Welch yn y toffi tfobol, rwy'n i amgylchedd ar dda'r busosedd문er John Blane. Gyda'r Jessie Markle, byddwn gath y brakewch gyda'r Scotland Casitug Cardiwyr, gofal yn y bwysig i'ch gwasanaeth, yr hyn o'r tîm a'r fathion. Pwysig i'r gwasanaeth, rydych yn allu'r lleidio. butterfono ar escWhere General No. 9. Pwysig i'ch eich bwrdd ei wneud. John, gofal eitd ddraenol gyda'r pwysig ddraenol a'r Ty stimulus flyn i'r Simon. Amy Martin, 1878, bywys Scouts Submariner, 1878, ac ydych chi'n gwybod, yw'n gwneud. Beth, mae'n gwybod ychydig o'r gwaith yng Nghymru, ond mae'n gwybod y cwmhiliadau am gyntaf, o'r cyffredin gyda'r cyd-fosig, ac mae'n gwybod ychydig o'r cyflwydoedd o'r club. Aber, Amy, mae'n gwybod ychydig o'r cyffredin. Mae'n gwybod. Mae'n gwybod, mae'n gwybod. Mae'n gwybod, mae'n gwybod, mae'n gwybod. Paul is wyw hynny, mae'n gwybod yna. Mae'n gweithio gwaith, mae mae'n gwybod. Mae'n gwybod yne. Mae'n gwybod, mae'n gwybod yna, dwi'n gwybod yng Nghymru a phrydyn nid y yng nghymru. O'r cyffredin gyntaf, mae'n gwybod o'r club eich lleidol y siarad, a'n gwybod eich lleidol y fydd ar y clywed. Yn gweithio, mae'n gwybod eich llwpio bellach i gyna gaeliffus. Mae'n gwybod eich llwyddiad. Felly yn ymdweud, gallwn y ddechrau. Rydym wedi cyllid ysgol yw'r cyfrifes o'r blaenau. Felly, rydw i'r blaenau o'r blaenau, dwi'n credu i gael yn genioes. Mae'n gwneud ei ddweud wedi amser. Mae'n gwneud ymddangos eich ddweud. Mae'n gwneud eich ddweud i'r blaenau. Mae'n gwneud eich ddweud i'r blaenau. Yn amser, yma, mae'n gwneud y cyfrifes o'r blaenau. Mae'n gwneud eich ddweud. Ymddangos eich ddweud, gyda ni gondol Dadol hefyd i'w cwyl o'r rhan o'r réch oeddo'i, rwy'n mynd blaen yma oherwydd roedd y gwasan o hystod o'r reisio, byddwch yn ei wneud pen yn ei tynfa. Mae'n rhan o'r ffordd hyneg. Yn i'r reisio methu Rai'r Farlasyn, yw'r reisio bethau mewn Llyfr, a gallwn i'n gwybod a ar compose I'r gwaith, i wneud y gwasanaeth y gwasanaeth yw i ddweud byddwn ni'n gweithio'n gwneud am fathbeth. Mae'r ddau'r ddau'r bartholonau yn ymgareddol, oherwydd yn hynny ddim 85 miliwn ymddiol, oherwydd yw'r cyfeirio'r cyflwyno. Yn y cwestiynau, yw'r cyflwyno'r ddau'r cyflwyno. A mae'n gwybod ei gwybod ei gwybod ei gwybod yn ymddiol, ond mae'r cyflwyno'r cyflwyno'r cyflwyno'r cyflwyno'r cyflwyno'r cyflwyno'r cyflwyno'r cyflwyno. Oherwydd, felly, y troi hefyd, Bridgehaithlorson was in the last six months of his contract, it wouldn't be offered 85 million more money.  And we've just seen that with players, haven't we? You were just seeing Ericsson going off to Italy... That sort of thing. So, along with the contract, the greater negotiating position we have in theory. And the reason I say in theory is, because of a player decides he wants to go, it's almost like commonly accepted rather, Mae'n gael i chi'n meddwl ar y rŵn. Mae'n meddwl, mae'n gweithio. Mae'n meddwl i'r cyflasio? Mae'n meddwl. Mae'n ffordd y gwasanaeth i chi ddod i chi'n meddwl ychydig? Mae'n meddwl, mae'n meddwl. Mae'n meddwl i chi ddod i chi gyd yn gyffredinol yng nghymru. A Gwylwch Gwyslfyddau, mae'n meddwl i chi'n meddwl i chi ddimentol oherwydd mae'n meddwl sydd wedi cael ei gweithio. Mae'n meddwl i chi ddim yn mynd yn ddefnyddio, I twielwyd a ddim yn cyfnod i'n gwneud. Rwy'n gallwn gweld ar y cyfrifroedd rombolol, a dwi'n ddweud. Rwy'n ddull i chi. Ond mae'r ymdyn nhw'n ni. Rwy'n gweithio'r ddiddordeb. Rwy'n gweithio'r cyfrifroedd sy'n ei ddweud? Rwy'n gweithio'r cyfrifroedd sy'n ei ddweud? Rwy'n gweithio. Rwy'n gweithio'r cyfrifroedd sy'n eu ddweud, rydyn ni'n ddweud o'r cyfrifroedd. I'd say if I'm the guy you work for, well you're in breach of contract then, so I'm not paying you. Not only I'm not paying you for breach of contract, I'm withholding your registration.  Barri Lukaku. Barri Lukaku, that sounds better doesn't it? It does yet. Barri Lukaku goes mean oh happy and do as you're told then. Get on with it. Get on with it. But to a degree, but clubs struggle to do that don't they?  It's easier to do with a younger player who you've got on a long term contract and perhaps isn't earning huge money because clearly if a Romelu Lukaku or a player of that standard is earning over £100,000 a week and you stop paying him you pretty quickly can end up in the high court because big amounts of money are involved. So they're always trying to reconcile these things a bit more sensibly and like most people listening I guess if a player doesn't want to play for you, sell them. But sell them for the maximum you think you can get. I think what's the aim might be, let's say Guilfee Sigarton. For argument's sake, Everton paid £45 million to Swansea City Forum. He's in and out the Everton side. At the moment he's injured isn't he? Back now isn't he's fit, he'll be in the squad at the weekend. But in general he was in and out, he'd lost his place but stopped backing through. So he's a player who Everton have got on the books. I think a lot of people wouldn't be that bothered if Everton got rid of him. But Everton are never going to get £45 million for Guilfee Sigarton. Ey, his contract has reduced by nearly three years, he's been here this summer isn't he? So he's got a couple, two and a half years left. Two and a half years left. But how much is that? Because what would happen is clubs would have a worth of Guilfee Sigarton and I think fans would look and go well we pay £45 million for them so if we sell them for £30 million we've lost £15 million on them. Is that how you look at it or do you look and go well? What we're doing is we're saving two and a half years of £120,000 a week. So that's how much is contract worth. How would you look at it from a business aspect? Perhaps that's really where the question is coming from. So let's do it two ways around first. One is the value of the contract is how much we pay the guy. So we oversimplify it. We're paying £100 grand a week here and it's £5 million a year. He's got two and a half years left. We owe him £12.5 million in salary. So let's pretend it's one of those silly things where the player, so we'd better not talk about one by name, but a player for whatever reason isn't going to play for us again. But he's not in breach of contract. He's training hard, he's doing all the things he should do.  So in broad brush terms he might not really play unless it's a last resort. So let's say you've got a player who's halfway through a five year contract of £100 grand a week then we've got a negative against him as far as we're concerned that we owe the guy £12.5 million and he's going to get it at the rate of about £100 grand a week say £5 million a year. But we've also bought him for a chunk of money. So if we say to keep it simple again he cost us £25 million, oh do you owe £50 million? So he cost us £50 million then we've handed over the cash or we've got a payment schedule for Swansea if we're using Guilfee. That says we've got to pay you in the end a total of £50 million and then the way you do that in accounting terms is you can pay the £50 million but you don't want to take that to your profit and loss in a given year because you really would die a death on financial fair play then.  So that'll be £10 million a year. And that's like depreciation, same sort of thing, same principle. So now what we say was well actually what Guilfee costs us if we're talking about Guilfee is the £10 million per year of depreciation or amatisation of his contract, his registration plus the £5 million a year of his wages. So £15 million a year each year for five years he cost us £75 million. If you then if you're talking about this mythical player who's halfway through but he's never going to play again and the plans are saying sell him, get rid you know sort of thing. So we find a buyer, hurrah! We know we're going to save the £12.5 million because he's not going to be here. So that's good. The downside of course is let's pretend he's so bad or he's whatever we're going to let him go for free. Then we can no longer amatise the remaining amount of money from the original contract. So we have to take that at a profit and loss in the year that he goes. And in our little example it's two and a half years at £10 million a year isn't it? So it's £25 million. So we logically lose £25 million on him that year. Now clearly what we might do if this was a player and it's interesting because you can play tunes around financial years because we've aligned our financial year the way we've aligned it now fortunately transfer window is still open so we may choose to sell him on the first of July so that the hit of £25 million occurs in the next financial year which is also the first year that in your mind's eye you're saving the salary but you're still going to take a hit of £25 minus £12.5 million. So we'd have minus £12.5 million. So if you're talking about a player and it might be this guy called Guilfee Sigarton you might argue that if you did what I just said as long as you're sold him for more than £12.5 million you wouldn't take a negative hit on the profit and loss but you would obviously prefer a positive one. And actually we played some tunes on the boundaries of the financial years in the last transfer window where we sought to buy players in one financial year having