Episode 012 - "Top Chivalry Gifts for the Men in Your Life"

David and Jaime discuss the Top Chivalry Gifts for men.  They take the liberty to give categories and give options for the top gifts in each category.

• Tech Gadgets
  • Smart Watch
  • Apple Air Tag/Eufy Tag
  • Smart Door Lock
• Clothing & Accessories
  • Sunglasses
  • Handkerchief (Might Hanks)
  • Pocket Square
• Outdoor & Sports Gear
  • Gym Bag
  • Motorcycle Accessories
    • Saddlebags
  • Bando Bag
• Hobbies & Entertainment
  • Podcast Accessories
  • Masters Class Subscription
  • Poker Playing Cards
  • Anything Yeti
  • Tools 
    • Tire Inflator
    • Leatherman
  • Running Shoes
  • Recovery Shoes
• Accessories to Vices
  • Whiskey Glasses
  • Whiskey Flask
  • Lighters
  • Bar-B-Q

Board Approve verdict.

Transcript

SPEAKER_01: 0:17

If by some chance, some stroke of luck, or some act of God, you have stumbled upon this broadcast, you are listening to The Chivalry Chronicles with your host, DLH, David, and me, Jaime. I hope you're ready, because I know we are. So let's get into it. So that's the sweet sound of the chivalry engine revving up, getting ready for you guys from the friendly confines of the chivalry studios, aka my office upstairs. Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. This is a day after that. David, did you have a good Thanksgiving? I

SPEAKER_02: 1:16

did. Nothing spectacular. My folks came to town. Went over to my brother's house, ate their traditional Thanksgiving, did the traditional nap as one of the football games was going on that I didn't have any interest in. There was three, sir. There was three football games. I just said one. There

SPEAKER_01: 1:35

was only one that I napped in. That was the most watched game of the season, I believe. Well, they must have been counting bodies that were out. Everybody was watching it. Any favorite pies? Like what's your favorite pie during Thanksgiving? I

SPEAKER_02: 1:54

would say pound for pound, it would have to be the pecan pie. Yeah. That would probably be the top favorite, but there's some times that it doesn't come out too well. Yeah, it depends. Like your pumpkin pie could take the lead. Yeah. But I think from a pound per pound perspective, if they were both great, the pecan wins out.

SPEAKER_01: 2:17

Yes, that's always been my favorite. And I don't know how that started, but I remember I went home to Dallas because we used to go up to Dallas for Thanksgiving. And my mom was telling me that it's my dad's favorite. And so I thought it was kind of cool. And also I was like, so did I get it? Because is it my favorite because it's my dad's favorite? Or is it my favorite because it's the most delicious freaking pie in the world, right? But I just thought it was funny. I was like, really? Like I just had forgotten or... Didn't never know. So of course, after Thanksgiving, you have Black Friday and I'm pretty sure everybody went shopping. We didn't. I think, well, take that back. I think my wife did. She left in the morning and she was gone for quite some time. So I think she hit up Target. But yeah, so you have Black Friday and which gets us to our topic today, right? The topic is top chivalry gifts, right? For the men in your life or for brothers. So the magical gifts that men would like. We do have like a female contingent of listeners. I think it's about 12%. Hopefully we'll try to get that a little bit higher with our following shows and stuff like that. I know that we have one show coming up that's sort of the rebuttal to why men don't change their fashion. We have a... The rebuttal or the perspective? Well, the reason it came up, it's because we were talking about it. I was talking about it with my daughter and my wife, and they're like, well, here's why women have to change as they wait. Hold on.

SPEAKER_02: 4:03

So why women have to do it. Yes. Did you even come to them at that angle? You were just describing what men... No, no, no. Yeah. So what caused the beef?

SPEAKER_01: 4:12

Well, because I think I'd mentioned in the podcast, I was like, man, it would be really interesting to get the other side of it. And so I'd mentioned that, and then it was just like, man, my daughter, I call her kind of the fake feminist because... She's feminist, but then when it comes to fixing the car, she's like, Dad, can you fix the car? She goes, that just makes me smart, because I don't know nothing about cars, and you know something about cars, so I'm letting you do it. So anyway, like we were saying, we're going to start with five, and depending on what David has, I'll get my five, he'll get his five, and then maybe we'll get up to ten. But right now, we'll kind of just start off at five. So David, if you want to kind of go through your best one, or I think you have categories. Yeah, so

SPEAKER_02: 5:07

I figured to break it into categories, just so it can kind of embrace an array. I think some people fall heavy in a particular category, which I think maybe to kick things off, maybe we should discuss, like, obviously, these are going to be from our interpretation or something specific that, that we have, but of course not all, not all men or all people gravitate to the exact same hobbies or, um, or particular, uh, or, or gravitate to a particular item, uh, or may already have the item that we're going to say today. Right. Um, so.

SPEAKER_01: 5:45

Well, I think you and I are probably, cause I think DLH, well, DLH is, Isn't with us. He couldn't make it today. The doctor isn't in. The doctor's not in the house. But I think DLH kind of, and I kind of share similar interests as far as like EDC, you know, everyday carry. Like I do carry a Leatherman every day. I do love knives. And I think you're on the other spectrum. Like you don't carry any of that stuff. So I'm really interested in what the ones that you have. So I'm hoping that together we can come up with a good 10. Yeah. And they'll be different because... You're not into knives. You're not into, like, multi-tools. You're not kind of into that stuff. And so I'm more curious on what you have as far as you're on your list. But if you want to go through kind of your categories.

SPEAKER_02: 6:32

Yeah. Well, what I was getting to is, so should we maybe, before we start kicking off our topics here, dive into what kind of context– Clues for those that are potentially making this gift purchase for their chivalrous man. Like what cues should they be looking for? What goes into determining a type of gift for that particular person?

