On The Floor with Wayne and Rob

Revisit: Tips and Advice Involving Contracts

Episode Summary

In this episode of On The Floor with Wayne and Rob they discuss tips and advice involving contracts. Follow Bona US Professional online: Website: https://www1.bona.com/en-us/professional/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/BonaProfessional Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bonauspro/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonapro.us/

Episode Transcription

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Hello and

 

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welcome to another episode

 

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of On the Floor with Wayne and Rob.

 

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I'm Wayne

 

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Highlanders National Sales

 

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Manager for Bona Adhesives.

 

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And I'm Rob Johnson from Bona Training.

 

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And all the legends are dying.

 

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Let's.

 

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Few times back it was Eddie Van Halen

 

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and Sean Connery died the other day.

 

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And now Billy Joe Schaefer.

 

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You know, Billy Joe Schaefer is.

 

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Why have I heard that?

 

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Oh, he was the geezer Green Day.

 

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Oh, gosh, no.

 

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No. No.

 

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Billy Joe Schaefer,

 

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a lot of people don't know who he is.

 

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He's a legend.

 

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But a lot of people don't know.

 

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He's a he's a singer, but not

 

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successful.

 

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I mean, like on a huge scale.

 

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But he wrote a lot of songs

 

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for a lot of people,

 

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and he's very well respected.

 

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He's from Texas. He's from Texas.

 

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But you heard outlaw country, right?

 

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You've heard that expression.

 

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Yes.

 

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You can almost trace it back to him.

 

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If you look at that,

 

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when Jennings album, Honky Tonk Heroes,

 

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every song on that album or

 

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helped co-write every song on that album,

 

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and that's where his fame came from.

 

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So he died.

 

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We're losing a lot of legends or dying.

 

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What songs that he write.

 

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He said he wrote some famous songs.

 

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What songs did he write?

 

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Dog Heroes.

 

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I mean, you know, mothers don't mothers

 

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don't let your babies grow to be cowboys.

 

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I think it says.

 

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But don't quote me on that.

 

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Have to look that up and I don't want to.

 

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All right.

 

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So, yeah,

 

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when I saw the legend of that, I'm

 

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I'm afraid to fall asleep at night, Rob.

 

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Just the

 

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just another legend

 

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in your own mind, huh?

 

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Yeah, it's scary.

 

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You know what album

 

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I just bought or just,

 

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you know, whatever they call that.

 

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You buy albums anymore?

 

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No, I didn't buy an album.

 

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I guess you could call.

 

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I buy an album, you know, on Apple.

 

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Apple?

 

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Yeah.

 

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What do they call that?

 

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The Apple Library.

 

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Whatever. The Apple Music Store.

 

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What is that called?

 

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Or Apple Music? Apple.

 

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Okay. I don't it.

 

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It. Yeah, I know.

 

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It's called something.

 

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I, I do

 

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both of us don't know.

 

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Oh, man.

 

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I love that freaking iTunes.

 

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I have spent thousands of dollars

 

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on that thing

 

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over the few over the last few years.

 

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And the last album I just bought was

 

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Johnny Paycheck's

 

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Take This Job and Shove It.

 

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And his worst song he ever sing

 

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and is most famous.

 

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Isn't that for me?

 

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Because

 

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he does a song on that album

 

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that even my kids like.

 

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Everybody came over the other day

 

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for a cookout.

 

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I was playing my new music

 

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and that song that they loved that

 

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I loved, too, is

 

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I'm the only hell my momma ever raised.

 

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Yeah.

 

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That was a good song.

 

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It's a good song.

 

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But his best song of all time

 

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is old violin.

 

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Old violin. Yeah.

 

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And it was another one.

 

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Take a full set and shoot

 

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something about that.

 

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And she tried it again.

 

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Remember, they have it.

 

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From cotton to satin.

 

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Yeah. Yeah.

 

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He's always into his threads.

 

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Yes.

 

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From cotton to satin.

 

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But, you know.

 

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Trimming hem to Manhattan,

 

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he might go to a lonely

 

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limousine.

 

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She went from cotton to satin,

 

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from Birmingham to man Manhattan.

 

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The hell are you saying you.

 

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Had to follow her dreams?

 

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That's a good song.

 

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I could sing that song.

 

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You want to keep going?

 

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No, no, I'm good.

 

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I can tell.

 

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You don't want me

 

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to keep going with that.

 

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He died penniless, you know,

 

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but he died dead, broke.

 

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Couldn't even afford his own

 

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his own funeral raising.

 

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There's a story that I heard

 

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when I was in Memphis on

 

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he was going to tour with Johnny Cash,

 

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or Johnny Cash wanted them to tour

 

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or do a concert with him,

 

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something like that.

 

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And they had to get him there a

 

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day early. They lied to him.

 

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They said, Hey, you need to

 

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be here on the 18th.

 

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And they knew that he wouldn't

 

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be there on the 18th,

 

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but it was really the 19th

 

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and he shows up late

 

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and they actually held him

 

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prisoner in his hotel room.

 

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Wow. Just so he could do it.

 

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Stories. Great.

 

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I'm barely skimming the story, but

 

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I heard it in Johnny Cash's words.

 

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Okay.

 

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We had done some of the Johnny Cash tours

 

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and stuff like that.

 

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And oh, this story is just hysterical

 

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because he was

 

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flippin mad that they would do that.

 

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But that was the only way they knew

 

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that they could get him there

 

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and get him to do the show.

 

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But yeah, I did hear that, that

 

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he didn't have much after he passed.

 

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Yep. Okay.

 

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So we are going to talk today

 

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about contracts.

 

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Why do we need them?

 

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And I'll tell you one good reason

 

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that came to my mind right away, Rob.

 

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You know,

 

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and I think probably the same in a way,

 

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we're kind of like hairdressers

 

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because like me

 

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going to a barbershop and saying, hey,

 

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here's a picture of Matthew Carney here.

 

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I want to look like that.

 

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I want my head to look like this

 

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when I come out.

 

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Right.

 

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You know,

 

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it could be some stuff lost

 

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in that translation right

 

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there has expectations

 

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all over

 

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every job we go into

 

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and so it's important that we

 

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that we at least talk about contracts.

 

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And for

 

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full disclosure, though,

 

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disclaimer here, Robert,

 

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I are not attorneys,

 

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so, you know, to get into into a

 

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you know,

 

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into the equation

 

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when we talk about this.

 

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It's

 

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we are not attorneys

 

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don't even play one on TV.

 

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Did you use contracts as a contractor?

 

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I sure did.

 

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Yeah.

 

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The only reason I ever started

 

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using contracts was I found out

 

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I was away.

 

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I could get good down payments

 

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rather than just asking somebody

 

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or writing it on the back of the card

 

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or anything.

 

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Like I said, terrible business man.

 

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Pretty good floor guy.

 

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Terrible business man.

 

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Right off the bat.

 

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I'll tell you why

 

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I started really going into contracts

 

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because I got burned a couple of times.

 

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It was during the heyday of oil soaps

 

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and we had done a couple of records

 

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that went south on us

 

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because, you know, this was back

 

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in the eighties

 

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and I had to eat those jobs.

 

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Once I finished, started peeling,

 

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I had to go in

 

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and do a whole recent on that.

 

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So

 

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after the second disaster,

 

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we started writing up contracts.

 

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And one of the ways

 

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that we wrote into our contract was,

 

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you know, I charge X number.

 

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You know, I charged

 

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250 to sand your floor

 

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and a buck to screen and coat your floor.

 

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If the screening code fails,

 

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I only charge you a dollar 75.

 

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So that way everybody

 

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you know, who knows

 

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if it was a legal contract,

 

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it looked legal.

 

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I remember

 

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we went to an office

 

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to supply place and got it, but

 

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it it helped

 

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and it did

 

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help us out in a couple of jobs.

 

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So if you're not using contracts.

 

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Yeah, well, in some cases

 

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it's a state law

 

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that you have to have a contract

 

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for work, for overseeing,

 

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like work for over $500.

 

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It's probably changed

 

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since then, since then.

 

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But really I did not know that

 

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that was the.

 

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Law like in California was a law

 

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at the time is like anything

 

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any work over $500

 

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you need to have a contract for again

 

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we're not attorneys so

 

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take that into account.

 

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And also

 

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you have to have a

 

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you know, you want to have a mechanics

 

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lean, right?

 

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I mean, that's you know, that's

 

265

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part of the deal, too.

 

266

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So, you know, our contract had an a

 

267

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a place for the mechanics lean and also.

 

268

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Oh, wait a minute

 

269

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let's let's talk about that

 

270

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you could do a mechanic's

 

271

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lean on the contract.

 

272

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I thought they were separate.

 

273

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No, ours was right on it.

 

274

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I mean, a place for them to sign.

 

275

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And you would said

 

276

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under the mechanics lean law any contract

 

277

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your subcontractor, laborer, supplier

 

278

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or any other person

 

279

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to help improve your property

 

280

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but is not paid for his work or supplies

 

281

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as a right

 

282

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to enforce a claim against your property.

 

283

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It's written right on there.

 

284

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This means that after a court

 

285

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hearing, your property could be sold

 

286

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by a court officer

 

287

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and the proceeds of the sale

 

288

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will be used to satisfy indebtedness.

 

289

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This can happen

 

290

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even if you have paid

 

291

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your own contractor in full.

 

292

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If the subcontractor, laborer or supplier

 

293

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remains unpaid.

 

294

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Leaving laws provide

 

295

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for the subcontractor

 

296

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to obtain

 

297

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the following information

 

298

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for this contract or proposal is valid,

 

299

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and then

 

300

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the general contractors

 

301

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information, the owner's information

 

302

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and lender, whoever is involved

 

303

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in it puts the homeowner on notice

 

304

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like they said

 

305

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they could,

 

306

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you know, and we've all heard the stories

 

307

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where you

 

308

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got to get your money to the homeowner.

 

309

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He goes, Well, I paid the contractor.

 

310

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I can't help you.

 

311

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I mean, you know,

 

312

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yours was

 

313

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supposed to come out of his and,

 

314

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you know, you don't have a go.

 

315

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So, so I think, listen,

 

316

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one of the best things I ever heard

 

317

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from a lady in this industry

 

318

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was that

 

319

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handshakes are great for introductions.

 

320

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After that, I want a contract,

 

321

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and I think that makes a lot of sense.

 

322

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So today

 

323

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we'll talk about some of these things

 

324

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and listen,

 

325

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the contract I had

 

326

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I got from the NLRB,

 

327

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they like 20 some odd years ago and

 

328

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I think my wife added a couple of things

 

329

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to it or whatever. But

 

330

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on this one, there's

 

331

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20 different

 

332

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parts to this contract on the back.

 

333

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And I'm not

 

334

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going to read all of these 20 things,

 

335

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but I think

 

336

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we should go over a few of them.

 

337

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I think some of these are important

 

338

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and people.

 

339

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And by the way, if someone's listening,

 

340

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if someone's listening to this,

 

341

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if you email me, I'll send it to you

 

342

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if you like, and you can use none of it,

 

343

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part of it or all of it.

 

344

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I don't care, but email me

 

345

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and I'll send it to you.

 

346

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My email address is

 

347

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Wayne that Highlander at Bowen Adcom

 

348

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it's w a y and E that HGH

 

349

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lab in the r ebony.com.

 

350

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I personally my own

 

351

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my own personal opinion is

 

352

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contracts are very important.

 

353

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There's too much money on the line.

 

354

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There's too much room for

 

355

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a contract,

 

356

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basically a meeting of the minds

 

357

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you guys are.

 

358

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It says it.

 

359

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We met, we discussed this.

 

360

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Here's the expected actions.

 

361

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Here's what I say.

 

362

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I'm going to do what I'm not going to do.

 

363

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And by the way,

 

364

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here's the payment schedule, right?

 

365

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I mean, I have some things I have to do

 

366

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and there's things that you have to do

 

367

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and it just lays it out there.

 

368

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So there's no at the end of the job.

 

369

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Well, I thought it was going to be this.

 

370

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And, you know,

 

371

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there's too much money on the line.

 

372

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This is this is not.

 

373

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You know, something?

 

374

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This is terrible.

 

375

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This is not

 

376

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what you should be doing

 

377

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to our listeners, because I'm

 

378

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reading through this contract

 

379

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and you're oh,

 

380

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you're everybody's best buddy.

 

381

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Oh, you're going to

 

382

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I'll send you this contract.

 

383

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Let me read

 

384

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what he's going to send you folks.

 

385

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Final payment is due upon completion.

 

386

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Unless an ultimate payment

 

387

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schedule has been figured out

 

388

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and arranged

 

389

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and paid to Wayne Highlander.

 

390

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I need the

 

391

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money, Rob, what do you want?

 

392

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The jig is up now.

 

393

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Yeah, exactly.

 

394

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This is my exit plan.

 

395

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Because I'm for the people.

