Buying A House & A Gronk Surprise

Tommy: It's a very low barrier to get into the Gronk Squad.

Josh: That's crazy. We've committed to do The Daily Talk Show for 10 years.

Tommy: Hi, guys.

Mason: Hi, guys.

Josh: Put it in the calendar. I'd just like to cheque the temperature in the room. I told you my squeegee story. It is outrageous.

Tommy: Come on, let's go.

Josh: It's The Daily Talk Show episode 1005.

Tommy: What's happening, guys? What's going on?

Josh: Can I just say that whenever one of us is sick, whether it's Tommy or myself, I've never seen you happier. He's dancing in, he's miming the intro.

Tommy: I mimed the whole way through the intro and I was waiting for you to look at me, but you were just kind of looking elsewhere.

Josh: So, you had to do the whole thing.

Tommy: Yeah.

Josh: Can I just say, obviously we bring up a lot of things, have a lot of obsessions. Gotta say the whoosh that I bought is still going strong. If anyone remembers that I bought a lot of special screen Cleaner. It's going well.

Tommy: The official Apple screen cleaner.

Josh: Yeah.

Tommy: And you're using it for your glasses?

Josh: Yeah, it works really well.

Tommy: Is it clear?

Josh: It's working. Yeah, it looks pretty clear.

Tommy: Is it frowned upon to rub your glasses with your shirt to clean them?

Josh: Definitely.

Tommy: Is it?

Josh: Well, I used to do it, but it scratches them up.

Tommy: Okay.

Josh: I did think about creating a line of shirts that actually has built in a little section where you can wipe your glasses. Oh, with one of those, like, imagine a built-in, like, so this sort of fabric is like a microfibre. Microfibre.

Tommy: That's a great idea.

Josh: Like underneath your t-shirt.

Tommy: That is a good idea.

Josh: I actually had a North Face jacket that had it built in. So it's like, I think it's first made, invented. No, but it was, it was hanging off. So it was like a hook, like a golf towel, you know, you know that. But I think it's designed for goggles for snow.

Tommy: Snow goggles, things like that. Yeah. In case they fog up.

Mason: Yeah.

Tommy: Yeah. Because whenever I borrow someone's glasses to try on.

Josh: Yeah.

Tommy: And then I rub them on my jumper.

Josh: No, absolutely not. You shouldn't do that. I see TJ sometimes rubbing our lenses. Yeah. I just hope the client has no idea what's going on.

Tommy: Bree told me that her glasses the other day got pulled on by a toddler.

Josh: Yes.

Tommy: Yeah. Yeah.

Josh: A nephew.

Tommy: She wasn't too happy about that. Yeah.

Josh: But she loves him, so she allowed it. I mean, you don't spend much time on the show. What would you like to talk about?

Tommy: Golf?

Josh: Yeah.

Tommy: No, we shouldn't talk about golf.

Josh: You only get half the show and then Jess is joining us.

Tommy: So I'm going to use all the good stuff.

Josh: Yeah, I know Jess wanted to speak about golf.

Tommy: Yeah, she did. Can we talk about what Olivia brought in?

Josh: Yeah, absolutely. So GronkhLiv came in on Friday and she's been working on something over the past few months. It's amazing. Georgia's holding it up. You have to go to the YouTube channel to see this. She has put together this typography, typographical sort of artwork where she has written every single guest. Yeah.

Tommy: In like different letters. So, it's like stenciled. So, it's not just like a list of names. It's like colourful or funky.

Josh: She laminated them.

Tommy: Yep. Funky letters, all different sizes, different angles.

Josh: Do you have a favourite one?

Tommy: Oh, this one. This is the front page, one that says The Daily Talk Show 1000.

Josh: Yeah.

Tommy: I think it's got all the key players on it.

Josh: I just love, like, because she spoke about this is sort of her aesthetic. This is something that she was known for doing when she was in school. Did you have an aesthetic or a style?

Tommy: Nah, I'm not a creative guy.

Josh: Well, we've just found this out now.

Tommy: You're not a creative guy?

Josh: Not as far as, like, drawing.

Tommy: Can't draw.

Josh: Can't.

Tommy: I'm not great at design. Like, you know, a little bit, but drawing in particular, not interested. Not good at it. Takes too long. And even like looking at art, I'm not great at being like, oh, that's, yeah, that's nice.

Josh: I was a Monet guy. Thanks for asking.

Tommy: Really?

Josh: That was my style. Yeah.

Tommy: Couldn't tell you what's his style.

Josh: Sort of, sort of imagine sort of a blotchy paint looking thing that you'd see in a, like a lake. Or something.

Tommy: Oh yeah.

Josh: Yeah. But I created this. I was working on like a ceramic mug for Mother's Day. Topical. Mother's Day is coming up. Didn't mean that.

Tommy: Yeah.

Josh: Put in the show notes. And I had this sort of blue and yellow stripe situation, almost like the colours of Bananas in Pyjamas.

Tommy: Oh yeah.

Josh: And what I was planning on doing was taking off the tape and revealing this— these beautiful lines.

Tommy: That's clever.

Josh: Yeah. And I removed them and they all merged together. And then I ended up like starting again and smudging it all. And the teacher said, oh, you've done a Monet. And I said, fuck yeah, I have.

Tommy: And that was it.

Josh: Yeah. And so that sort of, for a while, that was sort of a style that I would do because I was, you just sort of ruin whatever you're doing.

Tommy: Yeah, right.

Josh: And call it a Monet.

Tommy: Yeah. Okay. Yeah. See, I'm like, I mean, I only like CJ Hendry. I think she's probably the only artist I like.

Josh: Really?

Tommy: Just because you can look at her stuff and be like, that is a good picture of a shoe or a bag.

Josh: Yeah.

Tommy: Or a dollar note. And it just looks exactly like what it's meant to look like. I'm not good at like deconstructing art.

Josh: Well, it reminds me of the Instagram reel I saw where it's like they show a drawn Coca-Cola. And then an actual Coca-Cola and you've got to guess which is which.

Tommy: Okay.

Josh: Yeah. It's easy because the real can wobbles ever so slightly, so you can pick up on it.

