Rhett: 0:00

Imagine a world where every conversation feels like a genuine connection, a place where you and I truly feel like we belong and where everyone has a seat at the table. Hey friends, welcome to Armchair Authentic Justin. What is up, man? It's so good to be back in the studio today recording another episode of Armchair Authentic.

Justin: 0:24

Yeah, man, I mean, it's summertime and you know, at the time you're listening to this, we would have just finished. Yeah, I mean coming across me and you would have experienced some time jumping into motion conference. I know right Serving that together in different capacities.

Grey: 0:39

Yeah.

Justin: 0:40

I'm saying this to our future self again we had a great time.

Grey: 0:45

It was an amazing conference.

Justin: 0:48

Yeah, we had a good time, even though I'm leaving here to go get ready for it to start.

Justin: 0:51

Now I'm talking to my president.

Rhett: 0:52

Hey well, this is interesting. Micah Solomon, one of our buddies, is giving me a call right now, and I know we're in the middle of recording this thing, do you?

Justin: 1:01

want to take this phone call really quick. Well, this is a part of the plan, so we said we're gonna start doing this. What better person, hey, man. I put a feeler out, by the way, last week to micah.

Rhett: 1:09

Okay, cool, so he's actually calling us right now, so let's take the call. Hold on one second, micah. What is up? Dude, you are not only on a phone call with us. Thank you for calling, but I don't know if you know this or not, but you're actually on the podcast here at armchair Authentic. We've got you on record right now, so be careful with what you say.

Justin: 1:26

Ah, let's go, hey fellas.

Grey: 1:27

Good to hear your voice.

Justin: 1:29

Oh man, yeah, you know, I was hoping it wouldn't shock him too much, because we already set him up last week. We set him up last week to say hey, if you can give us some time, micah, I know that from our talk last week. I know you have a meeting that's going to get cranked up and you're going to hang out with us a little bit, so this is really awesome. Glad that we get to hang out, buddy.

Micah: 1:51

Yeah, man, I love it, Love being on you guys' podcast.

Rhett: 1:54

Well, we're glad you're here. Last time you were on it was somewhere around the holidays of last year, I think it was in person and that was such an incredible conversation. But today, with whatever time, appreciate you calling man. This is going to be a lot of fun. You're actually calling us from the beautiful beaches of Fort Myers, Florida.

Justin: 2:13

Stop showing off.

Micah: 2:14

Yeah, man, yeah South.

Rhett: 2:16

Florida. I'm just a little bit jealous of that right now. You know, I'm in the sweltering heat of Alabama, with no wind, no coastal breeze, and I'm just a little bit jealous of that. Right now I'm in the sweltering heat of Alabama, with no wind, no coastal breeze, and I'm about ready. I told Mike, I texted him the other day. I said, bro, I'm going to come down, all right, so I'm going to throw some dates your way. We're going to hang out, so just get ready.

Justin: 2:36

Well, please let me know when you do that.

Micah: 2:41

I would like to get in on that one, justin's gonna crash that party.

Justin: 2:46

We cannot, michael, he can hook us up with a place. I'm sure he can on the air.

Rhett: 2:50

I'm putting him on the spot I was planning on put us up somewhere and micah got some I can hook you

Justin: 2:59

up okay, well, that wasn't my plan.

Rhett: 3:01

My plan was just to stay in my own place, but, like dude, I will take any hookup that you have. Praise the Lord.

Justin: 3:07

I got you guys Awesome. So me and Micah were hanging out on the phone last week, yeah, and I always know when we're talking and we've got some time that we freed up. You know whether it's a Friday or whatever. Usually on a Friday we'll have a call in every couple of weeks, two to three weeks. We've done that. I mean several years now, micah, and we might probably seven, past seven, eight years. Yeah, me and Micah have got very intentional on being on the phone call and just staying in each other's lives. But when I get certain Friday calls, I love asking them the question. I'm like so, micah, what you doing right now?

Justin: 3:45

And it's like I already know, but I just want to hear it and live through them a little bit, because he'll say well, today I've just got my coffee at my favorite coffee place, which there's like eight coffee places, it depends what beach he's at I found out. So he's like I'm at the beach and what I've learned over time is now I know to ask what beach are you? At today you have like how many five spots that you love to go to, different I mean because you were around some really really beautiful places.

Micah: 4:14

They are, they are, yeah, we do.

Micah: 4:16

We probably have four or five that are like our go-tos, but Jess and I I mean without exaggeration have definitely been to probably 20 or more. We try to go to different beaches. So if we hear of a beach we haven't been to, we're like okay, that's where we're going this weekend and so we'll go there. But if I'm by myself, I have some more serene local beaches that are because I don't like to go where it's really packed with people and stuff Spoken up to true Floridian um, but as long as you're yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure, I guess I've turned in that, but you, you do learn when uh, season is what they call it down here when, when it's in season, you know where to not go.

Micah: 4:57

um, because it's just like, yeah, ants everywhere, it's crazy and you don't really get to enjoy it, but there's always beaches that nobody knows about except for the locals.

Rhett: 5:09

So you like to keep? It that way, and I imagine you're not going to share that info on the podcast. Not over the air, you probably won't, no, but when?

Micah: 5:17

we come visit I'll send you guys pictures, sounds good.

Justin: 5:21

He and Jess took me in summer in the boys. We went down there a couple of summers ago.

Micah: 5:25

Yeah.

Justin: 5:26

And I feel like you took us to three and then you told us about one that we went on our own. But there were four separate type beaches. One was like an Island Okay, it had just been, I mean, completely destroyed by a hurricane but we still went out there to see.

Micah: 5:44

Yeah, that's not a secret, but yeah yeah, okay, well.

Justin: 5:47

Well, there's another name you gave me.

Micah: 5:48

I'm not gonna say yeah, yeah, so my god, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, there's islands connected to it.

Rhett: 5:55

Yeah, sure, yeah so I, I want to, yeah, I want to speak to the elephant in the room for a second. Okay, and that's for those long-time listeners and friends who have actually dialed into the podcast and actually listened to the last episode, where you and I shook hands and said we were going to be more intentional about connecting, and so I'm only imagining that some people are asking how is that going? So, on a scale of one to 10, I would give it about a three, yeah, and that's like you know, like I, and so I'm sorry, man, we're we're going to work on this.

Justin: 6:28

That's okay. That's okay, I will take.

Rhett: 6:31

Hey.

Micah: 6:31

I'm a leader.

Rhett: 6:31

I'll take ownership in that. I'm just saying.

Micah: 6:34

Yeah Well, it goes both ways. It goes both ways. So yeah. Yeah.

Justin: 6:45

Well, yeah, but we do, we're trying to plan, so that'll, that'll be redeeming quality that has been the longest planning trip.

Justin: 6:48

Yeah, I know.

Rhett: 6:49

But with that. With that said, though, I know you and Justin talk a lot more often and there's probably a lot more connective knowing what's going on in each other's world. But, dude, fill us in Like what, what's happening, bro? Like how?

