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Week 38 - Post Project High
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This week Justin is on a post project high having completed his "hand truck fat boy chopper". He feels on top of the world right before the inevitable crash into post video depression. Kieran on the other hand, has had delays in the production of holy ghost and felt ashamed when the wine sales did not go as expected.
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9am Beers :
Birds of a Feather - #4/5
Sol -# 3/5
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Transcript
Introduction to Garage Avenger Podcast
00:00:00
Speaker
This is the Garage Avenger Podcast.
00:00:12
Speaker
Hello and welcome to the Garage Avenger Podcast. I'm Justin, trying to share the joy of building my non-street legal death machines in my garage in a hope of one day making a living off it.
00:00:25
Speaker
And I'm Kieran, trying to turn my glorified hop water... into world-renowned brewery. Yes, we are twin brothers with a passion for creating the wild and unexpected in our garages, and we try to tell you what's going on every week so that you can feel better about yourselves.
00:00:50
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ah Or worse, depending. Well, yeah, that's true. Yeah. Well, at least we'll share the pains of what goes on and then maybe you're like, ah, see, it's not worth it.
00:01:02
Speaker
No, yeah, right. Or it is an absolute must. I must follow in my heart and my dreams.
Kieran's Beer Adventures
00:01:11
Speaker
What is on your hearts and dreams this week, Kieran?
00:01:14
Speaker
but ah That's a loaded question. and Should we just go straight into this, though? Yep.
00:01:25
Speaker
Oh, what is the malted liquor? What gets you drunker quicker? What comes in bottles or in cans? Beer! Can't get enough of it. Beer! How we really love it. Beer! Makes me think I'm a man. I could kiss and hug it. Beer! I'd rather chug it. Beer! I'd cut my belly out to here.
00:01:36
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could not refuse a beer. I could really use a beer. Beer. Beer. Beer.
00:01:42
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ah right it's nine o'clock in the morning yeah so a crack one ah what have you got karen but what have you got ah you don't want know ah
00:01:55
Speaker
Today, i have Armundson's Birds of Feather. Birds of Feather? Yeah. That's the beer that I'm... This is actually my Well, not solely my own recipe. This is a kind of collab I did with one of the other brewers there.
00:02:15
Speaker
so it smells great. Did I get a can of that? Yes, you did. Yeah, where did that... Did I drink that? Maybe I drank know. but but Yeah.
00:02:27
Speaker
I hope it's not lost if I didn't drink it. This is like a hazy IPA, 7.2%. mash this one like maximum... um we mash we mash this one like maximum like malt bill for the brew house setup so like when the racking arm which is the thing that the racking arm sorry when the rakes on the on the laudaton which kind of help oh when you're rinsing the grain after were rotating around it was pushing malt around the top because the rakes couldn't lift high enough and
00:03:05
Speaker
So we maxed this one out ah to get the gravity. No added sugars or lactose or dextrin or anything like that.
00:03:16
Speaker
So it's 100% malt. I think it turned out really good. um Idaho 7, Citra on the hot side.
00:03:27
Speaker
And then Citra and Mosaic on dry hop. So it smells really nice. Smells really like citrusy and... like little bit bit of lime from the Motoweika and a little bit of like kind of mango citrus from the, from the citra.
00:03:42
Speaker
And then you've got this like orangey, Clementine type flavor from the IDO7 on hot
Challenges in Brewing Industry
00:03:50
Speaker
side. So I think it's really nice. it's What would you rate it, Kieran? Considering it's my own beer. Yeah, unbiased. un Total unbiased.
00:04:00
Speaker
You know, I think it's really enjoyable myself. i'm um I'm going to give it a four out of five. Nice. Well, what I have today is actually...
00:04:13
Speaker
Something that we never really had on this show. Oh. I've got myself a mice beer.
00:04:24
Speaker
A soul. Soul. Soul. Where has your soul gone just now? I know. ah To be honest, though, I saw this in the fridge because i bought some for Kristen couple of weeks back. She didn't drink them all.
00:04:38
Speaker
And... These are just so good on a hot summer's day. they go down the tree. they There's a reason why they sell. um so Yeah, right? As much as i ah I can be a hater, there is a reason that they sell. And you've got to drink it out of the bottle. That's right.
00:04:53
Speaker
None of this glass stuff for us all. No. Or a Corona or whatever heck you're buying. like ah you go if Like, do you write Sol better than you'd rate a Corona?
00:05:06
Speaker
What do you reckon? I don't know. They're kind of kind of on par, right? Yeah, they're really not much of a comparison. i mean, who's sold and made by? Good point.
00:05:18
Speaker
I don't know. Is it import or is it or is it something that's like... It's brewed in the Netherlands, this one. Yeah, okay. Is it? ah So very, yeah my dyslexia, I can't. so Yeah. Okay.
00:05:35
Speaker
Well, anyway, it's probably, considering its ah its availability. Oh, It's distributed by Hansa. Oh, there you go. So it's Unibrew.
00:05:48
Speaker
There you But anyway, ah for what it is, like a good summer beer, you've been working hard, cutting the lawn or something like that. Lawn or beer.
00:06:00
Speaker
Yeah, it is. yeah Like it's that type of thing you just like – you could probably take this at about, don't know, three chugs and it's done. Yeah. Because it's that smashable.
00:06:11
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Yeah. i i am The more and more I
Hondfest Experience
00:06:16
Speaker
brew, the more and more I appreciate a – smashable beer yeah it's very simple right it doesn't have to be like flavor complex in many many regards and it's like a it's a corn beer right so it's you know it's flavor profile is very simple and it's dry because corn dries out the beer so you kind of um it doesn't feel very heavy to drink at all no so no nothing wrong with us all
00:06:46
Speaker
Whole, soul, whatever you call it. a we We could rate this, but like we talked about the other week, you've got to rate it within its class, right? Yeah, right. You can't just rate it against like a you know a double IPA or something like this. No, right. It because doesn't fall in the same category, now no. No.
00:07:03
Speaker
So to be honest, is this is so easy to drink. it's be I put these type of beers in the same class as like a Carlsberg or yeah like that sort of thing. And I prefer this over a Carlsberg. Carlsberg tastes like ass piss.
00:07:19
Speaker
I had one the other day. i was like, oh God, what is this? yep um So I'm going to give this a three. Nice. Yeah. Yep. Cool.
00:07:30
Speaker
There you go. what's been happening this week? and Yeah, there's been a fair bit happening. ah I'll get to the bad stuff first. I thought that Holy Ghost was in a tank last week.
00:07:45
Speaker
Dun, dun, dun. It's not. It's delayed. So I've got to follow up with with the brewer again.
00:07:57
Speaker
I don't know what is happening at that place. I am so frustrated but by the way this guy runs this brewery. ah So unprofessional.
00:08:10
Speaker
He's changed the date four times and with no real good explanation on why. And i'm I'm really getting pretty deep pissed off with it, to be honest. so you know, it's like, this is not, we're not talking about a small change here. We're talking about 70,000 crowns to produce this beer. Like, obviously, that's not all money in his pocket, but...
00:08:39
Speaker
Like, that's a lot of money to be laying out for something. and And this guy is treating it like it's a fucking throwaway thing. And I just, um to be honest, I'm really tired of it.
00:08:52
Speaker
So I'm just going to fucking try and get this done. What's the solution, though, Kieran? I'm trying so hard to find an alternative producer.
00:09:03
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ah The issue is the size. i I can't justify with my current sales and the the shelf life of the beers I produce the so are larger larger batch sizes.
00:09:21
Speaker
And every door I thought was open has closed in terms of production of smaller batch sizes. So i just I've just got to try and...
00:09:33
Speaker
Keep on plugging along and hopefully something good will come up. I i ah did get a contact that I'm going to follow up ah this this week. And that was from Hondfest, which is the west the which is this weekend.
00:09:49
Speaker
So, Hondbruggeries Festival, ah which I went along to with Amundsen. uh almondson was there so we uh went there and poured some beers and it was pretty much me standing behind a a little tapatorn like tap tower thing for about 25 minutes and the rest of it was me just perusing around drinking beer and chatting to people it was it it was pretty pretty chill pretty nice little uh little thing how many people are at this thing ah It was over two days with three different sessions. on the friday I was there the Friday evening and I left fairly early because had the stuff at home with the kids ah to do. and but I think, I mean, I think they got somewhere between, i don't know, probably 1,200 2,000 people through the door over the two three sessions.