Tommy: Oh, that's cool. CJ is actually on tour.

Josh: What does that mean?

Tommy: She's in Australia. She's doing a show, like, soon.

Josh: So, it's an— So, she's an artist.

Tommy: Yeah.

Josh: What's the show?

Tommy: It's called Straya.

Josh: That's good.

Tommy: And so, she's brought it over. I mean, She's based in Australia. She's a New York gal. She's an Aussie living in New York. She's come over and she's driving around Australia doing her exhibition.

Josh: You'll go to that?

Tommy: Oh, yeah, definitely. Don't know when it is, though. It's within between the 10th and the 20th of May. And I think she just posts a storey being like, I'm here and you've got to drive out and go to it wherever it is.

Josh: You were looking at her house.

Tommy: Her house? No, Troye Sivan's house.

Josh: You were looking at her house on Instagram.

Tommy: Oh, yes. Yeah.

Josh: You're a real celebrity stalker. You just love looking at all the different celebrities.

Tommy: Yeah, I found where Troye Sivan lives. He lives in Carlton. Yeah.

Josh: So, but CJ's—

Tommy: Yeah, her house is cool. She bought a mansion in New York City. Don't know if it's New York City, Brooklyn maybe. And it was like an old, old lady's house. And I guess she died and left all her stuff there pretty much.

Mason: Yeah.

Tommy: And so, she's like rummaging through old like dolls and random junk.

Josh: You've looked at a few houses lately. Any deceased estates?

Tommy: One of them, actually, I'm pretty sure a lady died in it because it just had that vibe. It was like really, you'd have to rip the whole thing up. It stunk of dampness. It smelt like—

Josh: Like a dead body.

Tommy: Yeah. Yeah. And it was like, yeah. And so, I reckon the lady in there or guy. For some reason, I just assumed it was a lady. I feel like they would have died. Yeah. It was definitely an old person's house. It had like the old person shower.

Josh: What does that mean? Like a seat?

Tommy: A seat. Yeah.

Josh: I was driving past a house that was open for inspection just on Punt Road yesterday. Saw a couple look out the front, like walked up, looked out the front, did sort of a face like, oh, this is not good, and walked off.

Tommy: Okay.

Josh: Have you had any of those cases, like where you haven't even entered the house?

Tommy: No, we've gone in every house. But yeah, definitely. It is a pretty funny position to be in when you're like semi-serious about buying a house. So, you can actually be like, not interested, mate. Don't like it.

Josh: Yeah.

Tommy: Oh, what's wrong with it? Oh, just, you know, doesn't just I'm looking for more of this or this. And they call you, but hey mate, you're still not keen on the house? Mate, I don't want your house. Alright, we'll let you know if anything comes up.

Josh: So, how do they know? Have you shown that you're pre-approved or something? Like, why do they take you more seriously?

Tommy: I don't know. I think they're just slimeballs.

Josh: Is it the same sort of thing as walking down Victoria Street? You just, you sort of walk into every inspection like you've got a gun.

Tommy: Yeah. Yeah. You walk in like you've got $1 million in your pocket. Yeah. Which I don't, by the way. But yeah, no, it's been good fun looking for houses.

Josh: Many, like when you go to an inspection, how many different people are in there at a given time?

Tommy: Some of them, I think this is a tactic, they put the price down low. Yeah. They're like online, you're like, oh, it's only this much. And then you get there and you're like, okay, definitely going to go for way more than this. And they've brought in like double the amount of people.

Josh: Wow.

Tommy: And so, it's like crowded. So, some of them, yeah, some of them are pretty busy. They've all been fairly busy, like maybe— Maybe—

Josh: More than 10 people.

Tommy: Yeah, more than 10 people.

Josh: Does the real estate agent speak to you every time?

Tommy: Not really. Like, yeah, we ask questions, like we've learnt which questions are certain.

Josh: What are the good questions? Can I guess one?

Tommy: Yep.

Mason: Termites.

Tommy: No, that's a good one. I like that. But I mean, they're not going to say yes.

Josh: Well, they should.

Tommy: Should they?

Josh: I think they should be honest.

Tommy: Yeah. Yeah. Okay.

Josh: Anything like, what's your biggest challenge with this house?

Tommy: I don't know. No, I haven't asked that.

Josh: No. What do you ask?

Tommy: Body corp fees, mate. What are we talking for body corp? Is it really? They go, oh yeah, it's, well, actually, no body corp fees for this one.

Josh: It's a fucking house.

Tommy: It's a house. Yeah. Or they'll go, oh, it's only $2,600 a year. And you go, mate, that's fucking ridiculous. That's too much. Oh, but it's pretty big, big bit of land. Not really.

Josh: And so what does that get you?

Tommy: What, asking body corp fees?

Josh: No, when you pay the body corporate. So that gives you like the security cameras.

Tommy: Yeah. Shared land. I think you've got to pay body corp fees. Shared driveway. But I don't know what they do. Sorry to any body corp people out there.

Josh: I would definitely be on the board or whatever it is.

Tommy: Yeah, I know. Well, that— Yeah, I would do that if there was only like 3 or 4 houses sharing.

Josh: Well, so, a friend of mine just, she started a new job and she was telling me that she had to leave early on Friday because there was a body corp meeting and once a year, If less than 50% of all the owners rock up to this meeting, then the body corp can make all the decisions. So, she had to rock up to that meeting just to make sure that they— Because otherwise they can just do whatever they want.

Mason: Yeah.

Tommy: I don't know what, like— The house that I'm in now, the body corp rules are ridiculous.

Josh: Like what?

Tommy: Well, can't put anything on the roof. Can't attach anything to the outside of the house.

Josh: What is that on the roof thing? What does that mean?

Tommy: Well, remember, so about a year ago I tried to get a dish on the roof to get my internet speeds up.

Josh: Point to point.

Tommy: Didn't let me. They said, no, you can't hang anything on the roof. You can't. It's like, it looks bad. I'm like, mate, it's 3 storeys.

Josh: And say that to chimneys.

Tommy: Yeah. You can't put screen doors on, which seems like they're in cahoots with the— Yeah.

Josh: Yeah.

Tommy: Bit abusive.

Josh: Yeah.