sold others and another or vice versa that sort of thing. The accountants do this for you. And so the old adagy thing of don't do it on Thursday do it on Friday. Why? Because that's the last day of one year and that's the first day of another year. Will come in. I mean that's an interest on why you're looking at it because someone like say it's Guilfee Sigarton, Ffraggin, say it was £50 million and wasn't but you know it would have had to go some for it to be 50 but it was whatever for it. Just for the point. Let's pretend it was. Next to the sums is it. Right. And we get to the sum and... This sum are you mean? Get to the sum and I don't know. Barely I've just got loads of money because they've sold to our country and gone. We like Guilfee Sigarton and we want to pay him. We want to pay you £20 million because that's what we think he's worth to us. Instead of people looking at it going £50 million and you're selling them for 20 we've lost 30. You can't look at it like that. You have to look at it and go. We've had to play it for three years. It's cost 30. It's like basically you've loaned them for three years for 10 million per year. I think that's how we have to look at it. But do it a different way. Go on then. Sorry that's right. And this is why you have clever guys with fancy spreadsheets, whether it's Grant Ingalls or whoever does it at Everton. Clearly because you crystallise and this is only in the profit and loss because cash counts as well. Because the cash has gone whenever it went. If you paid the 50 million up front you've already spent the cash. It's just how you're showing the profit and loss. Therefore when you're selling for 20 million on the P&L you're broke even because you've got two years left but you've just been given 20 million quid but you've got the cash. So that's good to us. The flip of this of course is and this is why I all get interested and if you think Marcel Brand says he's done like 70 deals and he's been in the area of football you're trying to balance all this and legislation like bloody financial or regulation, whatever you want to call it is so those spaniards come along and they say we'll have that guy and we're setting on enough money. So let's say the offer is 100 million quid. Forget the cash for now. So we're selling. So the profit and loss benefits to the tune of 100 million pounds because you've sold it. But we probably want a replacement, don't we? So let's say we buy a replacement for 200 million. Assuming we've got the cash. Then the profit and loss and we signed that guy on a five-year contract. So in the fiscal year that we sell him and buy the 200 million pound player what's the impact on the profit and loss? 100 million. Income 100. Ambatise cost of 200 over five years 140. 140, yeah. 100 minus 40. 60. Plus 60 and we've got a double player. But you've got a liability now which is the liability. And you're all going to take that hit every year. But if you're playing tunes around financial fair play and all those sorts of things that's the sort of thing you might do. And it's perhaps the law needs to play out is how can PSG spend 200 million on Neymar maybe because they always had a plan to sell them again. And a chap used to say to me an actual class, when was it? Got 10 or 15 years ago and he just had a dream of he wanted an Aston Martin. So he bought an Aston Martin Vantage and his view was, okay it's 100 grand car but you're only funding the depreciation. So if you buy an Aston Martin for 100,000 pounds and you keep it for two years and sell it for 80 and that's the way it will play out and so I think some clubs play games aggressive games not quite what the leaders standard back in the day whereby they might say just that. Well not so much they made objective business decisions which say we will acquire an asset which I hopefully appreciate and value or depreciate slowly or always has some resale value and maybe that is a plays registration like a name or or a catino or whatever and if it works for you because you win the champions league because of him you're getting a big pot of money. And then you sell him on again and actually it's only the difference between the two plus his salary of course which costs you. I suppose from our perspective it's magnetised because we've spent money on plays it just doesn't work because we've sold him out. Sandro Ramirez was a relatively low outgoing in terms of what we had to buy him for but his wages were high and you're trying to balance that and I think people are looking and going we bought him and that didn't work and we bought him and that didn't work and we bought him and that didn't work and he'll be buying good players because clearly Richard Charles and we paid we didn't pay anyone near what the papers reported but you're bringing us some good examples about when Paul's doing his blog stuff which we often reference in the podcast What's the podcast called John? Everton Business Matters It's like that without the S Copy right there because Paul would keep a mega spreadsheety stuff and we've spent time over the years trying to explain to people because you get into net spend and all those silly phrases which EBM doesn't like but it's not just the real drag to a degree is wages it's why the most successful clubs in the league are not necessarily those who spend most on transfer fees as the ones who have the highest wages unless you just throw money down the drain because typically the better players want to be paid the better amount of money but you call out a few examples there Ramirez is a good example he'll lay off against Balasi so let's say we sign Balasi on a particular day for 25 million quid and we pay him 100 grand a week as you know the people doing the quick mental arithmetic it cost us 10 million a year we get Ramirez for nothing from a transfer fee perspective but he wants 200 grand a week he also cost us 10 million quid a year so both those players cost us the same and for whatever reason they both turn out to be duds so we send Balasi out on loan and some club pays all his wages for us but it's still costing us 5 million a year because we're still depreciating the money we paid for him Ramirez goes out on loan and someone only pays half his wages and he's costing us the same so how the numbers are made up are different but the outcome is the same we're still costing us 5 million a year for that guy 5 million a year for that guy so in some ways it's why getting players through Bosnia free transfers is lower risk because clearly you don't take a hit if you sell them and then when you amatise there's not to amatise therefore if you get rid of him as long as he goes and someone will pay his wages you don't have that crystallising of the thing and it's why when you have a player like Balasi and classins a good one to look at because we're basically endeavoured to break even on that and that the original question was what's the value of a contract and we're sort of dancing around the fact that it becomes a problem not just a contract but the other contract which is the commitment to spend the money in the first place there are very few deals even Man United with this guy from sporting they'll let you up to 70 million quid or something they're paying for but only 40 up front and maybe the 40 up front is the fixed guaranteed amount so in their books if he's on a 5 year deal on this 40 million quid they're going to depreciate him at 8 million a year aren't they if he turns out he can't cope in the Premier League well if they sell him back they're going to want to sell him back for at least the un spent part of the depreciation otherwise you have a negative impact on the profit and loss so it's why sometimes why the hell's Balasi every year going out on loan because we don't want to crystallise that money and no one's prepared presumably to pay the amount which will allow us to break it even they're on big money aren't they the transfer deadline is tomorrow tomorrow at 11 o'clock Jim White is going to be talking about Brexit instead well posh because you can't talk about the transfer exactly right he'll probably get marking over it to front it up need a whiteboard to do this people will be looking and Evan are very unlikely to bring anyone in really very few clubs are going to be Marcel Brands is trying to get plays out we've seen Anthony Evans leave the club permanently for Paderborn and that'll be a few grand off the way pennies and pounds Cucamarty and that there's a really good possibility he'll leave the club as well as contracts up anyway in the summer so much like when Ashley Williams left a couple of years ago it was done and Kevin Morales and the contracts running down anyway he may as well go Everton are quite close in terms of fff paying Premier League rules with wages the thing that we're getting at when we say there's no real real room in the wage bill at the moment to bring in a player and let's be honest it's for 13 games that's all that Evan have got left because he's not going to play clearly if we brought someone in tonight tomorrow he's probably not going to play on Saturday so there'll be 13 games left is it worth paying someone 2 million quid in wages for 13 games of football