Tools Down Talk: Recent Episodes
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Two brothers, tradies, and bloke life strugglers talk all things trades growing up and family.We have the talks that are normally done onsite or at the bar having a beer at the pub after work, if you enjoy the tradies chat onsite or off it you will enjoy this podcast, follow the show to hear more tradies and people of the world talk all things trades.We feature some guests and public questions as we let all the tradies have a voice, we represent the areas of Melbourne and Perth and all of Australia in trades talk as we talk about the jobsites.
Season 2 Episode 16 - Tools down talk podcast,
This week we get the opportunity to chat with carpenter Mitch Hilder from Hilder homes construction.
Mitch has a young family with his lovely wife Grace and kid Alvey.
Our chat was mostly around Mitch's ground up built business he runs and owns himself that is growing by the day, its Mitch's quality and workmanship that has seen him and the business getting to new heights each year.
Mitch is a great supporter of the local businesses down in foster and toora victoria and if your down that way go in and try the hilder burger at the local cafe.
mitch still has time even with his family renovations and business to fit in local football, winning his grand final in 2022.
We hope you enjoy our chat with Mitch and if you are local to that area please follow along with his business and socials.
Hilder Homes | Registered Builder South Gipplsland
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hello, yes and welcome back to another episode of us at the tools down talk.
todays episode we were talking things that get your goat early.
We chatted about a local fella in perth doing some cool stuff with a local business,
embers lane clothing, please check them out if you have a chance?
at emberslane.com.au
Online Clothing Store | Embers Lane
we play a little tradies game with mase called guess the tool!
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Tools Down Talk episode 14
in this episode we share some more of our thoughts on work sites we have to work at,
New Zealand road tolls
fishing flogs
milks main game
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Tools Down Talk EP 13
We chat investment properties and home renovations
working at the bosses house
no learning from our own mistakes
games to talk onsite
who you going to fight?
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We are back for what is season 2 of the toolsdown talk podcast,
we talk about the tradie work life balance
the footy is back and we talked round 1 results
milks local footy
GETTING SACKED have you been sacked harshly?
The apprentice and love in air
sobriety and the help it is for your body and mind.
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We continue our chat with Matt and Tim.
we hope you enjoy
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Welcome to Tools Down Talk if this is your first episode,
This week we have half of our long chat with 2 legends of the trades world in Melbourne.
These 2 legends chat to us about their lives in the trades and how they got there, the hardships and up lifts of working for friends and family.
Tims time on family feud with Grant Denya and Matts time working at "the darkness" singer Justin Hawkins house.
We get to ask the legends our usual trade questions and find out what their mum doesn't know.
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This episode we talk our holiday brakes and how they went and all the dramas that comes with them.
Summernats is discussed and the ruckas that happens there, mase discusses his pooch problems and why respect is required from all dog owners when it comes to pooches and fireworks.
We start 2023 with this 10th episode as our second last for this season.
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Debra Batton
The famous one of the battons and all the cousins favourite, this lady has been a star since we can remember having spent years working as a gymnast in the circus most of Australia will know circus oz we have loved watching debs career, she has traveled the world with her acting and acrobatics both teaching and performing what she has artistically mastered over an elistrious career, To this day deb at age 59 has an acrobatics show that tours Australia with the comedy scene and we love going and watching them, it’s our pleasure to introduce Debra Batton.
We also have Debra’s son cosmo whom is excelling in the tech space and will provide some future animations for this show as well as providing for Debra’s current show
- Circus oz
- Travelling the world
- Being a sister of 8?
- Living in Melbourne
- Moving to Sydney
- Your son cosmo
here are links for the company A Good Catch
website
https://agoodcatchcircus.wixsite.com/mysite
facebook
https://www.facebook.com/agoodcatchcircus
instagram
https://www.instagram.com/agoodcatchcircus/?hl=en
we will be performing at The WA Circus Fest Karidale on Sat 14th Jan https://lunarcircus.com/-
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Tools Down Talk episode 8, This week we chat to a very special guest, a man of many talents and skills, a true jack of all trades master of none some may say, but as the saying goes this is better than a master of only one.
"Dad" or Kevin James Kelly as most would know him was one of 6 growing up in the small town of Numerkah country Victoria, Kel as he was to be known by his friends let home and went to the air force as an apprentice in his 20's and spent many years with his still to this day friends in the air force travelling the world and working on aero planes.
We (milk n mase) are proud of dad and thank him for all of his guidance as we are still growing as adults.
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Our guest today is a man of many talents and trades. He holds positive energy every day but would be late to his own funeral. He is a free spirit and sometimes male jiggilo, he’s the other half of Dreadfull creations and my best mate.
So mate when did we meet?
Speaking of fisher and a topic I’d like to discuss (the wolf whistle)
We’ve lived together and worked together..
What’s your current story?
Not the first time you’ve lived in qld..
Future aspirations?
Side hobbies, interests and best stories within?
Travelled much?
Favourite culture?
Made up meals? Corn chips sangas
Rk - tell us your dreads routine?
Rk - what inspired the dreadful creations do you think?
Rk - biggest achievement?
Rk - guest questions
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Episode 6:
- Name the call line: (Mase has couple more ideas
- The block controversy: Adrian Portilli lmtc+
- Movember (WHY MEN’S HEALTH NEEDS YOU
MENTAL HEALTH & SUICIDE PREVENTION
Globally, we lose a man to suicide every minute of every day.
PROSTATE CANCER
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men over 45.
