Join us on this episode of Ready Radio as we delve into the world of everyday carry essentials with Bill Anderson. We discuss how complacency can lead you to forget vital items that you may need in unexpected situations. Whether it’s the transition from winter to spring or packing for an upcoming trip, Bill shares practical insights on consistently evaluating and refining what you carry daily to be better prepared.
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This is Ready Radio, preparing you to be ready for anything, now.
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Here’s your survival guide for Ready Radio, John Rush. And it’s Ready Radio, KLZ 560. Appreciate you all listening on this fine Friday afternoon. Bill Anderson with me today as well, and it’s actually super nice out, Bill. I was outside for a little bit today, and it’s really beautiful.
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Yeah, all that… Ice is finally melting away from the north side of the driveway. Yeah, super nice out there. Can’t believe how nice it is right now.
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Yeah, we actually need the opposite and some snow. But anyways, it’ll come. We’re not out of the woods yet. You know how that is. You know, it’s that old, you know, what should I say? They always talk about how we get a lot of snow in the springtime. So, you know, February, March. So, you know, we’re not out of the woods yet. Folks still need to be prepared for that. All of that, and again, this is a show where we talk about being prepared for the what-ifs of life. And one thing, Bill, we kind of got into this a little bit last week but didn’t get into it in probably the depth that we can today, and that is just the concealed carry sides of things, but really everyday carry is what we should actually title today’s program.
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Yeah, we tend to get complacent with stuff. And if you carry something for a while and you don’t use it, it finds its way out of your pockets. And then, you know, when something comes up and you need it, then it’s not there. So I think, you know, it’s always important to define, redefine, and then repeat, right? So we continue to define what we’re going to carry. We work on it. We cut some things out. We maybe add things. And then we just keep that process going over and over again, especially with me. I’ve got a trip coming up, so it’s fresh on my mind again. Okay, what am I going to take with me? What am I going to carry on my persons? What am I going to carry on the plane? What am I going to pack? So it’s something we’ve got to revisit constantly. you know, often, I think, John, especially as seasons change, too. You know, we may be going in from winter into spring, and, you know, we don’t necessarily, we’re not there yet, but we maybe don’t have to carry all that winter gear with us all the time or in our cars or whatever, but that transition time, I think, is a could be a dangerous spot for us because we think we’re good, but we’re not. Right.
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And, again, your point a moment ago, some of the things that we do on a regular daily basis, and sometimes we just sort of take some things for granted every day, and even sometimes, Bill, our situational awareness and things like that, we just, unless something happens and we’re a little bit on heightened alert, and I’ll be honest, even a day like today where it’s so beautiful outside and you’re just really kind of enjoying the weather and so on, I’ll be the first to admit you’re not, you’re probably not as situationally aware on a day like today when it’s, when it is like it is outside and it’s not typical for us this time of year. Right.
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And, uh, you know, you got to build that habit and just be observant all the time. Um, and, you know, play a little game with yourself and, and be like, Hey, what can I notice? That’s not normal. That’s a little off, you know, out of the ordinary, not to say that, It goes to the extreme of, okay, this is really off and something’s going to happen. But have you noticed something maybe on your property or in your house that’s like, oh, that normally isn’t there? That’s something different. That’s a skill set that I think we need to practice because you’ve got to define a baseline. And what a baseline at your house is, that baseline’s different than the baseline at home. the grocery store that you always go to, or the, you know, the, the movie theater that you always go to or whatever it is, you establish that baseline and, uh, you know, look for, look for things that are different there. You know, um, that’s just a practice you really got to get into, but you know, you’re complacent, you know, we’re starting to like today, you know, maybe my clothing has changed because of the warmer weather and, Oh, do I have my stuff with me? You know, the things that I would normally carry every day, Um, you know, and I’m one of those extremists, you know, that I have a certain pant that I wear and I wear that pretty much all the time. And even in the summer, I’m not, I don’t really do shorts. Um, just, you know, because of the property I’m on and things like that, I’m always getting my legs scratched up and stuff. I don’t, you know, wear shorts, the work that I do, I can’t really wear shorts, you know, anyway. But if I do wear shorts, they’re the exact same brand and make that my pants are. So meaning the pockets are the exact layout, and so everything is repeatable. And so, you know, that’s something you’ve got to remember. And in that transition, it’s like, oh, put on a different pair of shorts or something different than I normally wear. And now that device or that item that is always in this pocket is not there. What do I do now? Right.