00:10:49
Speaker
So like a fair a fair amount of people, really. it's it looked I saw photos throughout the throughout the week or the weekend and it was and was pretty packed.
00:11:00
Speaker
So it was a really good good day for craft beer. and There was a lot of breweries there ah that are obviously not too many internationals, but um a lot of Norwegian breweries.
Competition in Beer Industry
00:11:11
Speaker
I can't believe you didn't get your kegs out that you haven't sold yet and just pump that shit out. Well, I did. There was some tour. I did have some, i do have some friends there, if you will.
00:11:23
Speaker
Yeah. At Hornbriggery. um But it seems like there's a lot of, weird politics involved now it in the festival's defense it was like a celebration of all the breweries that they've collabed with over the years so they said but there was a few there i'm like i don't think they've collabed with these guys before Um, so I was like, Oh, all right.
00:11:52
Speaker
Um, and considering like the amount of, there was a lot of Norwegian breweries and not, and I've done a lot of international collab. So it just seems weird that not that many people came, but, um, there was from overseas, I mean, other breweries, but then, um, it was just like, uh, I had a chat to one of the guys and he kind of dropped in a nutshell. He's just like,
00:12:18
Speaker
He basically said without saying it straight out, like, they're threatened by you. So they don't want you in-house. And I was just like, huh? Honbriggity?
00:12:29
Speaker
Like, my little 1,000-litre batches of like, that I'm struggling to sell. Like, how are you threatened by me? it Just like, wow, okay. like But doesn't that tell you something, Kieran? Yeah, it just shows me they're fucked.
00:12:45
Speaker
No, no. It's just perception is bigger than what we think, right? So, for example, someone picks up your can at the Binu Nopola.
00:12:57
Speaker
Yeah. They think you're a big brewery, right? Yeah, possibly, yeah. What's the difference between them And then when they taste it, they go, this is actually really good. Like, it's not ass piss. Yeah.
00:13:10
Speaker
No, exactly. what Right. So why they would be scared to to kind of collab with you because they think see you as a competitor rather than a like a friend that's making rubbish beer.
00:13:26
Speaker
yous I want to say that out loud about Hohenbergery, but yeah. and They're not making rubbish beer. That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that others are making rubbish beer and that's why they collab with them.
00:13:38
Speaker
yes I mean, they had pretty good names there, let's be honest. So um i just it seems like it's one of those things where, you know, they started, you know, what is it, 20 years ago now? was a 20-year anniversary on Bugatti. And they started, like, you know, grassroots, like, knee-deep in malt and, like, real...
00:14:04
Speaker
real rough start for those guys. And they grinded and they grinded, but they didn't have any success without the support of people, like not only customers, but also other, like they, they rose to popularity in the time where like the craft beer boom was happening and everyone was so supportive.
00:14:26
Speaker
Everyone was so supportive of one another. Everyone was jumping in helping each other out, giving advice. And then it's become this competitive thing. Everything's about money and you hold all your cards to your chest.
00:14:40
Speaker
And I just think, They got there by sharing and, you know, by receiving information and having receiving help from other people.
00:14:52
Speaker
Like, ah reciprocate the thing to other people there and and it'll just help you long term.
Human Design Insights
00:14:58
Speaker
But isn't this your time to pounce now, Kieran? Like... see like some, some opening there to, to like, you know, I don't know, just go invest in a bloody little tiny locale, you know, that you get like, like a little warehouse, set up a thousand liter brewery in there and get your license to produce alcohol and just go.
00:15:25
Speaker
The, there are some real realities to that, which are, um scale. ah Yes, like yeah well it will be fun to be able to do my own beers and control everything myself and all those things.
00:15:42
Speaker
um Long-term profitability of small production, it's really it's really tough. So something worth considering. But it's possible.
00:15:54
Speaker
That's the thing, like what are we doing here? Yeah, yeah, absolutely. You know, I think... ah For right now, I'm doing a great job of building brand, and I i want to continue doing that. I just need to have some stable production.
00:16:10
Speaker
That's i my biggest biggest hurdle at the moment. So I'm getting on with that. Kristen brought up something yesterday. ah She's really into human design. Okay. Now, whether you believe it or not, I don't know.
00:16:26
Speaker
But it's like she goes through my stuff. is human design? just just it's so It's some like new number numerology thing. Okay. i don't I don't know exactly how it exactly works. You basically you know you give a bunch of details are like what time you were born, when you were born, place you were born, and then this turns into something and then gives you like a printout of who you are as a person. Right. Right.
00:16:57
Speaker
And then, so we were actually going through mine yesterday and then we were comparing to yours. Okay. And it was very interesting. Even though there's only like, what, like 11 minutes or something between Yeah, but we're very different. Yeah, yeah.
00:17:11
Speaker
agreed. So what was interesting is ah where I was sort of kind of good interested in in the difference was you...
00:17:25
Speaker
require permission, whereas I don't. So it was basically saying that you wait for an invitation for something to to do something rather than just blast in there and do your thing.
00:17:41
Speaker
You're uncomfortable to go blast in there and do your thing, right? You're uncomfortable to go blast into a bar or restaurant you don't know and try and sell something.
00:17:53
Speaker
Mm-hmm. because you need an invitation like, hey, we heard about your beers. would you Can you come to our restaurant and give us a tasting? We'd love to. Yeah, right. you know like That is a lot easier for you to deal with than knocking, cold calling, yeah you know dealing with that.
00:18:10
Speaker
So my point is that you once you understand that, then you can work around that. So how do you how do you get people to approach you? Yeah.
00:18:28
Speaker
What type of marketing strategy do you take where you don't have to knock on doors, they just come to you? Mm-hmm. And then it feels natural and it flows well for you.
00:18:42
Speaker
And then then you're in your element, right? Yeah. yeah You can give 100% yourself in the sales pitch for your products because you already know they're are kind of on board.
00:18:53
Speaker
Yeah. they They invited you to sell to them basically. Yeah. The same thing with the goes to like the brewery and the stuff like that. Like, what do you, what do you want? Like you need to get an invitation to build a brewery, for example, for yourself.
00:19:15
Speaker
Someone needs to invite you
Future Brewing Plans
00:19:17
Speaker
into that. And then how do you how do you get those people to invite yourself into those situations? And that's what I start to think about with regards to like planning and. I'm ultimately down to.
00:19:30
Speaker
brand building like you want you build something that people want to get on board with yeah and i think that's probably why you are kind of amazed that hamburgary would see you as a threat is because what's their branding yeah hand brewed Right? It's kind of shit.
00:19:51
Speaker
Yeah. Whereas you've got this whole religious, so weird religious thing going on. Yeah. Your cans and everything look way better than theirs.
00:20:03
Speaker
Yeah, absolutely. Right? They've got a ghost brewery that doesn't even have a brewery. They're like, what happens if he actually gets his own brewery up and running? Yeah, exactly Right. Then we're fucked. Like, holy shit.
00:20:15
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. So, you know, who knows what's going on? I mean, this brewery that you're using at the moment. Probably threatened. Probably.
00:20:26
Speaker
Maybe. You know? And it's true. And you have to understand that. That being said, you know, I got a message from a friend of mine who had... a had tasted one of the beers that that particular brewery had produced.
00:20:42
Speaker
I said, I was really surprised that this was really good. And I said to him, that is the brew that he essentially told me that he took up inspiration from my brewing practices to create.
00:21:00
Speaker
Yeah. So, like, he looked at how I make up my recipes and then basically made an 8% version of Cosmic Christ with a different hot bill.
00:21:12
Speaker
and And basically made that his thing. And then there's ah and everyone's like, oh that's good. I'm like, yeah. If I made an 8% version of Cosmic Crisis, well, it probably be just the same.
00:21:28
Speaker
ah So, you know, it's just like fascinating to see. So, I mean, it it there's says there's something to say about that, and I think that's a positive.
00:21:38
Speaker
And I think I'm just going to keep on Yeah. So, Well, what are you grinding on this week? ah Well, grinding on getting Holy Ghost produced, first of then ah Then it's on to, I've been tweaking the anointing recipes.
00:21:57
Speaker
So that will be the next beer produced anointing citra and then probably the mosaic and then galaxy to finish. And that will probably wind us out at the end of the year, i think.
