Episode Transcript
Speaker 0 00:00:00 Everybody everybody's taking the time to time. <inaudible> the bottom of my heart. I can't tell you how much it means to me. I know, you know, you can exist any other, any other thing time, your time. Appreciate you invest investigator the here. Now, before we get started, started Tanner Tanner hit him with it and was Ron TRO.
Speaker 1 00:00:20 It's about time we started this year is the Mexican.
Speaker 0 00:00:28 Okay. And we're back. <inaudible> Murray now, right now for about a years, years, we kind of come to know each other from our line of characters. <inaudible> get our guests from the camera. And sir, sir, please introduce yourself who are, and then we can have it on our conversation.
Speaker 2 00:00:54 You bet you bet. My name, my name is <inaudible>. I moved to Fort McMurray about three years ago. Uh, I work at a car dealership here in town, legacy dogs, really proud to be up there. And uh, yeah. And, uh, I'm a very busy guy in the community. Um, yeah, I mean, there's nothing that the city has to offer that I don't try to try to, uh, try to explore. Right.
Speaker 0 00:01:15 So when you moved here, so like you said, legacy Dodge, that's where you're working now, you had a YouTube channel and you had this journey that you went on and you documented it for a year. So can you go into that journey? I understand kind of why you would start it, but how did it start and why did you decide to document it and shared with the world?
Speaker 2 00:01:34 Yeah, a hundred percent. Um, when I moved here, uh, like maybe a lot of people I wasn't wasn't, uh, necessarily in a really good position in my life, whether it's financial or just, you know, Headspace or whatever it was. And in a really quick time, I was, I was blessed with some really great opportunities that allowed me to turn my life around really, really quickly, quickly. And I was like, you know what? I can do this. You know, I'm sure there's a ton of other people can do it as well too. Maybe people would love to see or witness or follow along this type of journey or this type of story. So in 2018 for an entire year, I posted a YouTube video every single day about a personal improvement. You know, some, some sort of challenge. Some of them were really minuscule and tiny and some would say not important, but I was a new one one each day.
Speaker 2 00:02:29 So by the end of the year, there was 365 things, big or small that I had on my plate. And it was really just to be a model or an example of, Hey, if I can do it and just, just do it with me with me, you know, like let's just do this together. And that was a pretty cool thing. It was definitely really hard to find the time every day to not only film, but also post a video. And by the end of the year, I was featured on national news outlets, radio, a bunch of other things as well.
Speaker 0 00:03:05 Yeah. It was crazy. It was an awesome journey to follow. And then you ended up losing legs and like ton of weight as well as well.
Speaker 2 00:03:11 So, so one of the days was themed about, uh, fitness. So, you know, so six days a week for an entire year, a year, I did some sort of workout workout and that combined with healthy eating and some other things, um, allow me to lose quite a bit of weight, but most importantly, just a bunch of body fat, you know, which means means, you know, I got like the end of the year, I was more able, I was more flexible, you know, funny one in it was that I could touch my toes was something I couldn't do before. You know, I learned how to do a standing bang, but something I've wanted to do my entire life. I learned, learned as a 35 year old adult male, male. Who'd never been to gymnastics in his life. And, you know, and, and so, and so a lot of things were, you know, cool. Like, yeah, I lost some weight weight, but the cooler thing was, Hey, here's a skill or a challenge or something I've always wanted to do. And I was able to figure that out.
Speaker 0 00:04:04 Yeah. So through that journey, out of all of the different challenges that you put together, is there a one outside of the backpack? I just mentioned that, that, that like stands out to you out of all of them that you're like, that was amazing, or that impacted me in one way, shape or form,
Speaker 2 00:04:18 You know what, I get this question a lot from it. And it was one that I knew was going to be a pretty cool one to put in, but my favorite day was I had to feel good Fridays, which I just dedicated to good deeds, you know, how could I have 52 good deeds? You know, just like, and I, and I want to abstract. And I had a, uh, every Friday on my way to work, I called out to a friend friend. So I wrote down 52 names, names on a calendar. And for an entire year I called one of these 52 friends and just connected people that maybe I hadn't talked to in a month, a month, a year, three years, 10 years, I had 52 different people that I was going to catch up with on a Friday. And I mean, it was just, it was just such a, you know, such a such and such a, such a bright spot of my week.