SPEAKER_01: 7:04

Yeah, so when we started talking about this topic, the way it kind of broke mine up is for the wives and girlfriends and stuff like that, you know your man, right? You know whether he likes drinking whiskey or maybe he likes drinking beer or maybe he likes drinking wine. You know what that is. And kind of ours is going to be a bit of an outline because it's really hard sometimes if you know someone drinks whiskey because if you go to the whiskey aisle, it is end-to-end every type of whiskey. So I think at least with my list, I'm going to focus on is not the whiskey itself, but Accessorizing the whiskey, maybe, you know, and that way they're going to use it and they might not drink the whiskey or the wine or the tequila or whatever. They might not drink that particular one because people really do have particular tastes, but they will use the accessories. And some of them are really, really cool and some look cool. but aren't very practical. I know I've gotten something like that and I loved them. I was like, man, this is great. And then I never use them because it doesn't make sense, but it looks really cool. For example, it wasn't on my list, but I've been to their specs here, right? The liquor store that has fairly good prices. They have a whiskey glass that has kind of like a little hollow on one side to where you can put your cigar and

SPEAKER_02: 8:34

Oh, yes. I have

SPEAKER_01: 8:35

one of those. And it looks cool, right? It looks badass. Have I used it? I used it once. It makes no sense when you're using it. Maybe some of our listeners out there.

SPEAKER_02: 8:43

Because if you're taking a drink, it's not holding your cigar at that point. So you still got to set your cigar down into the tray. Yeah, you got to take it off. Take your drink and then put it back

SPEAKER_01: 8:52

in. It's just not very practical. It looks cool. And I have one. I mean, I think... I don't know, I think one of my cousins or one of my wife's cousins got it for me because they know that I smoke cigars. And I'm telling you, it looks so cool because it's real thick glass, but it's not practical.

SPEAKER_02: 9:11

I have the same one. Hopefully this person isn't listening, but they left it at my house is what happened. It's probably mine. They had won it at our golf tournament a few years ago and they left it at my house. I told them one time,

SPEAKER_00: 9:27

They

SPEAKER_02: 9:28

didn't pick it up. It went over the 90 days. And that's mine, right? It's mine now. So even though I'm not going to use it and haven't used it, it's still going to sit in my cabinet.

SPEAKER_01: 9:39

It's mine. Done. Well, I'm going to tell you right now, it's not very practical, but it looks cool. It's cool to show off. And then I think people that don't have it or haven't used it will think it's cool. But it's one of those things. But anyway, let's go back.

SPEAKER_02: 9:56

Yeah. Let's start with tech gadgets. I think that typically gravitates to a lot of men, little tech gadgets. And I think an essential one that would get used, unless they're just totally anti-technology, is something like a smartwatch or the Our Ring Tractor, that type of category. Me, for example, I'm Apple Watch. That's what I like. I've... continue to buy Apple watches every two years, every three years or so. Are you up to

SPEAKER_01: 10:34

the one that's like$800? No. What is that one? It's too

SPEAKER_02: 10:37

big. Yeah, it's really big. Pro 2, or I don't remember what they call it. But the face or the head is just way too big for what I like. Now, the new one that came out, the 10, just the regular one, I like it because it's thinner. than all the other ones. And it's got a little bit of a curvature, so it sits better on your wrist. So that, I'm hoping somebody does get that for me. Oh, the one I was talking about is called the

SPEAKER_01: 11:12

Ultra.

SPEAKER_02: 11:12

Yeah, the Ultra. And then it's Ultra 2 is the latest

SPEAKER_01: 11:15

one. I almost bought it for my wife because she uses, so she does, what do you call it? Yeah. Hit workouts? Well, kind of like that, but it's a particular one. I forgot where she goes. Orange Theory? Yeah, Orange Theory. There you go. And so they do track a lot of that stuff, and I liked it, and I was going to get it for her, but I got her the most recent one, and I said, look, this is the one I want to get for you, but I didn't want to get it for you, and then you not like it because it is too big, and then it gets bulky. I go, but I liked it. The thing about... watches especially apple watches because i've had one uh i guess three now it's the battery life you know yeah you can't wear it like like i'd love to track your breathing patterns or stuff like if you're restless sleep and all that but you can't wear it overnight because then it'll die

SPEAKER_02: 12:11

it usually so the the one that i have on right now which is two years old i believe um it at the get-go um I could wear it nearly the 24 hours. So I would sleep in it, and then I would just need to remember in the morning or while I'm showering to put it on the charger, maybe while I'm stationary, like doing work from the computer. I bought a little night. It's a night that's kneeled. Is that part of the gifts? Well, it could be. It definitely could be an accessory to add to that. Yeah. I think the Apple Watch or a smart tracking watch comes in handy for multiple purposes. Obviously, your notifications keep you from digging into your pocket to grab your phone and that type of stuff, or just seeing like, oh, that's DLH texting me, which he didn't text. He did not. But if he texts, I could get the message. If I needed to respond, then obviously I would pull out my phone and respond, or you can do it through the watch. But then beyond that, the tracking of your workouts and so forth. Correct.

SPEAKER_01: 13:21

I do the Nike one for when I run. Yeah. And then there's also, sometimes it'll ask you, are you, are you taking a long walk? Are you running? Do you want me to track it? But yeah, those, those are great. Along the same line, I don't know if it's techie, but Apple has the little trackers, a little circular, what are they called?

SPEAKER_02: 13:44

Air tags.

SPEAKER_01: 13:45

Air tags. Amazon got them way down now. There's like four for like$75. Yep. And those are really cool. I'm actually considering buying them. I bought the Eufy ones because they were a lot cheaper than the Apple ones. And I threw one in the truck. I threw one on my bike. I gave that to my wife's car, my daughter's car. And then I think my wife has one in her purse. And it is kind of cool. And honestly, my daughter calls me. She's in college about two hours away from where we live. And she calls me. She's like, Dad. I think somebody stole my car. And I said, okay, give me a second. Let me track it. And I was like, okay, I know where it is. And then she's like, I don't know what happened. And I said, okay, let me drive up there. I was getting ready to drive up there because I knew where it was. And then I called the cops there. And I said, look, my daughter's car, she thinks it got stolen. She lives in an apartment complex. Here's where it is. It looks like it's in a residential area. Area? Mm-hmm. She's like, what's the car? What's the plates? And they go, oh, no, no, that's the tow yard. It was towed. And

SPEAKER_00: 14:59

I was like, what?

SPEAKER_01: 15:01

And it was right next to it. Now, they're not super pinpoint accurate. Maybe the air tag is. I

SPEAKER_02: 15:06

think the air tag is. They're really accurate. I have a total of, I think, eight, and I'm using six of them right now. So I have one hidden in my truck. Yes. I have...

SPEAKER_01: 15:17

Where exactly?

