strong backs, and do attitudes. One of
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them will help me run in auger, the other with pops,
mixing concrete, laying posts. One to do one to two
days of labor late next week. For a good worker,
we'll pay the privileged minimum wage of twenty dollars an
hour because everything is so expensive nowadays. That's very well done, Henry.
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So my question is are you on the near don't tell,
don't give too many details, just kind of speak generally,
but are you on the near west side of Houston?
Speaker 2 (22:39):
I'll see I sea.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
Oh, okay, you're too young to that. You don't even
drive yet. Okay, all right, never mind, don't say that
I know where Houston Christian High School is.
Speaker 2 (22:47):
I know.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
I think we're about where you are. I'm just wondering
if they're paying twenty bucks an hour in Paarland. I mean,
your your prices are actually pretty good. Twelve bucks is
pretty low. I don't know if this is a if
this is a value proposition, or that was just kind
of the number you came up with.
Speaker 3 (23:08):
I was, I said that kind of number I came
up with kind of right around twelve. Just seems pretty
fair to me.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
And then when you get paid do you get paid
do you invoice to these people on a thirty day
or do you get paid that day? How does that work?
Speaker 2 (23:24):
Pretty much?
Speaker 1 (23:25):
Well, I'd say for.
Speaker 3 (23:28):
Like a window cleaning or some type of job that
it would be just a one day type of thing
that would use that's pretty.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
Much always then and there.
Speaker 3 (23:36):
But maybe a dog sitting or something where it's kind
of long term. Sometimes they just leave money under the door.
Speaker 1 (23:43):
Battery block, Henry Bradley, I am so proud of you.
I love this. You are an example. You are going
far in life. Thank you for being our guest son,
no problem, Thank all.
Speaker 2 (23:56):
For having me. I had a fine Boxes runner Michael Barry.
Speaker 4 (24:14):
Rumors brill Round United to take some time not sack
guys side the game. You don't know what I'm talking about,
just letting me know, and you're gonna go.
Speaker 3 (24:32):
To that. Oh on my rain.
Speaker 4 (24:36):
We got a lot of nice scales.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
I'm ray.
Speaker 4 (24:52):
I'm out here and.
Speaker 3 (24:55):
You don't guys time.
Speaker 4 (25:00):
Gus Johns out there.
Speaker 1 (25:07):
I'm lost down, But now my beer. A very very
happy birthday seventy sixth birthday to Frank Beard. Frank Lee
Beard born in Frankston, Texas, the drummer for one of
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the greatest bands across all genres of all time. Now,
how do you remember which one is? Frank Beard? He's
the one without a beard.
Speaker 3 (25:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (25:49):
In a strange irony, so I was told I'm not
going to tell you who it was Ramon Cody Johnson,
our friend Cody Johnson. I have the sort of quirrel
of having three different friends named Cody Johnson. One the
musician who struts around in wranglers that cut off his circulation.
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I told him, you're going to make yourself infertile, something
I know about, if you don't stop wearing those jeans
so tight. But he's the wrangler spokesman, so I guess
he has to the cowboy. And then there is Cody Johnson,
who runs a garage door doctor dot Biz our garage
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door repair folks. And then there is the Cody Johnson
who owns Canvas Press, and that's the folks you send
your photo to. If you come to my house. There's
all sorts of photos of my kids blown up in
vinyl like a piece of art on the wall, kind
of into my kids and my wife. So anyway, this
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Cody Johnson is from the Richmond area and he knows
everybody from that area, and he is buddy's with Frank
Beard's son, and he has been supposed to coordinate for
me to go hang out with Frank Beard. And I'm
told Frank Beard is down, but somehow, some way, he
never makes it happen. It's probably my fault because I
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never actually do anything. But in any case, happy birthday,
Frank Beard. Hopefully that'll help the cause or moon. I'd
like to go hang out with Frank Beard, if you
know what I mean. So I got emails during the break.
There's one fellow, let's say, called Cursive Media. I think
he's the name of his company. What's his name here? Yeah,
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his name is John holiday Mallow and he owns a
company called Cursive Media. He said, hey, I'll make him.
He's made websites for people that have on in the past.
I'll make him a little simple website if you want.
It'll up being nice and simple. But I think he
was trying to not over promise. So this kid Henry
great story, but there's more and more of these. And
(28:05):
so what I love about this is we treat our children.
We put them in a glass case and we can't
break it because they're so delicate. And then at some point,
you know, Dan Pastorini gave me a great line one time.
