Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Ep 514 | Fat Pile Friday - Zuck in Dust EDITION

Episode Date: November 20, 2020

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Get no frills delivered. Shop the same in-store prices online and enjoy unlimited delivery with PC Express Pass. Get your first year for $2.50 a month. Learn more at p.c.express.ca. I know it's not the break room and I know I'm starting early, but I just can't. So I'm starting early. Oh my gosh. I just can't anymore.
Starting point is 00:00:34 So the University of Wisconsin-Madison is moving forward on a plan to remove a boulder from Observatory Hill. It's a 70-ton boulder, officially known as Chamberlain Rock, in honor of Thomas Crowder Chamberlain, a geologist and former university president but the rock was referred to at least once after it was dug out of the hill as an and i want to say the word so bad it was called an n-word head there i didn't say it was a commonly used expression we all know this from the 1920s, and it was common to describe any large, dark rock, that word, the N-word head. Okay? It was in the 1920s, there was a newspaper who talked about the N-word rock, I'm sorry, the N-word head
Starting point is 00:02:09 Boulder in an article in the Wisconsin State Journal in 1925. Now it hasn't been called that since then, at least publicly. It may be in the history books. No one even
Starting point is 00:02:33 thinks of it as that anymore. It's Chamberlain's Rock. not even plural it's just chamberlain rock i'm sure the people at the university call it chamberlain's rock i can't take it anymore i know that it isn't specifically the rock that's racist but it doesn't have anything to do with today now the university can do what it wants and they can move that 70-ton boulder any damn place they want. But it is pathetic that we are moving a 70-ton boulder
Starting point is 00:03:24 because of what it was called originally in 1920. Welcome to chewing the fat. It's Friday. All right, let's do a good story. At least one today, okay? So an Indonesian man was working outside his house. He's a coffin maker. Boy, what a fun job that sounds like.
Starting point is 00:04:08 But he heard a great sound and parts of the house were shaking. He didn't know what the heck happened. He saw that the tin roof of the house overhang had been broken. There was a hole in it. And he looked down there was a 4.5 pound meteor that had smashed through the awning and into the ground. He said it was still warm when he brought it into the house. So it's worth about $2 million. Nice.
Starting point is 00:04:44 Right? Nice. Now, what would you do with the $2 million? dollars. He lives in Samatra and he was paid the equivalent of about 30 years in salary
Starting point is 00:05:03 for this meteor. I mean that's pretty good. So he said that he's going to use the money to erect a church in his community.
Starting point is 00:05:22 Now I don't know if the church is going to be a, you know, 30-year salary-worth church, or he keeps a little to feed his family, that would still be okay. That's amazing. I love this guy. I love this guy. So, three other pieces or chunks of the meteorite have been found. They officially named it Kowang, and they were discovered nearby his house. One landed in a paddy field, you know, four or five miles away. I don't know if it gives any money for that one.
Starting point is 00:05:55 Or if it's just like, no, I found that one. That one's mine. Or the space guy from Indonesia's National Institute of Aeronautics and space said, yeah, that's, nah, that one, we found that one. Don't you worry about that belongs to us. I'm sure that's what happened.
Starting point is 00:06:14 So, anyway, and you know, I know that it's rare that these meteors or meteorites hit popular. areas and smash into things, but at least something good came of one 4.5 pound piece of rock
Starting point is 00:06:31 from space that smashed into this guy's house and at least, you know, he'll build a church for the for the community. Ha, okay, I feel better. Not much, but better.
Starting point is 00:06:48 Well, as long as we're talking about space, we might as well talk about a mini moon has entered our orbit and it's going to be orbiting Earth for a few months before heading back out on its cosmic journey now this mini moon you'd think wow wonder where that came from
Starting point is 00:07:08 I wonder you know just did it just show up the object is named 2020 so it entered the part of space where Earth's gravity is dominant on November 8th, duh, and is expected to stay there until it heads out to a new orbit around the sun in March of 2021. Now, they figure that the object at one point, one of the paths, brought it very close to the Earth
Starting point is 00:07:46 and the moon in September of 1966. Hmm. Now, NASA's Paul Chodas said in a statement, you know, it was like a eureka moment when a quick check of launch dates for lunar missions showed a match with the Surveyor 2 mission. So now they figure that this mini moon, as just a rocket body.
