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Ep. 335 - So you don't have to
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Ep. 335, Recorded 7/29/2026. Next time we do tools. Dinky Hawk. It shreds, they did not lie. Old Dingus. New lease on Life. Waymo parks where it wants. Go small or go home. Boring loopers. Climb on in. Three-wheeler. The cold spot lives on. Handy tips from the pool store.
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Transcript
Podcast Introduction and ASMR Joke
00:00:01
Talkin2Todd
Stretch.
00:00:04
Todd
It's just an ASMR podcast now. Is that?
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Talkin2Todd
I
00:00:09
Todd
Nope, nope, not doing that.
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Todd
Nice, fluffy white clouds with happy trees. Nope, that's not it either. No.
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Talkin2Todd
just don't understand what's going on.
00:00:24
Todd
Hey, oh, sorry, wait, man. It's been like six days. Forgot how to do this. Levels, levels.
00:00:31
Talkin2Todd
Levels, levels.
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Todd
There we go.
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Talkin2Todd
Okay.
00:00:34
Todd
Hey, I have a question about last week's show art.
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Talkin2Todd
About how awesome it was.
00:00:40
Todd
Sure, well, we'll go with that. I saw there was the World Cup trophy, but then you added some sort of like drink mug. What was that for?
00:00:48
Talkin2Todd
So if you remember last week's show, we talked about the guy who had his family etched on the Stanley Cup.
00:00:56
Todd
Yeah.
00:00:57
Talkin2Todd
So I Googled picture of Stanley Cup and that's what I got.
00:01:04
Todd
Okay, so wait, you literally just took the very first picture you saw that said Stanley Cup?
00:01:11
Talkin2Todd
Dude, that was like 98% of the pictures that came back. It was overwhelmingly that and not the other thing.
00:01:21
Todd
So weird. So what, are you saying this this this Stanley Cup thing, is it is it popular?
00:01:28
Talkin2Todd
Seriously, you're like never on the internet.
Podcast 'Talking to Todd' and Feedback Fun
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Talkin2Todd
Hi, toddlers. Welcome to Talking to Todd, a weekly podcast with Dwayne Johnson and Todd Prince, where failure and apparently Stanley Cups are always an option. Thanks for joining us. Hey, Todd.
00:02:04
Todd
Hey, how's it going?
00:02:05
Talkin2Todd
Pretty good. Pretty good. How are you?
00:02:07
Todd
Not too bad, not too bad. It's it's not 107 degrees today, so it's actually back into the double digits, so we're going to count that as a victory. It was warm Sunday.
00:02:18
Talkin2Todd
Seriously, if we could, if we just
00:02:19
Todd
It was warm Sunday.
00:02:23
Talkin2Todd
we should If we got you a TikTok account, you would understand how popular Stanley Cups are.
00:02:30
Todd
I'm good not knowing like if that's the price to be paid.
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Talkin2Todd
I figured you would be.
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Todd
Oh, no. TikTok's there. Those accounts are free. Nothing's free.
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Talkin2Todd
Nothing's fit.
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Talkin2Todd
If you're not the buyer and you're not the seller, you're the product. There you are.
00:02:45
Todd
Yep. Yeah.
00:02:49
Talkin2Todd
Feedback, follow-up, and updates?
00:02:52
Todd
Yeah. What do we have?
00:02:53
Talkin2Todd
Well, you texted me.
00:02:55
Todd
Oh, yes.
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Talkin2Todd
We had a discussion about how bad the Hawk was.
00:03:01
Todd
Yes. And I thought that Lisa said there was another show and I thought I'm like, that can't be the right one. But it was about it's about a washed up player.
00:03:13
Todd
And then I realized I texted later. it's it's not the Hawk is about the the world's greatest golfer. Right.
00:03:21
Talkin2Todd
They call him the Hawk. He's a golfer, the greatest golfer in the world. Again, I can't believe you didn't didn't remember that.
00:03:29
Todd
Period. That's it. She was thinking of The Dink, which I believe is about a former great tennis pro who is forced to go into pickleball.
00:03:46
Todd
Totally different. Totally totally different concept. I don't know how I got those two. The Hawk, the Dink, Golf, Pickle. You know what? I'm really embarrassed for myself that I did that.
00:03:46
Talkin2Todd
Oh, I totally, totally.
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Todd
i I don't even understand how I got those confused.
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Talkin2Todd
Yeah. Can't understand how that could possibly get conflated.
00:04:03
Todd
Which is also different from the other washed up golfer show that's on Apple TV.
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Talkin2Todd
Right.
00:04:10
Todd
Yeah. which is Which is a different show.
00:04:11
Talkin2Todd
The Owen Wilson version, which is a different Wilson golfer show thing.
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Todd
Yeah. Yeah.
00:04:20
Talkin2Todd
I don't know. Got a note from David Batchelder, toddler number six.
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Todd
Yeah.
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Talkin2Todd
He got back from his Europe trip. I'm on episode 330. I feel like I'm in some sort of time machine. I've never been this far behind before.
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Talkin2Todd
Like, that's five weeks. We've been told you're not bingeable. Consider yourself warned. He suggested an alternative tagline for the show.
00:04:49
Todd
Yeah.
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Talkin2Todd
We're more of a slow burn.
00:04:54
Todd
Yeah, but then the problem is, knowing our show, the the entire tagline is we're more of a slow slow burn, dot, dot, dot. There's a cream for that. Yeah.
00:05:05
Todd
Yeah.
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Talkin2Todd
Let's see. and Do we do this? i think we do this here. We got a letter from the Taylor Center.
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Todd
And if if it if it wasn't a letter, could we do this?
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Todd
Look, if we're going to steal the material, we should steal all the material.
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Talkin2Todd
Letters, we get letters.
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Todd
We got lots and lots and lots and lots of letters.
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Talkin2Todd
Sorry.
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Todd
Is the mailbag open? is it Is it open? Is it closed? No, it's open. Is it open? It's open.
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Talkin2Todd
Okay.
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Todd
Okay.
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Talkin2Todd
Okay. Okay. Hello, very senior fellow Duane and visiting scholar Todd.
Listener Contributions and Letters
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Talkin2Todd
Jesse writes.
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Todd
I hope this message finds you both well. Here at the center, we listen to the pod during lunch break portion of our weekly board meeting. We do this to showcase the investments that we are making in the community, like talking to Todd, for which the Taylor Center for Technology Policy is happy to support.
00:06:06
Todd
During the last show, very senior fellow, Duane mentioned consulting the legal eagles about a certain subject of a totally totally not connected to us at all agriculture company.