00:22:12
Speaker
So, um, that will be, that's kind of where I'm going now. Cause I've got all labels and everything ready to go for that. It's just a matter of kind of making them happen.
00:22:24
Speaker
So I'm going to, I'm working a little bit on that kind of tweaking some small things to just make the recipes as good as they can be. Then maybe there'll be like a 4.7 beer in the mix.
00:22:35
Speaker
So I'm um tempted towards like Australian pale ale type, like Pacific ale type, ah which is hopped forward or like an Australian lager.
00:22:51
Speaker
Straight up.
Justin's Bike Project
00:22:52
Speaker
Boring. like I mean, not boring, but like fucking smashable, smashable, smashable as hell. Simple straight, like ah a soul, but like just malt based without corn, you know, like, ah and it doesn't sound very exciting, but like, you know, when you're in that mood and you just want a beer, that's the one you go for, you know?
00:23:15
Speaker
And I think too, like if, ah if, especially at bars, if it has like Australian lager on the, on the board, people will be like, ooh, what's that? I'm going to try that.
00:23:27
Speaker
so Yeah, that's true. Yeah, that's true. I was i was going to say, you just call it beer. Yeah, well, I mean, ken you can. I wouldn't be the first brewery that's done that, by the way.
00:23:39
Speaker
Okay. that's Yeah. yeah I was thinking about calling it like barley, barley water or something. Yeah, okay. yeah I like ah just Australian lager, like you could call it Aussie lager or something. Yeah, I mean, that would be the subtitle, I think.
00:23:54
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, like Eucharist Brewings, like, I don't know, you could use some kind of, like, communion reference or something like that.
00:24:05
Speaker
Oh, you could just call it holy water. Yeah, or bread. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Communion. Yeah. Yeah. Communion. Like communion wafer. Yeah.
00:24:18
Speaker
I just throw some communion wafers in the fucking mash and they'll be all good. Yeah, exactly. And then people will like, oh, wow, it's made with real communion wafers. Get a priest to fucking bless it, you know? Yeah.
00:24:32
Speaker
Happy days. So, yeah, that's ah that's what me pretty much. I mean, and the only other thing is so the wines went out this last week. Yeah, what's the update with them?
00:24:44
Speaker
and and Slow. It's too early to say, I think. Too early to say with how the response to the wine monopoly has been. there's They've changed a few things in the system, which means that orders don't kind of go out pre- like Before, like the Wine Monopoly stores would get a big list and then they would pre-order.
00:25:07
Speaker
But now they've changed the system up a little bit where they kind of just they've had they only got the list the beginning of like on Wednesday last week. So ah if they've ordered anything last week, the orders haven't come through yet.
00:25:20
Speaker
So I haven't seen how much is is going to go out of the warehouse. Yeah. So I know Kristen's, what did she order, like three cases or something? Did she order three cases? I think so.
00:25:32
Speaker
I think she, well, she ordered the three wines. I know that. Yeah. ah But how many? I think she, is a case six six bottles? No, 12. 12. Yeah. I'm pretty sure she ordered a case of Haps at least.
00:25:45
Speaker
Yeah. Interesting. Of the, oh, sorry, of the future. Because I did see some bottles go out to Ternsberg, like individual bottles. The individual, if you go onto the Wine Monopoly website and you order one bottle, like that gets picked pretty quick.
00:26:00
Speaker
I think with the Wine Monopoly, it goes into a big order and then it all goes to the warehouse distributor at one time. they're kind of waiting for all the orders to come in. So, I mean. right i have to say, though, because she's, you should pack, like she'd probably call Kristen and say thank you because she's gone around sprouting.
00:26:20
Speaker
To anyone she can. Well, that's lovely. The fuchsia wine at least, you know. so So apparently she's got her colleagues at work all ordering as well. so Oh, that's fantastic.
00:26:32
Speaker
Yeah. So like let's be honest. We, you know... We're lucky to have family there. Yeah, absolutely. Support each other, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Kristen's family, on the other hand, they haven't done shit.
00:26:48
Speaker
Well, Kristen's family is not wine drinkers, you know, not really at all. Yeah. So that's for sure. But Lynn's, sorry, sorry, I should say Lynn's, did I say Kristen? orman You said Kristen. I'm sorry.
00:26:59
Speaker
Lynn's family. That's what I meant. My own wife's family. Now, like Lynn's mum, wino. Loves of it. Never, never even think of ordering a bottle because I gave her a taste already.
00:27:15
Speaker
So she's like, I've had it. It's fine. Good luck with it. See you later. Bye. ah that's say But, I mean, interestingly enough, I saw it on the list.
00:27:26
Speaker
Maybe i don't want to bore people too much with this stuff, but on the list of the bestilling Zutvalk in the pool, ah it's a clear difference between the beer market and the wine market because this month there's something like 56 beers released in in the Bestilling Zutvolk. So it's a fairly short list.
00:27:47
Speaker
You know how many wines were released this Bestilling Zutvolk, Justin? Tell me. 1,306. Holy smokes. holy smokes Yeah.
00:27:58
Speaker
So I'm like, it's kind of, be it'd be really interesting to see like if if the Margaret River name Australian wines can cut through because I've been through that list and of like the 1,300 plus wines, from Australia.
00:28:16
Speaker
there's only about twelve total from australia Yeah. so ah that's including reds, rosés and white wines. So i think if you're if you're if there are like wine monopoly stores are interested and like in getting more Australian wines in their assortment, then i have a high chance of selling the ones I have.
00:28:39
Speaker
So that's great. So I just cross my fingers and hope. And if not, I have to get on the grind. Yeah. again yeah i think that's the reality of it though yeah i think i sent you something from i can't remember who was we were talking about like the the dip of like how this this entrepreneurial game works right oh then i yeah the what's his name he goes the guy that owns all these gyms alex is alex something mosey or something yeah yeah and ah Love him or hate him. i Apparently people don't like him. I don't but i don't know him, so I've got no idea.
00:29:17
Speaker
I mean, he's got a lot of poignant things to say. ah can say that. um And a lot of it is like... probably very industry-specific for him.
00:29:29
Speaker
and So that has to be taken with a grain of salt. But at the same time, I think he's got some really good stuff to say. So I appreciate his whole idea of, if you remember, like the he's talking about the the, um, this kind of flow of entrepreneurial, uh, things where you have an idea and you're optimistic and then reality hits and then you have to pivot and, or, or change your perspective on it. And then you have to do the grind.
00:29:59
Speaker
And then you get into like a hopeful, optimistic sense. Yeah. So there's a whole thing about it. Maybe you could put the video link in the notes for the people if you can find it.
00:30:11
Speaker
and Yeah, for sure. i'll put I'll try and remember to put it in. Yeah. but um But enough of my waffling, Justin. Tell me what's been happening in the garage. The bike is looking fucking sick.
00:30:23
Speaker
Yeah, I'm in the post-project high at the moment. Oh, he's looking so fucking boss, that that paint job. Whoa. Whoa.
00:30:36
Speaker
Built-in a blue with a decal. like What do you call is it? Is that what you're referring to? Two-tone with the black kind of patch on the tank? Is that what you're referring Yeah, I think so, yeah. For those who haven't seen the Instagram story or follow what Justin's doing, he's painted the frame and everything blue, the Built-in a blue,
00:31:02
Speaker
And it's got this kind of black kind of, how would you describe, like a shape on the side of like the profile of the tank? Yeah, a patch on the side the tank. Which has, what does it say on a Garage Avenger...
00:31:16
Speaker
A hand truck fat boy. hand truck fat boy on the side. in the and And that big wheel on the back looks fucking boss. Now, I know there's a bunch of, like you talked about, like drawing, like putting white on the on the side of the tires.
00:31:31
Speaker
Yeah. But I actually think it looks really fucking cool. I think so too, dude. Just see the footage that i have with the GoPro camera, like the 360 camera hanging off the back. Yeah.
00:31:43
Speaker
You know, like you see the white white text rolling around on the on the tire. it looks It looks pretty cool. yeah actually I think. There's going to be haters, but I don't care. But that's fun, isn't it? like Yeah. Yeah. But, I mean, it looks so fun.
00:31:58
Speaker
You know what? like Before you painted it, i was a bit of like, yeah, like it's cool. But then you painted it and i was like, fuck, I'm sick. Well, that wasn't funny because I was contemplating like, should just leave it and have it look rough and ready? And I'm like, no, that's not who I am. i don't do that. No.
