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Tracer Rounds with the Music of Artist Troy Cross and MBR Joel H Train Hunt · Military Broadcast Radio | MBR Talk

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  MBR giving veterans a voice. And welcome back to the Tracer
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  Round Show. And you're on military broadcast
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  radio where we're giving veterans a voice.
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  And my guest is a little delayed in getting here, but the guest
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  tonight is a music performer, and his name is Troy Cross.
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  So I can tell you a little bit about him while we're waiting
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  for him. And then maybe go ahead and play
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  his song so that you'll kind of get an understanding of the type
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  of music that he creates. But Troy is from East Tennessee.
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  He's Americana or in roots type country artist songwriting with
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  whose timeless acoustic style turns everyday struggles into
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  songs hard won and hope. As a recording artist, Troy
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  blends country, Americana, bluegrass, gospel influences
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  into his story first writing that feels lived in and honest.
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  So he's one of those that kind of tells a story with every song
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  he creates. For Troy, the music is more than
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  a career, it's a calling. His faith shapes the foundation
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  of his work, but he delivers it through characters and scenes
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  that welcome both lifelong believers and those still
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  searching for what's missing. Whether he's singing a quiet
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  ballad or an uplifting anthem, Troy's songs aim to tell the
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  true tell the truth with tenderness, offering dignity,
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  encouragement and clear reminder that no one is alone in the
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  fight on stage. And record Troy creates a space
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  where faith meets roots music and hope fills.
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  It's hope filled. So he reached out to MBR and he
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  had a song that he wanted us to play.
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  And the song kind of resonated with us.
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  And I think, I think it resonates with our audience.
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  So I thought I'd go ahead and play it right now and hopefully
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  he'll be on and too, too much longer and then we can talk to
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  him about it. But the song is called Ultimate
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  Sacrifice and he introduces the song in this clip.
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  So we'll let you hear it. Here we go.
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  Hey, it's Troy Cross, and this next song I wrote to honor all
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  those heroes that laid down their lives so we could live
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  ours. This is ultimate sacrifice.
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  The station where our veterans voices are heard.
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  MBR talk. Find us on the web at MB radio
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  dot web and you are back on the tracer round show on military
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  broadcast radio where we're giving veterans a voice and that
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  was ultimate sacrifice by Troy Cross.
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  He's it's an American tribute to those that have laid down their
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  lives in defense of our freedoms.
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  And he wrote that so that America's sons and daughters
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  would be remembered. So I really think that's a
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  fitting tribute. And I, we were really happy to
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  play it. And we do have a radio channel,
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  radio station and it's the app is MB Radio and it has three
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  different ways to listen, two of which are the radio side and
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  then you have the talk side. And our radio station plays 24
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  hours a day. We play veterans music and we
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  also play other music that everyday music that you might
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  want to hear. We play a little Elvis, we play
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  Johnny Cash, we play Stone Temple Pilots, you name it.
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  Toad the Wet Sprocket, the Hooters, you name it, we
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  probably play it. And if we don't play it, reach
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  out to us and let us know and maybe we can add it.
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  I want to go ahead and play one more song.
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  I'm not sure if my guest is going to make it tonight.
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  He must have had something come up.
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  But I am going to bring up our own H train here in just a few
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  minutes after we play this next song.
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  And we're going to talk a little bit about when MBR is doing with
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  3D printing and things like that.
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  It's pretty exciting. We've got some interesting stuff
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  come up and I want you to hear about it.
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  So we're going to play the other song by Troy Cross.
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  It's called Shovel, so here we go.
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  a shovel. The station where our veterans
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  dot and we're back and we're inviting each train to the show.
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  Well, I guess I gotta make it where he can show up.
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  Welcome. HI, can't hear you.
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  You're muted. Hello, how are you?
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  Good. How are you so?
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  I'm good, I'm good. So we were talking a little bit
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  or I was talking a little bit about the stuff that we have
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  coming up and I know that you're making some 3D items and we're
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  creating a store. What are we doing?
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  Tell us. Well, I'll tell you what.
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  So what we have done is we have figured out since we were so
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  blessed to be gifted this 3D printer from the Southern
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  nonprofit Soldier for Signatures, which.
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  Signature for soldiers. What you said, that's right.
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  I, I flip it all the time, but we, we was gifted to this 3D
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  printer. And with this 3D printer, we're
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  able not to just teach veterans how to create, how to make.
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  We're also teaching them a skill.
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  Like, for example, 3D printing is a lot like welding.
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  Like you have to make sure that you know the, the degrees of the
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  bed. You need to make sure that you
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  know the degrees of the nozzle. You need to make sure that you
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  know that the filament that you're using is, is the right
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  kind for, for example, recently and we're getting ready to to
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  post that, but recently we've been given soap filament, that
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  soap filament. We've made bars of soap.
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  We have Gamer, we have Beaker, we have Quaker, we have DJ
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  Ducky, we have the soap squad that we're going to be.
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  It's going to be on our website soon enough.
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  But like I said, it, it takes, it takes a pretty long time to
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  print these ducks. So it, it's, it's going to be
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  one of those things where you order it and you know, I have
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  like 2 weeks to, to, to make it and to, to send you, you know,
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  but it's going to be a nice little gift box and we're going
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  to be asking for a $50.50 dollar donation.
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  And that literally goes back to MBR because how we have
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  everything set up is everything is AQR code.
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  It goes right to NBR. Nobody touches anything.