He said, you know, we all stopped playing ball at
some point. Now that might be twelve, might be eighteen,
(28:28):
we're got dread high school, might be twenty two, graduate college,
it might be thirty. When when your professional career is over,
I feel like mine was cut short. Or be honest
with you, I feel like mine was cut short. I
had bigger plans for myself. But he said, we all
stopped playing ball at some point. Well, guess what. Every
kid's got to grow up at some point. And so
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we have this idea that our children, these delicate, little
precious things, We're gonna send them to the best schools
and we're gonna do this. We're gonna drive them to
every tennis practice or volleyball practice, or cheer practice, or
they're gonna play select ball. And every daddy out there,
every daddy thinks their kid is the next Craig Bigio.
(29:10):
And then all of a sudden, one day their arm
goes out, or their nee goes out, or they graduate,
or they play this, or they do this, and then
it's over. Right, And now what does that kid do?
Because what have they been trained for in the world
to practice and play a sport that they're not going
to get paid to play. So now what do we do? Uh? Well,
(29:31):
We've got our four year degree at the best school
we could possibly get in. Our parents have hawked everything.
They've paid for our college and and they don't They
can't pay off their mortgage, They have no retirement. But
you know, baby boy has been spoiled all the way through.
And now they come out of college. Maybe we can
(29:51):
get them a job. Maybe, but they don't know how
to start a job. They don't know what to do.
Highlight of my week my wife asked Michael t yesterday,
She said, so, how do you It was nine o'clock
at nine he was exhausted, and she said, and he's done.
You know, he's done fast food jobs, he's done barred jobs,
(30:13):
he's done a little bit of everything. And she said,
you must be exhausted wearing a suit, And he said, no, Mom,
I actually feel energized. I feel like it's exciting. I
see why dad wanted me to do this. Like I'm
fired up. When I wake up. Man, my heart's pounding
out of my chest. You've awakened a spark in this kid,
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because that's what real life's.
Speaker 3 (30:38):
Going to be.
Speaker 1 (30:39):
You know, we spend all this time getting into schools
and trying to make the select team. But then you're
gonna graduate at eighteen or twenty two or whatever that
age is, and you're not prepared for the outside world.
Go work as a bus boy, go work, and if
nothing else, if nothing else, every family in your neighborhood.
(31:02):
Now there are pedophiles, not that many, not as many
as people have you believe. But go to the families
you trust, say hey, is there any work that you
need a lot of families, not everybody. I understand that
there's different economics, so I'm scared to talk numbers. A
lot of families can spiff your kid. One hundred bucks
a day for showing up at eight o'clock and stay
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until six point thirty and feed them in between. To
haul out trash, to clean out the garage, the projects,
to clean out the attic, to clean out the closets,
to haul stuff to whatever, to cut the grass, to
powerwash the concrete. And what it's doing is it's giving
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your kid an understanding of how the real world works.
The real world doesn't work where you go to school,
get out, get a job. The real world existed before
all of these things tasks need to be performed. There
are people, especially older people in the neighborhood. They're sitting
on a Morgan Stanley account or Steve full account with
(32:05):
all this money in it, and they what they really
need is somebody to come and move all these quilt.
Grandma needs to get all these quilts out of there,
or her husband passed and she needs to get all
those suits cleared out of there. Put your kid to work,
encourage them, reward them, teach them. I guarantee you Mamma
would hire them at one hundred bucks a day or
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whatever that amount they can spare to come and clean
out the garage or the shed. Give your kids something
to do. What are they doing sitting around playing video games?
That is not healthy, It's not good. You're missing a
great opportunity. Think of this as part of their growth
and development and education. It doesn't have to be formal.
(32:47):
They don't have to have a business card. They don't
have to make a sheet the way Henry did. You
could probably make a call. You've got a buddy that
has a business. I guarantee you your buddy's business. Whatever
that business is, he needs. He needs the boxes in
the back moved up to the front and you just
can't get to it. He needs that old storage room
cleaned out and washed down. Put your kid to work.
It's the best thing you can do for him.
It's that time, time, time, time, luck and load. The
Michael Verie Show is on the air. Of all the
(00:37):
issues that get the least public attention in the political realm,
how much regulation should there be or not deregulation over
regulation guiding technology here, or they're even allowing innovation or
subsidizing innovation, how the consumer choices will be made, and
(00:58):
the economics of all of that subsidies certainly make a difference,
whether they be on the front end of the back end.
John Berger is our guest. He spent a career in
this field, most recently at Sonova. John, I got an email.