Starting point is 00:08:18 Yeah, it's space junk. That's all just flying around. around there. Locke, we, we got space crap flying around out there all over the place. I'm sorry. There's pieces of space junk all over the place out there. We got to do something about the space junk, man. You want a million dollar idea?
Starting point is 00:08:35 I know Elon is launching astronauts into space, and he wants, he's launching people to the moon, and we're taking robots to Mars, and we're building nuclear power plants on the moon, and we're putting cell towers on the moon. Somebody needs to pick up the trash. Okay? somebody needs to go up there and pick up the trash so let's get somebody involved i think we know who runs the garbage department of the planet get them involved and let's get them flying up and around there and picking up the trash you know it's going to cost you but that's just part of doing business
Starting point is 00:09:10 let's make that happen i'd so have a question for you how many law enforcement officers does it take to arrest three people? That's all I want to know. Just think about it in your head, psychically send it to me. Because whatever you say ain't right. You're wrong. Okay?
Starting point is 00:09:35 In Germany, 1,600 German law enforcement officers rated 18 different locations across the country and arrested three men. Now, I know. Now, they were part of, remember the big jewel heist last year? They got almost $3 billion.
Starting point is 00:10:04 It was like $2.8 billion worth of jewels. Well, these were three of the guys. There, three unidentified German citizens, 126 and 223, were apprehended. are set to see a judge. Now, there were two more people that they are sure connected to this crime. They are still at large. So it was possible that these 1600 German law enforcement officers could have gotten five guys.
Starting point is 00:10:40 So you understand why you needed so many. But they only ended up with three. The two that are on the lamb, are connected with an organized crime family. Yeah, you're not finding them. They might not even be alive. But remember the Dresden Museum robbery. I mean, some of those jewels dated back to the 17th century.
Starting point is 00:11:04 And did they, with 1,600 law enforcement officers, you know they got all the artifacts back, right? Nope. Sorry. Yeah, you know, we need a lot of luck in order to find them. a year after the crime. So, you know, there's just no way we could do that. But I thought you were getting this stuff for me.
Starting point is 00:11:30 Yeah, no, we're going to be busted the family. So, uh, the three who were arrested are also part of the Lebanese crime family. Part of RIMO, R-E-M-M-O, Lebanese crime family. Okay. Now other Rimo family members, I hope I'm pronouncing that right. And if I'm not, I apologize. In fact, I should probably find out so they don't come after me. Yeah, it's got to be Rimo.
Starting point is 00:12:02 That's got to be, yeah, got to be Rimo. So they were arrested, the others were arrested earlier this year for the theft in Berlin in 2017. where the world's largest coin, the 220-pound big maple leaf, they took that. Okay, so the Dresden robbery had gems that once belonged to the king of Poland,
Starting point is 00:12:32 Augustus the Strong, a sword encrusted with nearly 800 diamonds, 49-carat Dresden white diamond. Yeah, I remember this heist. Remember they showed the robbers using the axe to break a window and get into the display case to gain access? Yeah. So, you know, I mean,
Starting point is 00:12:47 There are things that the Remo crime family are a little little shaky right now. Now the two, they got away. Remember, three of them are,
Starting point is 00:13:02 they all are connected to the Remo Lebanese crime family. But two of them, Abdul Remo and Mohammed Ramo. I mean,
Starting point is 00:13:13 those are bloodline. So, good luck. God bless. Speaking of crime, Harvey Weinstein. Oh, no, I know what you're thinking. What's going on now? He's not doing well.