Tommy: Can't do that. There's just so many things. I'm like, why?

Josh: Yeah.

Tommy: So, yeah, I would, if there was only like 3 townhouses and I was one of the owners, I would be on there, I reckon.

Josh: Yeah.

Tommy: I'd hate to go to the meetings, but you just—

Josh: Anything that you've, your eyes have been open because you've been a rental guy. Now that you're getting closer to a homeowner vibe, what else? How has your mind changed?

Tommy: I don't know. I don't know.

Josh: Just looking at like, I could imagine you all of a sudden look at better furniture because you're not like, because normally the idea is, you know, just fucking buy IKEA shit and leave it there.

Tommy: Yeah, I was looking up couches the other day, which felt a bit old. I mean, we haven't even gotten a house yet, so.

Josh: Yeah, no, but you do. You're getting close.

Tommy: Yeah. I mean, you just. I don't know, what do you think about money? Just becomes this something completely different. Like when you're dealing with such large amounts of money.

Josh: Yeah.

Tommy: Like when you're going to be in debt to the bank, bloody half a mil. It's like, what's another $3,000?

Josh: Well, no, but at the same time, like, I feel like anyone that's buying a house, you get more sort of in tune with discretionary spending.. So, for instance, like Uber Eats. Normally it was only ever Tommy Jackett that was like, mate, how much did that Uber Eats cost you? But now that you're on the market, I think that you're more sort of in tune with, mate, $27 for Uber Eats, that's fucking ridiculous. You could buy a— you could put that towards a pot plant for a house.

Tommy: Yeah, true. Yeah. No, I mean, I'm still pretty loose. Pretty loose.

Josh: Yeah, not crazy loose, but fairly like So, you had to give like a mortgage broker or something like your statements?

Tommy: Yeah. Yeah.

Josh: What did they say?

Tommy: Yeah, all good. You just— That bit did feel weird because like what they asked for is you basically, they send you this link and you go in, you put your bank username in or your number and then your password and then it just comes up with your balance and you just go submit. I was like, okay, that's a bit weird just sending them like all my details. Anyway, did that. That was all good. And what else? It's been a pretty easy process, really. We used Innov8. Yeah, the guys from The Numbers Game podcast. Really good. Yeah, Justin, he's a great guy.

Josh: Good banter.

Tommy: Yeah, yeah, really good. What'd you talk about? Oh, just, man, what do we talk about? Just business, mate. This is all business.

Josh: Yeah, no real small talk. Any spreadsheets?

Tommy: Yeah, he sent a few spreadsheets, sent some spreadsheets. The, um, yeah, Dad sent some spreadsheets as well. Like, they've been actuary, actuary, they're back and forth.

Josh: Oh, they've been chatting?

Tommy: Yeah, he'd be like, yeah, Justin's a nice guy, I've been chatting to him a few times over the weekend. Like, oh Jesus, really?

Josh: Yeah. Isn't it funny how, like, you were talking about this, when your parents become mates with sort of your clients?

Tommy: Yeah, it really felt like asking, you know, to have a sleepover at your friend's house because having like, yeah, just like, oh, can I talk to your dad? Like, yeah, sure. So then I give dad a call, but hey, Justin wants to talk to you. Like, okay, that's cool. Send Justin his number and then they start chatting. It feels a bit weird.

Josh: Yeah, yeah, it's almost like you want to set up like a WhatsApp group so you can both chat.

Tommy: Yeah, but it's been good. Um, next steps from here, we get, hopefully we get our like pre-approval in the next week.

Josh: How much are you thinking about landscaping?

Tommy: Well, not too much. I mean, we just want a little courtyard.

Josh: For a dog or a cat.

Tommy: Yeah, just something that's a bit private. So, not—

Josh: You're just not saying what everyone says?

Tommy: What's that?

Josh: Like everyone wants a courtyard, like a little courtyard that's a bit private. Isn't that like it's—

Tommy: That's standard. Yeah. Well, because I can't, like at the moment, the townhouse I'm living in, there's, um, there's no real private courtyard. Like, it's— you've got a little balcony and that's it.

Josh: What would you use the courtyard for?

Tommy: Just kettlebell swings, sitting out there. I don't know, clothesline.

Josh: That's nice. What do you do with your clothes at the moment?

Tommy: The, uh, on the clothes horse.

Josh: There's nothing embarrassing about that.

Tommy: I do that. I know, but it was one of those things where when we got our house, that was a big issue.

Josh: Clothes.

Tommy: And then, yeah, then you just get used to it.

Josh: Well, I guess the shared Space, it's annoying.

Tommy: Yeah. It was more just like, couldn't believe that there was no clothesline. Argued about it. And then 2 weeks later, you're just used to not having it.

Josh: You argued with the property managers?

Tommy: Yeah. Wanted to rig one up.

Josh: Where?

Tommy: Yeah, that's—

Josh: They wouldn't even let you do a point-to-point internet.

Tommy: There's no way you could put it. Yeah.

Josh: So, now before Jess jumps in, anything else you want to say or— You've got your mum coming. Oh, yeah. Coming down.

Tommy: Mum's coming down this weekend for Mother's Day.

Josh: Were you going to say Easter?

Tommy: Yeah, I was going to say Easter. Yeah. Might bring her in at some point.

Josh: I'd love that.

Tommy: Yeah. Say hi. So that's exciting. What is it? Any mum news? No, no mum news.

Josh: Seen any celebrities in Byron?

Tommy: No, no, don't think so.

Josh: What's the best-selling book at the moment?

Tommy: Couldn't tell you. Okay. Could not tell you.

Josh: Well, it's been fun. I'm excited. I mean, you've just taken this time to— I didn't ask you about your house at all, and that's all you've spoken about.

Tommy: We did some good.

Josh: Yes, I think people would be really interested in that.

Tommy: Well, handing over to the next house inspector. Jess has been looking for a house for much longer than me, so I'm a noob.

Josh: Yeah, but, um, well, thanks for coming in.

Tommy: Thanks for having me. Uh, Tommy, get well soon.

Josh: GB's loving it.

Tommy: All right, Jess, you can come over. You're gonna have to fill. I'll keep talking while she walks over.