 

396

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Okay?

 

397

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I'm a people person.

 

398

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And make sure you read through this.

 

399

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This is great.

 

400

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Let's just a California contract.

 

401

00:12:49,335 --> 00:12:51,303

Oh, well, I lived in California,

 

402

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but no, as I said,

 

403

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I got this

 

404

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from the guy from the buffet

 

405

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and then I think my wife

 

406

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added some stuff on to it. Okay.

 

407

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Because I'm looking

 

408

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at the top of this contract

 

409

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and it says S.l.

 

410

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So it must have been

 

411

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your California license contract.

 

412

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His license.

 

413

00:13:04,517 --> 00:13:06,519

Contractor's license. Yeah.

 

414

00:13:06,519 --> 00:13:07,853

Gosh, I forgot about that number.

 

415

00:13:07,853 --> 00:13:08,521

I haven't seen that number

 

416

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in a long time.

 

417

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And I were 8330.

 

418

00:13:12,358 --> 00:13:13,092

I don't give it out.

 

419

00:13:13,092 --> 00:13:14,660

People be using it now.

 

420

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But on

 

421

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the front of

 

422

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the contract, it says proposal, contract

 

423

00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,102

as my phone number, my license number.

 

424

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And it's for

 

425

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and by the way, it's in triplicate.

 

426

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And I like that because I could send them

 

427

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after I wrote the contract up.

 

428

00:13:35,447 --> 00:13:36,248

It's in triplicate.

 

429

00:13:36,248 --> 00:13:37,683

So the back page

 

430

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I would keep in the office

 

431

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and I never left the office

 

432

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in case

 

433

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one of them got missing on a job site

 

434

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or whatever.

 

435

00:13:43,289 --> 00:13:44,657

I'd always have the original copy

 

436

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with a signature on it. Right.

 

437

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We would put the other one in the mail.

 

438

00:13:48,494 --> 00:13:49,028

Now, guys,

 

439

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use email on that kind of stuff,

 

440

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whatever, where you can deliver it

 

441

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in person or whatever.

 

442

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Or this can be probably done

 

443

00:13:53,966 --> 00:13:55,267

online, I'm sure.

 

444

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But

 

445

00:13:57,036 --> 00:13:59,672

then we'd have the architect's name

 

446

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if that was the case.

 

447

00:14:00,539 --> 00:14:01,740

The job, the location,

 

448

00:14:01,740 --> 00:14:03,509

the job phone, the date of the plans.

 

449

00:14:03,509 --> 00:14:05,211

If there's plans we're working off

 

450

00:14:05,211 --> 00:14:07,146

and then we have the scope of the work

 

451

00:14:07,146 --> 00:14:09,348

that we're going to do, okay?

 

452

00:14:09,348 --> 00:14:12,451

And then we put down we're proposing

 

453

00:14:12,885 --> 00:14:14,653

to furnish labor and material,

 

454

00:14:14,653 --> 00:14:15,254

blah, blah, blah,

 

455

00:14:15,254 --> 00:14:16,555

and they'd have the sum,

 

456

00:14:16,555 --> 00:14:17,590

not only the dollar amount,

 

457

00:14:17,590 --> 00:14:18,858

but we would write it out also,

 

458

00:14:18,858 --> 00:14:19,725

because that's another area

 

459

00:14:19,725 --> 00:14:21,360

that because that was that a five or nine

 

460

00:14:22,461 --> 00:14:23,128

let's be like oh

 

461

00:14:23,128 --> 00:14:24,463

you're 5100

 

462

00:14:24,463 --> 00:14:25,931

are you know, you tell me is 5900

 

463

00:14:25,931 --> 00:14:26,966

is that a nine?

 

464

00:14:26,966 --> 00:14:29,335

So it has a place you write it out

 

465

00:14:29,335 --> 00:14:30,436

also like a check.

 

466

00:14:30,436 --> 00:14:32,671

Write a check. Yeah. Yep.

 

467

00:14:32,671 --> 00:14:34,473

And then the authorized signatures.

 

468

00:14:34,473 --> 00:14:35,608

And there is the other thing.

 

469

00:14:35,608 --> 00:14:37,443

This is very important.

 

470

00:14:37,543 --> 00:14:40,679

This proposal may be withdrawn for by us,

 

471

00:14:40,679 --> 00:14:42,982

if not accepted in so many days

 

472

00:14:43,148 --> 00:14:44,550

or by a date. Okay.

 

473

00:14:44,550 --> 00:14:45,317

And here's why.

 

474

00:14:45,317 --> 00:14:46,919

Here's why this is important.

 

475

00:14:46,919 --> 00:14:48,721

You know, we don't get every job we bid.

 

476

00:14:48,721 --> 00:14:50,456

You might be shocked by that, Rob,

 

477

00:14:50,456 --> 00:14:52,791

but but we never got every job.

 

478

00:14:52,791 --> 00:14:53,158

So let's say

 

479

00:14:53,158 --> 00:14:54,693

I sent this out to somebody in July.

 

480

00:14:54,693 --> 00:14:55,961

How was your batting average

 

481

00:14:55,961 --> 00:14:57,263

for getting jobs?

 

482

00:14:57,263 --> 00:14:58,831

As pretty good.

 

483

00:14:58,831 --> 00:15:01,300

Yeah, I, i

 

484

00:15:01,300 --> 00:15:02,835

that was really important to me.

 

485

00:15:04,003 --> 00:15:05,671

And I did all the estimating

 

486

00:15:05,671 --> 00:15:07,239

for our company

 

487

00:15:07,239 --> 00:15:10,276

and I wanted a healthy batting average.

 

488

00:15:10,276 --> 00:15:11,710

I mean, that's,

 

489

00:15:11,744 --> 00:15:14,813

I wanted that I was very proud of my,

 

490

00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:16,682

my batting average.

 

491

00:15:16,682 --> 00:15:18,817

I was probably and I'm not bragging.

 

492

00:15:19,218 --> 00:15:20,653

And for some guys that might be,

 

493

00:15:20,653 --> 00:15:23,022

oh, that's too low.

 

494

00:15:23,022 --> 00:15:25,658

But I was like eight out of every ten

 

495

00:15:25,658 --> 00:15:29,595

estimates I got.

 

496

00:15:29,595 --> 00:15:30,462

They're not bragging.

 

497

00:15:30,462 --> 00:15:32,164

I'm just saying that's me.

 

498

00:15:32,164 --> 00:15:33,565

No, I'm not.

 

499

00:15:33,565 --> 00:15:34,867

I know you're not bragging.

 

500

00:15:34,867 --> 00:15:37,069

My the flip side of that is

 

501

00:15:37,069 --> 00:15:39,405

that may not be a good thing.

 

502

00:15:39,405 --> 00:15:40,606

Just throwing it out there.

 

503

00:15:40,606 --> 00:15:42,241

Maybe it was good for me.

 

504

00:15:42,241 --> 00:15:44,143

It was good for me. Okay. Okay.

 

505

00:15:44,143 --> 00:15:45,210

Yeah, I slept.

 

506

00:15:45,210 --> 00:15:46,612

I slept really good at night.

 

507

00:15:46,612 --> 00:15:48,380

Like, I got a great batting.

 

508

00:15:48,380 --> 00:15:49,348

And I'm just saying,

 

509

00:15:49,348 --> 00:15:51,016

if we're talking about this,

 

510

00:15:51,016 --> 00:15:53,585

you know, for some people

 

511

00:15:53,585 --> 00:15:54,787

don't think you have to get them all.

 

512

00:15:54,787 --> 00:15:55,888

You don't want them all.

 

513

00:15:55,888 --> 00:15:56,755

You know, I mean, you know.

 

514

00:15:56,755 --> 00:15:58,324

Well, don't get me wrong. Though.

 

515

00:15:58,324 --> 00:16:00,759

I know I was not the cheapest guy I was.

 

516

00:16:01,527 --> 00:16:02,761

I was actually one of the higher

 

517

00:16:02,761 --> 00:16:04,463

priced guys. Yeah.

 

518

00:16:04,463 --> 00:16:05,664

So, you know,

 

519

00:16:05,664 --> 00:16:07,433

the ones that I wasn't getting,

 

520

00:16:07,433 --> 00:16:08,233

it was probably that

 

521

00:16:08,233 --> 00:16:09,601

I really didn't want it.

 

522

00:16:09,601 --> 00:16:12,338

Yeah, you're very sensitive about this.

 

523

00:16:12,338 --> 00:16:13,072

I see.

 

524

00:16:13,072 --> 00:16:16,241

Like eight for ten, 8%, but

 

525

00:16:16,575 --> 00:16:18,143

I was a ballplayer.

 

526

00:16:18,143 --> 00:16:20,045

Are you being in a home? I'm in the hall.

 

527

00:16:20,045 --> 00:16:21,780

Maybe you'd be a legend to

 

528

00:16:24,049 --> 00:16:24,483

so.

 

529

00:16:24,483 --> 00:16:24,850

So.

 

530

00:16:24,850 --> 00:16:27,519

But this is important because

 

531

00:16:27,519 --> 00:16:29,588

and I've actually had this happen before,

 

532

00:16:29,588 --> 00:16:30,723

where we give a contract

 

533

00:16:30,723 --> 00:16:32,191

to somebody and two years later

 

534

00:16:32,191 --> 00:16:33,425

they say, okay, we want to do the work.

 

535

00:16:33,425 --> 00:16:35,594

Now it's 60 $600.

 

536

00:16:35,594 --> 00:16:38,831

You know, it's oh, not anymore, you know.

 

537

00:16:38,831 --> 00:16:40,232

No, no, we have a contract.

 

538

00:16:40,232 --> 00:16:42,134

I go, yeah, but read the contract.

 

539

00:16:42,134 --> 00:16:42,768

It says,

 

540

00:16:42,768 --> 00:16:43,135

if it's not

 

541

00:16:43,135 --> 00:16:44,903

accepted by such and such date, it's

 

542

00:16:44,903 --> 00:16:46,772

not valid anymore.

 

543

00:16:46,939 --> 00:16:48,474

So be aware of that.

 

544

00:16:48,474 --> 00:16:50,943

And as I said, the mechanics league

 

545

00:16:51,110 --> 00:16:53,579

and then the gut of it, of the contract

 

546

00:16:53,579 --> 00:16:55,180

is on the back again.

 

547

00:16:55,180 --> 00:16:56,515

There's 20 different things on there.

 

548

00:16:56,515 --> 00:16:57,883

I'm not going to read them all,

 

549

00:16:57,883 --> 00:16:58,484

but I

 

550

00:16:58,684 --> 00:16:59,251

will read some

 

551

00:16:59,251 --> 00:17:03,422

that I think are important.

 

552

00:17:03,422 --> 00:17:06,258

One is force majeure.

 

553

00:17:06,258 --> 00:17:08,293

What that what numbers? That one.

 

554

00:17:08,293 --> 00:17:09,561

Number 12.

 

555

00:17:09,762 --> 00:17:13,165

Number 12.

 

556

00:17:13,165 --> 00:17:15,567

The delays caused by floods,

 

557

00:17:15,667 --> 00:17:18,337

strikes, labor disputes, accidents,

 

558

00:17:18,570 --> 00:17:21,373

acts of God or other causes

 

559

00:17:21,373 --> 00:17:22,674

beyond the reasonable control

 

560

00:17:22,674 --> 00:17:24,710

of the seller show

 

561

00:17:24,710 --> 00:17:26,412

excuse or extend the time

 

562

00:17:26,412 --> 00:17:28,313

for performance of the contract

 

563

00:17:28,313 --> 00:17:29,581

purchaser has provided

 

564

00:17:29,581 --> 00:17:31,283

for such property damage insurance

 

565

00:17:31,283 --> 00:17:33,118

as he or she feels adequate.

 

566

00:17:33,118 --> 00:17:34,086

I think that's important

 

567

00:17:35,087 --> 00:17:36,021

just because

 

568

00:17:36,021 --> 00:17:36,722

things happen,

 

569

00:17:36,722 --> 00:17:37,923

there's a flood or whatever

 

570

00:17:37,923 --> 00:17:38,557

and they say, well,

 

571

00:17:38,557 --> 00:17:39,491

he delayed the job

 

572

00:17:39,491 --> 00:17:41,427

and there's other trades involved,

 

573

00:17:41,427 --> 00:17:41,894

you know,

 

574

00:17:41,894 --> 00:17:42,928

especially you listen,

 

575

00:17:42,928 --> 00:17:44,530

by the way, I did work in California.

 

576

00:17:44,530 --> 00:17:47,099

You know, it's a very litigious society.

 

577

00:17:47,099 --> 00:17:50,069

It is big words here today.

 

578

00:17:50,069 --> 00:17:51,270

Litigious.

 

579

00:17:51,270 --> 00:17:53,138

But I can do it if I read them.

 

580

00:17:53,138 --> 00:17:55,374

What's the what's that one again?