00:06:20
Talkin2Todd
the The Legal Eagles heard your request, put down their slices of pizza, threw some sunglasses on, and wrote me a Slack message that said ONIT, in all caps.
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Talkin2Todd
Then they went into our new multimedia studio on campus. Legal Eagles must be doing really well. They also took their tiny briefcases with them, which is code for something big is happening.
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Todd
They returned several hours later and sent me this MP3 file over Slack. They really like to use Slack there at the Taylor Center with a note that said, we worked with PR. This supports our investment and allows us to appropriately shred.
00:06:59
Todd
We mean answer any questions that may arise. Also, the center is out of AI tokens for the month. Laters.
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Talkin2Todd
I'm also attaching a picture of the plaque Todd was referencing from my old office made by my awesome now retired teammate, Bob Fournier.
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Todd
There you go, nailed it.
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Talkin2Todd
Thank you.
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Todd
All of our best from everyone at the center, Excelsior, Dr. Jesse Taylor, Chair, Professor, Producer, Policymaker, Taylor Center for Technology Policy, Clark County, Ruby Valley, and apparently at one point, according to this plaque, purveyor of Taylor Farms, not that one.
00:07:42
Talkin2Todd
So we we got an MP3.
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Todd
Was
Todd's Tech Corner and Tech Humor
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Todd
attached to the letter.
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Talkin2Todd
that was attached to the letter. i I don't know how that works, but yes.
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Talkin2Todd
And full disclosure, I loaded it onto the soundboard. Neither of us have listened to this.
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Talkin2Todd
Buckle up, toddlers.
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Talkin2Todd
Thank you.
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Todd
Thank
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Todd
Thank you.
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Talkin2Todd
Oh my God.
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Todd
It is slightly long to use in front of every week's Todd Tech Corner. it is It's going to add a little bit to the show. Although I can see us maybe shortening that down a little bit. Wow. Wow.
00:10:34
Talkin2Todd
some outstanding work. The legal eagles have so absolutely outdone themselves this week.
00:10:42
Talkin2Todd
Oh my God. How do you even follow that? That?
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Todd
Yeah, I'm not sure.
00:10:45
Talkin2Todd
Oh.
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Todd
I'm not sure where we go from there.
00:10:47
Talkin2Todd
Well, naturally, we go to Todd's Tech Corner as presented by the Taylor Center for Technology Policy. Todd?
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Todd
So last couple of weeks I've been talking about how good Siri is.
00:11:02
Talkin2Todd
Yeah.
00:11:03
Todd
I did this this time. We were we're adding a show to our trip in a couple of months. And I'm like, it's in a theater that we saw Back to the Future in London.
00:11:14
Todd
So I said. Hey, Shlomo. Hey, Dingus, whichever one you want to use. When was the last time I was in this theater? And it said, oh, you were there. And I'm like, that doesn't seem right. And then I looked through my pictures and I'm like, not that.
00:11:30
Todd
that theater is close to this theater. It didn't come up with a right answer at all. I mean, within a block of the theater, but even the dates were wrong. So by the way, when I say that series fixed, I mean, we're grading on a curve.
00:11:45
Todd
it did not It did not get it at all. The place was wrong. The date was wrong. The pictures were wrong. Other than that, though, it did give me an answer very confidently.
00:11:58
Talkin2Todd
You know, old dingus.
00:12:04
Talkin2Todd
Not sure if that's the right thing. it' Old dingus would have simply replied.
00:12:09
Todd
Say that in the office and you can say that in the office. You're going to be talking to HR. But anyway, please go ahead.
00:12:16
Talkin2Todd
Old dingus would have responded with, I'm sorry, I can't help you right now. New dingus confidently gives you the wrong answer. I'm not sure which one of these two is better.
00:12:26
Todd
Here's what it says. They wanted to provide a modern AI. That is exactly what a modern AI does. Am I right? I don't know, but I'm going to be confidently wrong. the The goal is to give you an answer. Is it the right answer? Who knows? But I'm going to tell you an answer that sounds like it could work.
00:12:45
Talkin2Todd
That sounds like Todd's tech, tod Todd's, Todd's tours is what that sounds like.
00:12:50
Todd
Yeah, hey, stop getting on. Hey, I was, oh man, I should file some intellectual property lawsuits. Also, two other things in Todd's tech corner really quick. New software, new the last the last of the 26 cycle got released this week.
00:12:58
Talkin2Todd
Yeah.
00:13:03
Todd
Security fixes, upgrade all your stuff. And Apple announced a new plan where you no longer need to own your stuff. You can just lease all of your devices so that they become more affordable.
00:13:15
Todd
So anyway, there's that. Apple breaking ground in financing. By the way, they're doing that about six weeks before they announce a pretty significant price increase on the Pro phones.
00:13:30
Todd
The other phones will also see a significant price increase, but those are probably not going to be announced until the spring, breaking with tradition.
00:13:37
Todd
So, hey, we're going to raise the price to an eye-watering amount on these phones. You know what should do? should we Should we just break up the payments over 24 No, that's still eye-watering monthly payment. Why don't we just lease them, the phone?
00:13:51
Todd
Will it be less? Sort of. Sure. Kind of.
00:13:58
Talkin2Todd
Does this lease come with unlimited oil changes?
00:14:03
Todd
It does, but you have to know where to take them. I and was told I had unlimited oil changes.
00:14:06
Talkin2Todd
Oh, well, then.
00:14:09
Todd
Not at Apple and not at Jivy Lube. I don't know what to tell you, man.
00:14:14
Talkin2Todd
there do we want to back up for a Waymo update?
Waymo's Parking Woes and Autonomous Follies
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Todd
Oh, sure. Hey, just because, you know, now Waymo stuff just just shows up in my inbox. In Austin, Texas, hello.
00:14:29
Talkin2Todd
Hello.
00:14:30
Todd
Yeah, Austin, Waymo so far, and I'm trying to figure out, I looked at this, I i don't realize. So far, I think this year, Waymo has racked up...
00:14:43
Todd
just under $10,000 in parking fines.
00:14:49
Talkin2Todd
oof
00:14:50
Todd
Apparently, while the cars can navigate, the cars can navigate traffic and intersections and drive on the freeway, they can't read where no parking signs are. And so they just, you know what? Leeds P's where they want and Waymo parks where it wants. And sometimes if Waymo's in Chicago, they're the same place.
00:15:10
Todd
Yeah, they do. Uh, they, the parking tickets have ranged from as low as a $20 ticket to as much as a $519, uh, ticket, uh,
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Todd
ticket
00:15:21
Talkin2Todd
Ooh.