SPEAKER_02: 15:19

I have... a few in different luggage bags that I have. I have one for my keys, my motorcycle keys in particular. So they do come in really handy whenever you

SPEAKER_01: 15:34

just... And you travel a lot, so I would assume. Yeah,

SPEAKER_02: 15:36

yeah. If my bag gets lost, I want to at least know, okay, I'm going to need to make a purchase tonight because it's not coming. And knock on wood, that hasn't happened to me. The one time that my luggage, uh, didn't make it on the plane with me. They took it to my house an hour later on the next flight. So it wasn't, it wasn't a big deal, but I can see it becoming a big deal. So it does come in, in, in handy.

SPEAKER_01: 16:06

Yeah. Um, any other techie stuff that you have on your list?

SPEAKER_02: 16:10

Uh, well I have, I have other, uh, techie stuff, but, um, just for the sake of, of getting into the, to the next category, I, um, Clothing and accessories. Okay, clothing and accessories. This one's a little bit hard. I'm not necessarily into a bunch of fashion and stuff like that. I like quality, especially whenever it comes to shoes.

SPEAKER_01: 16:34

So that's not fashion?

SPEAKER_02: 16:35

Quality isn't fashionable? Well, it's not necessarily the name brand issue. The one that I'm going to state is some nice sunglasses.

SPEAKER_01: 16:48

Okay.

SPEAKER_02: 16:49

Some nice quality sunglasses. To me, the quality doesn't necessarily equate to a name brand, because I know there's some company based out of Italy or something that is essentially producing all of these via China. But having a nice quality pair of sunglasses that... the optics are really clean when you're, uh, when you're driving. Okay. Uh, so for, for me in particular, I don't, I don't like the really dark shade, uh, the really dark shades, uh, that come into play, especially like if you enter into a, uh, a room or enter indoors, it becomes really dark where you can't see. And I know I take off my glasses, right. But I, I like the lighter tents, uh, that still, uh, have the effect of reducing the sun ray beating

SPEAKER_01: 17:43

down on me. The ones you were wearing at the last podcasting, you were really dark. You're like freaking Stevie Wonder over there with the headphones. It's

SPEAKER_02: 17:51

because I was about to bust out the harmonica and start playing.

SPEAKER_01: 17:55

But I agree. I personally don't... And these gifts, we should have probably said this, are gifts that men will not buy for themselves. Like I am not spending...$150 on sunglasses. I'm sorry. I'm never going to do that. But I do have a pretty good pair of Ray-Bans that I got as a gift. I don't know how much they were, but I assume it's more than I would pay because I ain't buying them. I normally buy your$15 Amazon dark shades. And the reason I started doing that because I wear them when I ride the bike and I have lost them on the road and I don't want to lose them. A hundred dollars sunglasses. If it's$15, then I'll just pull over to the next gas station, go to the little rack right there, grab the next ones and then keep going. Cause you do need, you need, you need shades.

SPEAKER_02: 18:49

Yeah. Yeah. I remember losing some Maui gyms. I was at BJ's BJ's restaurant. This was years ago. I had just bought those glasses. I loved them and left them at the table. Got to the car and was like, oh, I forgot my sunglasses. Went inside. Oh, no, I didn't see them. Oh, man. What a gut punch. That is so dirty. Years later, I had some Tumi's that I had picked up. Really loved them. Had people that would say, hey, can I buy them off of you? And I'm like, no, because I found out that they were discontinued, so they weren't going to make any more. But lo and behold, I left them outside at my brother's house. He had some people working on his house. And once again, they disappeared and went to the backyard where those guys were. No, we didn't see anything. Oh, my God. Apple AirTag, if

SPEAKER_01: 19:45

it fits on some glasses, it'd be perfect. Well, if they have the new shades, they can take video.

SPEAKER_02: 19:52

You can see who took them. I put some of those on, so maybe this isn't a pro tip, but those of you that have an FSA account, for many of you, it's going to kick in January 1st. Maybe you need to spend what's left in your FSA, so would you consider gifting yourself a pair of nice shades if it Fell in your FSA. Yeah. Yeah. Same, same here. Mine, mine would have prescription and I would, I would get it done.

SPEAKER_01: 20:20

Nice. Okay. So anything else on there?

SPEAKER_02: 20:23

Well, no, let me, let me kick it over to you on that clothing and accessories.

SPEAKER_01: 20:28

I do agree with the, with the shades, with clothing and accessories. I can't think of something right off the bat. Like my list is pretty much stuff that, that accessorizes kind of your, your vices. Yeah. But as far as clothing, I know I'm pretty particular. I'm not pretty particular. Like I wear the same thing I wore when I was a senior in high school, you know, Levi's blue jeans and a black t-shirt or, you know, just when it's, when it's on the weekend. But the shades is something that I wouldn't, I would never buy. That's an excellent one. I didn't even think about that. Yeah. But yeah, no, no, I'm good. I think mine more on a long line for just other stuff, like the tech stuff. Oh, I'll take this back. I just bought this. There's a company out there that's called Mighty Hanks, right? And it's a handkerchief, but it's a mini handkerchief. Now, I carry a handkerchief all the time, like every day. And I started doing it. When I graduated from college, because I always saw my grandfather have a handkerchief, those white ones. I don't know if you're a grandfather. No. Yeah, there's white handkerchiefs. Like, all my uncles have them. Like, they kind of put them in their back pocket. The purpose? Sweat? It's for sweat. It's for blowing your nose. It's for just whatever,

SPEAKER_02: 21:55

right? But you would want to keep that in your pocket?

SPEAKER_01: 21:57

Yeah, they do. I don't. But I started carrying it because I thought it looked cool. And then it's just for wiping off sweat or stuff like that. Or if you... um, cut yourself or you need something that, you know, to kind of squeeze on to, or, and then when we had kids, uh, I could see that they're snotty all the time, man, you look over and they're freaking in, you know, yeah, you carried around a little bag and it has wipes and all, but I, sometimes you don't have that handy and you have to. And so with my kids, you know, I would open it up, kind of clean their nose, you know, fold it back. Cause it's, it's a whole method, right? You open it and then you do the middle, then you fold it that way. All the stuff is inside. So, but when the kids got older, you know, you don't really use it. It's the purpose kind of minimizes it. Like there's not a lot of purpose for it now. Like I don't blow my nose on it. Cause that's, you know, kind of gross. It's kind of off. Right. Yeah. But this mighty Hanks is, it looks, it has a design on the backside. It looks kind of cool. It, it, it could look like a regular bandana or it could have a design, but on the inside, it's, It's a cloth that you can wipe your glasses or your sunglasses. And I thought, I was like, that's

SPEAKER_02: 23:10

genius. Yeah, that does. Because I know I purposely purchased some sunglass wipes and I threw some in my truck. Yes. I threw some inside the house. Where's the other plate? Oh, I put some in a backpack and I put some in my, in my luggage so that I have that because it does come in really handy. And what's funny about the, the, the handkerchief, even though I don't, I've never really carried a handkerchief other than maybe a pocket square closest thing. But I, I hoard napkins. So most of the time if I can grab a couple of napkins, there's, Probably a few in my pocket that haven't been used, but I keep them handy. I have some in my truck. I do too. I

SPEAKER_01: 23:57

carry all kinds of napkins in the truck. But it

SPEAKER_02: 23:59

scratches sunglasses, so.