Starting point is 00:13:28 He's being monitored by medical staff in prison. There's no evidence that he has tested positive for COVID-19, but he has a fever. He's being closely monitored, and we need to do something to keep an eye on him. Now, most of people will say, so if he gets COVID good I thought we were letting people out of prison in jail at possible COVID getters and we didn't want to have people who were possible COVID geters with underlying
Starting point is 00:14:04 conditions which he has I mean he's got plenty of underlying conditions heart condition high blood pressure spinal stenosis I mean we were letting them out So put them on a short leash and let them go. You know that's going to happen. You know it's going to happen. I mean, it is Friday, and it's, you know, the honorary fat pile Friday. I've got a ton of stuff in the fat pile
Starting point is 00:14:34 that we haven't gotten to all week, so we might as well try to get to it. Like this story, the robot hand, new Japanese invention aimed at single men, simulates holding a woman's hand. and it's designed by engineers at Gifu University and it squeezes your palm as your stroll and even secrete small amounts of moisture to
Starting point is 00:14:58 imitate sweat. Isn't that special? It's just a hand. It's just a hand as you walk along. You just take a nice stroll with a robot hand. Wow, we're in a sad place. On top of which, now, maybe this technology will work great when and other robotic devices, but if I see walking down the street with just a lot, hand um hello uh home depot buying hd supply of building supply product distributor uh 8.7 billion dollars
Starting point is 00:15:36 wow good for them a bird the e-scooter startup considering going public why are we why are these scooter companies going public. They suck. Nobody's going to do these stupid scooters. It's just, I don't get it. So Bird Rides, Inc. is looking to strike a deal with blank check company. Yeah, I bet that's what they want is a blank check. And, you know, they want to propose an acquisition and go public as a scooter company. Stop it. They're not going to go public. It's a scooter company. If you, you know, go out and make some money and rent your scooters, but you're not going to go public and make a bunch of money.
Starting point is 00:16:24 It's just silly. Just silly. Speaking of Home Depot, though, spending $8.7 billion on HD supply. Elon Musk. You know him, you love him. You can't live without him. He's now number three as the richest man in the world. Yes, he snagged it again.
Starting point is 00:16:49 I know. Vaulted. Valted. Passed Mark Zuckerberg. Mark is sucking big wind. I mean, Elon jumped 7.8 billion in a day. So Elon is now worth 110 billion or close to it. Bezos, of course, hello, $185 billion.
Starting point is 00:17:22 And Gates, $127 billion. So you got Elon at 110. And Zuckerberg coming in at about $104 billion. I mean, that's quite a jump. That is quite a drum. And he's going to go on the S&P 500. now Elon I mean Tesla
Starting point is 00:17:50 Mark Plus after a couple more Senate hearings Mark might go down Even more man He doesn't come across nice He just doesn't I know he's the guy
Starting point is 00:18:05 I got it He's Mr. Facebook I got it I mean even Jack Being as douchy as he is Comes across says Yeah that's the guy for Twitter But
Starting point is 00:18:17 Zuckerberg just has this vibe that isn't a good vibe. I don't know what it is. It's not creepy. It's just kind of it's not weird. I don't know how to explain it. He just comes across as well,
Starting point is 00:18:38 Zuckerberg. Maybe we start going to say, that's a new definition. A zuck. I don't know. He's just a I guess that's the word weirdo. I know he's just a zuck. He's just a zuck.
Starting point is 00:18:54 I mean, the guy, he just does not come across well. So we'll see how long he's at the helm of Facebook. He's, you know, hanging on by his fingernails now for sure. But congratulations to Elon and all the people at Tesla doing wonderful things in the world. Appreciate it. Keep up the good work. And boy, I'm glad that you are making all that guy. Gosh, darn money.
Starting point is 00:19:20 Oh, boy, am I? You can't make me unhappy about that. That's for sure. Yeah, I'm not unhappy about that. Not one little bit. New Surrey. All right, let's go to the break room. I need another drink desperately.
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Starting point is 00:22:12 chewing the fat with jeff fisher it's just that simple and then you're you know you're you're you're going to feel better about yourself your family your life your job everything will come into purpose just because of one subscriberhip chewing the fat with jeff fisher i know it doesn't seem possible does it well i can't i can't help you you there. I can only say to you that it is. It is possible. Okay. Hey, we're on rich people and their money and what they have. So I was fascinated to read MIT, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has just gone into the consumer electronics business and you think, wait, what? Yeah, I know. They are the new majority owner of the Framingham audio equipment.