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You know, and you bring up something a minute ago, too, that we weren’t going to talk about, but I think we should brush up on it with, you know, spring break’s not that far away. Summer seems like a long way away, but really, Bill, it’s not. We’re already at the beginning of February and, you know, time rolls by pretty quickly. And some of these things that we talk about, you know, people travel all the time for all sorts of different things. And again, it could be spring break, could be summer break, it could be work, it could be whatever. So Talk to us for a moment about the whole, you know, because I’ve got certain things I do when I travel, you have certain things you do when you travel, and you can’t take everything with you like you normally would. So what do you take? Because when you’re flying, you’re limited.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, you’re limited. And this is where that principle of, you know, repeatable and robust and reliable and comes in. And when I say repeatable, the saying is, is one is none, two is one. Often people misunderstand that. People misunderstand that as like, if I’ve got one flashlight, oh, well, I need two flashlights. If I’ve got One book of matches, well, then I need two books of matches. The thought behind that thing, John, is I’ve got two different ways to accomplish the same thing, even though they may be different, right? So I may have matches and then a lighter. So that’s the two, because if the matches don’t work or a lighter doesn’t work, then vice versa, I can switch it up. So the same thing goes in the mindset of what you can carry on the plane and what you can’t. So obviously you’re not going to carry any type of weapon, right? Knife or gun or anything like that on there. So now you got to start to think, okay, well, how can I, in the context of self-defense, how can I defend myself without those two things? And this is very important because if you are putting all of your, self-defense, if that’s all of your insurance, if you will, on your firearm, well, that’s trouble. Right. Especially in this situation. There’s places, yeah, there’s places I can’t take it. I can’t take it with me. I mean, sure.
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And really quick, because I know I’ll get a text message on this, Bill. I know that, yes, there are ways that you can fly with firearms. A lot of people do, especially folks that shoot for matches and things like that. Yes, I understand that airports or airlines have the ability to allow you to do certain things but let me just say this bill because i’ve done that in the past it’s been many years ago that i did it and things were even easier then than it is now it’s a pain in the rear i mean i’m just going to tell you that you know for a two or three day trip really at the end of the day is it worth going through all of that house and i’ll just tell you straight up i don’t think it is personally yeah and it depends on the airline that you’re you’re flying uh the past couple of times that i have flown with mine
SPEAKER 06 :
I’ve actually just checked it at the ticket counter. So they used to take you into a back room with TSA. They used to make you open and examine it. The last few times I’ve done that, they have not done that. They literally just at the ticket agent, they asked me if it was secure. They put a special sticker on my bag and in it went. So it wasn’t really much of a hassle at all. for me, you know, going to and fro from the place that I flew. But, you know, I mean, at the end of the day, you’ve got to also understand the laws of the state you’re going to. And just because you have a concealed carry in Colorado doesn’t mean it’s reciprocal going there. And even like with Florida, right, they’ve got constitutional carry, but guess what? That’s only applicable to Florida residents. If you’re not a Florida resident, constitutional carry in their state doesn’t work for you. So You know, there’s a lot of things that you’ve got to be up to speed on that. So, you know, and at the end of the day, the more I think about it, John, and listen, you know me. You know, if you see me, you know, I have the pants on, the pogo, right? Pants on, guns on. So if you see me, yeah, you know. But at the end of the day, I’m probably going to be very reluctant to, in a situation to actually deploy that. Things have got to be pretty bad. I mean, there’s so many other things that I can do. One of them, just like we talked about a minute ago, just being observant and staying smart with my spacing and where I’m at and where I’m going and what I’m doing. That’ll get you out of, I would say, probably 95, if not 98% of any possible situations is just Hey, that doesn’t look like a very good street. Let’s not go down there. Hey, that group of guys doesn’t look very friendly. Let’s just not go over there, you know, even if somebody challenges you or contests you. You know, de-escalation is just because I have doesn’t mean that it is good for me to do it. I’ve got many other options. And so back to the conversation on the airplane. you know, a good solid stainless steel water bottle that you can use in case, you know, you got to, you know, use that. I’m still just a big fan of the flashlight, you know, just flashing somebody in their eyes and doing whatever I can do from that point. In fact, we trained that just last week because somebody was asking me, The question is, hey, we’re in this church, and there’s a hallway there, and how do I get out? You’re not going to necessarily pull your firearm in a hallway where you are in a public space. That’s another conversation. Church is a private space. But anyway, you’re in a place where there’s other people where the rounds can go through the drywall. probably not going to even shoot in a hallway right but but if i you know flash you with my light and i carry an o light mini warrior 2 so the the tail button if you will has a a strobe effect and then the one on the side is a normal flashlight and you know i can flash that at you and from that point i can hit you with my water bottle or just run right by you or whatever and And that second, you know, there’s tactical pins that I’ve carried a tactical pin onto the airplane so many times they don’t even question it. They’ve never even looked at it, you know. But, again, it’s context, John, because, you know, you’re definitely in what we call clinch fighting if you’re deploying a tactical pin. Right. you know, I can hit you just as hard with my flashlight or something like that, too. So that was a long, long explanation. No, no, those are all great.
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No, that’s what I was asking. Those are all great tips because I think a lot of times, again, there’s people that, you know, are listening right now that some travel for work, Bill. Some people travel on… I’ve known guys that spent more nights out on the road than they ever spent at home, and I’m not exaggerating when I say that. There are people out that literally will leave on a Monday morning and not get back until Friday, and that’s their work schedule. I know some of that has changed with COVID and all that, but there’s still people that are flying and doing different things. Again, whether you’re flying for work or pleasure or whatever, people still – And we, at some point, probably could even do a show on what do you travel if you’re doing a road trip or something along those lines. That changes things a little bit other than what you said a moment ago about know the laws of the state that you’re actually – state and cities, by the way, that you’re traveling through. Because the last thing you want to do is have a big problem someplace with somebody that – You know, some law enforcement, I guess I should say, Bill, that maybe doesn’t look at things the same way, you know, you and I do. I mean, the last thing you want to do is have some kind of a hassle. And I get it, you know, before somebody texts me about, you know, your constitutional rights and this, that and the other. And these are things even you and I have talked about in the past, Bill, just because it’s our right and just because it’s a law, the hassle factor at times negates fighting that, if you would.