Let me see if I can find it again. Let
(01:18):
me ask you a question while I'm finding this email.
Can you skate backwards? Did you have a roller skate
as a kid? Found it?
Speaker 2 (01:28):
I was never very good at it.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
I couldn't skate backwards. My brother could bothers me to
this day. All right, Roger writes, this energy fella today
was earnest, but kind of a zealot. I had wanted
to ask him about brownouts that Texas has been firting
with these past few years, specifically due to over reliance
on wind energy. How producing solar panels and batteries and
(01:51):
wind turbines hurts the environment during mining, production, disposal, nuclear
natural gas we will never run out, and they're clean
and reliable. Relying on these sources is not Soviet style.
It works in no brownouts. Your response, John.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Burder, My comment on the Soviet style was the regulatory
structure of the power industry and was not specific whatsoever
to fuel type or technology generate.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Would you fight this guy?
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Well, I don't know. If he's bigger than me, I
may not.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
It's like behind or two with the process, right, you
don't know. If it's showcase showdown, you don't know what
you're going to get.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
No, I prefer to talk to things out to really
make an understanding rather than fight. Yeah. Look, I think
that there are some good points here that you made
right before the commercial break, which was, you know, people
are upset about being forced into certain things such as
you know, maybe certain technologies and transportation and so forth
(02:50):
in state like California. And I sympathize with that, I
really do. And so again my position is is that
you know, if there's always pro and cons to everything,
I mean, I don't think natural gas and oil is evil.
I certainly don't. I think that, Yeah, there's some problems,
but it's it's it's also something that when you look
at natural gas, it's it's cleaner than coal. That's a fact,
(03:13):
right in any way you look at it. So that's
a positive. And and yeah, there's going to be some
chemicals that you use to make batteries, uh and solar
panels and and and such, and those can be you know, toxic,
and how do you manage those quite effectively? And and
look at permitting you're running a transmission line, or building
the solar farm, or building the natural gas plant, those
(03:35):
all have the same issues where we've just got you know,
our stuff, you know, just wrapped around ourselves and we
can't get anything done no matter what it is. And
so there's there's about how do you level the playing
field and then let the market work. That's my point.
And if he wants to buy all the natural gas power,
by god, I think you ought to be able to
do that, and us fully support that. I think solar
(03:58):
is cheaper. I can tell can point to that and
batteries and that combination is really reliable. But I also
would say that, you know, I use natural gas as
a good portion of my energy system. And I'm not
bashful about that, and I'm not afraid of that, and
I'm not ashamed of it. And so it's all it's
all the above that the market works. For instance, let's
look at this reconciliation bill. The tax credits, whether you
(04:19):
want them to go to zero or you want to
phase out, which is probably more of what the businesses want,
like Exxon and so forth. Is like, we need to
have policy stability. That's what businesses want. So that's what
we need to look towards. So how do or do
you do with those tax credits but make it a
level playing field for God's sakes? And the proposal in
the House does not do that. You know, what's what
(04:39):
really calls me about that is the credits indirectly and
directly are structured to go to the monopolies. Those aren't
for profit companies. Those are in many cases literally government,
the city, the city governments, the federal government with TVA
and so forth, and so the federal these government entities,
these monopolies get the tax credits that the homeowners pay for,
(05:01):
and the homeowners don't get a task credit. That's not right,
that's not American that's not a little playing field, that's
tilting the field more to the Soviet style of participants
in that industry. So that's, you know, my arguments about
how do you get out of the way and let
the consumer make the choices and let the market work.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
I think that's the real question, isn't it the extent
to which the consumer is driving?
Speaker 2 (05:28):
You know?
Speaker 1 (05:29):
I am a big believer in free market economics, going
back to the simplest but maybe perhaps most profound economist
on the subject being Adam Smith, but from Freedman to
soul On through a continuous line, the idea that the
consumer will make the best decision because they will review
(05:50):
it long before yelp, and they will buy what's good
and reject what's bad, which brings me if you could
in a minute or less, because I'm short on time.
Why are you down on nuclear? John Berger is our guest.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
I'm down on nuclear because it's the most subsidized thing
that we have in power generation period, not even close.
And when you look at why is that is, you
can say that there is a crazy fear of the
nuclear meltdown, and when you look at the science. I'm
an engineer, right from texting them, graduated texting them, grew
up there and.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Brian IRV because that would be a black mark against you.