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  It's all there. And you know, we've been blessed
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  by means of the community coming together this this earlier in
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  the year and we were down, you know, 2000 some dollars so that
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  we could get Stream Yard and the other nonprofit signature for
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  soldiers. They, they, they, they.
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  Did I mess up again? No, they stepped up is.
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  All I Oh yeah, they stepped up and to, to.
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  Help us. Yeah.
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  Yes, they stepped up and they helped us.
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  So we was able to do that. And, you know, for the longest
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  time I thought about, you know, closing down the studio because
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  there's not a lot of veteran participation in there.
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  But, you know, as I sit there and have my, my quiet time of
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  God, he, he reiterates, you know, the reason why the studio
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  is part of the mission. So we're going to do everything
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  that we can to keep the studio up because no matter what, it's
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  a place here in Colorado that any local veteran can come, they
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  can check their e-mail, they can get a bite to eat, you know,
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  either a doughnut or a sandwich. They can conduct their own radio
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  show and they can learn something.
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  And I'll, I'll just tell you, you know, 3D printing isn't
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  easy. All right, so this, this is what
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  it looked like before I learned how to preview print.
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  And now this is this is how it is his, his mic thing fell off.
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  I got to light that up and, and, and, and glue that thing back on
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  with the plastic. But you know, the nice thing
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  about 3D printing is that it keeps you focused.
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  It, it, it is one of those outlets that really help the
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  veteran create in his mind, Hey, this is what I want to do.
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  How, how can I do it? And then, you know, I'll say
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  that, hey, let's, let's do it this way, Let's do it that way.
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  And then we put it through a machine and it gives us the STL.
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  And then after we get the STL file, we print it and he has
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  that STL file for forever. He he doesn't have to pay for
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  anything. That that's the key thing is not
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  only the training, but like the filament for us to be able to
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  use. And you know it, it doesn't come
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  easy. They have, they have some
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  classes here in the Denver metro area for 3D printing and they'd
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  give those classes 2 * a week. But I was kind of, let's just
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  put it this way, They, they frown upon people that are over
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  18. It's, it's more geared towards,
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  I think, high schoolers, you know?
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  When? I got in there they they was
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  kind of, you know, rushed to Get Me Out, which I get that, you
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  know, a a guy with no kids in a in a in a kids zone shorts.
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  Yeah stranger danger that you know that that can mean that can
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  mean multiple things. You know, hell, I know, I was at
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  the pool the other day with, with CG and you know, I, I, I
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  was there for her birthday, gave her a present, you know, and
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  stuff. And then I laughed and she's
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  like, oh, you're leaving so soon?
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  I'm like, well, I'm in a kid zone and I'm wearing pants and I
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  have glasses on. So, you know, you do the math.
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  I'm, I'm, I'm getting out of here before, you know, I'm
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  somebody's dinner conversation. So it, it happens.
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  But I'm having a lot of fun learning about the 3D printing.
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  And I think any veteran that's in the area that wants to learn
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  that, you know, wants to create something, maybe a battle cross,
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  you know, doesn't have to be a duck, you know?
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  So they can actually learn to do this remotely though, can't
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  they? They can come in the studio and
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  they can talk about what they want to and then you can print
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  it and then it can be sent to them or the file can go to
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  something that they can print to maybe mirror them if if they've
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  got a 3D printer that they have access to.
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  How long does it typically take for a rendering of a file to
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  from the start of the project to the end of the project?
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  Is it hours? Is it days?
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  How long does it take to create something like like a figure if
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  you're doing one of the ducks? So that that's that's the
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  interesting thing. So you know how you get a will
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  will will speaking to us on TikTok now.
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  And so the, the, the nice thing about it is because of AI, it
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  makes it a little bit easier. But the one thing that you can't
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  replace with AI is like the technique.
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  So for example, you'll have an STL file and then you'll upload
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  the STL file. Well, you know the way it is on
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  the plate. You know, determines how the
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  slicer slice it. That means that you you know
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  that you're you're you're cutting it ready.
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  OK, this is what I want to print kind of thing.
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  And it will show you like how, what the filament is at what
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  percentage the, the headset is or you know what, whatever mark
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  the eyes, whatever the mark is, it'll tell you the the whole
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  settings and it will tell you how many you know, first mints
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  that there is. And 1st mints is basically poop.
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  OK, so every time it changes the color, it poops, it poops out
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  that color. You have to have a poop bag and
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  everything. I'm literally I, I think that
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  should call it spaghetti, but they call it poop.
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  So once you figure out like there's sometimes that you have
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  the model at the wrong angle because the nozzle once it's
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  trying to get this over here and it bumps it, it can knock it off
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  of the bed. And once it's knocked off the
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  bed, it's not stable. And then it doesn't matter if
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  it's like 75% done, if it knock, if it knocks off the table,
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  you're done. You, you just, you have to start
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  it over because they haven't, they haven't designed technology
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  yet to, to create, you know, to get that sweet spot.
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  There might be somebody that knows how to do an eyeball.
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  I am not that person. So do you use AI to create the
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  STL file or is that some kind of programming that you use to Draw
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  Something? So there's there's three ways
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  you can do it. You can use, you can use that as
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  AI or what you can do is you can go into other STLS.
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  And like I'm saying when I tell you this like this isn't to make
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  like a profit or anything like that.
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  But when you go into these other STLS, maybe there's a part or a
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  figure or whatever that you know, you like, you can copy
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  that and put it on there and then you can kind of form your
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  own STL. That's one way.