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Yeah, and you also got to know the temperature of the water, to speak. There you go. Right? Things are elevated, right? People, law enforcement’s on edge, right? Because if I’m going into a city where they’re dealing with a lot of antagonistic people, a lot of protests, a lot of their, believe you me, they’re human, just like you and I are, and they’re going to be amped up. That’s right. And by the way, rightfully so.
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I don’t blame them for that at all.
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Yeah. Yeah, me neither. I mean, I’m just, but that’s, that’s just stating the obvious. And it’s like, you know, if somebody’s amped up and on edge, do I want to throw more gas on that fire? even just because I can, John. I mean, there’s a wisdom. People have to be smart and understand that just because I can doesn’t mean I should.
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Yeah, we talked about that a little bit. For those of you listening, we talked a little bit about that last week, and I’m a big one on that, where just because you can doesn’t mean you should. And there’s so many areas of life, Bill, that I think you could… apply that to me right now we’re talking about you know defending yourself and what you would do in certain circumstances and so on but man i tell you what you could you could apply what you and i are talking about in a lot of different areas in life and sometimes even when it comes to repairing things like you and i do from time to time and just because you can should you i mean there’s times you need to make a calculated decision on is that really the right course of action or am i better off doing something else instead
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Yeah, yeah, there’s a lot of wisdom in that, a lot of wisdom. You know, do you carry these little cloth, you know, handcuffs? They’re the little shoelace handcuffs with you. And, you know, again, sure, I guess I can. I’m going on a plane. Do I need to detain a terrorist? I mean, I don’t know, John, how far do you take it? You know, again, how much pocket space, I guess, you have there. but there’s just so much wisdom. And I’ll tell you, going back to that first comment we kind of made is observation is going to get you out of so much. Just get, get out of your phones, get your headphones out of your ears, you know, and, and get your head up and just start looking and go, that doesn’t look right. That doesn’t, you know, we’ve all traveled enough. Everybody kind of knows what a plane, you know, everybody does on a plane. They all show up in their pajamas and, you know, stuff and don’t even pay attention to the safety thing. And, you know, that’s, that’s a little pet peeve of mine. Yes. I’ve heard that safety speech, John, you know, thousands of times, but you know what? I give them my attention. I think they deserve my respect and I pay attention. I mean, most people just check out, but I don’t know. We got off topic on that one, but you know, it’s like, Hey, pay attention. Do you check? That’s a good reminder. Do you know where your exits are? Do you know who’s sitting next to you? Do you know, Hey, That exit is four or five rows up. And what kind of obstacles, what kind of people am I going to have? Right. If I got to get there, you know.
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Well, and sometimes I get there are times traveling even, Bill, where you brought up something a moment ago that just made me think of, you know, where do you sit on the airplane? I’m a little more strategic in that. Not everybody can be. Sometimes you’re, you know, you’re left just sitting wherever you’re given a seat and you want to get home. So you take whatever seat is given to you just because you want to make that trip home. And I understand all of that. But I’m also one where if you can be on the front side of that and strategically place yourself you know in the airplane better than what you would be otherwise i’m all for that again you can’t always do that and i understand that but this is a discussion by the way bill i don’t know that on this program and since the beginning of doing it we i’ve ever really talked about you know where is the best place to even sit when it comes to you know public transportation and There are places I feel that are better to sit than others, and some might have a difference of opinion on that, but I’m one, Bill, where I want an aisle seat as close to the front as I can get.
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Yeah. That’s me. Absolutely. Whether it’s close to the front, middle, or back, I could probably give up a little bit on that. I like being next to the exits. I mean, in most planes, you’ve got front, middle, and back exits. Right. Maybe on some, you don’t have them in the back, but definitely in the middle and the front. Yeah. I haven’t looked in a long time statistically if there were a plane crash. I thought there was a study that said You know, people more in the front survive or whatever. I don’t really remember those numbers. I don’t know.
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I think I’ve always been under the understanding, I think over the wings are typically a stronger part of the airplane. But again, a lot of that has to do with, you know, what happens, what kind of a crash were you in and so on. And frankly, Bill, just for me personally, that’s the least of my worries. I’ve always kind of figured that, you know what, when it’s my time to go, it’s my time to go. And I’m just going to sit on the airplane where I feel, A, the most comfortable, and B, In this particular scenario where if something were to happen, I’m in a better position to handle things than I would be otherwise, unruly passengers, things like that. And again, for me personally, I want to get as close to the front as I can get. That’s just me.
