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Hello and
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welcome to another
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episode of On the Floor with Wayne, Rob
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and Wayne Highlander. Bonnie, Lisa's.
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I'm Rob Johnson with the
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boner training.
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this is the most hurtful
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show of the year that we do.
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Yeah.
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had so many people ask about you.
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It's crazy,
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you know,
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I still tell them
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you have a drinking problem. Sorry.
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I can't bring you now.
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Can you take me anywhere?
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Yeah.
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They remembered that episode in Florida
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about 24 years ago, and they have not
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let me forget it.
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When it comes to the WFAA, shows
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I was the
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I was the head of that party.
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I was the hit.
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They had dueling.
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It was the Gaylord
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Hotel in Florida.
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They had dueling pianos.
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I had a couple of drinks in me.
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That's the guy.
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Do you
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guys know how
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the devil went down to Georgia?
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They said yes.
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Next thing you know, in front of 300
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people was me and the two piano guys.
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I own that party that night.
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Yeah, I should have left.
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I should have left.
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And the song was over. Okay.
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Yeah.
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And I had so many drinks
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that I was having problems
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holding drinks in my hand.
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So they kept falling on the floor.
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And
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Well, I'm
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going to say this in all fairness,
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because I just.
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We're just kidding.
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Because I know Rob, you're not that guy.
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I mean.
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Yeah, Yeah,
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you were that guy one time,
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but it has nothing to do with
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you're not going the end of it.
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Just kidding.
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But we missed you.
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We were
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going to talk about the end, obviously,
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this week.
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Obviously
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where I'll be all yours
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can be mostly me
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because you weren't there.
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But Yes. Yeah. It's.
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first of all,
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congratulations on that achievement
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for an association.
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They you know,
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we know this
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and we put on party and stuff like that
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and we know how much effort it takes
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to put on an event
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and have everything come through.
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And you have all kinds of differing
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opinions of what you should do
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and what have you.
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And and I'm telling you,
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they knocked it out of the park
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and they always do.
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The whole staff,
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everybody at the end of it,
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they hats off.
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It was phenomenal.
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It's a great event.
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Yes.
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It's great to,
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you know,
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get to see the manufacturers
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and those type of things.
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But what it really does is, you know,
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we get a chance
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to get together with our peers
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in the industry. And.
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And spend time with each other
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and this small little thing in the world
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that we do that the only
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people that
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understands what we do is it that,
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you know, in this industry,
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it's so fun.
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It's so good to see everybody
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congratulations to the
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for the year winners.
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All it.
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Yep, I hear it.
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There it is.
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Can I,
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can I interject a little here?
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Yeah, I.
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Yeah, exactly.
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Yeah.
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I don't know what I did.
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Okay.
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To the powers that be.
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But about a week
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before every NWA convention,
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you know, over the last ten years,
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I get an email
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from somebody in the company,
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but there's never a name
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but always say the same thing on behalf
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of the corporate Stooges at Bona.
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You will not be attending this year's
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NWA convention.
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So,
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you know, maybe what I thought was it
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when I call, aren't
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I funny calling everybody
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corporate stooges.
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They they get they get right back at me.
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Yeah.
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work for A corporation.
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It's really good to network,
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you know, spend time
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with the right people and everything.
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Rob.
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And, you know, kind of get to know you,
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you know.
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You know,
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you got to who your friends are.
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Yeah.
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You don't pee in everybody's Cheerios.
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Yeah, I get it.
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I get it.
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Yeah, but they will they that
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I don't think they'll ever let me go.
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I'm pretty sure
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there.
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I yes, I guess
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so many people ask about you, man, and
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and you train
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so many people over the years.
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You have some relationships
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that I'll I'll tell you what.
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I promise you
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in, in Charlotte next year.
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I promise.
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in Charlotte again next year.
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Yeah. Yeah,
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yeah.
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All right.
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Hey, I'm going
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You know what's crazy
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is how many people call me
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and like, Hey, where are you?
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You want to meet up
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like, still home?
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I'm in New York. Yeah.
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And they all say the same thing.
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What? What did you do?
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What did you do?
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Why are here?
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Well, listen,
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there's something to be said
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for being at home, eating chicken
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fingers, watching reruns.
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Yeah, well.
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Well, you're on the 25th floor
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thinking my ties and.
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And eating.
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Scallop wrapped in bacon type things.
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It's funny because real quickly,
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we did the show on
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on the final on March Van,
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is that who we pick for our team?
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Well, right now
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that the NFL draft is going on,
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we get draft our our our our team.
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But I'm not touching that one again.
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ho.
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I got another call from Spring
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Glen this morning
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like I am in the So it starts.
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He goes.
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I don't even know why I called you.
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I don't want to talk to you anymore.
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yeah, He says third string.
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You put me on third string.
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And I said, No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
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I said that you're not third string.
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I said,
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You were my third pick
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in the first round. You're not.
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You made my you gave my first tee.
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I knew when you did that
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I was like as a mistake.
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Well, we're
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for being nominated
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to be in the Hall of Fame,
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the National Association Hall of Fame.
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Not a higher honor in this business.
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And so congratulations.
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That is
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while he did a speech
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also that was very moving
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and that was very cool and interesting.
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And I'm glad they gave him
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the time to do it.
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And so, yeah, congratulations to him.
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I also want to say.
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We.
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Raffled off a bad power drive.
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I mean, this wasn't just not
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this was
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not only just our new power drive
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with all the new bells
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and whistles and everything,
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but this was especially rap power drive.
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It was just a cool
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looking machine that everybody walked by.
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It was a really sexy looking power drive.
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And the winner
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let me get this right,
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because if I could imagine
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getting this wrong
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and we have to give two of em
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D d was born to do what he does, man.