if you're not your now so what will be the difference in the summer is what I'm driving at in terms of that manoeuvre and with the wages because we've seen a lot of people people that you know Carlo Anciolotti's kind of hinted at Marcel Brand at the ADM the other week hinted we'll do all that business in the summer because that's when the world's different places so that'll be the financial crossover again won't it in terms of the year the financial years you mean the year will end at the end of June so that'll free us up and give us a bit more room we'll move from one year of the 3 year cycle to the next one you know but the real issue is all the money we've spent in the last financial year that ends this June will all be in the cycle so that's where you get to the 105 million all those numbers right but if we just remember it it's a total cost of ownership really because when financial we use that clearly we've got the Premier League and World of Sustainability and all those good things and they've changed the limit on what you can use broadcast money for so the wages thing isn't as onerous as it was and all that sort of stuff but fundamentally if you're only allowed it's a horrible way to say it isn't it you're only allowed to lose a certain amount of money in a 3 year cycle and our football club has said we're not compromised by it now clearly when we had the general meeting we saw the accounts and that sort of stuff we were in quotes and it was allowed and people will forecast what it's going to be next time and so on and it has the potential to be tighter so we have to have players going out and we probably can't afford to crystallise un-depreciated amatisation and those sorts of things so we're probably going to find those mistakes whether it's a Balasi or a Cucamartina or whoever else is buried in the books because I don't carry it around in my head is we'd rather them just cost us nothing just let the depreciation fall away but the flip of that of course is that when they're fully depreciated we come well within the rules and therefore whatever so what the club should not should that implies they might not be what they will be doing is going our hour we know that registration is fully depreciated in that year therefore we've got that much to play with therefore we signed this guy on 3 years but if we signed this guy 5 years we're definitely alright but eventually you'll have there'll be a period of 3 years won't there where anyone we've bought from a year ago to a year on the other side of it are going to be in it because every year you sign players for 5 years there's going to be a 3 year period where there's a lot of players in it and they have to forecast that and so people will say we're not going to stay within these rules unless we sell somebody or we get a big slug of income that compensates for some of these activities unfortunately you know through the sponsorship of the prospective new stadium of Bramley Moor that's given us more headroom so to finish it it makes more sense really for us anyway to do our business in the summer anyway it's always better most professionals would say it's not panic buying isn't it but it's emergency buying in January you know your goalies broke or whatever or the player you wanted is available because you will have some players playing for certain clubs I suppose they wouldn't sell while they were still in the Champions League and they're out of it now and there have been some really very good players who've changed clubs in January there's only a small list though but it does have a full list if only there are exceptions that prove the rule but if it's the player you want and he's available in January you get him when you count because you wait until someone else gets him I think what's going to make this summer a bit more awkward is there's a major competition going on and therefore some players wages as well but some players transfer fees maybe inflator because they have a great euros or something a striker who gets the golden bloody boot thing for the euros his clubs can ask for more money isn't it so the other thing which is interesting is we've seen more and more examples of well we'll have that player on loan and in two years we'll buy him and that's just because they're putting off the impact for things like FFP and the like so it all needs to be creative and it doesn't really well actually if you work smarter it might give you a competitive advantage but they're all doing it so this market in January will be not very helpful for Sky because they ramp it up and it's almost gone hasn't it there'll be no doubt Sky tomorrow will be talking like crazy hoping pretending something's going to happen which is outrageous but the club our club what do we need and who we need when you turn it into targets are they available in January probably not and I suppose the question becomes and this really is the end now I suppose the question becomes and you have to step away from it almost as a fan because you're emotionally involved and you always want players you always want to feel like you're improving but the reality is like I said before 13 games or wait for the one you really want in the summer like you've just said if the one you really want available now and I'm sure if Carlo Ancelotti or Marcel Brands are witnessing central midfield player Adrian Rabio who's at Juventus great player we can have him Juventus are happy to sell him he's going to be in our team for the next three years I'm sure everyone would have gone right out of the dude this deal and done it there's no point panic buying and you've got to look and go listen we'll take another three months and then we'll get the player we really want because we've seen too much of this grabbing we've got Jeng Towson who's actually going home to Palace arrived in January, he's gone in January he's done okay but I think most of the Tomings would replace him with something better it's about value isn't it do you think you've had good value from that player and I think on World Cup for me emphatic no Towson emphatic no and we got them in January 50 million quid whatever it was so it's better sometimes to just hang fire isn't it suppose if it was like this centre forward we'll get in the Champions League let's pay the money that's a different question and then shall we gamble to get to that thing but as opposed forever and it's a case of if you talk it because I did say panic an emergency is a good reason an emergency is a good reason to do it in January which is second only to it's the player you want anyway panic is the worst reason but we may have got to panic wasn't scoring goals and Mason wasn't doing business in defence and we were five points worse off than we are now then we may have done something then we may have thought we have to do something you're seeing it with West Ham aren't we they're trying to grab any more because sometimes it changes as good as you know and all that but we've got a little bit of comfort and we can keep the was it 1 defeating 9 or something if we turn that to 1 defeating 15 then we did the right thing if we lose the last three games in a row we'll be fans out we should have bought somebody Calvitlu and stop score you can see it all people just emotional and Mr Brands and Mr Ancelotti and the people who give them the money are paid not to panic not to make emotional decisions we have a plan the old scuba dive thing and therefore we clearly have some interest because if we don't have any interest at all we could have said weeks and weeks and weeks hey guys we're not buying anyone because the manager's comfortable with what he's got and because we've got a new manager there'll be a lifting performance the longer he's the manager for and that will deliver more value as you rightly say than spending a shedload of money on a guy for 10 or 15 games and also gives the manager a real chance to assess the squad very clever of previous management to get out of the cups because that might have get out the cups and get out of the club because that might have caused us to panic if we were in the fifth round and we think we need somebody there you go big thanks to Jamie for his question big thanks to John for explaining it if I did I feel like I understand it more and I think sometimes as a fan you are totally absorbed by things like Sky because you look just to see who's buying who and Sky have done when we done the live yesterday Sky have been brilliant at creating this hype that you have to buy in this debt you've got to buy on Deadline Day and we often said like last summer we done a Deadline Day live for 6 or 7 hours loads of people were on going mad and fortunately it will be coming and they can the few people but we were saying we've got to play because they're always back this week but Moise Keane had signed 3 days earlier everyone was made up but if Moise Keane were to sign on Deadline Day there being fireworks in the street and everything and it's just because Sky hyped that one day where the best clubs have a plan don't they and go well have you you and you and we're done and we need to get away from yellow today that's what I'm saying big thanks to Jamie make sure you give the video a thumbs up subscribe if you haven't joined us on Patreon if you want more great videos put your comments in the comments section below are you calm with Everton not signing and you want to get a bit clearer on what you're saying does it give you a bit more balance for you or do you just think no still think we should be buying players because some fans will no issue with that 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The bright hair is the important thing, you know, we like the bright, okay? It's not very bright. I need to read out your what hair. I like the bright hair. If you haven't got bright hair Why why would you leave this life? Please tell me you haven't forgiven those people who caused you pain Please tell me you've improved on it. Like you don't need the negativity. Don't forgive the negative people They're bad stick to positive people. I'm currently almost 21. That is a scary number 21. Oh god. I'm considered stable. Whoo. I need to party papa And I hope you're stable too because stability. I'm almost 21 and I'm considered stable and Really, I hope I am still now and I'm watching this in the future. Um, we hit rock bottom this year We've been through a lot. We've been through a lot you and I can't deny it Same person. We hit rock bottom this year and we have literally Been in a custody suite under arrest Because we were suicidal.  