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  Then if you want to make money off of it, there's two programs
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  called Meshy and there's another program called Trio.
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  You know, both have their strengths, both have their
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  weaknesses. I would learn more towards Trio
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  because every mesh that comes off of Trio it it seems like it
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  works real well. And then you know, you can add
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  text and stuff on there. You just have to remember the
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  thickness of millimeters. You have to have it at least
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  three or four so that it's poking outside the wall.
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  So in other words, you have to know math.
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  You do have to know some sort of math, yes.
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  Yeah, we said we'd. Never use it when we're adults.
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  We said we'd never use it when we were adults, and now we have
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  to math all over again. Well, you know, that's what I'm
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  saying. Like it, it's so much like
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  welding because when you Weld you have to make sure that you
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  know the temperature of the metal.
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  You need to make sure what the metal is made of, like the
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  mixtures and and all that stuff. Like I know that I, I don't know
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  what, but I know that they need to know that stuff.
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  I don't know the numbers off top of hand.
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  I can tell you the, the numbers for the 3D printing.
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  For example, if if you're brand new and you, you're trying that
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  new filament called time plast, it's a soap filament.
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  If you do that soap filament, then it needs to be AII believe
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  a standard hardened 8mm wide and you have to set the nozzle
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  temperature at about I would say about 2:20.
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  And what's weird is you have to keep the door closed because if
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  you don't keep the door closed, the, the, the soap filament, it,
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  it, it will all mess up. It will become unstable.
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  So you have to keep the door closed.
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  There's a, there's a, hey, what's up to me?
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  There's a bunch of different filaments.
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  Like there's, there's chocolate filament.
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  Now there's a fish food filament.
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  I, I, I, I one time, I believe Trace, I sent you a diagram of
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  all the different filaments that this company is making.
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  And, you know, so far I'm the only one that has like made
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  something and showed them it's something that I made.
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  It's not like just, you know, something off of the STL.
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  So that's a, that's a big thing. They, they said that they was
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  going to promote it and they was going to showboat it here in
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  next couple of days, you know, and it just shows you that, you
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  know, it doesn't matter if it's learning Spanish.
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  It doesn't matter if it's, you know, learning animation, if you
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  want something bad enough and you stick to your guns, you, you
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  can learn anything that you want.
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  And you know, a, some people hate AIAI has taught me a lot of
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  stuff. And that's the way I use AI is,
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  you know, I'll look into and say, OK, what, what, what do you
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  suggest? And then I'll try to mimic it
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  with my own personal flavour. Same thing that we do with
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  Canva. We we add our own personal
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  flavor. So you said chocolate, is it
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  just a scent or this isn't something like you can't create
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  something that's edible, right with a 3D printer?
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  I don't know anymore. Because you can do soap.
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  So does the soap have a scent? Is it just?
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  So the soap that I got, I, I did it purposely.
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  I wanted to get something just, you know, regular plain Jane so
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  that I could learn how to print it.
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  Now, now that I know how to print it, now I can start
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  bringing in. But for these soaps, it's, it's
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  just kind of a regular soap. And then you put like Olympus
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  oil or sweet pea oil or or whatever right on the bottom and
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  it soaks it up. And yesterday I cleaned myself
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  with beaker and I will tell you that the interesting thing is I
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  I chink clean and I smelled clean.
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  But you know how you get that nasty film when you use a bar of
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  soap compared to when you use like shower gel or or gel?
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  Yeah, some soaps, I think. Yeah.
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  Yeah, I didn't get that film off of this.
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  So, you know, the next thing that I'm going to do is, you
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  know, I'm, I'm researching rope and I'm going to make a soap on
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  the rope beaker. Oh, that's cool.
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  Yeah, so, but I've learned a lot on it, you know, and it's it's
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  for any veterinary first responder in Colorado.
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  Come on, come on over. You know, schedule a time.
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  We'll, we'll, we'll, we'll design something that you want
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  to design and then we'll go to print it.
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  Hell, that sounds like a good, good time to me.
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  Definitely, it's a, it's a something that people I think
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  really want to learn or may be scared to learn it by
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  themselves. So having someone kind of show
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  them the ropes and kind of walk through the process because
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  you've done your own investigation and your own trial
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  and error in order to get what you've got right now.
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  Because I know that you've had several different things you've
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  tried and they haven't always turned out exactly as you would
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  hoped, but with a little effort and a little fortitude, they've
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  come out to what you you were looking for.
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  Well, you know, the one thing that I've that I've found out
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  and the one thing that I've noticed is, you know,
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  everything, every mistake that I've made in the past, like I
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  remember it now, you know, like you know when I first did that.
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  So there's three times, not well, actually 8, but the only
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  three that you're going to ever going to see is the four, the
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  6mm and the 8mm. Very rarely are you going to see
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  the 8mm. This was a very, very, very rare
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  occasion that I, I use the 8mm, but you're usually going to use
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  the 4mm and, you know, learning like the warmth, like what the
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  temperature has to be for the bed and the temperature has to
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  be, you know, in the concoction itself.
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  You know, it's, it's, it's kind of, it's kind of neat that I can
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  sit there and while the things going on, like I can tie and
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  turn something and then the nozzle go there instead.
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  And you can really carve inside. So just because somebody does
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  use like a file, like AI doesn't necessarily means the, the
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  journey stops there because you still have to print it.
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  And sometimes to print it you you have to stand on your head.
