A lightning storm turns into a full-on emergency: the hosts describe constant bolts, power flickers, and a strike that blew out a nearby ceiling, forcing evacuations and even firefighters busting down doors to find a fire inside the walls. Between generator plans, storm prep, and cleanup, the conversation pivots to being trolled by a child online—who ultimately teaches them “It is not about the stuff you have / It's about the experiences.”
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"...nd of just raining a little bit then and not very windy and I went into the shop to get the generator an..."
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The Renault Wind is a small, two-seat roadster-style car designed for open-air driving with a compact footprint. It’s the kind of car that often gets mentioned in casual conversations because it’s distinctive and weather-dependent—like when someone is talking about rain or wind conditions. In the podcast context, it sounds like it came up during a discussion of a trip or moment where the weather mattered.
"For the vast majority of the world. You're filling up your your uh military six by six with the trash from your backyard"
“Six by six” means the truck has six wheels and all of them help drive the vehicle. It’s usually used on trucks meant for rough terrain because it grips better.
“Six by six” describes a 6-wheel-drive configuration where the vehicle has three axles and all six wheels are powered. That kind of drivetrain is common on off-road and military-style trucks because it provides better traction on loose or uneven ground.
"I took a load of scrap in in my wife's dump truck. They'll forward at 350
Because we had the changley load of scrap in there from our backyard monster truck show."
Scrap is old metal you’re saving to recycle. In this case, it’s the metal the host hauls away and replaces with new steel.
Scrap refers to discarded metal or other recyclable material collected for recycling or resale. Here, the host loads scrap into the dump truck and later plans to buy new steel for home railings.
Car
2024 electric mini truck
"This is a 2024 electric mini truck or neighborhood car
I got it almost two years ago and just drive it around our subdivision
This is basically an enclosed golf cart top speed is 30 to 35"
They’re talking about a small electric vehicle meant for short, local driving. It’s basically like a tiny truck or neighborhood car that doesn’t go very fast—more like 30 to 35 mph.
The speaker is describing a 2024 electric mini truck that’s used like a neighborhood vehicle. These small EVs are often “micro-trucks” or enclosed neighborhood cars designed for short trips, typically at low speeds (here, about 30–35 mph).
Term
generator and the water pumps
"I've tried everything. I'm like, what if you remove
The generator and the water pumps and all the stuff they're not supposed to import"
They’re suggesting taking out parts like a generator and water pumps. The idea is that changing what’s installed could change how the vehicle is treated under the rules for importing it.
The speaker is talking about removing components like a generator and water pumps to change how the vehicle is classified for import rules. In practice, that kind of component swap can affect whether a vehicle meets the requirements for a particular category.
"Electric cars from china's are
The highest tariff there is right. It's like 100 plus"
A tariff is a tax on things brought in from another country. If the tariff is high, the imported car costs more, and that can make it harder to bring in.
A tariff is a tax placed on imported goods. Here, the speaker says Chinese electric cars face very high tariffs (they mention “100 plus”), which increases the cost and can discourage importing.
Term
electric cars from china's
"They technically because
Electric cars from china's are
The highest tariff there is right. It's like 100 plus"
They’re talking about electric cars made in China and why it can be hard to import them. The government rules and taxes can make it complicated to bring them in legally.
The speaker is referring to Chinese-made electric vehicles and the trade barriers that affect importing them. In this context, they’re tying it to tariffs and import requirements that can make it hard to legally bring these cars into the country.
"You need to pass all these certifications. They basically make it impossible to bring them in right"
They mean the legal approvals a vehicle has to pass before it can be sold or used. The speaker is saying the paperwork/testing requirements are so strict that it becomes nearly impossible to import.
The speaker is describing regulatory certifications required before imported vehicles can be sold or used legally. They imply these compliance steps are so difficult that they effectively block imports of certain Chinese electric vehicles.
"...think they call an enclosed mobility scooter or a golf car. Yeah, and that's how we get them right The f..."
The Volkswagen Golf is a small car made for everyday driving, usually in a hatchback body style. Sometimes people also say “golf car” to mean a small mobility vehicle, so the podcast may be talking about that mix-up. Either way, it’s a car name most people recognize.
The Volkswagen Golf is a compact hatchback that’s known for being practical and easy to live with day to day. In a podcast context, it may come up because people often use “golf car” as a casual nickname for small enclosed mobility vehicles, so it’s likely being referenced as a point of confusion or wordplay. It’s a common, widely recognized model, which makes it a frequent topic in everyday car discussions.
"The changley's I think they call an enclosed mobility scooter or a golf car. Yeah, and that's how we get them right"
They’re saying the vehicle is probably treated like a mobility scooter or a golf cart. That matters because the rules for importing/selling scooters and golf carts can be different from rules for regular cars.
The speaker claims the “Changley” vehicle is likely classified as an enclosed mobility scooter or a golf car. Those categories can have different regulatory and import pathways than full passenger cars, which is why classification matters for getting them in.
"Uh, what's cool about this is top speed is 30 to 35 miles per hour depending on how much weight is in it
So that's pretty sick that they've actually been using it to haul stuff around the neighborhood"
They’re quoting the vehicle’s maximum speed. On small electric vehicles, carrying more weight can reduce how fast it can go.
The “top speed” range is a key performance spec for low-speed electric vehicles, because it’s typically limited by motor power, controller settings, and battery voltage. The mention that it varies with weight highlights how payload affects acceleration and maximum speed under load.
"There you go, and it's 72 volt five kilowatt hours. So it's actually way better than the other one changley"
“72 volt” is the battery’s electrical system voltage. “Five kilowatt hours” (kWh) tells you how much energy the battery holds, which is one big factor in how long it can run.
“72 volt” refers to the battery system’s electrical voltage, which affects how the motor controller and power electronics are designed. “Five kilowatt hours” (kWh) is the battery’s energy capacity—how much total electrical energy it can store for driving.
"We've ever had but it is a
Real-wheel drive. Well, I mean I didn't expect it to be four-wheel drive."
They’re talking about which wheels get power. More driven wheels usually means better traction, especially on rough or slippery ground.
“Real-wheel drive” here is describing a drive setup where power is sent to the wheels rather than being a simple single-drive configuration. In practice, it’s being contrasted with expectations about whether it’s four-wheel drive, which matters for traction and how the vehicle handles on uneven surfaces.
"You want to diesel swap it with me?
diesel swap it
That looks pretty cool, right?"
A “diesel swap” is when someone replaces the original engine with a diesel engine. It’s a big project that usually requires lots of extra parts and work to make everything work together.
A “diesel swap” means replacing the vehicle’s original powertrain (often electric or gasoline) with a diesel engine and the associated fuel, cooling, wiring, and drivetrain components. It’s a major modification that can change weight distribution, torque delivery, and how the vehicle is maintained.
Term
micro camper
"“...That actually kind of looks cool a little micro camper on it...”"
A micro camper is a very small camping setup. It’s usually built to be simple and compact, and in this conversation they’re talking about it like a platform you could modify.
A “micro camper” is a small, lightweight camper setup—often built on a compact chassis or utility vehicle—intended for minimal, budget-friendly camping. The discussion treats it like a modular platform where you could potentially change the powertrain (e.g., diesel swap).
Term
kabocha diesel
"“...He still swap it with a kabocha diesel and did you see the wheels? ...you could put a diesel in there. That's what I'm thinking”"
They’re talking about a diesel engine called “kabocha” that someone could put into a small vehicle. A “swap” means replacing the original engine with a different one, usually to change fuel type and driving behavior.
“Kabocha diesel” is referenced as a diesel engine option that could be swapped into a small micro-camper/golf-cart-style vehicle. The key idea is an engine swap: replacing the original powerplant with a different engine type (here, diesel) to change how it runs and what parts you need.
"“...He still swap it with a kabocha diesel... Yeah, you could put a diesel in there. That's what I'm thinking”"
An engine swap means putting a different engine into a vehicle. It’s not just “bolt it in”—you often have to change parts and connections so everything works together.