TESTICULAR CANCER
- Testicular cancer is the #1 cancer in young men.
- Jake’s story
- Page from filth vital
- What men shouldn’t do •I seem to fuck something up everytime I grocery shop •un pack the groceries coz you’ll no doubt put it in the wrong spot
- Hobbies that help (hobbies that have helped your mental state that might help someone else struggling) arrivl, extreme sports, exercise, fungi foraging, hobby farm
- Useless skills (the skill you learnt that you’ve never used)
Sin, Cos, tan…
- Tickets within trades (Get all that you can, you never no when your they’ll cross over into a job your doing or your work could come to a hault and you’ll have to find work)
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Tools Down Talk special episode on Daniel Stoitis the co-founder and director of the Elevated living Co.
Daniel is a coach at the elevated living co that he and his wife started during the Covid epidemic. Daniel talks about..
I'm hosting a free Men's Mental Fitness Webinar, where a group of like-minded guys will come together to chat, listen, observe and know they're not alone.
I'm going to show you the importance of how mental fitness is equally important as physical fitness and I'll teach you a few mindset re-framing techniques along the way.
More than anything, this is a safe space for us guys to band together.
No judgement.
No ego.
No bullshit.
Just real, raw topics and techniques to be taught.
If you've been feeling stressed, are worried about life situations, feel as though you can't get ahead, struggling with anxiety, or you just want to connect with a great bunch of guys - this is for you.
I hope you can join me and we can make mental health awareness an ongoing subject, not just something during the month of October.
FREE ONLINE WEBINAR
7.30PM - 8.30PM AWST | THURSDAY 24TH NOVEMBER 2022
MEN'S MENTAL FITNESSWe now have a contact number for you to contact or text if you would like to join our chats, 0493601263 or toolsdowntalk@gmail.com send us your stories or anything topical to talk on the jobsite.
Tools down talk special episode,
This episode Milk opens up, he talks about his ADHD and the process and burdens of being diagnosed later on in life.
Milk talk both to mase and his frineds family and partner about the truth behind him and his decisions in life and all the issues with his diognosis.
If you or any one you know may relate to the issues of ADHD please seek your medical professional in the first instance, they can help, for further ADHD help in adults there is a bunch of websites that can help and even those social media groups that can help too.
Thanks to all our support and friends and family that continue to support our journey.
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Giday guys
This episode we decided to flip it up and let mase do the interview of Milk.
Milks life has been one that is very much his own Storey and with the triumphs of his life and tribulations of the spirals he has had its a Storey alright.
Please enjoy the episode and remember that if you or someone you know may have complicated thoughts because of this discussion it is best to seek a professional first.
The things discussed on this podcast are that of personal experience only we do not recommend you follow any of what we say or do.
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Welcome to the tools down talk episode 4 everyone, Melbourne Cup week was a mess in Victoria with the weather, and mase and his business of dreadful creations got back their favorite past time setting up a stage at a doof festival.
We celebrate some of our milestones in this podcast game, being 50 downloads so far, and hopefully heaps to go.
We search for our show phone name? give us a buzz and let us know.
We remember some of the old PlayStation games cheat codes and the era of music with Blink 182 coming in 2024.
We talk about the live show for tools down talk in December, and some other future adventures.
Parking inspectors, we hate em, as milk cops a parking ticket from the local council.
Parking pains have you got any hit us up.
The trade Ute set up what have you got? send us in your trades set ups.
The trades tales of having the tools stolen how can we help everyone out?
What have you trades been offered instead of money for your jobs?
How do you pump up the team to get a job done?
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Welcome to Tools Down Talk podast 3
Tradies taking the piss in the company names and advertisement, we love it,
please share them at our socials tag us and share.
In this episode we talk a few things mental health and the tradie stuggles that we have had and those little problems that are difficult in that transition from apprentice to full time or sub contractor.
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We are back with our second epidode, we sort some of our mic issues and get a much better recording. As Milk and Mase sit down to talk the week out and some of those great chats that go on onsite.
In this week's Tools Down Talk, we have some fun talking brands of tools or tool brands that each trade seems to run, and what's on the menu for lunch? fast food outlets you may not know of? and the weekend and its east coast floodings.
This episode was recorded on the 10/10/2020 and if you or someone you know may feel these topics affect your mental health, we please urge you to speak to a professional.
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Welcome to us, TOOLS DOWN TALK, Milk and mase your hosts are brothers and best mates, we are tradies in our 30's and have plenty of stories to tell when it comes to working on the tools, some good some not so, but all in all we would like to share our journey in this podcast with you all.
In the future episodes of this show we will be speaking to trades and workers of all types that work with tools, as we ask them to put those tools down and talk.
This first episode we talk about ourselves and why we started this, we talk trampoline's and how to stitch up a sibling.
show notes -
minute 1 - introduction to us, and a basic update to where we are and why we are doing this.
minute 2 - Mase, who he is, and sharing his story.
minute 4 - Mase's apprenticeship how he started
minute 6 - The doof comunityand stage building
Minute 12 -Dreadful Creations Co how it started
Minute 13 -Dreads in the hair and how to keep them
Minute 17 - Tools down talk and the naming of our podcast, ( no affiliation to the channel 9 tv show the block )
Minute 21 - Mase's puppy
Minute 23 - Jobsite Radios
Minute 28 - WA sports teams
Minute 29 - Sibling Stitch Ups
Minute 37 - trampolines for kids
Minute 38 - future episodes
Minute 40 - sign out
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