00:15:21
Todd
Yeah, they park in tollway zones. They park in front of metered spots. They park they do double parking. like like Waymo don't care. like They're just like, the roads are ours.
00:15:33
Todd
So anyway, there you go. Waymo racking up the parking fees. So what would really suck is at the end of your ride, if you then got the additional... Like, you know how if you get a parking ticket when you rent a car, eventually...
00:15:47
Talkin2Todd
It finds you.
00:15:47
Todd
They will find you. Yeah.
00:15:49
Talkin2Todd
Yes. Yeah.
00:15:49
Todd
Yeah. That would really suck if you're in your autonomous vehicle. If eventually they're like, Hey man, I don't know. It's double parked to pick you up. Here's your fine. So yeah.
00:16:01
Todd
Did you, did you guys put, did you guys figure out what, how to read parking signs? What? No, we never did that. Why would we do that?
00:16:06
Talkin2Todd
Oh, God, no.
00:16:07
Todd
That's a problem money can solve. You can park anywhere in the city you want, anywhere you want. If you're willing to pay the fine.
00:16:17
Todd
It's not a parking fine. It's it's a parking fee. look Look at all these beautiful, look at this massive amount of parking spaces left on this really busy street.
00:16:26
Todd
No, that's a that's a fire hydrant. That's a no parking zone. Like I said, a beautiful parking place for a small fee.
00:16:35
Talkin2Todd
Let's see. Oh, it's time for this.
Big Four Sports Quiz and City Debate
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Talkin2Todd
That's right. It's time for Todd ought to know. Something that Todd ought to know this week. Todd, this a little quiz for you here.
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Todd
Okay. All righty.
00:16:59
Talkin2Todd
Can you name the smallest city with more than one big four sports team?
00:17:10
Talkin2Todd
right, so we're taking out Green Bay because it only has...
00:17:12
Todd
wow Okay. Wow. Well, with more than one, with more than one big four smallest, I got to diagram the sentence.
00:17:15
Talkin2Todd
More than one big four, right?
00:17:19
Todd
Hold on a second.
00:17:20
Talkin2Todd
Right.
00:17:20
Todd
I don't,
00:17:20
Talkin2Todd
Yeah, this is, well, I wrote in the rundown, I wrote, go smaller, go home.
00:17:25
Todd
Yeah, yeah. Uh, yes.
00:17:28
Talkin2Todd
So what we're looking for is the smallest city in the United States with more than one big four sports team. So for example, green St.
00:17:36
Todd
St. Louis.
00:17:39
Talkin2Todd
Louis is number three 278,000 with the Cardinals and the Blues. with the cardinals and the blues
00:17:47
Todd
Uh...
00:17:48
Todd
I was going to say Columbus, but they only have professional hockey, but they also have OSU football. That's professional.
00:17:55
Talkin2Todd
That's fair.
00:17:58
Todd
But probably not on the list.
00:17:59
Talkin2Todd
No.
00:18:01
Todd
Oh, see, this is that when we when we do this. Now I got to go through. Oh, it's San Diego. Oh, nope. They don't have a football team.
00:18:07
Talkin2Todd
No.
00:18:09
Talkin2Todd
Well, and the other thing that is weird about how cities are constructed is sometimes cities and counties have combined, so then it throws off their population, which then you know puts them much bigger than they actually are.
00:18:09
Todd
Oof.
00:18:26
Todd
I'm just going to go across i'm going to go across the freeway i'm going to go across the state and go to Kansas City.
00:18:32
Talkin2Todd
They only know.
00:18:35
Talkin2Todd
They, no, did not make the top five.
00:18:39
Todd
I guess they don't count the Royals as a professional team. Okay. Let's see. Okay. This is the part where Todd that just quietly goes through maps of sports stuff, which is always always super exciting. Nashville.
00:18:56
Talkin2Todd
Did not make the list. By the way, Kansas City has an estimated population of 521,220.
00:18:58
Todd
Yeah.
00:19:05
Talkin2Todd
St. Louis
00:19:09
Todd
in Milwaukee.
00:19:09
Talkin2Todd
approximately
00:19:10
Todd
Okay.
00:19:11
Talkin2Todd
milwaukee not on the list
00:19:16
Todd
Cleveland.
00:19:18
Talkin2Todd
Cleveland not on the list.
00:19:19
Todd
Okay. Yeah, I'm done.
00:19:20
Talkin2Todd
But you're in the right you're in the right state.
00:19:21
Todd
That's...
00:19:25
Todd
Wait. Okay, so...
00:19:28
Talkin2Todd
Top five answers on the board. Dollar values are doubled.
00:19:29
Todd
Yeah, go just go ahead and give them to me this point. Yeah, that's...
00:19:32
Talkin2Todd
Number five is going to be Cincinnati at $309,000, the and the Reds.
00:19:40
Todd
Completely forgot about the Reds. If I'm honest, I completely forgot they had a baseball team. I said since I in my head, I'm like, oh, it's got to be Cincinnati. And I'm like, what do they have? Sorry about that.
00:19:53
Todd
Not really. But Mr. Sorry. Sorry to Chris Sabo and others. Yes.
00:19:59
Talkin2Todd
Number four on the list, Pittsburgh at $300,000 with the Steelers, the Pirates, and the Penguins.
00:20:01
Todd
Yeah.
00:20:06
Todd
Okay. All righty.
00:20:08
Talkin2Todd
Number three, the one you got, St. Louis.
00:20:10
Todd
Yeah.
00:20:11
Talkin2Todd
Number two, toddler number six's favorite team, the Buffalo Bills and the Buffalo Sabres in Pittsburgh.
00:20:17
Todd
Oh, with the sabers. Oh, completely forgot about the sabers. Yeah.
00:20:20
Talkin2Todd
Yep, in Buffalo, New York at 277,000.
00:20:24
Todd
Yeah.
00:20:24
Talkin2Todd
And the smallest city with more than one Big Four sports team coming in at 208,000 people with the Utah Jazz and the Utah Mammoth, your hometown of Salt Lake go City.
00:20:43
Todd
Here's the thing. I'm just going honest. Here's the thing. Okay. just Just not for nothing.
00:20:48
Talkin2Todd
Yes.
00:20:50
Todd
I understand that. i i don't I don't disagree. I'm not going to push back.
00:20:55
Talkin2Todd
Okay. Because you you were wrong.
00:20:57
Todd
Yes. The Salt Lake Valley has more than a million people in it.