SPEAKER_01: 24:00

Yeah. But this, I thought, and I've known about this company for a good five years, and I've never really gotten up to buying one because, you know, it's. What's the price point on them? It's 20 bucks. Okay.$21 a thing. For a. Handkerchief, it's expensive, right? It's kind of dumb, but if it's on Amazon, I'm probably more likely to buy it.

SPEAKER_02: 24:27

But you've got to cancel that

SPEAKER_01: 24:29

subscription like I do. So instead of going to the company and paying them directly, which is what I did this time. I was like, you know what? I'm going to go ahead and do it because they're cool, and I want to try them out. And it's$20. If I went somewhere and they were outside, I'd have bought it because it's a great idea. But that would be my, what was the category? Clothing and accessories. Clothing and accessories. I think that would be kind of cool. So Mighty Hanks, check them out. What's your other topic? What's your other

SPEAKER_02: 25:01

category? Next category is going to be outdoor and sports gear.

SPEAKER_01: 25:07

Okay. And I think we touched upon this last time.

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Yeah.

SPEAKER_01: 25:12

with the gym bag. Like I just bought a gym bag. And like I said, Dan, I said, I just went on, on Amazon and did 2024 gym bags. And this gym bag is, is kind of cool because it does have a place to put your shoes. And then on the bottom, it has a zipper and, and it's, it's a plastic covering. So it's anything that's wet. Yeah. All your dirty clothes, keep it from

SPEAKER_02: 25:35

stinking up the rest of the stuff.

SPEAKER_01: 25:37

Right. And now at my gym, you can go grab one of those little, Like you can, if let's say you went swimming, you could put your swimming trunks in this machine and then it dries them out. And then you put them in this bag and that's what I was doing before. But in the backpack I had, man, I thought in the back, you know, in the truck. And then by the end of the day I get on, I was like, man, it just reeks. It reeks. So I thought in the trunk or in the bed of the truck. Well, with this one, I still put them in a bag and then I put them in that zipper and it's a plastic thick bag under it. It's kind of flat. And I just put them in there. So I thought those two were like the best additions because you don't want your shoes kind of mixing with your clothes. Once it gets moist, it's

SPEAKER_02: 26:20

hard to get that stench out.

SPEAKER_01: 26:22

And so that to me is, is, you know, like I said, I hated buying it because I had to buy it. But once I found it, I was like, man, this is, this is a good bag. What do you got?

SPEAKER_02: 26:32

So for outdoor and sports gear, I I'm going to have to go with like, some type of motorcycle accessory. Oh shit. Uh, like we still need to do a motorcycle podcast. We do. In fact, we need to, we need to go for a ride before we, before winter actually comes for San Antonio. So we got about a month and a half, I guess, um, before it gets cold. Um, but I, I think, um, uh, there's so many things there, there is, there is. And, and, I think I'm going to leave it pretty vague because there's just random things out there that can either dress up your motorcycle and or make your riding experience that much more enjoyable. Right. So right now, I think one of the things that I could benefit from, although I have yet to see something that would look sleek on my particular bike, but something to hold just stuff that I'm throwing in a backpack. Yeah. Oh, so, so some saddlebags essentially, but Viking saddlebags. Look at them.

SPEAKER_01: 27:39

Okay. I'll have, I'll have the other thing that they have is, um, it, they call it, it looks like a little bag that goes on your, on your front, uh, handlebars,

SPEAKER_02: 27:50

like a fanny pack, but hey,

SPEAKER_01: 27:52

fanny packs are coming back.

SPEAKER_02: 27:54

I'm going to tell you right now. Not for me. They are coming back. I didn't, I didn't leverage them in the late eighties or nineties whenever they were fashionable. I know my mom, my mom used to, tick me off because oh you should get a fanny pack you can put

SPEAKER_01: 28:06

it no mom and they're not calling them fanny packs anymore they're not calling them that they're calling them uh uh everyday everyday bag they're calling it like a bando bag um i just saw a video the other day of um This guy I follow is Jeremy Sears, if anybody knows. And if you don't, he talks about cigars and whiskey and basically a bunch of guys. I wouldn't trust him if he's got a fanny pack. But he made a good point. And I put it on my Amazon list. It's called the Everly Stock Bando Bag. And it's basically to carry all your EDC stuff, right? You know what? Is that

SPEAKER_02: 28:49

the one that Shannon Sharp has been wearing around? I don't know. So Shannon Sharp, what's funny is on his podcast, I don't remember when it was or who was on there, but he wears a fanny pack and the comedian brought it up and he goes, well, I wouldn't make fun of you because you basically kicked my ass, essentially. So... But it looks like, to me, it's a fanny pack. He's just wearing it across and he's so big that you're not going to tell him anything. I'm not going to tell it.

SPEAKER_01: 29:21

Don't

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listen to this, Shannon.

SPEAKER_01: 29:23

Which was funny is that he was saying, so Jeremy Sears, he has a YouTube channel. You can check him out. He was saying, you know, wear it around your waist. If you wear it crossbody, I'm going to think. No, that's the way Shannon Sharp wears it. I know. And he made fun of that, even though. So fanny pack is something to make fun of, right? Yeah. But then on top of that, if you wear it crossbody, it's even worse. And I'm like, you're already wearing a fanny pack. I mean, how you wear it is kind of up to you. But he didn't quite sell me on it, but I didn't say no automatically. And I'll tell you why, because I do carry a bunch of shit. And my kids make fun of me. My wife is like, can you carry any more stuff on you? I carry a pocket knife, right? I carry the, which some of these would be great gifts.

SPEAKER_02: 30:09

Well, we can do a podcast on what time is it? It has in his pocket and we'll just go one by one.