Micah: 6:59

um, the kids are getting older. Um, my oldest is uh 21 and uh, so he finished college and starts his uh master's program in fall cool that's, and uh. And then, yeah, so so, uh, mikaya he's, he's doing great, so he's kind of working locally a little bit and still trying to finish up school and figure out what he's going to do in life. And then Judah, he's 20, and he's actually moved out to LA to chase his dreams and so he has an opportunity out there and uh, and things are just going really well. Can't really talk about like details there, but, um, god is just really, um, really giving him favor.

Rhett: 7:55

Yeah.

Micah: 7:56

And uh, he's, yeah, he's living out his dream.

Rhett: 7:59

So that's pretty cool. Okay, so I'm new on this, so I understand there's probably details that you can't share, but like living out his dream? In what way? For those who are listening?

Micah: 8:10

Yeah, so he has honestly managed really cool. This may inspire someone that has just been grinding. He has been working for at least five years, maybe six. He actually I taught him Pro Tools at 13, and he has been recording for seven years, uh, his own stuff and of course, it started off very elementary and then turned into some really good stuff. I mean, um, he has, uh, his own channels and everything and he's been you know. Actually, him and his girlfriend, um, have a a channel where they have multiple videos that have a couple million views and stuff. So they've kind of went viral a few times and his music has gotten out there a little bit.

Micah: 8:57

But you know, it's all about who you know. So, yeah, he has longed to be an artist and he is really cool to be an artist and he was really cool. He has grown up in a Christian home and his dad's been a pastor his whole life. But he told me, probably about 16 years old, he said, dad, I don't wanna be a Christian artist, I wanna be a secular artist and I want to have an opportunity to talk to a crowd that doesn't know Christ and be an influencer in that way. And uh, so he has. It's just been amazing. So he actually uh, finally got an opportunity of a lifetime and he is um with a um, uh, a company right now. Um and uh, things are going well.

Justin: 9:43

It's hard to not like talk about no that's good, I hear, I hear the uh, I hear the filter.

Rhett: 9:47

Yeah yeah, so it sounds like something's in the something's in the works that you necessarily can't speak to. That is coming soon. Yes, in the, in the realm of dreams coming true, for an aspiring artist and that is super cool so we can't hear next year.

Micah: 10:03

Yeah it should be early next year and as soon as he uh debuts or releases what they're. You know what he's working on? Um, I'd love to get back on. I can talk more about it, cause then then we can uh celebrate and everything. He is just working his butt off. You know, it's so cool. He's, he's in LA and uh, he is. Um, he's in LA and he is around. You know an entire group of people that are working with him and other artists that he is training with and working with, and just friends, new friends and stuff, and dude. Not one of them outwardly say they're believers. And dude, every Sunday, since he's been there, he takes them to church. Oh, come on, let's go. Exactly. I'm like, wow, you know he goes.

Micah: 10:50

he told me the first Sunday he was there he goes. He texted me and said Dad, I went to church today and I'm going. That's great, buddy, and I'm still waiting.

Micah: 11:01

I'm like that's great. You know, I was like thinking like that's great. I was thinking what's the big win? But also I was like you know what? Well, that's cool. I mean, you had to try to find a church and everything, so that's kind of a big win. But I'm like why is he calling me and he goes? No, he said dad. I took some of my team members to church today and I was like oh my God, that's crazy.

Micah: 11:32

That's yeah, man. So he's. He's just living out his dream, so it's great man. And then, uh, my other son graduated high school really early um, a little bit of overachiever and the truth is he just hated, yeah uh, traditional school. So it's not that he's all that brilliant, although I think he's really smart I don't know I would argue to say that's pretty brilliant I mean

Justin: 11:43

it's a new.

Justin: 11:43

It's a new brilliance.

Justin: 11:44

It is brilliant.

Rhett: 11:48

I'm breaking the rules of the system and I'm going to get this thing done quick. Exactly, I got stuff to do, man, don't hold me back, let's go. Fires me up.

Micah: 11:57

Exactly, he is that guy too. If there's a loophole, he will daggum find it. He is that guy. I love it. Yeah, man. So he like graduated high school early, um, and went to college. And uh, he is um, he's 18 and he'll be a junior in college, um, in the fall, and um, and he gets paid to go to school. So you talk about loopholes. Oh my God, he gets like a lot of money, like he goes to school for free and then they dump a bunch of money in his account. I'm like the first time that ever happened. I literally said, all right, gus, because he's my wild child man.

Rhett: 12:38

I love it.

Micah: 12:39

He is my wife's son for sure. That's great. And if I was, yeah, and if I was gonna be wild, you know, if I had any wild side, he's he. He got it all, man. Um, yeah, it's like twins. Remember that old movie twins? He's the danny devito, except much taller right much taller.

Micah: 13:00

Yeah, yeah, a little, a little taller so um, but anyways, no, dude, like he had literally no exaggeration, it was over three thousand dollars hit his account. Oh, man and um I you know his accounts attached to mine and everything, because you know he's still young, and so I was like, hey, let's take a walk.

Justin: 13:18

So we do these one-on-ones like you used to call them dates.

Micah: 13:22

yeah, you used to call them dates, but with the boys they're're like Dad, we're not. Let's not say that Like.

Grey: 13:26

don't say that Like hey, we're going to do our date tonight.

Micah: 13:31

So we just do one-on-ones and we go do something special or we go walk around, walk the beach or something and talk. So I was like, hey, let's take a walk. And so I was like, hey, buddy, I was like what kind of drugs are you selling? Man, like what's going on? What the heck is going on? Yeah, and he was like no, dad, it's the school. I'm like no, they're not.

Micah: 13:50

No, they're not Like really tell them what's going on and so, yeah, so I had to like check into it. I was like, hey, send me the email. I was like, I believe you, man, I do. This is crazy, this is crazy, this is crazy. So, yeah, it's great man. And then my daughter she's doing great. I got four kids and she's the youngest and she's still in high school, but she's chasing that dream like Judah. She wants to be an artist and she has some really cool opportunities coming her way. So it's just crazy man. God's favor and grace has been on us and I get to live in my favorite spot. I've always wanted to live, florida.

Rhett: 14:26

So, yeah, it's incredible, it's great man yeah, it's very, very talented, by the way so yeah, so cool man, I mean it's it's not a surprise that your kids are are full of artistry and wisdom and just creativity, because between you and jess j, your wife, you guys, just you bleed creativity, you bleed music, you believe artistry. That's just who you are. But I love the fact that you're raising your kids in a way to see the importance of being in the world but not of the world.

Rhett: 14:59

So it's like we're raising you to send you into this world to be a light, to be the salt we're raising you, to send you into this world to be a light, to be the salt to use your artistry, to use your gift and I love that, because we talk a lot about marketplace ministry, with business leaders and entrepreneurs creating ministry through their gifting in the business world, and it's the same thing with artistry. And so to break the mold, to think that you have to put them in a box and it has to be within the four walls of a building that we call the church, would be doing them a disservice. Honestly, I'm speaking as a, as a friend, but as somebody who deeply believes not to say that like there aren't people who inspiring them and to teach them how to live for the Lord and to be I don't know man, just to be a light in that world. To me, that's huge Congrats.

Rhett: 15:53

I'm proud of you and I'm looking forward to the fruit that's going to continue to come from the vine of the Solomon tree.