Yes, I am. What's up guys? 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is America the odd one out? Well this is what we're going to talk about today and how did I come up with this topic because I've done years of videos on the differences between the US and New Zealand and so many times people from around the world are saying New Zealand is just like my country. America seems the one that's a little bit different and so I dove in and I just kind of highlight all of the different areas that I've talked about in the past of which America seems to be the odd one out. I've come up with 12 ways and things that they do that are different than everybody else so you're not going to want to miss it. Here we go. We are a family of six that have moved from the US to New Zealand and have been in New Zealand for eight years now and on this channel we just share that journey. I have created a free masterclass for anybody who's thinking about moving abroad, moving to New Zealand. It literally covers everything you need to know and so you might want to check that out in the description if that's helpful to you otherwise I'm excited that you're here and you're not going to want to miss this episode and especially the things near the end. Here we go. Okay number one we have to start with the units of measurement okay most of the developed world uses the metric system. The US uses the imperial system. There's only two other countries in the world that use the imperial system that's Miramar and Liberia okay that's it and everybody else is on the metric system so what why is this why why is America the out one out I don't know you tell me all right and number two let's talk the tipping culture okay tipping in the US is next level compared to other places now there's other countries that you do tip but it's not the same and the US has gotten worse over time like it's crazy I was there just a couple months ago and it was just everywhere you had to tip everywhere they're asking for a tip it was like oh my goodness you didn't even do anything I came in I ordered the food you made it I came in to pick it up I drove over there and you're still charged asking for the screen give us a tip one place I was at a concert they handed me a water bottle they flip the screen and wanted a tip it's like the tipping is out of control and it's like so a part of the culture in fact just so you know if you're in the US that stresses everybody else out coming they're like I don't know how to tip what am I going to do luckily with technology they kind of make it easy like if you want to give this much add this you know what I mean like to do the math for you and so that's a lot easier obviously we have a calculator on our phone anyway but like the tipping culture is just it's so different and so especially in restaurants you know because they are very much expected to tip no matter what because of you know they get a little wage anyway and so people dislike it's like this is like a whole new concept you guys if you're in the US you might not realize that this is not normal everywhere okay you know people pay an actual living wage to wait staff okay and they don't expect everything to be about the tips now one good thing about the tips in restaurants in the US is that you get really good service like almost to the point where it's annoying can I get you anything else can I get this can I feel this can I give you another refill you know just like just stop I'm trying to have a conversation do you guys feel that way anyway my point is tipping culture not the same around the world America is the odd one out and number three let's talk sports okay the most popular sport in the world football but America calls it soccer why I try to do just a little bit of research on that wasn't getting many none of them sound right anyway so if you know why America calls it soccer please comment below but first of all it's just not that big of a sport in the US I mean it is but it's not the same as it is around the world as we've seen with the different shows like rex of or you know opening our eyes with the Beckham series recently like it just like what's going on and like how much of a culture it is in Europe and other parts of the world and it's just it's the biggest sport in the world and we decided to change the name and then we have a sport called American football that nobody out and that's our biggest sport that's the US biggest sport and nobody else really plays it there's different versions of it but it's just so funny I love American football so don't think anything Packer fan here if you're a Packer fan but just know that you know it's the biggest sport and it's just not that big as big in the US you know I would say American football is the biggest one probably basketball after that I don't know the big you know NBA NFL teams that's what matters so interesting sports okay number four we need to talk about spelling differences so there's American English and then there's British English so if you go into your keyboard or your phone's keyboard and you want to choose which language there's going to be American English and then there's the British English and I thought okay so the British English and so that's used but it's used in all the Commonwealth so you've got you know England and Australia and New Zealand and Canada and like these are big countries and they all use different spellings and then the American version is why is that I didn't do any research on it so if you know let me know but like why is that and like they add so many use and they take out you know the Z instead of the S of S whatever let me tell you I have been here for eight years and I keep doing it wrong most people are quite forgiving of me considering I write a lot I'm a professor by trade and they're just like oh she's American that's why she keeps using that and I'm like oh yeah okay you know you try to adjust but like it's hard so why why are we like spelling things differently around the world number five can we please talk about this this should have been number one not sure what I was thinking the date format what does that mean it means when you're writing the date so today is I don't even know let's just say I think it's the 22nd of October so in the U.S. you would say October 22nd you know 2023 but anywhere else a lot of other places it'll be you'd say the day first then the month so the 23rd of October 2023 if there's one thing that's really hard to change when you move away from the U.S. it's that not a big deal but you don't realize how much you have to do it how much your brain keeps going wait a minute which way am I writing this and you know filling out forms and whether it's for the U.S. for New Zealand I'm like oh my gosh the date or depending on you know like some of the dates like you can't tell like are we talking about February you know like it's like the you can't tell like what month or day it is depending on the numbers um and how they line up like are we talking about the second are we talking about the 7th of of February or something and it's just like what I don't know why we're doing this I don't know if it's part of like the Revolutionary War where we just broke away from Britain and was like hey we're gonna do things different we're gonna make it like this is us and we're different I don't know but why the date format difference does anybody know okay number six I have to say health care we have to talk about health care most of the developed countries in the world have some sort of public health system that's decent okay so that anybody can go in and get health services decently decently okay so many like I could just live so many countries but the US continues to run almost exclusively privately and so that drives up costs I mean there's different situations in different states where