Good move.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
Yes, yeah, I know know what to emphasize here, but
I will say this. I don't go to the Harvard
football games to go to and in football games. So
hopefully we're going to do well this year. But you know,
when you look at you know, nuclear, the problem with
nuclear is is that while it's an irrational fear and
you look at it from an engineering perspective, was my point.
(06:54):
I totally agree with that. The science is pretty clear,
the math is pretty clear on that, and I think
you've made that point on an earlier show weeks ago.
But the problem is is that that's not what the
market perceives, and you can't get insurance from a private sector.
There's no company on this earth, including Apple, that can
afford that insurance, and so the government has to do it.
(07:15):
And there's no place in this country that the citizens
that live in that state want that particular piece of
property to not be used by mankind for ten thousand
years as a waste disposal site. This is why Yucka Mountain,
decades later, still is in operational for nuclear waste. So
(07:35):
there's there's problems here that we're not solving, that we're
not thinking about. And it's very costly. I mean, just
look at the latest nuclear power plant that the son
of the company did and they're always like, yeah, but
you know, we just get cuts from regulations. We'll do
a better job next time, and then the next time
and the next time. And it's it's South Texas back
in the eighties, spark the you know, the big part
(07:56):
of power to the regulation within.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
The regulation of right to get to this because a
lot of people ask, I'm gonna let you take it
to the break and thank you for being our guest.
You've got till the end of this of the segments
about a minute. How do you deal with battery disposal?
You talked a lot about batteries. It's a big issue.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Recycling. That material can be recycled and that's a part
of it, and that should be part of their regulation
with batteries.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
John Burger, thank you, sir.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
And every day to see what's going on in my
cousin to Michael Mary show and this is.
Speaker 4 (08:28):
My damn country.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
I thought for this country, this is mine.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
That is of course a coverer of the King Harvest
song that I have an unnatural affinity for. I love
that song so much, and I loved it for years
before I dug into what the background was. It was
written by a fellow named Sherman Kelly a year before
King Harvest recorded it. Kelly had a band called BAFFALONGO
(08:59):
and Sorry. Two years before he had just been attacked
on a trip to Saint Croix and there was a
gang that eventually murdered eight American tourists and beat him.
Said he had multiple facial fractures, wounds, and he was
left for dead. They thought he was dead when they
finished with him. While he was recovering, he was envisioning
(09:21):
an alternate reality, the dream of a peaceful, joyful celebration
of life, to put himself in a better mood. And
he wrote that song in Keating Harvest, of course made
it famous. That was a cover by Jubelle. Beautiful song,
great message. So a wonderful, beautiful listener of ours name
Carol Nolan, sent me an email and she said, I
(09:42):
thought you would love this. Every year over the past
couple of years, I get something on my door from Henry.
I got this yesterday I called him immediately before he
gets booked up. He'll be at my house on Monday
and Tuesday of next week. And she included a very
rudimentary simple no graphics, although there was a scan here.
(10:03):
I don't know how to do a scan code. But
he's a kid, what do I know? And at the
top left this is all just in microsoftware. Top left
it says Henry's Home Services and then it says, Hi,
my name is Henry Bradley and I live on I'm
not going to tell you where he lives. I am
fifteen and next year I'll be a sophomore at Houston
Christian High School. This summer will mark my fourth doing
(10:26):
my Henry's Home Services. Business services, dog walking, dog sitting,
house sitting, window cleaning, trash bend cleaning. We'd removal, car washing,
other odd jobs if needed. If we didn't get you already,
ramote you come up with a job and we'll do
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it twelve dollars an hour or set prices depending on
the job. He'll negotiate. He gives his phone number, he
gives his email, and yes, Henry's Home Services has their
own Instagram account because he's fifteen, and they know how
to do these things. Well, I love this so much.
(11:09):
We needed some help clearing out my parents' house and
there was so much stuff. You know, in the course
of a lifetime you accumulate so much stuff, And so
we hired Bert Harvey's son and his son and his
son's friend Paxton, and my wife was marveling because these
kids could haul things that it would take three grown
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men to haul. Because they're seventeen, eighteen, nineteen years old
and they're horses. These are just corn fed farm boys working.
I love the fact that Henry is not sitting around
playing games all summer. He's not piddling, he's not getting
into trouble. He's out doing work. And he took the
(11:51):
initiative to do this. So we have tracked down Henry
Bradley and he has taken time off from his very
busy CEO executive leadership of Henry's Home Services to be
our guest. But we have to pay him, okay, billing
US twelve dollars an hour. Henry, Welcome to the program.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
Hey, how are we go?