SPEAKER_01: 30:16

We should do that one day. But I do carry a bunch of stuff on me. And the point that he made that I was like, okay, you kind of got me on there is that in the summer, you don't want to wear jeans. You want to kind of wear shorts, right? And then this stuff weighs your stuff down, like weighs your pockets down. And so he goes, man, throw them in this bandeau bag. Not a fanny pack. Candle bag. And then it keeps it away from you. Hold your lipstick. Yeah, it holds everything. Chapstick, sir. I do carry a stick of chapstick. Why is it colored? Because you need a little shimmer sometimes. But anyway, yeah, for all the listeners out there, don't let... They would shame me with your fanny pack. It's very friendly.

SPEAKER_02: 31:07

Yes, if you want to wear it, go right ahead. It's not hurting

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you. So that would be a good gift. And the Eberly stock bandeau bag is$40, man. Now, I probably won't ever buy it, but, man, you made a good point. But if I got it as a gift, you know what? I might try it out.

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See, like me, I went from carrying a heavy wallet, Part of the reason why I don't carry a knife is just that's another thing to stick in my pocket. I typically will stick my AirPods in my pocket. You can put them in this bag? No, I'm not doing that. They fit in my pocket. They fit in my shorts. And then I downsize my wallet where I'm essentially carrying three cards, and it attaches to the back of my phone and also my truck keys. And my truck keys, I downsized that so it doesn't have any key other than the fob for the truck.

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And then, okay, so, all right. So back to the techie. I know that you have one, and I was researching it at the time, and then I went to your house, and you have the Eufy door. The ring doorbell, essentially. The ring doorbell. And I have one, too, so that eliminated the house key. Yes. Which I thought was great. And then with my kids... Losing house keys left and right. You know, I don't know how many, there's probably like 20 house keys all over this area that are to my house. So if you pick one up that has Yoda or like freaking Pokemon or something, cause they just, you know, they would love, Oh, you know, you go to home Depot and you, and they're like, just pick one. If it has like daisies or flowers, that's probably my daughters, but it did eliminate a lot of the keys. So I do have the keys for work for my office. And then the truck key, um, And I tried to eliminate the house keys. And I might just take them off because I did keep the house key that goes to the lock.

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Just in case. If it were me, I would probably hide that key somewhere.

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We

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have a hideaway key too. Yeah, have your hideaway key tucked somewhere. But I would eliminate the key altogether. I don't know when it was, but I essentially, even whenever I had to have a key for certain things, it was like... okay, I just need the key to the house and the key to the vehicle. And outside of that, I'm eliminating all this other stuff. I'll just hang it somewhere. So when I do need it, I'll go and grab those keys and then do that. And, and I kind of, I don't want to say I fell in love with it, but that's kind of where I gravitated to and have done that sense with, with other stuff. Cause I don't like carrying a bunch of stuff in my pocket. Yes, it could come in handy, but then I also start thinking from a practical standpoint, okay, How many times am I actually going to use this?

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But that's not the question. The question is when you need it, will you have it?

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Yes, because I will call one of you guys and I'd say,

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hey, every time I've

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needed a knife, I'm around like you or Dan. Hey, let me see your knife real quick and cut it open. I give it right back. Let you carry it for me. I carry it all the time.

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So that was, we were on fashion? No.

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No, we were on outdoors and sports

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gear. Okay, so we did that. What's your next topic? Or do you have another one?

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Yeah. Two more categories I have. I have home and lifestyle is the next one. So you have one that you want to throw out there?

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Well, for the home and lifestyle, you know, we kind of mentioned it at the beginning, is do the accessories if you don't know if that person specifically likes this type of whiskey, whatever drink, whatever vice he has, right? Do the accessories. I know there's whiskey flasks, there are glasses. If he smokes cigars, it's hard to get what they smoke. Is it a Maduro? Is it, you know, just your everyday smoke? I can't even tell you what DLH loves to smoke. You should probably tell me a couple of times, but I, you know. So what I'm going to do if I go buy him something, it's a cigar cutter or an ashtray or, you know, a holder, you know, like a two cigar holder or something like that. If you, if you lighters too, I mean, who doesn't need a lighter? Like lighters are just awesome to have. I have one in the truck. I have like a couple here at the house. I have one that you gave me, I think for my birthday that I still use. And I think if you just kind of go around the accessories, I think you'll be, you're better off than, than buying the actual vice, right. Or a cigar or a whiskey. I know, they have the little ice cubes, you know, the ball ice cubes, I guess, that you have the little molds that you just pour water in it and put it in your freezer.

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Yeah, FYI on those. So I have the spear molds, and then I had a cube mold. I left the cube mold at one of the bro's brother's house a couple of Thanksgivings ago, actually. And I would tell anybody that's thinking of the spears, just know that you have to put your water on the bottom or the bottom plate of the mold. So the hard plastic is the bottom, right? Okay. You fill it up and then you put the silicone mold over the top. And then you have to have, you use this little funnel and you have to put the water in that little funnel. And it's just kind of a pain. Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Unless you're dead set on having a sphere in your drink, I highly recommend just getting the nice cubed one because it's a lot easier to fill up. It's a lot easier to use. It still has, from a utility standpoint, the same thing that you're trying to achieve with the sphere. The sphere does look really cool, and they even have the skeleton or… The skull. Right. They have those type molds, which are really cool. What is it called? It's only a novelty for so long. It's a spear.

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What is it called? What is the item called? Ice mold. Ice mold. Okay. I guess I'll have to look at it because I haven't seen those.

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Yeah, they're really cheap. You can pick them up for less than$10 for the most part. Are you saying sphere or spear? Sphere. I'm sorry. Sphere. Yeah, sorry. Okay. Totally.

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Oh, okay, I see them. I got it. Yeah, those are cool. I actually watched a whole video on how to get your ice balls super clear. You have to go through a whole freaking process. Well,

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the easiest, although it's not 100% all the time, but you just use some distilled water. And if you do that, you're more likely to achieve it. And there is a machine out there. I don't remember how much that machine was, but I thought, oh, that'd be really cool to have. But once again, another gadget that I'm sticking on the kitchen counter that's got to stay there. Am I really going to use it or is it going to be like, eh? It's something cool to have. People will be like, man, that's awesome. But if you get the nice cubed, the nice big cube silicon mold, those achieve the same result. and are a lot easier to pour, a lot easier to just throw in the distilled water and throw it in the freezer.