An engine swap is the process of removing one engine and installing a different one, which can require custom mounts, wiring changes, fuel system updates, and sometimes drivetrain adjustments. In this segment, the swap is discussed as swapping in a diesel engine into a small vehicle.
Brand
timu
"“...I bet you could get one of those on timu too”"
They’re mentioning an online shopping site where you can buy these kinds of parts or vehicles. The point is that listings can be confusing about what’s actually made where.
“timu” is referenced as a marketplace where you might find the same kind of small diesel-powered equipment/vehicles. The automotive relevance here is that these platforms often sell imported, rebranded parts where engine origin claims can be unclear.
"“...On my new video the the testing the cafe racer that I got on amazon...”"
A cafe racer is a motorcycle style that looks stripped-down and sporty, often with a more aggressive posture. People often build them from parts, so who actually makes the base bike can be a big deal.
A “cafe racer” is a motorcycle style associated with stripped-down, sporty road bikes—typically with a more aggressive riding position and minimalist bodywork. The host is labeling a bike’s origin (and getting corrected), which matters because cafe racers are often built from aftermarket parts or imported platforms.
"“...the testing the cafe racer that I got on amazon...”"
They’re saying they bought the motorcycle on Amazon. The relevance is that online marketplaces often sell imported bikes, so the brand/origin details may not be straightforward.
“Amazon” is mentioned as the source for a cafe racer the host tested. For enthusiasts, the key takeaway is that big marketplaces can carry imported motorcycles and parts, sometimes with inconsistent branding or origin details.
Brand
vivore venom
"“...What's vivore is? ...it's one of them. It's vivore venom. I think I would make a lot more sense if it was venom”"
They’re trying to figure out the exact name of the motorcycle brand/model—“vivore venom.” The point is that with imported bikes, the branding can be confusing and people may correct each other in the comments.
“vivore venom” (as spoken) appears to be the brand/model name the host is trying to identify for a motorcycle. The discussion highlights how easy it is to misread or mishear brand names on imported bikes, and how commenters may correct the origin/company.
Brand
Suronster
"Suronster has three
2774.0s] And I'm like Suronster is a lot more successful youtuber than me is what I'm thinking"
“Suronster” sounds like a YouTube channel or creator name. Here, they’re just talking about who’s more popular, not reviewing a car.
“Suronster” appears to be a creator/channel name being referenced in the episode. In this context, it’s used as a comparison for social media success rather than as a specific vehicle or product.
"The magazine has like one page about a pit bike like every four episodes every four issues
[3059.1s] Yeah, you know, they have the rest of the magazines dedicated to four fifties"
A pit bike is a small dirt bike made for track areas near the pits. It’s usually meant for short, fun rides rather than normal street use.
A pit bike is a small motorcycle designed for riding in and around a racetrack “pit” area. They’re typically lightweight, lower-powered, and used for short laps or practice rather than street driving.
Term
four fifties
"[3059.1s] Yeah, you know, they have the rest of the magazines dedicated to four fifties
[3067.2s] It's both I mean it is also the pinnacle for the kid. It's like wow, that's the best bike there is"
“Four fifties” is a nickname for motorcycles in a certain engine-size category. It’s basically a quick way to say how big/powerful the bike is.
“Four fifties” is slang for 450cc-class motorcycles (often referring to engine displacement). In pit-bike and dirt-bike culture, people use these shorthand engine-size names to quickly describe the bike’s power class.
"Yeah, like all the cars that like weren't released in this country like all those cool european cars and lanceas and stuff like
[3094.7s] I didn't know anything about it until I was an adult and I'm like dang these things are sick like e36 wagons"
“E36” is the code name for a BMW 3 Series from the 1990s. A wagon version is the same basic car, but with extra cargo space and a long roof—something fans like because it’s fun to customize.
“E36” refers to the BMW 3 Series generation from the 1990s. An “E36 wagon” is the wagon body style of that generation, which is especially popular with enthusiasts because it’s a practical platform that can be modified for a more aggressive look and feel.
"I was like wow. Yeah, and I was like
[3108.8s] And it was clean and it had it was slammed with wheels
[3113.7s] Like man, I want to get one of these cool cars and just ruin it"
“Slammed” means the car sits very low to the ground. People usually do this to make it look more aggressive, often along with bigger or different wheels.
“Slammed” is car-culture shorthand for lowering a vehicle’s ride height so the body sits close to the ground. When someone says it’s “slammed with wheels,” they’re usually pointing to an aggressive stance—often paired with aftermarket wheels and suspension changes.
"Yeah, they had like the chevron tread
[3141.0s] No, it's a motorcycle. Oh, it's a two-wheel drive motorcycle, right? Oh, right. Yeah
[3146.6s] Yeah, that was like"
A two-wheel drive motorcycle powers both wheels instead of just the back wheel. That can help it grip better, especially on wet or slippery ground.
A two-wheel drive motorcycle sends power to both the front and rear wheels, improving traction compared with a typical rear-wheel-drive setup. It’s a specialized drivetrain concept that can help on slippery surfaces or during hard acceleration.
"Yeah, they had like the chevron tread
[3141.0s] No, it's a motorcycle. Oh, it's a two-wheel drive motorcycle, right?"
Chevron tread describes a tire tread pattern made of V-shaped “chevrons.” It’s commonly associated with off-road or traction-focused tires because the shape can help channel debris and improve grip.
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Welcome to the scent and bent podcast. We just had a huge storm roll in and we all experienced it a little differently, but
Steven had a
Quite a situation. So I think we should start there
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Yeah, huge lightning storm was rolling in. I knew it. It was forecasted, but it was a really weird weather pattern
I don't know if you guys noticed it was coming in from the southeast as like a straight line
Normally storms here roll in from the west. So I was extra excited. I was like, oh, this is gonna be a big one
I was outstanding in my baseball field across from the street from my house
Just filming the lightning having fun and I'm kind of sensitive to lightning
That's a story for another time, but this ended up being my fourth close call like very close call
So I'm filming it. I could feel it kind of coming in and I'm like, okay
It's time to go inside. I finally go inside my girlfriend was like kind of scared our cats were a little bit scared
And I'm like, I got to go out. I got to get one more shot. It's just so sick
I need one more shot. So I go out there to film it and you have your big camera out or you know
I I was just filming with my phone. Okay. It didn't seem like it was worth risking my nice equipment
Yeah, but your life, you know, yeah, so I also I'm still a little bit in a daze from all of this
But what basically ended up happening is I was filming
There's like beautiful sunset and we could probably insert the clip here
But like beautiful sunset and all of a sudden just flash bang lightning hit the apartments like directly across from me
It's associated all with the same building
And at first I didn't realize that like it was gonna be a disaster
I was like, oh, and I'm like filming myself like ho-ho-ho like running through the rain
I'm in a tank top. So I finally get back inside and Alyssa was real furious with me
She's like, I told you to come back in that one sounded like it hit us and at this point
I still didn't realize lightning had hit our building
But it straight up blew a hole in the ceiling of the building directly adjacent to where I live
So I I get in the bed our cats are freaking out and we're kind of just sitting there our powers flickering Wi-Fi goes out
It's this whole situation and I'm like looking out the window and a notification on my phone pops up because I was filming out
The window and notification pops up and Alyssa reads it
It's our friend with a police scanner and he's just giving us live updates as what's going on because we're all nerdy about this
I mean, it's an awesome storm one of the updates was I probably shouldn't say the name of the street that I live on but
He lists my street name and he's like multiple structure fires
EMS on their way and literally as we're reading that out loud. It's like fire truck fire truck police cars EMS
I'm like, oh, no, I better go see what's going on
So I'm still having fun at this point
I go outside and my neighbor is running around in a panic and she's like I forget the neighbor's name already
But like so-and-so's place got struck by lightning. They're evacuating everybody. It's an emergency like go get your stuff and get out of here
So I'm like, oh, oh, no, so I walk back inside and I just calmly tell Alyssa
I'm like hi not to alarm you but you need to quickly gather up as much as you can like we're being evacuated
And she actually took me seriously
I mean, it's along the lines of my sense of humor to do something like that
But like not in a real emergency so we immediately empty this tote
We throw our cats in this tote because we couldn't find like our cat carrier
I'm looking for my passport my hard drives all this stuff and she very calmly gathers everything up
And she's like, all right, I'm gonna go see if any of our neighbors need help. So we go back out
Firefighters are everywhere. We could see smoke billowing out of the building like I mean four units down from us
I'm like, oh, this is like really bad and everything else is such a blur ended up being yeah real late night
But I texted you guys at some point. I was like, oh, yeah, no, I'm being evacuated
Well, but first the funny part is how you said it because we were just texting back and forth about the storm
You sent the clip which was very unclear what was actually happening
It was just a clip of lightning very near to you, but you couldn't see really anything
Yeah, so you sent that to us and then like a few minutes later. You just said my building is on fire lol
There was no context to know that it had been struck, but I was like, I mean probably I was like, wait, are you serious?
