Nov. 14, 2024

Gray Hair Dave: Political Insights and a Business Idea for Gulf Sand

Gray Hair Dave: Political Insights and a Business Idea for Gulf Sand

Episode 137 delves into the current political landscape, highlighting the shifts in attitudes following the recent elections, particularly regarding President Elect Trump and the Democrats' reactions. Gray Hair Dave shares his observations on the political scene, emphasizing the need for people to move on and focus on their lives rather than dwelling on political conflicts. The episode also touches on the challenges faced by residents in Florida, including flooding issues and the ongoing hurricane season, drawing a light-hearted comparison to the local sand situation. Listeners will find a blend of commentary on politics and personal anecdotes, showcasing Dave's unique perspective as he reflects on life in Florida. As always, the episode wraps up with a reminder to spread positivity and connect with others in the community.

Gray Hair Day brings listeners an engaging and candid reflection on the current political landscape, blended with personal anecdotes and a touch of humor. The episode kicks off with Gray Hair Dave sharing his recent successes and experiences, including a particularly productive work week, which sets a relatable stage for the audience. He seamlessly transitions into discussing the political atmosphere, particularly focusing on the aftermath of the recent elections and the implications of President Elect Trump's swift actions in assembling his cabinet. Dave's insights are thought-provoking as he analyzes the shifting tides within the Democratic Party, touching on the potential maneuvering around Biden's presidency and the dynamics that might lead to Kamala Harris stepping into a more prominent role. His perspective is a mix of skepticism and cautious optimism, illustrating the complexities of political transitions and public sentiment.

As the conversation flows, Dave cleverly intertwines his personal narrative with broader societal themes, such as the aging population and the importance of voice for older generations in media. He introduces his new sponsor, Boomer Podcasters, emphasizing the need for platforms that empower older demographics to share their stories and wisdom. This not only highlights the relevance of the podcasting medium but also underscores a mission that resonates deeply with the intended audience. Dave's engaging storytelling and humor create a welcoming atmosphere, encouraging listeners to reflect on their own experiences while navigating the ever-evolving world around them.


The episode also features light-hearted yet insightful commentary on the state of Florida's weather and infrastructure, particularly in relation to the hurricane season. Dave's observations about local flooding and the impact of rapid population growth add an interesting layer to the narrative, showcasing how personal experiences can intersect with larger environmental and societal issues. His musings on the beauty of Florida and its appeal to newcomers serve as a reminder of the joys and challenges of living in a popular retirement destination, making the episode not only politically charged but also deeply relatable and rich in local flavor.

Takeaways:

  • Gray Hair Dave shares his personal experiences and reflections on life, work, and politics.
  • The podcast emphasizes the importance of helping baby boomers learn how to podcast easily.
  • Listeners are encouraged to engage with the new sponsor, Boomer Podcasters, for podcasting guidance.
  • Gray Hair Dave discusses the current political climate and observations on recent elections.
  • The host reflects on the changes in Florida's weather and the impact of hurricanes.
  • Dave humorously suggests a potential business opportunity selling Gulf of Mexico sand to interested buyers.

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Companies mentioned in this episode:

  • Boomer Podcasters

00:00 - None

00:00 - Introduction to Gray Hair Day

02:27 - The Political Landscape Post-Election

07:49 - Weather Changes and the Coming Storm

10:54 - The Challenges of Living in Florida

13:59 - Spreading Positivity

Gray Hair Dave

Welcome, welcome back, ladies and gentlemen, to another episode of five Minutes with Gray Hair Day.


Gray Hair Dave

That's right, it's me.


Gray Hair Dave

It's no AI today, it's just me, your gray haired, gray bearded, glasses wearing, fuzzy ball gray haired.


Gray Hair Dave

Dave, how are you today?


Gray Hair Dave

I hope you're doing well.


Gray Hair Dave

I'm doing really well.


Gray Hair Dave

I've had a great week.


Gray Hair Dave

I have gotten a lot of things done with, with my life, things going on around here for me, like work, you know, the, that old job thing.


Gray Hair Dave

This week I've been blessed to work three days instead of just two and I had a great night last night with that.


Gray Hair Dave

But anyway, not that that has anything to do with this podcast, but something that does is my new sponsor.


Gray Hair Dave

My new sponsor for this podcast is going to be you ready for it?


Gray Hair Dave

Boomer Podcasters.


Gray Hair Dave

Boomer Podcasters is a podcast for boomers, Gen Xers, Gen Y and Gen Z or anybody else who wants to learn how to podcast the easy way, the way that is not going to break the bank when it comes to equipment.


Gray Hair Dave

And I'm not here to sell you an expensive program down the line.


Gray Hair Dave

I might want to sell you something, but you know, this is me wanting to help baby boomers get their word out.


Gray Hair Dave

That's what that's all about.


Gray Hair Dave

And as well as anybody else who wants to.


Gray Hair Dave

But it's a, it's, in my opinion, it's needed.


Gray Hair Dave

There are so many people out there who have so much knowledge that they need to get it out there before it's gone forever.


Gray Hair Dave

So anyways, that's who's sponsoring me now.