Starting point is 00:23:08 maker, Bose Corporation. I know. So founder and MIT alum, Umar G. Bose donated most of the stock in his privately held company to his alma mater. They don't come with voting rights. He didn't give them any power. He just said, you know, take the stock. That's fine. And you know what? You don't get any voting rights. You don't get any say in how the company is run. You know what else? You can't sell it. But I'm going to give it to you. And, you know, you get the profit by getting cash dividends whenever the company chooses to issue them. I don't know what kind of tax right off Amar gets for that, but it's got to be pretty good. So it gives them stock without voting rights. They don't have a say, not a word on how the company is.
Starting point is 00:24:06 run, they can't sell the stock, and they get cash when the company decides to give it to them. That's a good deal. And there was no comment from any Bose people at all. MIT said Mara Bose gives us a great gift today. He also serves as a superb example for MIT graduates who are used to cut their own teeth. That's it. Wow. I mean, Bose is just monstrous now, right?
Starting point is 00:24:38 They began experimenting with home audio equipment in 1956. Wow. He patented a number of innovations, launched Bose Corporation in 1964 to bring his inventions to market. And he remained on the faculty of MIT until 2001. Wow. That's huge. The company is best known for its wavelength of desktop audio systems
Starting point is 00:25:00 and its quiet comfort noise canceling headphones. Bose also makes systems for cars as well as large-scale audio products for use in stadiums and theaters. Really? Okay. Heather Jocelyn, assistant managing editor of The Chronicle of Philanthropy, and who doesn't get a copy of The Chronicle of Philanthropy? I know, right? Said it's not unusual for wealthy people to donate large amounts of stock to favorite causes or institutions. For instance, billionaire Warren Buffett has pledged to give a 85% of his shares in Berkshire Hathaway
Starting point is 00:25:35 to a number of charitable foundations. Yeah, he's part of the broke crowd, right? Leave nothing behind or whatever that deal is with them. Remember because Jeff is doing that too, and Bates is doing that? And they were pissed because Bezos's wife, ex-wife, she's not doing that. When they talked to her about it,
Starting point is 00:26:00 yeah, that's interesting. That's a good thing. Now, I find it funny is that it's not unusual. This is coming from the Chronicle of Philanthropy. It's not unusual for wealthy people to donate large amounts of stock to favorite causes or institutions. Then at the end of the story, it says, But I could find no other example of a company's founder donating most of its shares to a single university. Huh, it does look like it's pretty unprecedented.
Starting point is 00:26:39 So she starts off, it's not unusual. That happens all the time. You know, I guess it doesn't happen all the time. Okay, that makes me want to get the Chronicle of Philanthropy even more. All right, another money story, business story, Disney is hanging in there. They are their shares went up. They're doing okay. They exceeded expectations.
Starting point is 00:27:08 So I know that the parks are, you know, closed. They've got local restrictions and the movies and the films are really struggling. But Disney Plus, the streaming service, reported more than 73 million paid subscribers. That's pretty good. That's pretty darn. good. I know you can quote me on that. That's pretty darn good. So they did better than expected. Revenue was $14.71 billion versus, now, this is that they thought they were only going to do $14.20 billion. So you can well understand that why they're so happy.
Starting point is 00:27:57 Now there's a chart here of streaming subscribers on the most recent quarterly reports from each company. Netflix, I mean worldwide, 195 million subscribers. They're far and away, the leaders. Disney Plus 73.7. Hulu, 36.6. ESPN plus 10.3.
Starting point is 00:28:25 I thought HBO Max has, like 16 million or something like that. HBO Max has amassed. Oh, yeah, I see what the... Okay, HBO Max has amassed 8.6 million. HBO and HBO Max have 38 million. But that keeps them on the map. That's a huge map to be on, too.
Starting point is 00:28:49 You can quote me on that. Bill Gates, well, we spoke of him being number two on the list of richest men in the world. He was just at a roundtable business for pharmaceutical people and predicted that 50% of business travel and over 30% of days in the office will go away.
Starting point is 00:29:27 Wow. That's huge. 50% of business travel. They're almost at that now. Well, 50% of business travel, right? So if you look at the TSA checkpoint numbers, They're less than half of what they were a year ago still. They don't even hit a million. The highest is 900,000 some.