Yeah, how did that even happen to be completely honest?
I don't know why I was texting you guys in the midst of this emergency, but I was like, oh, this is fun
Some time between like when you responded. Yeah, exactly like to give the listeners
idea of proximity it's like
Apartments in a one
town block sized lot and there's
There's Steven's row and then the other row, but they're all connected. They're all in the same HO a and then there's a field like
100 feet from there well and the row between the two apartments is not like
Between the buildings yeah, so the actual bolt that hit is like
15 feet from your house and you were within 50 feet of yeah
I was in about 50 feet of where the bolt itself hit you happen to be filming a selfie for our little group chat
Hit yeah, yeah, like you would have you're very very close to filming yourself being hit by lightning
Yeah, you know what the bummer is is if you did actually film yourself get hit by lightning
There wouldn't even be footage because the iPhone. Yeah
I'm really glad I didn't get hit. I mean the
The worst part would you be you being hit but like yeah, wouldn't even be recorded because your phone would have just been
Yeah, it was it was very interesting night though is quite exciting because a lot of my
Neighbors like they got rushed out of their houses by the police and they were just out there in their bath robes and slippers and it is pouring rain
There's still lightning all overhead
So Alyssa was going around giving people jackets and for some reason we weren't like strictly evacuated from our place
Well, you're in the most of our other neighbors were the one directly adjacent to us was the police would not let them go back in their unit
No, that was interesting
So we start sheltering some of our neighbors in our place and then there's all these
Unaccounted for people because they're all like in our place like shivering and cold and they're like could you call my daughter?
I need to be picked up and like most of them are elderly and like don't really know what's going on
And then they're asking us these questions like do you think I can go back to my apartment tonight?
And I was like, I'm sorry ma'am, but your apartment's on fire
Probably you can't go back to your apartment
but then the the firefighters are going door-to-door and
They're busting down doors of people who don't answer because the fire was inside the walls and they couldn't locate it for a few hours
So it was actually kind of scary because we could see the smoke building out
It seems like it should be obvious
But they were in and out of every single unit on that side of the building just busting down doors
Like using their scanners trying to figure out what's going on
More on that later because that came back to haunt me again a few days later
Yeah, sorry, I lost my train of thought. I'm still a little bit like, you know, if you drank a white monster, you know that feeling in your head
Well, it's so funny is it the through the context of our group chat
It just came out of nowhere because we were all up here at Ethan's and Stephen was like, oh, yeah a big storm coming in and like
For people that don't live in North Idaho. This is not like we live in tornado alley like storms like this never really happened here
Like yeah, well, we'll get like lightning storms, but not like Midwest light. Yeah
That's what I was saying when I was sitting there watching it roll in. I was like, I've never seen it's a Midwest looking storm
Here because normally our thunderstorms are like they'll roll in you get a couple big flashes of lightning
I mean literally like maybe 10 in the whole storm
Yeah, and sometimes they're close and loud and the wind comes in from one direction
It blows through it pours a bunch of rain and it moves on it's gone
This was like 360 lightning all the way around basically constantly for like an hour and what's crazy too is I don't know if you guys saw the
Raider radar, but it was like a straight line of storms all the way from Boise up into Canada
That's it was just cutting across the entire and that's a really weird direction for the weather
So it was funny too because before all this happened I met one of my new neighbors
He's like, hey, what are you guys doing because I'm standing out there with a few of our other neighbors filming the storm come in
He's like, I just moved here. I forget what state he's from
He's like, is this pretty normal and I'm like, no, this is pretty abnormal
And then like later for that whole thing to escalate into us all like being outsider apartments
He's standing there. He's like, this is a fun. Welcome to Idaho
Like they shut our water off for reasons that didn't make sense at the time
But basically they shut the water off because they didn't want sprinklers going off and everyone's units that weren't being affected by the fire
That I'm actually thankful because I literally just finished remodeling and fixing flood damage. Yeah, so
Yeah, ended up being quite a situation
I was out till like I don't even know two or three in the morning and finally it was just me and my immediate neighbor
And we were just making sure everyone was fine that people had a place to go like everyone else went back to sleep
But then I'm like, okay, finally I can go to sleep. So I go back inside and I'm kind of electrified get another knock on the door
It's creme to news and they're like, oh, I hear you have some amazing footage of this storm
So I just sent them that video of the selfie video. There's just bashing on your door at three in the morning
Yeah, and I'm like I'm in a freaking days and then after that I hear another knock and it happened to be on my neighbors door
but it was a firefighter again because someone else was unaccounted for that all of us in our community had like taken care of but
You know, they're just doing their job. Yeah, but yeah, so it ended up being yeah, pretty freaking late night. Yeah
No, it was crazy. I'm probably leaving out details that are entertaining. Well, you can you know
Yeah, because for me it was like the you were saying all a storm comes might come in, you know, and then I'm
On my way home and I'm you know, just chillin and there's no everything looks pretty normal and
The neighbor knocks on my door and he was like, you have any sunroofs and I was like sunroofs
I was like, yeah, I guess we have one and he was like, it's not above your bed. Is it? Oh, you mean a skylight?
Yeah, I was like
In your car that work
And I was like I was like, uh, no, it's above the shower
He's like, oh, well at least the glass won't fall on you then and I was like, what are you talking about?