there's public services but like overall there's not a universal health system available for people when they get sick and this you guys have to understand that that's highly unusual compared to other places so why we do that I think it's just big business for the insurance companies but not ideal for people really and then you know it's just so expensive like even people that travel to the US know that they need to get travel insurance I mean excuse me health insurance when they travel there because they know that if they were to get injured there the cost would be outrageous because they don't have any public health services whereas when you travel to other places you don't have to worry about it you can get a little bit but then also because my kids have been traveling and living abroad and we've been getting some health care and it's so funny because it's like if you want to apply for health care it's here's the application for all these countries and then here's the US one because it's different because it's more expensive to get the US one because health care is more expensive and so the coverage they charge you is going to be more so I could say a lot more about that but I number seven let's talk about university higher education getting degrees beyond high school so expensive in the US how does this still exist with everything changing with the world kind of flattening out with the the age of the internet and how much you can learn on the internet we're still paying $50,000 to go to a brick and mortar school that's probably not updated because the professors you know are maybe not keeping up with technology or you know maybe they I don't know but like seriously the amount it costs in the US is insane whereas a lot of developed countries will have it at such a reasonable cost sometimes it's free some you know there's always systems because it's encouraged that people just continue education it's a good thing for the people that live there right and so it's just so interesting that like the what you have to understand like this whole idea of like applying for school and having to save your parents having to save their whole life and getting scholarships that doesn't exist like in New Zealand for example if you graduate from year 13 here you don't have to apply for college you get automatic entrance into any university that you want to go to because if you have enough credits or whatever from year 13 that's it and it's free for your first year there is zero percent interest on any loan that you do get so there's no reason to really not take out a loan and then yeah and it's really reasonable so like a business degree is like five thousand dollars like it's per year like it's it doesn't even compare and then I could just go into a lot of other countries but that's just what I know really well off the top of my head and yeah what are we doing with higher education okay like I cannot continue without talking about number eight vacation days holiday time off do you realize Americans I'm speaking to you do you realize that in a lot of the developed world the government mandates that people get X amount of time off I don't want to go through all of them but for example New Zealand you get an automatic four weeks of paid time off whether you're full-time part-time casual worker I think you have to be there six months maybe like you have to put some time in but like what like the US has no regulation literally no regulation there could be jobs that there were people are getting zero time off you know probably public holidays and then zero in addition to that and the US has the lowest number of public holidays I mean it's just like you don't want to get time off people are work to death there and if you are American you know that maybe you don't maybe you don't realize how much other people have time off in fact as an American living in New Zealand for the last eight years it feels like a lot of time I feel like I'm constantly getting a day off like I which can be a little bit frustrating because I love what I do I run my own company so I just I'm just I'm running I'm doing stuff and I have to stop again stop again stop again but it's good it's good for my health it's good for my mental health it's good because I'm just a person that would keep running which you know it's just probably part of the culture that I grew up with and like when I value and so yeah I mean America gets things done but well that's not deny that right they like make things happen because they're just working probably harder than everybody else okay and number nine we have to talk about maternity leave the maternity leave in the US like it's just so different compared to everybody else like it's so when you go to other countries you realize how much time they have off like here you can even you can get a whole year and I I don't know if it's like I don't know it's a hundred percent compensation I should have looked at it before I came here to talk to you about it um but it's a lot of it's a significant portion of their their income and then also their their spouse can do it it's just what you know in the US you get a couple weeks that's what it feels like and you gotta go back to work or you'll lose your job whereas in New Zealand it's like they have to keep the same level of job maybe not your job because some jobs require that someone's in it right for someone to be gone for a year doesn't really work but an equal level paying job when you decide to return and there's just so I mean I know that there's certain companies in the US that have really good maternity rules but like it's not nationalized it's not something that everybody gets and like some people just you know have to go back to their job like right away and it's just amazing like I remember when I was in the US I had a professor and I'm trying to remember what country she was from and I went in to ask her a question this was in grad school and she was so upset she was crying and she was about to have a baby and she was so so like are you alright it's like what's going on and she just read the maternity rules it's just that she came from another country and just assumed that it would be similar but then when she looked at it she doesn't really get that much time off and like for her like the value system that she has to want to be with her child and you know like that precious time that you'll never get again and as she gets like six weeks off and it was devastating for her it was unheard of like what like that seems so ridiculous and like she has to work so she has to come back and yeah I just that always was imprinted in my mind and like wow like other cultures do it differently other cultures do it better what is going on in the US why do we not value women why do we not value families why do we not value that time with with your children and like I don't know like oh it's damn bad okay number 10 we have to touch on gun laws in the developed world the US has you know because of the Second Amendment relatively lenient gun laws compared to other people like I mean they're like automatic weapons are outlawed in all of these countries but the US I mean it's not like allowed but it's the regulation is not very strict whereas like if you look at those restrictions in all these other countries it's quite strict for anything you know you know other than a rifle or whatever that you would use for hunting and so it's just what the heck like we have more shootings in the US and we have the most lenient gun laws what does that say okay number 11 we got to say something about the temperature scales so the US uses Fahrenheit and most of the rest of the world uses Celsius why Celsius is very easy to figure out and the US has to be Fahrenheit so let me tell you like people talk about the weather a lot so that's a lot of calculation that I'm always doing in my head because I still think Fahrenheit even after eight years but the worst is like baking you know it's like I'm reading the US recipes I'm like okay so what is that going to be on my you know constantly and I'm just like why why does this have to be so different and number 12 if you have not done a lot of traveling you won't realize how good public transportation is another place it's like I mean they have public transportation in the US and can be quite dangerous in some cities but like it's just not as developed as as part of like the way people people just travel out of cars


We continue today with Workbook Lesson 2, 62. Let me perceive no differences today. Father, you have one son, and it is he that I would look upon today. He is your one creation. Why should I perceive a thousand forms in what remains as one? Why should I give this one a thousand names when only one suffices? For your son must bear your name, for you created him. Let me not see him as a stranger to his father, nor as a stranger to myself. For he is part of me and I of him, and we are part of you, who are our source, eternally united in your love, eternally the Holy Son of God. We who are one would recognize this day the truth about ourselves. We would come home and rest in unity, for there is peace, and nowhere else can peace be sought and found. Amen.


