Gray Hair Dave shares his reflections on the recent devastating impacts of Hurricane Helene, emphasizing the unexpected severity of the weather events in the U.S. He expresses his concerns about the changing climate and the public's expectations of political leaders in addressing these issues. Additionally, Dave touches on the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and the human suffering that results from war, highlighting the plight of ordinary people caught in the crossfire. He encourages kindness and understanding in society, urging listeners to be considerate of others, especially those in service roles. Finally, Dave provides a glimpse into his upcoming project, Boomer Podcasters, aimed at helping individuals learn how to podcast effectively and without financial strain.

Gray Hair Dave returns with a casual yet insightful discussion that traverses the personal and the global. He opens with a lighthearted introduction, celebrating the unique identity he has crafted as ‘Gray Hair Dave,’ before transitioning into serious reflections on recent weather-related disasters in the U.S. Notably, he discusses the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, painting vivid pictures of the devastation witnessed in Florida and the surrounding areas. Dave expresses genuine concern for those affected, emphasizing the impact of climate change and the unpredictability of weather patterns in regions traditionally less prone to such extreme weather events. His commentary extends to the political sphere, critiquing the inadequacy of responses to climate change from public officials and the media’s tendency to ask impractical questions regarding governmental influence over natural disasters.

This episode also reflects on societal attitudes towards entitlement and kindness, as Dave calls for greater compassion in daily interactions. He urges listeners to consider how they treat service workers and others in the community, advocating for a shift towards understanding and empathy rather than confrontation. As he navigates through various topics, from personal anecdotes about Christmas plans to broader discussions about global conflicts, Dave maintains a relatable tone that resonates with listeners, encouraging them to reflect on their positions in society and the world at large. His heartfelt advice to smile at others serves as a reminder of the power of small gestures in fostering connection and kindness in a sometimes divisive world.

Takeaways:

• Gray Hair Dave emphasizes the importance of kindness and understanding towards others in daily interactions.
• He expresses concern over recent devastating weather events and their impact on communities across the United States.
• Dave reflects on the disconnect between political debates and realistic solutions to climate change issues.
• He shares his plans for a new podcast aimed at helping others learn how to podcast effectively.
• Dave encourages listeners to be aware of their entitlement and to practice empathy in society.
• He highlights the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and emphasizes the plight of innocent civilians caught in war.
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Welcome to five minutes with gray hair Dave.

He has gray hair.

He has a gray beard.

He wears glasses like the guy in the artwork.

Oh, and the guy in the artwork is better looking.

Now here is gray hair Dave.

Yeah, folks, that's me.

Gray hair Dave.

I am back.

Welcome back to five minutes of gray hair Dave.

I almost said Boomer podcasters because I've been working on that.

I'm going to show notes, show thoughts, show ideas of what's going to happen.

I'm going to record the trailer today or tomorrow.

I've got the show notes all where I want them to be or the show ideas as a plan.

And then if I can, I want to get into show number one tomorrow, which will explain what's going to be happening on Boomer podcasters.

But let's get away from that for a bit and change subjects.

Been a lot of changes lately in the world that I was hoping to talk a little bit about and hopefully not offend anybody, because I hope you all know by now that is never my intention to offend all of you.

You are friends.

You are my family.

In a way, you're my podcasting family.

And of course, the last thing I want to do is offend anybody and lose your listenership or your friendship or anything like that.

So if I do offend, please, in advance know that I don't mean it on purpose.

So back to what's going on in the world.

Last week here in the United States, we had Hurricane Helene, or.

Yeah, Helene.

And, you know, I'm always worried, where's it gonna hit?

And it, it was, it was devastating.

And I'm sure you've all seen on the news and the pictures, the photos, the videos, it.

It was devastating.

It.

There's a place I go to here in Florida called Treasure island, and it's.

I mean, the streets were just covered in sand.

People's houses and cars were just buried in sand.

And it went further north into the big Bend area of Florida and wiped out a couple of towns.

Gone.

I mean, most everything is gone.

And then it continued on into Georgia and into the Carolinas.

And there are towns in Carolina that are in the mountains area, devastated, gone.

I mean, there's just nothing left.

And that one, it came up quick, but it didn't come up quick.