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I mean, he just.
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He just fits that like.
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Like a glove.
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I mean, he is
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he is smooth when he talks to a crowd.
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I mean,
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it's impressive.
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It's impressive to watch D do this.
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It really, really is.
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And he just looks so comfortable
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up there doing, you know what I mean?
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It's like hanging out
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with a friend at the bar type of thing.
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And he and
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he can be doing that for 400 people
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and still he just comes
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across is just as smooth as silk, man.
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Is he.
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and he's very comfortable.
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And part of that is
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because he has so much knowledge.
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I mean he just, you know, Yeah.
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Did anybody get a picture of
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you doing that?
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Because that would be
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the most
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classic advertisement
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for the power drive.
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It is.
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You say it on the floor in your suit
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right?
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Well, it's worse.
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So we had all the all the equipment,
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everything for doing this
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chroma demo was all set aside.
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And I told Michael dinner.
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I said, All right, well,
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let's be here at 345
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and we'll get, you know, do the demo.
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345 It came to him.
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He goes, Hey,
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they took all the equipment away.
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We don't have a buffer.
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the gloves, we don't have the white pads.
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We have nothing to do the demo with.
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We had 15 minutes to scramble
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and I don't do Chroma anymore.
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I mean, I'm not you know, I'm not
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you know, I'm not versed in it
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like everybody else.
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And so Mike goes, Hey,
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2 minutes for the demo.
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I go, Mike, this is a mike dig. Yeah.
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He goes to bad.
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He puts the microphone on me.
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So we'll take them down to one minute
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and so,
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yeah, it came out fine,
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but what have you.
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All right.
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Can I.
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Can I tell you about a bad one, too?
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I mean, I wasn't there,
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and we know why.
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We you know,
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we know the reasons I wasn't there.
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But anyways,
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e you know,
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I've talked about in the show
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that I did
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a two week training thing
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in China, different,
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different cities in China.
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And we are, we're backstage
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at this huge
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auditorium, like a
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like a Broadway type auditorium,
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and there's got to be three or 400 people
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in the crowd.
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And they hand over the head cameras
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and stuff like you see at a cooking,
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Right? And this was all
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for me to show everybody
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how to pull finished with a T bar.
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So we get there
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a couple hours early and you know a lot.
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And we're working with translators
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and all sorts of stuff.
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And there was just me,
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another guy
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from the States
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that were representing this government
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agency called Asec
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American Hardwood Export Council.
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So it's just him and I,
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we're going to
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you know, we had done it
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a ton of times for the WFA.
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We're going to show you
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how to pull a T bar.
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All we have is t bar.
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That was it.
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There was there was no finish.
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There was nothing there.
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But we're like
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like I said,
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we're like a Broadway auditorium, right?
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And there's nothing there.
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So, you know,
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I'm trying to talk to people
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through translators and everything.
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I'm like, look, I,
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we go on stage in 20 minutes.
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So I tell them
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I need something, I need finish work.
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They bring me
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finished that you would see on
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a pre finished line
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that is like
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thicker than honey
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in there And there's all sorts
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of skull and crossbones
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like don't open this, don't touch this.
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Right.
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So I'm like, I can't do this.
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You know, I can't use this.
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So the kid is with me from the States.
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He goes, What are we going to do?
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I go, Well, we have 5 minutes, okay,
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We're going to do this pantomime.
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We're going to go out there, okay?
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And we're going to pull this entire floor
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without finish.
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You're going to pretend
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that you have boring can
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with finishing it.
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And I'm going to show you
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how to pull a T-bar
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and tie and do my whole
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feathering out the end right.
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They were cheering for us
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when it was over.
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They were cheering.
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We couldn't stop laughing.
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I mean,
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and I'm like, look in like, well,
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I see that they're going,
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I got to get back
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and feather that out, right?
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You can't leave that.
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I mean,
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so it
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it's a definite tough part of the job.
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And when you don't have the stuff there,
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I can't imagine
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what you were going through.
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Well, actually
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can't imagine what you're going through.
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And it's just it's an absolute nightmare.
401
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An absolute nightmare.
402
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It was it was fun.
403
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It was fun.
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Two weeks.
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Yeah.
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I guy being
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I mean, it
408
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just this guy was beyond brutal.
409
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So, yeah.
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That, you know,
411
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I enjoy doing demos
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because I do like teaching and training
413
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and everything.
414
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And I like hearing people's feedback and,
415
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you know, and everybody,
416
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not just my experience
417
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but everybody's experience,
418
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but certainly that, that I've seen some,
419
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some go really, really bad.
420
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I seen another manufacturer in,
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in Arizona to do a demo with his product
422
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that was so bad that I know
423
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he was a competitor of ours. And
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I went
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over to him when I was done,
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I go, Hey, man,
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I know you're
428
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you're new at this one
429
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and I'll help you on the next one, okay?
430
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No problem.
431
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I'll help you.
432
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We'll do it together.
433
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Because first thing he did was
434
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it was a hard oil wax type of product.
435
00:20:11,743 --> 00:20:13,478
He poured out way too much.
436
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And when the buffer went across it,
437
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you know, he didn't lift the buffer up.
438
00:20:16,782 --> 00:20:19,251
Whatever he shouted across about
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five people
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is the last six inches of their pants
441
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and all
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00:20:49,481 --> 00:20:52,484
owe,
443
00:20:56,888 --> 00:20:57,522
you know.
444
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Just talking about this.
445
00:21:00,859 --> 00:21:03,862
All right,
446
00:21:05,664 --> 00:21:06,698
that up, boy.
447
00:21:06,698 --> 00:21:09,001
Anyway, see? There you go.