Speaker 0 00:05:07 That's amazing. That is a good one. Wow. Oh, wow. Okay. Okay. And so throughout doing this, like, cause I make, I make some videos, I put them online, people reach out to me. Um, how did, how did you deal with that in regards to it's, it's, it's different, especially in the community that live in. We were talking a little bit before we started filming, filming. Um, what we do is very, very traditional for this community. We don't get on a bus everyday, head out to work, come back and back and rinse and repeat, repeat. Um, so for some people that's kind of a novelty, what we do, we do, um, um, the feedback that you got from back, wondering what you're doing, how did he deal with it? What was it like? Like, yeah.
Speaker 2 00:05:46 Yeah. I mean, I mean, I didn't actually have a really huge audience, which was kind of unique. I mean, I was glad that some in some national news media picked it up, didn't know CBC CTV and global all did a feature on me on me, but I didn't have a ton of subscribers. I didn't have a ton of views on each video. Um, and I really think that a lot of it was really just, I want to see it done done. So whether or not one person, 500 people or a thousand people saw my video, I had a goal, I had a plan. I knew what I was going after. So, um, I really, really just stayed focused on that. Not necessarily on how many views I was getting, getting, I think, think anybody that saw a video was either supportive or if they didn't get it and they just didn't say anything. I kind of kind of guess I was probably pretty fortunate in a, in a social media world, not to get much hate because I'm sure there's a ton of people that, you know, sit at their keyboards and like to tear people down. But I feel like my postings were pretty, pretty harmless for the most of the most part. And anybody that did, did take time to reach out was incredibly stupid.
Speaker 0 00:06:55 That's awesome. Awesome. No, that's good. I think your mindset is at a great weight in regards to going to see so many creators burning out because they do get addicted to seeing like the light views. And then when those stop stomping into the level that they're accustomed to seeing it all, they get a little bit depressed, right. So it's doing it for yourself. That's the way to do it.
Speaker 2 00:07:15 I never said it. It definitely had a lot less impact or at least a lot less views than I thought. But again, I know the impact was there cause I still have people that reach out to me to me and say, Hey, I'm just looking for someone to steer me in the right direction. I know you did some pretty crazy things a year or two ago, or they've read my book, you know, and that's been something that's encouraged them to get in touch with Tony and ask them for advice or Oregon, just some way of helping them get focused. So I know it made an impact even though I wasn't, um, um, view chasing or making my content out there to, you know, get some sort of, um, get famous or anything like that.
Speaker 0 00:07:55 Right. Right now there's a place that we both frequently go to. It's a, the thick wood barbershop next to the black horse, a little plug for Allie. And just a reminder, everybody at home, we will be at thick wood barbershop doing a live on location on Monday, uh, upcoming, uh, outside of the YouTube channel. This is how I really got like enthralled with you is you used to have a picture on a TV, just constantly at the barbershop. How, and like you were one of the first and only ones for the most part. How do you come up with just the awesome picture that you ended up choosing and the concept of put it at the barbershop?
Speaker 2 00:08:35 Well, I started working at legacy in 2017 and, um, I've been in sales my whole life. I used to work as a travel agent. I used to work in sport retail, and I always knew that if I did something different than everybody else at my workplace, I would typically get more sales, get more business, get, uh, get more, uh, customers. So I knew that when I moved to Fort MacMurray, uh, being a small community where everybody knows somebody who knows somebody, I just wanted to make sure when people walked in the doors of legacy dogs, they came looking for me because they'd seen me somewhere, whether it was, I was out in the community, whether it was, uh, I was cause I was making funny videos that the dealership was posting, whether there was a cardboard cutout of me in the grocery store or they saw my face at the barbershop. Uh, I knew that putting attention and focus into getting my name out there was going to be really, really important. I mean, I only moved to Fort McMurray. Um, three years ago I was here for four days before I got a job at the dealership. And so every single day I've lived in Fort Mac, I've been at that dealership. Like that's, that's my home.