 

581

00:17:55,541 --> 00:17:56,742

Majeure.

 

582

00:17:56,742 --> 00:17:58,544

Yeah. Force majeure.

 

583

00:17:58,544 --> 00:18:00,579

Yeah.

 

584

00:18:00,579 --> 00:18:01,346

Don't try to order

 

585

00:18:01,346 --> 00:18:02,414

that at the restaurant.

 

586

00:18:02,414 --> 00:18:03,482

Did you know what that meant

 

587

00:18:03,482 --> 00:18:04,983

or did you have to look it up?

 

588

00:18:04,983 --> 00:18:06,385

I knew what it meant.

 

589

00:18:06,385 --> 00:18:07,419

Of course you did.

 

590

00:18:07,419 --> 00:18:08,320

I mean, I knew it.

 

591

00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:08,687

That's right.

 

592

00:18:08,687 --> 00:18:09,788

You're from all over the world.

 

593

00:18:09,788 --> 00:18:11,156

You've traveled the whole world.

 

594

00:18:11,156 --> 00:18:15,527

You weren't a force majeure.

 

595

00:18:15,527 --> 00:18:15,694

No.

 

596

00:18:15,694 --> 00:18:16,495

Number 13

 

597

00:18:16,495 --> 00:18:18,931

purchaser agrees to have all work areas

 

598

00:18:18,931 --> 00:18:19,264

broom

 

599

00:18:19,264 --> 00:18:20,999

clean and ready for the floor layers

 

600

00:18:20,999 --> 00:18:23,268

and or finished years when they arrive.

 

601

00:18:23,268 --> 00:18:25,170

Purchaser also reaches out to 20

 

602

00:18:25,170 --> 00:18:26,038

volt 30 AMP

 

603

00:18:26,038 --> 00:18:27,139

Power Bill within 100

 

604

00:18:27,139 --> 00:18:28,474

feet of the working area via

 

605

00:18:28,474 --> 00:18:29,808

standard electrical outlet.

 

606

00:18:30,976 --> 00:18:31,710

Let's put a little bit

 

607

00:18:31,710 --> 00:18:34,746

onus on them that you guys you're not

 

608

00:18:34,780 --> 00:18:35,147

you know,

 

609

00:18:35,147 --> 00:18:37,182

you're not breaking into the two boxes

 

610

00:18:37,182 --> 00:18:38,150

with alligator clips

 

611

00:18:38,150 --> 00:18:39,751

and that kind of stuff.

 

612

00:18:39,852 --> 00:18:40,686

So I think that's

 

613

00:18:40,686 --> 00:18:43,155

we talked about that as important

 

614

00:18:43,155 --> 00:18:44,389

when I've got to go through quickly

 

615

00:18:44,389 --> 00:18:45,224

for these.

 

616

00:18:45,224 --> 00:18:46,592

Let me ask you a question.

 

617

00:18:46,592 --> 00:18:47,092

Yeah.

 

618

00:18:47,092 --> 00:18:49,061

On number 13,

 

619

00:18:49,061 --> 00:18:51,630

having the two 2030 and

 

620

00:18:51,630 --> 00:18:53,232

what if it was gas, what would you do?

 

621

00:18:53,232 --> 00:18:54,900

Would you just leave them a pigtail

 

622

00:18:54,900 --> 00:18:56,735

and say you're going to need a

 

623

00:18:56,735 --> 00:19:01,173

electrician to hook this up?

 

624

00:19:01,173 --> 00:19:03,876

Or did you have a guy?

 

625

00:19:03,942 --> 00:19:05,310

Okay, back in the day.

 

626

00:19:05,310 --> 00:19:07,479

Okay. I'll be honest with you.

 

627

00:19:07,546 --> 00:19:10,282

That's okay. We're being honest.

 

628

00:19:10,282 --> 00:19:12,017

That's it. Good.

 

629

00:19:12,017 --> 00:19:12,985

Glad you said that.

 

630

00:19:12,985 --> 00:19:13,485

Yeah,

 

631

00:19:13,485 --> 00:19:14,820

we learned old school,

 

632

00:19:14,820 --> 00:19:15,654

and we did some things

 

633

00:19:15,654 --> 00:19:16,688

we probably shouldn't have done.

 

634

00:19:16,688 --> 00:19:17,623

I know we shouldn't have done.

 

635

00:19:18,824 --> 00:19:21,493

But we were so damn good at it.

 

636

00:19:21,493 --> 00:19:23,362

Cracking into a box like an odd

 

637

00:19:23,362 --> 00:19:24,429

or into a clam.

 

638

00:19:24,429 --> 00:19:27,065

And that was our thing,

 

639

00:19:27,065 --> 00:19:29,101

right? We all did it.

 

640

00:19:29,101 --> 00:19:30,602

We're not supposed to.

 

641

00:19:30,602 --> 00:19:31,470

Oh, my God.

 

642

00:19:31,470 --> 00:19:33,739

The things I've learned since then.

 

643

00:19:33,739 --> 00:19:35,574

Yeah, but in all seriousness,

 

644

00:19:35,574 --> 00:19:36,742

you know, it's.

 

645

00:19:36,742 --> 00:19:38,043

It's a different world than it is

 

646

00:19:38,043 --> 00:19:39,611

now, than it was back then.

 

647

00:19:39,611 --> 00:19:41,680

Rather very litigious.

 

648

00:19:41,980 --> 00:19:44,550

Yes. Okay.

 

649

00:19:44,550 --> 00:19:46,318

This is what I like a lot.

 

650

00:19:46,318 --> 00:19:50,222

What number 15 purchaser is responsible

 

651

00:19:50,222 --> 00:19:51,490

for providing proper

 

652

00:19:51,490 --> 00:19:53,225

temperature and humidity

 

653

00:19:53,225 --> 00:19:55,894

and conditions at the jobsite.

 

654

00:19:55,894 --> 00:19:58,163

Purchaser is aware that wood products

 

655

00:19:58,197 --> 00:19:59,298

can be adversely

 

656

00:19:59,298 --> 00:20:00,699

affected by too little

 

657

00:20:00,699 --> 00:20:02,401

or too much humidity

 

658

00:20:02,401 --> 00:20:03,402

and hereby

 

659

00:20:03,402 --> 00:20:05,971

accepts responsibility for any damage

 

660

00:20:06,338 --> 00:20:06,872

occurring

 

661

00:20:06,872 --> 00:20:08,507

as a result of adverse job

 

662

00:20:08,507 --> 00:20:10,008

site conditions.

 

663

00:20:10,809 --> 00:20:11,143

Right.

 

664

00:20:11,143 --> 00:20:12,477

Let's put some of the onus back

 

665

00:20:12,477 --> 00:20:16,181

on on on the homeowner and the builder.

 

666

00:20:16,481 --> 00:20:17,216

Okay.

 

667

00:20:17,749 --> 00:20:19,051

Let jump down.

 

668

00:20:19,051 --> 00:20:23,755

Hold on, hold on, hold on.

 

669

00:20:23,755 --> 00:20:26,091

When you said you want to do a contract

 

670

00:20:26,091 --> 00:20:27,192

show, I was like,

 

671

00:20:28,627 --> 00:20:30,062

that's going to be pretty

 

672

00:20:30,062 --> 00:20:36,001

boring, but I like this contract.

 

673

00:20:36,001 --> 00:20:37,202

That is awesome.

 

674

00:20:37,202 --> 00:20:39,438

I mean, that one you just read,

 

675

00:20:39,438 --> 00:20:40,839

I'm going to send this to BOM.

 

676

00:20:40,839 --> 00:20:42,107

Actually,

 

677

00:20:42,541 --> 00:20:45,410

I'm going to use this in the schools.

 

678

00:20:45,410 --> 00:20:46,712

Okay? Yeah.

 

679

00:20:46,712 --> 00:20:49,248

There's some really great stuff in here,

 

680

00:20:49,248 --> 00:20:51,183

specifically for Wood Floor Guy.

 

681

00:20:51,183 --> 00:20:52,150

Now, you know,

 

682

00:20:52,150 --> 00:20:54,820

I hate to give you your due, but

 

683

00:20:54,820 --> 00:20:56,421

I got to give the devil is due.

 

684

00:20:56,421 --> 00:20:58,957

This is a really good

 

685

00:20:58,957 --> 00:21:00,359

wood floor guy contract.

 

686

00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:01,560

So because so many contract,

 

687

00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:03,161

I mean the one we used

 

688

00:21:03,161 --> 00:21:06,198

was just a standard contractor, any guy.

 

689

00:21:06,198 --> 00:21:06,832

You know what I mean?

 

690

00:21:06,832 --> 00:21:08,667

Just fill in the blank type

 

691

00:21:08,667 --> 00:21:11,036

of thing, wood, roofing, whatever.

 

692

00:21:11,403 --> 00:21:13,739

This is great stuff.

 

693

00:21:13,739 --> 00:21:14,139

Well, this.

 

694

00:21:14,139 --> 00:21:16,108

We're working on a napkin

 

695

00:21:16,108 --> 00:21:19,044

at a Dunkin Donuts.

 

696

00:21:20,312 --> 00:21:21,747

Look at number 19.

 

697

00:21:21,747 --> 00:21:22,547

Don't be mean.

 

698

00:21:22,547 --> 00:21:23,181

Now,

 

699

00:21:23,181 --> 00:21:25,517

I just gave you a pat on the back thing.

 

700

00:21:25,817 --> 00:21:26,551

Sorry.

 

701

00:21:26,551 --> 00:21:28,453

I just gave you a pat on the back

 

702

00:21:28,453 --> 00:21:30,088

and you got to,

 

703

00:21:30,088 --> 00:21:31,023

you know, saying,

 

704

00:21:31,023 --> 00:21:32,291

I'm doing my contracts on.

 

705

00:21:32,291 --> 00:21:32,824

I told you

 

706

00:21:32,824 --> 00:21:35,460

I had a contract that even had a

 

707

00:21:35,460 --> 00:21:37,362

it was only two copies.

 

708

00:21:37,362 --> 00:21:39,698

Okay. Well, all right.

 

709

00:21:39,898 --> 00:21:41,300

Number 19.

 

710

00:21:41,300 --> 00:21:43,535

Purchaser is aware that job

 

711

00:21:43,535 --> 00:21:44,836

site temperature

 

712

00:21:44,836 --> 00:21:48,173

and moisture conditions may adversely

 

713

00:21:48,173 --> 00:21:50,208

may adversely affect wood products

 

714

00:21:50,208 --> 00:21:51,543

and therefore purchase me

 

715

00:21:51,543 --> 00:21:53,278

expressly agrees

 

716

00:21:53,278 --> 00:21:55,213

that seller shall not be responsible

 

717

00:21:55,213 --> 00:21:59,451

for any expansion shrinkage, cupping,

 

718

00:21:59,885 --> 00:22:02,621

buckling or other reaction of wood

 

719

00:22:02,621 --> 00:22:04,156

to moisture or dryness

 

720

00:22:04,156 --> 00:22:06,591

without regard to the size, grade

 

721

00:22:06,591 --> 00:22:08,960

or previous condition of the material.

 

722

00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:10,996

Seller shall further not be held

 

723

00:22:11,797 --> 00:22:13,832

responsible for any type of insect

 

724

00:22:14,299 --> 00:22:15,067

infestation.

 

725

00:22:16,201 --> 00:22:17,936

Damp.

 

726

00:22:17,936 --> 00:22:20,205

Basically, I'm getting paid.

 

727

00:22:20,205 --> 00:22:21,573

I think I'm there.

 

728

00:22:21,573 --> 00:22:23,942

You need to tell them, this is great.

 

729

00:22:24,509 --> 00:22:25,977

I love this.

 

730

00:22:25,977 --> 00:22:27,112

Let me tell you, that means.

 

731

00:22:27,112 --> 00:22:28,480

Somewhere on here, though,

 

732

00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:29,047

I would think

 

733

00:22:29,047 --> 00:22:31,149

if a guy was going to use this now,

 

734

00:22:32,551 --> 00:22:34,486

you would have to tell them what

 

735

00:22:34,486 --> 00:22:36,421

the parameters would be

 

736

00:22:36,421 --> 00:22:37,956

for that moisture range.

 

737

00:22:37,956 --> 00:22:39,358

Well, let me.

 

738

00:22:39,358 --> 00:22:39,958

Here or

 

739

00:22:39,958 --> 00:22:42,060

the relative humidity in the home.

 

740

00:22:42,060 --> 00:22:44,996

You bring a as a great

 

741

00:22:44,996 --> 00:22:45,764

that was I just

 

742

00:22:45,764 --> 00:22:47,532

I brought you down with the napkin

 

743

00:22:47,532 --> 00:22:48,600

and the Dunkin Donuts.

 

744

00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:50,635

I'm going to bring you back up.

 

745

00:22:50,635 --> 00:22:51,536

Okay.