Justin: 16:00

Let's go. What's cool about that, rhett, is when we started out. So if you're listening me, rhett and Mike have known each other 32 years. We've been very close. We have so many stories. I'm sure we'll get into some too. But just when you're talking about the kids, there have been these years too, too, where it's not like we're all hanging out every day, and so there were some years in there, especially during young kid age, that we all recognize you're not as available with each other, you're so focused on family, and so it's not like me.

Justin: 16:38

Rhett and Micah have all been in each other's lives with our kids, where our kids know each other's name all this time. There was a lot of gap in there and I can remember, as I said earlier, me and Micah, we got really intentional seven, eight years ago and through that, when Micah, when he was living in Texas I remember this Micah you had me come out to talk to your team, and when I got out there, I spent the night instead of a hotel. If I'm, if it's like Micah, I'm going to stay at their house if he invites me. So I'm staying at his house and we go. I find ourself at one moment we're just kind of hanging, but we go up to Judah's room so if you were to picture like this loft kind of vibe, he's got a studio, it's his bed. But what really stood out to me was it was really the first time it was like Justin from Justin and Rhett that his dad, micah, has talked about all the time. I never hear all these stories.

Micah: 17:34

It was like you're the guy.

Justin: 17:38

I felt like this awesome hero for a little while, because we sat on his bed and it was all his kids Micah, jessica, and we're just there. Here's what's cool. I'm trying to show interest in what Judah's working on, cause he's got the studio. I'm like, oh, that's cool, show me that. And he's letting me hear it. But then he's like so dad's told me all these stories about you and Red Almost, like they don't believe it.

Grey: 18:01

Yeah, yeah, cause they don't like not see their dad in that way.

Justin: 18:04

But, but he's like, is it true that?

Micah: 18:08

and they're going through all these stories and I'm like, oh, yeah, yeah, and it's like I believe dad, but it's it's a little hard to like. Can you confirm or deny?

Justin: 18:17

Yeah, I know my dad would have to know he can kind, it's the truth a little bit.

Justin: 18:21

Yeah, yeah, he's a good self-storyteller and you know what I was there to do. Yeah, stretch it with her.

Grey: 18:28

There you go, and we were on the same page.

Justin: 18:29

Yeah yeah. Are we embellishing or?

Micah: 18:32

not, it was two feet longer man, but that was really fun to do that. Yeah, something on that note. That's really cool. And red, this is uh, those stories. You know it's hardly you can't tell a. Uh, you know 24, 7, right, our little group, we were literally around each other and and and got the name because we sang all the time yeah and uh, but like all the time we were just always around each other. But anyways, I would tell the three boys, um, when they were younger for years, uh, three amigos stories.

Micah: 19:06

And sometimes we would make up stories where it was a bible story, but I would tell it through like an indiana jones lens, right, yeah, the kids would just love it, and then I would twist or whatever.

Micah: 19:19

Sometimes they were like uh, 24, 7 stories and uh, and so as they got older, they would bring certain stories up and uh, because we would be in birmingham or whatever, visiting my sister, you know, or the area, yeah, and they're like, was that true? This is, it, is this where. And I'm like, how is it? I was like so it was real. And and I'm like, yeah, mostly, yeah, you guys were, I had to, I'd throw a little, uh, you know, hollywood on it.

Justin: 19:50

But uh, yeah, and so no, it's like all it is, Mike, I see it this way. It's not.

Rhett: 19:59

It's not lying, All you're doing is you're, you're, if, if our life is a song and we have lived a recording.

Justin: 20:03

All you're doing is mastering it.

Rhett: 20:04

Oh, is that what it is? Yeah, that's right.

Micah: 20:11

A little bit of auto-tune maybe.

Justin: 20:14

Yeah, no, singer hesitates when you throw a little verb on them, that's all you're doing, you're mastering and mixing our stories a little bit to make it stand out the way we saw it in our minds.

Micah: 20:26

That's exactly right. Hey, talking about stories, I just talked to Justin about this, but I want to throw this out and see if Rhett remembers this. But we are in a very multicultural area. There's just a lot of cultures in South Florida and we have become really good friends with a lot of Brazilians down here and they've just taken us in their families. It's been great. So, yeah, so one one little girl she's friends with my kids. She got to go back to Brazil with her family and she came back and she was just telling us all we had a family dinner and we were all sitting around, they were telling us about Brazil and so she goes. Yeah, well, she goes. You know it's not like she went to the mall and she's like it's not like American mall, because at Brazilian malls they like pamper you and they like they only get paid if they have, you know, if they, if they make a sale. So they're like doing anything and everything they can do to get you to buy something Right.

Rhett: 21:24

Yeah.

Micah: 21:25

And they're like it's not like our store is here, you know, and in a, in a story popped up and it's it's true for sure. I'm gonna try, I'm gonna let these guys uh see if this is accurate or not. But I said you know, I said you're right, most stores don't. But I said you find some stores. I said man, there was a store back the day me and my two buddies would go into and we would try stuff on just to get like a little Sprite or a little snack.

Rhett: 21:56

At the Galleria Mall. Baby, I know what you're talking about. Oh my gosh, Do you remember that, Rhett? I forget the name of the store.

Justin: 22:03

I remember it because Micah told me this story the other day and I said I'm not going to mention it.

Micah: 22:07

Of course Justin remembers the name of the store.

Justin: 22:09

Yeah, it was Harold's, that's right.

Rhett: 22:12

Harold's? Yeah, oh, man Talk about that.

Micah: 22:14

We would go in and try suits that we could not afford. No, no. But, like yeah, and they would give us drinks and stuff and that looks really good anyways, I just was remembering that. I was like that was such a good. There's a few. I don't know if they even do that anymore and if you're listening.

Justin: 22:32

Here's what would happen me. Ret and micah would go to the mall in birmingham, alabama, called the galleria yeah, um, really hoover, I guess, but the river chase galleria mall and we would go there and one day I mean because we did our standard apparel, I guess when we would, it was expected that we'd have like a jacket, so we did see this we were going to sing back in the day, yeah, and and which was cool because you know Hugh Massey you know who's with Jesus now he invested and bought us these matching jackets and we always wore them.

Justin: 23:04

You and your dad, micah, were notorious for having like nice suits and me and Rhett weren't, and we would, yeah, the mustard yellow. I loved y'all suits. Y'all kind of helped me and Rhett get in on that, but we would go. We went to Harold's one time just because they had some jackets and I think we walked in and realized we can't afford this. But we were trying to just be open in this endeavor of looking at seeds and a guy comes up to us what Mike is talking about and he's like is there anything I can show you? We're like well, we're just looking right now. He said well, may I see if you'd like a beverage of some sort?

Grey: 23:41

Would you?

Justin: 23:41

like a Coca-Cola or a Sprite. We're like, yes, so Coca-Cola would be delightful. And Rhett's like I'll take the Sprite.

Micah: 23:52

That's delightful.

Justin: 23:53

We're drinking our soft drinks. All we're thinking of is it was free.

Micah: 24:02

Oh, free Bedtime stories? Yeah, exactly.