448
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Yeah.
449
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You take the good of it.
450
00:21:12,671 --> 00:21:13,572
Just, you know,
451
00:21:13,572 --> 00:21:15,207
this is
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00:21:15,207 --> 00:21:16,008
these stories
453
00:21:16,008 --> 00:21:18,176
remind me of a show that we did.
454
00:21:18,176 --> 00:21:19,511
Worst job ever.
455
00:21:21,046 --> 00:21:23,282
And as you were talking about your.
456
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You know,
457
00:21:24,249 --> 00:21:27,753
I went through a Rolodex in my head of
458
00:21:28,487 --> 00:21:32,057
some of definitely my presentations ever.
459
00:21:33,225 --> 00:21:34,593
And then I'm like,
460
00:21:34,593 --> 00:21:36,428
I couldn't remember a good one.
461
00:21:36,428 --> 00:21:39,298
And I know I've had good presentations.
462
00:21:39,298 --> 00:21:41,433
I know I've nailed
463
00:21:41,433 --> 00:21:44,436
don't those aren't the ones that's yeah,
464
00:21:45,170 --> 00:21:47,306
it's like you go through
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00:21:47,306 --> 00:21:49,641
your Rolodex, too,
466
00:21:49,641 --> 00:21:53,812
and you're horrifically presentations.
467
00:21:53,812 --> 00:21:55,414
And
468
00:21:55,414 --> 00:21:56,815
to me there's just no worse
469
00:21:56,815 --> 00:21:58,283
feeling in the world to bomb
470
00:21:58,283 --> 00:21:59,751
like I don't know how
471
00:21:59,751 --> 00:22:01,787
stand up comedians can do it if you
472
00:22:01,787 --> 00:22:02,988
if you're going out and bomb.
473
00:22:02,988 --> 00:22:05,490
And Mike, I mean, it's
474
00:22:05,490 --> 00:22:07,859
it's got to be good.
475
00:22:07,859 --> 00:22:10,862
I mean just you know, even even
476
00:22:10,996 --> 00:22:13,999
whether it's ten people or 200,
477
00:22:14,733 --> 00:22:17,736
I can go through some pretty bad
478
00:22:18,904 --> 00:22:20,539
pretty bad presentations
479
00:22:20,539 --> 00:22:23,475
that I've done, me tell you a bad one.
480
00:22:23,475 --> 00:22:24,242
One of my.
481
00:22:24,242 --> 00:22:26,578
I have two nightmare ones. Okay?
482
00:22:26,578 --> 00:22:27,779
When I very first started
483
00:22:28,780 --> 00:22:30,382
a nightmare.
484
00:22:30,382 --> 00:22:31,316
But I'll tell you what I mean.
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00:22:31,316 --> 00:22:32,117
This was again,
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00:22:32,117 --> 00:22:32,851
you and I were working
487
00:22:32,851 --> 00:22:35,287
at a different company,
488
00:22:35,287 --> 00:22:37,189
so there was an existing sales
489
00:22:37,189 --> 00:22:38,557
rep in the area,
490
00:22:38,557 --> 00:22:40,292
and we had to do a presentation
491
00:22:40,292 --> 00:22:41,827
to a large distributor.
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00:22:41,827 --> 00:22:43,662
And so we're back
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00:22:43,662 --> 00:22:44,896
kind of back in room
494
00:22:44,896 --> 00:22:45,831
before we go out There He goes,
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00:22:45,831 --> 00:22:46,998
All right, here's what I'll do.
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I'll introduce you.
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00:22:48,266 --> 00:22:49,634
And then you kind of
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go through the products
499
00:22:50,535 --> 00:22:51,069
and everything
500
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and talk about the products and.
501
00:22:54,406 --> 00:22:56,041
We'll do each one at a time or whatever,
502
00:22:56,041 --> 00:22:57,209
and she takes about a half hour
503
00:22:57,209 --> 00:22:58,243
or whatever to get through all
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and then we'll take questions.
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I said, Cool.
506
00:23:00,178 --> 00:23:01,680
So
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00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:03,348
we open the door
508
00:23:03,348 --> 00:23:04,282
and I see all those
509
00:23:04,282 --> 00:23:06,518
professional salespeople sitting there
510
00:23:06,518 --> 00:23:09,454
and and I lost my mind.
511
00:23:09,454 --> 00:23:10,188
Okay,
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00:23:10,188 --> 00:23:11,189
So first of all, I didn't
513
00:23:11,189 --> 00:23:13,325
let him introduce me like we planned.
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00:23:13,325 --> 00:23:15,026
I just say, I'm Wayne Highlander.
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And
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I went through our entire
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product line in about 5 minutes.
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And then I go out the door
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with him trailing me.
520
00:24:53,291 --> 00:24:55,026
you know, in our other life.
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00:24:55,026 --> 00:24:57,128
522
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When I went from being in sales to a
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00:25:01,867 --> 00:25:04,202
training manager,
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00:25:04,202 --> 00:25:06,972
they sent me to a three day school
525
00:25:06,972 --> 00:25:08,473
in Manhattan.
526
00:25:08,473 --> 00:25:10,075
And this three day school
527
00:25:10,075 --> 00:25:13,078
cost them like four grand.
528
00:25:13,979 --> 00:25:16,982
No, it wasn't okay.
529
00:25:17,616 --> 00:25:20,418
It, it, it was not a waste.
530
00:25:20,418 --> 00:25:22,754
Because as soon as you do
531
00:25:22,754 --> 00:25:23,922
this class down in Manhattan,
532
00:25:23,922 --> 00:25:26,024
as soon as you walk through the door,
533
00:25:26,024 --> 00:25:27,659
you're on camera.