00:20:58
Talkin2Todd
Yeah.
00:21:03
Todd
the The state of Utah has more than 3 million people in it. And I believe three quarters that population 60-mile radius lives within a sixty mile radius of Salt Lake, of, of like the Delta center.
00:21:24
Todd
Like, like everybody's here.
00:21:24
Talkin2Todd
Yeah.
00:21:26
Todd
What I will tell you is I drive on these freeways. It is, it it is not the smallest city. There is traffic everywhere. So I, I screwed up my calculations because yes, Salt Lake city.
00:21:33
Talkin2Todd
Uh-huh.
00:21:38
Todd
Okay. I get it. Yes. Salt Lake city is proper.
00:21:39
Talkin2Todd
Proper.
00:21:42
Todd
But the metro area is, i believe, i but the metro area, there's there's more than 2 million people within, yeah, anyway. Okay.
00:21:52
Todd
Huh. You know what? I'm going to be honest with you. Sometimes there's Todd is out of no, and I think i think it's BS. This one, got to be honest, this is probably something Todd ought to know.
00:22:02
Talkin2Todd
That's kind of why i went but I'm like, oh, this this hit my feed. And I'm like, oh, my God. If there was ever a more perfect, Todd ought to know.
00:22:13
Todd
Yeah. Yeah. Again, i mean, it's it's where you draw the lines on a map kind of matters.
00:22:21
Talkin2Todd
ye
00:22:22
Todd
Huh. Yeah.
00:22:27
Talkin2Todd
there you go.
00:22:28
Todd
I'm no recovering from that.
00:22:28
Talkin2Todd
You're welcome.
00:22:30
Todd
li i got At least I got a cool song out of this episode.
00:22:35
Talkin2Todd
You read the release notes so you don't have to. Oh, my God. So good. So, so good. How about some idiots? The Scott Frost Memorial Idiot of the Week?
00:22:48
Todd
Yeah, yeah. Hey, we've talked about in Vegas, not Vegas.
00:22:54
Todd
Sorry, I'm doing some quick calculations.
00:22:57
Talkin2Todd
Mm-hmm.
00:22:59
Todd
Las Vegas proper, I was going to say Las Vegas proper actually is not that big, but they don't have any of the sports teams because because all of the sports teams are not are in not Vegas.
00:23:13
Todd
Yeah. Anyway, so yeah.
00:23:17
Talkin2Todd
City proper, Las Vegas, 686,000 residents.
00:23:22
Todd
Well, that's wild. But the here's here's here's the thing that here's the thing that throws off everything. I believe if you if you take the TV market for Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Henderson and all of that, and you take the Salt Lake MSA, Salt Lake's MSA is bigger than Las Vegas, even though the city of Las Vegas is three times larger than the city of Salt Lake.
00:23:53
Talkin2Todd
The metro area by census definition is 2.4 million and 3 million when you count the broader valley estimates, estimates including unincorporated Clark County.
00:24:06
Talkin2Todd
Yes.
00:24:06
Todd
Okay, well then I'm gonna blow the off. Okay, however, we've talked about the boring company, the the tunnels, the rat tunnels, and how good that's going.
00:24:10
Talkin2Todd
Yes. Yes. yes
00:24:16
Todd
And I know that you go you go to you go to Las Vegas fairly frequently for work. Apparently, I didn't realize this, the the Boring Company has opened up up three different stations at Harry Reid International Airport.
00:24:31
Talkin2Todd
Really?
00:24:32
Todd
Yep, yep, they're up and running.
00:24:32
Talkin2Todd
is that
00:24:33
Todd
You can go there, you can take it. Couple of things, just want to be really quick here. My thought was that was really fast for them to dig tunnels from the convention center all the way to the airport, partially because you're going have to go around. Like, I don't think they're going to get permission to to go under the runways. So like to get to the terminals, like they're going to have to like come down and, you know, go all the way around or whatever.
00:25:03
Todd
Anyway, yeah, they fix that problem.
00:25:03
Talkin2Todd
yeah
00:25:07
Todd
There's no tunnels. So if you want to take the boring company's ride to the convention center, it's just a dude driving you in a Tesla on city streets.
00:25:18
Talkin2Todd
I was hoping it was it it was going to be the same train except above ground. No, no, no.
00:25:25
Todd
No, it is the same train because the boring company, all it is are are dudes driving you and Teslas in those tunnels. They're not automated.
00:25:33
Talkin2Todd
In...
00:25:33
Todd
There's no train. They're individual Teslas with individual people driving you. They're not even automated. They're Best case scenario, it's a tunnel underground with a Tesla with a guy that drives you from one end of the convention center to the other. And you go, you start on the surface, you go down in the tunnel, you go through and you come back up. And then the guy says, OK, hop out of the car. They're not even automated.
00:25:58
Todd
So it is exactly what they're doing. It's just on surface streets. But it's just a dude driving you in a Tesla. Now, here's here's the thing.
00:26:07
Todd
the The charge to use the boring company's ride service from the airport to the convention center, $12.
00:26:08
Talkin2Todd
My God.
00:26:20
Todd
and Now I have your attention.
00:26:22
Talkin2Todd
Hell yeah. Yeah, because normally it's like a $50 cab ride and they take me out around the Rio and back to get to the convention center from the airport, which if you know anything about Vegas, that's out of the way.
00:26:32
Todd
So...
00:26:37
Todd
And yet, depending on if you're there during a Grand Prix four weeks, it's actually the fastest way to go.
00:26:44
Talkin2Todd
That's not wrong. Yeah, that's fair.
00:26:45
Todd
yeah
00:26:46
Talkin2Todd
That's yes.
00:26:46
Todd
Also, if there was a shooting, which happens a lot, block off some stuff. Anyway, here's so it's the boring company. They're charging you $12. Just the guy driving you.
00:26:59
Todd
Taxis have to charge you more and ride hailing apps charge a lot more. So now they're just basically operating an unlicensed ride hailing service that's undercutting the price of everybody while the rat tunnels aren't done yet. Now, fun fact, according to an article I found, I'm like, i wonder when they're supposed to be done. According to an article I found from November of 2025,
00:27:23
Todd
That article stated that the Boring Company put on their X account that the tunnel the first tunnel the first tunnel to the airport would be open in the first quarter of 2026. If by tunnel they mean Tropicana Avenue, then I guess... I mean...
00:27:44
Talkin2Todd
Sir ish. ish
00:27:45
Todd
Yeah. Anyway, things are going great with the boring company. No tunnels, no automation, just just guys and Teslas. so But they do get to claim that the Vegas loop is up and running. So this is the key. They get to claim that the Vegas loop is up and running.