Justin: 24:03

And so me, rhett and Micah would frequent this mall. And I remember one time we just didn't really have any money. But we're walking the mall and we thought I sure could go for a drink. We went into Harold, do you remember that? And the guy one of the people came up to us. They said can I help you with anything? We're like, yes, but first it really would be great. I think we really would like a drink, to go get a drink somewhere.

Grey: 24:28

Like we were. We were so terrible, we were throwing hints out.

Justin: 24:31

I think we might go get a drink first. Oh, would you like a drink? Oh, do you have them? Well, I'll take a Coca-Cola classic.

Rhett: 24:41

That's like going to your buddy's house and you're hungry and you don't want to be rude and just go through his cabinet. So hungry and you don't want to be uh rude and just go through his cabinet. So you're like man, I really am hungry, you know just throw that out there.

Justin: 24:52

Are you hungry I'm hungry.

Rhett: 24:52

What do you think you know? And then all this dude are you hungry? I'm, I'm hungry. Yeah, yes, you want to get a snack in the in the cabinet here, you know whatever like, oh, no, no I don't have to do that no, no, really you want.

Justin: 25:02

No, it's okay do you remember that would be red's go-to word, Micah?

Rhett: 25:06

In my apartment.

Grey: 25:08

Rhett would do it that way Because.

Justin: 25:10

I would usually just ask Rhett, your refrigerator usually didn't have anything in it, though I had zero.

Rhett: 25:17

I had cold hot dogs and the little crappy cheese Like the cheese slices that stick to the roof of your mouth. Cheese slices yeah, that was about it.

Justin: 25:26

See, Dad would always get enough groceries because we were kind of the clubhouse in the apartments and so growing up Rhett would come over and he already kind of bought for you. We just never outright said it that way, but Rhett would be hungry. He'd say I'm kind of hungry and he would give the hints and I'm like, well, just go get a sandwich. And Rhett, salon would always be I don't want to eat your food.

Rhett: 25:48

I know that's such a lie. It's like I really do want to get your food, but I'm not going to say it.

Justin: 25:54

But I was like we've known each other long enough. Now my kitchen's your kitchen and then so the same thing. We'd go to Micah's house and his was like showing off, because Pastor Rod and Miss Shelly would. It was always high level.

Micah: 26:06

Like it was steaks, it was burgers it was baked beans, it was corn, it was awesome You'd have a little leftover cheesecake. Oh yeah, but.

Justin: 26:13

Rhett would do the same thing over there too. And Miss Shelley was so funny because it would be like, well, I don't want to eat y'all's food.

Rhett: 26:21

And it's like no, we're going to break out the grill. We're going to do this. We're going to do this right.

Micah: 26:28

You know, as an, as an, it's funny. Um, I can't even remember, though, going to, uh, cause I, once I hit 16, I started doing grocery runs cause, mom and dad, they were hard workers and they would work pretty late, and so if we were going to do a dinner or people were coming over, I'd go do a food run and then, um, they'd come home to cook or whatever. You know, dad would grill out, but, dude, I can remember many times where we're counting how many steaks or whatever we need, and dad would be like, well, you got to get two more, justin and Rhett, you know don't be there, did he really?

Justin: 27:00

That's awesome man. Oh, all the time, yeah, all the time. I mean, I wondered why y'all always had a steak for us so that answers that question and honestly I was like look at

Justin: 27:10

that. There's two more steaks, abracadabra, hey, if you need anything, we'll be out in Micah's hot tub. Yeah, we had it so made man.

Rhett: 27:23

I just I loved, I love the memories of hanging out at your house, man. It was so much fun. I never honestly thought about where these steaks came from. I didn't either I was just, I just knew if we were going to the Solomons. We were eating good and the expectation was set.

Justin: 27:38

There's going to be food.

Rhett: 27:39

Mostly it was T-bones. It was T-bones steak, baby, let's go.

Justin: 27:43

In the.

Rhett: 27:43

French. I almost talked for a minute. The French fries man that you guys would make in that little French fry fryer.

Justin: 27:49

I mean, I could take you back to where it sat in the cabinet and pull it out, you know and put the fries in.

Rhett: 27:55

And your mom and you guys teach me how, like when the fries start to float, that's when you know they're, like you know, kind of done. And then you put it in and it was like a salad bowl of sorts, like a wooden salad, wooden grain, yeah, the wood grain.

Justin: 28:11

Look and you put the paper towel in it, you put the fries on it and douse it with salt.

Rhett: 28:13

You were creating memories, right, oh bro talk about my memory.

Justin: 28:15

That's a pretty detailed memory.

Rhett: 28:18

Yeah, it is a detailed memory and then I know justin wasn't a part of this as much because he didn't. I don't think you like playing cards, but you know your dad was always good about inviting my dad over and you and my dad and your dad would sit there and play spades. And we do talk about some memories, man.

Justin: 28:35

Well, that was fun dude, that was you know. I mean full disclosure. Yeah, you know no details here, but that was also when I had a girlfriend and I was just. I was at the girlfriend's house every day, so it was almost like bye guys, which I shouldn't have done, but I was and y'all would have this card bond going on, where y'all were playing cards all the time. Well we, I really I missed that season, because that was that was.

Rhett: 28:59

That was pretty special. Your dad and my dad, what all? When they played against each other, they were on the same team and you and I were on the same team. It was the world to us to beat them. Oh yeah, it was loud and it was just you know it was so fun.

Justin: 29:12

Didn't that get your dad back involved with church?

Rhett: 29:14

It did, and your dad was a huge part of building the bridge, of my dad coming back in the community and rededicating his life to Jesus. Yeah, I remember that. So a huge part of that man. That was really cool. Yeah, that was standard. If I could, man, I miss those times, man, I do, I do, I miss it. Good times, good times.

Justin: 29:34

Mike, I was talking to the new pastor at Parkway the other day or months ago. I mentioned, when it was me, me and Rhett had met him when he had the baton passed to him, but we had mentioned you too, and so me and Rhett got to go lead actually in the same room our youth room was in.

Justin: 29:53

Yeah, man, I saw that it was so cool and so I told him at some point we're going to connect him to you because he's heard all the stories. So he wants to meet the man behind this name that he's heard of Micah so much.

Micah: 30:07

Oh my gosh.

Rhett: 30:09

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Micah: 30:33

Hey, I saw pictures. It looks so cool, man, I would have died to have been there. I'd love to have been there. We didn't, did we have the stained glass covered up in our?

Rhett: 30:43

youth group day. Uh-huh, we did.

Micah: 30:45

Because, yeah, uh-huh, we did. Because, yeah, yeah, I don't ever remember the stained glass being there. That's the first time to black out walls and stuff, but oh yeah it looked like a club with, like really dirty, you know, curtains covering up the whole thing,

Justin: 30:59

yeah, it did. That's.

Rhett: 31:00

There you go yeah, that stained glass. Yeah, ryan took that picture. I think you might have seen ryan jing's photo on on facebook, um, or I don't know if Justin sent it, but I can send you a couple too. But man, that stained glass was the first time I've ever seen it. And then, having a service in there with the sunlight coming through and the trees.

Justin: 31:18

It was beautiful. I was like what in the world did we not do this?