00:32:22
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I like to have things looking finished. So that's what I did this week. i've been I stripped the bloody bike down on Tuesday But before I did that, I had to make sure that I bloody recorded everything I needed to do before I strip it down.
00:32:40
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So ah I was like, oh, I need to take this little shot. I need to take that shot. And then by the time, think it was Tuesday, i didn't start stripping it down to like one o'clock in the afternoon.
00:32:53
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And so by saying that... went pretty quick and uh by the time i got the all the parts off i then managed to fix a little a little bit of the welding that you couldn't get to i guess without flipping the thing upside down and then grinded some stuff that some ugly welds back not that anyone sees that shit but you know but you do yeah i do i But then I used – I forgot the the paint stripper that I used on the go-kart when I built the hand truck go-kart. I forgot that that didn't work very well.
00:33:34
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Hmm. on the type of paint that's on that hand truck. Because I think it's that on the type of paint they used on the hand truck, it's like two-component paint. So it's it's like proper paint.
00:33:47
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And the paint stripper I bought from Bildema didn't really do the job. And then – so I – coated this thing in paint stripper and let it sit for a couple of hours.
00:34:00
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And I wish I hadn't done that. In fact, in hindsight, I wish that I had, when I was cutting it apart and building it, I just stripped all the paint off to bare metal.
00:34:10
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Mm-hmm. And like I could have just painted it straight up after I disassembled it. Because paint stripper was like going to a strip club where they only go down to their bikini.
00:34:25
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yeah It was so painful.
00:34:31
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I love you guys. Getting so excited about this paint being removed. And then they're 90% of it's still on and all the...
00:34:43
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What an analogy, in the end, i had to bloody get the angle grinder out with the Scotch-Brite disc. Oof, yeah.
00:34:58
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And i had to put a mask on and I had to sit there and like try not to breathe in fine paint particles. Yeah, nice. Yeah, you know, it's not a nice experience. You're covered in blue dust. Mm-hmm.
00:35:12
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from the original paint. So like I did outside yeah because I was not going to do it inside. My whole workshop would have been just blue everywhere. yeah So luckily I did outside.
00:35:24
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it was good weather too. I was bloody shirtless for part of it. oh I didn't film that. i do In fact, I didn't film any of that process. Oh, really? Stripping down, painting it. I just decided i was going to do like the whole click and like, yeah okay you know, it was going to be done.
00:35:42
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Give people the illusion that you didn't bash your head up against a brick wall. Yeah, exactly. ah but i mean, that took a long time. I think I was finished stripping it down like Tuesday night.
00:35:57
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So i was still grinding, stripping it back in the... No, i sorry, I lie. It was it took me until Wednesday morning to get it all stripped back. And were you finding paint, like particle dust everywhere afterwards, like you'd been at a strip club?
00:36:16
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Fucking glitter everywhere. but What type of strip clubs are you going to, Kerry?
00:36:24
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i was at a doognod this week for the Barnahar game. Oh, is that what you call it? Going to a strip club. Yeah, babe, I'm going to a duke club. There's a Canadian guy. There's not going be any naked chicks.
00:36:37
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Don't worry about that. There's a Canadian guy that I've become friends with, Jay, and he was there and, and you know, he's on Papa Perm at the moment. So he's at home all day long with a little ear.
00:36:53
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And, And so he's like, oh, I come out to the dugnod, like, basically to get out of the house. And I'm like, oh, so I'm like, what are you going to do? get Grab a beer afterwards? He's like, yeah, yeah, you know, we'll just... ah and we just started And they just kind of like started to bankroll in this whole thing of about he was going to come home at midnight tonight and covered in glitter because he'd been at some sleazy fucking strip club all evening.
00:37:21
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ah well this' been Yeah, yeah, yeah, Duke Nod. Yeah, we're just cleaning up the barnhugger till 11.30. ah so So, yeah, paint particles everywhere.
00:37:33
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how how was it? It cleaned up. It looks like it cleaned up really well. but Yeah, I mean, I stripped it all back. that Those Scotch-Brite pads, they're like, I love them.
00:37:46
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They're basically, think about it like a Scotch-Brite on a disc. Yeah, yeah. But it's like layered. it's like, yeah. Yeah. They're so effective to not remove metal but totally take away any soft material. Yeah, cool. So I did manage to get it painted on Wednesday.
00:38:05
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ah put on a couple of coats. I ended up going back to Bildtema and swapping the paint for automotive touch-up paint. okay That was the best decision I made.
00:38:17
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Oh, really? Okay. Because the difference, so i could I bought for the can truck go-kart, I painted it with the the standard ah spray yeah cans. Yeah. Right?
00:38:30
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ah They are 70 kronas each. Yeah. And apparently two-toned. Yeah. yeah If you remember, I had some trouble with the cans coming out different colors. so ah And then when I went to do the touch-up paint, it was 100 kroners a can, so about 10 bucks a can.
00:38:54
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ah But the quality was so much better. Yeah, okay, wow. And it came out of the can nicer. So, i obviously, there's a better nozzle and than those standard cans.
00:39:07
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And then the paint dries quite quick. And I didn't get any runs. so I would have got runs. I think I would have got runs on with the other paint because it's I think it's a little bit thinner. Yeah, okay.
00:39:21
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me So, I was super happy. There you go. Touch up paint. Tip for the people. And I think it matched. So, i don't know. If you look at the hand truck go-kart, you'll see it's very much darker than the original hand truck.
00:39:37
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Yeah, okay. And i had I had no idea because when I was putting it on, it looked like it was right, but it wasn't. Right. And I just kept on going. Yeah, yeah. Whereas this touch-up paint, the...
00:39:49
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It's perfect match and it and stands out. It's a little bit lighter blue and I think it really pops. And it's like a, it comes out of the can glossy as well. Yeah. not Not semi-gloss, which is what the other one came out as.
00:40:05
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ah And yeah, so I was pretty happy. I did the tank. Yeah. So what I did with the tank was say ah painted it blue. And then I masked the section off that wanted to to paint black and painted that black.
00:40:23
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um And then it was a bit dodgy. i was like, I don't like it. And then i as I was looking at maybe putting some text on it because it felt a little bit like just black for no reason. Mm-hmm.
00:40:36
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um And then I came up with this idea. Oh, I'll put like this old school kind of like running writing. Yeah. yeah Like ah calligraphy type writing.
00:40:49
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And so I designed that on Canva. And then just printed it out and just stuck it on. I'm like, yeah, that's going to work. So I ended up going to the Volkwerkstatt in Hortung.
00:41:03
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and I'm a member there, but you know I haven't been there for a long time, actually. and i So I went there and ah looked at their legs. I was just going to do it originally in white.
00:41:17
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white text with ah yeah no special stuff, right? But then I saw they had silver glitter sticking material. You know what? In the videos, I thought it was just white.
00:41:30
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um' seen I haven't seen that silver glitter. Up close, you'll see It's silver glitter and it looks so nice. So I had a bit of troubles with getting it because it's quite detailed. There's a lot of little little like strands and it was very difficult to pick out the stick it without it damaging.
00:41:50
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And so i've managed to get it on somehow. And then I just used to um ah varnish over the top, like a glossy varnish, clear varnish, clear coat.
00:42:04
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Yeah, nice. Over the top. And I think it just turned out great. There's some, of course, issues. It took me a long time, a lot longer than I thought, to actually build the bike back up again. Yeah.
00:42:17
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I thought it was going to be just as simple as like a little bit there, a little bit there, but everything just needs adjusting again and I had problems getting the rear axle in properly. I like even ruined the paint work trying to get the rear axle in. I was squaring like a mother trucker,
00:42:33
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um which, you know, thankfully none of that's on camera. But in the end, dude, I'm so happy with It it looks so good.
00:42:45
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looks like...
00:42:49
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I think that this is next level in so in so many ways. Like the go-kart's cool. Like the hand-rock go-kart is cool.
00:43:00
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like that. But there's something about ah motorbike you'll get. Like people, there's, because there's obviously people who love motorbikes. That's a particular niche, yeah?
00:43:12
Speaker
For sure. And there'll be those kind of niche that'll go a little frothing over it, right? But then there's people like me who are not motorbike people but still think it fucking looks cool.
00:43:22
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And want to, like and what like, I mean, I used to watch American Chopper back in the day, here i know, because I love the transformation thing, you know, like and and it kind of reminds me a little bit of that.