 

746

00:22:51,703 --> 00:22:53,171

That's an excellent point.

 

747

00:22:53,171 --> 00:22:55,307

And that's the one thing I've always said

 

748

00:22:55,307 --> 00:22:56,742

was missing from this contract.

 

749

00:22:56,742 --> 00:22:59,144

And let me tell you a little story why

 

750

00:23:00,112 --> 00:23:02,147

I know a fantastic contractor

 

751

00:23:02,147 --> 00:23:03,815

and I mean a lights out.

 

752

00:23:03,815 --> 00:23:06,151

Fantastic many generations.

 

753

00:23:06,151 --> 00:23:07,652

Great reputation.

 

754

00:23:07,652 --> 00:23:08,653

He did it for for

 

755

00:23:08,653 --> 00:23:11,523

he did the installation of the floors

 

756

00:23:11,523 --> 00:23:13,225

and a house for this lady.

 

757

00:23:13,225 --> 00:23:14,226

Beautiful job.

 

758

00:23:14,226 --> 00:23:15,127

Thank you very much.

 

759

00:23:15,127 --> 00:23:16,261

They look extraordinary.

 

760

00:23:16,261 --> 00:23:18,230

Okay, here's your check.

 

761

00:23:18,230 --> 00:23:19,831

Everybody's happy

 

762

00:23:19,865 --> 00:23:20,832

a year later,

 

763

00:23:20,832 --> 00:23:22,701

calls them up and says, hey,

 

764

00:23:22,701 --> 00:23:23,969

these floors are buckling.

 

765

00:23:23,969 --> 00:23:27,072

You need to replace my floors.

 

766

00:23:27,072 --> 00:23:29,040

He said, Well, is crazy.

 

767

00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:30,542

I mean, I have measurements.

 

768

00:23:30,542 --> 00:23:32,411

I take the measurements, I'm blown.

 

769

00:23:32,411 --> 00:23:33,378

So he went there.

 

770

00:23:33,378 --> 00:23:34,379

He had the records.

 

771

00:23:34,379 --> 00:23:35,280

I did all the testing.

 

772

00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:36,915

I'm supposed to do. He went in there.

 

773

00:23:36,915 --> 00:23:37,816

The floors are,

 

774

00:23:37,816 --> 00:23:39,818

I mean, really badly cut, right?

 

775

00:23:39,818 --> 00:23:41,019

A year later.

 

776

00:23:41,319 --> 00:23:43,388

And he goes, well, I mean,

 

777

00:23:43,789 --> 00:23:45,390

when did you first start noticing this?

 

778

00:23:45,390 --> 00:23:46,425

I mean, this is this

 

779

00:23:46,425 --> 00:23:47,793

this much should not have happened.

 

780

00:23:47,793 --> 00:23:48,360

I mean, you know,

 

781

00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:49,461

everything conditions were right.

 

782

00:23:49,461 --> 00:23:50,896

We have to make the wood.

 

783

00:23:50,896 --> 00:23:52,197

She goes, Well, when we got back,

 

784

00:23:52,197 --> 00:23:53,365

we don't live in this house.

 

785

00:23:53,365 --> 00:23:55,066

We have a house in Hawaii

 

786

00:23:55,066 --> 00:23:56,334

is in California.

 

787

00:23:56,334 --> 00:23:58,470

And so basically this house set

 

788

00:23:59,004 --> 00:24:00,872

and occupied for about a year,

 

789

00:24:01,907 --> 00:24:03,308

the greenhouse effect and everything

 

790

00:24:03,308 --> 00:24:05,577

that no moisture controls on the floor,

 

791

00:24:05,977 --> 00:24:07,679

you know, went to hell.

 

792

00:24:07,679 --> 00:24:10,615

So he's in his mind, he goes, Well, hey,

 

793

00:24:10,615 --> 00:24:12,050

you got nothing on me.

 

794

00:24:12,050 --> 00:24:13,418

I mean, you know, she's well,

 

795

00:24:13,418 --> 00:24:14,019

she didn't do what

 

796

00:24:14,019 --> 00:24:14,719

she was supposed to do.

 

797

00:24:14,719 --> 00:24:16,221

I can't help that.

 

798

00:24:16,221 --> 00:24:17,289

That goes to court.

 

799

00:24:17,289 --> 00:24:19,391

He goes, Well, fine, let's go to court.

 

800

00:24:19,391 --> 00:24:20,592

He lost.

 

801

00:24:21,693 --> 00:24:22,260

He lost

 

802

00:24:22,260 --> 00:24:23,161

because he didn't

 

803

00:24:23,161 --> 00:24:24,763

have any language in there

 

804

00:24:24,763 --> 00:24:25,664

to explain to her

 

805

00:24:25,664 --> 00:24:26,431

and how she needed

 

806

00:24:26,431 --> 00:24:27,999

to take care of her floor,

 

807

00:24:27,999 --> 00:24:30,268

where she needed to keep the humidity,

 

808

00:24:30,302 --> 00:24:31,203

you know, within

 

809

00:24:31,203 --> 00:24:33,672

35 to 55% and all that stuff.

 

810

00:24:33,672 --> 00:24:35,340

It was no clause in there.

 

811

00:24:35,340 --> 00:24:36,308

And so you're right.

 

812

00:24:36,308 --> 00:24:37,976

And that was what was missing

 

813

00:24:37,976 --> 00:24:39,177

from this contract.

 

814

00:24:39,177 --> 00:24:40,245

Also,

 

815

00:24:40,312 --> 00:24:41,746

when I heard that story,

 

816

00:24:41,746 --> 00:24:43,281

I thought, man, that's a

 

817

00:24:43,281 --> 00:24:44,115

that's pretty shocking.

 

818

00:24:44,115 --> 00:24:45,183

And the guy went into the court

 

819

00:24:45,183 --> 00:24:47,652

with all companies in the world,

 

820

00:24:47,652 --> 00:24:49,855

Oh, I have to buy that floor.

 

821

00:24:49,855 --> 00:24:50,956

No, that's great.

 

822

00:24:50,956 --> 00:24:52,224

I tell you, this is super.

 

823

00:24:52,224 --> 00:24:53,892

And I right now, that's

 

824

00:24:53,892 --> 00:24:56,161

the only thing that I'd add to that.

 

825

00:24:56,161 --> 00:24:57,329

Just give me.

 

826

00:24:57,562 --> 00:24:59,731

As I said, there's like 20 things on here

 

827

00:24:59,731 --> 00:25:00,866

and I won't go through them all.

 

828

00:25:00,866 --> 00:25:02,968

I will read number 20.

 

829

00:25:02,968 --> 00:25:04,503

Would you like to read number 20?

 

830

00:25:04,503 --> 00:25:06,137

Maybe. I'm not talking.

 

831

00:25:06,137 --> 00:25:07,239

Let me go.

 

832

00:25:07,239 --> 00:25:08,807

Oh, all right. I'll do it. Okay.

 

833

00:25:09,841 --> 00:25:11,276

I got my glasses off.

 

834

00:25:11,276 --> 00:25:12,811

I'm going to see if I can spread this.

 

835

00:25:12,811 --> 00:25:14,846

Make purchaser is aware

 

836

00:25:14,846 --> 00:25:16,948

that sanding of wood products

 

837

00:25:16,948 --> 00:25:17,482

will create

 

838

00:25:17,482 --> 00:25:20,619

fine dust in the air, and purchaser

 

839

00:25:21,186 --> 00:25:23,088

has taken such precautions

 

840

00:25:23,088 --> 00:25:25,323

as he or she feels adequate

 

841

00:25:25,323 --> 00:25:27,292

to protect the surrounding area

 

842

00:25:27,292 --> 00:25:28,894

from such dust

 

843

00:25:28,894 --> 00:25:32,063

seller shall not be held responsible

 

844

00:25:32,297 --> 00:25:33,798

for or any damage

 

845

00:25:33,798 --> 00:25:35,800

resulting from the dust,

 

846

00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:38,303

nor shall seller be responsible

 

847

00:25:38,537 --> 00:25:40,872

to clean up such dust.

 

848

00:25:41,473 --> 00:25:43,708

Now, having said that.

 

849

00:25:43,708 --> 00:25:45,510

That's a scary one.

 

850

00:25:45,510 --> 00:25:47,245

Having said that,

 

851

00:25:47,245 --> 00:25:48,880

you know, obviously, you know,

 

852

00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:49,915

we use that as containment.

 

853

00:25:49,915 --> 00:25:50,682

We do all these things.

 

854

00:25:50,682 --> 00:25:52,651

You know, you have these conversation.

 

855

00:25:52,651 --> 00:25:53,251

Right.

 

856

00:25:53,318 --> 00:25:55,020

But look at all the electronics

 

857

00:25:55,020 --> 00:25:55,687

that are out there.

 

858

00:25:55,687 --> 00:25:56,354

Look at this,

 

859

00:25:56,354 --> 00:25:58,557

the price of the TVs and computers

 

860

00:25:58,557 --> 00:25:59,157

and all that stuff.

 

861

00:25:59,157 --> 00:26:00,425

And if someone was to come to you

 

862

00:26:00,425 --> 00:26:01,092

and say,

 

863

00:26:01,092 --> 00:26:03,061

well, my computer doesn't work now

 

864

00:26:03,061 --> 00:26:04,095

or whatever, it doesn't work.

 

865

00:26:04,095 --> 00:26:04,763

And I think it's

 

866

00:26:04,763 --> 00:26:05,997

because the dust of you guys

 

867

00:26:05,997 --> 00:26:07,432

being on the job,

 

868

00:26:07,432 --> 00:26:08,066

nice to be able

 

869

00:26:08,066 --> 00:26:09,334

to have something, right

 

870

00:26:09,334 --> 00:26:11,069

in defense of yourself.

 

871

00:26:11,069 --> 00:26:12,704

Hmm. I just.

 

872

00:26:12,704 --> 00:26:14,806

You know, I'd leave that in

 

873

00:26:14,806 --> 00:26:16,808

if you're using dust containment.

 

874

00:26:16,808 --> 00:26:19,110

And then I'd mentioned, you know, I also.

 

875

00:26:19,110 --> 00:26:20,145

Yeah, that's in there.

 

876

00:26:20,145 --> 00:26:21,513

If somebody want to mention it.

 

877

00:26:21,513 --> 00:26:22,781

But don't worry,

 

878

00:26:22,781 --> 00:26:23,782

I'm going to drape things

 

879

00:26:23,782 --> 00:26:26,217

anyways and I'm going to have

 

880

00:26:26,551 --> 00:26:27,752

I have dust containment.

 

881

00:26:27,752 --> 00:26:29,521

But no, you're right.

 

882

00:26:29,521 --> 00:26:30,822

You got to have something in there

 

883

00:26:30,822 --> 00:26:33,291

like that. How about number 16?

 

884

00:26:34,292 --> 00:26:35,594

Purchaser accepts

 

885

00:26:35,594 --> 00:26:37,562

responsibility for materials

 

886

00:26:37,562 --> 00:26:38,730

delivered to job

 

887

00:26:38,730 --> 00:26:41,166

site in good order by seller

 

888

00:26:41,166 --> 00:26:42,300

or his suppliers

 

889

00:26:42,300 --> 00:26:42,934

and agrees

 

890

00:26:42,934 --> 00:26:43,969

to provide protection

 

891

00:26:43,969 --> 00:26:45,170

against death and damage

 

892

00:26:45,170 --> 00:26:46,972

from the elements.

 

893

00:26:46,972 --> 00:26:48,840

So we dropped off 2000

 

894

00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:50,141

square feet in your house.

 

895

00:26:50,141 --> 00:26:52,911

It's mysteriously gone next week.

 

896

00:26:53,478 --> 00:26:53,878

All right.

 

897

00:26:53,878 --> 00:26:54,713

Well,

 

898

00:26:54,913 --> 00:26:56,948

this in the contract states

 

899

00:26:56,948 --> 00:26:58,984

that you're responsible for it, right.

 

900

00:26:58,984 --> 00:27:00,652

And because I walked off the job,

 

901

00:27:00,652 --> 00:27:02,053

there's and again,

 

902

00:27:02,053 --> 00:27:04,155

listen, I lived in a real world.

 

903

00:27:04,155 --> 00:27:06,524

Will, this is this bulletproof?

 

904

00:27:06,524 --> 00:27:07,926

I mean, you know,

 

905

00:27:07,926 --> 00:27:09,294

anybody can do anything, right?

 

906

00:27:09,294 --> 00:27:10,862

I mean, they just lay on my pay.

 

907

00:27:10,862 --> 00:27:12,530

They may not have the money to pay you

 

908

00:27:12,530 --> 00:27:13,598

or whatever.