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Yeah, and definitely that aisle seat because you can get up. You don’t have to crawl over two people or, you know, whatever. You can access, if you have to access something in the baggage compartment or the carry-on compartment, you know, you can get to it maybe a little bit quicker. That’s another thing, too. If you have something in your bag, right, and you do have to get up and get out or whatever, what do you take? So here’s what I do. Oh, this is going in a different direction. All right, so I have, like, my backpack if you will and that backpack will go into the overhead bin and then i have a smaller little pack it’s a little um i don’t know a little canvas thing oh shoot i can’t think of who makes it but they’ll come to me in a minute but in that that goes to the seat with me and so worst case scenario that little bag is going with me, right? The backpack can stay. Yeah, there’s good things in that backpack, but I’m taking, this has got my first aid, it’s got my tourniquets, it’s got my, you know, my little blanket with me. It’s got, those are my, this is my little survival pouch that I take with me. So that’s another thing, you know, how quickly, you know, there’s parts where that overhead baggage compartment is area starts to run out of space, depending on who you’re flying. And man, your backpack may be several rows away from where your seat is.
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Yeah, and for me personally, that’s another one, again, talking about the flying aspect of things, Bill. I am one where that personal item, you know, my backpack in my case, which is a fairly small backpack. I get everything in it. I think I’ve said this before to everybody else listening. I don’t know about you, but I keep a bag that literally has everything in it I need to travel. I never take anything out of it. In fact, I restock. If I do pull something out of it, it gets restocked. And what I mean by that is it’s got every one of my charge cords that I need, anything else I need to travel, my carbon monoxide detector. I mean, everything I need to travel is in that bag. And all I do is literally slip my laptop from one bag to the other right before I leave. So I’ve got that with me and off I go. So at the end of the day, I’ve got a bag already packed, ready to go. And it’s small enough that this particular bag, it never goes up top. Unless I sit in the bulkhead, then you don’t have any choice, but I rarely do that. Typically, you know, sit with that, you know, right at my feet. And for those of you listening where you’re like, man, I hate having stuff in front of me on my feet. You know, you only have to have the stuff at your feet when you’re taking off and landing. Otherwise, you can pull that out, put it underneath your legs, stretch your legs out just fine and not have any issues. I think sometimes people forget, Bill, that those under seat items in front of you, those can be moved around during flight. They don’t have to sit where your feet normally would if you don’t want them to.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, and that brings up another, you know, that just verifies another point of why you want that aisle seat. Let’s say you’re at the window, and the two people pulled their stuff out, and now you’ve got a tripping hazard. You’ve got to climb over all that stuff to get out in the case of an emergency or something like that. But I do have a question because you said something. You carry a carbon monoxide detector with you?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, because there’s a lot of hotels, especially in foreign countries, whereby it may not have a carbon monoxide tester or an actual carbon monoxide reading in that room, a warning system, I guess you could say. And there’s been many a traveler, let’s just say, die because of asphyxiation because they weren’t warned that there was actually carbon monoxide in the room.
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Is it like the one plug-in of the wall, or what is it?
SPEAKER 08 :
No, mine’s a battery-operated unit that will last up to about four years, and it’s small. Think of it as being, for all of you listening, I’m trying to describe the size of it. Think of it as being about the size of half a hot dog.
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No kidding.
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And I put that goes in one of the side pockets of my backpack. And yep, I travel with that. And when I get to where we’re going, I just turn that on and just kind of let it hang out of my backpack because it’ll pick up whatever reading at that point anyways. And it’s real simple and easy to use. And it’s always in there. yeah that’s that’s that’s interesting i’ve heard of that um really quick the only reason i’ve done that bill and for everybody listening is because some hotels and it’s not always by the way just in foreign countries now it typically is because we’ve got different codes and things bill as you know here in the states but you know all it takes is one of those to be faulty and not work properly and you know it’s that silent killer where you just never wake up right as you know i mean you’re in that world you know far more about that than even i do
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, which cracks me up because the electrical code says, you know, you put the carbon monoxide detectors, they now have combo units with the smoke detectors, which are in the ceiling. I tell people, well, by the time it gets up there, you’re dead.
SPEAKER 08 :
It’s already too late. Yeah, I mean, I don’t think that most understand. Again, don’t get me started. That’s a whole other conversation. But yes, when I travel, yes, I have one of those that goes with me. And again, just because it’s always in the backpack, I never have to worry about whether I have it with me or not.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, yeah, that’s good. Yeah, we got it. We could do a whole show on the travel stuff because I take, you know, a little oil diffuser with me and I’ll diffuse, you know, oils in my room that kill germs and things. And I have a little ionizer. I actually have a little travel ionizer. You go into some rooms, and especially with the legalization of marijuana, you go to a lot of these places, and man, I’ll tell you what, these rooms stink. Oh, yeah. Good point. And I put that guy in there, and it cleans the air out. At least I got a little bit of… So it’s deordering going on there.