534
00:25:27,659 --> 00:25:30,128
Everything you said, everything you did,
535
00:25:30,128 --> 00:25:32,764
presentation, you know, everything
536
00:25:32,764 --> 00:25:35,000
was on camera. Okay.
537
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:36,701
And
538
00:25:36,701 --> 00:25:38,236
we had homework at night
539
00:25:38,236 --> 00:25:39,204
where you're talking
540
00:25:39,204 --> 00:25:40,539
to yourself in the mirror.
541
00:25:40,539 --> 00:25:41,439
And I was taking this
542
00:25:41,439 --> 00:25:43,475
all serious because,
543
00:25:43,475 --> 00:25:45,377
well, first it was for Grant.
544
00:25:45,377 --> 00:25:45,677
You know,
545
00:25:45,677 --> 00:25:46,945
I want everybody to get their money's
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00:25:46,945 --> 00:25:48,513
worth, especially me.
547
00:25:48,513 --> 00:25:51,182
But the class was so intense,
548
00:25:51,182 --> 00:25:53,084
like you didn't want to show up and not
549
00:25:54,686 --> 00:25:55,787
have something.
550
00:25:55,787 --> 00:25:57,689
You know what I mean?
551
00:25:57,689 --> 00:26:00,725
And but the instructor, I mean, he.
552
00:26:00,759 --> 00:26:02,694
He just nailed me
553
00:26:02,694 --> 00:26:05,697
and everybody else in the class like
554
00:26:06,498 --> 00:26:08,199
you do that you're a
555
00:26:08,199 --> 00:26:08,600
you know,
556
00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:11,570
And my thing was you're thorough, clear.
557
00:26:11,570 --> 00:26:12,537
And you just said that to me.
558
00:26:12,537 --> 00:26:14,973
He goes your throat clear.
559
00:26:14,973 --> 00:26:16,608
And I said, Well,
560
00:26:16,608 --> 00:26:17,842
yeah, this was like
561
00:26:17,842 --> 00:26:19,878
towards the end of day two.
562
00:26:19,878 --> 00:26:20,779
And I'm like, Well,
563
00:26:20,779 --> 00:26:22,347
you're the professor now.
564
00:26:22,347 --> 00:26:24,516
How do I stop doing that?
565
00:26:24,516 --> 00:26:25,817
And he goes,
566
00:26:25,817 --> 00:26:28,820
You're nervous when you're up there.
567
00:26:28,820 --> 00:26:30,455
It does something that gives you
568
00:26:30,455 --> 00:26:32,057
a little bit of dry throat.
569
00:26:32,057 --> 00:26:33,258
Instead of clearing your throat,
570
00:26:33,258 --> 00:26:36,194
carry a bottle of water with you.
571
00:26:36,194 --> 00:26:38,463
And until you're over this anxiety,
572
00:26:38,463 --> 00:26:39,497
take a slug of water.
573
00:26:39,497 --> 00:26:42,133
You won't have a dry throat because,
574
00:26:42,133 --> 00:26:43,335
you know? Yes. So what?
575
00:26:43,335 --> 00:26:44,970
Big deal in my throat, Claire.
576
00:26:44,970 --> 00:26:46,571
But when you hear it and see it
577
00:26:48,039 --> 00:26:50,375
on video, you're like,
578
00:26:50,375 --> 00:26:53,378
crap, this is unbelievable.
579
00:26:53,411 --> 00:26:56,748
So yeah, if I agree with you
580
00:26:56,748 --> 00:26:57,983
some sort of,
581
00:26:57,983 --> 00:26:59,884
you know, a little bit more training.
582
00:26:59,884 --> 00:27:02,887
You know, the other thing too, is
583
00:27:03,855 --> 00:27:04,823
the good thing about you
584
00:27:04,823 --> 00:27:06,558
and I, having a public speak
585
00:27:06,558 --> 00:27:08,093
with what we do.
586
00:27:08,093 --> 00:27:09,294
We're not teaching people
587
00:27:09,294 --> 00:27:12,297
how to, you know,
588
00:27:12,564 --> 00:27:14,499
how to rebuild a carburetor
589
00:27:14,499 --> 00:27:15,166
or program,
590
00:27:15,166 --> 00:27:18,269
a computer or we're talking about stuff
591
00:27:18,269 --> 00:27:21,272
we kind of know.
592
00:27:22,974 --> 00:27:26,177
I think it does a little bit.
593
00:27:26,478 --> 00:27:26,945
Okay.
594
00:27:26,945 --> 00:27:29,948
And I'll tell you why I think it matters.
595
00:27:30,382 --> 00:27:32,183
My son came to me when he was a senior
596
00:27:32,183 --> 00:27:33,051
and he goes, looks like
597
00:27:33,051 --> 00:27:34,653
I got to go to a summer school.
598
00:27:34,653 --> 00:27:36,121
Like, I can't
599
00:27:36,121 --> 00:27:38,356
because I can't speak like you.
600
00:27:38,356 --> 00:27:39,858
He goes, I can't do what you do.
601
00:27:40,959 --> 00:27:41,893
He goes, and we have to do
602
00:27:41,893 --> 00:27:44,262
a five minute presentation.
603
00:27:44,262 --> 00:27:47,265
I said, Can it be about anything?
604
00:27:47,532 --> 00:27:49,200
He says, Yeah, yeah.
605
00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,169
I go
606
00:27:51,169 --> 00:27:52,637
tell everybody how to go in and screen
607
00:27:52,637 --> 00:27:53,171
and go to floor.
608
00:27:53,171 --> 00:27:53,805
You've been doing it
609
00:27:53,805 --> 00:27:56,808
since you were four years old.