Speaker 1 (12:12):
I have a question. So Jim Mudd, my creative director,
called you. Ramon called you, and I called you, and
you didn't pick up. How did you know we weren't
calling for Henry's home services and we might need trash
men cleaning or window cleaning.
Speaker 3 (12:24):
Well, I was a little confused that kind of thought
I was a joke.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
Are you serious?
Speaker 2 (12:30):
Yes, sir?
Speaker 1 (12:32):
Did you check with your parents to confirm it's okay
for you to be on with us?
Speaker 2 (12:36):
I did?
Speaker 1 (12:37):
And what did they say?
Speaker 2 (12:39):
It's okay?
Speaker 1 (12:40):
Okay? Did they know who we are?
Speaker 2 (12:43):
Yes, sir?
Speaker 1 (12:43):
Are they listeners?
Speaker 2 (12:46):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (12:47):
Good answer. Are you a listener?
Speaker 2 (12:51):
Yes, sir.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
I'll be honest with you. The reason we wanted to
have you on we do real well in the seventy
five plus demo, but we're not as strong at at
Houston Christian High School in the fifteen demo. So we're
thinking maybe some of your entrepreneurial spirit you could kind
of help us spread the word. Okay, I'm just kidding you, Henry.
(13:12):
I love what you've done here, son. I think this
is just fantastic. I think this is wonderful. First of all,
I wanted to commend you. How did you get the
idea to do this? Why not just sit around playing
games all summer? Did your parents say, Henry, get off
your button, go get a job or did you go
because I used to walk the neighborhood and wash cars,
mow grass, haul trash and it kept me busy and
(13:32):
it gave me my own pocket money, which is there
anything better? I love that kids are doing this. I think,
first of all, commendations to you, Henry Bradley.
Speaker 3 (13:41):
Well, kind of started with like a pressure washing type business,
but that didn't work out, so I kind of transitioned
it more to dog clean dog walking and house sitting
and those sort of stuff.
Speaker 1 (13:53):
Why do you think the uh, pressure washing didn't work out.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
I wasn't very good at it and the pressure washer
broke down.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
But okay, well there's nothing wrong with that. And so
your number one service that you get booked for is
dog walking, I.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
Would say probably dog walking and dog.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
City yeah, okay, and then the trash bin cleaning. You know,
I had a kid on a couple of years ago
he was making a fortune doing that trash band cleaning.
Speaker 3 (14:23):
Well, that one's actually new this summer.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
I just started that one.
Speaker 3 (14:26):
So this is a new division of the company, yes, sir, okay, okay, okay,
I'm pretty excited about that one.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
Yeah, I would think so. And so what is the
trash bind if I was trying to decide whether to
do that or not, could you explain to me what
the service is.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
Well, if you're trash can kind of smell bads or
they're just silky and you kind of dread going out
there and going to get them off the curb, they
we clean them down with hoses and then we use
some special chemicals and stuff, clean them up, spray them out,
and then I'll put like fabuloso and then to bre
and then they'll be snowing good afterwards.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
Okay, all right? Interesting, Actually, what is that I was
gonna put?
Speaker 3 (15:08):
Uh coming up soon. I'm gonna put some flyers on
the trash cans, I think this Saturday. I'm gonna put
specific trash can cleaning flyers on there so you might
see those around.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
I like that.
Speaker 1 (15:19):
Henry, can you hold with us for just a moment.
I know you're probably in the middle of a project,
did you, Okay, just one moment? Have them hold your
calls and where's the honey out?
Speaker 3 (15:25):
Others?
Speaker 1 (15:26):
We didn't get nothing the hard time to Michael Berry show.
It's a damn shame. It's a damn shame. It's a
damn shame. It's a damn shame, n man A ready
already like thy. So I have some friends who are
well to do, folks who vacation in places around the world,
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and they make their kids, who are in high school
and college, go to work at the local five star
hotel where they vacation. Some of these folks for people
who could afford to buy the hotel themselves, but they
make their kids do jobs like the valets at the
front entrance. So, in talking to a friend of mine
(16:11):
the other day, I said, you know, how's your kid's
job going, because he's valeting in the town where they
go where they vacation in. I think it's in Colorado,
I think so. Anyway, so his kid is working as
a valet parking the cars. And he said, well, when
the people every morning, the day before and then the
morning they get a repeat of it, they get a
(16:33):
list of what are called ng's notable guests, And that
day it was Carmelo, Anthony, CP three and Kevin Costner.
And I said, well, which one was he most excited about?