Gray Hair Dave

And the host of that show is this really nice guy called Gray Hair Dave.


Gray Hair Dave

So it's a little self serving here.


Gray Hair Dave

This week in and around my world also has been kind of fun because I've been watching the left politically implode upon themselves.


Gray Hair Dave

Almost all of a sudden people are realizing, hey, we didn't win and we could have done better.


Gray Hair Dave

And the Democrats are not trying to rub their face.


Gray Hair Dave

I mean the Republicans are not trying to rub their face in it.


Gray Hair Dave

And the new President elect, President Elect Trump, is moving forward quickly with his, his nominees for new offices, not new offices, but I mean for cabinet members and things such as that.


Gray Hair Dave

And I tell you, I like it.


Gray Hair Dave

He's not letting grass grow underneath his feet here.


Gray Hair Dave

He's taking transition this time between now and January 20, 2025 to get things done so that when January 20 at 1201 hits, he and his team can start doing things, they can start governing.


Gray Hair Dave

It's amazing just hearing that Trump won has changed some attitudes around the world.


Gray Hair Dave

It's like, oh, we're not going to get away with stuff like that anymore.


Gray Hair Dave

Or again, like we have been lately.


Gray Hair Dave

There's this thing out here and I told a friend of mine, because I heard it on a podcast, in fact, I need to reference this.


Gray Hair Dave

I heard this on no Agenda, I Believe was either no Agenda or Podcasting 2.0.


Gray Hair Dave

It was with Adam Curry.


Gray Hair Dave

And he said, and I believe this is true.


Gray Hair Dave

He said, told me shortly after the, he said this shortly after the election that the Democrats were going to try to push Biden out of office so that Harris could be the 47th president.


Gray Hair Dave

Now, that didn't go very far, but I thought about it really quickly and I told a friend of mine that I believe that that's going to come true.


Gray Hair Dave

And all of a sudden I see things like that trying to happen.


Gray Hair Dave

Ah, it's been suggested more and more often.


Gray Hair Dave

And I hope, I hope and hope and hope that they don't do that to him.


Gray Hair Dave

He won.


Gray Hair Dave

He stepped down for her.


Gray Hair Dave

She didn't win.


Gray Hair Dave

Yes, he doesn't deserve another four years because I don't think he's capable of it.


Gray Hair Dave

But I don't think that he deserves to be pushed out of office with only two months left, folks.


Gray Hair Dave

I really don't.


Gray Hair Dave

I mean, it's, it's almost November 20th year, so you'll have two months.


Gray Hair Dave

He's just fine.


Gray Hair Dave

He came out and made a speech and was more energized and happy looking than I've seen him in months.


Gray Hair Dave

Not that we've seen him much in the past months, but they, they ignored him.


Gray Hair Dave

And I think that's part of the reason they lost.


Gray Hair Dave

And he is the only person that can say he's beaten Donald Trump in a presidential election.


Gray Hair Dave

Now, I'm not leaning one way or the other here.


Gray Hair Dave

I'm just facing the, I'm telling the facts as I see them.


Gray Hair Dave

I really, really am.


Gray Hair Dave

It's just amazing.


Gray Hair Dave

It's, you've got people on the left who are having to admit that they are going to have to deal with this.


Gray Hair Dave

And that's, that's a sad thing.


Gray Hair Dave

You don't have to deal with this.


Gray Hair Dave

Don't make it your life's job to try and put him down.


Gray Hair Dave

Go on with your life.


Gray Hair Dave

So many people when he was president the first time made it their life's mission to trash the guy.


Gray Hair Dave

And all he was trying to do in his mind was create a better life for people in America.


Gray Hair Dave

And I'll be honest with you.


Gray Hair Dave

Things were better when he was in office last time.


Gray Hair Dave

Now granted every prices go up all the time but they seem to go on up higher this time than before.


Gray Hair Dave

So if you are a person who listens to this and you're not in the United States, thank you again for listening.


Gray Hair Dave

And if you are, I'm sure some of this is boring, but I'm also sure some of this is like watching a soap opera for you because you're going there go them Americans doing it again trashing each other.


Gray Hair Dave

Ah, it's, it's gotten that way over here folks.


Gray Hair Dave

And I hope it's not that way where you live.


Gray Hair Dave

I really do.


Gray Hair Dave

So what else is going on beside politics in my life?


Gray Hair Dave

What else is going on in your life besides politics?


Gray Hair Dave

Anything.


Gray Hair Dave

I'm sure something's going on.


Gray Hair Dave

So I, I was looking at it a couple of days ago, I was looking at things going on around here and you know, it's that time of year, it's fall here, it's fall everywhere.


Gray Hair Dave

And the weather hasn't changed much yet.


Gray Hair Dave

It's going to change for us this weekend and it's not the end of November yet.


Gray Hair Dave

So that means it's still hurricane season.


Gray Hair Dave

And wouldn't you know it, there's, there's a small storm or a storm of brewing down, down South America way that's going to probably come visit us middle of next week.


Gray Hair Dave

You know, they don't think it's going to be a hurricane but they say we're going to get a lot of rain out of it and we're already a little water soaked down here.