00:43:35
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You know, it's like American chopper style, you know. and ah you just need a big handlebar mustache, Justin. I can fix that.
00:43:47
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So yeah, you should just do that's what you should do for the last video. You should just cut a hand big handlebar mustache, just shave right up the middle there, Justin.
00:43:58
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And then just ride it with the big chopper mustache.
00:44:04
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i I've had a lot of people here over the weekend yeah and it's just been so much... It's been a highlight of my week, just being able to show off my work and get... like you know I am a sucker for affirmation, let's be honest. yeah no like I think everyone is that's into something, but that is my...
00:44:25
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ah I lack that, right? like i I think part of the reason why I build things is to be seen, right? That's the truth. ah And I love what I do. I love the details in what I do. That's what makes my work enjoyable.
00:44:44
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And most people don't really see the the details. Yeah. But... This weekend, everyone that came saw the details and that felt really cool. So i had Thomas come around, the three d printing Thomas yeah from White Space Props.
00:45:02
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ah He came around with some parts for the World Rally Car. So there's an update there. Parts didn't fit. Oh, no. So he is such an absolute legend. He then...
00:45:15
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ah Went home on Friday night, remodeled the car because we had some issues with the tires, actually. Okay. And then he came back on Sunday with the new parts to see what was there and then realized they still don't fit. now he has to remodel again.
00:45:30
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So hopefully Tuesday he will come with new parts and we will double check everything fits and then we are a go to print full speed ahead. Nice. But it is a bit of a pain in the ass,
00:45:43
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But getting back to the bike, he I think he was blown away by He just thought it was so cool. He's not a biker at all. Exactly, right? Right? He thought it was really cool and fun. He didn't want to ride it. He was scared.
00:45:58
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Yeah. i I understand that. but I was to be a little bit hesitant too to ride it. Yeah. ah Because i for those who don't know, i don't have a motorcycle license.
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00:46:10
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Neither have ever really ridden motorcycles. this is all new for Growing up in suburban Sydney.
00:46:17
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Yeah, exactly. so no, it was it was good fun ah to see everyone's reactions. i also had my friend Frederick who helped me with the exhaust, he came and a big thing I sort of took note is that, you know, he sort of said, you're getting really good at this, Justin.
00:46:36
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Like something has to happen. And I... I agree with him. I've always agreed that something has to happen, but it's just nice to have like an affirmation from somebody else who's like, you know, see a man who's diligent at his work, he will stand before kings.
00:46:54
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There you go. Yeah. it's It's going to happen, Joss. Yeah, thanks, dude. So, I know that this has turned out great. My now goal this week is to try and get this damn video finished. Yeah.
00:47:09
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And hope it does well. like That's another thing. I'll probably go into post-video depression next week ah because that's how it always goes. Yeah. And the truth is, like, I don't know. It's out of my hands to how the video goes.
00:47:25
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Unfortunately, YouTube has the control. The only thing I can do is go through what I think is going to be valuable, you know, for my viewers and make sure that my thumbnail and title, you know, basically fits what I need it to fit.
00:47:46
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But I wanted to, like... um What do you think about titles for this video? Any ideas? I got the chop, so I made a chop.
00:47:59
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Chopper.
00:48:03
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I don't know. what What are your options? give me Give me some options. Maybe the people can decide as well. Okay. I've been talking to ChatGDP about this. Old mate ChatGPT.
00:48:16
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and What did I say? I really, I like this, not it's not street legal, but my hand truck motorcycle rips. Yeah, okay. I kind of like that. I thought that was all right. um I also liked not street legal, not safe, not smart, but worth it.
00:48:40
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That's got it. Yeah, yeah. yeah Yeah, so I kind of like that. But then I also like the simple thing. Like I turned a hand truck into a motorcycle, you know, as simple as that.
00:48:55
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And it's awesome or something like that. Or it it rips or it's it's unbelievable or, yeah you know, that sort of thing. I don't know. am What do you know what you feel I'm kind of like, I'm in the two, in the between the two,
00:49:13
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but the The last one and the and the second last one, that's where I'm at. I'm like, I kind of enjoy like the, you know, not legal. It's not, you but you know, that kind of side of things for me.
00:49:27
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Um, but that's also because I'm familiar with the project, but if I'm not familiar with the project, I'm not familiar with you. Yeah. You know, what's going to grab my attention.
00:49:39
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That's, that's the biggest thing, I guess. So, I don't know. Let's maybe let the people decide. Is there someone out there, on one of our listeners, who wants to give some input to Justin on what title he should he should use? Stop driving right now, if you're listening to this.
00:50:01
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Pull over to the side of the road and send Justin the message, DM at Garage Avenger, and say, I will like the first one, the second one, or the third one.
00:50:14
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Because I had the title for the sled, which just did really well, apparently. Yeah. And that was, I built this snow sled to break a record and it was terrifying. Yeah, I think you start using things like terrifying, illegal, like people will get curious and they want to click. Yeah, so I was like, I turned this hand truck into a motorcycle.
00:50:38
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Illegal motorcycle. Because let's face it, it's not like it's street legal, is it? a yeah It's an illegal motorcycle. Yeah.
00:50:50
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There you go. Title decided. Sorry if you stop driving. you have my Your job is no longer required. It's decided, Justin. There we go.
00:51:02
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No, actually, since it no stop stop the car again. we want to hear your opinion. I was thinking about like calling it things. ah So the idea is that i'm going to in the end of the video, I'm going to start calling it something it's not.
00:51:18
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So and that's the reason why I call it a fat like a hand truck fat boy. Right. Because it's actually not a fat boy at all. What is a fat boy? It's a type of Harley Davidson motorcycle. Right.
00:51:30
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And those guys who love Harleys will just go like, you can't call it a fat boy. ah So I've kind of done that on purpose. um And then, yeah and then i I was thinking about taking it to – ah you're adding like these extra things in there. like oh i like but Acting stupid like I don't know.
00:51:57
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so like i you know like I wrote it, but it feels like it doesn't want to lean. you know i can't turn in like a lean in like a motorcycle. you If you guys have any you know clues on how to fix this, yeah know let me know in the comments.
00:52:12
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and Then like people are like... you idiot, it's a big, fat, flat tire in the rear. and you know like It's the same thing with the whole sled. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I knew what the problem was, but I just said in the end of the video, and like but how would you fix it?
00:52:27
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Yeah, right. yeah know and Then everyone's like, oh, you should do this and this and this, ah and all these keyboard warriors came along. and and I think that boosted the video. Yeah, absolutely. so I think I need to think about that and – and do that a little bit more uh try to drag in engagement through my audience who decide to to watch it yeah but i mean who knows know i could put it out and it gets five views it can be as simple as posing the question as well like is this a real fat boy
00:52:59
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Yeah, I think I want to open-ended a little bit more than that. Yeah, okay. So that people can come with all sorts of information. You know, it's like, oh, I noticed the bike doesn't ride very comfortable. Like it's hard to turn in and it's, you know, this and that. Like the front end grips a bit, you know, and like clear things like the tires are a problem, right? But just let them come with that information. yeah,
00:53:22
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You know, because ah people love trying to tell, you know, YouTubers like what they did wrong. Yeah, it's like mansplaining stuff.
00:53:31
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I had a guy comment on the hand truck video, yeah and the go-kart video yesterday, and he's like, oh, I don't normally like these shit builds, but this video was good.
00:53:46
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The only thing I would change is I wouldn't have put the exhaust through the so close to the brakes because you're going to get brake fade. I would have put it in the in the rear. I'm like – What?
00:54:00
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What sort of... What? No, you're not getting that hot. like How long are you driving this thing for? I know, right? It's just like, you people are funny, aren't they?
00:54:14
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Yeah. yeah Everyone's got an opinion. Everyone's got an opinion. so i was i should probably do the same thing. How should they improve my beers? Oh, 100%. Dude, you're like...
00:54:27
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Just to watch watch the engagement go. There's a qr code on the frigging thing. It was anonymous. How could I improve my beers?
00:54:39
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Bang. No, I don't think it's like that. I think it's like you just do some YouTube stuff. Yeah, true that. So it has to be marketing worthy as well. That's cool.
00:54:51
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So anything else happening? Well, besides terrorizing the neighbors with my noisy motorcycle, yeah it's just been absolute bliss. I have to say, though, it's really noisy, that bike.