And he said, well, I was happy to know it
was Kevin Costner. I was afraid it might be CP three,
But either way, these are folks who kid don't need
(16:54):
the money per se, But working a job like that
will teach you more than and you will learn in
calculus or English that year. It's the real world. It's important.
My kids are working summer jobs this year, and I
encourage you that your kids should too. You don't have
to have an internship, a clerkship, a paid job, or
(17:16):
anything else. You could put your kid to work at
a fast food restaurant, but teach them some entrepreneurism. I
love that this kid, Henry Bradley, puts these notes out
that says, I'll twelve bucks an hour or you know,
work on I'm a sophomore at Houston Christian High School
and it's my fourth year to do this Henry's home
(17:37):
services business. I mean it even makes it sound serious.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
So, Henry, when you started to do this, did you
get your parents' approval or how did this work?
Speaker 3 (17:48):
Well?
Speaker 2 (17:48):
I kind of love for baseball cards. I used to
go to these card shows and they're always be these kids.
Speaker 3 (17:53):
They would buy these really split the cards, and one
time we asked them how they were getting all this money,
and they said that they were doing sure washing. So
we have the idea that I should start off my
own business in my neighborhood. And like I, like I
said earlier, it didn't really work out at first, but
I said, they helped me a little bit, you know,
bought some of the materials and stuff we needed, and
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then we kind of got it going.
Speaker 2 (18:16):
Who is we? Me and my parents? Oh?
Speaker 1 (18:21):
Okay, cool? Do you have brothers and sisters? I have
two older siblings death and are they still at home?
Speaker 3 (18:29):
No?
Speaker 2 (18:30):
They both they're both off in college.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
Okay, what does your dad do for a living?
Speaker 2 (18:35):
My dad is lawyer, and so what does.
Speaker 1 (18:38):
He think of all this? He's he's he's gung ho
on you doing this.
Speaker 2 (18:41):
Yeah, they're both really supportive of it. It's pretty nice.
Speaker 1 (18:44):
Okay, do you take credit cards? Or is this a
cash only kind of deal? Cash?
Speaker 3 (18:49):
And then this summer I i'd have been moo.
Speaker 2 (18:51):
To it too.
Speaker 1 (18:52):
Do you do you have kind of a uniform, you know,
Henry's Home Services on it or anything like that.
Speaker 2 (18:57):
I have a little shirt, but I don't I don't
wear it super but.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
That's about what does the shirt say?
Speaker 3 (19:04):
It's a blue shirt says Henry Home Services on it.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
I think Henry, you got to lean into this. I
love that it's like your little uniform you tuck it in.
People like that it looks real official.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
And if it has to nice, oh yes, you know what, we.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
Could probably get hats donated for you from Lamont Brands,
our sponsored nice hats, stitched hats like make America Great Again,
hire Bradley, you know Henry's Home services kind of deal.
I mean, we could and do blues. Yeah, we could
do a lot of things here, the front and back,
I mean, the whole. It could be. It could be great.
Do your friends at school know that you do this?
Speaker 3 (19:43):
I'd say most most of my kind of inner circle
of friends know, but outside that, no one really knows.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
Okay. And and do you find that do you find
that the people who hire you just need something done
or they really like the idea of a kid doing
what you're doing.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
Kind of a little bit of those Some jobs, it
kind of feels like they really needed some certain thing done.
But sometimes it kind of feels like they're just I guess,
kind of hiring out of grace or to be nice
type of thing.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
Well, I don't know if you heard me say earlier,
but a good friend of mine who does all our
construction and renovation projects over the years. Who has for
me personally? I hired his son and his son's friend
to do some work helping clean out my parents' house
because because my parents have moved out of their house
and we needed to get there's a lot of stuff
in there, and I was amazed they could get more
(20:40):
done than I or my wife for any of the adults,
because young people have more snap. You know, your back
doesn't hurt, your knees don't hurt, Henry, can I read
you something that somebody sent me from a Facebook page
called Talk of Paarland.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
It's sure, Okay.
Speaker 1 (20:57):
At the end of each sentence, when I pause, I
want you to acknowledge and kind of punctuate the sentence
with some version of hm M. Okay, everyone syllable, but
each one has to Each time you do it, it
has to be a different sound. Okay, Okay, it'll be
like we're having a conversation and you're sort of acknowledging
the end of the scenes. Okay, here we go. Let's try.
(21:18):
South Deer is from a fellow named Matthew Murphy.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
I love this.