 

909

00:27:13,598 --> 00:27:15,734

But I just think that

 

910

00:27:15,734 --> 00:27:17,869

I say many times on this podcast,

 

911

00:27:18,470 --> 00:27:19,738

if you look at the amount of things

 

912

00:27:19,738 --> 00:27:20,505

that you have going on

 

913

00:27:20,505 --> 00:27:22,440

your side of the equation,

 

914

00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:23,708

and if you look at the amount of things

 

915

00:27:23,708 --> 00:27:25,010

going against you

 

916

00:27:25,010 --> 00:27:26,511

that can go wrong or that,

 

917

00:27:26,511 --> 00:27:27,345

you know, can cause you

 

918

00:27:27,345 --> 00:27:29,180

not to get paid or delayed on a job,

 

919

00:27:29,180 --> 00:27:30,215

the more things you can put on

 

920

00:27:30,215 --> 00:27:31,583

your side of the equation,

 

921

00:27:31,583 --> 00:27:32,884

the better

 

922

00:27:32,884 --> 00:27:34,953

it allows you to sleep at night.

 

923

00:27:34,953 --> 00:27:36,988

I'm going to read the top of this

 

924

00:27:36,988 --> 00:27:39,424

of this contract on the back page to

 

925

00:27:39,424 --> 00:27:40,825

which is underlined in bold

 

926

00:27:40,825 --> 00:27:42,360

at the top of this,

 

927

00:27:42,527 --> 00:27:43,695

the terms and conditions

 

928

00:27:43,695 --> 00:27:45,563

outlined on this preprinted page

 

929

00:27:45,563 --> 00:27:47,265

have been reviewed and agreed

 

930

00:27:47,265 --> 00:27:48,633

by both parties.

 

931

00:27:48,633 --> 00:27:49,834

I had to sign the contract.

 

932

00:27:49,834 --> 00:27:51,369

Both parties understand and agree

 

933

00:27:51,369 --> 00:27:52,537

to be bound

 

934

00:27:52,537 --> 00:27:54,572

by each of the paragraph you're within.

 

935

00:27:55,507 --> 00:27:56,241

Okay.

 

936

00:27:56,274 --> 00:27:57,108

So

 

937

00:27:57,976 --> 00:27:59,978

you know, is a lot of good stuff here.

 

938

00:27:59,978 --> 00:28:02,747

It's just it's designed to,

 

939

00:28:02,747 --> 00:28:03,882

you know, there's like I said, there's

 

940

00:28:03,882 --> 00:28:05,817

so much on the line these days and,

 

941

00:28:05,817 --> 00:28:07,185

you know, especially with

 

942

00:28:07,185 --> 00:28:10,655

with the, you know.

 

943

00:28:10,655 --> 00:28:11,890

Litigious society

 

944

00:28:11,890 --> 00:28:13,391

that we live in nowadays.

 

945

00:28:13,391 --> 00:28:14,192

Yeah.

 

946

00:28:14,192 --> 00:28:16,361

And, you know, there's, there's, there's.

 

947

00:28:16,361 --> 00:28:17,262

There's a

 

948

00:28:18,163 --> 00:28:20,832

limit to try and slip that in tonight.

 

949

00:28:21,499 --> 00:28:23,902

When I'm talking to Pauline at dinner.

 

950

00:28:23,902 --> 00:28:25,870

The litigious society.

 

951

00:28:25,870 --> 00:28:27,272

I might try to slip something

 

952

00:28:27,272 --> 00:28:30,408

into, you know,

 

953

00:28:30,542 --> 00:28:31,876

what's that litigious thing?

 

954

00:28:31,876 --> 00:28:33,478

What was that other thing?

 

955

00:28:33,478 --> 00:28:34,713

Force majeure.

 

956

00:28:34,713 --> 00:28:36,581

Yeah. Major,

 

957

00:28:36,715 --> 00:28:38,016

I don't know if I can slip that one

 

958

00:28:38,016 --> 00:28:39,784

in, but I'll.

 

959

00:28:39,784 --> 00:28:41,386

I'll do the litigious.

 

960

00:28:41,386 --> 00:28:42,721

Told him to get the first sentence.

 

961

00:28:42,721 --> 00:28:44,923

Sentence. Rob try it. One whole sentence.

 

962

00:28:45,156 --> 00:28:45,857

Yeah.

 

963

00:28:45,857 --> 00:28:47,325

Using them both.

 

964

00:28:47,325 --> 00:28:49,160

Boy, if you don't watch out on that force

 

965

00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:51,563

majeure thing, you could end up in a very

 

966

00:28:52,664 --> 00:28:54,466

litigious situation.

 

967

00:28:54,466 --> 00:28:55,233

There you go.

 

968

00:28:55,233 --> 00:28:59,237

You said, oh, oh.

 

969

00:28:59,637 --> 00:29:01,406

Oh, boy.

 

970

00:29:01,406 --> 00:29:03,108

I didn't even have to write that down

 

971

00:29:03,108 --> 00:29:04,008

as a note.

 

972

00:29:04,008 --> 00:29:06,377

Number three, so arbitration.

 

973

00:29:06,411 --> 00:29:07,312

We.

 

974

00:29:07,846 --> 00:29:10,081

Should arbitration or lawsuit be brought

 

975

00:29:10,081 --> 00:29:11,416

by either party

 

976

00:29:11,416 --> 00:29:13,351

to enforce the terms of this contract

 

977

00:29:13,351 --> 00:29:15,453

or any dispute arising out of it.

 

978

00:29:15,453 --> 00:29:17,355

The prevailing party shall be entitled

 

979

00:29:17,355 --> 00:29:19,090

to reasonable attorney fees.

 

980

00:29:19,090 --> 00:29:20,725

Here's why that's important.

 

981

00:29:20,725 --> 00:29:21,760

And actually, this is a

 

982

00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:22,761

there was a contractor,

 

983

00:29:22,761 --> 00:29:24,963

a general contractor in California

 

984

00:29:24,963 --> 00:29:25,864

that the

 

985

00:29:25,864 --> 00:29:26,131

you know,

 

986

00:29:26,131 --> 00:29:26,831

the courts are so

 

987

00:29:26,831 --> 00:29:27,999

booked up in San Francisco,

 

988

00:29:27,999 --> 00:29:29,400

they're so far behind

 

989

00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:32,070

that he was notorious for not paying.

 

990

00:29:33,004 --> 00:29:34,773

Now he he would tell you

 

991

00:29:34,773 --> 00:29:36,007

and he's going to pay you

 

992

00:29:36,007 --> 00:29:36,875

what he's going to be a year

 

993

00:29:36,875 --> 00:29:38,576

before you get your money,

 

994

00:29:38,576 --> 00:29:40,245

I assume if you want.

 

995

00:29:40,245 --> 00:29:42,180

But it takes that long before

 

996

00:29:42,180 --> 00:29:44,182

it goes through court. Right.

 

997

00:29:44,182 --> 00:29:45,884

Wage money

 

998

00:29:45,884 --> 00:29:48,153

so, you know, at least this way, if

 

999

00:29:48,319 --> 00:29:49,788

if somebody sues you for something

 

1000

00:29:49,788 --> 00:29:51,723

that's completely ridiculous, whatever.

 

1001

00:29:51,723 --> 00:29:52,791

You know what I mean?

 

1002

00:29:52,791 --> 00:29:53,691

And you have to spend

 

1003

00:29:53,691 --> 00:29:55,026

you're putting out all this money

 

1004

00:29:55,026 --> 00:29:55,960

to go to court

 

1005

00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:56,661

at least

 

1006

00:29:56,661 --> 00:29:58,329

there's a provision here for that.

 

1007

00:29:58,329 --> 00:29:59,564

He would have to pay your feed,

 

1008

00:29:59,564 --> 00:30:00,565

he or she.

 

1009

00:30:00,565 --> 00:30:02,333

If they were. If you were right.

 

1010

00:30:03,501 --> 00:30:04,235

That's what I'm saying.

 

1011

00:30:04,235 --> 00:30:05,837

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

 

1012

00:30:05,837 --> 00:30:06,704

So again,

 

1013

00:30:06,704 --> 00:30:08,072

I won't go through all of these.

 

1014

00:30:08,072 --> 00:30:10,141

You can email me again,

 

1015

00:30:10,141 --> 00:30:12,043

happily, happily, send it to you

 

1016

00:30:12,043 --> 00:30:13,077

if you like.

 

1017

00:30:14,112 --> 00:30:14,879

And that,

 

1018

00:30:14,879 --> 00:30:16,981

you know, folks, I would definitely

 

1019

00:30:17,715 --> 00:30:19,951

I would definitely take a look at this.

 

1020

00:30:20,485 --> 00:30:22,587

If you do, you're just using

 

1021

00:30:22,587 --> 00:30:23,655

like a standard

 

1022

00:30:23,655 --> 00:30:24,923

operator contract

 

1023

00:30:24,923 --> 00:30:26,658

that you get down at

 

1024

00:30:26,658 --> 00:30:28,092

Staples or something.

 

1025

00:30:28,092 --> 00:30:29,727

I would definitely take a look at this

 

1026

00:30:29,727 --> 00:30:31,596

that Wiens offer an up there

 

1027

00:30:31,596 --> 00:30:32,197

because there is

 

1028

00:30:32,197 --> 00:30:33,064

some I'm

 

1029

00:30:33,064 --> 00:30:34,065

just kind of reading through there

 

1030

00:30:34,065 --> 00:30:36,467

some great stuff this is really

 

1031

00:30:36,467 --> 00:30:37,402

and you said you got this

 

1032

00:30:37,402 --> 00:30:38,970

from the NWFP or parts of.

 

1033

00:30:38,970 --> 00:30:42,540

This is about 25 years ago or more.

 

1034

00:30:42,540 --> 00:30:44,309

This is really something.

 

1035

00:30:44,309 --> 00:30:46,110

And we made some changes to it.

 

1036

00:30:46,110 --> 00:30:47,612

But and again,

 

1037

00:30:47,612 --> 00:30:49,347

I'm going to say for the third time,

 

1038

00:30:49,347 --> 00:30:50,982

Rob and I are not attorneys.

 

1039

00:30:52,183 --> 00:30:53,484

You you

 

1040

00:30:53,484 --> 00:30:55,186

know, you use your own discretion.

 

1041

00:30:55,186 --> 00:30:56,521

I'm telling you, I'm starting

 

1042

00:30:56,521 --> 00:30:57,355

to feel like one

 

1043

00:30:57,355 --> 00:30:58,857

reading this stuff, that force

 

1044

00:30:58,857 --> 00:31:00,758

majeure stuff. Yeah.

 

1045

00:31:00,758 --> 00:31:01,626

Yeah.

 

1046

00:31:01,626 --> 00:31:02,093

You're telling me

 

1047

00:31:02,093 --> 00:31:06,030

after three tries, it's.

 

1048

00:31:06,030 --> 00:31:07,765

Hey, did you ever end up join

 

1049

00:31:07,765 --> 00:31:08,733

in that gym?

 

1050

00:31:08,733 --> 00:31:13,538

I did, despite my disdain for that guy.

 

1051

00:31:13,538 --> 00:31:15,607

That said, I qualify for silversneakers.

 

1052

00:31:15,607 --> 00:31:17,141

I did. I took the discount.

 

1053

00:31:17,141 --> 00:31:18,243

I wasn't too proud for that.

 

1054

00:31:18,243 --> 00:31:19,310

And I did join.

 

1055

00:31:19,310 --> 00:31:21,212

Are you. Lifting?

 

1056

00:31:21,212 --> 00:31:22,580

No, I'm not lifting right now.

 

1057

00:31:22,580 --> 00:31:23,848

I am right now.

 

1058

00:31:23,848 --> 00:31:26,017

I'm doing the treadmill.

 

1059

00:31:26,017 --> 00:31:27,018

I'm not lifting it.

 

1060

00:31:27,018 --> 00:31:30,154

I don't know if I ever will because

 

1061

00:31:30,154 --> 00:31:33,258

it's a long road back to the top lifting.

 

1062

00:31:33,258 --> 00:31:33,658

So I don't know

 

1063

00:31:33,658 --> 00:31:34,792

if I'm going to go down that road, but

 

1064

00:31:34,792 --> 00:31:35,493

I'll tell you what I do.

 

1065

00:31:36,527 --> 00:31:38,763

I'm on day three now

 

1066

00:31:39,631 --> 00:31:41,065

and I've

 

1067

00:31:41,065 --> 00:31:42,667

been going to gym at 530 in the morning.

 

1068

00:31:42,667 --> 00:31:44,636

I hate the treadmill,

 

1069

00:31:44,636 --> 00:31:45,904

but I you know, you got to move, right?

 

1070

00:31:45,904 --> 00:31:46,971

So I do the treadmill,

 

1071

00:31:46,971 --> 00:31:48,473

I do the bicycle,

 

1072

00:31:48,473 --> 00:31:50,475

and I do this elliptical thing.

 

1073

00:31:50,475 --> 00:31:53,044

And so, you know,

 

1074

00:31:53,044 --> 00:31:56,514

I like all kinds of music, right?