00:55:03
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You can hear it from mile away. Yeah, but, I mean, it doesn't have any in your floor. That's half the fun. It has just some big fucking pipes, right? Yeah. It's ah it's so much fun to ride, and right everyone looks at you because it's like, ah! Ah!
00:55:20
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Because i was like there was this bike that passed us the other day. Mackenzie and I were sitting at the bus stop and there was like this big bike with you know these big high handlebars. I don't know what you kind of call that kind of bike.
00:55:34
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Low right? I don't know. what Anyway, where you have to where their arms are up really high. Yeah, eight bangers. Yeah, eight bangers. That's what you call those handlebars, eight bangers. That didn't know.
00:55:47
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So anyway, so, and Ilma was no really loud, as you can expect those most of those bikes to be. And then he says, oh, is his Uncle Justin's bike that loud? I was like, maybe not.
00:56:00
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But it is pretty loud for 125. Yeah, for 125, it makes enough noise, that's for sure. yeah ah their neighbors like ah though down The around the corner, I rode it down the hill to to do some testing there. yeah And the neighbors came out to see what the hell was going on. yeah I think he wanted to rip shreds off me, but then I just- What was it, on Sunday?
00:56:26
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No, it was on ah on a Saturday. Okay. Yeah. and And ah because I was riding on technically on the bicycle path, the walking path. Yeah. Okay. But I had, you know, I had a lookout too. I was like, I wanted to be considerate of people. It's not like I was going to blast down the hill, you know past people that were walking their dogs or whatever. But ah Yeah, I came back up the hill and stopped my bike and turned the engine off yeah and just like pulled my helmet off and just started talking with him. yeah
00:56:58
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And he had his phone recording me for a bit and then he realized like, oh, wait a sec, like actually kind of like this guy. Yeah. Maybe I don't need to be angry with him. So it was lovely. I actually had a lovely conversation with him because he also makes things, yeah which we've never really talked about. and I've never really talked to him very much at all.
00:57:17
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ah But he makes like um smokers and and barbecues and stuff out of like hot water tanks. Yeah, cool. Things like that. Yeah. Nice. So, um yeah, I have terrorized the neighborhood this weekend. So where where are you going to ride it?
00:57:34
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I'm not going to ride it It's going to sit in the shed, let's be honest. Yeah, but you were talking last week about finding a road to ride it on. I think I'm just going to make the video how it is. I took some footage. had GoPro footage of me just riding around the neighborhood. I think that's enough. Yeah. I would love to do take it somewhere and get these scenic shots and so on. but Don't tempt fine from the police.
00:58:00
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Well, you know, knowing Norwegians, they'd probably dub me in. They'd probably watch the YouTube video and then be like, oh, he was riding a legal bike. See, I'll send this to the police and they'll find it. And then I'll get a bloody fine in the mail.
00:58:14
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ah ah yeah Well, i mean, it sounds like some things are coming along in the garage, Justin. Yeah, I think so. And, you know, the next thing is this world rally car. I need to now get this back up to date. But I need to finish this video and my plan is to release it this weekend.
00:58:34
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ah When, I don't know. Friday, maybe. Maybe Saturday evening. Maybe Sunday. I don't know. i see a lot of people release videos on Sundays now.
00:58:46
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There you go. And that seems to go okay for them. So,
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00:58:52
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I don't know. We'll see, i guess. Cool. um Yeah. But I guess the only next thing we have to get into, Kieran, is so what's blowing your mind this week? You know what's blowing my mind, Justin?
00:59:06
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That your mind can fuck you with your body. blown.
00:59:19
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on a side On a serious note, this is a serious note, we have a we have a close, Lynn and I have a close friend of ours and they are in hospital at the moment. ah They've lost complete use of their foot.
00:59:33
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Just the left foot, I think. um And and it it would appear at this point that it's psychological.
00:59:48
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that there's some some things they haven't been dealing with for a long time and they're literally, their body has just stopped working.
01:00:00
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That is pretty mind-blowing. It is pretty fucking mind-blowing. But you've heard that stuff for forever. Yeah, but it's just it's one thing to see it firsthand, you know? Right. To have like a close friend that's just like, my leg just stopped working.
01:00:15
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I couldn't walk. I literally had to call an ambulance because I thought it was dying, you know, right kind of thing. And then it's just like there's there's some traumatic events that have happened that that person hasn't processed properly.
01:00:32
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And as a result, it's just playing havoc with their body. That blows my mind. Doesn't it tell you like, ah you've experienced panic attacks. Oh, absolutely. Yeah.
01:00:45
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And, like, that's crazy. Panic attacks. Like, i don't know. I've never talked about it on this podcast, have I? I don't think so. No. Maybe it's not the time for to dive into this, but...
01:00:59
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Fuck me. If you, like, i I've never thought that I was coming closer to dying without actually, you know, being involved in a like, physical kind of accident than when I had a panic attack.
01:01:17
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I've really only had one in my life. ah One, i guess I guess, like, one where I was physically in incapacitated ah and, like,
01:01:29
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like To this day, ah still kind of get a bit emotional thinking about it. ah Still thinking about poor Justin.
01:01:40
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ah rang him up and i was i couldn't even talk. It was very, I was confused what was going I knew something was wrong. Yeah. And I just like, right. And I just, I threw everything down. I ran to my car.
01:01:54
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i didn't even tell my boss I was leaving. Yeah. And I just jumped in my car and drove to your place. And I like, I couldn't even talk. I couldn't even, I think I managed to get out the words come. And then you said, are you at home? And I groaned or something. Yeah. And that was it.
01:02:09
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That's all I managed to get out. And I was just like in a fucking... like my whole body lost control. It was the most terrifying thing I've experienced whole life, to be honest.
01:02:22
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And, uh, and that was because i was dealing with a bunch of emotional shit that I wasn't willing ready to actually own and, and tackle properly.
01:02:35
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And it all came to a head one day. so that's um That actually kind of comes onto something else for later for my recommendation. But, um yeah.
01:02:48
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But i just I'm blown away by the reality that this stuff actually, you know, looking after your mental health is massive. Massive for for a long-term physical health.
01:03:03
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As well as mental health. So... Yeah, you don't want to lose your foot. No, exactly, right? So, yeah, that was my mind blown for this week, Justin.
01:03:14
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What's blowing your mind? Dude, I have to mention the Volonaut Air Bike.
01:03:27
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Mind blown. Air Bike sounds fucking sick. Dude, it's the coolest thing you've ever seen in your life. It is pretty much the Star Wars speeder bikes from Return of the Jedi. I think I've seen this.
01:03:41
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It goes kind of slow, though. ah I think he's driving it slow. Probably because he loses control. No, but when you see him like in the open yeah and he unleashes it, it goes 200 plus. Really? Fuck me. Yeah, because I saw him like driving it in this video I saw. He was going like through trees and shit. so i guess Yeah, you can't drive fast like that. There's no maneuverability probably. Yeah, how are you going to stop yourself from fucking plowing into a tree? Right? Yeah. So, no, I think I've seen this video, at least the one where he's driving slow. ah Pretty mind-bending stuff, yeah?
01:04:22
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Well, I mean, if you look at it, it's not that fancy. No. It's literally jet turbines, you know, on a kind of motorcycle type of thing, right? Yeah.
01:04:34
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And you know you've got these Ironman suit things, you know the jet suits and stuff like that now. And ah so I think the packages and horsepower and that that we're getting from these jet engines now are getting smaller and lighter. And you know this is just the next step ah you know for like fun things to build, basically. So when you going start strapping more turbines to your projects, Justin?
01:04:57
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Oh, don't you think I've already thought about this? awesome I have been playing with the idea of like making pulse jet because I saw another YouTuber make one and he's a complete retard.
01:05:13
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And I thought if if he can make one, i can make one. ah there's ah There's a strong chance there may be a vehicle in the future with a pulse jet on it. Sweet.
01:05:27
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I look forward seeing that. But whoever hasn't seen that like there's even like the the, one of the videos that are on there their site is actually the guy in a stormtrooper suit riding through the forest. Oh, really?
01:05:43
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Yeah. Like it's it's perfect. yeah Like it's so cool. And I don't think this is really the future, but it's like futuristic stuff. Yeah, it's just boring. Everyone would want to ride one just at least once.