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Now, some of this stuff is fairly cheap. You can get up there in price on some of this other stuff. I know one thing that I saw that I thought was really cool, and I'm probably never going to buy because it's in the$100 range. It's basically a display case for your watches or a display case for your knives. I have a shitload of knives. There's probably like 20 of them. So I'd pick probably like the 10 best ones. But they look awesome. And then it has a glass cover where you can see them. And then so it keeps the dust away, that type of stuff. Because anytime you lay anything anywhere, it's going to collect dust. So it has a glass cover on it. Holmes and Hatfield, I think, is the one that I saw. It's basically an organizer, and it has little drawers so we can have the other stuff. But if you have a bunch of watches, I know some people have like three or four watches. They just kind of collect watches.

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I would fall into that category until the Apple Watch came along. Really? Once the Apple Watch came along, I kind of ceased doing that. Yeah. Because before that, I would purchase watches that I loved the look, loved the feel. Yeah. And... kind of had a collection going for a little bit, nothing extravagant, nothing like Rolexes and your, your high end 10,000 plus dollars.

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So, so you wouldn't have like, like your Apple watch cases show. I had to, so for my, for the listeners out there, I was shamed by, by David. I'd just gotten an Apple watch and I didn't want to do the band that comes with it, you know, cause I didn't like it. I don't like it. And so I just bought a, cheap ass one from amazon it was probably like five dollars seven dollars yeah i have a few

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of those are you talking about dlh for me

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no you

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oh did

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i yeah so i think we went to dallas for some reason i don't know why it's a but we were we drove up there i think maybe for the niners game i don't know one of those times we had driven we'd driven up to dallas and of course i didn't take my charger And then I take my watch. No, it was one of the Spartan races. I take my watch off. I said, hey, David, you have that charger? He goes, yeah. I said, can you charge my watch? He's like, yeah, I'll do it. He's like, dang, bro, why you got this cheap-ass band? I said, because I haven't decided which route I want to go, but I know I don't like that one. So I just bought a cheap one just to kind of tide me over until I make a, I'm going to spend 40 bucks on this thing. And actually, I never did it. My wife ended up buying this one, and it came with two. And one was like a chrome one and a black one. So if I ever bought that organizer, I'd just have all these Apple bands on it. Because I really only have two watches, one that my wife bought several years ago that I actually want to get back to. Cause I was going to do away with Apple watches. Like I'm, I'm going to go, you know, I'm going to be off the, off the grid, you know? And then Christmas rolls around. My wife buys me another Apple. Now I can't, you know, I can't like, I have to get back on. Cause I can't, you know, my general rule when I receive gifts is that I have to keep it. Right. Yeah. I have to use it. I have to, um, some people will re gift stuff. I don't do that. I just think it's, It's my own personal thing.

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Same with me.

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I know my son bought me a little holder, a little leather, Leatherman holder. And it's kind of, it's kind of a little bit bigger than I'm used to. And so he was probably like six. No, no, I take that back. I remember like seven and eight. And he really thought about it. Like he, you know, seriously looked at different options and, and bought me one. And, and when I saw it, I was like, this is really cool. And then I put it on my shelf. Right. And then, you know, a couple of weeks after Christmas, you know, like a three or four weeks, he's like, dad, do you not like your gift? And I was like, well, yeah, I love it, son. I mean, it's really great. It's thoughtful. You kind of, you nailed it. This is great. He goes, but, but you don't use it. I was like, dang it. And then, so I started using it from then on. I never took it off. Partly because, you know, you kind of, you know, you don't want to break your kid's heart. You know what I'm saying? But, I do. I love it. I love it because it does take stuff out of your pocket. So then I put my, my Leatherman in there. It has a space for a pen and then it has another space for like a, a small little flashlight. So I did, I had all three other than that word every day, word to work, you know, and, and, and it's just, it just became part of what I do, but it was partly because he's like, what's up hey dog i just spent like

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that's whenever you take the knife and you slightly start cutting it up on the side

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oh it broke on me i'm sorry

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i that's it's irreplaceable i'm just gonna go back to this oh my god uh do you have some for um home and lifestyle home and life no i i think uh you you kind of hit the nail on the head i i think um For a home and lifestyle too, another accessory that I think fits really well with most men is those that are into barbecuing. Yes. Not necessarily trying to dip into how they should spice the meat that they're cooking or anything like that. You don't want to get into that unless you know specifically what it is that they like. Yeah. Better case is maybe some tongs or a meat thermometer or just things that enhance that experience for that person.

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Or that infrared thing where you could tell the temperature of the meat. Yeah. What is it called? I don't know what it's called. A sensor or

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whatever? Yeah. I'm not sure what that one in particular, but it's essentially like a meat thermometer device. That beeps you whenever they're Bluetooth enabled and

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all that other stuff. Yeah, because anytime you read instructions, it's like, make sure it gets to 120 degrees Fahrenheit. I'm spending like$400 just to cook this damn turkey. Anybody got that?

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I think those are solid pieces to get. Especially when you're not spot on sure what

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it is that they drink or like. And this goes for almost anything. Stick with the accessories. Or

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anything to enhance what they currently do.

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Correct. I know it's easy to just go get a gift certificate to Academy. And that's never going to be looked down upon. I know a friend of mine, a really close friend of mine, I gave him a gift certificate for Christmas. We were coworkers at the time. And he's like, why are you doing this? And I was like, man, it's Christmas. I just thought I'd give you something. He's like, bro, next time, just give me the cash. You can spend it anywhere. I said, now I got to go to academies. I was like, man, what the hell?

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Well, the

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other

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thing, too, is you end up collecting those dang gift cards. And I know that sometimes you have to. Use up the entire gift card, but your purchase exceeds that, right? Or maybe it's even less.

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You don't want to

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leave$0.10 on the

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card, right?

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You

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buy

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the stick

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of gum right

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there. Yeah, but then that gum with the taxes is now$0.22. So now you're having to shell out something else. The way you do it is

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you're like, this is what I do. Would I buy that? No. But would I buy it if it's...$30 to$40 cheaper. And then you say, yes, because now it's a good deal. So then you use the card and then you pay the rest. But

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I know those retailers are pocketing a lot of that interest money that's just holding. I don't remember. I saw a stat that Starbucks had like millions of dollars all tied up in gift cards that people are not using that gift card.