Starting point is 00:29:49 And that's only a couple of times. And then they're in the 800,000s. And the rest are, you know, six and 700,000. And those are good days in today's world. Before it was, you know, over two. And the low days were just under two million. so less than half or half 50% of business travel and 30% of days in the office go away according to gates wow that's a lot now he talks about that's it really that's kind of him right i mean he talked about how he's you know he's working and finding about it from the vaccine yeah yeah yeah and uh he was of course alongside the Pfizer CEO huh that's weird that Someone like Bill Gates would be with the Pfizer CEO.
Starting point is 00:30:43 I mean, he's already been part of five virtual roundtables this year with pharma executives, a meeting that's usually held in person in New York. He claims we'll go into the office somewhat, we'll do some business travel, but dramatically less. Well, yeah, no kidding. But his, the Microsoft executive, Executives, they disagree. Just Judson Altoff, executive VP president for Microsoft's worldwide commercial business,
Starting point is 00:31:16 said we believe that as we return to the skies, the travel routes we've had, we'll resume at the level they had been before. Business trips will make a rebound. Okay. So Microsoft is saying, we're, you know, we're doing business travel. We're getting back on the deal. Where Gates really doesn't have anything to do with the data. day of Microsoft anymore.
Starting point is 00:31:40 He believes that it won't. That's huge, though. And 30% of office, I mean, 30% day-to-day office space? Big cities are dead, right? Urban, urban areas, you know, inner cities dead where office buildings are. That's a lot of business. Businesses do not need the office space anymore. Wow.
Starting point is 00:32:06 That's ugly Ugly Giant supermarket Apologized Of course they did Of course they did They apologized for a Plan a Super spread ad
Starting point is 00:32:22 Come on now It's just an ad Come on now! Come on So, according to everyone, a tone deaf advertisement, foot in the mouth, it shows an image of shrimp, fruit and cheese platters, a seeming nod to gathering together to share food. Hosting, plan a super spread. And that's supposed to mean you infer that that's, they're hosting super spreader events. How dare they go against the mandates?
Starting point is 00:33:02 They're saying, don't do anything for these events. How dare they? Okay, we got it. But it's just a deal. This was probably planned, I mean, eight years ago. It's part of their deal for the holidays. Hosting? Plan a super spread.
Starting point is 00:33:19 Well, yeah. But oh, you can't host things in today's world. This is, this COVID-19. How unthoughtful. You just want people to die. We can't believe it. So I guess they ran across the full-page ad. and people were wound up, man.
Starting point is 00:33:43 I, you know, of course they bent the knee and apologize. We are sorry. Okay. We did not. What's the exact words of the apology? Okay. In hindsight, the choice of words was a poor one. Giant had no intentions of insensitivity.
Starting point is 00:34:06 Really? Duh, you think? Oh my gosh. And good news. If you're in Germany and you want to protest the lockdowns, and you're part of the anti-lockdown protest, they've been banned. So you can't protest.
Starting point is 00:34:27 So just go home. Nothing to see here. Don't worry about it. You just, you know what? You just do the ban and don't be mad about it, Because there's, we're not letting it happen. All right. We're saying there's no protests.
Starting point is 00:34:41 All right. We've banned them. We're not letting them happen. Got it? Because a risk analysis completed by the Berlin state police has given rise to the expectation that attacks on the government buildings and on persons were to be expected if the protests were allowed to take place. So, no.
Starting point is 00:35:03 There's no protesting. going on. Okay. Now, the protesters have said, we're going to be protesting. And we may even protest outside, you know, outside the city, uh, the perimeter. Uh, well, you know what? We don't know. We may come in and protest, but we are not standing for this lockdown stuff. Well, guess what? Uh, you can't. It's been banned. Duh. Go home. Oh yeah. And I'll tell you another thing you can't do. You're not going to be able to go see the Thanksgiving Day parade. The Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. Okay?