Josh: Um, he will buy as much time as he can. Jesse's brought a laptop.

Mason: Hello.

Josh: Hi. You probably need to just bring your, um, your headroom a little bit. You could look, you could bring it up a little bit. You could go up a bit if you wanted to. Uh, you've got your laptop. Have you always been fine with in meetings people using laptops?

Mason: Yeah.

Tommy: Okay.

Josh: Why? Some people are really funny with it.

Mason: It's the way of the future.

Josh: Yeah, I know, but, um, you know, talking about the way of the future, you watched a, um, doco on crypto? 60 Minutes?

Mason: I was gonna say no, I didn't. I, um, just watched 60 Minutes last night and didn't tell me—

Josh: do you watch 60 Minutes every night? Every Sunday?

Mason: Most Sundays, yeah. It's kind of like a my last minute thing on the Sunday night ritual before going to bed.

Josh: And you didn't learn anything about crypto?

Mason: I was in and out last night. I jumped in the shower halfway through. I came back and saw the NFT bit and then, yeah, I wasn't really paying attention. Because the thing is, I have to put up with it from you lot during the week.

Josh: Talking crypto. Yeah. On the shower thing, I watched a video, a guy named Johnny Harris. He's got a YouTube channel, hasn't washed his hair for 5 years.

Mason: It's fucking disgusting.

Josh: What would you ever consider? So, apparently the way that he explained it is it's like the shampoo, it's stripping out your oils.

Mason: Yeah.

Josh: Then you put in silicone, which is the conditioner, which sticks to it. And then your hair, but your hair thinks your oils are gone. What was that?

Mason: Did you have to do shtick? Hmm? You know, sometimes we have shtick for the show. Shtick. Yeah. That's how you said it then. It sticks to your hair.

Josh: Oh, sticks to your hair. Sorry. You done? It sticks to your hair. Yeah. And then your hair, but then you get more oil and it sort of, and so I feel like that's been happening with me lately. I've been washing my hair nearly every day. Yeah, that's no good.

Mason: No good. No, I don't do that because of that reason.

Josh: So how often are you washing your hair?

Mason: Twice a week. And sometimes I'll, uh, not wash it, not with shampoo. I'll just wet it, and so that the water kind of gets rid of— if I go to boxing in the morning and it's sweaty, um, and then just condition it.

Josh: I guess that makes sense.

Mason: I'm not stripping oils.

Josh: Bree actually said to me the reason why she hasn't gone to the hairdresser is because her specific hairdresser does before and after videos, and she can't be fucked dealing with the—

Mason: like, you two are the most precious people when it comes to getting your hair done.

Josh: It's true. I mean, I haven't had— mine's really— because Bree even said, she's like, oh, you should treat yourself on Sunday and get your hair cut, which is like a real sort of— it's not even a backhand compliment. What would you call it? She knows that that's not treating myself. I fucking hate getting my hair done. So it's the closest thing she can get to—

Mason: just go have a panic attack for me.

Josh: I know, but seriously. So I've Yeah, the whole haircut thing.

Mason: Yeah, I dislike it as well because they're always like, you need to take this much off. And that's a lot in my hair term.

Josh: I don't even mind. Like, it has nothing to do with what the future aesthetic of my hair is and everything to do with just talking to people. Yeah, exactly. But also they'll ask, do I want a beer or do I want this or do I want that?

Mason: And why don't you? You don't drink beer.

Josh: Yeah. Yeah.

Mason: What if they asked you for a wine, red wine or a gin?

Josh: Gin. No, I don't even think, like, the weirdness is that, um, when it becomes like getting a drink and all that sort of thing, I'm curious about the, the financials, how it's all working, how much of it is— if I get a drink, how much is the haircut, how much is the drink?

Mason: Or do you have to pay for it?

Josh: Well, no, you don't have to pay for it, but I just find that, like, so everything has— if you're getting a, um, you know, a drink or whatever, it's got to be baked into the price, right?

Mason: Yeah. And that's why I lap it up. I'll take a champagne, please. Make that two.

Josh: We haven't spoken since you went to Queensland and you went on a flight.

Mason: Yeah.

Josh: How was, how was the flight?

Mason: Oh, so on the way over, um, the lady that I was sat next— I was on the window, and then the lady in the middle, she was so mad that I had to like get her to get up to get into my seat for one. And then throughout the flight, it was a night flight, so they dimmed the cabin lights and she had her torch on her phone. And I was like, why does she keep moving this torch around? It's so annoying. Look over, she's fully plucking her eyebrows.

Josh: Okay.

Mason: On the flight.

Josh: Yeah, it's not good.

Mason: I just—

Josh: Plucking your eyebrows. Okay. How long? Because the weirdness with plucking your eyebrows, I feel like I only have like 3 hairs that I normally pluck. Like, as in, you just get the big ones, right? Or is she like, at that point, do you know what I mean? So, she's shaping them at this point.

Mason: Well, I mean, if you look at mine, obviously, if I let them grow, they'd probably go down towards my eyelid.

Josh: Oh, my goodness.

Mason: Well, not all the way to my eyelid.

Josh: Yeah. But more.

Mason: But more like they're shaped, right? Yours aren't. Yours are just au naturel.

Josh: But I actually like mine.

Mason: Yeah.

Josh: Well, I'm not saying. Like, do you have—

Mason: She's obviously just getting in there, you know.

Josh: Do you have many friends who don't shape their eyebrows?

Mason: No, I don't have any that don't do that. No, everyone's got pretty, pretty good looking eyebrows.

Tommy: Okay.

Josh: Well, but that's what my point, like, I think that you don't have to do that to have good looking eyebrows. Would I look funny, do you think, if I shaped mine?

Mason: Yeah, please don't do that.

Josh: I'm not about manscaping, but sure, you know, that's a great sponsor and we love them.

Mason: Yeah, um, slow to pay, but did we even get paid for that?

Josh: We did, we did.

Mason: Um, yeah, no, girls, I love a nice classic shape, but if I had Cara Delevingne eyebrows, I'd be stoked with them as well.

Josh: I don't know who Cara is.

Mason: A model.

Josh: Okay, do you know about Emma Chamberlain?