610
00:27:57,609 --> 00:27:59,144
Tell everybody just
611
00:27:59,144 --> 00:28:00,445
from loading up the truck
612
00:28:00,445 --> 00:28:02,147
to unloading the truck and everything
613
00:28:02,147 --> 00:28:04,549
we have to do to screen and go to floor.
614
00:28:04,549 --> 00:28:06,918
You know that with your eyes
615
00:28:06,918 --> 00:28:08,253
you won't even need notes,
616
00:28:08,253 --> 00:28:11,256
but have some notes with you.
617
00:28:11,456 --> 00:28:13,491
I see him a few days later.
618
00:28:13,491 --> 00:28:16,027
He got an A-minus
619
00:28:16,027 --> 00:28:17,729
and he said, and the teacher wants this
620
00:28:17,729 --> 00:28:19,998
come out. Look at his floor.
621
00:28:19,998 --> 00:28:21,399
I said, You know what?
622
00:28:21,399 --> 00:28:23,334
Now you made the sale.
623
00:28:23,334 --> 00:28:25,036
It shouldn't have been an A-minus.
624
00:28:25,036 --> 00:28:26,571
That should have been an A-plus
625
00:28:26,571 --> 00:28:29,107
you sold him. You really got him.
626
00:28:29,107 --> 00:28:30,675
So I always saw it.
627
00:28:30,675 --> 00:28:32,177
Having some good knowledge
628
00:28:32,177 --> 00:28:34,546
about the subject is also you know,
629
00:28:34,546 --> 00:28:35,914
going to make it a little bit easier.
630
00:28:41,553 --> 00:28:44,556
we did this real big,
631
00:28:45,824 --> 00:28:46,691
like.
632
00:28:46,691 --> 00:28:49,160
Okay, here's why I disagree with you
633
00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:51,029
because and this was this is a
634
00:28:51,029 --> 00:28:52,030
it was a key motivator
635
00:28:52,030 --> 00:28:53,264
for me to get better.
636
00:28:53,264 --> 00:28:54,899
The gentleman I was with
637
00:28:54,899 --> 00:28:57,502
this thing was not a four man.
638
00:28:57,502 --> 00:28:59,003
I he was a great speaker,
639
00:28:59,003 --> 00:29:00,205
but he did not have
640
00:29:00,205 --> 00:29:01,372
any foreign experience at all.
641
00:29:01,372 --> 00:29:03,108
He was a great sales rep.
642
00:29:03,108 --> 00:29:05,577
But but I had ten times more knowledge
643
00:29:05,577 --> 00:29:07,912
and he did 30 times more knowledge.
644
00:29:07,912 --> 00:29:08,480
And he did.
645
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:09,247
I did
646
00:29:09,247 --> 00:29:11,950
30 years of a background of doing floors
647
00:29:11,950 --> 00:29:13,318
and it didn't help me.
648
00:29:13,318 --> 00:29:15,320
So what got me is that
649
00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:17,355
if someone would have said, okay,
650
00:29:17,355 --> 00:29:17,822
all right,
651
00:29:17,822 --> 00:29:19,457
who do you think is of these two guys
652
00:29:19,457 --> 00:29:21,059
who just came in this room, spoke
653
00:29:21,059 --> 00:29:22,393
who you think is a real pro,
654
00:29:22,393 --> 00:29:23,194
and who do you think is
655
00:29:23,194 --> 00:29:23,762
really not
656
00:29:23,762 --> 00:29:25,697
you know, doesn't really know his stuff.
657
00:29:25,697 --> 00:29:27,832
Everybody would have pointed that guy.
658
00:29:27,832 --> 00:29:29,901
And I that that's really unfair to me.
659
00:29:29,901 --> 00:29:31,202
You know that's the
660
00:29:31,202 --> 00:29:32,170
I've got all this knowledge
661
00:29:32,170 --> 00:29:33,171
but if I can't in part
662
00:29:33,171 --> 00:29:34,639
this knowledge if I can't talk about
663
00:30:30,295 --> 00:30:30,929
Yeah.
664
00:30:30,929 --> 00:30:33,932
Yeah.
665
00:30:44,075 --> 00:30:45,276
Presentation.
666
00:30:45,276 --> 00:30:48,179
It all started with bad presentations.
667
00:30:48,179 --> 00:30:51,182
The ones that with you
668
00:32:13,765 --> 00:32:14,332
You know, I'm
669
00:32:14,332 --> 00:32:17,302
glad you mentioned the Chroma, because
670
00:32:17,502 --> 00:32:20,672
last year, was it last year
671
00:32:20,672 --> 00:32:21,906
that Chroma came out?
672
00:32:21,906 --> 00:32:23,474
I think it was last year. Right.
673
00:32:23,474 --> 00:32:24,742
And we're indoor,
674
00:32:24,742 --> 00:32:27,712
probably second or third year anyways.
675
00:32:28,046 --> 00:32:32,150
You know, it was it was a little slow
676
00:32:32,784 --> 00:32:33,785
and a lot of people
677
00:32:33,785 --> 00:32:35,153
were kind of standoffish
678
00:32:35,153 --> 00:32:37,455
at the schools, you know, my trainings
679
00:32:37,455 --> 00:32:38,756
and every training,
680
00:32:38,756 --> 00:32:39,691
no matter what,
681
00:32:39,691 --> 00:32:41,693
one, two, three day trainings, it
682
00:32:41,693 --> 00:32:45,063
I had Chroma up there, you know, and
683
00:32:46,130 --> 00:32:48,333
there was more people interested
684
00:32:48,333 --> 00:32:50,068
punching holes in it
685
00:32:50,068 --> 00:32:52,770
than giving it a shot.