Starting point is 00:35:39 Not going to happen. Now, we knew that. We talked about that earlier, I'm chewing the fat, that they decided that there wasn't going to be crowds. They just didn't know exactly how they were going to do it and who was going to show up, how it was going to happen, the logistics of it. So floats and performers are going to travel one block down 34th Street. it's usually two and a half miles starting at west 77th
Starting point is 00:36:07 the streets surrounding the site will be closed off even during the planning stages we don't know anybody anybody but nobody coming around looking around trying to figure out what's going on hanging out no there's no congregating happening okay got it don't make me go to the mayor or the governor just don't show up all right streets are locked down so that's going to be pre-filmed productions of Ain't Too Proud, The Life and Times of the Temptations, Hamilton, Jagged Little Pill, and Mean Girls, as well as the Radio City Rockettes.
Starting point is 00:36:43 That's going to be broadcast during the show, but it doesn't look like they're going to be doing it in front of Macy's, like normal. They're going to limit the number of people involved. We knew that. We also knew that it's going to be down to about 1,500 people. rather than 8 to 10,000 people working in the production of the parade? I don't think that counts. That doesn't count everyone.
Starting point is 00:37:11 It's crazy. We had so much fun at the parade. I mean, I know it's so crowded and everything. It's a nightmare, but it's so much fun to be a part of. Other performers are going to be Big Apple Circus, NYPD police band, who doesn't want them in the parade. West Point Marching Band with musical appearances. from Patty LaBelle, Dolly Parton,
Starting point is 00:37:34 Jordan Sparks, Santa Claus, and dozens more. Stick around. Coming up, Dolly Parton and Jordan Sparks. Santa Claus is on his way. Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.
Starting point is 00:37:56 You know, I love doing parades. Love doing parades. I miss. doing the Gasparilla parade. Ooh, I wonder if they're going to have that in Tampa. That's Florida, they're going to hold it. If they have Gasparilla this year.
Starting point is 00:38:08 Holy cow. Without Mardi Gras going on? We may get a crowd in Florida, in Tampa for Gasparilla bigger than usual. That would be great. I mean, it would be a super spread of event and not great. Not great at all. Oh, man. You know, I went to a,
Starting point is 00:38:31 a costume store here in DFW area in the last couple weeks. And the guy is, I mean, he's darn close to closing his doors. And he's talking about other costume shops that he does business with around the country, right? They have closed. They're done. They can't be open. He spends his day trying to get government money and loans and trying to stay alive. But he was talking about how these events, like Mardi Gras, like a Gasparilla,
Starting point is 00:39:00 you know drive his business and theater drive his business what's going on with all those businesses gone dead and that's what's going to happen to these businesses dead that's why these lockdowns cannot happen you're putting livelihoods people's families and legacies are gone just cannot let these lockdowns happen. Now, maybe once Joe Biden becomes the official president, if he does, maybe he could follow Germany's rule
Starting point is 00:39:40 and just ban protests for anti-lockdowns and just lock it down. Because, hey, you know, if we ban them, then they're not going to happen. Okay? And so, yeah, we've banned them. And don't, worry about it. There's no, nobody's protesting. So everybody must love what we're doing. Well,
Starting point is 00:40:03 you, you banned them and you've telling them they can't show up. I know, but nobody's out there. So that's the way it goes. Oh, okay. But hey, enjoy the parade. Okay. Santa Claus is just around the corner. Well, I mean, it's just right there because he's not around the corner because it's only a block long parade, but it's coming up next, next break. and the bet is will Santa Claus wear a mask? Will Santa Claus be wearing a mask? If Santa Claus is wearing a mask, I think I quit. I think I quit.
Starting point is 00:40:38 Stream and subscribe to more Blaze Media content at theblaze.com slash podcasts. I love this Phil Collins story. We've talked about it before, and it's just getting heated up. Okay, so Phil has showed up for the Genesis tour. They're practicing. The band is together. It doesn't say it's the entire band, but he's going to rehearse with the Genesis bandmates.