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And it's a shame. And pro tip on the gift cards, be careful. Because I had a friend of mine tell me, he goes, man, I took a gift card and I'm going to go pay for the stuff. And the little dude or girl at the cash register is like, it doesn't work. And he's like, but I just got it. Like, what's up? He's like, well, it doesn't work. And he's like, well, screw it. I'll just pay for it. And then she tried to keep the card. And he's like, no, no, no. Give me the card back. Yeah. Cause maybe she was saying it doesn't work. So she could just throw it. Yeah. Yeah. Cause you, you would do that. You would like, well then here, take it.

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That's I I've, I've had like, I've had where they, they stole the number or whatever. And it's, it's just a pain. It kind of sucks.

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So then you're, you're, you're saying just give cash instead of a gift card.

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Just give, just give cash to me. I think that's, that, that, that's a lot easier to manage. They can stick it in their pocket or stick it in their bank account and move on with life. All right. What's your next category? The last category I have is hobbies and entertainment. Okay. What do you got? Now, this particular category, I think a gift giver can become the most creative in and could score the biggest points, I would imagine. Okay. Because if you're picking up on cues on things that they like or a hobby or something that really that person finds enjoyable, or you kind of build up all the context clues and you ultimately say, I think Jaime would be into this hobby. I just need to introduce him to it. And that gift could be that door to open, right? Yes. For me... and maybe even for us, I think right now it would be podcast stuff. That was cool. We've been doing this podcast. You bought everything. Well, yeah, I bought everything. Now I just need people to gift me money, gift me cash, gift me all the other things. Yeah, but I think when somebody finds something that they enjoy, I know last year and so forth I still have it, and I do like doing things on it. But the laser engraver, the CNC machine that I bought over the years, I like doing that kind of stuff because whenever I get into it, I get really into it. But then I also taper away from doing anything just because there's not something that I have in my mind that I want to create or want to do or I'm not necessarily pushed to do. But I do like that. creating things um and coming up with things that ultimately i can see the progression of what i've done or didn't do right i like those those types of hobbies

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yeah my wife uh a couple of years ago did um a subscription and it's called master's class

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oh yeah yeah where the the online videos by the masters of that

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yeah and she's like i thought I thought you would, you would enjoy it. And I was like, okay. So I had a yearly subscription for it and I watched so many and I, you know, she nailed it. Like I, at first I was like, Oh, it's okay. But then I started watching them. I watched one on how to write a book, you know, tells you, you know, kind of how to get started. Um, we were playing poker a lot. So, um, the poker kid, he did a, a, a, basically a 40 minute seminar on playing poker and things to look at, which I watched. And so you just pick, and it has, man, so many different topics. Should have

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did that

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Franklin barbecue. Yeah. And barbecue. Well, cause I don't have a grill yet. I was still, you know, from episode three or whatever, I'm still waiting on buying this grill. And, and I think I've settled on what I'm just going to go to charcoal. There you go. And then, and then there's, but this it's heavy wood. It's heavy as hell. So I need to extend my, my, uh, my deck to, to be able to accommodate it. And I need to make sure that it can sit on top of it. Right. Cause it is a big old metal thing. So that's why I haven't grilled and let these like, so if you

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need help moving

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it, get a doctor, get a doctor to help you move. Um, I lost my train of thought. So anyway, um, Yeah, so it's called Master's Class. That's kind of cool. And you can learn about anything, cooking, whatever it is, whatever hobby you want to get into. It probably has it on there. And I enjoyed it. When the year was up, I was like, damn, I was trying to get this one in. But I watched it throughout the year, and that's a good one. The other one, you said hobbies, right? Yes, it's

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hobbies and entertainment.

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Okay. So the other thing, I know that we started playing, well, we have, you know, we play poker tournaments every couple of years. I mean, every couple of months. Like we probably do like three or four a month. And like we were saying before, when people found out that, oh, Jaime likes poker, I started getting a bunch of poker stuff. It may not be the best poker stuff. So just if you're going to buy, if somebody plays poker, you know, and likes playing poker, there's, Don't go buy the bicycle poker deck. I mean, they're paper cards. And if they get wet, inevitably they're going to get wet. I don't think there's been a night where we played poker that somebody did not spill freaking beer on some cards. So just pro tip, get plastic cards. Plastic playing cards. Or you can just play with a fresh deck every time. No, they're terrible. They don't shuffle well. Believe me, there's so many great brands out there. Copag is a great brand. Now, you will pay a little bit more, but they shuffle really well and they last longer than paper cards. I'm going to tell you right now, if your person, significant other, plays poker, kind of stray away from certain poker chips, but that's getting a little too, just if you remember anything, plastic playing cards, that's it. You know, don't get, you know, when you're buying them, ask the guy and make sure they're plastic and it'll say on the cover. Um, but they're, they're better than, than your normal, um, paper cards or whatever. Uh, the other thing is like anything Yeti, like I will accept anything, uh, a Rambler, a little holder, uh, um, you know, their, their coolers, anything like that. I mean, Yeti's a really legit brand. It's, it's really good. Yeah. You can go buy, what is it? What is the other Arctic? Arctic or H-E-B has a brand. Yeah. I don't remember the name, but yeah, but everybody has their clones and they're probably just as good. They are. But you know, sometimes you just want to, I'm going to go ahead. If you're buying, then I'll, I'll get the extra one.

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Yeah.

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Um, let's see what else I have on my list. Um, Oh, tools. I know we talked about tools. Uh, here's, here's one. Um, and, and there's different brands, right? They have Ryobi has their own set of set of tools and batteries, Milwaukee, um, the wall, the wall, they all have their own set. Right. But if you really want to, uh, Get something. And they don't already have it. A tire inflator. Because I know we're in December or tomorrow. And inevitably, your tires are going to be not at the PSI that it needs to be. And the new inflators, you can just go in there and program it to go 41 PSI or 35 PSI or whatever the PSI on your car is. Because this happened to me last week. My wife pulled out of the driveway, pulled back in. She's like, my tires are low. And they were really, really low. They were like 28. And so I'd go, just go grab my little inflator, punch in 35 and, and get her back going. So that to me is like, if you're going to buy one tool and you, one that you will use, especially if you have kids, man, you're always inflating basketballs and footballs and they always need it. So

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the new ones that they make are very portable.

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Yes.

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Um, And it comes with a battery.