01:06:01
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Yeah, he would not want to get it wrong, though. No. Oh, my God. I imagine it would be, gas that thing at the wrong point and just come flying off that thing end in the space. Oh, you can imagine.
01:06:14
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Yeah. but Karen, what's giving you the shits this week? and You know what?
01:06:23
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You know what's giving me the shits this week, Justin? Your fear of making mistakes is robbing the world of your gift. Wait a second, my fear? No, I'm saying generically to everyone out there. No, that this the thought from this kind of came from a ah video. I sent you this video earlier this week. um And that was this guy, Sir Ken someone, or i can't remember his name.
01:06:50
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ah You can put it in the show notes. um ah Schooling is destroying your creativity. And, you know, it's like we have... us and ki Sir Ken Robertson. Yeah, that's Absolutely a legend. Yeah.
01:07:03
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So he... Died died in 2020. Did he die in 2020? Oh, that's a shame. But just yeah it was just reflecting upon the fact that like we have a school system worldwide, not just in Norway, that values results-driven academia over solution-orientated stuff. Or not even solution-orientated, but just outside-the-box thinking.
01:07:32
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And you know the world is poorer for it. Like the guy making a fucking, you know, speeder from Star Wars is not thinking inside the box.
01:07:46
Speaker
The fat boy, the garage Avenger fat boy is not inside the box, right? No, that's true. That's true. Eucharist brewing, not inside the box.
01:07:58
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And you know what? The world is poorer for it if we all give up. And I think there's... people out there listening to this podcast that are creative and might even not know it themselves, might even not even consider themselves creative because they're not an artist, you know, painting and whatnot. But like you still make mad shit in your garage.
01:08:22
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You're doing woodwork. You're making something, you know, you're drawing. could be a bloody good cook. Yeah, a cook, right? Reinventing protocol into actually something palate palatable. Yeah.
01:08:36
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So, you know, or whatever it is, right? There's people everywhere and who are basically finding solutions. And we have a system of schooling that does not value that.
01:08:51
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And it's super frustrating. That's giving me the shits.
Support and Community
01:08:58
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Dude, I think, though, one thing that we need to talk about with regards to this is it's not it's not just the school. It's society. No, it's the parents.
01:09:10
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If you, as a parent, don't support your creative child, if you have a different worldview of that you need to achieve through school system – the school system then basically you're killing your child you know you creatively.
01:09:27
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You're going to force that child to release what they're actually good at. yeah ah you know My daughter has ah form of dyslexia. I'm pretty sure I do, even though I've never been diagnosed with it.
01:09:39
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um And
01:09:43
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I don't want her to think she's bad at stuff just because she's not the best reader, for example. Mm-hmm. You know, i that's my job as a parent to support her when she comes home from school and she thinks she's a loser and doesn't, she's not good enough and she doesn't do well at school.
01:10:05
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To support her and say, no, you're actually really good at this. Yeah. And you should not, worry about school it shouldn't be anything you should worry about and everyone's different too like people have different strengths and and the biggest issue with school and parents is that they have this idea that if they if their kids are not a success at school they are a failure right that's just not true Like, how about raising a decent human being, first of all, that's you know, that treats others around them with respect?
01:10:43
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Harder said, harder done than said, Kieran. Jesus. Yeah, absolutely. But, like, that's the biggest job you have as a parent, right? Yeah. I would i mean, ma correct me if I'm wrong, but, you know, school results saying ain't all they're cracked up to be if you've got a shit kid.
01:11:02
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That's just I would agree with that, but I think that's getting into a bit of like parental politics. I just want to say like, you know, my point of view is just you support, your your school system may not support your child, but if you can support them at home, that's going to make all the difference. And maybe they'll get the confidence to then retry the things that they feel they're not good at. if you If you support them with the things that they are good at.
01:11:34
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I think I've met so many students that I've worked with who have such bad self-talk with regards to their talents, and I don't think their parents are good enough because if they if their parents were good enough to support them, they wouldn't have that bad self-talk.
01:11:53
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Well, I mean, look at look at us, right? we didn't Our parents didn't support our creativity. 100%. They didn't understand it. How could you make money off that?
01:12:04
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yeah How could you live off that? How could you, you know? how i mean, let's be honest. Still not making money, Darren. I mean, that's to acquaint money with happiness.
01:12:18
Speaker
Yeah. and Talking about money. Yeah. Shout out to my patrons. Ooh, that was a good segue. Thank you. Thank you to my top tier heroes.
01:12:29
Speaker
ah Thomas Bachner, Mark Foster, Janis Klemms, Ullis Kittred, Arthur Midgard, the Swedish maker, Mark Jones, and Stian Sohus. And a massive shout out to my sidekicks, Sylvester, Thomas, and Arna.
01:12:45
Speaker
Thank you, guys. You guys rock. We've mentioned this before. I have a Patreon where... People who believe in what I do as can financially support me.
01:12:56
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um And I appreciate every single person. There's a bunch of other people, of course, in the lower tiers that help me. And I want to say thank you to everybody who supports me. And thank you to everyone who's also listening to this podcast too, by the way, because...
01:13:12
Speaker
This is our platform to vent some stuff and you guys somehow listen to it. I'm kind of blown away. so thank you, everybody. Thanks listening. d But i I do have to say, Justin, I need to i feel I need to say this. What? want to see some new names on that list.
01:13:34
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I'm getting bored of hearing the same old amazing people. Supporting you, right? Amazing people supporting you, but the same old ones. Where are there other amazing people out there supporting Garage Avenger?
01:13:48
Speaker
I think they just don't believe in what I do. Let's be honest. Like, ah yeah let's talk ah honest truth about some stuff, right? Like, I don't hold anyone against, like, about not supporting me. Of course they don't support me. They don't.
01:14:04
Speaker
don't understand what I do. Like my I see my neighbor, right? He checks in, he looks in through the garage as he's putting things in the bins. And he, I see that he like call like, he's watching every story that I post, yet he hasn't spoken a word to me about what I do.
01:14:24
Speaker
Yeah, because he's insecure. But that's the thing, right? You have people watching, but don't think they fully understand what I'm doing. I don't get that. They're scared of the fact that they don't know how to relate to something that's so outside of their wheelhouse.
01:14:46
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Yeah, and I think that's difference between me and most people. It's like, how do you expect people to support me when they don't they can't relate to what I'm doing?
01:14:57
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right They can't relate at all to what I'm doing. There is a very few amazing creative people who probably build things themselves that can relate and they see what I do and they say, you know what?
01:15:13
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I want to support this guy because I can relate to him and I want to see him succeed. And I'm so grateful for them.
Cultural Experiences in Norway
01:15:20
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And if you think that Justin's wrong in this predicament, if you're not a creative soul and you're listening to this podcast and you think to yourself, you know what?
01:15:29
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Fuck you, Justin. That's not me. I'm not one of those. Then support him on Patreon. There you go. Sale done.
01:15:40
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let Let's move on to what's given me the shits. Yes, tell me.
01:15:47
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No, I was going to say something rude about Patreon. No, I'm not going to say it. What is actually given me the shits this week is Norwegians talking to me in English, but unsolicitedly.
01:16:07
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Who does number two work for? Hey, foreigner. that this This is what annoys me a little Okay, give me some context here. Unsolicitedly just start talking English to me yeah because when I go to the till or whatever, like go to the the cash register to pay for something, yeah they either look at my card or they scan like the, you know, for example, at Eula, you can have an account there. Yeah, right.
01:16:38
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And they scan and they see your name come up with like Justin White, right? And then they just start speaking English to you, even though you've been speaking Norwegian to them the whole time. Right. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:16:50
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And it shouldn't piss me off because I love it when people speak English to me. That's a funny thing. Hypocrite. Right? I love it when people speak English to me. But when I don't know them and they just assume yeah that they – actually, I don't know. This is a balance thing, right?
01:17:10
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I love the fact that they're trying to speak English. They might think they're being the most polite. 100%. And i'm I'm, there am I being the dickhead.
01:17:22
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I'm just speaking Norwegian back to them and they feel like an idiot. But it's hilarious because a lot of them start speaking English and then I speak only Norwegian back to them.
01:17:32
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um But they can't back out English. They keep on speaking the English to you and you keep on speaking Norwegian back to them. You know what, I always say just for fun, I'm like, who's the foreigner now?
01:17:44
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a Yeah. So that's what's giving you the shits, really. ah Yeah. I mean, just the fact, like, I i already feel like a foreigner, right?