Micah: 31:22

Exactly, yeah, Well, I guess as a youth room back in those days. Well, I guess as a youth room back in those days. We couldn't have really blacked the room out Exactly. Yeah, yeah, I mean, you know it was youth, but yeah, dude, I knew it was the room, I knew the stage, we'd been on there so many times. But, man, I saw the back wall. I just couldn't stop looking at it. I'm like, oh my God, there's glass back there.

Justin: 31:45

We thought the same thing, we went there a couple days early just to make sure they had everything we would need to lead worship and I'm like these windows. What's different about this room? And they literally had just taken one layer of curtains off and they had someone who was going to come take the top part off. So when we came in that Sunday morning it was the first time I've ever laid eyes on that window. Talk about a sunrise service.

Rhett: 32:10

Yeah.

Justin: 32:11

It was that you didn't need any lights in that room.

Rhett: 32:14

Here's what I appreciate, micah, and I'm sure you can enjoy this as well. I mean, I love lights and I love the technology and the day and age. We can try to do our best to create these intimate environments, but there was something beautiful about what I would call going old school. Oh yeah, I mean it was natural light and it was. I think it might've been the first time, or the first time in a very long time, that I ever remember being in a church service where I could see outside and outside in with a church. You know what I mean.

Grey: 32:43

And so I don't know.

Rhett: 32:44

Man there was something sweet about that, and so just having natural light and to be able to see everybody and just to have you know I'm not saying that you know that's needed all the time, but it's nice to be able to do that. There's something pure about that. It was so pretty, it was so nice oh absolutely.

Micah: 32:58

Yeah, jess and I. You know we're called the local church and of course there's things that you need to do to help create those experiences in church and I've become pretty good at that and I love all that. But our favorite we talk about it all the time is the little white church. We're like God, just take me to the little white church.

Justin: 33:27

And our thoughts are always like that church would have literally no AVL whatsoever.

Micah: 33:31

I mean not even a microphone, just because the sticks are so good, micah, micah, micah, micah, stop for a second.

Rhett: 33:37

You can't say that, dude.

Justin: 33:41

Oh, I'm talking to little white people, I know, but okay no, no, no.

Rhett: 33:45

I know, I know but it's still funny.

Justin: 33:47

It's still funny.

Justin: 33:48

It's still funny, I know your heart.

Justin: 33:51

That is funny.

Micah: 33:52

No, thank you for clearing that up. Can I say something? I?

Justin: 33:56

know Micah's heart, I do too, and the last thing he'd say is a little white church.

Micah: 34:05

Yeah, no, no favorite church. It's much darker than the. Little.

Justin: 34:10

White Church yes, setting it clear, we went back to your moment.

Micah: 34:16

Yeah, no, no, just that you know you drive by right On the highway or whatever. You see this just white, small painted building right.

Grey: 34:25

Country church out in the middle of nowhere.

Micah: 34:27

Yeah, so I appreciate you, claire, clearing that up. But yeah, no, it's that church where the acoustics are great and yeah, it's got a little upright piano in it. You know, we've walked into some of the churches before and it's just like, oh my gosh, man like this, is it like god doesn't need any of the other stuff? But unfortunately, sometimes in our day and age especially, we're in such an entertainment society that it's just to get people's attention sometimes or focus, or focus on what we're saying or what we're trying to deliver, my God, you know we need all this, this extra stuff sometimes. But, man, it gets exhausting. I mean, that's been my job for 26 years now, man, and so I'm thankful for it. But, man, the day that they don't need me anymore would be a great day too. That's awesome.

Justin: 35:20

Yeah, well, I mean, I think we've hit this point too, where some of our favorite moments you know I hate to say our favorite, but just sitting there unplugged and and just worshiping.

Rhett: 35:32

Yeah, well, think about concerts for a minute, the moments that I remember the most. At most, every concert, whether it's a thomas rett country artist concert, whether it's, you know, a dc talk back in the day, whether it's whoever it might, be right it for me. I can only speak me, but it's always around that acoustic set.

Justin: 35:51

It's when they strip everything away. It's about 45 minutes in.

Rhett: 35:53

Yeah, about 45 minutes in. They kind of cut everything. They got a little small little community like with a rug and everything, and they've got their acoustics.

Justin: 35:59

They're on stools and it's just a spotlight.

Rhett: 36:01

Oh yeah, and that's the moment you, micah and Justin, are those the moments you typically walk away with remembering, or is it the bigger moments?

Micah: 36:13

I'll let Micah go first on that one. You know what I definitely I am moved by those moments, for sure. But I think what makes me good at my job you know it's funny, funny for me it's always the openers. I agree, the big openers is what I. I really love seeing creativity and see someone open up a concert in like just a big wow moment, yeah and uh. But that's more on the like, uh, creative side. But uh, yes, there's no doubt like if it touches my heart. It's never when it's screaming loud or busting. You know, like it's always in a down moment, even now in church. Those are the times that I break down and I'm like wow.

Justin: 37:00

Yeah, no, that's good. And yeah, I agree, I do like those still moments. You know the the big moment starting it out can be good, but I like getting it to the depths. Yeah, but when you said that you know when Micah was answering, when I think of Micah I do I picture you in that very praise kind of mindset for some reason yeah. Yeah.

Justin: 37:21

I just think there's been something you've naturally been great at just you know getting, you know the the congregation going, getting them to sing out in unison together and just like he's he's been. That's what I've seen from you a lot.

Rhett: 37:34

And it is definitely a gift for you. But where do you think that that is rooted Like for you? What? What is so special about those praise moments for you, micah?

Micah: 37:54

oh man uh, you know what I mean. You know we don't have time for my entire testimony or anything but um, I, I don't know. So it started it really started back in the grass, cutting days slash. Um, you guys went with me a few times like, um, we would have church Sunday morning and Sunday night, like most churches back in the day, most charismatic churches, right.

Rhett: 38:11

Yeah.

Micah: 38:12

But in between church we would go visit the not little white church and those churches were like the culture that I got to experience when I was very young actually it was before even birmingham, um but the freedom in praise and and I felt like they really meant it, like they really meant it, they weren't just singing a song, and it caught fire in my soul, uh, but I think the it's. There's a freedom to people want to praise that way, but they don't always feel free to. You know what I mean.

Micah: 38:54

It's like ah, I just can't do that you know I don't have rhythm or I don't have whatever, and of course at some point when you get to heaven it has. It's not going to have anything to do with rhythm, right, it's not ready to do, but it's really just you releasing that. But for me, the release came where I was activating it or learning. It was cutting grass man, you know, that's in Longmore Boy and I put on my praise music and I would shout to the mountain, and so then it was. So it's so second nature for me, and in most of those cultural churches that's so second nature for me and in most of those cultural churches that's how it is for them. And so I don't know, man, I've just come through a lot.

Micah: 39:38

Most of us have. But I have to remind myself I think that's in the Bible for sure, but it is especially back in the day, after losing my parents and stuff. I would just demand it, like demand my soul, that I will rejoice and I will shout, and I don't feel like it and I don't want to, but I'm going to because I know the creator and he is in control of my life and so I would I. Sometimes I am just literally reminding myself and then I'm looking out in the crowd, especially today, right, but people that are hurting and I'm like you know what, I don't know what you're going through, but it ain't gonna do you no good sitting there like that, like you're gonna need to get up and, in faith, start to proclaim that God is more than enough and he is able, and so, yeah, praise. I'm a big praise guy. I love praising and shouting and declaring that God, who God, is right. But I don't know, that's great.