686
00:32:52,770 --> 00:32:54,172
Okay.
687
00:32:54,172 --> 00:32:55,606
That was last year.
688
00:32:55,606 --> 00:32:57,275
Two weeks ago I did a school.
689
00:32:57,275 --> 00:32:58,343
We had about 22 people
690
00:32:58,343 --> 00:33:00,044
in Jersey at this school,
691
00:33:01,312 --> 00:33:02,480
and I had
692
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:03,581
all the panels,
693
00:33:03,581 --> 00:33:04,282
you know, everybody
694
00:33:04,282 --> 00:33:06,284
sang and panels and everything.
695
00:33:06,284 --> 00:33:08,019
And I had one panel.
696
00:33:08,019 --> 00:33:08,987
We were going to do Chroma,
697
00:33:08,987 --> 00:33:11,990
one section of one panel.
698
00:33:13,358 --> 00:33:14,993
Long story short,
699
00:33:14,993 --> 00:33:17,962
every single panel
700
00:33:18,363 --> 00:33:20,631
got Chroma.
701
00:33:20,631 --> 00:33:23,601
The class didn't want to stop doing it.
702
00:33:24,869 --> 00:33:27,038
And it was like, All right, two more guys
703
00:33:27,038 --> 00:33:28,373
come on up. They wanted to do it.
704
00:33:28,373 --> 00:33:29,240
And then another,
705
00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:30,475
you know, different guys.
706
00:33:30,475 --> 00:33:32,477
It wasn't like the same guy did.
707
00:33:32,477 --> 00:33:33,011
It was like
708
00:33:33,011 --> 00:33:36,214
every single person in that class
709
00:33:36,981 --> 00:33:38,383
wanted to embrace
710
00:33:38,383 --> 00:33:40,118
Chroma, wanted to do it, one
711
00:33:40,118 --> 00:33:41,753
to put their hands on it.
712
00:33:41,753 --> 00:33:45,023
And I was looking at least,
713
00:33:45,323 --> 00:33:47,025
you know, the
714
00:33:47,025 --> 00:33:49,293
mid-Atlantic territory guy.
715
00:33:49,293 --> 00:33:50,228
Great kid, too.
716
00:33:50,228 --> 00:33:51,596
He's an awesome
717
00:33:51,596 --> 00:33:54,198
I mean, really, he's going to do great.
718
00:33:54,198 --> 00:33:56,367
I think. I really do
719
00:33:57,335 --> 00:33:59,203
hard worker but just
720
00:33:59,203 --> 00:34:00,371
love the embrace
721
00:34:00,371 --> 00:34:01,272
as a contractor
722
00:34:01,272 --> 00:34:04,275
end of everything and really
723
00:34:08,846 --> 00:34:10,415
yeah
724
00:34:10,415 --> 00:34:13,418
yes yeah
725
00:34:14,085 --> 00:34:16,988
but I remember looking at Luis going
726
00:34:16,988 --> 00:34:18,623
and he you know he's looking at me,
727
00:34:18,623 --> 00:34:19,757
I'm looking at him and he goes,
728
00:34:19,757 --> 00:34:20,291
What do you think?
729
00:34:20,291 --> 00:34:22,593
I go, Hey, man, let's just keep doing it.
730
00:34:22,593 --> 00:34:23,828
I mean,
731
00:34:23,828 --> 00:34:26,197
I've never this this is something new
732
00:34:26,197 --> 00:34:29,200
this year where people, like I said,
733
00:34:29,467 --> 00:34:30,334
you know, last year
734
00:34:30,334 --> 00:34:32,537
a little standoffish this year,
735
00:34:32,537 --> 00:34:34,272
totally embracing it,
736
00:34:34,272 --> 00:34:35,473
totally embracing it.
737
00:34:35,473 --> 00:34:39,377
And but I tell you, and that other thing
738
00:34:39,377 --> 00:34:39,911
that you were just
739
00:34:39,911 --> 00:34:41,646
saying about the fires,
740
00:34:41,646 --> 00:34:44,348
it just seems crazy to take these rags
741
00:34:44,348 --> 00:34:46,984
and throw them in the chroma rags
742
00:34:46,984 --> 00:34:48,186
and throw them in a garbage can
743
00:34:48,186 --> 00:34:49,854
and not think twice about it.
744
00:34:49,854 --> 00:34:51,722
It's just nuts.
745
00:34:51,722 --> 00:34:54,692
But I think that we're going to see
746
00:34:54,725 --> 00:34:56,094
I think we're going to see big things
747
00:34:56,094 --> 00:34:56,661
with Chroma.
748
00:34:56,661 --> 00:34:57,995
The more people touch it and
749
00:34:57,995 --> 00:34:59,363
look at it and hear about it.
750
00:35:00,531 --> 00:35:01,666
On social media.
751
00:35:01,666 --> 00:35:02,867
You're seeing guys
752
00:35:02,867 --> 00:35:04,368
saying that insurance companies now
753
00:35:04,368 --> 00:35:06,904
are dropping them for doing flaws.
754
00:35:06,904 --> 00:35:08,339
And there's only one reason
755
00:35:08,339 --> 00:35:10,041
that would be in that state regs.
756
00:35:10,041 --> 00:35:13,044
I mean, spontaneous combustion and fires,
757
00:35:13,744 --> 00:35:16,747
we are all about one thing.
758
00:35:16,881 --> 00:35:19,383
It's make as much money as you can in.