He's like, oh, we're gonna get 70 mile an hour winds and it can hail like inch-sized hail and I was like inch
So we like cleaned out our garage and parked my wife's car in the garage because it's nicer than my car
And we only have room for one and then I just went and parked my truck under a tree
And then I was like, well if the winds blow over the tree
Did any of you guys see any hail because I saw that forecast, but I didn't see any hail at all
I didn't either. No, yeah, I was outside the whole night and didn't see any yeah
Yeah, I think they although to the west of us. So I have a friend who's really into storm chasing
He'd been texting me about this storm for a few days because I'm coming out your way
It's gonna be awesome. Like he just got back from tornado chasing. So he kind of knows what's going on
But yeah, he he was in a pretty big hail storm just about a hundred miles west of us. Wow, so it could have hailed
It could have been I think I saw one inch raindrops
The rain was insane
And it built up quick
That it was like a couple drops and then all of a sudden just pouring that the little drainage pond at the bottom
Of the hill that I dug to collect the runoff
It was dry like not even a puddle and then by the time it the rain it only rained for like 20 minutes
Maybe and it was pretty much full in that time. It just filled it right up
There's Goose Lee. Goose Lee's come to join the podcast shop goose fair during the storm
I don't know
Buddy if you go on the mixer and poo that could do some damage
Anyway
He was fine he was in here in his little cage thing and the power went out
And so he was a little chilly because his little heat plate turned off, but
But yeah, he was he was fine. I don't think he really cared about it
I kind of honestly blame this this is not sponsored by Jackery
But we do have a jackery sponsorship coming up
And I wrote them a script about us being up at the bus and like because we legitimately use it when we're up there to
Charge our tools and stuff. Mm-hmm. And they were like no
We really want to focus on like storms and power outages. Yeah, and then and then that's like one thing
I texted Ethan before it all started. I'm like, hey, you might as well film
And then it turns out you wants to be on the mixer you're gonna go back in the pocket mister
So I just thought that was ironic
I'm like, yeah, we're literally talking about it like two days before we even knew about the storm coming in really
Yeah, but it was so weird for my perspective because I
was on the lake facing south and
All the lightning I saw was completely on the other side of the lake and it was really cool
But I was just chilling watching it and it seems so far away like we hardly even heard of the thunder
Yeah, we could see it really well and we could see the wind coming in the waves building up and so
We're all sending each other pictures and stuff and I like all these wild geese
Above the house and then I just see like a bam and it was it was on the other complete other side of the lake and
Then Steven is like in a field with it happening
Which is to our feet from him because you were in between those two points
I know like if you draw a straight line from where you were watching the lightning
Yeah through your house and it goes to Steven's house like well and you were right in the middle of it
Remotely close like they just went adjacent to me
But far enough away for me to enjoy the views without feeling in
Actually why I felt so safe because I'd been out there for 20 30 minutes. It had even started raining yet
And I was filming it come in yeah, I was looking south like kind of towards your place
Yeah, but I was looking out and I was counting between you know the lightning and the thunder because this is something
I'm very aware of for anyone who doesn't know me
Goose is just sorry it was over here having a tug of war with a napkin
But yeah after having three other very very close calls with lightning and like literally to the point where you feel the electricity
I'm pretty sensitive to that so I wouldn't have been out there had I known the cell was right overhead because it didn't seem like that
No, it didn't look like at all sunset. It was beautiful
It was barely even raining yet and then all of a sudden flash bang and I was like oh
It's time to go inside
But yeah, it was such a weird storm to watch roll in because I've never seen anything like that here
Well, and I've never seen a thunderstorm that rolls in with a sunset. That was pretty cool
I mean, I know it happens obviously, but I've never seen it here
We're like there was and the clouds were localized enough that the Sun was still hitting the underside of them
Yeah from over the horizon and like it was it was actually beautiful for sure
But and then but the rain was totally sideways
Even up here totally sideways like yeah, well not here ironically half a mile up the road. Yes here
I mean it was windy enough to knock down some trees, but the rain was coming pretty much straight down
Were you in the house or are you in the fifth wheel?
Is it moving the whole no, I was in the house and and yeah
But then I had to go up and get the generator because the power flashed like three or four times
Yeah, it came off and on a bunch yeah before it finally went off
Finally it went off
so I went up to the shop to get the generator and I had the headlights it was kind of just raining a little bit then and not very windy and
I went into the shop to get the generator and then the wind and the rain hit and
I looked out at the headlights of the car and all I could see was the rain going like this
Yeah, then I had to go out to the truck to get some gas so I didn't have my coat or nothing
So I put this old blanket over my head to go out to the truck and back. Uh-huh and I got soaked in a minute
Yeah, totally soaked. Yeah
So anyway, we had we had a three trees fall on one of the houses up there and oh
Shoot 33 on one house. Yeah, these some damage
Yes, they're right at the edge of the meadow there and when the wind hit it just
Because it got have all the room to pick up speed through the meadow. Yeah
Oh, wow one of them was like a it was 22 inches at the butt tamarack. That's a big tree
How much damage did it do? Well, it it broke one side of the porch pretty good
I took one of the beams out and finally ended up resting on the the ridge beam of the house
But most of the tree was cantilevered way over the house
You know, oh, whoa, so the tree was really close to the house
But really tall so the rest of it was cantilevered over so the house itself didn't take too much damage
No, it's the porch. Yeah, that's kind of lucky. I mean if it has to happen at least it's not where you need to live
Yeah, the one what the one that hit the house was an older tree that was
Pretty rotten and what once it hit it just kind of broke into pieces, you know, and didn't do much damage
The house is a little built different on fish compared to that tree. Yeah
Yeah
But then going to cut the tree off the next day. That was a real
That was a real trip. What happened. Well, I just saw your scar. I don't actually know what happened
Well, I didn't notice it when I cut was cutting the tree, but it grew in a spiral
So I put the ladder up against the roof of the porch
And extended it just a little past the porch so I could cut the tree away from the porch a little bit
So if when it fell it wouldn't you know, the upper part wouldn't hit the porch
So I cut into it just a tiny bit maybe 34 inches
And that thing split and it split at a spiral
And I didn't cut the limbs off of it because I didn't think it was going to do what it did
And one of the limbs grabbed the rope that was tied onto me
Oh shoot
And like instantly flipped me off the ladder. Oh, jeez and reason number one to not wear a rope
Well, yeah, I mean it was a long way to the ground
I'm just joking. Were you ropes to the ladder? Huh? Were you rope to the ladder? What were you rope to?
I was rope to the tree
But way down further on the tree, you know back by the ridge cap
So it split way out where I was out by the edge of the roof
Oh, shoot
And that it twisted like that and that limb grabbed my rope and just pulled me right off the ladder just like that
I was trying to hold on to the ladder and that's how I got my
You're cut my cut. Yeah
And then, you know, I'm flipped up in the air and I land on the roof
I'm still holding on to the chainsaw running
And when I hit the rough the chainsaw got yanked out of my hand and it went to the ground and
Yeah, it was
It would have been quite the video to see that
Oh, I bet
Wow, there's one that I really wish I had on camera with my dad was shoveling this really
Tall but long and not so steep roof in Montana and it's about like a
Probably like 12 foot to the ground, but the roof itself is probably like
80 feet and it's not that not very steep. Yeah, and so he was up there without a rope or anything
he'd done it a hundred times and
It was just the right temperature
Or underneath the soft snow to be a little bit of ice on the whole thing
So he's shoveling shoveling shoveling
And then he said he just starts sliding in slow motion. He can't grab on to anything
He's running up at like a treadmill. He just can't do anything
It's like the slowest slowest slowest. He has all this time to prepare. So he's like
I'm gonna try to land like on my heels and then like roll, you know
Try to roll out and he's got all this time to prepare
He's going going going so slow at the last minute
He's like trying anything to not fall and then he goes off and just belly flops face first right into the snow
but the best part is
My mom was telling him not to do it that day
She was like, let's just hire professionals. There's so much snow like please don't do it
And my mom's office is looking out right where he fell
So my mom hears some like shenanigans going up there
So she's looking out the window and then she just sees him free fall
Into the if it's only like a 12 foot drop and there's enough snow to be worth shoveling
I feel like I would have just ran to the edge and jumped before the snow took me off like
Jump and yeah, just do under your own terms. That's funny though. That's something like gary larson would illustrate
Yeah, exactly like he didn't get like hurt or anything
He just he had just like one cut on his chin. He didn't even have a concussion
But like he was in big trouble because my mom told him not to and he's stubborn and
I was in big trouble for my lightning thing too because elissa told me to come inside. She said that's enough
No, I know especially with my track record, but yeah, yeah, that's what I I was telling
Aza was up here helping me with the house on sunday and this morning
So I told him about the whole you know lightning hitting your apartment the apartment building next year
condo and I was like the moral of the story is
Don't hang out with steven in a lightning storm. Yeah
If we're ever up at the property like working on the cabin and the lightning storm rolls in and steven's like oh
Yeah, like I'm gonna camp out. I'm just gonna drive home
Well, I think what the better thing to do is just go to always have one of those e-bikes up there
And I'll just get on an e-bike and go a few miles away from you guys and then it'll be perfectly fine
I mean, honestly, there's not really much of a safer place than inside the school bus
Yeah, but even that is overrated that we went through the roof like
That's oh the like yeah, but that's that's a building. The building is extremely well grounded. Yeah
Oh, but the bus is not rubber. I mean, it's not perfect
But it's near a bunch of really tall trees that are much more conductive than it
Yeah, it's probably better than being outside
But what I'm learning too because I've talked to a few people who've been hit in their cars
Who have actually had like medical problems from that too. Were they storm chasing or just unlucky?