Mason: Is that the lady that the baby got stolen in?

Josh: Oh, no, I don't think so. I hope I got it right. Emma Chamberlain. She's like the new Casey Neistat.

Mason: I don't even know who that is.

Josh: Oh my God. Is that how you've been the whole time? I'm just looking at the headroom.

Mason: I couldn't see myself because there was something on the screen.

Josh: Oh, really? Oh my God. Is that even usable, George?

Mason: Sorry, Evry.

Josh: Emma Chamberlain. She's like a YouTuber. Anyway, I've been loving her stuff. I listened to an hour of her talking in her podcast yesterday. Yeah. Dating advice for people.

Mason: Oh, yeah.

Josh: Yeah. And just like really good stuff.

Mason: Have you got anything for me?

Josh: Yeah. What can I tell you?

Mason: Because you know that I'm off Hinge now.

Josh: Yeah. You're off and Instagram.

Mason: Yep.

Josh: It's only been 4 hours.

Mason: I must admit that I have gotten onto my phone too and typed in Instagram and it's gone.

Josh: Okay.

Mason: I actually disabled the account as well.

Josh: How? What do you mean disabled?

Mason: To temporarily— Temporarily?

Josh: Not your Instagram? This is Instagram.

Mason: Yeah.

Josh: You've— So I wouldn't even be able to tag you in something? No. Really?

Mason: Yeah.

Josh: This is huge. Yeah, this is serious. There's some trauma going on. What's— Why have you done this?

Mason: I'm just— I'm— What? I'm— It's hard to— It's hard to say what it is, but I don't know. I just can't deal with people at the moment. I can't deal with people's shit. I don't want to see them depressed. I don't think so. Um, it's mostly the guy situation as well, like they're so annoying. That's not really Instagram, I suppose. But I mean, I told you why I got off Instagram this morning, because you were sick of people. Well, that, but also because I was with my pop on Saturday and I found myself on Instagram and I was so mad at myself because Time is precious with those people, and yeah, I just want to spend my time wisely.

Josh: Okay. Did Pop know you were on Instagram?

Mason: No.

Josh: What did he think you were doing?

Mason: Um, I don't know. He'd— I was— so the thing is, I was on Instagram, he'd gone off to go to the toilet, I was waiting for coffees, and then he sat down. I was still kind of like fiddling when he got back, and I was like, what am I doing?

Josh: Yeah, no, I definitely Think about how much I've loved books and like, it's funny, all the different phases.

Mason: Yeah.

Josh: You should get back into books.

Mason: Well, I read a lot.

Tommy: Really?

Mason: Yeah. And I'm back into my iPad-ing.

Josh: Oh, that's good. So, you bought an iPad Pro and you've got a pencil and you draw?

Mason: Yeah. Yeah. Not very good, but it's still creative. And because I don't really like— I've watched 60 Minutes, but I don't really watch TV. Like, I don't follow shows. I can't get into TV series unless like I don't know. It's like another version of Gossip Girl.

Josh: I'm surprised that you're saying you're not a TV person.

Mason: Why?

Josh: I feel like you're sort of lying. No, not accusing you of lying. No, but just before when I talked about Netflix.

Mason: You don't listen to folk.

Josh: No, that's true.

Mason: You don't watch TV.

Tommy: No.

Josh: Well, no, you said about the TV thing, you— I was telling George about a Netflix show and you said, what channel is it on? That sounds like someone who watches TV. You know what I mean? What channel is that on is like a question from 2009. 3.

Mason: Yeah, what channels? Yeah.

Josh: Um, what, um, services have you got at the moment? Netflix?

Mason: I've got Netflix. So my family and I share Netflix and Stan.

Tommy: Yeah.

Mason: And I also have Binge because I like watching Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

Josh: Yeah. Oh, so Bree, Bree won't hear this because she doesn't listen to the show, which is a whole nother thing. It's her birthday on the 12th of May, and, um, I was thinking I really want— So, Shahs of Sunset.

Mason: Yeah.

Josh: I love, love. It's a reality show on Binge. It's a Bravo show. And I was thinking, I'm going to get Reza, one of the guys, to do a birthday message.

Mason: Oh, great.

Josh: And in true Tommy Jackett style, I thought maybe I could, one, contact Cameo and say, hey, you want to do a bit on the show where I get my girlfriend? Because it's $199. Which is a lot for a joke. And so, I was like, oh, maybe I could, like, pretend or not pretend. I could just say, hey, like, I'll mention Cameo and I'll play it through and I'll surprise Bree maybe on the show or something. But then I had another idea. It's like, oh, well, what about if we just got Reza as a guest on the podcast?

Mason: That might be easier.

Tommy: Yeah.

Josh: So, we get the— get like— because I would love to interview Reza anyway, get him on the show.. And then I can say, oh, it's my girlfriend's birthday. And then we've got more time for banter. And it's— And the other thing, too, is I feel like it's— I don't like when they say, oh, I'm just doing this cameo. Like when they say it's a cameo, I understand that that's the whole bit.

Mason: Do they have to say that? I've seen ones where they don't have to.

Josh: I don't think they have to. But yeah, I— So, but then, so then where I went with it was I was like, okay, so Reza, the favourite one by far. Is $199. But then there's a guy who, Nima, who Bri doesn't like that much, and he's $50. So, I thought maybe the joke would be just as funny if I got Nima, the one Bri likes less. And it's more like, haha, inside joke.

Mason: Yeah. I mean, it's hard to say. She's only 31, so it doesn't really— Maybe the $50 one.

Josh: Really? What do you think? What should a boyfriend spend for our 31st birthday.

Mason: I have no idea. I have no concept of this anymore. You guys, it's weird to think about, like, you being in a relationship. Like, you get extra birthday presents, extra Christmas presents.

Josh: What does that mean?

Mason: You get more presents than I do.

Josh: Is that true?

Mason: Yeah.

Josh: Basil got you a candle. He didn't get me shit. I feel like single year.

Mason: He got you a standing mat. Or was that Gibby?

Josh: No, he got Seb's a standing mat and then also got me a book. And got me a t-shirt.

Mason: Yeah. No, she's got a new one.

Josh: Yeah. Yeah. No. Well, the candle was really nice.