759
00:35:19,383 --> 00:35:20,384
This trade
760
00:35:20,384 --> 00:35:21,786
do it the quickest and easiest way
761
00:35:21,786 --> 00:35:23,454
you can get into that zone
762
00:35:23,454 --> 00:35:25,623
of making the most money you possibly can
763
00:35:25,623 --> 00:35:27,425
and stay there as long as you can
764
00:35:27,425 --> 00:35:29,560
with machines that make your life easier
765
00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:31,095
and you stand up when they have you.
766
00:35:31,095 --> 00:35:32,463
They're easier to travel, easy
767
00:35:32,463 --> 00:35:33,364
to work with,
768
00:35:33,364 --> 00:35:36,000
shorter drying times, what have you.
769
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:37,535
And this is another one
770
00:35:37,535 --> 00:35:38,369
that I really think
771
00:35:38,369 --> 00:35:40,705
that it's take the liability out of it.
772
00:35:40,705 --> 00:35:42,907
You take the risk out of it.
773
00:35:42,907 --> 00:35:44,208
And I always say this
774
00:35:44,208 --> 00:35:46,043
if we're making NASCAR money,
775
00:35:46,043 --> 00:35:47,912
some of these risks might be worth it.
776
00:35:47,912 --> 00:35:50,548
But from for most everybody else,
777
00:35:50,548 --> 00:35:51,849
I mean, the more we can
778
00:35:51,849 --> 00:35:53,751
put on our side of the equation
779
00:35:53,751 --> 00:35:55,052
to make our life easier,
780
00:35:55,052 --> 00:35:57,155
to make our careers easier
781
00:35:57,155 --> 00:35:59,190
and take some of the liability away,
782
00:35:59,190 --> 00:36:00,324
the better off we are.
783
00:36:00,324 --> 00:36:01,692
And this is going to be one of those
784
00:36:01,692 --> 00:36:03,060
There's no there's no question is
785
00:36:03,060 --> 00:36:04,428
go in this direction.
786
00:36:04,428 --> 00:36:07,231
I don't think they even debating anymore.
787
00:36:07,231 --> 00:36:08,733
And you get the richness of the colors
788
00:36:08,733 --> 00:36:09,767
without having the water pipe
789
00:36:09,767 --> 00:36:11,102
you say is a step there.
790
00:36:11,102 --> 00:36:12,003
So anyhow,
791
00:36:12,003 --> 00:36:13,738
and I thought the guys did a great job on
792
00:36:13,738 --> 00:36:14,405
a demo
793
00:36:15,873 --> 00:36:16,841
I want to touch on.
794
00:36:16,841 --> 00:36:19,143
Also, Boehner had a party.
795
00:36:19,143 --> 00:36:20,945
We had a great party.
796
00:36:20,945 --> 00:36:22,480
And again, I mean,
797
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:25,016
it is so much to do with these
798
00:36:25,016 --> 00:36:26,317
orchestrating all these things
799
00:36:26,317 --> 00:36:29,654
and behind the work scene that she does.
800
00:36:30,621 --> 00:36:31,355
We had our party
801
00:36:31,355 --> 00:36:33,691
at the NASCAR Hall of Fame,
802
00:36:33,691 --> 00:36:35,793
and I don't know how many contractors
803
00:36:35,793 --> 00:36:36,327
we had in there,
804
00:36:36,327 --> 00:36:37,094
but it was packed
805
00:36:37,094 --> 00:36:39,730
and it was awesome to everybody
806
00:36:39,730 --> 00:36:40,765
to get together.
807
00:36:40,765 --> 00:36:41,766
Brett Miller came by.
808
00:36:41,766 --> 00:36:42,633
I really appreciate him
809
00:36:42,633 --> 00:36:43,367
taking the time out.
810
00:36:43,367 --> 00:36:45,303
A lot of the guys came by to our party
811
00:36:45,303 --> 00:36:48,306
and I appreciate them doing that.
812
00:36:48,406 --> 00:36:49,774
I love Brett Miller.
813
00:36:49,774 --> 00:36:51,809
Every time we get together, we say that
814
00:36:51,809 --> 00:36:52,143
we're going
815
00:36:52,143 --> 00:36:53,144
to let's get together
816
00:36:53,144 --> 00:36:54,445
and have a drink and talk and
817
00:36:54,445 --> 00:36:56,214
spend time and, you know,
818
00:36:57,315 --> 00:36:58,149
trying to get
819
00:36:58,149 --> 00:36:59,951
any time with Brett is impossible.
820
00:36:59,951 --> 00:37:00,218
He's going
821
00:37:00,218 --> 00:37:01,219
a thousand different directions.
822
00:37:01,219 --> 00:37:03,554
So we got to see each other
823
00:37:03,554 --> 00:37:04,522
for a few minutes.
824
00:37:04,522 --> 00:37:06,057
So I appreciate that.
825
00:37:06,057 --> 00:37:09,060
So
826
00:37:09,126 --> 00:37:09,961
Do you know who wasn't
827
00:37:09,961 --> 00:37:12,964
at that party?
828
00:37:24,809 --> 00:37:25,476
that's awesome.
829
00:37:25,476 --> 00:37:27,778
Thank you. I appreciate that.
830
00:37:27,778 --> 00:37:29,914
Take a picture of the food in the booth.
831
00:37:29,914 --> 00:37:32,650
Yeah. See what you missed.
832
00:37:32,650 --> 00:37:34,185
You know, you said NASCAR money.
833
00:37:34,185 --> 00:37:36,187
I was just thinking,
834
00:37:36,187 --> 00:37:36,988
you know what?
835
00:37:36,988 --> 00:37:39,123
Every in the in the
836
00:37:39,123 --> 00:37:39,457
you know,
837
00:37:39,457 --> 00:37:40,658
for professional sports,
838
00:37:40,658 --> 00:37:43,361
you know what everybody makes, right?
