The central focus of this podcast episode revolves around my recent experience with illness, specifically a flu-like condition that hindered my ability to communicate effectively for a duration of two weeks. During our discussion, I elaborated on the symptoms I encountered, which ranged from a persistent sore throat to significant voice loss, ultimately impacting my capacity to record the podcast. In addition to sharing my health challenges, I also touched upon various current events, expressing my concerns regarding societal issues without delving into political discourse. Furthermore, I reflected on my professional accomplishments, including my milestone anniversary at Disney World, which I regard with pride. We conclude with a brief overview of my ongoing weight loss journey, where I have achieved notable progress through the use of Wegovy. Beginning with a lively introduction of the host, Grey Hair Dave, this podcast episode unfolds with a personal narrative that captures the host's recent health struggles due to a widespread flu. Grey Hair Dave candidly shares the physical toll of the illness, including his experience of losing his voice and the subsequent impact on his ability to record the podcast. His authentic recounting of the discomforts and inconveniences he faced during his recovery resonates with listeners who may find themselves in similar situations. The host's humor and resilience shine through as he narrates his journey back to health, ultimately expressing his eagerness to reconnect with his audience after a two-week absence. As the discourse pivots from personal anecdotes to societal observations, Grey Hair Dave addresses the current political landscape with a sense of concern, particularly regarding developments in Minnesota. He articulates his relief at living in Florida, where he perceives a more stable environment, thereby prompting reflections on regional differences in governance and societal norms. This part of the episode serves as a critical examination of contemporary issues, allowing the host to share his perspective without delving into overt partisan politics. The absurdity of discussing the potential purchase of Greenland emerges as a focal point of humor, illustrating the often convoluted nature of political discourse. In the concluding segments, Grey Hair Dave celebrates his professional journey, particularly highlighting his ten-year tenure at Disney, a milestone he approaches with pride and gratitude. He discusses the plethora of opportunities available to employees within the company, emphasizing the culture of growth and adaptability that he has found there. Additionally, the host explores the integration of artificial intelligence within the podcasting realm, reflecting on how these advancements have reshaped content creation. As the episode concludes, he encourages audience engagement through likes and comments, reinforcing the community aspect of his podcasting endeavor, and leaves listeners with a poignant reminder of the importance of kindness and human connection in everyday interactions.

Takeaways:

1. The host expresses gratitude for returning after a brief hiatus due to illness.
2. Discussion of recent flu experiences highlights the pervasive nature of illness in communities.
3. Insights are shared regarding the use of AI technologies, particularly in podcasting.
4. The host encourages audience engagement and emphasizes the importance of social connection.
5. Personal progress in weight loss is noted, showcasing the effectiveness of Wegovy treatment.
6. Considerations about living environments and political climates reflect on broader societal issues.

Links referenced in this episode:

1. boomerpodcasters.com
2. 11labs.io

Companies mentioned in this episode:

1. Eleven Labs
2. Chat GPT
3. Perplexity
4. Google
5. Gemini
6. Captivate
7. Otter
8. Jasper
9. Whisper
10. Claude
11. WeGovy

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Welcome to five Minutes with Grey Hair Dave.

He has grey hair and he has a grey beard and he also wears glasses like the guy in the artwork.

Oh, and the guy in the artwork is better looking now, tariff free.

Here is Grey Hair Dave.

Well, well, well, well, well.

What did you think of Eleven Labs today?

Yes, folks, the intro is always done by ElevenLabs.

I have an affiliate link in the show Notes that will.

If you go to it and click on it and you decide you want to try it, I might get a little bit of an incentive to come back and tell you more about it.

Anyway, folks, how are you?

How are you?

How are you?

I am back.

First off, I apologize for not being here for the past two weeks.

To start out with.

Two weeks ago I started getting this flu that's been going around.

There's a lot of it going around over here in the States.

It seems like I don't know about where you are, but here it's going around.

And it was.

My voice was more like this.

I don't know if you can hear that, but it was more like this.

And I thought, well, that's not going to do you guys any good.

And the more I talked, the sore my throat got.

And it's really weird because it started out as, as the flu and never turned into the cold, into a cold, nothing like that.

But on Wednesday I thought I felt pretty good and I went to work.

I just was really weird.

I couldn't keep my nose from running all day long.

And I had went out and bought some decongestant and something to help dry it up, but it wasn't working.

It's always, it's always a little cool where I work.

A little cooler than everywhere else because of all the computers.

So they keep it a little bit cooler.

But anyway, so I went to work Wednesday, okay, I'll come home and I'll record.

Be a day or so late.

Well, I got home that night and that was it.

I sat down for a bit.

A couple hours later I woke up and went to bed.

Now I apologize for that, but I just couldn't do it.