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  Right. And so you've just made some off
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  the wall things with the printing to like parts for a car
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  and you've made a shelf. What all have you made?
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  What? What different projects have you
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  tried? Well, I think my my pride and
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  joy right now is the squally Polly.
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  And then, Oh no. You need, you need to tell us
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  what that is now. The Squatty Potty yes, the
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  squatty potty is a box that you put by the toilet that helps you
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  get your knees up because our our, our body posture posture
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  has to be aligned a certain way for the chocolate ice cream to
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  come out. I see 'cause.
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  If you don't think your knees dry, you're going to be like a
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  McDonald ice cream machine and and not work.
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  So that's what the Swati potty is.
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  For nice. OK, what else have you made?
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  Footwear, you know, when, when, when, when, when I get things,
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  you know, slow down a little bit.
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  I'm trying to make kind of like inventory.
• 31:22
  I'll, I'll be making more of the 3D prints.
• 31:28
  Yeah, slides. I, I like to call them dogs, you
• 31:34
  know, so. Love that.
• 31:39
  Yeah, I, I, I love it too. Let's see what else?
• 31:44
  Oh, another thing that I learned that's real interesting is
• 31:50
  there's a difference between the filament, for example, like
• 31:54
  there's P, there's PLA, which is usually the, the, the most
• 32:02
  favorable one. But keep in mind about 70° it
• 32:09
  starts to melt. In Colorado, we've got about,
• 32:12
  you know, say 90 some degrees. Well, when I went out, I had
• 32:17
  created like a, a display mount for my granddaughter and that
• 32:22
  little piece that I go and tighten the phone on, it melted
• 32:29
  a little bit and I'm like, oh, OK.
• 32:31
  Well, there's a reason why they say they use PETG.
• 32:35
  So it's really important that you understand that you, you,
• 32:40
  and I'll tell you how flexible play is.
• 32:44
  I had a donation box that I made.
• 32:47
  It was in the trunk of of the motorcycle.
• 32:52
  I didn't touch it. Nothing was on it.
• 32:54
  OK. It melted the front part inside
• 33:00
  the box a little bit. So I had to take a hair dryer
• 33:06
  and I had to warm up the hair dryer and then press on the wall
• 33:10
  so that it would flare out. That's what I mean by it doesn't
• 33:16
  take much for play. So if you plan on making
• 33:21
  something like a stand for ATV, anything that you know has to
• 33:26
  withdo a little bit of hot. Right.
• 33:29
  You want to do PPETG, you can do a ABS A/B S is really strong.
• 33:37
  ABS is meant for like if you want to put it right next to an
• 33:41
  engine that that's how hot ABS is it.
• 33:47
  It can still somewhat melt a little bit.
• 33:51
  Carbon fiber is the next one above ABS.
• 33:55
  So there's there's lots of different degrees for the
• 34:00
  filaments, just like welding. Wow, that's pretty incredible
• 34:05
  that you've learned all that because you didn't know how to
• 34:07
  3D print before all this kicked off, did you?
• 34:11
  I didn't know shit. I didn't know shit.
• 34:14
  But you know, The thing is, is like when I learned something,
• 34:18
  it's it's another thing that I can show a veteran, you know,
• 34:21
  maybe that's not his outlet. So you're like I'm, I am 48
• 34:27
  years old and I still haven't figured out why I'm still.
• 34:32
  Trying. Right.
• 34:34
  I'm still trying to find that outlet, you know, is that outlet
• 34:40
  TikTok doing like reels and videos?
• 34:42
  Is that outlet gaming, you know, where you can make money or, you
• 34:49
  know, just just play for the joy of it, You know, right, Like
• 34:54
  that's why gamers do all right. Is your outlet like cartoons?
• 34:59
  You like coloring coloring books?
• 35:01
  If you like coloring coloring books you would be amazing as an
• 35:06
  animator. Right.
• 35:09
  You know. I probably was used for being
• 35:14
  rude. Hi, Treasure.
• 35:17
  Hi, Timothy. I love Timothy.
• 35:20
  Timothy is my blue. But yeah, you know, it's I, I,
• 35:28
  I'm blessed that God gave me that chance to, to learn that
• 35:34
  stuff. And that's the reason why
• 35:35
  whenever somebody asks me like, hey, should I go to college or
• 35:38
  should I go to an internship? I would say go to an internship
• 35:42
  every time because usually the internship isn't going to cost
• 35:46
  you. You'll get something out of it
• 35:47
  rather you paying for a class. And let's face it, a lot of us,
• 35:53
  once we get out of high school, you know, it's, it's a different
• 35:58
  environment. You know, it's, it's, it's shaky
• 36:01
  ground. So it's, it's always a caution.
• 36:05
  So I would encourage anybody to really get into the internships.
• 36:10
  And you know, even if MBR isn't your cup of tea, if there's
• 36:15
  another nonprofit organization that could use your help, you
• 36:19
  know, help, there it is. It's not, it's not just
• 36:25
  rewarding like it's, it's very fulfilling when you teach
• 36:30
  somebody and you know, like, like today we're, we're, we're,
• 36:35
  we're, we're, we're not going to, we're not going to announce
• 36:38
  it like the name or whatever. But today I have AI had a prior
• 36:42
  intern that wrote me, told me that he just sold his show and
• 36:48
  that he's going big time. I mean, you you saw that post,
• 36:52
  you know, and you know, it's it's amazing that we are in
• 37:00
  enabling our veterans to go the extra mile.