839
00:37:43,361 --> 00:37:45,463
I mean, there's just no doubt about you.
840
00:37:45,463 --> 00:37:48,032
You can look up exactly.
841
00:37:48,032 --> 00:37:48,599
You don't know
842
00:37:48,599 --> 00:37:50,735
what anybody in NASCAR makes.
843
00:37:50,735 --> 00:37:52,303
But I mean, don't get me wrong,
844
00:37:52,303 --> 00:37:55,106
I agree with you. It's big money.
845
00:37:55,106 --> 00:37:57,074
But you don't see those contracts
846
00:37:57,074 --> 00:37:58,609
plastered all over the place.
847
00:37:58,609 --> 00:37:59,677
Like, I couldn't tell you what
848
00:37:59,677 --> 00:38:01,145
one NASCAR guy makes
849
00:38:02,513 --> 00:38:04,582
where
850
00:38:04,582 --> 00:38:06,550
That's weird.
851
00:38:06,550 --> 00:38:09,553
You never see what their contracts are.
852
00:38:11,555 --> 00:38:14,558
Well, So listen,
853
00:38:14,725 --> 00:38:17,161
I didn't a lot of people say, well,
854
00:38:17,161 --> 00:38:17,728
I was going to go
855
00:38:17,728 --> 00:38:18,329
the end of the day,
856
00:38:18,329 --> 00:38:19,430
but this came up with
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that came up whatever.
858
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We always know in April.
859
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:23,634
As far as I know,
860
00:38:23,634 --> 00:38:25,436
it seems like it's always been in April.
861
00:38:25,436 --> 00:38:27,004
We know going to be in Orlando?
862
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next year
863
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and it is a party
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00:38:29,307 --> 00:38:29,774
you deserve
865
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to go to get there with your peers
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00:38:32,043 --> 00:38:33,844
and everything you spend time.
867
00:38:33,844 --> 00:38:35,746
I absolutely love
868
00:38:35,746 --> 00:38:36,781
seeing the guys come through it
869
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every year
870
00:38:37,048 --> 00:38:39,150
and getting a chance to see everybody.
871
00:38:39,150 --> 00:38:40,584
I never get the time
872
00:38:40,584 --> 00:38:43,387
that I want to spend with everybody, but
873
00:38:43,387 --> 00:38:44,188
it is a blast.
874
00:38:44,188 --> 00:38:46,223
Again, congrats on the end. Everything.
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00:38:47,458 --> 00:38:48,526
Steve Rattner is
876
00:38:48,526 --> 00:38:50,494
the chairman of the board
877
00:38:50,494 --> 00:38:53,497
and his party was fantastic, like I said.
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00:38:53,631 --> 00:38:56,367
And so.
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00:38:56,367 --> 00:38:58,936
I.
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Don't miss the chance next year.
881
00:39:00,404 --> 00:39:01,706
You know, it's going to be in April.
882
00:39:01,706 --> 00:39:02,940
Try to try to, if you can.
883
00:39:02,940 --> 00:39:03,941
And I know how things go.
884
00:39:03,941 --> 00:39:05,409
I mean, that would happen to me
885
00:39:05,409 --> 00:39:06,377
when jobs get scheduled.
886
00:39:06,377 --> 00:39:07,144
There's no way around.
887
00:39:07,144 --> 00:39:09,213
You just can't go. I totally get that.
888
00:39:09,213 --> 00:39:10,748
But any way possible, get there.
889
00:39:10,748 --> 00:39:13,517
It's a fun time and you deserve to. So.
890
00:39:13,517 --> 00:39:15,820
All right, That's all I got. Rob.
891
00:39:15,820 --> 00:39:16,787
you did make a promise.
892
00:39:16,787 --> 00:39:19,790
You promise that I'd be there next year.
893
00:39:19,824 --> 00:39:21,225
You made a.
894
00:39:21,225 --> 00:39:22,693
I'll get you there.
895
00:39:22,693 --> 00:39:25,029
Yes, Great.
896
00:39:25,029 --> 00:39:26,997
Wow.
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00:39:26,997 --> 00:39:30,000
This is.
898
00:39:31,102 --> 00:39:31,802
Yeah, I can.
899
00:39:31,802 --> 00:39:33,971
I'm probably in the next show.
900
00:39:33,971 --> 00:39:34,472
You're probably going
901
00:39:34,472 --> 00:39:36,741
to announce your retirement. Yes,
902
00:39:39,477 --> 00:39:41,045
I could have got you there, but,
903
00:39:41,045 --> 00:39:42,146
you know.
904
00:39:42,146 --> 00:39:44,081
Yeah, I'm bowing out.
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00:39:44,081 --> 00:39:45,816
I'm going to become a I'm joining
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00:39:45,816 --> 00:39:48,819
the bass masters senior division.
907
00:39:49,820 --> 00:39:51,222
man. All right.
908
00:39:51,222 --> 00:39:52,823
Well, thanks, Rob. Appreciate it.
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00:39:52,823 --> 00:39:55,826
And I'll send those pictures over to you
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00:39:55,893 --> 00:39:57,094
and everybody,
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00:39:57,094 --> 00:39:58,229
thank you very much for listening.
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We really appreciate our listeners.
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And listen,
914
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we really feel the love when we when.
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When the.
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We but when I
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when I get to the end of the day
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from the show and talk to people,
919
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listen to the show,
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00:40:11,942 --> 00:40:13,144
it means more than you know.
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We really certainly appreciate it
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very much so
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so thank you for your listenership.
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00:40:18,482 --> 00:40:19,984
And this has been another episode
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of On the Floor with Wayne and Rob Lee.
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Stay tuned for another episode.