Rhett: 40:44

No, I appreciate you sharing that.

Rhett: 40:47

I think it's Psalm 58, where David, like I think he's hiding in a cave from you know Saul, and he's saying, awake my soul, like, and then he's talking about exalting the great goodness of God, the faithfulness of God, and he's in a moment where his situation, and it's dire, it's bleak you know his feelings are not matching his situation, for sure, but yet he's choosing to praise the Lord, despite what he's facing, because he knows that deliverance isn't based off his situation, it's based off the goodness of his God, and he's just demanding of himself you know, reminding himself, but demanding of himself that his soul lines up according to who God is and what God's word says. And there's something powerful about that. It moves me.

Justin: 41:35

You know the.

Rhett: 41:35

Brandon Lake song Gratitude man. When I first heard that, come on my soul, don't you get shy on me those lines.

Rhett: 41:43

They move me Because you've got a lion inside of you, like when I hear that it's a reminder for me Because you've got a lion inside of you, Like when I hear that it's a reminder for me. You know, truth be told, I don't always live in the praise moments that I used to. I wish I did, and so you inspire me in that regard, Um, but man, there's these moments where sometimes you just got to get out of your shell and go. You know what. I don't care who hears me, I want to just, even if it's just screaming at the top of my lungs God, you're good, I love you, I need you. There's something so powerful about that that you know. You know, I've been trying to keep a timer because I know that you are stretching your meeting.

Justin: 42:17

That has started. You have someone running the first few minutes but I know you got to get there in a couple of minutes, but hey, that I mean that's the conversation. I wish we could have kept going, but we'll do it again, yeah. Micah is officially the first person to use the Armchair. Authentic Hotline.

Rhett: 42:42

And let's go. And some people are like what is the Armchair? Authentic Hotline and we're like well, we don't have that number out there yet. That's my personal cell phone at the moment. Yeah, that's right, but we're trying to figure this thing out.

Justin: 42:52

We're going to get a Google number for people to send in. But yeah, hey, micah Solomon, again. You'll hear from many times. We have a bond that will not easily be broken Me. Red. Micah and we have stories for years to tell so hey, let's get to. I'm just going to say this because we've been saying it for years and it's just fun to say let's get that trip going that we've been talking about for a few years.

Justin: 43:24

Me, you and Red. Yeah, we'll figure it out. Let's get on the phone and really try to figure this one out.

Rhett: 43:28

Well, hey, micah, we love you bro. Thanks for the call, man.

Micah: 43:31

Hey, love you guys.

Justin: 43:32

I love you, buddy. Have great meetings. You guys will be hearing a lot more from him, yeah, but yet we're all so different too. But it's fun just to get to have Micah. That was really special.

Rhett: 43:47

Yeah, and and I hope people could listen through some of the you know the, the imperfections of the audio quality there. You know we're we're working things and so that was. That was truly a phone call and and so we're we're working through that. But I man the meat of just friendship and relationship and connection. It means so much to hear from Micah and we look forward to hearing from people.

Justin: 44:08

Yeah.

Rhett: 44:09

Maybe that we don't even know that have been listening to this. Yeah, so we're trying to figure that out.

Justin: 44:14

Yeah, I would say stay posted, we are you know, we're going to look to see how we can get a number out there and just send it to the socials. Yeah, for sure I don't think we'll just throw it out there just wherever.

Justin: 44:29

but we will, those who are, you know what?

Justin: 44:30

Yeah, here's my timer. Here's proof. I want see I respected Micah's time. You did. Yeah, I put a feeler out to Micah last week. Let him know we're recording at this time. Uh he said man, I might, I'm going to try to call in. Well, I'm glad he did.

Justin: 44:41

But what I was saying is we do want to work out having like a time that we could you know, or or, or I guess, something we post on socials and for any of those who feel like you're at the seat, you know, have a seat at the table with us every week, listening If you want to call in. We'd love to kind of work what that could look like, whether it's scheduling it or what. Maybe make it a little 15 minute, whatever it is, we'll just be organic with it and just I think it'd add a lot to just the conversation.

Rhett: 45:07

Yeah, it'd be fun. And and and again, like um questions, thoughts concerns how do you deal with these things? Not that we're experts in anything, but we have lived um 48 years on the planet, so yeah 47,.

Justin: 45:19

I'm the young guy.

Rhett: 45:21

Yeah, you're the young guy by a year. Enjoy it, baby. You know there's things that we've learned and that we're even going through that maybe our perspective can help your perspective and so. But all that to say, man, that was fun, enjoyable and looking forward to that again and with other people as well.

Justin: 45:37

Yeah, I do too. But yeah, it was fun. It was when we were talking last week on the phone he brought. He couldn't remember the name, harold's, but he brought up that story.

Rhett: 45:46

I was reading somewhere the other day and Harold's came up as if a. I don't know if there still exists or not, but they were like a high end type place and yeah.

Justin: 45:55

I mean, I remember that. I feel like I remember them being high end.

Rhett: 45:59

Yeah, I mean you walk in and it's like like you're walking into this luxury, massive, beautiful, ornate, with like deep dark wood everywhere. You know that was a style.

Justin: 46:11

I felt like Julia Roberts walking into the store on the road.

Justin: 46:14

Julia Roberts, yeah. Julia Childs, oh, let's mix our French food.

Rhett: 46:19

Oh, I love French cooking. I love cooking.

Justin: 46:22

Whatever she talks like.

Justin: 46:22

Oh, I love French cooking, I love cooking.

Rhett: 46:24

I can't do it without you. Hey friends, rhett here, just want to take a moment to speak to those who may be joining us for the first time. We want to say welcome, friends. However, you found us. We are so glad that you did, and we believe it wasn't by accident. We're so glad that you joined us in on this conversation today. In fact, if you haven't already done so, could we encourage you to follow us on social media? You can find us on Facebook or Instagram at Armchair Authentic, or over on X at Armchair Auth Pod. That's Armchair Auth A-U-T-H-P-O-D. All right, thanks for taking the time to do that. Now let's get back to our conversation, right.

Justin: 47:04

Thanks for taking the time to do that.

Rhett: 47:06

Now let's get back to our conversation.

Justin: 47:07

But no, Julia Roberts, pretty woman when she walks into the store on Rodeo drive. I've never seen the movie, I don't know. And they won't even give her attention. Oh, I remember that she was obviously a lady from the streets that had just been hired by Richard gear. Okay, who's the CEO, dude? Okay, and then they just judge her when she walks in, I'm sure.

Grey: 47:27

And then he doesn't look the part.

Justin: 47:28

Oh, because she's not, and he comes in with this card cause he's this revered man.

Grey: 47:32

Yeah.

Justin: 47:33

And he buys her like the whole store and she now looks awesome in her dresses. Yeah, that's how I felt, like we were walking into Harold's. It was just like they were judging us once. They knew we were there just to drink their coca-cola and sprite when I lived in when I lived in dallas.