00:28:04
Todd
And they the Vegas Loop does go to the airport now because you can take it from any of the other stations that they they have open. So that's that's great. Oh, also, by the way, just this article points out they do have a bit of a problem because their stations are just curbside drop-off.
00:28:27
Talkin2Todd
Oops.
00:28:28
Todd
there's no signage. Like there's no Vegas loop station because there's no station. It's just a guy dropping you off in a car. So, so the guy that did this, uh, for Mashable couldn't figure out where to find his ride on the Vegas loop from the airport because there's no signage and no directions.
00:28:52
Todd
And it's just a guy in a Tesla who drives up and, You Larry? Okay. Clop on in. So there's some work.
00:28:59
Talkin2Todd
That seems safe.
00:29:01
Todd
There is zero infrastructure set up to support any of this, but the loop is up and running. Congratulations. We did it. Next step, Mars.
00:29:11
Talkin2Todd
This feels very ready-fire aim, if I have to be honest.
00:29:17
Todd
i don't even I think if they even got to that point, that would be awesome. This feels like hanging the mission accomplished banner. before you've act not Not before you declared victory, but before you've actually started anything.
00:29:34
Todd
So... Anyway, although although according to this guy, the the guy that wrote this article, he said that his loop driver told him that the tunnels would be completed by the end of 2026. So again, my my question is somebody at the airport is going to let Elon bore tunnels near the the runways. Yeah.
00:30:03
Todd
Now that I think about this, given the fact that that we know that cars and people go into the tunnels at the convention center, they have a security problem there. So now you're going to put the tunnels next to the secure air.
00:30:16
Todd
You know what? I'm sure everything's going to work out just fine. You know what? It's Vegas, baby. That's...
00:30:24
Talkin2Todd
I'm sure it's fine. It's fine.
00:30:25
Todd
Yep. On the other hand, if you need a $12 ride from the airport to the, with all of that in mind, d Duane's like, this is terrible. $12, you said?
00:30:36
Todd
Eh.
00:30:36
Talkin2Todd
Huh.
00:30:37
Todd
I mean, I'll give that a shot.
00:30:39
Talkin2Todd
Yeah, and by it's worth it. It's worth it one time. Sure. Why not? I'm in.
00:30:43
Todd
How about you? What'd you bring?
00:30:45
Talkin2Todd
From the watchful eyes of toddler negative 18.
Humorous Mishaps and Idiot of the Week
00:30:49
Talkin2Todd
She sent me a port-a-potty story.
00:30:54
Todd
Hmm.
00:30:54
Talkin2Todd
Kaibo story. It is, after all, rag bra week here last week.
00:31:01
Todd
Last week.
00:31:01
Talkin2Todd
So, last week.
00:31:02
Todd
Yep. Just finished.
00:31:03
Talkin2Todd
So, yep. So, it seemed seemed appropriate. A guy in Kansas City
00:31:10
Talkin2Todd
climbed into the sewage storage area section of the Kaibo,
00:31:21
Todd
What we like to call the working, but the working section.
00:31:23
Talkin2Todd
the work, yes, the working, well, yes, there was a lot of work going on, climbed inside it and got stuck. And the fire department had to come and cut the porta potty open in order to get him out.
00:31:44
Talkin2Todd
The reason he climbed in was...
00:31:47
Todd
I'm going to just, right, hold on be before you say this.
00:31:49
Talkin2Todd
Yes?
00:31:50
Todd
There is not a thing in the world that you can say that's going to be not disgusting in all sorts of ways, but please, I'm interested.
00:32:03
Talkin2Todd
A bottle of Mountain Dew.
00:32:05
Talkin2Todd
If you gave me a thousand guesses...
00:32:08
Todd
He dropped a bottle of Mountain Dew in there and then went in after it.
00:32:08
Talkin2Todd
i
00:32:13
Talkin2Todd
Yes, yes, yeah. yeah here If it was, and this was the exchange that I had with Sarah, if it was my personal cell phone
00:32:26
Talkin2Todd
and it was floating on top, my first question is, is it backed up?
00:32:32
Talkin2Todd
And if the answer is no, I might. And I want to emphasize might, reach in and retrieve it. If that's a work cell phone, it's just gone. I'm sorry, it's out. I'm done. That's it. It's over.
00:32:48
Talkin2Todd
But that's that is the only thing that I could come up with that I might try to retrieve. You know, if you had those really long, the grabber tong things to be able to reach in,
00:33:00
Todd
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And you never want to use them again.
00:33:04
Talkin2Todd
Right, yeah, because you retrieve whatever, if you are lucky enough to be able to retrieve whatever you're retrieving, once you do so, then the tongs go in and just stay in, and that's where they're disposed of, they're gone.
00:33:19
Todd
See, your your thought is, your first question is, I wonder if it's backed up. My first thought is, Well, I'm assuming that's covered by AppleCare.
00:33:28
Talkin2Todd
think.
00:33:30
Todd
that Correction, this will be filed in a way that is covered by AppleCare.
00:33:36
Talkin2Todd
Yeah, absolutely it will.
00:33:40
Todd
Yeah. By the way, i just went i just I just Googled cost of bottle of Mountain Dew. Now, this is not what I pay in the in the our office vending machine, but right now, at least in my area, you can get from Walmart a two liter of Mountain Dew for $2.78. So here's the other to at this.
00:34:00
Todd
so
00:34:02
Todd
here's the here's here's the other way to look at this Hey, I need you to jump into the into the port-a-potty, the the working area, the port-a-potty. Can make it worth my time? Yeah, $2.78. Well, it's more than I got right now. Like, nope.
00:34:21
Talkin2Todd
You know what? In fact, I think it's probably going to take you an hour. I'm going to pay you Iowa's minimum wage. Do you know what Iowa's minimum wage
00:34:28
Todd
Was like $3.35? $3.35? three thirty five
00:34:31
Talkin2Todd
Well, if you're waiting tables, otherwise it's $7.50.
00:34:37
Todd
Got to be honest, at this point i've kind of assumed that I was getting rid of the minimum wage because that seems like a communist plot. Anyway, please continue.
00:34:47
Talkin2Todd
that was that was That was all I had. They they had to tear the port-a-potty apart to get him out.
00:34:55
Talkin2Todd
Over a bottle of Mountain Dew. That's my Idiot of the Week. it may be This may be my nominee for Idiot of the Year. I think we may have reached peak idiot right here on July twenty eighth
00:35:07
Todd
I was going to provide a helpful tip that says, before you crawl into the port-a-potty, make sure that you have an exit strategy for the port-a-potty. But my guess is if you're crawling into the, you're not thinking that far ahead.