Speaker 0 00:09:48 That's awesome, man. So that dovetails into my next question for you because I'm fascinated. Why people decide to move and relocate and stay here. I'm boring. I was born and raised here. So what initially brought you to Fort McMurray? How did you hear about it? Where are you from?
Speaker 2 00:10:04 I have my incredible, uh, talented and lovely wife to thank for that. Uh, I was actually working as a bartender in a restaurant in Vancouver, uh, where my wife happened to meet me. She was studying nutrition in Vancouver and, uh, happened to, uh, um, catch eyes with me. And we had a wonderful summer of love and it was all great. And, uh, when winter came and she said it was time to go back to Fort McMurray, I had a choice of staying in Vancouver or moving to Fort McMurray and, and, uh, continuing our relationship. So, uh, so I came out here, I packed everything up and you know, no real plan, no real career, um, direction or anything. And just kind of went with the flow nicely. Followed your heart. Exactly.
Speaker 0 00:10:49 Last of rod uniform Memorial. Okay. Very cool. And now that you're here, you're extremely active in the community. So, um, what about Fort McMurray obviously outside of like your wife? Like what makes this special? What makes the community special for you?
Speaker 2 00:11:04 Yeah, I mean, I've only lived in big cities, my entire life, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, um, Edmonton. So cities where a park from my work, there's tons going on, you know, going to concerts, restaurants, all sorts of other stuff at night. And I think I I've always had that big city mentality. Whereas like if there's downtime, you're doing something, you know, it wasn't necessarily much of a home body, you know, actually spent very little time at home when I was living in Vancouver, I was renting out my own home because of how little time I was spending at home. Um, putting a room up for rent on Airbnb. So like I was literally renting out my own bedroom because I was like, ah, I don't need to spend any time at home. Um, when I moved to Fort McMurray, uh, I was eagerly looking up, okay, what's going on?
Speaker 2 00:11:53 What is, what is there here? And it wouldn't even matter what it was. I would do it, you know, um, on my first maybe, or first month here, there was a radio ad, uh, for big brothers, big sisters. And they said, Hey, we need, we need, um, some mentors. We need people to be part of this program. We have huge waiting lists of kids that are looking for mentors. And so I called in and was instantly interviewed, went through the, the six month screening process and was matched with my little brother. And so, I mean, that's something I've been doing almost since I moved here as well, so great way to get involved in the community. Me and my little brother, we'd go to every event and activity that's around Santa Claus, parade, trampoline, gym, uh, ski Hill, you know, whatever whatever's happening. I've got, I've got a partner in crime to go check it out. So, uh, yeah. I just think that if you look for, there's always something going on here,
Speaker 0 00:12:53 Right. And that's one of the other things, cause you document some of the stuff and I see you doing these things and what'd you do, you said is beautiful, especially about Fort McMurray. And I hope everybody at home is listening to that is one of my biggest pet peeves, um, that I hear in this community is like, there's nothing to do. I'm like, Oh, there's a lot to do. Like you can't do it all. There's so much things to do, but you like, you get out there and you do it.
Speaker 2 00:13:16 Same things that'd be doing in Vancouver. I can do here, go for a hike on the Birchwood trails, you know, go to the ski Hill, you know, go down to Greg wire Lake, hang out by the beach. You can get it all done.
Speaker 0 00:13:27 Yeah. That's awesome, man. All right. I'm going to lose track of time because I want to talk to you more. But before I lose track of time, we have a segment here called the Mac city minute, the man behind the camera Tanner. And he's going to ask you five questions. Just rattle off the honest answer in your head. Are you ready for it? I'll do my best. All right. Tanner hit him with your question.