No, well, one of them was our friend macy
She was driving in her car and she has scars from it from hitting her car, but she was in her car
Really? So like the the grounding isn't as good as well
Here's a thought about that and this is just totally off the top of my head
But if you're driving in a thunderstorm and there's a lot of rain
The rain is going to make it very like that's going to create a path because there's constant spray
So she was actively driving and got hit or she'd pulled over. Uh, no, she was actively driving and got hit how I understand it. Yeah
But wow, she has some interesting scars from it. The path of lease resistance and that path is almost always going to be through me
Even it is the path of lease resistance. He's like very metallic for some reason
Very low. Yeah, so did she like
Stay conscious and just pull over and I actually don't know the rest of this story
But it's funny because I've had conversations with her and she's like, oh, yeah
I'm a little bit like aware of when thunderstorms are coming in too. Like a bear aware but of yeah
But I was like, yeah, that's like exactly how I feel like it's kind of yeah
I don't know. It's weird like the last lightning storm up at the property
You guys probably noticed but I kind of wig out a little bit when they start coming
You were definitely but I wanted to film it like it's weird because I love it
And hate it at the same time, but yeah, that's one of the coolest time lapses in that video
You see us around the fire making everything and then you see the the milky way
I guess that's a different one than the lightning one, but I was gonna say
Yeah, that's a different time. It's a different one different night, but that was yeah, a really good banger. Yep. Ha ha banger
Oh, yeah, so the the part where the fire in the walls came back to haunt me
It was apparently two days later firefighters were back because there was still smoldering in the walls
And I thought it smelled suspiciously smoky still
But I just thought it was from the fire damage and like people are already like remediating like
Like repairing some of this damage, but they came back out because it was still melting pipes in that building
Which is kind of shocking the next HOA meeting is going to be built different
Yeah, I should probably attend it. You probably should make sure no one's trying to pull on. I'm not a big fan of hoas, but
Uh, what I did really like anyone is anyone in the world?
This is a question to every is anyone a fan of hoas because I've never
Ever heard of anyone that likes them. I think the carons in florida are probably like it's their main event
Right. They're retired. They got nothing better to do. Well, I gotta find drama somehow
Yeah, no, I actually commend all the people in my community because like the head of our hoa was out of town
But he was like, oh, yeah
I use the spare key like let people stay at my place
My immediate neighbor's on the board and she was like the one like making sure the firefighters knew where the shutoffs were
In like all the gas lines and everything. Yeah, so like my whole community kind of came together for it and like
I mean, I still don't respect hoas like I'll break the rules
But they're really not that bad if
The like main people in charge actually live in the building because it isn't their best interest for it to actually be good
Yeah, having never lived in like an hoa situation because you imagine Ethan in an hoas
but
But
I mean, I never would but like just from the outside and stories and stuff
It seems like hoas are also much worse when it's like a community not a building
You know like a condo building it kind of makes more sense for there to be an hoa because you're sharing a building
Yeah, but when it's sharing the cost of the insurance like you have to right but when you're in a neighborhood
And like you share just a road and a gate and the people are telling you that you can't park your own car in your yard
like my uh, my wife's cousin
Uh, she and her fiance live in like a pretty nice neighborhood outside of uh
Spokane and it's I mean it's not that nice, but it's it's a hoa neighborhood
And he has like an old pickup that he likes to work on every once in a while. It runs it drives
It's old. It's something you work on it was parked in his driveway like it wasn't
Left there for months. It was parked in his driveway for like a few days and the hoa like wrote him up for it
So I was like that is the dumbest thing ever one of the communities that I was building houses in before I came with you guys full time
They started literally this is not an exaggeration flying drones over people's backyards to report violations
So this stuff was not even visible from the road. Oh my god
Actually, we're giving out fines for people who had like a tarp over their firewood was against the age away
You can't have a tarp over your firewood, but the fences are six foot tall
You can't even see that from the road
But they were enforcing it with drones, which is actually a violation of privacy as well
Yeah, no kidding and if you're flying a drone that low over a certain
Size of people
That is also illegal let alone the privacy concerns, but the funniest thought in my head is Ethan
pitching his
Tree holding up his house to the HOA board
Yeah
Being like I know you guys say that I can only use brown gray paint like through certain painters in the network
but
I'm gonna put a tree
I'll paint it brown
But it's going to be a tree
And I'm literally going to chainsaw off the butt of it in the house
And the HOA being people like just seeing their reaction would be amazing. That would be pretty funny
I mean do interest a's even have any jurisdiction over the inside of your house. I thought it was they do
It depends on the area, but they can yeah at my uncle's place like
Literally, he can't even paint the inside of his walls himself
It has to be in certain colors through
Approved painters in the like HOA system. That just doesn't make any sense. And some of that's really corrupt going into your house
Yeah, like some of that's really corrupt like those companies know and they have like that in with that
HOA and then it's like well
It's 10% more for that community because we're the only ones they can use
Yeah, I don't think this is the situation with them. There's like a lot of available ones
But they're like they have to be like insured and vetted and you know all this stuff, but yeah
Wow, so the tree thing would just be yeah, that would be pretty funny
It'd be like a good uh sunday morning comic book strip for people who get like your personality and what you do
Ethan living in a city
Yeah, that would be pretty funny
Somebody could make a whole comic of just me in like weird situations that don't make sense for me
But they're actually well weird situations is the wrong term extremely normal situations
For the vast majority of the world. You're filling up your your uh military six by six with the trash from your backyard
I think we parked out on the street. Yeah. Yep. Yep
I mean it was fun to watch but nothing really happened. Well, we did a few big trees went down big ones on my way in
Yeah, a couple of decent sized spruce fire up the wood mill later
And then one surprisingly a big larch out behind the house broken half
Which is really rare because those are by far the most flexible and strong tree in our in our environment
Here and it just snapped in half and then two other little ones
out on the other side of the pond, but
But yeah, anyway, there wasn't much excitement. It was just watching it roll in
But then the rest of my weekend was uh, or I guess no that was Friday
That was before the storm was driving different dump trucks to town
Oh
And walking well because Stephen. Yeah, Stephen had been up all night
So and he was helping film the limo get maybe fixed. So yeah, I knew Stephen wasn't coming up. So in the morning
Uh, I took a load of scrap in in my wife's dump truck. They'll forward at 350
Because we had the changley load of scrap in there from our backyard monster truck show. Yeah as one does
So anyway, I was like, oh, this is a great opportunity. I'll take that in
I'll pick up some new steel because I need it for the railings in my house
and uh, I hadn't driven that thing off the
Property here since last fall and in my head we'd filled it up with gas last time we were in town
So I didn't even think about looking at the fuel gauge. So I got a couple miles down the road and I looked down
I was like, oh, it's kind of low on fuel. Oh, well, I'll probably make it to the gas station about five seconds later
Yeah, ran out of gas. Oh no
So I just coasted into the one of the little side roads there and pulled off
And I was like, yep out of gas. So I had Bjorn with me because he wanted to go
So I grabbed a ratchet strap and used it as a leash and walked two miles home with Bjorn
But no one stopped to see if I needed help because I was just walking my dog
You should have called me you were busy dealing with that tree on the roof. That was that day
I didn't call you because fish flop off the ladder. Yeah
Well, you texted me a picture of the house with a with a tree on it the night before and said I won't be in tomorrow
You're busy. I figured you were busy
Well, I should have come and got you. Well, yeah, but it just wasn't that important
I only had to walk a couple miles and it you know, I was like, whatever. I'll just you posted that clip on your
Instagram story, okay
Because that's what I thought but I watched it with Alyssa and she was like, why is he using a ratchet strap to walk his dog?