I ended up taking the next two days off of work.

And as you know, or if you don't know, I work part time and that means I'm only working three days a week and that's by choice right now.

So I took two days off and it kept getting worse and I stayed in bed.

And I'm a big person who.

I'm a person who really believes in nyquil and Dayquil and I took nyquil for two straight days.

So I'd wake up, be up for an hour or so and go back to sleep for a couple hours.

I'd sleep for five or six hours and get up, be up for an hour to go right back to sleep.

Did that for.

For three days.

Sunday comes around and there was no voice.

And yet the sniffling had gone away and a chest congestion had gone away.

Has gotten better, but the voice was, like, gone because it was like.

It was.

It started in my nose.

Well, it's just sinuses.

And it went down into my chest.

And I had an upset stomach for days.

It wasn't like, oh, my God, I want to, you know, I'm nauseous or anything.

I just.

It was upset and I continued to, you know, just not deal with it.

And I did take some Pepto Bismol, and that would help once in a while.

So I went on and needless to say, I lost my voice.

And so Sunday, I couldn't record.

Well, Monday I started feeling a whole lot better.

I thought, well, okay, well, my voice was still not very good.

And then Tuesday, I got tied up in a couple of things and I did lay down again and took a nap in the afternoon, and next thing I know, I wasn't feeling like doing it.

So here I am today, folks.

I apologize, but here I am.

I am back and happy to be back because I feel fantastic now.

I hope you don't get this friend of mine got it.

And boy, man, it just made her.

Her sick as a dog.

But.

And she takes care of dogs, so it doesn't help anyway, what's going on in the world that.

To change subjects, you know, what's going on in the world.

It's.

Things are.

Things are crazy over here, and I don't want to get political at all on this, on this podcast, especially today, but I have to admit, I'm not happy about some of the things that are going on in Minnesota.

Thank the Lord I don't live there.

I do.

I'm glad I'm in Florida, personally, I am, because it's just.

I don't want to.

I don't want to have to deal with that kind of stuff.

Not going to have to in Florida.

Our governor won't put up with that kind of stuff.

And then there's this.

Why would we want to buy Greenland?

You know, I.

It doesn't matter what my.

How I lean, left or right, center, independent, I don't care.

It doesn't matter.

I'll vote for who I believe.

Is going to be the.

Do the best job.

But why would we want to buy Greenland?

Okay.

It's a.

It's for.

I'm sorry, is it for sale?

I didn't know it was for sale.

I don't think they knew it was for sale and that's all I know about it.

So.

A little bit.

I started watching the news the other day.

Okay, now, now it's off the rails.

I've done.

I changed the channel.

I.

And I'm going back to my motto of I'm only watching local news and only watching it for the weather because it's just nuts out there.

It's just nuts.

Everybody is so upset and everybody is so angry and, and they want to take it out on other people and it, and people are dying out there for no reason at all.

None, folks.

Well, I can't say none, but you know what I mean?

It's.

If they are, it's for stupid reasons.

You know, in the cities, in the inner cities and, and places like that.

I, I had considered a little while ago moving in a year or two and I was thinking about it and I think downtown Tampa is a neat place.

I've been downtown Tampa a couple times and it looks to be a nice area.

And so is downtown Orlando where I'm close to too.

But you know, then it's also not.

I'm not a young kid, so.

And I'm not going to be going out to the bars and that kind of thing.

But I like owners things to do, things that I can get out of the house and go do and I don't have to drive an hour to go do it.

You know what I mean?

I like that kind of thing.

But anyway, I've been thinking about that too.

But I'm still going to keep working.

Oh yeah.

Next week I have a, a party to go to at Disneyland or not Disneyland, I'm sorry, at Disney World at the Magic Kingdom.

It's a celebration for anniversary special anniversaries, milestones they call them.

And I would too.

So I think I told you that last year in October I celebrated my 10 year anniversary at Disney.

And I'm proud of that fact, folks.

I am.

I.

It's not just the amount of years, but I'm proud of that.

And I, and I wanted to make.

That was a milestone I wanted to hit.

I really did.

I wanted to hit that milestone and I did it.

And there was a nice plaque that came along with it and a cake and everything.

I think I talked about it.

But they also throw this party and it's only for milestone anniversaries.

So it's for 10 year, 15 year 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 year anniversaries.

And we've got some people here who work here who are having 40, 45 and I think there's a 50 in there, I think.

And that wouldn't surprise me because I don't care what the naysayers say.

This is not a bad place to work.

No matter where you work, you're going to get the occasional bad manager, the occasional bad co worker.

But here you have so much opportunity to move around.

If you don't like it where you are or where the people you work with, well, you can transfer somewhere else, try something else.

I've done four different jobs here.