01:17:58
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hate to break it to you, Justin. You are. yeah But then for someone to speak English to you, assuming you are still a foreigner... You know, like that you can't do the you can't speak the language or something like this or you you need to hear English.
01:18:14
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That kind of gives me the shits. Even though actually I think they're being polite. You know, they just want to connect with you and be lovely to speak your own language and also help themselves. Yeah. You know, they can practice English, then, you know, they feel good about they practice little bit English today. What if they're foreigner too, Justin?
01:18:34
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Wow, that's true. Yeah, and then you're like, what's this fucking other foreigner just speaking Norwegian to me? and I should probably change my tune, let's be honest. I should probably just say like, oh, hey, say, oh, you're speaking English to me. Oh, thanks, mate. I really appreciate it. Like, do you speak English very often? and that then then they can be like, oh, no, I don't. I just thought I'd try it today. you know i'm like, good on you, man. Keep it up.
01:19:01
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I had a bit of a rant or friend this week about Norwegian men. and like i going to this dude nod that i was supposed to go to and just the fact that none of them would even initiate any form of conversation would just stand next to each other fucking sweeping or cleaning up leaves or whatever it was and then just would just like conversation is like pulling fucking teeth and it was like the only thing you can be talked about is like i can't be myself because like you know i'm like oh
01:19:32
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what What do you like to do for fun? i like to watch football. Oh, you like to watch young sweaty dudes run around on a field to play with balls? Oh, you on Grindr as well? Like I just felt like I couldn't say that.
01:19:45
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I couldn't say that to annoy you because i like that's that's sarcasm just like goes totally. Seeks like a fucking submarine. and I was just like, so like, oh man, I can't be myself. So frustrating.
01:20:03
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ah So, you know what?
Recommendation Segment
01:20:05
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Take the win, Justin. when When the guy at the shop speaks English to you, take the win. Fair enough. So, recommendations for this week. Is it time for me to sing?
01:20:18
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it is time for you to sing, my brother. yes so How about you sing it this week? Ahem. Recommendations, recommendations. What is your recommendation?
01:20:36
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Why did you take the whiny tone on that one? You could have tried. Because I was trying to be you. is that how you think I sing? I was mocking you, Kieran. Well, the last time ever singing you. Yes, Kieran, have to edit this podcast every single week. I hear you sing every single week. That's how you sing, okay? That's the last time I'm singing for you then.
01:20:56
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ah What's your recommendation for this week, Justin? Tell me. ah Chef's Table on Netflix. there a new season? Yeah, there's a new season of four top chefs.
01:21:11
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And one of them is Jamie Oliver. Another one is, um oh God, now I've forgotten all their names. But it's really good. And it's super inspiring. That series is so well done.
01:21:25
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It's super inspiring. And the thing is, you hear the stories about these chefs, right? And none of them fit the school system.
01:21:36
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Isn't it fascinating? Right? These guys got to the top of the top, multi-millionaires, like... like
01:21:46
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hugely successful and you also hear this in the entrepreneurial world as well right most of the people that are super duper like successful successful you know we're bad at school yeah So like at some point, where do we change the the dialogue around school? Like, oh, you're bad at school? You're going to be a millionaire. Yeah, right.
01:22:10
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Right? If you pull your head out of your ass and work hard. 100%, right? yeah If you're supported and you and you have the self-confidence, of course. But like... the Yeah, I mean, some of the stories was great. There was this story about the a Spanish chef who went to the States and brought like Spanish cuisine to the United States, tapas and all that sort of stuff.
01:22:36
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And then he just evolved into this you know crazy ah chef that has 40 restaurants and just does like amazing work. Mm-hmm.
01:22:50
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And then there was a guy that started the the French Laundry. Yeah. was just like one of the top rated restaurants in the US with like the highest. It's had like three Michelin stars for like 20 years. Yeah, right. It's like it's never lost its Michelin star rating and it has like waiting lists for three years like to get in like still, right?
01:23:17
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Buy some more tables. Yeah.
01:23:23
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But like these these people are fascinating and I highly recommend if you're at all interested in food and you're all at all interested in creativity and the journey a super creative person takes to be successful, watch Chef's Table, the new season.
01:23:42
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Really great. Cool. What's your recommendation, Kieran? Be a real man, Justin. And talk about your feelings.
01:23:54
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That sounds like an oxymoron. that didn't yeah did That didn't sound very like conviction. like You didn't sound very convicted in that. Well, I was supposed to be like an oxymoron. like You know, like i i've I've been thinking
Emotional Health Discussion
01:24:10
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about this. I speak out of this out of ah some experience I've had this week where I was really disappointed ah actually with the wine sales and how that's gone.
01:24:22
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ah I know it's too early to tell. ah had to convince myself of that later. But in the moment, I was super disappointed. And I felt I couldn't talk to anyone about it.
01:24:34
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And it fucking consumed me. I lost sleep. i couldn't so like i I slept three hours on Wednesday, Wednesday night. And, like, and ah you know, I had to go to work the next day. And, like, old it was just, it destroyed me.
01:24:51
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and You didn't pick up the phone talk to me. No, not even that because I was so ashamed. was so ashamed of. The funny thing is i would have said, like, dude, of course it didn't go like that.
01:25:04
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Like, it takes time. People have to experience. Yeah, you know, and even though I know that's true, had that feeling. But I had to talk. In the end, i ended up talking to Lynn about it. and And I didn't need a solution.
01:25:19
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I just needed to vent the feeling. Yeah. And because I felt it, whether, you know, and as much as so ah love you, brother, if I ring you, you're probably going to try and bring a solution rather than just listen.
01:25:34
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That's what we do as men. Yeah. Let's be honest. And, you know, so first of all, like it takes true courage to be vulnerable. but To say, like I'm struggling, things are tough, you know um and as much as you're like, I can lift fucking 300 kilos with a single bicep you know and how fucking tough you are whatever there, it doesn't matter at the end of the day if internally you're not able to deal with you know the things that are going coming up in your life.
01:26:07
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um You know, all of a sudden your foot stops working, you know. that's it's ah so your body will give up if you don't deal with your mind properly. that's that's a so But I just wanted – had to share my own experience that I had been overwhelmed with a lot of feelings and I didn't want to talk to anyone about it because I was just – To be honest, I was ashamed that I had an expectation that I knew was unrealistic.
01:26:40
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And ah so my encouragement for a recommendation for this week is to do that for anyone who's out there thinking about that. So um because life's too short to just be stuck in something.
01:26:55
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We should definitely all talk things out for sure. ah But also know where the fear comes from, right? why what What brings on this fear? I think that's realistically like you you can't always dump on your wife every time you're having these big feelings, right? So you need do need to work that. the other side of it. It's not just the sake of dumping a feeling on someone. It's the it's for the sake of of growing and moving on.
01:27:25
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and But do you also need to find someone who's empathetic, who understands what you're going through and and can be kind to you in the in the midst of whatever it is you're struggling with.
01:27:37
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so Well, I mean, being kind, someone being kind to you, realistically, you should be kind to yourself too, right? need to be kind to yourself about these big feelings and emotions you have around certain things that are going on in your life. Like if someone else...
01:27:55
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came to you, you wouldn't be as harsh as you are to yourself, right? So you need to be kind to yourself. I think also too, like there's, there are certain different ways of processing. I know you and I are different.
01:28:06
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Um, I, you are like, we both internalize things and, and process things internally, but I tend to be one who needs to talk out loud with someone about something to kind of let off the pressure so that I can actually work on the problem.
01:28:26
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And, and so like, I need a safe person to share things with in that respect. I think you're wrong. I think I'm exactly the same person. And that's my wife, Kristen.
01:28:39
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She has to hear all this absolute garbage all the time from me. and you know, she has to listen to problems I have about motorcycles and bloody go karts you know, 3d printing things and all this other stuff. And tight yeah.
01:28:53
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so How do I know what I want for my birthday? of first world problems, but we all have them. If you're listening to this podcast, you probably have first world problems. Let's be honest.
01:29:07
Speaker
But it doesn't mean that they're any less real. And so be open and honest and, uh, be a man about it on that note uh thank you all so much for listening uh you guys are amazing um we will see you next week with my post video depression um we can talk about it justin we can talk about it we'll the podcast will be a safe space
01:29:39
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again thank you all so much for listening we' will catch you next week cheers everyone long format is back