Speaker 3 00:13:46 That's question number one. What class of car would you want to take a drive around in the max city
Speaker 2 00:13:52 Classic car? I've always been more of an import guy. So maybe like a, a really nice skyline from the eighties or the nineties. Um, I think that that would be as classic as I get
Speaker 3 00:14:04 Question number two. Why should people come and see you if they need a new car?
Speaker 2 00:14:08 Uh, cause we've got an incredible team at legacy Dodge. We try really, really hard to change people's minds about how great that dealership is. We've got the best vehicles on the market and on the best guy in town,
Speaker 3 00:14:20 Question number three for you, how has the Fort McMurray buyer different than a buyer and other places? Uh, Fort McMurray buyer. Yeah. You've sold lots of things in lots of places. So
Speaker 2 00:14:29 Yeah, I think, uh, uh, Fort McMurray buyer really just demands quality and service. Those are the two things that we care about out here. If we pay for something, we want it to be good and worth the dollar. And we really care about the way that it's presented and offered to us.
Speaker 3 00:14:45 Question number four. What has been your favorite vehicle to drive?
Speaker 2 00:14:49 Uh, I've got a 2006, uh, BMW, M three. I've wanted it since I graduated university. It's always been a dream car of mine and I picked one up a year and a half ago. And it's by far my favorite ride. It's like a go-cart
Speaker 0 00:15:05 Last question for you. How has been being in Fort McMurray changed how you see Canada as a whole?
Speaker 2 00:15:11 Uh, Fort McMurray is a perfect example of what, uh, you get in a, in a, in a community, right? People here look out for their neighbors. If it's cold weather out, everyone's out to jump people's vehicles. You know, if there's a, a flood, uh, people are you're to open up their houses. I mean, this is a community people love and care about their neighbors.
Speaker 0 00:15:33 All right. Those have been your five questions. There you go, man. You killed it, crushed it. Okay. Let's talk about cars for a little bit. Sweet. So I have a classic British car. I have a 1979 M G. Okay. I love it. Convertible midget. It's like the smallest thing on the planet. I just love it, especially when the tops down. So that's my car of choice in the summer. You have a number of different cars, so you're a real car guy. How did you get involved in cars? Why do you have the cars that you've got?
Speaker 2 00:16:04 Um, well, growing up, my dad used to always get car magazines delivered to the house and it was always my, um, duty or job to cut out. Uh, the photos I liked the most before he even got home from work, he used to drive him nuts, but I would cut around the words. So I didn't ruin any of the articles, but I'd take all the cars that I liked and have them up on my wall. So I've always been a fan used to watch like motoring the television, the car show on TSN all the time and just was a huge, huge follower of vehicles. Um, there was a YouTube show, uh, called the drive. I watched all the time and there's a whole bunch of YouTube reviewers that I watch religiously. So, um, I didn't go looking for the car industry. Uh, I was offered a job at legacy Dodge and I'm so incredibly grateful for that thing. It was almost like a marriage made in heaven because I was always such a big fan of cars. I never thought I'd sell them. Um, but since being around them up at the dealership, uh, I've got quite a collection started and um, yeah, I just, I've always, always loved cars and I think it just started from, um, cutting out pictures from magazines of cars. I never thought I'd ever be able to own a car.
Speaker 0 00:17:16 Nice. So is there I have one car that I only have one more vehicle that I want to get and then I'm done, but is there a car that like you, you want you dream of, or did you, have you been able to purchase your dream car?