Speaker 1 (21:23):
Dear Mothers of Pearland School is out older kids constantly home,
have the house smelling of frustration and bad hygiene. Perhaps
even you see I'm good. I am inquiring about two
offsprings such as these as I have failed to give
my parents heirs. Okay, they have to sound different. That
(21:45):
was real close, Henry. They are getting old. They just
moved and we've got to build a fence. You could
do higher tones, you know, pitch and things I require
work boots, jeans, strong backs, and do attitudes. One of
(22:06):
them will help me run in auger, the other with pops,
mixing concrete, laying posts. One to do one to two
days of labor late next week. For a good worker,
we'll pay the privileged minimum wage of twenty dollars an
hour because everything is so expensive nowadays. That's very well done, Henry.
(22:28):
So my question is are you on the near don't tell,
don't give too many details, just kind of speak generally,
but are you on the near west side of Houston?
Speaker 2 (22:39):
I'll see I sea.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
Oh, okay, you're too young to that. You don't even
drive yet. Okay, all right, never mind, don't say that
I know where Houston Christian High School is.
Speaker 2 (22:47):
I know.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
I think we're about where you are. I'm just wondering
if they're paying twenty bucks an hour in Paarland. I mean,
your your prices are actually pretty good. Twelve bucks is
pretty low. I don't know if this is a if
this is a value proposition, or that was just kind
of the number you came up with.
Speaker 3 (23:08):
I was, I said that kind of number I came
up with kind of right around twelve. Just seems pretty
fair to me.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
And then when you get paid do you get paid
do you invoice to these people on a thirty day
or do you get paid that day? How does that work?
Speaker 2 (23:24):
Pretty much?
Speaker 1 (23:25):
Well, I'd say for.
Speaker 3 (23:28):
Like a window cleaning or some type of job that
it would be just a one day type of thing
that would use that's pretty.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
Much always then and there.
Speaker 3 (23:36):
But maybe a dog sitting or something where it's kind
of long term. Sometimes they just leave money under the door.
Speaker 1 (23:43):
Battery block, Henry Bradley, I am so proud of you.
I love this. You are an example. You are going
far in life. Thank you for being our guest son,
no problem, Thank all.
Speaker 2 (23:56):
For having me. I had a fine Boxes runner Michael Barry.
Speaker 4 (24:14):
Rumors brill Round United to take some time not sack
guys side the game. You don't know what I'm talking about,
just letting me know, and you're gonna go.
Speaker 3 (24:32):
To that. Oh on my rain.
Speaker 4 (24:36):
We got a lot of nice scales.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
I'm ray.
Speaker 4 (24:52):
I'm out here and.
Speaker 3 (24:55):
You don't guys time.
Speaker 4 (25:00):
Gus Johns out there.
Speaker 1 (25:07):
I'm lost down, But now my beer. A very very
happy birthday seventy sixth birthday to Frank Beard. Frank Lee
Beard born in Frankston, Texas, the drummer for one of
(25:34):
the greatest bands across all genres of all time. Now,
how do you remember which one is? Frank Beard? He's
the one without a beard.
Speaker 3 (25:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (25:49):
In a strange irony, so I was told I'm not
going to tell you who it was Ramon Cody Johnson,
our friend Cody Johnson. I have the sort of quirrel
of having three different friends named Cody Johnson. One the
musician who struts around in wranglers that cut off his circulation.
(26:10):
I told him, you're going to make yourself infertile, something
I know about, if you don't stop wearing those jeans
so tight. But he's the wrangler spokesman, so I guess
he has to the cowboy. And then there is Cody Johnson,
who runs a garage door doctor dot Biz our garage
(26:30):
door repair folks. And then there is the Cody Johnson
who owns Canvas Press, and that's the folks you send
your photo to. If you come to my house. There's
all sorts of photos of my kids blown up in
vinyl like a piece of art on the wall, kind
of into my kids and my wife. So anyway, this
(26:51):
Cody Johnson is from the Richmond area and he knows
everybody from that area, and he is buddy's with Frank
Beard's son, and he has been supposed to coordinate for
me to go hang out with Frank Beard. And I'm
told Frank Beard is down, but somehow, some way, he
never makes it happen. It's probably my fault because I
(27:15):
never actually do anything. But in any case, happy birthday,
Frank Beard. Hopefully that'll help the cause or moon. I'd
like to go hang out with Frank Beard, if you
know what I mean. So I got emails during the break.
There's one fellow, let's say, called Cursive Media. I think
he's the name of his company. What's his name here? Yeah,
(27:41):
his name is John holiday Mallow and he owns a
company called Cursive Media. He said, hey, I'll make him.