Yeah, it gives me two thoughts
That I need to talk about so
my wife and I saw that story too
and
She was saying she was like, I don't know what to do about the favoritism between the dogs
She's like Bjorn's always going he's clearly Ethan's favorite and she was like
What about when Ethan starts having kids and I'm curious what your thoughts are
my thoughts are
I was like, well, he'll definitely have a favorite kid if he has many kids and not only that I think Bjorn will still be his favorite
That is possible both of those things are like
I wasn't sure if this is where you were going but it's where my head went when you said this
No, Frederick is nobody's favorite. We always say that in the house
He's just not he's a great dog, but he just my favorite. Well, I meant between like here at home
Yeah, you know, kind stein is obviously Kylie's favorite and you know, Bjorn's my favorite
And it's really just like I love Frederick too, but Frederick just doesn't care
That's why he doesn't go with me because he could care less
Bjorn is waiting at the door of the truck to get in because he's like you're going somewhere. I want to go
Frederick's sleeping in the house. He doesn't even know I'm gone. Yeah
It is funny how different the two dogs are because they yeah, they're from the same litter had them their whole lives
Anyway, but no, but what I would when you were talking about having kids
I was like, no, the Frederick will be probably the kid's favorite because Frederick is very tolerant
Yeah, and he just like lays there all day. So the kid will just bounce around on Frederick and
You know, pull his ears and he just won't care. So there's that but yeah, um
Yeah, that's a funny thought about no, I mean, I think that you just can't really compare the type of
Uh affection you have for a dog versus a
Child. Yeah, also, I don't have kids yet. So I don't even know how to I don't have a baseline for that
Yeah, so judging off of how other people get I guess a kid will probably want to be born
But it's a big shoes to fill. I mean it took it took a few years for Kylie to beat out Bjorn
She always used to joke about that
She was like, I think Bjorn's still the favorite. I was like, hmm, you might be right
Yeah, I have known Bjorn longer. We have been with
We've been through more stuff. I was like, you just can't, you know, it's gonna take a few years
It was always a joke, but yeah
Yep
That's funny. Bjorn was around like
Right before we started grind hard even that's how I because I always have to like go back and do the math
Of how old the dogs are and or how long we've been doing this
Yeah, and I used them for each other because I'm like, okay
I had the dogs for almost just over a year before we started grind hard and we started grind hard in 2018
I can remember that because we printed a shirt with it and then
Oh, yeah, I still have that. Yeah, and then uh
And then I'm like, okay, so working backward from that I had them for a year
But then they were born in the previous calendar year because they were born in November
So it's a backward math for that to figure out how old they are
But yeah, I normally just go to our first video and see when see when it was posted
And youtube stopped showing the month
Yeah, it just says the year. It's like this was four years well eight years ago
I know but it is like that's a big difference. Yeah, it could be four or like three days away from being five. Yeah
I'm it probably rounds up, you know halfway through but
They all up and down based on that, you know the rounding, you know, I'm not sure it definitely doesn't round up on views
Like if it's 999,000, it won't say 1000000 No
Yeah
Yeah, it's interesting
But like
Yeah, well, it has to round some way like not the not the views that one obviously rounds down
But like the yeah, it's either rounding up or it's rounding down. There's no way
Yeah, for sure. Like yeah
That's that's a good question. But yeah, that's funny too. How much does youtube in general has changed since we started?
really crazy
Um, oh but back to the we we uh, we got sidetracked and didn't conclude my walking home story. Oh, yeah, yeah
Um, not that it's that exciting, but it was pretty funny. I was just laughing at myself
I was like, it was even a five gallon can here full and I just I just didn't enter my mind
I was like, it's got plenty of gas. We filled it up last time. I apparently we didn't
but
uh, so I got like
About a hundred yards from my driveway and my neighbor across the street was driving down the road
And he was he stopped and he was like, oh, how's it how's it going?
I was like, oh, I just you know ran out of gas because I'm an idiot. He's like, oh, do you need help?
Do you need a ride? I was like, well, I guess you are going the way I need to go
If you don't mind meeting me back up at my house and he was like, oh, yeah, I'm not in a hurry
He was just going to the store to get some gas for the generators because the power had been out behind before
and uh
So he gave me a ride back to the truck because in my I was planning the whole way
I was like, all right
What vehicles do we have that I can ride down there while carrying a five gallon can of gas and then also pick up and put
In the back of the truck
So I was going to just grab the rtr with the snow bike track on it
Because it's the only thing small enough to pick up and put in the truck. That'd be so funny
I didn't want to have to round trip like multiple times or walk both ways
But anyway, then I you know went in and got rid of our changley turns out a changley and scrap is worth 35 dollars
No, actually, it's not there was a whole lot of other scrap in there, but an entire
10 by eight foot bed full of the brim of the lowest grade of scrap metal
Which was 1180 pounds of scrap was 35 dollars
So 31 cents a pound
There you go
Wow, 31 cents a pound
They're sure about that. I don't think so 35 dollars into 1100 pounds
Well, here's the thing I bought some steel at 55 cents a pound
And it was like maybe a hundred pounds of steel and it came out to 66 dollars
So all I know is somebody where your math has got to be off because there's no way it was 31
Also, they don't pay by the pound. They pay by the ton. Oh, okay. Okay. That's different
They yeah, because they they sell it by the pound. They pay by the ton
I don't know. Steven's better at math in his head than I am. Yeah, my math is still recovering
Anyway, speaking of the feet of human engineering
Did you guys see the changley ram trx for sale in Idaho? No, I did not marketplace. That's pretty cool
It doesn't have the ram badge on it because they take them off to import them into this country, but
It's for sale. Well, we know what Edwin's gonna go buy tonight. It's a place that I've never
Been before I was curious how far away it was. Maybe you say the name will probably I'll probably no not because I've been there
But because I've seen it on marketplace and then searched it. Yep
The problem is it's gray, but we could get it wrapped
Yep, but it's pretty nice or you could just spray paint it. It's a changley after all. Yeah, yeah
Bomb cans. It's a very your marketplace looks so much different than mine
It is
in 200 plus miles
Star Idaho. Yeah, that one is somewhere in the southern half of Idaho
I see eagle on the map right there. So it's nearly Boise basically Boise. Yeah, there's about a hundred towns that are basically Boise
As far as we're concerned like if you're there, I'm sure there's an hour or two difference
But for us might as well be Boise
But what made me happy is the listing this guy's actually used it
This is a 2024 electric mini truck or neighborhood car
I got it almost two years ago and just drive it around our subdivision
This is basically an enclosed golf cart top speed is 30 to 35
I would not be surprised at all if this is the same guy that we bought our r1 golf cart from
It sounds like the same dude to me was his name
Devin
No, I well, I don't remember actually. I won't say his last name. I don't want to
No, I was I was largely
I was largely joking, but it just sounds like, you know around the subdivision like
Drive it around like that's what that guy did with the golf cart and he was right outside of eagle
Yep on the note of changley's I was real disappointed
You didn't have your changley fire truck yet because I would have invited you to the party man
Come on over the actual firefighters would have been so pissed
I've officially given up on the changley fire truck. I was thinking about writing an ai program script that would
Just talk to this person and try to get it
And then I was like, that's too far
They're just not going to give it to me. I've tried everything. I'm like, what if you remove
The generator and the water pumps and all the stuff they're not supposed to import
Right, and they're like, why would we do that do is they technically because
Electric cars from china's are
The highest tariff there is right. It's like 100 plus
And
You need to pass all these certifications. They basically make it impossible to bring them in right
The changley's I think they call an enclosed mobility scooter or a golf car. Yeah, and that's how we get them right
The fire truck I think it's a little too big for that. Yeah, it's just too hard of a sale. Yeah, what about the street sweeper?