SPEAKER 08 :
We can dovetail a couple more things in this. We’ve got time before I take a break here. The other thing, too, for a lot of you listening, where I’ve given you plenty of places where you can now buy antibiotics and things along those lines. And, Bill, I’m one of those also to where I never fly and go anywhere without having – at least a several-day supply of antibiotics or something along those lines. Not that I’m worried about getting, you know, stuck someplace and then, you know, having some sort of an injury or anything along those lines. No, I’m talking, hey, all of a sudden you come down with a really bad sinus infection. The last thing I want to do is have to go, you know, granted I’ve got Dr. Scott, who’s a great sponsor, and I could call him and he’d call in a prescription, but that is a huge hassle at the end of the day, Bill. I would rather be able to just on my own, you know, take off what you know start taking what i need to overcome that and still get some advice from scott but i’m traveling with that so i’m not having to run around and worry about where things would get called in and dealt with and so on and for all of you listening there are companies out there uh jace j-a-s-e is a company that i’ve been affiliated with now for a number of years you can go ahead and stock up on some of these things on the front side and frankly bill my recommendation is travel with a certain amount of that yeah a lot of the um
SPEAKER 06 :
like diarrhea stuff. Cause I think that’s where a lot of people get in trouble when they travel, you know, the food’s a little different, the water’s a little different, especially if you’re going to a, you know, Mexico or even some, some of those South America countries there, you know, you, you drink any of that stuff and all of a sudden it’s just the bacteria just messes with you. Right. And that’s one of the biggest things is like you get, you get it, you know, you get a stomach bug or something like that. And now you’re, you know, dehydrated and, you know, drink more water to, cause you’re dehydrated and it just makes you sicker and sicker. So yeah, to your point, those are, those are some really good things. And, you know, we should do a talk on that a bit like, Hey, what are some, what are some go-to things you take with you? You know, you don’t have to, it doesn’t have to be a lot, you know, you just take a little bit and then, you know, my, my doctor, you know, I was talking to her cause she, you know, well, nevermind, but, um, She said, hey, some of that stuff is, you know… Just because it’s expired doesn’t mean it’s bad.
SPEAKER 08 :
No, I’ve interviewed some folks in the past along those lines, Bill, where most sealed prescriptions, by the way, antibiotics and so on, have almost an indefinite life to them. I mean, it’s not quite indefinite, but they’ll last a couple of decades. So for some of you listening, they’ll go that long. And if it’s kept in a nice, cool, dry place even after it’s been opened, oh, yeah, it is good long after the expiration date, long after. Yeah.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, you don’t have to throw it away.
SPEAKER 08 :
They do a lot of that, as you know, Bill, just because we have laws in the country. It’s like food, best to sell by. That doesn’t mean the food goes bad at that. It’s just it tastes the freshest, and it’s the best if you sell it by that. A lot of us have eaten things that have been way overexpired, and we’re still alive.
SPEAKER 06 :
Have you seen that new show on Netflix? It’s the 11-23-63 or something. It’s where the teacher goes back in time to the JFK assassination.
SPEAKER 08 :
No, I saw the previous one. I’ve not seen it though.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, it’s really good. But you just said something that made that stand out to me because the guy coaching him to go back says, oh, you’re going to love the food. And he goes back there, and he’s like, yeah, what’s so amazing about the food in the 60s? And it’s like it’s food. It’s real food. There’s no preservatives in it. Right, right. Good point. That’s a big part of the show. Good point. That just stood out to me when you said that, but that was funny.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right, we’ll take a quick break, guys. Don’t forget, you can text us a question. Maybe you want to add some things to the list that we’ve talked about as you’re traveling and even some of the things that you do for self-defense and so on that we’re talking about. In this particular case, constant carry, how are you always in that state of awareness? We’ll get back to that here in just a moment when we come back. Again, Bill with me, Bill Anderson, a prep. The number two, protectco.com is his website. Ours, of course, ready-radio.com. We’ll be right back, KLZ 560.
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All right, we are back. Ready Radio. Again, thanks for listening. We appreciate it very much. Right here on KLZ 560, Bill Anderson with me. His website, again, prep2protectco.com. And several of you texting in, which I appreciate greatly. And, yeah, Bill, I do think, and just from some of the messages I’m getting, we should put together maybe an entire show here in the not-too-distant future about things that we probably have to break it up because we’d have to do one on probably air travel and one – You know, air slash, you know, cruising type travel and maybe one on, you know, regular, you know, road trips and so on. You know, what do you take and and so on. And I know we’re kind of touching on that today, but we can get into there’s so many facets of this that I for me personally, Bill. i’m one of those where you know i hate getting some place and then not having what you need even in require even in regards to medications and things like that and that doesn’t happen to me all that often in fact usually i’m the opposite usually i’m one that’s got more than you know even if somebody that you’re traveling with needs xyz i typically you know hey does anybody have any time yep anybody have any advil yep i mean i’m that guy bill i’ve usually got more than enough
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, I tend to travel heavy as well. And more times than not, I don’t even end up using it. Usually I don’t.
SPEAKER 08 :
Usually it’s for everybody else I’m with.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah. Yeah, but the one time I don’t bring it, and I’m like, oh, I need it now. You know, that’s just the way it seems to work. But, yeah, the last trip we went on, we went – down to, it was Mexico, and I was not doing well. I actually had a pulled muscle in my neck. And so we went to one of the Mexican pharmacies and bought some stuff. Well, come to find out, the cashier, in the translation of the peso to the dollars, added an extra zero. So my bill was $80, now $800. Wow. Um, because she put an extra zero on that peso thing there. So, you know, we were fighting that, but, but to your point, you know, if I would have had, you know, better medications with me, um, I could have, you know, avoided that whole situation.