Mason: I know. It's almost gone. Really? I'm like—

Josh: You burned through the whole thing.

Mason: What are you doing?

Josh: You're pulling something out of your eye.

Mason: I've just got an eyelash in my eye.

Tommy: Yeah.

Mason: And I'm about a quarter of the way through because I've just burnt it.

Josh: And so, when it comes to like get it because— So, I don't know if I already told you this, but Bri and I were talking on the weekend and I said, I've already I know what I'm getting you for your birthday. And she said, uh, if it's golf clubs, don't. And I was pissed off because she was right.

Mason: You're just so predictable.

Josh: Yeah, but I think that, uh, predictable can be good. And so the thing is that I think that she would actually really, um— So think about this, how romantic is this? The reason why I want Bri to get into golf is because I couldn't think of doing it with anyone else more. Sorry, George. Do you think that's like lovely? Like the idea of like— so for some people it's like, ah, want to start golf to get away with the fuck, get away from the fucking hubby or the miso or whatever. But what I'm saying is I'm like, you know what, I'm really into this thing, and if you're into it too, we can like travel the world and go to different golf courses. Isn't that romantic?

Mason: It would be romantic if she said I'm really into golf and I want to pursue it, but I can't control that.

Josh: I can only control my end of it.

Mason: Yeah, and so that makes sense. If you were to do what you've just said, not as her birthday present, but for her birthday, you need to do something that she wants and get her something that she wants. You did this for her birthday last year. What happened last year that you got her and it was a present for yourself? Yeah, no, it was, uh, vividly— I can't remember what it was. We're gonna have to go back through the archives to work it out, but It was either Christmas or her birthday, I swear.

Josh: Yeah. Yeah. What was it? I was going to get it. Was it? Yeah, I got them a collage thing, a photo collage, the Officeworks thing. But yeah, there was something else. I can't remember. It wasn't a bowling ball for those people playing at home. That's a Simpsons reference. So, Bree said this is like the DS situation all over again.

Mason: What's that?

Josh: So, when we were 19 for her birthday, I bought her a DS. But I didn't even play the DS.

Mason: What is a DS?

Josh: A DS, like a Nintendo DS.

Mason: Oh, right.

Josh: But I was, I've always been disorganised with gifts and it was 8 PM and the only thing that was open was JB Hi-Fi.

Mason: That's outrageous.

Josh: And so, I was like, what could I get her? And she talked about like Mario Kart or whatever, or Mario Brothers and loving the DS. And so, I got her a DS.

Mason: Wow.

Josh: But I mean, what would you, what are some thoughtful things? What would you like for your 31st birthday?

Mason: It's so hard because I buy everything that I want. What I want is a house. Yeah. And a dog.

Josh: Okay. So, would you be happy with someone buying you a dog?

Mason: No. Do not buy me a dog. No, that's so personal.

Tommy: Okay.

Mason: Yeah. A girl that I know from Bendigo, her partner bought her a dog, but surprised her. She's fuming.

Josh: Oh, yeah.

Mason: Absolutely fuming. Because the thing is, it's like you've got to choose the one that you want, you know, the sex. You want to go pick it up together. Like, that's the whole experience. And then take it home in the car.

Josh: It's almost like quite invasive, isn't it?

Mason: Yeah. I mean, I don't know how that stuff works when you're in a long-term relationship, but I would be livid.

Josh: Yeah.

Mason: Would not be happy.

Josh: Just like, okay.

Tommy: Yeah.

Mason: What you could do, though, is say if you want to buy a dog for Bree, hypothetically, you could just give her cash or a gift voucher.

Josh: Gift voucher for what?

Mason: A dog.

Josh: Dogs R Us.

Mason: Yeah. Wolf money.

Josh: Yeah. It's interesting. You were saying that a company is closing down and so you've, you had a voucher with them and so they're just giving you the cash.

Mason: They've given— So, they're a franchise. The one in Bendigo closed down because this time last year when I was living there, I bought a voucher there. Yeah, um, to use. And I just never got around to it. Every time I go back, I forget to book it. It's too late. And so I went to do it for this weekend just gone, and they've closed down. And I was like, um, and so I've emailed them and they've said, yeah, we've closed, so we'll give you the voucher or the money back.

Josh: Oh, that's good.

Mason: Yeah, I was lucky. So I have about $400 stuck in an online, um, it's like artwork and things like that society. I wish.

Josh: Now, what is it?

Mason: Um, have you heard of Society6? No.

Josh: Is this like, um, where you can get things printed?

Mason: Yeah. So you can frame—

Josh: well, I think I've heard Michelle and Zara talk about this. They love it. Yeah.

Mason: Yeah. So I've got— so all the prints that you would have seen, the prints in my bag. Yeah, I love Society6, but I got a lot of money there and I'm not going to be able to spend it all. Uh, and yeah, so I need to sort that out before my birthday because I think that could expire as well.

Josh: So, what are you going to get with it?

Mason: I really wanted to wait until I got the new house so that I could buy things for that house. But I think I might just need to— They, you know, they're quite nice and tight rolled up. So, I'll just have to project what I want.

Josh: Have you— You were listening to George before talking about the house stuff. Do you ask about BodyCorp fees?

Mason: Yeah. Well, I mean, they usually come on the little— You get a flyer or a piece of paper. Generally, they're just laid out on the table. You pick them up and you can see what all the costs are involved with it.

Josh: What's the biggest body corporate fee you've seen?

Mason: Um, they're all fairly similar, to be honest.

Josh: Any of them have a doorman?

Mason: Um, no, I don't want a high-rise. I want like a nice— like, I'm not opposed to having apartment. Obviously my dad is. My dad wants dirt, um, and I'm going halves with my dad. Um, but I want a cute little Art Deco, you know, one of 5 or one of, you know, 6 blocks or something.

Tommy: Yeah.

Mason: So no, often they don't have things.

Josh: But buying a house sounds stressful.

Mason: I'm not stressed, I'm good.