Gray Hair Dave

There are places down here in central Florida, this is central Florida where, you know, we weren't the, we didn't get the brunt of it of Milton.


Gray Hair Dave

We didn't, he just.


Gray Hair Dave

And, and I, we still got places whose streets are flooded because the drainage infrastructure has, has not upgraded with the volume of people who live here now.


Gray Hair Dave

Because in Florida, where I live and I live in central Florida, it's, yeah, people are just constantly moving down here because they want to retire down here in Florida.


Gray Hair Dave

That's what I did.


Gray Hair Dave

Yeah, I did that back in 06.


Gray Hair Dave

And I'll tell you what, I haven't looked back.


Gray Hair Dave

Yeah, I'll be down here in two years.


Gray Hair Dave

I'll be down here 20 years.


Gray Hair Dave

So I've been here 18 years.


Gray Hair Dave

That's a long time.


Gray Hair Dave

But I tell you what, I do love it here.


Gray Hair Dave

It's.


Gray Hair Dave

If you've never been to Florida, it's a gorgeous state.


Gray Hair Dave

There's Lots to see and lots to do.


Gray Hair Dave

I watch on Facebook and on a couple of the local sites online for the west coast cities that I like, like the Tampa Bay area, the Clearwater, St.


Gray Hair Dave

Pete beach area, which is one of my favorite areas around.


Gray Hair Dave

And you know how if you get snow, you get plows out there and, you know, picking up, pushing away the snow.


Gray Hair Dave

Well, they're having to do the same thing with the sand and they're just piling it up and it's.


Gray Hair Dave

So if you guys need sand, get a hold of us, get a hold of the west coast of Florida.


Gray Hair Dave

I'm sure they can send you some because it's been, you know, churned up from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.


Gray Hair Dave

So it's pure Gulf of the Mexican.


Gray Hair Dave

Gulf of Mexico sand, folks.


Gray Hair Dave

You know, that's a business for somebody over there selling Gulf of Mexico sand.


Gray Hair Dave

We'll ship it anywhere.


Gray Hair Dave

Probably need this ship in somewhere, right?


Gray Hair Dave

But anyway, that's.


Gray Hair Dave

But it's sad and there's so many people who are still so devastated they can't afford another one for a while.


Gray Hair Dave

Interest rates are high here and now you've got insurance rates that are still throughout this world, out of this world.


Gray Hair Dave

I am glad I rent, I really am, because I don't have to pay flood insurance or home insurance.


Gray Hair Dave

It's just crazy.


Gray Hair Dave

It's just crazy up here or down here.


Gray Hair Dave

I'm sorry.


Gray Hair Dave

But anyways, so that's my ranting and raving for today.


Gray Hair Dave

I hope you enjoyed this.


Gray Hair Dave

I know I went on a little bit long about the political stuff and that'll start to wear off and I'll start to get into other things.


Gray Hair Dave

But I do want you to think about the, that new, new business program, especially if you listen to me and you're in Florida.


Gray Hair Dave

You could make a good business out of that selling Gulf of Mexico sand.


Gray Hair Dave

You know, they need sand to put at the bottom of those ships in the bottle.


Gray Hair Dave

Right?


Gray Hair Dave

Anyway, those are my thoughts for today.


Gray Hair Dave

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Gray Hair Dave

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Gray Hair Dave

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look at it, tell me what you think.


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There's a new guy.


Gray Hair Dave

It's a different looking guy than Gray Haired Dave on this, because this is all about Gray Hair Dave and Boomer podcasters is all about Boomer.


Gray Hair Dave

So this is kind of like an alter alter ego, that guy.


Gray Hair Dave

So anyway, he's like a gray haired Dave with more hair.


Gray Hair Dave

Look at it.


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Tell me what you think.


Gray Hair Dave

I want your opinions.


Gray Hair Dave

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Gray Hair Dave

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Gray Hair Dave

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Gray Hair Dave

All you got to do is leave me your email address, which I have told you before, and I'll continue to say it.


Gray Hair Dave

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Gray Hair Dave

I'm very selfish.


Gray Hair Dave

I'm keeping them for myself.


Gray Hair Dave

Myself, Myself.


Gray Hair Dave

Well, two pot, you know, two.


Gray Hair Dave

Two websites that could be myself.


Gray Hair Dave

I may send you an email once in a while about what's going on in life or maybe an offer for a contest or a offer to buy T shirts or merchandise if that's something you're interested in.


Gray Hair Dave

So, you know, don't be afraid.


Gray Hair Dave

I'm not gonna go.


Gray Hair Dave

I'm not gonna spam you with a bunch of stuff.


Gray Hair Dave

I don't have time for that and I don't believe in it.


Gray Hair Dave

I'll send you something when I think it's important.


Gray Hair Dave

So anyways, do me one more favor today, folks.


Gray Hair Dave

While you're out and about, smile at somebody.


Gray Hair Dave

You're gonna make their day and they in turn will turn around and make yours.


Gray Hair Dave

So on behalf of Gray Hair Dave from Gray Hair Productions and Boomer Podcasters, you all have a wonderful, wonderful day.


Gray Hair Dave

I'll talk to you next week.


Gray Hair Dave

Bye.