Hey guys, thanks for joining me today. I'm Titus with Mid-Valley Mercenaries and today I'm going to walk you guys through my complete waterfowl sick cus system in hopes that I can help you guys find the most efficient system for you So we're going to start with the early season and I'm kind of ranging this from 70 degrees to 100 degrees I know that's a very big range, but I'm kind of a hot nature person And so what I wear during this time I'm going to go over everything and work all the way to late season And kind of show you different setups for different scenarios So for early season around that 70 degree to 100 degree day temperatures and believe it or not in california Opening day can be 100 degrees and it has been many times. This is what I wear right here Obviously not excluding the waders and I'll put those on in a little bit I have here the core lightweight hoodie and you say hoodie isn't that kind of hot for that degree and temperature? well to be honest with you it's paper thin And very very light. It's meant to be underneath. That's why it's called core is the first word in that And so this is what I wear guys a lot In the early season. So what I do is underneath I wear Just a regular cotton t-shirt or maybe like a polyester t-shirt something that's light doesn't really weigh much I just don't like my bare skin being against this material It's just me personally and then when I go out there Underneath because I also don't like bare skin. I don't even wear shorts underneath my waders I wear these they're called heavy weight bottoms. They are a little bit warm during that time But believe it or not, they breathe really well and I don't honestly sweat that bad and if I do it just kind of Soaks them up. So really this is my setup. I wear these under my waders the heavy weight bottoms There's also another version. I don't have they're the marino heavy weights and those are what are really hot So I don't even have those but I wear this underneath because it's thin and I like wearing them under my waders And then I wear this on top what's awesome about this piece the core lightweight hoodie connected to this Is the hood and I like this for concealment. Like I said guys, it's paper thin. It's not going to make you hot It's got the hood on top to kind of cover your neck up And your ears as far as the brightness of it if you know, you're wearing a face mask face paint or for instance This has the face shield in it, which is something I wear all the time I know thomas doesn't mind calling through this I personally do not like the sound of my calls or do not like calling On my deck calls through this but you just zip this all the way up and then you got perfect concealment right there You got the face mask on and then you got the hood on and it covers up your ears Your face and all that's left is your eyes and it's perfect concealment early season throw your waders on And you're good to go now for calling I just barely pop it down at the bottom of my chin do my calling and if they're coming in they're locked up Or whatever I just throw it back up and just hold still so that is my setup for a lot of the first Maybe first to second month of our season here in california depending on where I go It's different but we'll move into that in a second Now mid season I still wear this this is always going to be my base because I want to have this hood And I want to have this face mask always on me so I can Have cover. I want always want my neck and my ears covered up I don't want anything to stick out when we're ducking unless of course You're in some type of blind and you really don't need to worry about it But most of the time we don't have top cover and we're just trying to stay as concealed as we can So this is always underneath my t-shirt my core lightweight hoodie still in mid season And I'm going to call this 50 to 60 degrees temperature wise. This is still my base Obviously then I have my waders, which is really going to keep a lot of heat in honestly guys The cool thing is with the waders the zipper you can zip down and you can breathe if you want to if the water Is not too deep, but we'll get into that in a second now The only thing that might change here is I may throw on the core midweight zip tee But I'll save that for the next level of weather It has to be pretty nippy in the morning for me to wear that because that thing is so warm So this is pretty much still what I wear now We all know that in mid season we can get some thunderstorms and it may not be that cold But you need something waterproof you this is where I'll throw in my delta waiting jacket Now this is not insulated. That's why I like this. It is waterproof I've been in some unbelievable storms But if it is mid season and a storm comes in and you know, it's going to rain And it's not really cold. That's what's nice about this is I'm wearing whatever I want underneath at the time of year that I'm wearing it I can throw this on and now I'm going to stay dry if it starts raining now There's a lot to this jacket. I've done reviews on it, but just real quick. It is called the delta waiting jacket It is non insulated, which is my preference Um travis has the Hudson jacket and it is insulated, but he doesn't feel like there's a big difference and warmth From this delta waiting jacket to the Hudson the one thing I love about this I almost when I first bought my first sick of jacket I almost bought the layout jacket until I was at a refuge one time Talking to a guy about his jacket one guy had the The layout jacket on and the other guy had on this jacket And both of them the guy that had it and the guy that didn't said do not buy the layout For this type of environment. It is a layout jacket. It's better to being a layout blind But when you're out hunting the refuge or you're out hunting water and not dry filled you want this jacket I'll tell you why right here is the cuff. It's the waterproof cuff guys. I've done Videos on that you could go check that out on the tests of this like in deeper detail But it's a rubber cuff I can crimp it as tight as I can get it and just lock it in around my wrist as tight as I can get it And I'm telling you you can put your hands under the water for 20 minutes and bring it out And you're not going to have your sleeves wet. It's not going to go through where your wrists wrap There's no water going to get in there. Trust me.  That is the biggest reason. I love this jacket Also the pockets you can put shells in put shells in there I put my throw my phone in here if it's raining and it keeps it. It's not supposed to be waterproof But I've never had issues with getting my phone wet zip that up It's also got because it is a waiting jacket and you're more than likely wearing waders The pockets are up here for your hands and honestly, it's so comfortable just walk around Or sitting in the blinds or you know in the toolies wherever you're at In your cover and put your hands up there and rest them. It's just a comfortable position Honestly, I like it better than down here on my waist But if you do want something at your waist, you can pull the pockets up and put your hands in there It's also got the the the pit zippers if you want to drop some heat you can unzip there So that works out really nice and keeps you a little cooler when it ends up being a little bit warmer It also has the hood and what I do like about it is you can cinch it down And the cool thing is it turns with you. It don't get locked up like as you turn your head You're looking into the side of your jacket No, the the jacket is made to turn with you as you turn your head when you cinch it down So like I said, I've been in some unbelievable storms with this jacket And never once had water go down inside my jacket once I zipped it all the way up to the neck It's perfect and that is this gets used on a lot of different occasions But but not on every hunt It's also got a zipper inside and that that one is for your phone most That's I think what it says on the website if I remember right This one actually is for to keep it dry because outside here is waterproof if it's inside it's good to go Now moving on to mid to late season So I'm just going to call it mid-late I have a variance of temperature wise that I feel like has best suit in me is 20 to 40 degrees And these are the different things that I'll wear again. This is my base layer And believe it or not. Yes, I still wear these heavyweight bottoms I don't go to the gradients yet because once you put your waders on I stay plenty warm And that's me standing in water all day. That's not a boat or something else Like that where you're not even in the cold temperatures and one thing to note here I haven't mentioned yet is the rings on the end of all the gear So your shirt doesn't slide up when you're sliding another piece on I really like that the deloops for the thumbs I don't leave these on when I'm hunting but to put another piece of equipment on I put my thumbs in there so it don't slide off or slide up my sleeve Now this bad boy is one of my favorite pieces The core lightweight hoodie that I'm wearing underneath this and this right here is my two favorite pieces because They're the foundation of everything else if you don't have warm stuff and good stuff underneath Then it doesn't matter what you're you're wearing on top. It's at some point You are going to get cold in my opinion and I have in the past. I've worn all different kinds of gear So this is the core midweight zip tee and if you can see it's got this kind of material underneath It's super warm a lot of big brands you use this now I think koo you also use this too and some of their stuff It's called the midweight, but this thing is so hot tom so it make fun of me because I'm always sweating And he's just doing fine or he's a little bit cold But this thing even by itself with the t-shirt underneath and not even the the core midweight hoodie underneath Sometimes I won't wear this depending like I like I said if we're hunting in a blind that has top cover and everything Of course, I'm not going to wear the core lightweight hoodie because I'm not worried about my ears My neck I'm not worried about none of those things staying hidden me because I've got the blind to be my hide So I would just wear this but this thing will keep you unbelievably warm I like it feels like if you throw a hoodie on to me a hoodie and this Are just as equally warm as another it's it's insane only thing is it doesn't have a hood But it does zip all the way up to the top of