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They're really nice. And they're kind of cheap. I mean, especially if you already have that. You're talking about$50. Yeah. And if you already have the battery, then you're in. But there you go. I mean, did we come up with five good ones?

SPEAKER_02: 55:52

Yeah, well, those are the five categories. And then, of course, we had several in between there. I think the bottom line is if you are in the position of potentially purchasing a gift for somebody, I think what– What strikes the biggest chord is whenever you show that you've paid attention to something that they like, do, or live by, or whatever. They have a certain mantra or something. And you'll hit a home run, more likely, whenever it gravitates along the lines of, hey, I paid attention to your interest and see that.

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And for the men, most of our listeners are men. pay attention to your significant other or your wife or both. I thought we were

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just talking man gifts

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here. Yeah, but I'm just saying, like, conversely. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, absolutely. So I think one of the ones that you had that I didn't have is sunglasses. I didn't even think about that because I don't pay for them. But it's kind of weird that I wouldn't buy it for myself, but I think I would buy it for my dad or my brothers.

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Yeah, somebody that you know would– Appreciate it for whatever reason. Or they're not in a position where they would want to. Here's a big example on running shoes. There for years, I was running in$20 Reeboks. Yeah. True story. Nike, but yeah. I was putting in tons of miles running around 2017, 2016. Tons of miles and all on$20 pair of Reebok sneakers that I would buy. I did not know the difference whenever you put on some quality type sneakers. Brooks. And I received a gift card to DSW. There was nothing in there that I wanted from a dress shoe standpoint. So I was like, okay, I'm going to get some sneakers. And I went over to the sneaker aisle or the shoe aisle. Well, sneaker aisle. And... saw that the most expensive ones were these on clouds. The gift card was a hundred dollars. The on clouds were$130. And I was like, okay, I'm, I'm willing to

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sell out like$30.$30 is a good price for a pair of shoes.

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Yeah.

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And a hundred.

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And so I put on those shoes and ran the first time thought, I don't know. But after running on those two or three times, it was like, Oh wow. I, I kind of see the difference. Yes. It's a, It's a different perspective, and it opened that. And that's what you can do as a gift giver is open those doors, kind of like what I was saying on hobbies.

SPEAKER_01: 58:40

No, that's a great point, Mike. I know that when I started running a lot, maybe like 15 years ago, like 2010, 14 years ago, and I did the same thing. I was running with regular ass shoes. My wife then started, she ran in high school, so she knows. So she started researching shoes. And she went from Brooks to Hoka's to Nike Flyknits to just testing every shoe imaginable. And then she settled on the Hoka's. And then she bought me, when she was wearing Nike, she bought me Nike. And then when she went to Hoka's, she bought me Hoka's. Let me tell you, Hoka's, I mean, I'm not paying$180 for them. although I did kind of roundabout pay for it because it was a gift from my wife. But they're really nice. Like, you do, I mean, you know, when you're young, you're like, whatever, man, you know. But they do make a difference. They do, you know, conversely, right? Well, not conversely, but in addition to buying your shoes, one thing I did for my brother, my oldest brother, the ultimate alpha male, right? I go, man, I know this man is on his feet all the time, and I know I'm not on my feet, and my feet hurt sometimes at times. i bought him uh some uh ufos they're like um recovery shoes yeah recovery shoes and they they feel like sponge actually i'm wearing them right now um and i bought it for him and of course my brother is like i didn't get it like hey man thanks for this it was nothing like that so anyway his wife calls me or texts me she's like he loves him he loves him and i love him I love him so much, I made him buy me some. Because they do feel so good. And these shoe stores, they're like, you just bought the Hocus. You need recovery shoes. And I know it's a scam, but it works. So anyway, my brother, I got him a pair of shoes, and he ended up buying some for his wife. And then his nephew, because his nephew plays sports. And he was over, and he tried them on, and he loved them. And so he ended up buying... I think his nephew's a Mufos too. And he's like, man, thanks for the gift, but you cost me another$300. Stop doing that shit. So yeah. Okay. So we have sunglasses. Um, if you're going to buy stuff for whiskey cigars, stick around the accessories, lighters, cutters, uh, ashtrays, flasks, that type of stuff, because people are, you know, have different tastes. Um, The other stuff is like, you know, some tools, your inflators, your Leatherman stuff, tech gadgets. I think you kind of.

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Yeah, I highlighted the Apple Watch or essentially like a smart watch, something that can almost the multi-tool for your body.

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Yeah. Now, the other thing, these are, I think those cover mostly most, man, because you're either real techie or real kind of, you know, You're into tools and stuff like that. And this covers everything in between. You got the handkerchiefs for the people that are kind of a little fancier and the glasses and the watches. Then you have the tools and other stuff for the people that are more hands-on. So did we come up with a... Board approval?

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With a board approval. So minus the fanny pack that was mentioned today. I don't know, man. I think we need to put it in there. Minus the fanny pack. I don't want to shame... I would vote... To board approve the other gifts.

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Okay. So board approve accessories for whiskey and cigars, right? Stick with the accessories. And barbecue. Yep. Because you don't know. So stick to the accessories for barbecues, cigars, whiskey. And then look at some tech stuff. You know, Apple Watches. What was the other? The tag? Apple tags. Air tags. Air tags.

UNKNOWN: 1:02:41

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01: 1:02:42

And then, you know, sunglasses. I think sunglasses is a really good one. So put sunglasses in there. And I think that covers you. You know, if you want to get into hobbies, you know, I'll put in there plastic playing cards. And then anything Yeti, anything that helps you with drinking a beer. Or anything that opens

SPEAKER_02: 1:03:05

up a new hobby for you. Or talent. Would you say open? There you go. I just introduced you to another beer. You're welcome. Yeah. Don't accept the craft beer that David gets you

SPEAKER_00: 1:03:21

that he got

SPEAKER_01: 1:03:21

for$2.99. No,

SPEAKER_02: 1:03:22

$2.75. And that stuff is good. Really? Yeah, it's been good so far. But you didn't bring it? No, I didn't because I'm

SPEAKER_01: 1:03:31

starting to run thin. I'm mad at you. All right, guys. There you go. Board approved. These are your five, I guess the top five gifts. Sunglasses, accessorizing whiskey and cigars, and then some tools, Leathermans, Ryobi stuff, inflators, Apple, AirTags, and then anything Yeti. Just anything magical. Board approved.

SPEAKER_00: 1:04:02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01: 1:04:05

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