Starting point is 00:41:08 He showed up in a wheelchair after he got into a big ugly spat with the ex-wife, Orienne, remember? Okay, so she made some real personal swipes at him about his hygiene. but I mean he's 69 now Genesis hasn't been together for 13 years Phil can't even really drum anymore he talked about sustaining the nerve damage in his back
Starting point is 00:41:36 he has his 19 year old son doing drums for him at the rehearsals they're not even sure what Phil's gonna do on this tour I mean he's Phil Collins he's got to be part of it right you know he's in a wheelchair walks with the cane he says because of the way he sits, it crushes his spinal cord when he drums, he can't even hold the sticks properly.
Starting point is 00:42:00 I mean, the last time they played together, 2007, marked the 40th anniversary. Wow. That was the last domino tour is scheduled to kick off in Glasgow in April of next year. We'll see. And then, you know, London, Belfast leads Glasgow again. He doesn't even say that they're going to, you know, come to the U.S. Now the battle with the wife, the ex-wife, she is remarried again and moved into a house that Phil owns in Florida, and they're refusing to leave. That was awesome.
Starting point is 00:42:44 I know, you know, get out of my house. No. Make me. So she claims that by 2019, he, he believes that by 2019, he became increasingly depressed, withdrawn, and abusive. After he had back surgery, became addicted to antidepressants and painkillers, also saying he was incapable of having sex, stopped showering, brushing his teeth, and dressing properly.
Starting point is 00:43:09 In fact, according to her, he didn't shower or brush his teeth from 2019 until August of 2020 when he vacated the property. He's also, she also accused him of smelling. so bad that he became a hermit and refused to interact personally with anyone. I had no choice but to distance myself from him. Right. So that has nothing to do with the lawsuit. That's just hurry yapping trying to make him look bad.
Starting point is 00:43:43 So, and about his mental competency, right? So they were married in 1999, had two sons, Nicholas and Matthew. Then they split up. After seven years, she got $47 million. Then they got back together in 2016. And they separated again now, and she married this Thomas Bates. He left the house of Florida, went back to Switzerland, and told them to get out.
Starting point is 00:44:14 It's my house, and they refused to leave. Wow. What an incredible life, man. What an incredible, incredible life. I mean, I guess if you're, you know, yesterday was the day that the, uh, HBO Max's upcoming special trailer was released for Fresh Prince of Bill Air. The cast reunited. The trailer looks great.
Starting point is 00:44:42 Uh, they're all there obviously, except for my man who passed away. But it looks fun. And, uh, it'll be, it'll be great. And HBO Max will, you know, it'll be a wonderful thing. and just enjoy it. I love the trailer with Will saying, thank you, Will. Oh, you're welcome.
Starting point is 00:45:00 Thank you, Will. Oh, you're welcome. French Pist of Bel Air. They were all talking about how, how they had turned it down. A couple of them had turned it down. Hey, we got you to try it for a new sitcom with a rapper.
Starting point is 00:45:18 Pass. Really funny. So, it was released on HBO Max yesterday. and enjoy it. Have fun. Happy Thanksgiving, according to Will Smith. Thank you, Will, you're welcome. Thank you, Will, you're welcome.
Starting point is 00:45:31 I probably should just play it. That's two minutes, two and a half minutes long. Listen to it yourself. Look for the trailer for French Prince of Bel Air reunion trailer. What do you think this is? An entertainment show? Kurt Russell, as long as we're on entertainment. Kurt Russell, 69 years old,
Starting point is 00:45:50 thinks that voicing opinion, celebrities these days should weigh in on politics and share their views shouldn't do it. They're court jesters. It's detrimental to actors. Nah. Now, he's 69. He's Kurt Russell. So nobody's, it's going to be, you know, just leave court alone.
Starting point is 00:46:15 They just, leave Kurt alone, you know, leave him alone. It's not going to matter anything. But he's right. He's right. but it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. Sad. And they're saying now that Johnny Depp's career is over,
Starting point is 00:46:34 according to federal prosecutors, he's the next Harvey Weinstein. Is he? Is he? We'll see. I mean, all the things in the news, he certainly hasn't been getting sued for that, right? I mean, now's the time.