Josh: Which just takes a long time. Yeah, I don't have patience. Like, so Bree and I, whenever we've rented somewhere, it's always been the first place because I get over it. Annoys the fuck out of Bree because I'm like, this is perfect. She's like, this ticks none of the boxes. I'm like, it's fine, let's go, like, let's move this shit in. Like, so I just can't— like, the, um, last time I remember when we moved, we even like bumped into people and it's like, oh, hi, are you looking at this place? Oh yeah. Like, it's this like really annoying, like, competitive thing, which I fucking hate. And then there's the other one where it's like with rentals where they're like, oh, this is furnished. It's like, okay, well, we don't really need furniture.

Mason: But don't you get excited for having like a blank space that you can decorate?

Josh: Well, no, because a rental, you can't do shit.

Mason: No, you can. You can get furniture.

Josh: Yeah, well, so this is the thing. Bree and I have never— we haven't put shit up on a wall. I think we did once, like a one 3M hook. But, um, oh yeah, no, but no, I just don't like— I think that that is the advantage of, um, buying somewhere.

Mason: Yeah.

Josh: Is being able to do that stuff, like being able to like actually get Ethernet installed.

Mason: Actually, like, we have real different ideas of decorating, my friend.

Josh: No, but just having it fully connected.

Mason: I can't wait until I buy a house and then you can come over and help you from a digital perspective. Digital perspective. You can really pimp my ride.

Josh: Yeah. Oh, it would be like, you could definitely— what would you do? I think that it comes down to like before you put in an offer, make sure that it's well connected.

Mason: Well, Alwood, where I want to move, bad internet. So bad.

Josh: I think you could look at like Lightning Broadband, like a point-to-point solution.

Mason: Yeah. But what I'm also really wanting in my new house is surround sound.

Josh: That's the most Bendigo thing I've ever heard. Surround sound.

Mason: And a subwoofer.

Josh: No, but no, surround sound is so like—

Mason: I just want good sound.

Josh: Surround sound just reminds me of my dad playing an Eagles DVD when people came over for his surround sound. Dad, the fucking DVD's in stereo. It wasn't even using any of the back speakers.

Mason: Well, yeah, okay. So, what I want maybe surround sound. You're not getting the full picture here. I want speakers in every room. So in, in our Bendigo house, we have speakers in every room. We can connect our—

Josh: Is it Sonos?

Mason: No, it's not Sonos. Okay. This is like before Sonos. It's really old and just disgusting. And so you can connect all the speakers so you can have them all playing at the one time if you wanted to, or you can isolate it to different rooms. And so that's what I want in the new player.

Josh: And so at your parents' place, does it connect with like Spotify or Apple Music?

Mason: Not anymore. No, it's— we don't really use it.

Josh: Yeah, it's just using like a CD stacker or something.

Mason: Yeah, it's got like this big black box in our room.

Josh: Yeah.

Mason: Um, and so because I have a, uh, like a UE Boom thing that I just carry around, which is not actually a UE Boom. What is it?

Josh: I do like when you— I remember you said, I'll bring a UE Boom to, uh, Seb's 21st birthday, and whoever, maybe it was George's, whoever said they'll bring a UE Boom It was some off-brand speaker.

Mason: It was Bose or something.

Josh: No, it wasn't. Definitely wasn't Bose.

Mason: Well, it was— it's a UE Boom.

Josh: Okay, UE Boom.

Mason: It's a little ball thing that actually has very good sound. But yeah, anyway, that's what I want. I want my TV mounted on a wall. I don't want any of this stand stuff. I don't want cords anywhere.

Josh: Yeah.

Mason: Music, good internet.

Josh: Yeah, the ethernet thing would be helpful just for doing some of this stuff. Like, I think you want a mesh network. You know, so that you've got really great internet throughout the house. What's the other things that you really need? I mean, making it smart, being able to control your lights.

Mason: Yeah, that would be awesome.

Josh: I think it's great, like being able to like set the mood. Yeah, aircon's good. Air conditioning is really nice.

Mason: But to control it is what I mean.

Josh: Yeah, being able to control it is good.

Mason: Except when you have access to it.

Josh: Yeah, yeah.

Mason: There's no way.

Josh: Yeah, that's a whole nother story, isn't it? Yeah. Are you looking at it for a garage?

Mason: I need car space for sure. I don't really care about the shed.

Josh: Yeah, you call it a shed. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's a garage. Yeah. Interesting. It's—

Mason: I just need an outdoor area, as Josh said— George said.

Josh: Yeah. Everyone says this, though. That's what I'm saying. I just need enough space.

Mason: What's the point? You wouldn't buy a house if it didn't have it.

Josh: There's lots of people like— I mean, see all the houses that you look at. And that they don't have like, they're owned by someone.

Mason: Yeah, I know, I just realized.

Josh: Yeah, so people do buy them. Trying to find out the right suburb is hard. I was even just like fucking around last night and being like, oh, I should just, just looking here, looking around. You're getting the itch. Not getting the itch.

Mason: You're getting the itch.

Josh: No, I was just like, I was just like looking around and it's like, oh, where?

Mason: The biggest anti-house buyer.

Josh: Yeah, I'm just like, no, I just.

Mason: I'm going to sink all of my money into Bitcoin and I don't want any dirt.

Josh: No. Well, no, I just think that there's— Everyone's got a house. So what?

Mason: No, they don't.

Josh: So, houses are great, whatever. But I know, I just think I like— Bri and I like flexibility, like being able to do stuff. So, but the thing is with like, because there's less travel, it's definitely more appealing now because like previously you'd be able to be like, oh, you know what? I really did for a long time, I thought I was going to become a nomad. I still could become a nomad.

Mason: Yeah.

Josh: Just sort of like moving around like, oh, where's Josh?

Mason: Where would you move? Where's— If you could get on a plane right now and work anywhere, where would you go?

Josh: Stanley, Tasmania.

Mason: Are you fucking kidding?

Josh: No. So, somewhere quite cold that's near like a cliff top. Don't worry, guys, I'm all good. But a cliff that's like from a, you know, like the wind and the water and the ocean. Just so, like, you feel like— I love areas. So, I've been watching this chick on YouTube. She's great.

Mason: Emma Chamberlain?

Josh: No, no, no, no. Emma, there's another one. And she lives in the woods.

Mason: Oh, yeah.