I like it, I like the fact that.

And I'm looking for another one right now because I can't go back to the one that I had or I still have but I haven't worked at in over a year because of my restrictions on my foot.

I can't stand on it all the time and that's what I have to do.

At my old position, which you're working, you're standing and walking and that's what aggravated it.

But so I'm looking for something different, something new and there's lots of different choices.

So there are people out there who do bad mouth Disney.

And I'm sorry that you had a bad experience.

I've had some bad experiences while I've been here that I didn't like.

But then again I just moved on.

I went to someplace else if it wasn't working and or I got over it.

You know, it's not worth it.

So let's get off of Disney for a while.

And I wanted to say this.

I haven't been playing much online with anything.

I haven't been going back to.

Oh goodness, I lost the name already.

I know I haven't been using CHAP GPT but I also haven't been using Perplexity lately.

It went on a break for me and it hasn't come back.

I'm waiting for it to come back.

I want to see how long it takes.

I'm not getting that daily email that there's not much going on Now.

I don't know if you have checked out Google's Gemini, but I tell you what, I'm pretty impressed.

It does a really nice job and most of the new AIs out there really, really do.

I like I look at 11 Labs is AI 11 Labs IO is AI driven chat GPT.

If I'm looking for something or I want to, you know, I had questions about how I was feeling, so I went to Chat GPT and there it was.

It gave me the answers I wanted to.

I like doing, doing some things differently too.

I like to ask Chat GPT a question, I'll get the answer, then I'll go ahead and I'll copy and paste the question again into perplexity.

Check the answers there that they give me.

And then I go over to, I tried this.

I went over to Gemini to see what Gemini would give me and Gemini would, I would be pretty close and they would take a lot of what was almost like they were combining it and giving me the best out of both.

So I'm not this huge, I'm not a big proponent of Google.

I use their equipment.

I mean, I use their, their Google Drive, which everybody poo poos.

At least in my world, they poo poo it.

And I also.

But I use, I use AI a lot and more than I realize when I upload this audio into Captivate my, my podcast host, which if you're going to be a podcaster and are you thinking about being a podcaster, look at all of the podcast hosts before you choose one, see if it, what options you are looking for.

But Captivate will through AI, they will listen to the podcast real quick, a whole lot quicker than we can.

They'll give me show notes, show note options, give me name options for the title.

They'll give me chapters.

They'll give me, they call it Amy.

It's basically, it's dynamically inserting ads.

They give me, you know, markers where the best places to do that.

They give me SEO.

They know they.

All you gotta do is click, do the SEO for me.

And it does it and it does a really good job.

You, you do have to go back in and you do have to make sure that it's what you want it to say.

And you have to edit it.

Of course you do.

You put it into any translation program and there's a lot of them out there.

Otter, Jasper, Whisper.

If you're a Mac user, you can put into Whisper, Claude or whoever you're going to use and it'll give you a transcript of what you got.

And most of the podcast hosting companies today, well, we'll give you a translation.

I'm sorry, not a translation, a transcript.

Folks, I haven't had a drink in over a month.

And so this isn't because of drinking.

I mean, I've had Diet Coke, but I haven't put anything in it and I haven't been drinking beer.

So check these things out.

If you're going to be a podcast or want to be a podcaster, I can help you Boomer Podcasters, which I'm considering changing the name, but right now it's still saying Boomer Podcasters.

Go to the website boomerpodcasters.com leave me a message.

I'd be happy to.

Happy to help you.

If you know somebody who wants to be a podcaster, have them contact me through that.

Also, folks, if you like this podcast, do me a favor.

If you could maybe leave me a comment or give me a like, tell your friends, tell somebody about it.

Trying to grow my audience.

You are my help right here.

You're the one I'm talking to right now.

So also folks, this is what I always say.

If you're out and about and you see somebody you don't know or you're walking by somebody in a grocery store or convenience store or wherever you are, smile, say hi, you're going to make their day.

And you'll make, they'll make yours.

And I did want to add this.

I know I've told you that I've been working with wegovy or wegovy to lose weight.

And since September, folks, I have lost 55 pounds using WeGovy.

I have one shot left of the 1.7 milligrams this coming Saturday.

And I'm happy with the, the results.

I was, I mean, I'm close to where I want to be.

I'm only really 20, 22 pounds away from where I want to be.

And that's not bad.

In what, September?

October, November, December.

Four months.

Four and a half months.

That's not bad.

Really good.

Think about it.

That's about £10amonth.

So you can do it, too.

Now, I am not advertising and they're not paying me, but 11 Labs IO will if you subscribe using my link.

So on behalf of everybody here at Gray Hair Productions, I am Gray Hair Dave, saying I will talk to you again next week.

Bye Bye.