And if you don't live in the Florida Georgia area or Louisiana, around New Orleans, mobile, Alabama, that kind of area, you don't expect that kind of devastation from a hurricane that far north.

Oh, my God.

It's terrible.

It's terrible.

I just, I don't know.

I don't know what's happening in the world when it comes to the weather.

And it's nothing that I can do about it or you can do it, do anything about it.

But I was watching a little bit of the vice presidential debates, and this is still on the same subject.

Vice presidential debate was just a couple of days ago, and one of the commentators who were asking the questions actually said, what do you think we can do about climate change?

Or what are you going to do about climate change so we don't get this bad weather anymore?

What the, what, what?

Oh, I'm sorry.

As a vice president of the United States, I can change weather.

Now, I know Donald Trump says he can do a lot of things.

I personally don't believe changing the weather is something a president has the ability to do.

I remember that they, they blamed Katrina on George Bush.

What did George Bush do to make a hurricane come through?

It amazes me, the questions that they ask.

But think about those things before you vote.

Think about them before you realize how sometimes these people who are asking the questions that they expect your public officials to answer are not doing their homework.

Let's just go with that.

I'm not going to be rude about it, but all right, let's move on to something else now.

So it's going to be one of them days for sinuses.

But anyways, I'm going to cut that out.

So anyways, let's go on to the rest of the world.

What's going on.

The fighting over in the Middle East.

I, I understand what's going on.

I pay, I pay somewhat attention, but I don't make it my day because I don't watch the news much anymore.

I try to stay away from it because it can be addicting.

But I feel for those people.

You watch bombs going into their homes and the people that are being hurt are the people who are just there working every day and trying to have a life and live.

They're not in the war.

The war brought it.

The war came to them and they did not want it, and there's nothing they can do about it.

I am thankful that I live in a country where most people don't attack us.

And when they do, they really pay for it.

You look back at 911, which was just last month here in the United States, directly the anniversary, and people paid for what they did to us for years, but they did it.

And, and it was sad and stupid.

Okay, I'm saying that it's stupid.

These things that are going on are real.

I know there's reasons behind all of it, but really, is it necessary in today's society to be at war?

It just is not.

Okay, onto another subject.

Next subject.

Is going to be something happier, I hope.

I was thinking about what is going to happen around Christmas time this year.

I don't know why Christmas just came into my head the other day, but it did.

And I kept thinking to myself, now, what are you doing for Christmas this year?

I'm back to working part time with the mouse, and I have a little more time.

Maybe I'll go do something.

So maybe this year I'll go do something.

Maybe I'll go spend a little money on myself for Christmas.

And the beaches should be back to normal by then, but we'll see.

But what are your plans for Christmas this year?

Leave me a message on now go to my website, five minutes with gray hair Dave, and leave me a message.

Oh, you get a little bit away from it and you forget your, your, your how you're moving things along.

But anyways, so, uh, there was something else that I really wanted to talk about today.

What was it?

Well, what I wanted to talk about is obviously the ways away from my mind.

And I don't want to get into weeds on something that's controversial or anything like that right at the very end.

So let me just say this.

I find that we are becoming less and less a society of happy people and more and more a critical society to where so many people believe that they are entitled to so many things that.

That they just don't know what they're talking about.

And I feel that that's sad, and I feel that that's a generational thing that's going to continue.

And I don't know how to fix it.

But I think it needs to be aware, you know, out there in the world that it's happening.

So, on that note, I just want to say that it be kind to each other.

You know, if you're at some place of business getting, you know, doing business with somebody and you don't like what's happening, leave, don't come back.

That's one way to show them you don't need to get up in somebody's face who's over there making minimum wage, and it's not their fault.

Just, it's not their fault.

It's a situational thing or it's a corporational thing.

It's whatever.

But you don't need to be getting up in people's faces about anything.

So it just at least animosity.

And it leads to, you know, who looks bad in that scenario?

The person who's doing that.

Am I right or am I right?

Entitlement is look at yourself in the mirror and go, is that me?

If you're, if you're one of those doing it, and if you're one of the ones on the receiving end, folks, my apologies.

I am so sorry for you.

People try to intimidate me at work so that they can get free things from the mouse.

I am not intimidatable.

In my mind.