• 37:06
  Yeah, NBR sure, it's a it's a footstone some to some, but you
• 37:10
  know what? It's a footstone to veterans
• 37:14
  that have something to say and damn it, they earn that shit on
• 37:19
  the battlefield. They should have every right to
• 37:21
  say that compared to some people.
• 37:25
  I agree. And and we've seen a lot of
• 37:28
  people move on to other things from starting a podcast here or
• 37:32
  starting at some kind of radio show, something like that.
• 37:35
  So we're really excited for people's progression and for,
• 37:39
  you know, what they're doing and, and the things that they're
• 37:42
  able to bring to the wider audience, the veteran community
• 37:47
  or the wider audience of just the community in general.
• 37:50
  So you talked a little bit about cartooning.
• 37:53
  So we do have that on the platform too.
• 37:55
  So if you want to learn how to animate, we, we do have a little
• 37:59
  video that you and one of the other hosts created and and we
• 38:05
  we sent that out about it was about a month ago.
• 38:07
  It was on, yeah, it was on Father's Day.
• 38:10
  And we have, we have a new one coming out.
• 38:13
  It's called, you know, Beaker's life.
• 38:17
  You, you get a feel for who Beaker is.
• 38:21
  And you know what he went through to, to get where he is
• 38:25
  now. And that's going to come out.
• 38:28
  I, we're, I hate to say like a debut date, 'cause you know,
• 38:34
  Murph is, Murph is busy as I am, but you know, we, we really
• 38:40
  think that we can get it out by September 11th.
• 38:43
  And the reason why we kind of want to get out for September
• 38:47
  11th is because you know, September 11th that, that, that
• 38:53
  changed a lot of people's minds. You know that that's the reason
• 38:58
  why that's an important day. You know, if you, if you can
• 39:02
  think back back in that time, I know so, so long ago, but if you
• 39:07
  can think back in that time, you know, when those, when those
• 39:12
  towers came down, we was like any man in a, a country bar.
• 39:19
  If, if, if somebody touched our woman, we we'd be just striking.
• 39:24
  We wouldn't even be asking questions.
• 39:26
  And that's, that's the day that our country really got unified.
• 39:34
  We really got unified. We reminded everybody, hey, we
• 39:39
  got you, we got you. You know, that's an important
• 39:45
  day because we, you know, no matter how old you are, you can
• 39:50
  reflect on that by even what people said.
• 39:54
  You know, it's, it's a different time now than it was back then,
• 39:59
  but that doesn't mean that we can't get back to that.
• 40:03
  That's right. Yeah.
• 40:05
  I mean, we're all together and very patriotic when that came
• 40:09
  about. And, you know, people really did
• 40:12
  set aside their differences to come together to make a big
• 40:15
  difference. So yes, we can do that.
• 40:18
  And, and I know that there's a lot of people that are trying to
• 40:21
  find a way to, to bridge the gap and to let everyone set aside
• 40:26
  their political views, you know, their likes, dislikes, whatever,
• 40:29
  to just make a difference for the country.
• 40:32
  And I think really that's what's important at the end of the day,
• 40:35
  is US coming together as a country, not, not our, not our
• 40:38
  differences, but but our similarities and, and our common
• 40:41
  desire to see, you know, 1 nation under God, you know, with
• 40:46
  liberty and freedom for all. I think that's all what we want
• 40:50
  to see. We don't want to go back to a
• 40:51
  day when, you know, it's only for a certain few.
• 40:54
  We, we want all of us to be in that freedom and in that space.
• 40:58
  So I. Think.
• 41:00
  I think we can come together with that for sure.
• 41:03
  Exactly. So in if you want to podcast,
• 41:07
  what does somebody do? If they want to podcast, if they
• 41:08
  want to show like this and they want to be on TikTok or they
• 41:11
  want to be on YouTube or they want to be on Instagram, what do
• 41:14
  they do? Well, the first thing that they
• 41:16
  do is they get on the website and they schedule a one-on-one,
• 41:24
  one-on-one class with me and Amber.
• 41:27
  Me and Amber have a little bit of a checklist now that we will
• 41:31
  go by. OK, we taught you that.
• 41:34
  Yep, Yep, you graduated that Yep, Yep, you know.
• 41:37
  And then you, you give beyond air instead of, you know, US
• 41:43
  rushing you to get on air. You know, we want to give you
• 41:47
  the, you know, what's worked for us.
• 41:51
  We, we're not going to say that we're professionals.
• 41:53
  We're not going to say that, you know, all of us, you know, went
• 41:57
  to college or anything like that.
• 41:59
  But what we will say is that, hey, this is what we have found
• 42:04
  that works for this platform. This is what works for bringing
• 42:09
  people in, stuff like that. And when you do come into the,
• 42:16
  you know, to the class, you know, we're going to, we're
• 42:19
  going to tell, we're going to guide you.
• 42:21
  You know, we're going to help you create a logo.
• 42:23
  We're going to help you create your, your, your, your platform,
• 42:28
  right. And it doesn't have to be
• 42:33
  veteran related. It can be soccer, it can be
• 42:36
  football, it can be whatever you want it to be.
• 42:42
  That's what this platform is all about.
• 42:44
  We have an audio server, a talk server, a video server.
• 42:52
  We have all these different servers.