Speaker 2 00:17:29 A hundred percent? I'm on a yellow Lambo. I don't know if it'll happen in a year, five years, 10 years, 20 years. It doesn't even really matter when, but there's a burning image in the back of my mind, um, that I won't let go of. I know that someday I will have a Lamborghini. Um, what, what point of my life? I'm not, you know, it's not like I need this today. I need this tomorrow. But uh, at some point I want a yellow Lamborghini
Speaker 0 00:17:53 Or like the year or the model, or are you just
Speaker 2 00:17:56 Now I like a Huracan. Uh, but like I said, at the time that I may be able to afford a Lamborghini, there might be a different model out, you know, because like I said, if I don't get a Lamborghini for 10 years or 15 years, the model that I may want might be very different because something else might've come out. So no, I don't necessarily have a specific vehicle that I need to still get. I just, uh, I've always wanted a Lambo. And at some point I'll make sure that that dreams a reality.
Speaker 0 00:18:25 Nice. You like the, uh, the imports I do. I do forks and like the cars that go fast
Speaker 2 00:18:31 A hundred percent. I don't know what it is about the style of it, but like audience and BMWs. I just think they're incredibly, incredibly good looking machines. Uh, I mean, mind you, since I was young, I've always wanted a Jeep Wrangler. And since moving to Fort Mac, I bought my first Wrangler, like three weeks into being here. Uh, I've got a new one now, uh, with a big lift on it and 30 sevens. Uh, so, uh, there's a lot of vehicles. I like, I mean, if I could have 20 vehicles, I certainly would, but, uh, I like a little bit of everything. He liked Jay Leno in that aspect. If, if only someday I was blessed with the opportunity to have a garage like his, I wouldn't turn it down.
Speaker 0 00:19:12 Yeah. Mine was the mg. I wanted the mg. I've seen it for years. Just something about it. You look at an mg, you can't help the smile. I like making people smile. So the mg, but the next one is a Toyota FJ. Like the original old school. Original SUV. Yep. I'm hoping like the mgs in red. So I'm thinking like either a blue or a green. Yup. But they're hard to find that you're sure. And uh, I'm not really mechanically minded per se. So I, I can't get it as a project. It already needs to be like in good running order. So yeah, that's mine
Speaker 2 00:19:51 Better off to try to find something quick because a 10, 15, 20 year old SUV, the market on that is only going up. Oh, that's exactly it just like a 15, 20, 25 year old manual vehicle. Right. The marker on that is going up. If there's two pre-owned vehicles that are trending right now, more than anything, it's those eighties off-road vehicles. So for runners, grand wagoneers, a land Rover, uh, or land, uh, uh, land cruisers, all that kind of stuff. Those seventies, eighties, nineties, SUV's, if you can get your hands on one of those in good condition, that's going to be worth a lot of money in the next five, 10 years. And same thing with manuals as manuals are just going extinct. You know, you get a really nice pristine, uh, BMW, or even some Corvettes and stuff like that that are the manual versions. You're going to see the demand for those go off over the next 10 years as well.
Speaker 0 00:20:48 The best thing, I couldn't agree with you more on that one though, but like, yeah, the mg is a stick shift and like the FGM looking forward, it's already in that category of a classic car. Cause it's like, they're built in the sixties and the seventies. So they're already, I don't know. There's something about smelling that gasoline and like moving that gear shift and like playing with the, like the clutch it's like, I don't know that to me is driving. Yeah. All right. So man, we're at the end of our time, so thank you. It flies,
Speaker 1 00:21:17 I guess
Speaker 0 00:21:19 I could make it longer, but if it was any longer than you, couldn't come back again and again and again. So thank you for making the time for coming today. It's way overdue, but any point in time that you want to come back, hopefully this is only the first of many visits that you have to the Mac city morning show. Awesome. Thanks so much for having yeah man. Yeah, man. All right. Well for McMurry today's Monday, we have a great list of individuals coming up this week. So stay tuned. Uh, thank you once again for tuning in. Thanks to my awesome guests for showing up today. Really do appreciate it. And uh, hopefully you're having a great day. My name is Elliot Pierre. This is a Mac city morning show and we'll see you tomorrow. Peace.
Speaker 1 00:22:03 It's another max. Any warning show dog.