I can be intimidated, but it takes a lot.

So let's all be nicer to each other because if you were in that receiving position, you wouldn't like it either.

So that's all I had on that subject for today.

I got off of getting off of my soapbox for that.

All right, let's move on.

I changed the subject again now, and I'm going to go over to boomer podcasters again one more time.

If you are a baby boomer, a gen x or a Gen Y or a Gen Z, or anybody who wants to learn how to podcast and you're listening to me, I have a course I'm building, which is not going to be expensive, but quite a bit of it's going to be free.

It'll be on my website and it will be on my, on my YouTube page, and I'll be advertising on LinkedIn and Facebook and all those kinds of places where everybody does all that.

But I wanted to remind you that if you have ever thought about something like that or, you know, somebody who's thought of something like that and just doesn't know where to go, and they don't want to pay a lot of money.

They just want to go and they want to have fun.

They want to do, to talk about things or they've got something great on their mind, they want to talk about or they want to, they've got a hobby that they are, they're interested in.

Let them know about Boomer podcasters and that it's coming again.

The trailer is coming out tomorrow, recorded tomorrow.

I haven't exactly decided it's going to be a weekly podcast.

I'm not going to do that more than once a week because there's a lot involved.

I'm finding out there is a lot involved, and I don't want to steer anybody the wrong way.

I also don't want anybody to believe that I'm just another guru out there going, oh, you can make money with your podcast, but you can if you do it right.

And it's.

If you find the right niche and you, or niche, you can make money as a podcaster.

Lots of people do.

And everybody and their brother should stop trying to be Joe Rogan.

Oh, look at the money.

Joe Rogan makeshi Joe Rogan been doing this for years before he got to where he is.

And he's not going anywhere soon.

And why should he?

He's got something that's working for him.

I'm happy for him.

He's got a staff.

He does.

He does a great job.

But that's what I'm saying.

I can help you with that.

I can't help you get to be Joe Rogan, but I can help you get your word out there and hopefully eventually get monetized if it's something you want to do.

Because, you know, we all know making money is important.

That's why I'm going to be doing boomer pocket casters, because I want to make some money.

Let's be honest, I'm retired now.

I'm semi retired now.

I like that word, semi retired now.

It's probably too weird, but I like it.

People ask me, hey, Dave, is this your retirement job?

It is now.

It is now doing it.

The mouse.

It is now.

And I'm happy about it.

So don't forget, folks, got any thoughts, any comments on what's going on here, go to the website.

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that's the number.

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leave me a message.

Down that bottom right hand corner, there's a microphone with you.

Click on that and you put in your email address, which I don't sell, don't give away.

Leave me a message or go to the contact page and leave me a message there.

I want to hear from you also, folks, if you know somebody or bunches of people who don't know what a podcast is, don't know what kind of genres are out there, whether it's narrative or true crime or it's this kind of thing I'm doing here, or if it's a interview show or a news show, so many different types of shows out there, please show them what they are.

Show them where they can find them, because they can find them on their computer, on their laptop, on their iPads or whatever pad tablet they got and on their phones.

And a lot of people, I went out a while ago and people had no idea what a podcast really is or does.

They all thought it was a radio show.

Well, it's not an Internet radio show.

It's a podcast.

Also, folks, don't forget to smile at somebody today.

Somebody you don't know.

Somebody you do know.

Say hello.

You'll be surprised at the reaction you get.

You'll make their day, and.

And they in turn, will make yours.

So, from gray hair Dave here at Gray hair Productions, you all have a great week, and I will talk to you again next week.

Week.

Have a nice one.

Bye bye.

Hey, I'm sorry.

I just thought of one more thing I wanted you to know.

This show is being brought to you by Gray hair Productions.

That's my parent company of what I'm doing now.

So on gray hair productions, you have this show, five minutes with gray hair Dave.

But we also have a boomer podcasters.

The podcast and course where I teach you the baby boomer, the Gen X, or the Gen Y, or anybody who just wants to know how to podcast, how to do it without breaking the bank, without having nerves about it, and how to plan it and get it out there into the world.

So don't forget, tell your friends about me, and I will talk to you soon.

Thanks so much for being here.

I really, really do appreciate you every single time you listen.

Bye.