SPEAKER 08 :
And again, for some of you listening, what I would recommend is, again, you’ve got your own doctor. Some of you use Dr. Scott. Some of you have got other access or the company that I just mentioned, Jace. They’ve got a great online service whereby you can get extra antibiotics and things along those lines. Now, I want to be an adult here when it comes to this, Bill. I’m not a doctor. I’m not going to tell anybody what to go do as far as prescriptions and so on. But with that being said… all of us that are probably over the age of 30 by now pretty much know that when you get xyz illness this is pretty much what they prescribe to get you over i realize there can be some some differences there bill and it’s not always that exact although for me personally It doesn’t vary a whole lot. When you stay healthy, eat right, do the things you need to, reality is there’s not too many bugs that come along that you can’t figure out how to handle. So, for example, for all of you listening, these are some of the things that I always travel with when I’m out and about. You’ve heard me talk about that with Dr. Kelly a gazillion times, so I don’t have to explain that one. Ivermectin is the other one that goes along those lines. Those are easy things to get from companies like Jace. I also travel, Bill, with some amoxicillin and even a little bit heavier penicillin-type antibiotics if need be. Now, again, I’m not taking a gazillion of these because I’m not planning on being on them for decades. an extended length of time. If you get that sick, well, you just pack up and come home anyways if you really have to. But I’m going to have enough to get through whatever that time frame is that I’m going to be gone. And then to your point on top of that, yeah, I will have some pain relievers, ibuprofen, Tylenol, even some anti-diarrhea type medicine and so on. Those are things that are easy to get a hold of. And by the way, one of the things that I always throw in, and some of you are going to think that I’m just over the top, but this stuff is so easy to put into a small bag if you would, or even a Ziploc baggie if you want and travel with this all the time. And in my case, it’s always in my backpack. I also travel, Bill, with cold medicine because it never fails. You get someplace, all of a sudden you start getting the sniffles and you need some Mucinex or whatever your favorite go-to is. I would also have that with me for those of you that are listening. These are things that no matter whether I’m traveling on a road trip or a plane trip, I’m going to have those things with me no matter what.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, and especially with the tabs, because you can buy DayQuil and NightQuil in tablet form. I think it’s a gel pack, but you don’t have to take the liquid in there. And that’s exactly what happened. When we went on our Costa Rica trip, I was like, man, I’m not feeling so good. And so I popped out the DayQuil. And I had some in there, and I took them, and I was like, okay, I’m good to go. You know, it just got me over that hump or whatever during that little thing. So, yeah, I carry all that stuff with me, too. And I tend to forget I have it more times than not. On that same Costa Rica trip, before I took what I had, I was like, oh, I’m not feeling so. So I talked to our little guide there. She took me into the pharmacy. We got the equivalent to the DayQuil. And then I was going through my stuff, and I was like, I have, like,
SPEAKER 08 :
six of them right here you know so that’s the other thing and for some of you that you know listen to us on a regular basis you know the other thing too make sure you’re taking your you know your daily vitamins along you know we i you know i supplement with vitamin d but for some of you where you’ve again you’ve listened to dr kelly enough and you know that zinc and things like that really do help fend off things when they start to come on sniffles and so on yeah make sure you’ve got enough vitamin c and zinc and things like that again these are things that Bill, it never fails. And I can tell you how many times I’ve been places where I’m traveling with others and somebody’s like, man, I’m not feeling so well. Do you have any such and such? And I’m like, yeah, let me get my little my little mini pharmacy out here and see what I’ve got to help you out with. And nine times out of 10, you have what they need. And again, in a lot of cases, Bill, it’s not even me needing it’s others that I travel with that need it.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah. And then you’re helpful to everybody. But yeah, the zinc and the vitamin C, you know, even if you know you’re going, I don’t think it’s a bad idea to go ahead and preload a little bit of that stuff. I agree. Oh, I absolutely agree. No, no, no.
SPEAKER 08 :
I fully agree with you. I’m one of those where. i’ll preload on several things and again these are things that we’ll get to maybe at a later date when it comes to traveling some of you have your own little your own little things that you go through procedures i guess that you go through but bill i’m afraid there’s a lot of people that honestly do nothing they just get their bag packed maybe barely before it’s even time to leave and off they go in other words there’s not a lot of preparation and thought into what’s even in the bag i’m kind of the opposite of that i i’m like you Nine times out of ten, I probably have things I’m traveling with I don’t need. Now, I’m not a heavy traveler in regards to packing extra and so on. I’ve even learned through the years, Bill, and these are things we can get into down the road, even what clothing to bring and pack. And I’m one where I found years ago soap, so laundry soap that’s in sheet form. And for those of you listening, you can buy this on Amazon. And what I’ve learned, Bill, if there’s a T-shirt, underwear, socks, things like that, and I don’t want to travel with a bunch of those. I learned this trick from my dad years ago, literally. So go into the bathroom, fill up the sink with hot water or the tub. If you’ve got a bathtub, if you want to fill it up with hot water, warm water, whatever you need to wash your clothes in. Take one of these sheets that I’m talking about. You just tear a corner off because it doesn’t take a lot of soap to do what you need to do. Let those things soak in there for a little bit, get them all washed up, rinse them all out, wring them out, hang them out. And the reality is you’ve got clean clothes in a day or so and you’re not having to pack as much stuff. And I know a lot of you are thinking, man, that’s a lot of work to not have to take extra clothing. Well, when you’re taking some of this other stuff that I’m talking about, I’d rather have it than an extra T-shirt, Bill.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, space is that limited, so you’ve got to have that space. I have a backpack, and that backpack is just my travel backpack. I only use it for when I go on trips because I’m forgetful, and I’ll start to load my backpack and forget half of it. So I’m fortunate enough to have a dedicated backpack. with most of that stuff in there are ready to go, and I can just grab it and go, and then I’m not forgetting that stuff.