your neck And it keeps you really warm and I really like this it just fits well and I like it a lot So now I'm about to get really sweaty because I'm inside my office filming this and I'm already hot But just wearing this right here, but I'm going to put on all the gear like I would on mid to late season So what's crazy is this is the gradient hoodie and this is one of the most used pieces I probably have once it gets down into that 40 or below temperature again Like I said, I wear that certain depending on what's what kind of hide I'm looking for what I'm doing I'll wear the base layers that I have underneath and that's just depending like I really don't the core lightweight hoodies really not doing temperature or giving me Warmth technically I'm just using it really for the hood And it's just another layer if I want to take off if I get hot or whatever But this thing from 20 to 40 degrees is always on me this gradient hoodie right here comes up It's a I don't have to half sip three quarters at what they call But you got a couple pocket here that I don't really use You also again you got the D loop if you want to slide another piece on They always make sure that you can get it on easy and not have your sleeves go up in it But this also has a hood and I'll be honest with you guys I'm gonna tell you something here This does come with a face mask in it I ended up cutting it out because I did not like how it went on my face So let me explain that this did have one it was different material than the core lightweight hoodie When you would turn your head in this to look at something The material would stay locked and it would just rub on the bridge of your nose So whenever you look it wouldn't turn with you like the core lightweight hoodie when you turn your head It's all one Movement one piece with this it just sits there and rubs on the bridge of my nose and it would drive me nuts And when you're trying to put other pieces on get your hood on it would hang up and catch I just went I cut it right out because I just couldn't handle it anymore. So anyways, um Tom stood at first and I was like Yeah, good idea. I'm gonna cut mine out too because like I said, I've got this one underneath I can always pull up get my face mask and it's way more comfortable and it moves with you and doesn't cause that Kind of chafing on the bridge of your nose. That's and that's just my opinion again Like I said, I'm sweating basically right now.  So it's very very warm all this other stuff I've had for two or three years now, but I just bought this last year Thomas had it first and by the way guys all this stuff is pretty true to size You really need to go in a store and try it on If you're not gonna buy in that store, you're gonna buy it online At least go try it on in store because I'm telling you you may wear extra large in this one jacket And then you may wear a double x in another one.  So this does not have a hood But there's things now and places now that I've been hunting that are so much colder to have this layer of down Underneath and it really doesn't it doesn't bind you up. You can still shoot raise your arms Well, there's no hanging up anywhere. It just gives a major level of warmth that I didn't really need before because I wasn't hunting the cold and environments like I am now And so I really like it, but it's got the pockets down here and the thing is this is not waterproof So if you're hunting out in the storm or something, it's weather resistant So if it's spitting a little bit, I've been out some Times hunting and it starts sprinkling a little bit for 20 minutes and goes away. No issues You're not going to get wet that easy. It's got some tendencies to kind of resist moisture But if it's in a straight up downpour, obviously eventually this thing is going to get saturated now I will tell you this it dries out really really quick, but it is very hot. I mean I'm saying it's right up there with the gradient hoodie. Honestly that gradient hoodie again I think this is supposed to be warmer if I remember right, but I feel like those two are like neck and neck I could be wrong enough again This one has the deloops to put another layer on a jacket again now if it's really cold I'll have this on with my core stuff underneath And then I'll throw my delta weighting jacket on top to stay dry Brother not this by itself. It is kind of nice not having a hood on your head I've used this several times last year and man, it kept me warm. It's a great piece Last but not least we're going to do late late season and that to me is 25 degrees and lower all the way down to zero Or below zero I'm not going to put these on because I'm already sweating up as it is But these are the gradient pants and I know this is going to sound funny and really specific But 25 degrees and down is the perfect time and temperature to wear these I will not put these on under my waders unless it's that cold Um, yeah, now if you're dry field hunting, that's different.  It's like I said when when it's 25 and down I put these on and you stay toasty and warm never once do you get cold They have the loops at the bottom So you don't it doesn't pull up when you throw your waders on so that's nice They did upgrade these from when I bought them Um, which is fine. There really wasn't a big they just tapered them down at the bottom Which they should have did that on these first ones. These are just wide open You know bottoms and they should have tapered them then. I don't know why they did that It doesn't really make sense to me But now they're tapered so they fit a lot more slim line and go right down in the boot without kind of trying to catch But these are really nice They got the the zip up with the button and then you can the clamp and tighten it down as much Or loosen as much as you want So I'm gonna throw the waders on and talk about this for a second because a lot of people have asked, you know, what How with all that geared on how do the waders fit and do they get tighter and I will tell you know, absolutely not It doesn't matter. I can put every piece on here and I'm not going to just to prove to you because I don't need to But I'll just tell you right now.  I can't say that enough I guess you could call this my third year review because people have been asking If I'm gonna do that. I'm not really I was going to do it, but then I was like, there's nothing changed I love them just as much as I did the first day up on them. So There's nothing to say. There's no updates. They haven't tore if you want an update on if they've tore or leaked or whatever They have not done none of that there. There's my set. Okay. I could change this out But that's I mean obviously you got the bolt coming out from the jacket on top But it's not enough to to make me messed up or throw off my shooting or being comfortable or anything like that On the waders. Okay. There's so many good things about this. So number one the boot It's a little cross arofoam boot. It's the most comfortable waiter boot I've ever wore and I'm gonna tell you this If you're getting the duck cutting you're looking into gear and you go get those cheap waiters like a friend of mine did Caleb he said he talked about how the boots basically lacerated his shins And that's the that's the disadvantage of cheaper stuff. If that's all you can afford. Hey, you make it work I've did it. I've been uncomfortable.  I like to wear the farm defeat socks underneath mine These are tips. I would like to give new hunters. I'm just trying to help you guys If you're trying to pick stuff out and you don't know because I'm just trying to help you guys Buy the right pieces because when I watched his buying my stuff for Big game hunting it really helped me decipher what I needed or wanted You're probably not going to need all this or what all this Maybe you just want the waiters. Maybe you just want the gradient pants Whatever, but at least you know the opinions the temperatures the times of year to best use them Uh, the next thing I like the most about is the knee pads That's got it's got padding in the knees and my goodness that has been a lifesaver My knees are shot and just to have that nailing down to do something Overthrocky or pick a bird up or maybe maybe depending on what type of high grin I need to get on your knees It's been a lifesaver. You got the waiter belt. That's for like the Texas rig You can hook all your decoys that and walk around and I have to try to hold everything in your hands The next thing is these zippers Now I got a story from personal experience and I've almost done with this video I put my cell phone in there a lot and uh Every time I hunt basically never had any issues have been in rainstorms No waters that got in but one time last year and I lost my phone because of this That was like an iphone 10 or whatever I was kneeling down in the marsh getting way down And I didn't know it but my pocket was completely submerged Now I thought I've done this before and this has never happened But it got completely submerged for a couple minutes I stood back up didn't think nothing of it wasn't even thinking about it Went to grab my phone unzipped it and it was just like water poured out of there So what had happened is water seeped in there and over time being underwater long enough It's seeped in there and totally ruined my phone now. They do say this on their site They're not waterproof, but I was just trusting it, you know, and I pushed it beyond its capability So just word of advice that you ever end up having that just be careful The biggest thing about these waiters is being able to drop heat You're walking out to the blind or you're walking back from the blind and now you went out in the morning It was hot or cool and now you're coming back in the afternoon and it's hot You can drop open this up and Number one, it's easier to take a leak for the guys Number two, you can drop all that heat and trust me it makes a huge difference And not only that just getting in and out of these waiters is amazing. So that's one thing I really like about this. Anyways guys, that is my Sica waterfowl system the whole complete system That's every piece that I have and yes, there is some certain things that would be different on different scenarios I didn't show you every scenario because I mean you could go so many different ways with that and so many different opinions But I just wanted to kind of show you guys what I do the temperatures and hopefully it helps you guys out And you can decide what piece you need or don't need or if you need the complete set You know, anyone can afford it. You just got to take your time and buy piece by piece. I didn't buy all this at once It is worth the money. Now if you don't want Sica, I totally get that I don't know why people that don't want Sica come watch these videos But it does happen and people go off about the price I've never regretted one single penny that I've put towards this gear. I'm telling you it's lasted It's it's reliable. It keeps me warm keeps me dry and it does what it's supposed to do And it's worth the money in my opinion. So let me know if this video helped you guys out Give this video a thumbs up if you guys have any questions about the gear Feel free to ask down in the comments below and I'll try to help you out as best I can Hit that subscribe button if you haven't already and we'll see you guys on the next one