Starting point is 00:46:49 He's just getting cash for getting kicked off the fantastic beast. He's going to have to do something on his own, right? I'm sure it'll be the Johnny Depp podcast soon. And then, you know, you'll be able to hear that on Spotify. I wonder if Johnny Depp would come on chewing the fat. That would be awesome. I'm going to have to reach out to Johnny. I would love to talk to Johnny Depp, man.
Starting point is 00:47:12 Wow. That would be fun. Right? I know. That would be fun. Or maybe we reach out to Amber Heard and say, hey, why don't you, you know, want you to come on chewing the fat? because she apparently is going to be removed from Aquaman too.
Starting point is 00:47:29 This case has killed both their careers. They should have just shut up and went away, but no. Wow. We get one of them on chewing the fat. Anyway, let's find out what the heck is going on. Because Will Smith, I mean, sure, I'd like to have Will on chewing the fat. It'd be great. I'd love to talk to him.
Starting point is 00:47:46 But, you know, Johnny Depp or Amber Hurd, even Kurt Russell is going to come out before Will. don't you think maybe so I'll leave you with this on a Friday I found this on one of the one of the social media sites
Starting point is 00:48:04 that you know I'm on Twitter at Jeffrey JFR Facebook Instagram and Parlor Jeff Fisher Radio and it just brings to mind you want to remember
Starting point is 00:48:16 what you're paying for when you get someone to do a job for you you know you sometimes think wow that was expensive but you know you're paying for a lot more than what you see on the surface. So the post is a customer asked me how much it costs to do this job. I answered him $1,500.
Starting point is 00:48:36 He said, so expensive for this job. I asked how much do you think of good cost? He answers, 800 maximum. That's a pretty simple job, right? For $800, I invite you to do it yourself, but I don't know how to. Well, for $800, I'll teach you how to. So besides saving your $700, you'll get the knowledge for the next time you want. It seemed right to him, and he agreed.
Starting point is 00:49:02 But to get started, you need tools. A welder, a grinder, chop saw, drill press, welding hood, gloves, etc. But I don't have all that equipment, and I can't buy all these for one job. Well, then, for another 300 more, I'll rent you my stuff so you can do it. Okay, he says. Now, remember, we're at like $1, $1,100, and we're already, we're at $15,000. 100 to begin with, right? Okay, Tuesday.
Starting point is 00:49:28 I'm waiting for you to start doing this work, but I can on Tuesday. I only have time today. I'm sorry. I'm only available Tuesday to teach you and lend you my stuff. Other days are busy with other customers. Okay, that means I'm going to have to sacrifice
Starting point is 00:49:41 my Tuesday, give up my tasks. I forgot. To do your job yourself, you also have to pay for the non-productive factors. What is this? Your guy, tax, VAT, security, insurance, fuel, etc. Oh, no, but to accomplish these tax, I'm going to spend more money and waste a lot of time.
Starting point is 00:49:59 Do you have them? You can do it to me before. Okay, I'll make all the material you need. Truck loading is done Monday evening or Tuesday morning. You'll have to come by six loading the truck. Don't forget to be on time to avoid traffic jams and be on time at six. No, no, no, no, not a six. Too early for me.
Starting point is 00:50:19 I'm used to getting up later. You know, I've been thinking, you all better get the job done. I'd rather pay you the 1,500 if I had to. It wouldn't be perfect than it would cost me a lot more. When you pay for the job, and of course, you know, he decides, we're going to pay you the 1,500. Well, of course he does. But it just reminds you that when you pay for a job,
Starting point is 00:50:41 especially handcrafted jobs, you don't only pay for the material used, but you're also paying for knowledge, experience, study, tools, services, time to go, punctuality, accountability, professionalism, accuracy, guaranteed, patents, sacrifices, safety and security, payment of tax obligations. No one can denigrate other people's work by judging prices, only by knowing all the elements necessary for the production of a certain work. Can you estimate the actual cost? All the craftsmen and entrepreneurs out there know exactly what this post means, and it's for you. I, you know, it's appreciated. And in today's world, uh, all of these
Starting point is 00:51:27 entrepreneurs and craftsmen are getting undercutted and they're getting undercutter because nobody has the money so people are doing jobs for less money just to get the work. Bless their hearts. Bless their hearts.

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