00:35:20
Talkin2Todd
nope
00:35:20
Todd
my my my My bottle of Mountain Dew went down there. I'm going to go get it. And then I'm going to see what, and then I'm just going to figure it out.
00:35:29
Todd
Oh,
00:35:29
Talkin2Todd
Nope. Napoleon's plan. Climb in and see what happens.
00:35:38
Talkin2Todd
Uh-huh.
00:35:42
Todd
Yeah. Okay. Do we have any kind of palate cleanser? We need to move on.
00:35:49
Talkin2Todd
Quick luggage story from a little travel
00:35:51
Todd
oh Okay.
Customer Service Triumph and Personal Stories
00:35:52
Talkin2Todd
story.
00:35:53
Talkin2Todd
When we...
00:35:53
Todd
Yes.
00:35:54
Talkin2Todd
Amy checked a bag to go to New York City because we were going to be there...
00:35:58
Todd
She didn't listen to you because she didn't listen to you.
00:36:00
Talkin2Todd
What's that?
00:36:04
Talkin2Todd
Well... No, because she...
00:36:05
Todd
Okay.
00:36:07
Talkin2Todd
we were going in We were going in the middle of July and it was going to be like 95 degrees. So after you spend all day out exploring New York City and then you come home and you want to go to a show or something, you need to take a shower and change clothes.
00:36:22
Talkin2Todd
So you don't just need five outfits. You need 10 outfits for this trip.
00:36:26
Todd
okay
00:36:28
Talkin2Todd
And say it was just, you know what? We're flying Delta. It's a direct flight. The bags are free anyway. Whatever. So Amy checks her luggage.
00:36:40
Talkin2Todd
It arrives in New York City. It left Des Moines with four wheels, but arrived in New York City with only three.
00:36:50
Todd
Oh, yeah.
00:36:51
Talkin2Todd
And she managed through, we managed through all of the New York trip. On three wheels, three and a half really, because it's a Samsonite, it's kind of got those dual wheels on each one, right? So one of the two came off. So she really had three and a half wheels or maybe seven of the eight if you look at it that way. But navigated through, got back to Des Moines. Samsonite has a fantastic 10-year warranty on their luggage. And I entered it into the system.
00:37:25
Talkin2Todd
And they're like, yep, absolutely. Ship it back. Ship it to our repair center. I shipped it to the repair center. It arrived today. They fixed it today. And they're shipping it back today.
00:37:36
Talkin2Todd
So here's to Samsonite and their 10-year warranty and the new wheels. So just a little piece of good news there. Is that better?
00:37:48
Todd
That's great. That's great. What I'm really hoping for you is is that when you are arrive when it when it arrives, after it's now bounced around and gone to Ontario a couple of times, that that you don't get it and you open it up and you go, well, good news, bad news. Good news, they fixed the wheel. Bad news, two other wheels got broken during shipping.
00:38:10
Talkin2Todd
Here's the thing. I took it. I ayah put the FedEx label on the suitcase and shipped it as is. I didn't even box it up. Boom. Off it goes. You know what? You guys deal with it.
00:38:23
Talkin2Todd
I'm not boxing this thing. It's luggage for God's sakes. It's empty. It weighs almost nothing. Off it goes. So we'll see if they send it back to me in a box or not.
00:38:33
Todd
that's
00:38:35
Todd
There are movies where that sounds very intimidating. I'm go to see if they're going to send it back to me in a box. No, no, no. Actually, that's fine. No, no, no. Like, no, I mean an actual box.
00:38:44
Talkin2Todd
hitna
00:38:44
Todd
Like, oh, sorry. Sorry about that. Hey, little Tony, leave it leave the luggage alone.
00:38:49
Talkin2Todd
yes it said
00:38:52
Todd
Yeah.
00:38:52
Talkin2Todd
Send that suitcase to sleep with the fishes.
00:38:58
Todd
Oh, let's see. What are we watching? Let's see. This week, I did watch the Hungarian Grand Prix. Watched F1 Sunday morning. Yep. therere There was racing.
00:39:09
Todd
There was... Passing, some passing. There was inexplicable poor driving on the part of professional drivers.
00:39:14
Talkin2Todd
Oh.
00:39:20
Todd
and And I don't know what George Russell did to piss off whoever, but he's he's not he's not having a great year. So... Anyway, yeah, so watch an F1 race, which which, by the way, and this could be an idiot's down the road, but they did make an announcement that, Duane, do you know where the Bahrain Grand Prix is going to take place this year?
00:39:44
Talkin2Todd
Not Bahrain?
00:39:47
Todd
No, because that was earlier in the year, and there were some concerns about safety.
00:39:52
Talkin2Todd
Oh, yeah.
00:39:53
Todd
Yeah, yeah.
00:39:53
Talkin2Todd
Yes, are they running it on a different track?
00:39:56
Todd
the bahrain The Bahrain Grand Prix will be hosted at the Sepang Malaysia Formula One track. So it's not the Malaysian Grand Prix.
00:40:06
Todd
It's the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia.
00:40:07
Talkin2Todd
No.
00:40:10
Todd
Sure. But I don't make sense. I don't.
00:40:14
Talkin2Todd
Don't confuse them.
00:40:14
Todd
Welcome. Yeah. Welcome to F1. Yeah. Which would be wild because they finished the year with, with two more in the middle. So they had to cancel two races for the Middle East. And then they thought, well, certainly by the end of November, beginning of December, this will all have blown over. Well,
00:40:29
Talkin2Todd
Ha ha.
00:40:30
Todd
Now they're concerned about the last two. So there was like, well, could they run two? Could they run? Like there was a converse. There was a question about could they just run back to back weekends in Las Vegas? And Las Vegas said, listen, if we if we keep the roads torn up for another week, people are going to find us. So, no, we can't do that back to back. So it's entirely possible that they could stay in Malaysia and they could do two races in Malaysia, neither and one of which is the Malaysian Grand Prix.
00:41:00
Talkin2Todd
Jesus.
00:41:03
Todd
Anyway, we'll see how that works out. What have you been watching?
00:41:06
Talkin2Todd
So you remember how I said I was watching The Wire because I hadn't watched it?
00:41:11
Todd
Yes.
00:41:11
Talkin2Todd
And it's one of the greatest television shows ever. It's on everybody's list, right?
00:41:16
Todd
Yes.