 

1075

00:31:56,514 --> 00:31:57,949

But when I'm working out

 

1076

00:31:57,949 --> 00:31:59,150

on the treadmill monotonous

 

1077

00:31:59,150 --> 00:32:00,318

and I hate, you know, it's just like,

 

1078

00:32:00,318 --> 00:32:01,686

you know, it's just monotonous thing.

 

1079

00:32:01,686 --> 00:32:02,954

So I want upbeat music,

 

1080

00:32:02,954 --> 00:32:05,123

like fast pace music, right?

 

1081

00:32:05,123 --> 00:32:07,558

So I've been listening to a band called

 

1082

00:32:07,692 --> 00:32:10,828

Blue Dogs B D OS.

 

1083

00:32:11,562 --> 00:32:13,131

Who knows?

 

1084

00:32:13,131 --> 00:32:14,165

The Bluetooth band.

 

1085

00:32:14,165 --> 00:32:16,267

It's an American big band.

 

1086

00:32:16,267 --> 00:32:18,303

They describe their sound is like, well,

 

1087

00:32:18,303 --> 00:32:21,673

they describe it as doom rock, afro soul

 

1088

00:32:21,673 --> 00:32:24,175

band with a seventies touch base.

 

1089

00:32:24,709 --> 00:32:25,610

It's a big sound.

 

1090

00:32:25,610 --> 00:32:27,512

It's a big band, like a lot of words,

 

1091

00:32:27,512 --> 00:32:29,580

a lot of a lot of instruments.

 

1092

00:32:29,580 --> 00:32:32,850

And it fuzes like Afro funk and seventies

 

1093

00:32:32,850 --> 00:32:34,052

hard rock and 60

 

1094

00:32:34,052 --> 00:32:35,553

soul music all into one, right?

 

1095

00:32:36,554 --> 00:32:37,088

So as

 

1096

00:32:37,088 --> 00:32:38,990

I'm as I'm on the treadmill, I put my

 

1097

00:32:38,990 --> 00:32:40,124

I listen to Pandora,

 

1098

00:32:40,124 --> 00:32:40,525

you know,

 

1099

00:32:40,525 --> 00:32:41,592

I don't have to pay Apple

 

1100

00:32:41,592 --> 00:32:42,226

Apple music

 

1101

00:32:42,226 --> 00:32:42,894

like you do or

 

1102

00:32:42,894 --> 00:32:43,861

I don't

 

1103

00:32:44,295 --> 00:32:45,196

get on Pandora

 

1104

00:32:45,196 --> 00:32:46,731

and I put it on the station.

 

1105

00:32:46,731 --> 00:32:48,366

The problem is

 

1106

00:32:48,366 --> 00:32:49,867

the station recognizes

 

1107

00:32:49,867 --> 00:32:51,836

it as big band music.

 

1108

00:32:51,836 --> 00:32:53,638

So once in a while

 

1109

00:32:53,638 --> 00:32:54,672

it'll slip in a Frank

 

1110

00:32:54,672 --> 00:32:56,941

Sinatra song or a Glenn Miller

 

1111

00:32:56,941 --> 00:32:59,744

song, you know, Glenn Miller Orchestra.

 

1112

00:32:59,744 --> 00:33:02,246

I love that kind of I love that music.

 

1113

00:33:03,414 --> 00:33:05,750

One Miller that's got some good music.

 

1114

00:33:06,184 --> 00:33:08,386

Yeah, that's good. I like that stuff.

 

1115

00:33:08,386 --> 00:33:09,887

I agree. But here's the thing.

 

1116

00:33:09,887 --> 00:33:11,255

It got in my head, right?

 

1117

00:33:11,255 --> 00:33:12,323

So I'm listening.

 

1118

00:33:12,323 --> 00:33:14,726

So Glenn Miller in the Mood comes on.

 

1119

00:33:14,726 --> 00:33:16,894

You know, I don't mind my music is loud.

 

1120

00:33:17,328 --> 00:33:19,597

It's you know, I like my music loud.

 

1121

00:33:19,597 --> 00:33:22,100

And all of a sudden you have to go off

 

1122

00:33:22,100 --> 00:33:22,433

that, you

 

1123

00:33:22,433 --> 00:33:23,501

know, Bhutto's

 

1124

00:33:23,501 --> 00:33:25,603

man is cranking is fast, bass is cool.

 

1125

00:33:26,237 --> 00:33:28,606

And then when Glenn

 

1126

00:33:28,606 --> 00:33:31,209

Miller comes on in In the Mood,

 

1127

00:33:31,209 --> 00:33:32,977

which came out in 1939,

 

1128

00:33:32,977 --> 00:33:34,212

now the reason why it bugged me,

 

1129

00:33:34,212 --> 00:33:35,546

because I'm already weirded out

 

1130

00:33:35,546 --> 00:33:37,015

about the silversneakers being right

 

1131

00:33:38,016 --> 00:33:39,117

now

 

1132

00:33:39,751 --> 00:33:41,085

I'm thinking Silversneakers

 

1133

00:33:41,085 --> 00:33:42,186

because it's bugged me for like

 

1134

00:33:42,186 --> 00:33:43,621

two weeks now.

 

1135

00:33:43,621 --> 00:33:45,456

I listened to the Glenn Miller.

 

1136

00:33:45,456 --> 00:33:47,959

And now Glenn Miller is is blaring

 

1137

00:33:47,959 --> 00:33:49,060

and then I'm self-conscious

 

1138

00:33:49,060 --> 00:33:51,062

that the do next to no good.

 

1139

00:33:51,062 --> 00:33:55,700

Da da da da da da da da da da da

 

1140

00:33:56,334 --> 00:33:59,404

da da da.

 

1141

00:33:59,437 --> 00:34:00,104

Oh, yeah.

 

1142

00:34:00,104 --> 00:34:02,640

I can see that it just destroying you.

 

1143

00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:03,074

Yeah.

 

1144

00:34:03,074 --> 00:34:04,342

So I got my,

 

1145

00:34:04,342 --> 00:34:05,576

I got the things said,

 

1146

00:34:05,576 --> 00:34:07,445

I got the treadmill set the rocket ship.

 

1147

00:34:07,445 --> 00:34:08,046

Right?

 

1148

00:34:08,046 --> 00:34:11,082

I mean, I'm blaring and and I've got,

 

1149

00:34:12,016 --> 00:34:14,085

you know, what's the name in the mood?

 

1150

00:34:14,252 --> 00:34:16,387

Glenn Miller in the mood comes on and

 

1151

00:34:18,056 --> 00:34:19,157

it's a combination man.

 

1152

00:34:19,157 --> 00:34:20,491

Then I get so.

 

1153

00:34:20,491 --> 00:34:21,092

Oh.

 

1154

00:34:21,159 --> 00:34:23,327

Whoa, whoa, whoa, back up a second.

 

1155

00:34:23,327 --> 00:34:26,497

You set your treadmill to rocket ship,

 

1156

00:34:26,497 --> 00:34:26,931

you said.

 

1157

00:34:27,965 --> 00:34:30,034

Yeah, I mean, in my mind, a rocket ship.

 

1158

00:34:30,034 --> 00:34:31,002

But on the actual thing,

 

1159

00:34:31,002 --> 00:34:33,271

it says like 3.2 miles an hour. Right.

 

1160

00:34:33,304 --> 00:34:35,073

But you know.

 

1161

00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:36,474

You're a rocket, I guess.

 

1162

00:34:36,474 --> 00:34:38,009

But it's not just about the speed round.

 

1163

00:34:38,009 --> 00:34:39,577

These things are the incline, right?

 

1164

00:34:39,577 --> 00:34:40,378

So I have that said,

 

1165

00:34:40,378 --> 00:34:41,913

I'm like Mount McKinley,

 

1166

00:34:41,913 --> 00:34:43,781

so I want 3.2 miles an hour.

 

1167

00:34:43,781 --> 00:34:45,683

But I got the up.

 

1168

00:34:45,683 --> 00:34:47,752

So your silver slippers, they,

 

1169

00:34:47,752 --> 00:34:49,520

they got to be like a blur

 

1170

00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:51,556

or you silver sneakers.

 

1171

00:34:51,556 --> 00:34:54,425

Then they're on fire, right?

 

1172

00:34:54,725 --> 00:34:56,594

So so listen.

 

1173

00:34:56,594 --> 00:34:58,096

So you're

 

1174

00:34:58,563 --> 00:35:01,065

got the silver sneakers are just blazing,

 

1175

00:35:01,165 --> 00:35:01,866

right?

 

1176

00:35:01,866 --> 00:35:02,600

Silver set

 

1177

00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:03,301

Glenn Miller

 

1178

00:35:03,301 --> 00:35:04,268

Orchestra playing

 

1179

00:35:04,268 --> 00:35:05,436

blade my head so loud

 

1180

00:35:05,436 --> 00:35:07,271

do around me can hear it.

 

1181

00:35:07,271 --> 00:35:08,439

And at that point

 

1182

00:35:08,439 --> 00:35:09,640

though, you know, now I'm like,

 

1183

00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:11,008

I'm into this

 

1184

00:35:11,008 --> 00:35:12,276

treadmill for like two and a half,

 

1185

00:35:12,276 --> 00:35:13,411

3 minutes,

 

1186

00:35:13,411 --> 00:35:14,412

and all the kinks are starting

 

1187

00:35:14,412 --> 00:35:15,213

to come out, right?

 

1188

00:35:15,213 --> 00:35:15,646

You know, the,

 

1189

00:35:15,646 --> 00:35:16,280

you know, like the

 

1190

00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:16,581

you know,

 

1191

00:35:16,581 --> 00:35:18,015

the little pains are starting to go away.

 

1192

00:35:18,015 --> 00:35:18,616

I'm starting to get

 

1193

00:35:18,616 --> 00:35:20,051

a little bit of a sweat going.

 

1194

00:35:20,051 --> 00:35:21,819

Yes, you're starting to juice up.

 

1195

00:35:21,819 --> 00:35:23,821

Yeah, yeah. And I'm starting to feel it.

 

1196

00:35:24,322 --> 00:35:24,722

And I

 

1197

00:35:24,722 --> 00:35:26,290

and I've read about it

 

1198

00:35:26,290 --> 00:35:27,225

and I've heard about it

 

1199

00:35:27,225 --> 00:35:27,992

from other people.

 

1200

00:35:28,926 --> 00:35:30,228

And it's starting to happen.

 

1201

00:35:30,228 --> 00:35:32,230

I'm fixing to catch it. Runner's high.

 

1202

00:35:32,230 --> 00:35:33,898

And all of a sudden this guy,

 

1203

00:35:33,898 --> 00:35:35,366

this dude is like two treadmills

 

1204

00:35:35,366 --> 00:35:37,068

and I'm watching the game on TV

 

1205

00:35:37,068 --> 00:35:38,269

and I'm not listening to all this.

 

1206

00:35:38,269 --> 00:35:39,070

I got my headphones on,

 

1207

00:35:39,070 --> 00:35:40,404

but I'm watching the game,

 

1208

00:35:40,404 --> 00:35:43,741

you know, is and I'm in my groove.

 

1209

00:35:44,742 --> 00:35:46,110

And this punk,

 

1210

00:35:46,110 --> 00:35:47,912

there's two treadmills away from me,

 

1211

00:35:47,912 --> 00:35:50,848

arbitrarily turns the channel.

 

1212

00:35:50,882 --> 00:35:53,184

So it kind of messed up my whole.

 

1213

00:35:53,184 --> 00:35:55,353

How old was this young punk?

 

1214

00:35:55,353 --> 00:35:56,621

Oh, yeah.

 

1215

00:35:56,621 --> 00:35:57,755

Early fifties.

 

1216

00:35:57,755 --> 00:36:00,558

Yeah.

 

1217

00:36:00,558 --> 00:36:02,760

And it reminds me of what I hated gyms.

 

1218

00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:03,895

And, you know, all these years

 

1219

00:36:03,895 --> 00:36:05,463

of going to gyms, man.

 

1220

00:36:05,463 --> 00:36:05,930

And, you know,

 

1221

00:36:05,930 --> 00:36:06,998

somebody would be on a cell phone

 

1222

00:36:06,998 --> 00:36:08,699

talking or, you know, that kind of crap.

 

1223

00:36:08,699 --> 00:36:10,101

So what I'm getting there,

 

1224

00:36:10,101 --> 00:36:11,869

man, it's, you know, I've since day three

 

1225

00:36:12,837 --> 00:36:13,905

even did a few pushups.

 

1226

00:36:13,905 --> 00:36:15,106

I said, I'm not lifting,

 

1227

00:36:15,106 --> 00:36:16,941

but I started doing pushups again.

 

1228

00:36:16,941 --> 00:36:18,843

And, you know, so I.