He's made websites for people that have on in the past.
I'll make him a little simple website if you want.
It'll up being nice and simple. But I think he
was trying to not over promise. So this kid Henry
great story, but there's more and more of these. And
(28:05):
so what I love about this is we treat our children.
We put them in a glass case and we can't
break it because they're so delicate. And then at some point,
you know, Dan Pastorini gave me a great line one time.
He said, you know, we all stopped playing ball at
some point. Now that might be twelve, might be eighteen,
(28:28):
we're got dread high school, might be twenty two, graduate college,
it might be thirty. When when your professional career is over,
I feel like mine was cut short. Or be honest
with you, I feel like mine was cut short. I
had bigger plans for myself. But he said, we all
stopped playing ball at some point. Well, guess what. Every
kid's got to grow up at some point. And so
(28:49):
we have this idea that our children, these delicate, little
precious things, We're gonna send them to the best schools
and we're gonna do this. We're gonna drive them to
every tennis practice or volleyball practice, or cheer practice, or
they're gonna play select ball. And every daddy out there,
every daddy thinks their kid is the next Craig Bigio.
(29:10):
And then all of a sudden, one day their arm
goes out, or their nee goes out, or they graduate,
or they play this, or they do this, and then
it's over. Right, And now what does that kid do?
Because what have they been trained for in the world
to practice and play a sport that they're not going
to get paid to play. So now what do we do? Uh? Well,
(29:31):
We've got our four year degree at the best school
we could possibly get in. Our parents have hawked everything.
They've paid for our college and and they don't They
can't pay off their mortgage, They have no retirement. But
you know, baby boy has been spoiled all the way through.
And now they come out of college. Maybe we can
(29:51):
get them a job. Maybe, but they don't know how
to start a job. They don't know what to do.
Highlight of my week my wife asked Michael t yesterday,
She said, so, how do you It was nine o'clock
at nine he was exhausted, and she said, and he's done.
You know, he's done fast food jobs, he's done barred jobs,
(30:13):
he's done a little bit of everything. And she said,
you must be exhausted wearing a suit, And he said, no, Mom,
I actually feel energized. I feel like it's exciting. I
see why dad wanted me to do this. Like I'm
fired up. When I wake up. Man, my heart's pounding
out of my chest. You've awakened a spark in this kid,
(30:37):
because that's what real life's.
Speaker 3 (30:38):
Going to be.
Speaker 1 (30:39):
You know, we spend all this time getting into schools
and trying to make the select team. But then you're
gonna graduate at eighteen or twenty two or whatever that
age is, and you're not prepared for the outside world.
Go work as a bus boy, go work, and if
nothing else, if nothing else, every family in your neighborhood.
(31:02):
Now there are pedophiles, not that many, not as many
as people have you believe. But go to the families
you trust, say hey, is there any work that you
need a lot of families, not everybody. I understand that
there's different economics, so I'm scared to talk numbers. A
lot of families can spiff your kid. One hundred bucks
a day for showing up at eight o'clock and stay
(31:23):
until six point thirty and feed them in between. To
haul out trash, to clean out the garage, the projects,
to clean out the attic, to clean out the closets,
to haul stuff to whatever, to cut the grass, to
powerwash the concrete. And what it's doing is it's giving
(31:44):
your kid an understanding of how the real world works.
The real world doesn't work where you go to school,
get out, get a job. The real world existed before
all of these things tasks need to be performed. There
are people, especially older people in the neighborhood. They're sitting
on a Morgan Stanley account or Steve full account with
(32:05):
all this money in it, and they what they really
need is somebody to come and move all these quilt.
Grandma needs to get all these quilts out of there,
or her husband passed and she needs to get all
those suits cleared out of there. Put your kid to work,
encourage them, reward them, teach them. I guarantee you Mamma
would hire them at one hundred bucks a day or
(32:26):
whatever that amount they can spare to come and clean
out the garage or the shed. Give your kids something
to do. What are they doing sitting around playing video games?
That is not healthy, It's not good. You're missing a
great opportunity. Think of this as part of their growth
and development and education. It doesn't have to be formal.
(32:47):
They don't have to have a business card. They don't
have to make a sheet the way Henry did. You
could probably make a call. You've got a buddy that
has a business. I guarantee you your buddy's business. Whatever
that business is, he needs. He needs the boxes in
the back moved up to the front and you just
can't get to it. He needs that old storage room
cleaned out and washed down. Put your kid to work.
It's the best thing you can do for him.
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