Well, I mean that's not a car. It's just a tool
I'm talking to someone who has the same exact one. I was going to get from ali baba locally
Is that the one that steven sent you? Yeah, that's funny. Yeah, that was hilarious because I sent it to you and I was joking
I'm like 100 mile challenge many you're like, oh, I've had one of those in my car for a long time
Of course he would yeah, but and it's a pretty good price, but I'm trying to get them down still but
Uh, what's cool about this is top speed is 30 to 35 miles per hour depending on how much weight is in it
So that's pretty sick that they've actually been using it to haul stuff around the neighborhood
There you go, and it's 72 volt five kilowatt hours. So it's actually way better than the other one changley
We've ever had but it is a
Real-wheel drive. Well, I mean I didn't expect it to be four-wheel drive. Well, they make the rams in four
They do I've never seen one stateside, but I've seen a few
People make videos on them in australia. Huh where they've imported four by fours
Is this guy just getting rid of it because his hoa is sick of it probably
Back to the hoa. So the funny thing about my this what the golf cart guy looked like
He wasn't there that was me and will
Somebody look like
It'd be so funny not really the same guy
Not really. Okay. Well, I mean it's yeah
I mean, that's also hard to tell. It's a black and white photo and he's wearing sunglasses
That is and also that was like three years ago the finest changley you've ever seen
You want to diesel swap it with me?
diesel swap it
That looks pretty cool, right?
It actually does like most of the changleys look just incredibly goofy and not cool at all just silly
That actually kind of looks cool a little micro camper on it put a like wait, how much does he want for it?
8,000 I guess it's way overpriced for a golf cart, but yeah
Well, the one I was going to import would have been like 13 at the end of the day. Yeah, so that's a good deal, right?
Uh
He still swap it with a kabocha diesel and did you see the wheels?
Yeah, no, they actually look decent. Yeah, you could put a diesel in there. That's what I'm thinking
Yeah, I got a little baby kabocha. Yeah
Yeah, I bet you could get one of those on timu too
They sell the whole excavator with the team with the with the kabocha diesel in it. So
Yeah, no, they actually I mean
I haven't seen one with my own two eyes, but yeah, it's a japanese motor, right kabocha
Yeah, but I mean it's a japanese company doesn't mean they don't have them made in china. Oh, yeah
I don't know or there or it's just 100 of the specs of the kabocha just made in china instead
I don't know how they but they all say genuine kabocha diesel and
At a certain point if it was I mean like I wouldn't I wouldn't be surprised at all if they were lying
But I think at a certain point they would
If all of them were making that up sooner or later somebody would be like, hey, this isn't real you got a I don't know
I angered some canadians by doing this exact thing
On my new video the the testing the cafe racer that I got on amazon
I called it a chinese motorcycle
And they were like no, this is a canadian company
What's vivore is?
Yeah, or venom or whatever. I thought you said it was vivore
Uh, it's one of them. It's vivore venom. I think I would make a lot more sense if it was venom
Yeah, okay. It's probably when you said it was vivore. I was like they make like chicken coops and chainsaws and pumps
I was like that'd be really weird for them to also make a cafe racer. Maybe it's venom then there you go
Uh, that's how my brain works if it starts with a v. I'm like, well, that's the same thing
But but yeah, I called it, you know, a chinese motorcycle and they're like it's canadian and I was like really
There's chinese. I didn't know which way was the fuel on or off because it's in mandarin
So but I looked it up and it is a canadian company, but they're made in china
So it's just it's a chinese motorcycle. It's a canadian drop shipper is what it is
Yeah, so I just thought that was funny. That is hilarious. Um, the real funny story I was going to tell is
I was
having my success in life evaluated by
probably a
10 year old at a child's birthday party
And it was the funniest conversation I've had in such a long time because
I
am always curious to like
Like it's always nice to meet fans, but it's really cool to like talk to them about what they like
specifically about what we do because that's like
Real feedback on like how I make the videos better and stuff and like
All of my friends that have kids they're like very young so like they don't care
Um, so this was one of my first times talking to a kid at a setting
Where it's like appropriate to talk to a kid about your youtube channel
So I was like actually pretty psyched and so he came up to me and we started talking and like
his his mom was excited because she
She knows that he watches our videos all the time, you know
And he's like a mega fan. He watches. He knows everything
And so the funniest thing was is right off the bat. He's just like evaluating me. He's like
Why don't you have a stark varg?
And I'm like, oh, well, they're pretty expensive and I already have a really good motorcycle
and he's like
Suronster has three
And I'm like Suronster is a lot more successful youtuber than me is what I'm thinking
But then I'm like, oh, yeah. Yeah, like I that's cool. You like Suronster. I like Suronster too
and he's like
Do you have the seaboys numbers in your phone?
That's the second thing he asked me. That's hilarious. I was like, uh, uh, yeah, yeah, I have two of them
and he was like
Which ones?
That's hilarious and I'm like, well, I talked to Ben and Micah
And I've met everyone but those are the ones, you know, I talked to Ben and Micah on my phone and he's like
Hmm
Wow, this kid just it's like unimpressed very unimpressed
Yeah, and then he was like he's like you guys have some pretty cool stuff though
And he's like, I like, you know the the this and the that and I'm like, yeah, and he's like in your k-truck is cool
And I'm like, yeah, thank you. Thank you
But cletus has a lot more stuff than you guys
This this kid is learning the wrong thing
It is not about the stuff you have
It's about the experiences
It was probably 10 or 11
I think but I mean, hey, if you if you just watch those channels all the time, obviously
Well, they have got more stuff. They're winning. Yeah, he's like, wow, cletus has helicopters like you guys must be like struggling
But uh, so it was just a value it it was so funny because
He didn't mention any youtubers that have like less subscribers
He's basically like you're the bottom of the barrel. I wish I was talking to literally any other person
It was really funny talking about like so ronster specifically because like
uh
The guy's just on like a whole different levels like how much he makes in his business and everything
But like of course, he doesn't know that right. He just watches the videos
Like in the bottom 1% of youtube compared to so ronster, but
but anyways
Uh at the end of it all I was like which so we talked about all these big youtubers
I'm like, which one's your favorite and he's like, hmm
Grindhardt and I was like, hey
Nice and I was like, wait
You don't have to be nice
Like I know you know that I'm grindhard
But like you don't have to be nice like what is actually your favorite youtube channel and he was like
No, it's grindhardt
He's like, I liked that you guys build all this cool stuff and it's different all the time
And he's like, you guys are cool
Nice and he's a dirt biker. So like, you know, like
I mean, hey, if you got a dirt bike when you're tan or whatever, that's uh, that's pretty cool
Oh, that was the best thing he said actually it was right after he asked me about the stark vark
It is like well, so ronster has three
And then he was like, I saw you put uh
those dirt tires on your
Your walmart street bike and go up
That trail and he knew the trail
And I was like, oh, yeah, wasn't that funny and he was like
I've done that on my 110
I was like, oh no
I was like, this is like an episode of kids say the darnest things. That's hilarious. Yeah, it was pretty
It'd be so funny to like, uh
Talk to his mom. Maybe when he's a little older have him on the podcast or something
Like assess like we'll like show him the data and he can like assess our channel. Yeah
Like, no, you could do better here. Yeah, this kid's a skeptic. Yeah, exactly
I'd love to show him like the analytics and be like, so why do you think that cletus gets
Eight times the amount of views as us like see what he thought as like a
You know, that's someone who isn't in the industry but like a kid who just like watches this stuff
It'd be good data to have like some completely unbiased source, you know, I know
I don't know about completely unbiased. He has his biases, but he's not
he doesn't
Like edwin said he's not in the industry. He doesn't know the back end. He just watches the videos
Also, it's like interesting too, but like I guess I was like that when I was a kid
I was watching people on four fifties and
Reading about the new four fifties in the dirt bike magazines at the grocery store, right even though like
Even if someone gave one to me, I couldn't use it. Yeah, I was so little and young right but like
I was thinking about that like he he was really into the stark varg and I'm like, yeah, I mean shoot this like
Really cool and exciting and powerful, but it's also so funny that like when we're kids
We care about this stuff even though like there's no way we could use it
It's also because that's what's in the media that you're looking at right like your example of the magazines