 

1229

00:36:18,843 --> 00:36:20,845

Feel as strong again as I feel

 

1230

00:36:21,112 --> 00:36:21,979

I'm starting. To feel.

 

1231

00:36:21,979 --> 00:36:24,081

Yeah, I have. Boy, yeah.

 

1232

00:36:24,582 --> 00:36:25,416

You've been sitting around

 

1233

00:36:25,416 --> 00:36:26,083

for eight months.

 

1234

00:36:26,083 --> 00:36:27,251

You got to do something, man.

 

1235

00:36:27,251 --> 00:36:28,119

Yeah, yeah, that's the thing.

 

1236

00:36:28,119 --> 00:36:29,220

I got excuses now

 

1237

00:36:29,220 --> 00:36:31,856

because I got to do something.

 

1238

00:36:31,856 --> 00:36:33,991

I, you know, you travel

 

1239

00:36:33,991 --> 00:36:34,392

and it's hard

 

1240

00:36:34,392 --> 00:36:35,726

doing hotels and stuff like that.

 

1241

00:36:35,726 --> 00:36:36,327

But I'm home now.

 

1242

00:36:36,327 --> 00:36:37,428

I've got no excuses lab.

 

1243

00:36:37,428 --> 00:36:38,863

So now I got to do something.

 

1244

00:36:38,863 --> 00:36:41,399

So I'm happy about that.

 

1245

00:36:41,399 --> 00:36:44,101

So contract, we hope this helps somebody

 

1246

00:36:45,303 --> 00:36:46,504

or, you know, be safe.

 

1247

00:36:46,504 --> 00:36:47,605

And there are people out there

 

1248

00:36:47,605 --> 00:36:50,374

say, listen, and I am absolutely 100%

 

1249

00:36:50,374 --> 00:36:51,642

I think good contractors

 

1250

00:36:51,642 --> 00:36:52,476

have been around for

 

1251

00:36:52,476 --> 00:36:53,945

30 or 40 years and say

 

1252

00:36:54,912 --> 00:36:56,214

we don't use contracts.

 

1253

00:36:56,214 --> 00:36:57,181

I mean, the guys guy's

 

1254

00:36:57,248 --> 00:36:58,449

not going to pay me.

 

1255

00:36:58,883 --> 00:36:59,350

You know,

 

1256

00:36:59,350 --> 00:37:01,552

in this litigious society that we live

 

1257

00:37:01,552 --> 00:37:03,754

in, you've got to use contracts. Now.

 

1258

00:37:04,288 --> 00:37:05,590

I have to tell this story,

 

1259

00:37:05,590 --> 00:37:06,624

and it would be our last story

 

1260

00:37:06,624 --> 00:37:07,491

on this podcast,

 

1261

00:37:07,491 --> 00:37:08,526

and I think I've told him before,

 

1262

00:37:08,526 --> 00:37:09,827

but it's a damn good story.

 

1263

00:37:09,827 --> 00:37:11,295

So then tell it again.

 

1264

00:37:11,295 --> 00:37:13,197

All of your stories.

 

1265

00:37:13,197 --> 00:37:13,531

No.

 

1266

00:37:13,831 --> 00:37:16,133

I we love your stories.

 

1267

00:37:16,133 --> 00:37:18,669

I was in an in WFAA school years ago,

 

1268

00:37:18,669 --> 00:37:19,003

I don't know,

 

1269

00:37:19,003 --> 00:37:21,806

maybe seven, eight, ten years ago and

 

1270

00:37:22,039 --> 00:37:23,708

well actually was take it back

 

1271

00:37:23,708 --> 00:37:24,842

what was it in that with a school.

 

1272

00:37:24,842 --> 00:37:26,410

But it was the inspector school.

 

1273

00:37:26,410 --> 00:37:28,179

Okay. To be an inspector.

 

1274

00:37:28,179 --> 00:37:29,380

So while I was there,

 

1275

00:37:29,380 --> 00:37:30,548

there was a guy from Ireland

 

1276

00:37:30,548 --> 00:37:32,149

in the school also

 

1277

00:37:32,149 --> 00:37:34,385

and you know, he's got the Irish accent.

 

1278

00:37:34,385 --> 00:37:34,885

I love this.

 

1279

00:37:34,885 --> 00:37:35,319

Like you said,

 

1280

00:37:35,319 --> 00:37:36,721

I love the Irish accent, man.

 

1281

00:37:36,721 --> 00:37:38,222

So yeah, we're talking

 

1282

00:37:38,222 --> 00:37:39,724

after after the class.

 

1283

00:37:39,724 --> 00:37:41,225

We're at the bar, we're having a drink

 

1284

00:37:41,225 --> 00:37:42,393

and we're talking about contracts.

 

1285

00:37:42,393 --> 00:37:44,095

And he said, you know,

 

1286

00:37:44,128 --> 00:37:45,696

in Ireland we don't sign contracts.

 

1287

00:37:45,696 --> 00:37:46,330

It's unheard of.

 

1288

00:37:46,330 --> 00:37:47,465

You would never sign a contract

 

1289

00:37:47,465 --> 00:37:48,032

in Ireland.

 

1290

00:37:48,032 --> 00:37:48,766

I said, Really?

 

1291

00:37:48,766 --> 00:37:49,267

It's just,

 

1292

00:37:49,267 --> 00:37:50,401

you know, the way doing business.

 

1293

00:37:50,401 --> 00:37:51,702

He said, But I did sign one.

 

1294

00:37:53,170 --> 00:37:53,904

I've only signed one

 

1295

00:37:53,904 --> 00:37:55,139

contract in my entire life

 

1296

00:37:55,139 --> 00:37:57,141

and it was with from YouTube.

 

1297

00:37:58,209 --> 00:38:00,144

I said, You mean the band like U2,

 

1298

00:38:00,144 --> 00:38:01,746

like Sunday Bloody Sunday, guys? Yeah.

 

1299

00:38:01,746 --> 00:38:02,613

I said, You work for him.

 

1300

00:38:02,613 --> 00:38:04,749

He goes, Yes, that's incredible.

 

1301

00:38:04,749 --> 00:38:05,950

So he had to sign a contract.

 

1302

00:38:05,950 --> 00:38:08,619

He goes, Yeah, he knows what it was.

 

1303

00:38:08,619 --> 00:38:10,755

If Bono came in the house,

 

1304

00:38:10,755 --> 00:38:13,291

you could not initiate contact with him.

 

1305

00:38:13,291 --> 00:38:14,225

You couldn't talk to him.

 

1306

00:38:14,225 --> 00:38:15,393

As a matter of fact,

 

1307

00:38:15,393 --> 00:38:16,727

you couldn't even make eye contact

 

1308

00:38:16,727 --> 00:38:16,961

with him.

 

1309

00:38:16,961 --> 00:38:18,029

It was written in the contract.

 

1310

00:38:18,029 --> 00:38:20,231

Don't make eye contact with him. Right.

 

1311

00:38:20,231 --> 00:38:23,267

And he said we were on the job for maybe

 

1312

00:38:23,267 --> 00:38:24,035

a couple weeks.

 

1313

00:38:24,035 --> 00:38:26,237

I mean, you know, he was never there.

 

1314

00:38:26,237 --> 00:38:27,605

You never seen him? He was never around.

 

1315

00:38:27,605 --> 00:38:30,041

But one day he was in the room

 

1316

00:38:30,608 --> 00:38:31,842

and I knew he was in the room

 

1317

00:38:31,842 --> 00:38:32,810

because you hear his voice.

 

1318

00:38:32,810 --> 00:38:33,878

Is that Bono voice, man?

 

1319

00:38:33,878 --> 00:38:35,746

We all know that voice, right? Yeah.

 

1320

00:38:37,181 --> 00:38:37,982

He was talking to the

 

1321

00:38:37,982 --> 00:38:38,916

architect or whatever

 

1322

00:38:38,916 --> 00:38:39,984

and you could hear him and everything.

 

1323

00:38:39,984 --> 00:38:41,218

He goes, I said, Did you see?

 

1324

00:38:41,218 --> 00:38:43,120

And he goes, No, it was at lunchtime,

 

1325

00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:43,721

the three of us.

 

1326

00:38:43,721 --> 00:38:44,455

He got to go, man.

 

1327

00:38:44,455 --> 00:38:45,523

He was here

 

1328

00:38:45,523 --> 00:38:46,590

and we talked to each other again.

 

1329

00:38:46,590 --> 00:38:47,158

Did you see it?

 

1330

00:38:47,158 --> 00:38:48,492

No, I didn't look at did you look at

 

1331

00:38:48,492 --> 00:38:49,994

none of them looked at them.

 

1332

00:38:49,994 --> 00:38:51,028

They were so weirded out

 

1333

00:38:51,028 --> 00:38:53,264

about the contract and everything so.

 

1334

00:38:53,264 --> 00:38:54,565

Well, fast forward

 

1335

00:38:54,565 --> 00:38:56,701

he did a concert in Dublin

 

1336

00:38:56,701 --> 00:38:58,469

shortly thereafter

 

1337

00:38:59,070 --> 00:39:00,871

and Bono's plan

 

1338

00:39:00,871 --> 00:39:03,074

and at the end of one of the songs,

 

1339

00:39:03,574 --> 00:39:06,210

the joint was just going boom, boom,

 

1340

00:39:07,111 --> 00:39:10,281

boom, boom on the on the drum, right.

 

1341

00:39:11,349 --> 00:39:12,316

Bono, you know, bodies

 

1342

00:39:12,316 --> 00:39:12,850

that you know, he's

 

1343

00:39:12,850 --> 00:39:13,851

the cock of the white man.

 

1344

00:39:13,851 --> 00:39:15,386

He's got the microphone up in the air

 

1345

00:39:15,386 --> 00:39:16,687

and he's got the leather jacket on.

 

1346

00:39:16,687 --> 00:39:17,955

And he and he says,

 

1347

00:39:17,955 --> 00:39:19,623

every time you hear that drumbeat,

 

1348

00:39:20,725 --> 00:39:21,092

there's a

 

1349

00:39:21,092 --> 00:39:24,128

child in Africa dying.

 

1350

00:39:24,128 --> 00:39:26,197

So he says, your man next to me

 

1351

00:39:26,197 --> 00:39:27,298

shouts out,

 

1352

00:39:27,298 --> 00:39:28,666

Well, for God's sake, stop

 

1353

00:39:28,666 --> 00:39:32,970

hitting the drum.

 

1354

00:39:32,970 --> 00:39:34,972

And I never forgot that story.

 

1355

00:39:34,972 --> 00:39:35,573

I can't remember who

 

1356

00:39:35,573 --> 00:39:36,807

I don't know who the guy is, man.

 

1357

00:39:36,807 --> 00:39:39,543

But I told that story a few times, man,

 

1358

00:39:39,610 --> 00:39:40,378

that kills me.

 

1359

00:39:40,378 --> 00:39:41,912

So, you know, I've

 

1360

00:39:41,912 --> 00:39:43,714

I had to live through something like that

 

1361

00:39:43,714 --> 00:39:46,584

where we weren't allowed to look.

 

1362

00:39:46,584 --> 00:39:47,151

We were

 

1363

00:39:47,151 --> 00:39:50,388

we installed a six lane bowling alley

 

1364

00:39:51,021 --> 00:39:52,490

in the recreation

 

1365

00:39:52,490 --> 00:39:55,259

compound of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon.

 

1366

00:39:55,259 --> 00:39:56,260

You know, the.

 

1367

00:39:56,260 --> 00:39:58,262

The moon's right.

 

1368

00:39:58,262 --> 00:39:59,797

The people were running around.

 

1369

00:39:59,797 --> 00:40:00,564

You know what I mean?

 

1370

00:40:00,564 --> 00:40:03,100

Were you were not allowed to look at him

 

1371

00:40:03,100 --> 00:40:06,003

or anyone in his family, his wife, kids,

 

1372

00:40:06,003 --> 00:40:06,370

any of that.

 

1373

00:40:06,370 --> 00:40:08,639

You weren't allowed to look at them.

 

1374

00:40:09,240 --> 00:40:10,674

So if they were coming out

 

1375

00:40:10,674 --> 00:40:12,443

or walking through and, you know,

 

1376

00:40:12,443 --> 00:40:13,110

they want to see how the

 

1377

00:40:13,110 --> 00:40:14,779

construction was going, or

 

1378

00:40:15,846 --> 00:40:16,814

they had a guy

 

1379

00:40:16,814 --> 00:40:17,148

who would

 

1380

00:40:17,148 --> 00:40:19,784

round us all up and shove us in a room

 

1381

00:40:20,384 --> 00:40:22,653

and we had holes in there in this room.

 

1382

00:40:22,653 --> 00:40:24,355

But it was nice,

 

1383

00:40:24,355 --> 00:40:26,657

you know, you know, my fondness of coffee

 

1384

00:40:26,657 --> 00:40:27,391

and, you know,

 

1385

00:40:27,391 --> 00:40:29,093

coffee and donuts and everything.