00:41:17
Talkin2Todd
Finish The Wire. So I'm going to tell you, one, it absolutely holds up. It is one of the favorite things I have ever watched.
00:41:29
Todd
Thanks, Apple.
00:41:30
Talkin2Todd
Thanks, Apple. A little background noise. yeah And yeah, I really, I really, really liked it. And then I thought, huh, OK, what else is on the list of fantastic TV series that I have never watched?
00:41:45
Talkin2Todd
So this week I started watching Breaking Bad.
00:41:51
Talkin2Todd
Have you ever watched Breaking? Did you watch Breaking Bad?
00:41:54
Todd
No, did not.
00:41:56
Talkin2Todd
It's really good. i'm I'm already through season. Here's the thing. Season one is only seven episodes. And I'm like, whoa, this is way better than The Wire because it's like well The Wire is like 22 episodes every time. i'm like, Jesus, this goes on forever. Season one is seven.
00:42:12
Talkin2Todd
Season two, three and four are 13 each. I'm like, boom, I'm going to be knocking these out. No problem. It's really good.
00:42:20
Talkin2Todd
interested to see where it goes because I have i have no idea. i go I'm going into it cold. I just know it's good.
00:42:27
Todd
there's There's this idea of, I'm interested to see where this goes. This is sort of like, I just got done with Empire Strikes Back, and I'm not sure if Vader's telling the truth or not, and I'm really interested to see where this goes.
00:42:44
Todd
From 83? Yes.
00:42:46
Talkin2Todd
Yes. Yes. Yeah. So I mean, like I know he many he makes, he's a drug dealer. He's a drug manufacturer at this point.
00:42:57
Talkin2Todd
I honestly, seriously, i i have I have zero knowledge about this show. I'm like, oh this is where Heisenberg come from. Okay, fantastic. Yeah, okay, I get it. Yep, nope.
00:43:07
Talkin2Todd
i I was much like you when we do these movies that I've all, I've watched. audio and i i know, i know where you, i yeah, I know where you sit.
00:43:16
Todd
of it. Yeah.
00:43:18
Talkin2Todd
Yeah, I'm there. Yep.
00:43:20
Todd
Also, this is going to open up a whole new world of animated GIF memes for you to send in in the team chats.
00:43:25
Talkin2Todd
Oh, absolutely. It will.
00:43:27
Todd
I mean, you could send them now, but, but, but but after you're done with this, you're like, oh, this is so much funnier than I realized.
00:43:27
Talkin2Todd
that
00:43:34
Todd
Cause, cause that guy's dead.
00:43:39
Todd
Okay. All right. Well, I'm looking forward to, I'm looking forward to, let me, let me check notes, a review of the TV show Breaking Bad. That's, that's great.
00:43:50
Todd
well That's what I was going to say.
00:43:53
Talkin2Todd
well David said it was a way, way back machine. It was easy in the time machine.
00:43:56
Todd
David, David, the time machine.
00:43:56
Talkin2Todd
Yeah.
00:44:02
Talkin2Todd
So, but that wasn't what I learned this week.
00:44:05
Todd
Okay. Okay.
00:44:06
Talkin2Todd
What I learned this week was, We've been talking about moving our fridges around here at the house and moving the upstairs fridge that's in the kitchen that we like, but it's it it sticks out too far into the passageway. So anyway, this week we moved the upstairs fridge down to the basement and took the basement fridge, which is lovingly referred to as the beer fridge,
00:44:38
Talkin2Todd
and moved it out. The beer fridge, Todd, you've seen this fridge, you've been to my house.
00:44:45
Todd
i've I've stored Diet Pepsi in the beer fridge.
00:44:47
Talkin2Todd
You have, and you stored Diet Pepsi in that beer fridge when it was at my old house.
00:44:54
Todd
Yes.
00:44:56
Talkin2Todd
And it was old when I got it at the old house. And I've lived in this house for 10 years.
00:45:06
Talkin2Todd
It's a cold spot by Sears.
00:45:10
Talkin2Todd
And it's old, right? I'm like, how old is it really? So it get it we haul it up out of the basement, out to the garage. It runs like a champ. Runs like the day it was originally plugged in. It is cold. It is it is a great fridge.
00:45:27
Talkin2Todd
I'm like, I wonder how old it really is. So I take a picture of fridge. the nameplate with the model number and the serial number. And I tell Google, deconstruct the Cold Spot model and serial number to tell me how old this is. What's the manufacturer date?
00:45:49
Talkin2Todd
And Cold Spot and Google sends back
00:45:53
Talkin2Todd
Sears Cold Spot Appliances don't use a single date code system, but the first three digits identify the contract builder, which in this case is Whirlpool, And the remaining digits are brand design, blah, blah, blah. So this was built by Whirlpool. If you share the exact model number, I can help you decode the exact manufacturing year and week. So I sent it over and Google sends back, your Sears Kidmore refrigerator was manufactured in August of 2004. And I'm like, well, that ain't right.
00:46:31
Todd
What it? Built in my house.
00:46:34
Talkin2Todd
and That can't possibly be right. So I'm like, okay, let's go over to Claude. The prompt that I wrote for Claude, you're the best appliance repair technician in the world.
00:46:48
Talkin2Todd
Determine the age.
00:46:49
Todd
Your name is The Hawk. No, sorry. That's...
00:46:56
Talkin2Todd
Determine the age of a Sears cold spot refrigerator using the model, gave the model number, and the serial number, gave the serial number. Tell me where and when the unit was manufactured and if parts are still available for it.
00:47:10
Talkin2Todd
And it deciphered. she's like And Claude says, all right, let's break this down like a technician reading a data plate. Sears never manufactured its own appliances.
00:47:21
Talkin2Todd
This cold spot was built by Whirlpool. Okay, so Google was right about that. Then, blah, blah, blah. the The facility where it was manufactured was Evansville, Indiana, which closed in 2009. Okay, so was 2004 correct? No, it was not, because as we get down into it, the The seven digit model, my best estimate is that it was manufactured around week eight of 1973, mid to late February
00:47:54
Talkin2Todd
of nineteen seventy three give or take that i believe
00:48:03
Talkin2Todd
realistically approximately 50 years old. There are no OEM parts available or door gaskets or shelves or trim, but you might be able to find them through vintage appliances. It gave me a Reddit link for our vintage appliances, which was super helpful. And you could also go to the compressor and track down a specific part from the compressor also. So this...
00:48:32
Talkin2Todd
50 plus year old refrigerator, what I learned was it still runs like a champ. And I'm going to gift it to someone else who will let it run like a champ for them. And because it's a Sears cold spot, it may run forever. It may last longer than either of the two I now have in my house.