Rhett: 47:47

Yeah, when I lived in dallas there was a galleria mall there too, I know the galleria was kind of like this, you know, I guess, uh business that they would create these massive malls and big kind of like opry mills, grapevine mills, yeah, so they had a gallery mall there was three or four stories, massive ice skating rink in the middle Christmas tree, to go like to the fourth story, it was huge at Christmas.

Rhett: 48:07

Anyway, they had like Tiffany's, these like Gucci, versace type places, and I remember living in Dallas and I would go and I'd walk into one of these stores and, man, if you didn't look the part how they would like just kind of like, what are you doing in here? And I would always, always and I'm not trying to be rude, you know, and I'm not but I would always go, like you think you're better than me because you're already judging me based off how I look. Okay, I get it, but you're working here and I'm probably making more than you're making right now you know what I'm saying.

Rhett: 48:43

Like it's not like the people that are working here are millionaires.

Justin: 48:48

You know what I'm saying? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Rhett: 48:49

Right and you know. So it's kind of like, and I'm not, I'm not doubting it, but I'm like, think about the, the uh, what's the word? I'm looking for, the, the different. Like you're being judged by somebody who's maybe making $12 an hour. Yeah, $15. No disrespect. Because they're in the culture of that place, but they're in the culture of a place that represents something bigger, but yet I'm like okay.

Rhett: 49:12

So, like you are judging me based off what I'm looking like walking into this store. You have no clue, right how much money I have or how much I don't have, based on how I look. That's right which is interesting to me, which brings up a whole nother uh topic which most millionaires? If you do studies of, like people who have millions of dollars on the bank, they don't look like millionaires, right they, they're not wearing a little jeans and a button-down shirt?

Rhett: 49:40

they're not. They're not driving the mercedes. They're not driving the BMWs. They're not driving. If they are, they're usually five years, somewhere three to five years used. Yeah Pre-owned, Sorry pre-owned. When did we get to pre-owned as? If that's a luxury thing. Remember you used to go down to the used car lot over here, and it's just the word used Go talk to Jimmy.

Justin: 50:02

Jimmy had to get a good car. Had to use car automotive.

Justin: 50:07

Come on, now Get your used car.

Rhett: 50:09

I don't want a used car, I want a pre-owned car. Hello, hello.

Justin: 50:16

You just took me to the same lot, jimmy just took me to I know.

Grey: 50:19

No, this is pre-owned.

Justin: 50:21

Come, here Come here, you silly goose.

Rhett: 50:24

Something about language and words how it paints these pictures, but anyways.

Justin: 50:30

Yeah, you're kind of intertwined in the culture of it. Yeah, and it's like you had to buy that suit to work there, so you're probably more broke. Yeah, you're judging me, though.

Rhett: 50:38

You look good as you judge me I forget what we said but, like Dallas, is home of the 30,000. This was, you know, 20 years ago, so you know different uh verbiage now, but it was like the most of Dallas, downtown Dallas, all these people that were living in these condos and stuff.

Justin: 50:53

I remember that it's the home of the $30,000 millionaires.

Rhett: 50:56

That was kind of the way it's, like most of these people that are down here, making $30,000, $40,000 a year, but they look amazing, but they look amazing and they drive amazing and I'll never forget a friend of mine who lived down there and who looked amazing and drove all this stuff go over to his condo. He got nothing in it.

Justin: 51:10

Nothing.

Rhett: 51:12

Just the TV and a couch and like a fold-out chair. He's like image is expensive.

Justin: 51:17

I know it's like we're going to come over right now. I got to think of my image inside this place Exactly.

Rhett: 51:22

It's like come on, man, you know, and uh, anyways, it's starting to bring me some popularity.

Justin: 51:28

Me and Summer like to go to the price of stupidity.

Rhett: 51:31

That's all I want to say. Go ahead.

Justin: 51:37

For our Atlanta people listening me and Summer, one of our favorite getaways and we're going to try to do it soon. Maybe by the time you're listening to the get this we would have just got back. Okay, but we're going to try to do a little Atlanta getaway. But from time to time we just like drive into Atlanta and we love this mall called Lenox Square.

Rhett: 51:51

Yeah.

Justin: 51:52

Is that?

Rhett: 51:52

over in Buckhead. Yeah, in Buckhead.

Justin: 51:55

Yeah, but man there's that one entrance that you go in, and of course, we park, you know, further away, because I feel like they've turned the entire front space. What used to be a big parking lot, now it's like a big valet spot. We finally find a place, but when you go to that front entrance, some of the finest automobiles you've ever seen are just being pulled up, and so we will walk in through that entrance already feeling like I'm not there, man.

Rhett: 52:23

I don't belong here, we're heading straight to the little starbucks. It's right in the middle I'm pulling up in my standalone my 05 suburban with a deer guard on it well, I must say, when we go to atlanta, we drive our 2013 highlander we drive our 2013, maybe 2014 toyota.

Justin: 52:42

Highlander to.

Justin: 52:43

Atlanta right, but my 2005 Suburban I drive that my 2005 Suburban, with a deer grill on the front, I ain't that, can't even park this thing in front of Lenox Square. I got to go in the back 40. I love my deer grill. I'm back in the back 40 because they got all that valet parking stuff. But I dress good, I look good, I walk out and by dress good, I look good, I walk out and by the time I've walked 200 yards.

Rhett: 53:03

I'm so far away from my car I look the part now baby walking in with my head held high.

Justin: 53:08

That's right, I'm kidding, I can afford it and I can afford a starbucks. Yeah, I like walking by the mac store to just pretend like them. Headphones look nice.

Rhett: 53:18

How much wow have you seen the goggle thing?

Justin: 53:21

that's like 3500 bucks yeah, oh, I scheduled an appointment for dax and. Yeah, oh, I scheduled an appointment for Dax and Kai, and I scheduled an appointment for them to go in and get to have the whole tour $3,500. That's crazy.

Rhett: 53:33

I'm like, really it's crazy what you can do. Oh man, back to the Future, got it right, didn't they? Yeah, with the goggles, think, think about that. You know, the 3D shark coming out like the 3D hologram, stuff's a big deal, you know. I mean everything but the hoverboard.

Justin: 53:46

Still waiting on that one.

Justin: 53:47

And the pizza. Do you remember that oven? There was like a pizza oven. It was like a tiny little pizza about the size of a hand. You stick it in the oven for literally.

Grey: 53:55

I think it was like three seconds and she pulled it out.

Justin: 53:58

It looked delicious.

Rhett: 53:59

Yeah, huge, huge pizza. You know, when I watched that I was thinking this is real, they actually made that. And I'm not even thinking of edit, like all they did was take that out, put another one in and action, you know. And I'm like, no, this is like as a kid.

Justin: 54:09

They're making all these expensive props. How come we can't have it in the marketplace?

Rhett: 54:13

And they're sitting around the dinner table or whatever it is in the kitchen and the produce thing fucks like wearing the the apple headgear, you know, and that some of that's kind of you got the zoom meeting going on with dad in there with niles or whatever it is.

Justin: 54:27

I always wanted the hoverboard. Oh, who doesn't?