• 42:54
  They're just outlets. What outlet do you think that
• 42:59
  you would excel in? What, what what do you want to
• 43:01
  try? You know, I I wouldn't doubt we
• 43:04
  have somebody come and say, Hey, you know what?
• 43:06
  I want to I want to try DJ ING for, you know, for two weeks,
• 43:10
  you know, or I want to try talk radio or I just want to be a
• 43:14
  guest. You know, we get a lot of that
• 43:16
  as well. And you can also like, Hey, I
• 43:21
  just want to do a voice for cartoon.
• 43:23
  You can totally do that. The limits, literally the, the
• 43:31
  Sky's the limit here at MBR and we're all in this together.
• 43:38
  Just schedule a time right on the website and just just come
• 43:42
  with ideas and we'll work at it together.
• 43:46
  And that's exactly what I did when I came to MB RI, found the
• 43:50
  ad in the Veterans newsletter and it said be a podcaster.
• 43:54
  And I was like what? This is exactly what I was
• 43:56
  looking for. So I scheduled a time, took a
• 43:59
  little while to get on board because there was such a demand
• 44:03
  and such a a scheduling rush that it took a little while to
• 44:07
  get on. But I got on and I was helped
• 44:10
  with creating logos, with kind of how to use the platform, how
• 44:16
  to use Stream yard, all the different things.
• 44:19
  And then, you know, MBR helps with guests too, because a lot
• 44:22
  of guests reach out to MBR and want to be on.
• 44:25
  And so we have them on multiple shows because they have a really
• 44:27
  good message or a really good story.
• 44:30
  So we share guests and really give them the exposure that they
• 44:33
  need or that they may want for a new book, a new single, and a
• 44:38
  new program there they developed or maybe a nonprofit that they
• 44:44
  started. So we really want to highlight
• 44:47
  veterans across the board, whatever they might be doing.
• 44:51
  So if they're animating or if they're writing books or if
• 44:54
  they're writing songs or if they're in a band or if they're
• 44:57
  doing some kind of performance somewhere, or if they have a
• 45:00
  nonprofit or if they have a product that they're trying to
• 45:02
  sell, we try to highlight those. And so really what we're trying
• 45:06
  to do is maybe get the veteran exposed to a different audience
• 45:12
  and also out into the bedroom community.
• 45:14
  So, you know, really here at MBR, you can really decide what
• 45:18
  it is that you're interested in and how you want to develop your
• 45:22
  show or develop a product for veterans.
• 45:27
  And you know, and what we're in Westminster, Co, 9191 Sheridan
• 45:32
  Blvd. Come by, be nosy.
• 45:36
  You can sit in, you don't have to be on camera.
• 45:38
  You don't have to talk, but you can come in.
• 45:41
  You can see what we're doing. You know, you can you can
• 45:45
  observe and just watch. You know, you never know, you
• 45:50
  might find the content. Finally come in, you know, the,
• 45:55
  the, the, the name of the game is that every veteran has a
• 46:01
  place where they can go here in Colorado.
• 46:06
  They don't have to, they don't have to question it tomorrow.
• 46:09
  They know that they can, they know they, they can come here.
• 46:11
  You know, you always, you know, the one thing in life you always
• 46:15
  know is that one that one person or that one place that you can
• 46:19
  go to that's always going to be there.
• 46:24
  That's. Good to know.
• 46:25
  And we have a couple of hosts on the show tonight that are in the
• 46:29
  audience and we have OM Radio and he has a really great show
• 46:34
  on Thursdays at 8:00 PM Eastern, I believe, or is, yeah, 8:00 PM
• 46:39
  Eastern. And then we have the world of
• 46:45
  conscious about to set it wrong. And MJ was going to get me the
• 46:49
  world of conscious positive thinking.
• 46:51
  And she's on at 9:00 PM and not PMAM Eastern on Mondays so you
• 46:56
  can catch her show. But all of us came to the
• 46:59
  platform and learned how to podcast.
• 47:02
  Travis kind of did his own thing, but he's on our platform
• 47:04
  too. But he's helping be on our board
• 47:07
  and teach our veterans how to podcast.
• 47:10
  And he's got students of his own that he's teaching.
• 47:13
  So he really is teaching the craft too to his different
• 47:17
  students that he works with. So we really appreciate what MJ
• 47:21
  and what Travis are doing. And MJ is a really good resource
• 47:26
  for self help and self healing. And the sky is not the limit.
• 47:30
  You're right, MJ, I'm sorry. So the limit, it's limitless
• 47:35
  what you can do. So let's just put it there
• 47:37
  instead of giving us a boundary. We don't have a boundary.
• 47:39
  So we're thinking outside the box tonight.
• 47:44
  But so if you want to be a DJ though, if you really love music
• 47:47
  and you really love radio, you can record a show and we can
• 47:51
  play it or you can go live. So we have live DJs and we have
• 47:55
  pre recorded DJs. We have both and both are very
• 47:59
  well received amongst the audience and our audience goes
• 48:02
  all over the world. You would be really surprised to
• 48:04
  hear how many countries we're in because I was, we're in France,
• 48:09
  Colombia, we're we're in Russia, Mexico, Holland.
• 48:18
  I know Germany. Germany, yeah, we we're all over
• 48:21
  the place. So you can catch us at MB Radio
• 48:24
  dot US and you can listen live there or you can download the
• 48:27
  app and you can listen there. You can take us with you
• 48:30
  wherever you go. I listen in my car all day long.