Josh: She's a bit fucking crazy, but in a good way. Like, she runs out every day and screams, ahh! Like, she does it for, like, making herself feel good. But she makes her own shampoo and shit. And I feel like that's very appealing. Like, imagine like making a little fire and it being like cold.

Mason: And also like, think about it, isn't filled with silicone.

Tommy: Yeah, exactly.

Josh: It's using all natural stuff. But she like, um, uh, over the weekend I was watching, she made, um, rhubarb slice. Fuck, you don't like rhubarb? Bree doesn't like rhubarb either. It was really interesting.

Mason: Bree was telling me, you gotta have a slice, have a hazelnut one or like a cheeky, but rhubarb's still Sweet. Yeah. Yeah, but I don't know, it's just like having cake and having a, like, a mandarin cake or something like that.

Josh: You don't like mandarin?

Mason: Like a mandarin tart. It's like, if I'm gonna eat cake, I want like a lemon tart or like a chocolate one.

Josh: But what is the difference between a mandarin and a lemon?

Mason: A lot. A mandarin is like an orange.

Josh: Yes.

Mason: And lemon is like a zesty boy.

Josh: Yeah, sure. No, I did— I do like it. Have you ever had a pecan pie?

Mason: Oh my God, I love pecan pie.

Josh: Right.

Mason: Have you had pumpkin pie?

Josh: I think I probably have.

Mason: Wait, you didn't answer my question.

Josh: Where would I live?

Mason: Yeah.

Josh: So, like— No, seriously, it would be somewhere. So, here's the boxes. Needs to be near mountains. Needs to have really good internet. It needs to have big windows. It needs to have— I would preferably like to walk. Around my property and that's enough walking for the day. That's how big it's going to be. And—

Mason: That seems achievable.

Josh: Yeah, no, it is. It's really achievable.

Mason: Why don't you go do it?

Josh: Yeah, I will. But then the great thing is this is where I want it to get to, but we need to work the business up to it. Wouldn't it be great if I was like somewhere in this great, like, greenery, foresty area and then everyone just comes around, like on a Friday night, we have a big fire.. And we like, it's almost like I would love to have an Airbnb that's not an Airbnb. It's just for mates.

Mason: It's called a holiday home.

Josh: Yeah, no, but I live there as well.

Mason: Yeah.

Josh: So, I live there. It's got a few rooms. I don't know if you were around at this point, but there was a time where I wanted to— I'd still love to do this. You arrive. Hi, welcome. Jess, this is your bedroom here.

Mason: Yeah. And you've got a book laid out.

Josh: No, no. So, there's— an iPad. There's an iPad and you get to pick what book.

Mason: No, you— I remember you saying you were going to select the book based on who the person was.

Josh: So, I've done that. I've definitely done that. But the other option is it's like, you know what? If you're not happy with the book that I've selected—

Mason: Here's my library.

Josh: Yeah, there's a whole library. But then also, even though I'm not much like— I've sort of gone off booze. I'm just like, what is it? I think it's—

Mason: I mean, I don't mean to call you out, but you literally said on the weekend you had a gin.

Josh: Oh, I had a gin. Yeah, yeah. But it's just like, I'm not like a boo— Like, I'm not like, oh, I need this. But also, I also thought about like, because I was talking last year about getting a wine cellar.

Mason: Yeah. You can still get that for your guests.

Josh: Well, see, that's what I was thinking. There could be something nice, but maybe even just— So, if I become the wine guy, maybe there's enough people in my life that buy me the wine. So, for instance, say if you came around and it's like, you just bring a bottle and that's just the standard. And so, that's how So, I would drink about a bit. Yeah, but that's the whole thing. So, it's like it sort of cancels each other out.

Mason: Yeah.

Josh: So, it's like you bring the wine and so it can be— Because the thing is that like if you were to pay to stay at our place at this Airbnb, it'd be like $300 a night. So, you're like, you know what? If I pay $70 for a wine and I get to hang out with Josh and Bree and they've got a library and there's a fireplace and, you know, there's easy parking because it's my driveway.

Mason: Sold.

Josh: It's great. And so, and the fun thing is it's like, you know what, like, because it's so nice, you wake up early because the light comes in and then it's like, oh, what can I smell? And I'm fucking on the barbecue making bacon and egg sandwiches.

Mason: I thought you were going to say, what did we have for dinner the other night?

Tommy: Oh, kubeda.

Mason: Kubeda.

Josh: Kubeda. Don't say kofta. Kofta. Kofta. Yeah. Kubeda.

Mason: Kubeda.

Josh: Yeah. Yeah. Maybe some kasambaran jun. Which is sort of like an eggplant-ish. Yeah, yeah, it'd be great. But see, doesn't that sound fun?

Mason: Yeah, and that iPad, I can just imagine you sitting there at night just like updating your wine menu, your library.

Josh: I could even imagine, you know what, fuck the iPad. I can imagine having a printer and getting some nice paper and actually printing off the menu, like, so everyone get— like, I would like—

Mason: I love hosting No, because you're going to turn into a greenie if you chill in a mountain.

Josh: What does that mean?

Mason: Hanging out with—

Josh: What's wrong with the greenie?

Mason: No, nothing. I'm just saying you're going to appreciate the trees more, and so you're not going to want to waste the paper.

Josh: Yeah, yeah, that's a good point. But no, I do like it. I mean, I— but I think everyone wants that lifestyle now.

Mason: Same. Yeah, I do.

Josh: So it would be— but then I look at, say, places like Yarra Bend. Like, there are some areas in Melbourne that have— that has a bit of that vibe.

Mason: Yeah. Why don't you go up there?

Josh: Yeah, potentially. That's what I was sort of looking at, like Fairfield or something.

Tommy: Yeah.

Josh: Anyway. All right. Well, good chat. It's a Daily Talk Show. Anything else you want to say?

Mason: Oh no, that's all good. Oh, get better, Tommy.

Josh: Yeah, get better, Tommy.

Mason: Just copy GB there because I had nothing else to say.

Josh: Hi@thedailytalkshow.com if you want to send us an email. Thank you to all of Jess's fans. You know who you are. Have a good one. You know who that's for.

Mason: Bye.