SPEAKER 08 :
And again, for a lot of you that are listening, you know, this is sort of like the go bag when we talk about being prepared and so on. You know, we’re talking about traveling in this particular case because that’s not that far, and Bill’s going next week, so it kind of reminded me of that. But Bill, this kind of can bring this back to home on just the the daily things that we do, the constant carry, like you call it. And some of you have different things that you travel with. I mean, I’ve got a sort of a briefcase or an over the shoulder bag bill that I have lots of things inside of. And yes, it’s heavy. And my wife at times will get on me like, man, this thing is so heavy. How do you carry this around all day long without getting a neck ache? It’s like, well, I’m just used to it. It’s what I’ve always, it’s got everything in it that I need and probably overkill by the way, on some of the things that I need bill, but kind of along these lines of my, my backpack, there’s pretty much, you know, Even for me, I’m down here at the station. All of a sudden you feel like maybe you got a little bit of something coming on, a cold or whatever. I’ve got a lot of the same things that I just mentioned to you with me there at all times so that I can stay on top of things. Because for me personally, the last thing I need to do is get sick.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, and when you’re on a trip, too, that’s the worst time to get there. Oh, it’s awful. That’s the worst time to feel bad, you know, and then you’ve got to come home on the plane ride. Oh, it’s awful. You just want to be in bed.
SPEAKER 08 :
I’ll just say this straight up. It doesn’t happen to me very often, but there’s nothing more miserable than what you just said.
SPEAKER 06 :
Nothing, and it’s only happened to me a handful of times, too, and it’s just like it is.
SPEAKER 08 :
When you say this, it’s embedded into your brain enough where you don’t want it to happen again.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, I can remember times where I was really sick, but I really remember the times when we were traveling in the car from Texas to Colorado, and I’m like literally, all right, pull over again. I mean, that’s just so miserable.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yep, absolutely. So, again, folks, I got into a little bit of the travel thing. We will. We’ll do some entire shows on this where, believe me, Bill, this even comes down to what’s your choice of shoes and stuff. Again, some of your undergarments and even overgarments and what kinds of shirts are you taking and even jackets and things like that. There’s a lot of tips and tricks there to where I literally watch people and I watch what they pack. And it’s like you realize that you’re probably taking about three times more than you really need to to be efficient at the end of the day and be just fine. Again, these are things that a lot of folks don’t think through. And in our defense, the more you travel and the more you learn about how some of these things work and you can travel lighter and still be just as efficient as you would be otherwise, in fact, be more efficient than you would be otherwise, those are some of the tricks you learn. But back to the constant carry, the daily carry, and you’re the firearms expert in this particular conversation. What are other things folks need to be looking at if they’re going to carry on a daily basis?
SPEAKER 06 :
You want specifically with the firearm?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, I mean, we talk in a lot of generalities, but, you know, I mean, one thing, you know, we’ve never really talked about, and I didn’t preface this with you, but, you know, what are your thoughts on do most people even have the right holster, or is that something they should even be looking more closely at?
SPEAKER 06 :
That’s a big one. Okay. So in our level two, John, we really put the holster to the test. Our level one, we don’t draw from holster. We’re getting the basics down. Level two, everything is from draw. But we really put that to the test because one of the most important things with your firearm is retention. You got to be able to hold on to it. And that means either in your hands or on your body. And one of the drills we actually do in our level two core course is is we’ll make sure there’s physical movement. We’ll be doing something like running. We’ll be doing burpees. We’ll be punching a bag. We’ll be, you know, kneeing, kicking. And it’s amazing to see how many of people’s firearms come flying out of their holsters. And it’s like, okay, there’s a failure there. So can you live and move and do all these things with your gun? Because that’s the reality of life. You know, the… The gun belts, the battle belts, you know, with the magazine clips that people love to take to the range, good for competition. Shooting, good. But you’ve got to remember, that is within context of that situation. you know, sport, if you will. Nobody goes to the grocery store with their battle belt on, you know, unless you’re a police officer or duty belt. But my point being is this is how we go to the range. This is how we train. However, this isn’t how we live. And then what you find out people, you know, they’ll lose their, they’ll lose their gun. I’ve got a funny story with that one, but they’ll lose their gun or they’ll feel really uncomfortable with it. And then they’ll go, Oh, I’ll just leave it at home. Well, now you’re totally missing the whole point. You’re missing the whole point of it. And, you know, testing out different types of holsters, you know, again, it’s your body type. It’s male versus female. It’s a big conversation, but it’s an important one. I actually made my own holster. I have the ability to do that with a piece of leather. I took some Kydex, put it in my toaster oven, went and bought one of those cheap Ziploc vacuum bags. Obviously, I have vacuum pumps because of what we do here, but you could use one of those cheap Harbor Freight vacuum pumps. That’s actually what I use for making my holsters. Suck down that bag, put your gun on top of it, put that hot Kydex on it, vacuum pressure and that kydex will form fit over your gun and you know so mine does not come out very easily in the context