• 48:32
  I take my phone and I turn on the app and I've got the best
• 48:36
  music all day long. And most for the most part it's
• 48:38
  commercial free too. And most of it's good for office
• 48:43
  hearing. But some some songs may little
• 48:46
  be a little iffy. You may have to turn it down a
• 48:47
  time or two. But for the most part, you can
• 48:50
  listen at work and not have your boss be upset.
• 48:55
  I hope that I did not cuss during this interview, I was
• 48:58
  just thinking about the treasure and if I did, I apologize.
• 49:02
  Well, we might be able to airbrush it out, airbrush the
• 49:08
  audio. It just dawned on me.
• 49:11
  I'm like, oh boy, I think I said something that anyways, but
• 49:15
  yeah, you know, give us a, give us a shot.
• 49:18
  What? What do you have to lose it?
• 49:21
  It's, it's, it's not going to cost you guys anything, you
• 49:24
  know. So come on by and, and we'll,
• 49:30
  we'll, we'll print, we'll 3D print something together.
• 49:35
  Right. Look at that MBR bringing people
• 49:38
  together. Right.
• 49:40
  Yeah, MJ and I met on this platform and I actually was on
• 49:44
  duty in Miami and she was a Miami host at the time.
• 49:49
  So I said, hey, why don't we get together?
• 49:52
  And she agreed. And so we spent some time
• 49:54
  together and hung out. So, you know, really, this is a
• 49:56
  community. It's a place where you can make
• 50:00
  lasting friendships, where you can help one another, you know,
• 50:03
  through whatever you're going through.
• 50:06
  It really is a place for all. It's not just, you know, even if
• 50:10
  you don't really want to do any of those things, you don't want
• 50:13
  to podcast, you don't want to animate, you don't want to learn
• 50:15
  how to 3D print, you don't want to be on the radio, but you just
• 50:18
  want to hang out with other veterans and just support each
• 50:21
  other. We have those too.
• 50:23
  Well, you know, while I have this guy on here, you know, I
• 50:29
  want, I want to, I want to give Tim a real quick shout out
• 50:32
  because The thing is, is that you and you and MJ have friended
• 50:38
  him. And when I tell you who he is,
• 50:41
  you and MJ are going to be like, oh, wow.
• 50:45
  So I went to you guys when you first started and I was really
• 50:50
  worried about a soldier in Florida that needed some help,
• 50:55
  PTSDS, you know, stuff like that.
• 50:58
  Do you Remember Me talking about that?
• 51:01
  That was Tim. Tim is now doing a lot better.
• 51:06
  He's getting ready to do some kind of like MDT training or
• 51:10
  whatever, but like, like he has made a complete 180.
• 51:17
  And you know, I mean that that's just an example what the station
• 51:23
  does. And like you guys didn't even
• 51:25
  know that that that was him. I just wanted to show you in, in
• 51:30
  real life, Hey, that's a veteran that you guys have that that's,
• 51:36
  that's a veteran that you guys helped.
• 51:38
  That's. Awesome.
• 51:39
  I just wanted to bring that to your attention, that's all.
• 51:41
  Well, thank you. Congratulations, Tim on getting
• 51:45
  yourself in a good place. And if you ever need help or
• 51:48
  support, we're here. I'd probably embarrassed him.
• 51:58
  No, I don't. I don't think so.
• 52:00
  He he seems like he's a pretty Hardy dude.
• 52:03
  He can, He can. Handle this he.
• 52:05
  Can handle it so if. You I haven't got a text from
• 52:08
  him yet, so I don't. He's like, stop it.
• 52:13
  Right. So what else would you tell
• 52:17
  somebody in the audience that's thinking about doing one of
• 52:19
  these things? How how would you tell them to
• 52:22
  start? What?
• 52:23
  So you said make a, make an appointment.
• 52:25
  But if they're afraid to make an appointment, like, how can they
• 52:29
  take the first baby steps to get to get something they can?
• 52:33
  They can. They can give us a call, you
• 52:36
  know, they can find out, you know, you know what, what's
• 52:40
  radio station like, or you know how things are going or, you
• 52:45
  know, if they just have questions, you know, it's
• 52:47
  totally questions. I, I always say that the, the
• 52:51
  hardest thing to do is to get somebody to the door.
• 52:55
  And the reason why is because think about it, you know, if
• 52:58
  you're going to some place and you don't really know where it
• 53:02
  is because you've never been to their house or anything.
• 53:05
  So you already got the stress traffic and you got the stress
• 53:09
  of, you know, going to grab something before you go to the
• 53:12
  event, right? And then on top of it, you're
• 53:16
  sitting there trying to find parking.
• 53:18
  And sometimes, you know, when you reach out to somebody, hey,
• 53:21
  you want to go out. Honestly, that's one of the
• 53:25
  reasons why they say Nah, you know, I'm just not feeling like
• 53:28
  it because you have no idea what's went through their day.
• 53:33
  And it's really stressful sometimes to find a location or
• 53:37
  find the building. So that's my that, that's my
• 53:42
  encouragement is, you know, reach out and try to go
• 53:47
  somewhere different. Try, try to come by the MBR
• 53:51
  building, give us a call, you know, whatever it is.
• 53:56
  We just want to help you find an outlet.
• 53:59
  You know, and I think I speak for all of us here, all the
• 54:02
  hosts that you know, if MBR isn't your outlet, we will help
• 54:08
  you find a nonprofit or another navigation tool that can help
• 54:14
  you succeed on your journey. That's what we're here about.