The magazine has like one page about a pit bike like every four episodes every four issues
Yeah, you know, they have the rest of the magazines dedicated to four fifties
It's both I mean it is also the pinnacle for the kid. It's like wow, that's the best bike there is
But also they don't really there's I mean
YouTube is different now because there's much more content about different things
But like yeah, certainly for us growing up with just the magazines like
90% of the magazine was just four fifties. Yeah, that's like the we knew about the things we knew about
Yeah, like all the cars that like weren't released in this country like all those cool european cars and lanceas and stuff like
I didn't know anything about it until I was an adult and I'm like dang these things are sick like e36 wagons
I was like wow
Which I saw one the other day by the way on
A road near here. Wow. Yeah, and I was like
And it was clean and it had it was slammed with wheels
Like man, I want to get one of these cool cars and just ruin it
When I was a kid it was in the back of the boys life magazine
Boys life was as good as it got for motorcycles. No, no
Well, yeah, but in the back of the boys life magazines. There was the tote goat
I don't know if you guys have ever heard of the tote. I've heard of the tote goat. Yeah, I have I've seen them for sale here in there
Yeah, they had like the chevron tread
No, it's a motorcycle. Oh, it's a two-wheel drive motorcycle, right? Oh, right. Yeah
Yeah, that was like
The dream bike, you know when I was a kid. Did you ever have one? No. No, I didn't
Oh, you can store fuel on the wheels, right? There's a different name for those now
The wheels have storage in them. Uh, really? It's a different brand. Yeah, the
What do they call I forget now, but the same concept
I don't think the tote goats had the in wheel fuel tanks, but they don't make the the tote goats anymore
Nothing I know of no
No, but they were two-wheel drives. They had chevron tread, you know, like big tractors. Yeah, you know, like the the trike
What were they advertised for like uh getting through your farm kind of thing? Well, yeah
They were mostly for trail bikes and hunters and
That's what they've always been primarily for is hunter. I mean like the main
Real-world use case has pretty much always been hunters for the two-wheel drive bikes because you can way out, you know
And you can put weight on it and right get out. Yeah, you can tow out your meat
right, yep
Yep, but that's what to go, you know, that was the dream bike when we were kids
And it was in the back of the boys life magazine
So the magazine would come and you immediately flip to the back page
Look at all the advertisements. Yeah, I guess there's just been getting like progressively more and
niche entrance
interest
Content over the years and then it was like the epitome of it
Like you could be super into electric dirt bikes only see electric dirt bikes on your feed and have like
No idea that triumph made a gas 450 or 250 or whatever like you could easily be in that like
media circle you could also be in like the
1700s and have just never seen a book your entire life because every book in existence is handwritten
Yeah, you know before the printing press in 18 whatever like you could just never seen a book
So you've seen paintings and real life and songs and that's your entire experience of life
Wow or stories. I guess there would have been myths and stories, but
You've probably seen a book if you went to church, but you probably didn't get to touch it. Yeah, right?
Or get near it you just saw him holding it
Yeah
You wouldn't know what no you wouldn't know how to read nothing. Yeah, did you have somebody else telling you what's in the book see?
Yep
Making it up
For sure. Yeah, that progression is still ongoing. Oh, yeah
It's amazing to see
You know my great grandson up there
He's you know gonna be five this year
And he knows more about where to go on the internet and what to do with a cell phone
Then I could even imagine learning in my lifetime. Does he like motorcycles so fast. No, he doesn't like that
he likes Minecraft and stuff like that so
gaming and yeah, but
he a man he is so fast so quick and
You know, his mind works thousand times faster than mine
You know because he was born in that
That era, you know, yeah, you got this high revving engine if you're born into it
Exactly rpms online. I mean he goes so fast that I can't even you know see what's on the screen
You know, it's just a blur to me and he's seeing each flash of everything and yeah, it's amazing
Yeah, that is crazy. What kids are today
Gotta figure out how to get him in dirt bikes
Yeah, he'll turn that page eventually. Oh, yeah, I mean or not dirt bikes aren't for everyone
There are people who just never care so minecraft stops giving you enough adrenaline
Yeah, he doesn't he doesn't even want to ride a bicycle, you know, he doesn't want yeah, he's that kind of kid
But yeah, yeah, well minecraft is cool. I like minecraft
Oh
Stephen was in a Chris Stephen was in a minecraft phase a few years ago. He was just like
Playing a lot of my like yeah, he would it's kind of addicting
And that was when Stephen was still living down in post-fall
So he'd spend like a night or two a week up here and that was before we had the star link
I think too. So there wasn't much internet. We just sit up here
I always go to bed like two hours later than Ethan wouldn't have much else to do so I'd you know
Check on my chickens
Minecraft chickens. Yeah, I'd bring up the switch so we could feed his chickens
That was my version of farming. Ethan's doing the real life version of everything in minecraft. Yeah, that's true
Here we go again with the minecraft in real life story
Ethan's just playing minecraft too chris. It's all good. I'm just playing real life the rest of you are playing an imitation of it
You can eat your eggs. That is pretty nice. Yeah
Oh, awesome. That's yeah the sent and bent podcast. I want to add one more thing
Oh
Really quick, but I want to add a thank you to the fire department of sandpoint
Because their response time was utterly impressive less than a minute and a half from the call to them being there
Wow, and that was actually kind of incredible. I mean you do live like three blocks from the fire station, but that's still like
They all show up in their suits. I was like, wow, that's pretty good. Yeah. Yeah, that is very good. That's impressive
Shouts out to the sandpoint fire department and the other fire departments came too
Yeah, they called in backup from court of lane and they were there pretty quick too. That was the response and the and the messaging it was like
You said like the neighbor got hit or whatever and
Ethan was like
Wait, really? And then your response was
We're being a video pan and you just see the entire
Like just sirens and lights for as far as you could see. Yeah. Yeah, it was incredible
So that must have just been minutes
After you told us that no that was all sandpoint stuff still at that point
The firefighters are probably there before you even realized your apartment got hit by lightning
I'd put two and two together by that point
But yeah, yeah, no anyway shouts out sandpoint fire department. Heck, yeah
If something happened up here, we would not be so lucky. No, we have a fire department. It is entirely volunteer and underfunded and
Still like 12 miles away
Betty that we should get some kind of
Water tank generator setup to put on the back of the rigs. If only we had a fire truck
We do it
Every part of it that makes it the fire truck is kind of removed now like that the tanks and the water
I know we were like a minute ago, but on the note of fire trucks, you know what I think would be really cool
I forget exactly what their
Brand name is but there's a company that makes
A entire firefighting rig. That's just an attachment for the skid steer
Yeah, I've seen a 700 gallon tank that wraps around the side of it with an automated water cannon
And a dozer blade so you can just push the fire out of the way and then put it out
Yeah, that sounds like it'd be fun to play with. Oh, yeah
Actually, they all that well I I saw one in use at the supercross that I was out a few weeks ago
They were using it to water down the track
Oh in between in between heats and stuff. Yeah, they just drive around
This might this might be the year to be prepared for that too
Yeah, at least we're getting some rain now though. Yeah
It was pretty dry earlier on. Yes, it was my sister went to supercross with tray and alec
And she was I was like, how was it? She was like, oh, it was awesome
Like the racing was super cool to see and stuff and it was really fun
and she was like
But tress favorite part was watching the skid steers and like these guys are so good
And he's like getting like down on the gate like really close and like watching them work the skid steer
I mean, I get a lot of entertainment out of that
It was funny
Sam was there and he we were sitting next to each other on the bleachers there and he's like, all right, so
What do you give this guy for rating the operator? I was like
Uh, I mean, he's good, but I haven't seen anything like that. I'm blown away by yet
And he's like, well, really? Okay
I mean like he's very good at it, but I'm not like, holy crap
Well, apparently the guys in seattle were like, holy crap. So
Or I'm just very hard to impress but you know, yeah, you do have a lot of seat time
I've spent a few hundred hours in a skid steer. So I'm not yeah
But anyway, awesome. Well, thanks for watching. Thanks to the sand point fire department and we'll see you next tuesday
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