of unless i’m wanting to pull it out so i test that um Almost every day. So not only are my living and working and moving in that, but when we go to the gym, you know, I put the training pistol in, which is the exact replica of my real pistol. And now I’m fighting, right? We’re rolling on the ground. People are trying to take it from me. They’re trying to pull out of my holster and we’re testing. We do this all the time, and, you know, people are finding, hey, my holster’s breaking. This isn’t holding up. This doesn’t retain. So it’s an important conversation, but I have that. And then, you know, people get magazine, you know, clips on their belts and things like that. Where do you carry your extra magazine? Depending on the round capacity of your firearm, do you even want a secondary, you know, magazine? You know, there’s a new video. I’ll have to send it to you, but it’s called the 333. Hmm. There’s three shots in three seconds and three feet away. Now, this is in the context of police, but that’s where most of their altercations are happening. And here’s the old saying of, well, I’m going to unload my magazine on the person. After a certain legal now, what they’re doing in courts is if you’re going over a certain round count, they’re like, okay, well, what was, what was the point, right? The threat was stopped. the threat was done and you continued to fire upon them until your magazine was empty and people are getting in trouble and finding out you know especially like law enforcement they’re getting in trouble like hey you’re now guilty because you emptied your magazine you know that’s an old teaching saying I’m going to empty my magazine on there you know and as a firearm instructor I cannot say that because I will put you in trouble I’ll get you in trouble if you do that
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, again, it comes back to the conversations we had earlier, just because you can, should you?
SPEAKER 06 :
Right, right. And so, you know, depending on what you do and going back to the conversation we had when we first started this, too, repetition, repeatable, patterns, patterns, patterns. Right. If I am going to carry my gun, is it in the same spot? If I do carry an extra magazine, is it in the same pocket? Do I work that? Or is it, hey, today I’m going to put it here. Tomorrow I’m going to put it there. Oh, today I’ve got a different piece of clothing on, so it’s got to go over here. That is setting yourself up for failure. For years, for 30-some years, I carried five tools in my back pocket, and I have a special little bag. tool pouch that they make you know for electricians that slip into your back pocket and and it’ll carry your essential five right channel locks a couple screwdrivers strippers clients clients or alignment pliers but that’s in my back pocket john i can tell you i i reach back there on autopilot And I know exactly in which position or which slot that is in. Okay. There’ll be times where I’ll be doing something at home or I’ll go over to somebody’s house and look at something for them. And guess where my hand goes? Same place. To my back pocket. Even if that thing isn’t on there. Right. I’m just in such the habit of, and so, you know, that, that is a valid point because what you train is what you will repeat. And if I’m changing position, 3 o’clock appendix, so I’m carrying here, well, that’s just costing you time if you are really in a situation where you don’t have time.
SPEAKER 08 :
Class is coming up, Bill. I’ll give you the last word here before we take our last break. What do you got coming up?
SPEAKER 06 :
We actually have a level one coming up here in a couple of weeks. The list is getting so long with people. We kind of take a break in the winter because of weather. We do this stuff on the outside, but our list has gotten so long. People are like, we don’t care. We’ll put on gloves. So we’re actually got one coming up that we’re going to be doing. And then we’re going to be doing our level three. That’s kind of what we highlight in the wintertime. And that is our force on force. Now you don’t have to go through one and two to go to level three. Level three is 100% scenario based. We we turn the facility that we’re using into a shoot house and we run people through about seven different scenarios that they could possibly be in. And they have to act and, you know, they might get, you know, they might have some force applied upon them and they have to act appropriately. And we talk about clearing houses and all that fun stuff. So that’s coming up at the level three.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right, Bill, I’ll let you roll. I appreciate it very much. Have a good trip, by the way. All right, we’ll see you when I get back. See you when you get back. Appreciate it very much. And again, Bill Anderson, his website is prep2protectco.com. This is Ready Radio. Ready-radio.com is our website. We’ll be right back. Again, listening to Ready Radio right here on KLZ 560.
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SPEAKER 08 :
All right, we are back. Ready Radio, KLZ 560. Not a lot of time left. And again, I appreciate you all listening. Always, always send me text messages. A lot of you do. And given this next week, it’ll be just me next week. Bill’s going to be out of town. So if there’s something you’d like me to discuss next week, by all means, send me some messages and I’ll get on that. Be happy to 307. 307-200-8222 is the text line. Again, 307-200-8222. You can also send us an email. You can go right to the website, ready-radio.com. You can send us an email from there as well. And don’t forget all of our past shows and all of that. are listed there as well so if there’s something you hear us talk about you want to go back and listen to it by all means you can do so again ready hyphen radio.com and again don’t forget bill’s website prep the number two protect co.com if you’re looking to sign up for any of his upcoming classes when it comes to the the gun end of things the training and so on self-defense all that stuff by all means uh you know send him an email get signed up and otherwise that’s it guys thank you so much for listening we appreciate it greatly ready radio klz 560.
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