• 54:20
  Absolutely, because we do have have a lot of resources, people
• 54:25
  that come to us with different things that they offer.
• 54:27
  And so if we aren't your resource, like H Train said, if
• 54:31
  you, if we're not your resource, we can find a community maybe
• 54:35
  where you fit better or where you want to be, or just a
• 54:38
  resource to help you with what you're going through at the
• 54:40
  time. Because the last thing you want
• 54:42
  to do is feel like you have to do everything alone.
• 54:46
  You know, on this platform and the other platforms with the
• 54:49
  nonprofits, no one should ever feel alone.
• 54:52
  There should be some place where you fit in.
• 54:54
  If it's not here, then it could be there.
• 54:57
  It could be learning to camp, learning to hike, learning to
• 55:04
  maybe do bows and arrows. I mean, participating in the
• 55:08
  Wounded Warrior events that they have once a year.
• 55:13
  You know, there's always something for for you, depending
• 55:15
  upon what your abilities or what your hobbies are or what you'd
• 55:18
  like to do. There's something for everyone.
• 55:20
  So don't feel like just because this one isn't yours, that there
• 55:24
  isn't something that's out there for you because we should be
• 55:27
  able to connect you. We have a lot of people that are
• 55:30
  in a lot of different organizations and they can be
• 55:33
  your resource. So reach out and just let us
• 55:37
  know because we're here to help. And like I said, if you just
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  want to hang out with us and we have people that are in our chat
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  that don't do a radio show. They are host a music show.
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  They just want to be part of the conversation and help support a
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  nonprofit. And we appreciate everyone
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  that's helping us in the chat or in just in general being part of
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  our community because we need everyone.
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  We need people that just spread the word.
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  When people spread the word by their podcast or by their music
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  or by sharing on Facebook if they have a radio show and
• 56:12
  they're putting out positive messages.
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  Like maybe the motivated mindset with Jose Flores.
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  He's a very passionate motivator and he does a lot of things for
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  MBR and a lot of things for veterans, so he can probably
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  plug you into something too. We've got several different
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  shows and hosts that really can make help you in your daily life
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  and make a difference for you. Yeah.
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  You know, and the really the real important thing is, you
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  know, when you come to MBR, you kind of, I know, I know you, you
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  can kind of put MBR on your resume.
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  Because one thing that we do that's really important here is
• 56:54
  we teach you how to conduct, how to produce.
• 56:58
  We, we teach you how to do the whole show.
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  You know, you might be good, but you know, there might be some
• 57:04
  things that we can teach you to make you even better.
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  You know, we've, we've already had a couple of interns, you
• 57:12
  know, left the nest and they're doing incredible.
• 57:15
  They're doing incredible work. They really are, you know, and
• 57:19
  that can be you too. And it's not too late.
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  You're not too old. I'm I'm 48, so you know, but
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  come, come give us a try. Yeah, absolutely.
• 57:32
  And if you can help support us by donations, we're always up to
• 57:37
  take those as well because every dollar does go right back into
• 57:41
  helping veterans, giving veterans a voice, things to help
• 57:46
  with veteran programming, just supplies that are needed.
• 57:50
  All that money goes right back in to help veterans in whatever
• 57:53
  we're doing. What if whatever platform
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  they're on, they're supporting Stream Yard or supporting by
• 58:00
  keeping the lights on in the studio, But all the money goes
• 58:03
  right back in. No one's taking a salary.
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  We're all volunteers and we're all here to help.
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  So feel like you're getting to A5O1C3 that's making a
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  difference. I think we are.
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  And. I think we're trying.
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  To do that. Hey, I'll even take foot
• 58:17
  pictures. I'll take, I'll take feet
• 58:20
  pictures. All right, Somebody's out there
• 58:22
  willing to pay for feet pictures of donation.
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  You know, we, we couldn't just write.
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  I, I, I will take pictures of my feet.
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  Just just throwing it out there. Hopefully that won't be
• 58:34
  necessary. We're hoping it's not necessary.
• 58:38
  Well, do you have any final thoughts before we close up the
• 58:40
  show? You know the only final thought
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  this is. Your time to shine.
• 58:45
  Yeah, you know, And the only final thought is, you know, if
• 58:50
  you're looking around and you ain't got no friends, go be that
• 58:54
  friend. True.
• 58:57
  Yeah, I love that. That's true.
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  Everyone should have someone they can talk to.
• 59:03
  So if you don't have that someone, find someone that you
• 59:05
  can be a friend to and help them through a rough spot.
• 59:11
  I love it. Well, thank you for joining in a
• 59:13
  pinch there H train because my guest didn't show up, but we did
• 59:17
  get to hear his music. So maybe I'll have him on
• 59:19
  another time. But I really am excited to have
• 59:21
  talked about what we're doing here at MBR because I think it's
• 59:25
  really important. And I think you know, learning
• 59:28
  more about the platform and learning more about what we do
• 59:30
  is always definitely a good, a good opportunity to kind of
• 59:34
  really say our message or give our get our message out.
• 59:39
  I think so too. I think so too.
• 59:41
  And yeah, come on by or give us a call everybody.
• 59:47
  We're we're open pretty much 24/7.
• 59:51
  Sounds good. I will say one final.
• 59:53
  Let's see what we got. Oh, MJ is she's giving us some
• 59:58
  props, I think for MBR. I love it.
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  All right, well, this is Teresa Rounds and H Train signing off.
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