 

1386

00:40:29,093 --> 00:40:30,995

They locked us in this room,

 

1387

00:40:30,995 --> 00:40:31,695

but there was nice

 

1388

00:40:31,695 --> 00:40:33,197

refreshments in their coffee,

 

1389

00:40:33,197 --> 00:40:34,732

so it was a little coffee break.

 

1390

00:40:34,732 --> 00:40:36,167

We all used to laugh like hell

 

1391

00:40:36,167 --> 00:40:37,735

because this guy would come running down

 

1392

00:40:37,735 --> 00:40:38,536

as soon as we saw him.

 

1393

00:40:38,536 --> 00:40:40,771

We're like, All right, shut it all down.

 

1394

00:40:41,038 --> 00:40:43,073

Run into the little room.

 

1395

00:40:43,073 --> 00:40:45,876

You were not allowed to look at them.

 

1396

00:40:46,343 --> 00:40:49,246

But I got to tell you, there was a window

 

1397

00:40:49,246 --> 00:40:50,781

that I peeked through

 

1398

00:40:50,781 --> 00:40:53,017

after they left, and I saw them

 

1399

00:40:54,151 --> 00:40:55,786

only from behind.

 

1400

00:40:55,786 --> 00:40:58,222

But I definitely saw the guy.

 

1401

00:40:58,222 --> 00:40:59,223

I would love to do that.

 

1402

00:40:59,223 --> 00:40:59,657

Matter of fact,

 

1403

00:40:59,657 --> 00:41:00,057

next time

 

1404

00:41:00,057 --> 00:41:00,257

I have

 

1405

00:41:00,257 --> 00:41:01,292

someone working in my house,

 

1406

00:41:01,292 --> 00:41:01,725

I'm going to

 

1407

00:41:01,725 --> 00:41:04,028

I'm going to put that in my contract.

 

1408

00:41:04,028 --> 00:41:05,396

I have my wife because I wouldn't

 

1409

00:41:05,396 --> 00:41:06,630

have you know, I couldn't do it myself.

 

1410

00:41:06,630 --> 00:41:07,631

But I didn't have to say,

 

1411

00:41:07,631 --> 00:41:09,033

listen, that part of the contract,

 

1412

00:41:09,033 --> 00:41:09,533

when it comes

 

1413

00:41:09,533 --> 00:41:11,402

in, you can't even look at them.

 

1414

00:41:11,402 --> 00:41:11,902

Don't whatever

 

1415

00:41:11,902 --> 00:41:12,937

you do, don't talk to them.

 

1416

00:41:12,937 --> 00:41:13,838

Don't look at them.

 

1417

00:41:13,838 --> 00:41:15,806

Don't make eye contact with him.

 

1418

00:41:15,806 --> 00:41:16,707

You know,

 

1419

00:41:16,707 --> 00:41:18,509

you know that I work security,

 

1420

00:41:18,509 --> 00:41:19,143

a bunch of that.

 

1421

00:41:19,143 --> 00:41:19,410

You know,

 

1422

00:41:19,410 --> 00:41:19,944

I always talk

 

1423

00:41:19,944 --> 00:41:21,011

about working security

 

1424

00:41:21,011 --> 00:41:24,114

at that country first.

 

1425

00:41:24,114 --> 00:41:25,082

What's

 

1426

00:41:26,617 --> 00:41:28,819

oh, man Trisha Yearwood true

 

1427

00:41:28,853 --> 00:41:31,822

here would is she's the she's the finale.

 

1428

00:41:31,822 --> 00:41:33,090

She's the grand. Finale.

 

1429

00:41:33,090 --> 00:41:34,291

Garth Brooks wife.

 

1430

00:41:34,291 --> 00:41:36,093

Garth Brooks wife. Right.

 

1431

00:41:36,093 --> 00:41:36,827

So I'm working.

 

1432

00:41:36,827 --> 00:41:39,196

Security is his second wife.

 

1433

00:41:39,430 --> 00:41:41,765

Yeah. Okay. Yeah.

 

1434

00:41:42,900 --> 00:41:44,969

So I'm working security

 

1435

00:41:44,969 --> 00:41:48,239

and her manager, her road manager,

 

1436

00:41:48,272 --> 00:41:49,974

something comes up to me

 

1437

00:41:49,974 --> 00:41:51,642

and says, here's the deal.

 

1438

00:41:51,642 --> 00:41:53,444

When Trisha takes the stage,

 

1439

00:41:53,444 --> 00:41:54,979

I want all of these people off

 

1440

00:41:54,979 --> 00:41:56,247

stage, only people

 

1441

00:41:56,247 --> 00:41:58,115

who's going to be on this stage

 

1442

00:41:58,115 --> 00:41:59,917

and allowed to talk to her

 

1443

00:41:59,917 --> 00:42:02,086

or do anything is you and I.

 

1444

00:42:02,119 --> 00:42:04,655

I want this whole place cleared after.

 

1445

00:42:04,655 --> 00:42:06,557

She's not going to see anybody.

 

1446

00:42:06,557 --> 00:42:08,559

She's not going to sign contracts

 

1447

00:42:08,559 --> 00:42:10,794

or sign autographs.

 

1448

00:42:10,794 --> 00:42:12,663

You know, she's just going on and on

 

1449

00:42:12,663 --> 00:42:13,497

and on and on.

 

1450

00:42:13,497 --> 00:42:15,933

And I'm thinking, jeez,

 

1451

00:42:16,100 --> 00:42:18,602

you know, what kind of a person is this?

 

1452

00:42:18,602 --> 00:42:19,470

You know,

 

1453

00:42:20,271 --> 00:42:23,107

and I'm going someplace with this story.

 

1454

00:42:23,107 --> 00:42:24,909

So she gets all done.

 

1455

00:42:24,909 --> 00:42:26,443

She comes walking back, she's

 

1456

00:42:26,443 --> 00:42:27,745

walking toward and oh, that was

 

1457

00:42:27,745 --> 00:42:28,379

the other thing is

 

1458

00:42:28,379 --> 00:42:30,114

I had to escort her

 

1459

00:42:30,114 --> 00:42:31,649

directly to her limousine.

 

1460

00:42:31,649 --> 00:42:33,751

They pulled it right up to the stage

 

1461

00:42:33,751 --> 00:42:35,853

and my job was to escort her

 

1462

00:42:35,853 --> 00:42:38,055

right to the limousine.

 

1463

00:42:38,055 --> 00:42:39,056

So I'm thinking she's going to be

 

1464

00:42:39,056 --> 00:42:40,491

a real super jerk,

 

1465

00:42:40,491 --> 00:42:40,991

you know,

 

1466

00:42:40,991 --> 00:42:45,195

to have all these rules and regulations.

 

1467

00:42:45,195 --> 00:42:46,630

There's nobody there.

 

1468

00:42:46,630 --> 00:42:47,031

There's

 

1469

00:42:47,031 --> 00:42:49,099

there's nobody there for autographs

 

1470

00:42:49,099 --> 00:42:50,634

or anything like that.

 

1471

00:42:50,634 --> 00:42:52,403

There is a little girl on crutches

 

1472

00:42:52,403 --> 00:42:53,537

standing there with her mother.

 

1473

00:42:53,537 --> 00:42:54,838

And the other thing

 

1474

00:42:54,838 --> 00:42:56,574

walking her from stage two

 

1475

00:42:57,608 --> 00:42:58,475

to the limo.

 

1476

00:42:58,475 --> 00:42:59,310

She couldn't have been

 

1477

00:42:59,310 --> 00:43:01,745

the more the nicest lady in the world.

 

1478

00:43:02,313 --> 00:43:04,782

Sweet, beautiful.

 

1479

00:43:04,782 --> 00:43:07,117

I mean, you know, not at all

 

1480

00:43:07,117 --> 00:43:08,052

what I was expecting,

 

1481

00:43:08,052 --> 00:43:09,386

because this woman was,

 

1482

00:43:09,386 --> 00:43:11,288

you know, with all the buildup,

 

1483

00:43:11,288 --> 00:43:12,790

she sees people around the car,

 

1484

00:43:12,790 --> 00:43:14,725

couple of people, the crutches.

 

1485

00:43:14,725 --> 00:43:15,693

She goes over and talks

 

1486

00:43:15,693 --> 00:43:17,094

to the girl on the crutches for,

 

1487

00:43:17,094 --> 00:43:18,862

I don't know, ten, 15 minutes.

 

1488

00:43:18,862 --> 00:43:20,931

I was shocked how long they talked.

 

1489

00:43:20,931 --> 00:43:22,533

You should have tackled the kid.

 

1490

00:43:22,533 --> 00:43:24,602

She signed autographs for everybody.

 

1491

00:43:25,169 --> 00:43:26,303

And it was like, you know,

 

1492

00:43:26,303 --> 00:43:27,571

where's all this coming from?

 

1493

00:43:27,571 --> 00:43:28,572

So what I'm saying is,

 

1494

00:43:28,572 --> 00:43:31,208

with this guy in the Bono thing,

 

1495

00:43:32,343 --> 00:43:35,679

you know, I wonder if it was her manager

 

1496

00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:38,515

that was making all these rules or,

 

1497

00:43:38,515 --> 00:43:40,784

you know, did Bono said,

 

1498

00:43:40,784 --> 00:43:42,987

I don't want anybody looking at me

 

1499

00:43:42,987 --> 00:43:45,990

because it just didn't seem like

 

1500

00:43:45,990 --> 00:43:46,957

Trisha Yearwood

 

1501

00:43:47,992 --> 00:43:49,860

would be the kind of person to say that.

 

1502

00:43:49,860 --> 00:43:51,228

I'm thinking, is it

 

1503

00:43:51,228 --> 00:43:53,530

their management is their manager

 

1504

00:43:53,530 --> 00:43:55,199

that comes up with all these

 

1505

00:43:55,199 --> 00:43:56,400

these harebrained things?

 

1506

00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:58,802

Or is it really the you know, the talent?

 

1507

00:43:59,103 --> 00:44:00,004

You know what I mean?

 

1508

00:44:00,004 --> 00:44:02,072

Yeah, because Trisha Yearwood

 

1509

00:44:02,072 --> 00:44:04,274

not seem like the kind of person that

 

1510

00:44:05,042 --> 00:44:06,577

her manager was building

 

1511

00:44:06,577 --> 00:44:08,612

up, building her up to make

 

1512

00:44:08,846 --> 00:44:11,849

you know, she was as sweet as possible.

 

1513

00:44:11,849 --> 00:44:13,250

So I still I'm.

 

1514

00:44:13,250 --> 00:44:15,819

Wondering if that Bono thing

 

1515

00:44:15,819 --> 00:44:17,087

was just some managers

 

1516

00:44:17,087 --> 00:44:17,621

saying, don't

 

1517

00:44:17,621 --> 00:44:18,422

look at him, don't

 

1518

00:44:18,422 --> 00:44:19,890

do this, or did Bono

 

1519

00:44:19,890 --> 00:44:21,659

tell him,

 

1520

00:44:21,659 --> 00:44:23,761

I don't want anybody looking at me?

 

1521

00:44:23,761 --> 00:44:25,663

Listen, don't look at me.

 

1522

00:44:25,663 --> 00:44:26,363

If I hadn't

 

1523

00:44:26,363 --> 00:44:27,731

half an ounce of talent,

 

1524

00:44:27,731 --> 00:44:30,267

I would say, don't look at me.

 

1525

00:44:30,434 --> 00:44:31,669

The rules are rules, Rob.

 

1526

00:44:31,669 --> 00:44:33,470

Contract is a contract.

 

1527

00:44:33,470 --> 00:44:34,004

Wrap it up.

 

1528

00:44:34,004 --> 00:44:34,872

Bring it home, baby.

 

1529

00:44:34,872 --> 00:44:35,806

Wrap it up. All right.

 

1530

00:44:35,806 --> 00:44:36,907

Thank you guys very much.

 

1531

00:44:36,907 --> 00:44:37,708

Again, appreciate it.

 

1532

00:44:37,708 --> 00:44:38,342

Listenership.

 

1533

00:44:38,342 --> 00:44:41,679

Hopefully this this helps somebody.

 

1534

00:44:41,679 --> 00:44:43,714

And if someone wants a contract,

 

1535

00:44:43,714 --> 00:44:45,182

you just send me an email

 

1536

00:44:45,182 --> 00:44:47,284

and I'll send after you.

 

1537

00:44:47,284 --> 00:44:48,085

Thank you for listening.

 

1538

00:44:48,085 --> 00:44:49,453

And this has been another episode

 

1539

00:44:49,453 --> 00:44:51,622

of On the Floor with Wayne and Rob.

 

1540

00:44:51,622 --> 00:44:52,456

And please stay tuned

 

1541

00:44:52,456 --> 00:45:01,031

for another episode.