904 - Buzz Ball Pecker Fish
A Mediocre Time with Tom and Dan
Tom Vann & Dan Dennis
4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2026
⏱️ 97 minutes
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Summary
* Sponsor read Bart Merrick Team and market confusion
* Longtime advertiser becomes platinum client
* Advice on buying and selling during rate changes
* Friday Free Show opening
* BDM Appreciation Week announced
* $5 shirt presale and signup info
* April 11 members party details
* Dad hat merch sale
* Construction noise outside studio
* Seth absent due to renovation stress
* Discussion of stress tolerance and burnout
* Stress without recovery worsens coping
* Beard turning gray conversation
* Biggest regret was starting renovation
* Previous mansion sale repair disputes
* Video tour of unfinished house
* Smart fridge ovens and propane range
* Expensive decorative upgrades
* Range caused house fire incident
* Gaudy luxury house jokes
* Wood ceiling beams and playroom prep
* Project far behind schedule
* Screaming in car lost voice
* Wrong appliance finish frustration
* Bad contractor work and service issues
* Smart oven wifi and Sabbath mode
* Limestone tile sealed incorrectly
* Entire floor covered in hardened spots
* Contractors refused repair job
* Chemical strip then mechanical polish
* Repair cost about five thousand
* Regret selling old house
* Marriage strain and cramped rental life
* Wife now works at Disney hotel
* Increased workload at dojo
* Castleberry neighborhood comparison
* Broken ride on car giveaway
* Boat dock lift completed
* Boat stuck in driveway tire issues
* Childcare juggling during move
* Sleep Number bed delivery trouble
* Plumbing and wiring disputes
* Move in maybe one to two weeks
* Six figures over budget
* Savings emotionally drained
* Pool dig discovered large root
* Extra charges expected
* Spiral staircase delivery problems
* Karate of Orlando business plug
* Dojo pricing confusion email
* Premium materials admiration
* Tease armed speedboat near Cuba
* Cuban Coast Guard shootout story
* No child on the boat
* Armed men attacked patrol boat
* Cuba labeled infiltration
* Attackers killed after gunfire exchange
* Amateur invasion disbelief
* Miami exile groups discussed
* Childhood neighbors ran drills
* Teen transporting guns to Everglades
* Shooting watermelons no ear protection
* Guns and Melons joke
* Parent loss reflection
* Growing up minority in Miami
* Kids had access to guns and alcohol
* Debate nature vs parenting influence
* Listener sent Bentons country ham
* Country ham traditions and funerals
* Quick fry biscuits serving method
* Anniversary restaurant indecision
* Tease feeding alcohol to hawk
* Man gave BuzzBall to hawk arrested
* Alcohol toxic to birds
* Old beer drinking camel story
* Animals seeking intoxicants discussion
* Mid level cruelty debate
* Marijuana smoke harms birds
* Dead pelican car prank
* Amoeba infection fears
* Pee hole fish myth debunked
* Amazon travel fears comparison
* Upcoming show plugs and events
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, today's a mediocre time with Tom and Dan podcast is brought to you by, oh man, I'm so confused. I'm confused guy. I don't know. What is it? There's nothing to do with the realty. I don't know. Yeah. Like I want to buy a house, but I'm so confused as a, what's going on with the rate, the Fed. Is it a good time? Is it a bad time? Should I have a plan? Should I not have a plan? Should I go with just one real tour? Or should I get a team of people that can really, you know, get my back and, you know, cross the T's and dot the eyes and all of that? What do I do? You should get the Central Florida dream team of realty, the Bart Merrick team, Bart Merrick team, Bart Merrick and Crystal Van. |
| 0:38.9 | That was good. |
| 0:44.4 | You know what I wanted to say at the end of that, and this is only for Bart. |
| 0:48.4 | I really just wanted to say at the very end of that, after the blast, I just wanted to go, |
| 0:49.8 | full you. |
| 0:52.2 | But that's not good. |
| 0:55.2 | But I know Bart likes it because I like Bart Bart and I you know we have a cold blood light |
| 0:57.0 | where your cheers are blood lights |
| 0:58.2 | we're you know messing around |
| 0:59.9 | I'm saying I'm censoring myself |
| 1:01.2 | yeah Bart Merrick and Crystal Van |
| 1:03.4 | I was just talking to Bart the other day |
| 1:05.6 | and they have they've been with us for so long |
| 1:08.5 | it's been a dozen years |
| 1:09.9 | talk about the gold star of |
| 1:12.9 | advertisers. Well, I didn't want to say this. Did you know what happened yesterday? Did you know that |
| 1:17.2 | one crystal van dropped off the paperwork for the Bart Merck team to be our very first. Platinum level |
| 1:24.6 | client. Okay. They're platinum. Platinum level client. They may be the client that's been with us the longest currently right now. Also, in order to become a platinum level client, you have to sit at the dinner table at a cruise. And you have to say, I don't know why it works, but it works. And then we shake your hand. We shake your hand. And he's like, he doesn't know why it works. |
| 1:44.9 | Tom doesn't know why it works. |
| 1:46.1 | And then boom, platinum is born. |
| 1:47.6 | Here's why you should use them. |
| 1:48.9 | You're getting two super experienced realtors that have worked in all different types of markets and currently work full time. |
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