00:48:55
Todd
I'm surprised it also didn't say something the extent of also if it starts leaking evacuate the house immediately notify your realtor and sell because the gases that are in it to keep it running for 50 years are way way dangerous.
00:49:10
Talkin2Todd
health I think that's absolutely accurate. I did not dig into that, but I could certainly ask Claude that question. If it won't cool, it's because everything has leaked out into your house. You need to evacuate now.
00:49:25
Todd
if you can.
00:49:29
Talkin2Todd
How about you? What'd you learn this week?
00:49:31
Todd
So speaking of dangerous chemicals, we were down at the undisclosed, disclosed undisclosed location. And of course, that means it's time for Todd's hobby, taking care of the pool. Round whatever this is.
00:49:44
Talkin2Todd
The gift that keeps on giving.
00:49:46
Todd
Took the water in and they're like, okay, so... You're going to need to add some muratic acid and you're going to add some salt because your salt's low.
00:49:57
Todd
Mike tracks. And you're also gonna you're also going to need to add, I believe it's cyanuric acid.
00:50:06
Todd
So pH is too high. Add muratic acid. Do you have that? Yeah, I have a couple of gallons of muratic acid at home. Oh, okay, that's cool. As long as you own a pool, that's fine.
00:50:17
Todd
If you don't own a pool, probably shouldn't own that. Anyway, I've got a couple of gallons sitting around. You're going to need some salt. do you have salt? Oh, I've got salt.
00:50:24
Talkin2Todd
Oh, that's not a problem.
00:50:24
Todd
Okay, cool.
00:50:25
Talkin2Todd
do you have a light one that says you're low on salt time?
00:50:25
Todd
Yeah.
00:50:28
Todd
I did.
00:50:30
Talkin2Todd
Okay.
00:50:30
Todd
Yeah, that took care of that. And then you're going need some, site and then what is it?
00:50:32
Talkin2Todd
Good.
00:50:36
Todd
the Is it, no, alkalinity was taken care of. Then there was another problem that my that the cyanuric acid would take care of. Do you have some of that? No, I'm going to need to buy a couple of pounds of that. Okay, so now I'm reading the directions. And it's like, okay, so here's what you need to do, right?
00:50:53
Todd
Now, You should put all this acid in and let it go for like eight hours at a time. And i've got I've got three batches of muratic acid. I've got salt and I got cyanuric acid. cyanarric acid And I'm not going to be there long enough to put all of this in. So I'm like, okay, hey, so like, like do I need to wait the full eight hours? They're like, well, you can do six hours. I mean, i'm putting this into like 6,000 gallons of water. It's not like i'm mixing this in a bucket. I'm like, okay, can I put the salt in? They're like, I don't know. do Google, can you put salt in with the acid?
00:51:26
Todd
Yeah, they're not going to react, but maybe about, maybe you like 30 minutes apart. Okay, okay, okay, cool, cool.
00:51:32
Talkin2Todd
Well, that helps.
00:51:33
Todd
Yeah, but how close can I put the, how close can I put all the acid together? And then there's like, okay, hold on, hold on, hold on. Yeah, yeah, you're going to want to do that six hours. Yeah. but Really? Yeah. Yeah. Like, like no closer. Oh, okay. Okay. And what happens? Just don't just like, don't
00:51:52
Talkin2Todd
And what happened? Nope.
00:51:53
Todd
just,
00:51:53
Talkin2Todd
They didn't even let you get the question all the way out, did they?
00:51:55
Todd
Just don't. Yeah. Yeah. So not all the acid went in, not all of the multiple kinds of acid went into the pool. The salt did go into the pool because I could mix and match that. But then it was like, then I'm like, okay, do I put a, do I put one third of this one in? And then I put one half of this one in and then a third of this one in and like, you know what? I'm just going to, I'm just going to do this until we get in the car and we drive home. And then in two weeks, I'm going to come back like out. You know what don' i have do I'm to to to start over.
00:52:23
Todd
Okay, go back to the pool. Hey, do you do you still have muriatic acid? I have so much muriatic acid. Yes. Are you okay? Not really. Not really. I've got so many chemicals.
00:52:35
Todd
You know what you need you know what you need to store those in? Like a 50-year-old fridge. I think that would be perfect.
00:52:42
Talkin2Todd
I know a guy who can hook you up.
00:52:54
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00:53:05
Todd
Is that an acid or a base? or i don't i don't know. let me let Let me just let me dip my finger in and taste it a second here. Hold on second. Oh, yeah. Nope. That's a definitely an acid.
00:53:14
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00:53:37
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00:53:48
Talkin2Todd
Todd?
00:53:50
Todd
Hey, the 53-year-old fridge, where did that originally come from? No, no, no. Where did you get it? Like, how did it enter your house?
00:54:02
Talkin2Todd
I think I got it from Metro Appliance up on 44th and Hickman............................
00:54:05
Todd
Okay. Okay. Okay, was just to check in here. I think when you said it it needs to go to some place, I think the place where it needs to go to is I think you need to put it in the car, get a trailer, put it in the car, take it take it to Peoria, and you hand it to Lucas. And he's like, I don't need a fridge. And you're like, listen.
00:54:21
Todd
This thing, this is like this like one of those birds that's going to outlive me. So what I need you to do, this is this is now this is now your burden. I carry this burden for as long as we can go. It's a great fridge.
00:54:34
Todd
Be careful of it. I will expect you, this will outlive you, and I expect you to pass it on down to your kids. This is now the the Johnson Family Beer Fridge.
00:54:46
Todd
Centuries from now, people will talk about this. Please take care and enjoy cold beer.
00:54:57
Talkin2Todd
and And Lucas's reaction is going to be, can I put cider in it? Sure, whatever.
00:55:03
Todd
You know what? Whatever. just Just as long as just long as you make sure that you know you take care of it and and and take take good care of of of the Johnson beer slash cider fridge.
00:55:15
Todd
Sure, whatever. yes
00:55:16
Talkin2Todd
Sure, well, you guess it.
00:55:21
Todd
This is our family heirloom. Look, could have gotten a pocket watch from Larry, but we decided do things a little different. It's a fridge. Good luck.
00:55:32
Todd
But I was going to move in the near future. I wouldn't, but good luck.
00:55:36
Talkin2Todd
Well, if the fridge leaks, we'll have to clean that up next week. Until then, we're talking to Todd.
00:56:12
Todd
Who says ai is not good for anything? I mean, they made a song.