Rhett: 54:30

I mean that was still waiting on that. That would be awesome. I mean, come on, we're almost there, like we're getting there. We're getting close with all the like uh you know what do they call that? Not the hovercraft. What are those things called drones?

Justin: 54:41

oh yeah, oh yeah, cause you can buy a drone for next to nothing now and it's got like a really nice camera. We have one of our friends his name is Emerson, we talk about the you know Jeremy and Heather all the time who went with you to Idaho and now they're back in Birmingham on staff with me at Highlands. Jeremy is their son, has this really nice drone, cool and we went to an area, a trustful area. For those of you not familiar with that. It's just, it's really an outskirt of Birmingham right.

Justin: 55:10

Suburb, a suburb, and so, man, he, he got this drone and just started flying it everywhere and he's we're seeing the shots and he's and, and, and. So some people who know drone world are like, yeah, this is not new, yeah, but it was just cool to see him operating it and he sent it somewhere way down I mean, I don't know how far, because they have a train in trustville and he literally had it traced.

Rhett: 55:34

It was chasing the train that's so cool capturing the most amazing shot yeah, and the drone shots like that used to be like helicopter shots in movies in the 80s, where you could even see the helicopter shadow every once in a while. I think that's what's so cool to me is that we're?

Justin: 55:51

capturing these shots, I'm still thinking of my 80s, 90s self like whoa, this is amazing.

Rhett: 55:58

They had either cranes that would get that shot or helicopter or plane.

Justin: 56:02

So I said well, you've got this thing far away. How do you steer it to know to get it back? He said I'll just hit this button, so, like you would with taking a picture.

Rhett: 56:11

You would hit the button to kind of bring a focus in on an object.

Justin: 56:14

Well, he would just hit a button when he couldn't no longer see it anymore, because he showed me a map and it's way down Highway 11. It's gone, it's gone. Okay, I'm like, how do you get it back? And he hits some button, it puts it into autopilot and it flies. It's gonna land right there and it points to the spot. It's ridiculous and so we just go. We're kind of eating our ice cream. It just right in the middle of that ample theater, like all the tvs between the restaurants yeah it just lands right there and I'm I'm amazed, like I mean, what did that cost you?

Justin: 56:43

$10,000? You know, of course, you can get them next to nothing now.

Rhett: 56:49

It's pretty crazy what you can get with technology. There's a lot of laws coming out around the airspace, you know. Bro, there's got to be a lot of privacy. I'm just going to tell you, like if I walk outside behind my house now I'm in a suburb so I'd have to be a little bit more careful. But if one is flying right above me, guess what? No shotgun, bye, sucker.

Rhett: 57:08

You know you fly like if I've got land and one's flying over me, that thing's going down, yeah, oh yeah, I'm just, I'm just saying free, you know if you're in my airspace uh, there you go you don't own that.

Rhett: 57:20

Yeah, this is the government of the bardens, if you are in our air that there is a such thing as, like if you own a piece of like in New York, like if you own a property downtown, they can't build over your property. Because if you own, let's say, an acre, which would be insane in New York, right, you own the airspace above it. That whole acre is straight up to heaven. Oh, that's cool, basically because in New York you know if a building next to you and another building next to you, if they want to build like a bridge over, they can't do that without your permission or their whatever. And so that's what I'm saying.

Justin: 57:51

I would probably make some crazy deal with them, yeah. I'd be like yeah, I'd find out from an attorney what's the real property value here.

Rhett: 58:05

An acre in New York City. Oh man, gazillion dollars. Yeah, you can get a pretty penny and then you just go up. So yeah, you fly. You're at the little thing over my house. No offense to Emerson, I wouldn't do it to Emerson, but like if it's something, some random person rando droning around my house getting some kind of crazy video, just so you know.

Justin: 58:22

Welcome to America if I'm in my little bathroom area that's got a window, but I'm high up and I it's going down fast Some kind of crazy video.

Justin: 58:28

See ya, just so you know. Welcome to America. If I'm in my little bathroom area that's got a window, but I'm high up and I feel pretty safe right now. Can I see a drone? See you later, dude, I'll have those thoughts.

Justin: 58:32

sometimes I'll look out the window and I'm like there's no one who can see me.

Rhett: 58:39

But today there's a drone right there looking at me. Well, now I think the police, law enforcement, they have a tool now in which I'm sure you could buy it messes with the frequency and so think Star Wars. Like you're in the tractor beam and you can't get out, this is what it sends a beam to, that Wow, to the drone, and it sucks it right down to you.

Justin: 59:01

That's amazing yeah.

Rhett: 59:02

That's awesome. No yeah, they do that on purpose now, so like if you're flying something over, something that you shouldn't be flying over, and law enforcement picks it up, they can actually intercept that signal and call that drone right to where they are.

Justin: 59:14

You know that would make sense. That's the technology we're talking about. Yeah, back to the future. Yeah, that's pretty darn cool. That's pretty cool Star Wars. I always wondered why can't the ship get away? It's in the beam. I'm like, yeah, but how does that work?

Rhett: 59:26

And that's how it works.

Justin: 59:27

It does. It's kind of like there was this, like the military would use this weapon. It's like this I don't even know what it is, but when they shoot it at you, it's not like this bullet that hits you, but it gets something to you that it like makes you sick.

Rhett: 59:43

Interesting.

Justin: 59:44

You got to look it up because I did not sound very technical, shooting viruses into your skin. It's something like when they can shoot something towards you. I don't know if this wind, I don't know what it is, I don't, I don't know the technology, but like it can give, it can make you nauseous. It's pretty wild. Yeah, I could see that. But oh, it's pretty wild. Yeah, I could see that. But yeah, hey, but this is what you get people when you listen to an impromptu episode of Armchair Authentic.

Rhett: 1:00:08

Yeah, we could keep going and we probably will. So we'll pick up on this next week, but you know we will. What a fun conversation. Sometimes it just needs to be a little bit of just catching up with buddies and hanging out. And so thanks for joining us, you guys. We We'll see you next week On the next episode of Armchair Authentic.

Grey: 1:00:25

I think I said this on our little text group the other day Not only do we pour coffee, but we pour into each other. Yeah, that was so good.

Justin: 1:00:32

We have a group text thread. We call it the alumni of the afternoon espresso.

Grey: 1:00:37

I don't think there's a testimony without a test. You guys really helped create more of a testimony for me and I really have enjoyed that side of getting to be more of a Christian and increasing my knowledge in the Word. When we first started in the group, you guys will quote scripture. It's really gotten me to be curious about the Word and really dive in and have a daily devotional and learn, and that's an insatiable appetite I have right now, and not only with you guys but with Mark, clement and Woody and all these other guys in the group are.

Grey: 1:01:13

You know, in their own little way, they give something that nourishes my soul.

Rhett: 1:01:19

You know, if you think about the ragtag group of guys that Jesus chose we kind of have that. You know we cannot wait until that conversation, but until then we hope to stay connected with you throughout the week on social media, on Facebook, instagram or even X DM us, message us, email us at info at armchairauthenticcom and let's continue the conversation. So until then, god bless, stay safe and we'll see you soon for another conversation with your friends Red and Justin, right here at Armchair Authentic. Thank you.