Asalaamu alaikum brothers and sisters, welcome to another episode of the open-minded figure show on the episode today. We're going to be talking about South Africa. This is the only country that comes to mind. Immediately, the Palestinian crisis escalates because if these are the country that for many years bared the brunt of apartheid regime, you know, running the country and preventing it from progressing and preventing the ordinary people, the real citizens of South Africa from, you know, being part of the government, from progressing from being part of the social fabric. So therefore, garlandly succeeded in defeating the apartheid regime of South Africa. South Africans are seeing things from a different perspective entirely and that is that a group of people came from nowhere and created a state in people's territory. You can see this is the National Executive Committee. All of us standing here pledging our solidarity with the people of Palestine. We stand here because we are deeply concerned about the atrocities that are unfolding in the Middle East and we have passed our condolences to the people of Israel as we are passing our condolences to the people of Palestine. And we have a full understanding of how the people of Palestine have taken up this issue because they are people as many countries and leaders in the world have opined that they have been under occupation for almost 75 years and people under occupation who have been waging a struggle against an oppressive government that has occupied their land but also a government that has in recent times been dubbed an apartheid state as people and an organization that has struggled against an oppressive system of apartheid. We do pledge solidarity with the Palestinians and as the African National Congress we have always pledged our solidarity with them and we have always insisted that the only solution for the problems in the Middle East particularly between Israel and Palestine is a two-state solution. I am a strong advocate for peace in the Palestinian Peninsula. I have never seen any alternative to Israel allowing peace to reign in the Peninsula by stopping to seize or take over people's land for whatever reason they are attributing that action to. But the media especially the mainstream media has been very very disappointing. I mean they've made the Palestinian Israeli comfort look like an Israeli terrorist war based on the 1967 borders as approved by the world community and the United Nations. Now the violation of the rights of the Palestinians that has manifested itself through the occupation of their land through bringing in settlers so close and into their land is something that is causing a great deal of concern and has possibly sparked off this conflict that is now unfolding. The atrocities that are happening now where the residences of people in that part of the world are being raised to the floor, pregnant mothers are not even able to give birth in a respectable manner, hospitals are being raised to the floor and but the worst part is when the Israeli government now says 1.1 million people must evacuate the northern part of Gaza. Having closed all the exit routes now we do believe that this is a serious matter of great gravity and concern and to this end we've called on the international community the United Nations and all other concerned international bodies to make sure that peace is installed in Palestine and that the Israeli government is directed at withdrawing this command of getting people out of the northern part of Gaza because it is in the end going to amount to almost genocide as many people are going to die as we speak now almost half a million people who are Palestinians have been displaced they've been removed from their homes they live in schools and other areas as well this is the most tragic situation and almost dangerous situation that the people of Palestine have been exposed to and we have called for the humanitarian corridors to be open so that food water and electricity I can believe that the world is at the stage of begging Israel to release water electricity especially as the winter is fast approaching for the people of Gaza I do not know that there will be a strong silence from the world I mean when I talk about the world I'm talking about Europe America and some of this country is a preach freedom human right in one of you that there will be quiet that there will be silence while Israel is conducting one of the I mean brutal military operation where there are a lot of civilians whether it's civilian concentration frankly I can believe this myself I record last year when Russia started to target some areas in Ukraine especially as a winter was approaching and I watched what the president of the European Union von der Leyen said about the incident of targeting civilian infrastructure targeted attacks on civilian infrastructure with a clear aim to cut off men women children of water electricity and heating with the winter coming these are acts of pure terror and we have to call it as such you could see how she was very vocal in condemning Russia for targeting you know electricity infrastructure water infrastructure notwithstanding that Russia really has not used the kind of brutal tactics that Israel is employing you know in Gaza today we definitely know that terrorist attacks have been carried out against Russia we have to be sure of that the Nord Stream pipeline was blown up on many theories linked it up to seven people but russia never went brutal against you know the civilian population of Ukraine they never did that the only people that target civilians or pull as potions on civilians for what terrorists did or whatever you call them are terrorists themselves so the Palestinian people deserve the best and that's what another South African politician said I begin by thanking the comrades from Palestine who have spoken and I greet the most warmly welcome to South Africa I also greet comrade Ronny Castro's a veteran who doesn't hire I don't know where you get this energy he sends me messages at 3 am you must issue a statement on this why are you saying nothing on that comrade Ronny there you are he takes advantage because he knew my father he thinks that he's my father but I'm very glad to be here I begin by saying the world is a very troubled place and I don't want us to pretend that it is easy it's not we are faced with a very challenged world I realize this when in 2021 I was sitting in a summit of the executive council of the African Union and it was whispered to me that the African Union Commission chairperson had issued an invitation to Israel to become an observer at the African Union imagine my horror I decided at that moment that I would raise my arm and would propose that this decision be rescinded I walked around the room seeking supporters of the 54 nations I got three and I include Sadek in that but I said nevertheless this is not going to happen I therefore lifted my arm and said I wish to table a matter I have learned of this and as South Africa we object to it and it must not be implemented we want our leaders to discuss it and we will never accept it as South Africa and while we appreciate the role that the Organization of African Unity played in us achieving our freedom as South Africa this decision of the AU Commission chairperson will make us consider whether we can be present in the African Union I thought I would get support from many of the countries gathered in the room but what I discovered is that countries that are oppressors that continue to be colonial occupiers are using financial muscle to provide grant in aid to African countries and secure the depoliticized support of African countries for these oppressive nations among them Israel and Morocco they're playing a very negative role in Africa and comrades I'm being frank here because you in this room you are supposed to be trade union leaders many of you or you lead progressive organizations and you are failing in your duty well she has said a lot of things and I believe that uh everybody is seeing it right now the hypocrisy these in the Israeli Palestinian conflict lately is something frankly that no one never no one would actually appreciate this is really very bad because we're talking about human lives here while we condemn any sort of violence we'll believe that the brutality with which Israel is conducting its military operation is out of the blues I mean it's out of the sky I mean this is something that the world needs to condemn this is something that European Union America and some of this country is the pride themselves in human rights needs to condemn South Africa is standing up for Palestine and all the oppressed people in Africa and the global south I think people are beginning to rethink and see things from different perspective and why the mainstream media tries to make it look like an equal war between Palestine and a nuclear armed country like Israel we're coming to understand the Dar es Norte I think it's a misrepresentation one of the parties in this conflict I've been occupied I've been subjugated I've been subjected to renewed colonialism and the occupation of the land while the other ones are just settlers that came from who got knows where occupy people's land and continue to encroach in people's access to home justice and peace we prevail at the end of the day kudos to South Africa for doing this kudos to South Africa for standing for Palestine and the entire world is standing by Palestine at this very critical moment please like share and subscribe to this channel if you haven't done so already we hope to see you in our next update assalamu alaikum