Mike is back behind the mic with a voice that barely cooperates. A sore throat hit so hard last Thursday night he couldn't swallow, then it slid into his chest and head and turned into a week of hacking, coughing, and no sleep. He's finally sleeping through the night again, but the cough is hanging on, and he's still not sure what it was: head cold, allergies, or something that morphed between the two. His treatment plan is two white tea bags, spearmint leaf, and honey.The bigger news is his brother-in-law Paul. Last week's test came back, and it's open heart surgery, a triple bypass, with 90 percent blockage in two main vessels and 50 percent in another. Paul is active and thin, which is what threw Mike off, until the family history came into focus: Paul's dad died of a heart attack at 59. Surgery is set for later this month with about a week in the hospital afterward. Meanwhile, Mike's own daily reality with his 94-year-old mother continues, and he describes it exactly the way it feels: his whole life is poop and pee. A doctor appointment this week turned into a blood draw and a fast exit, no doctor, no PA, just a vial of blood and a MyChart message telling him to book routine imaging. The labs came back clean on the two numbers that were off, so the vitamin B and D adjustment seems to be working, which may explain the drive-by visit.Then comes the part he can't stop talking about. Scrolling Netflix, a 15-second preview for a Chinese series called The Early Spring started playing, and the theme song froze him in place. It's called "Her," by Liu Yuning, and Mike refuses to skip the intro on any episode. He doesn't understand a word of the lyrics, but the guitar work has lived in his head for days. He also confesses a lifelong habit of inventing his own nonsense lyrics to whatever song is stuck up there. Plus: rain scrapping the mowing plan, a hot turkey sandwich craving split with Mom, Michigan sneaking back to number 19 after the Oklahoma game, the Josh wine that sat forgotten in the back of his car instead of landing on Josh's desk, a plan to bring the caretaker over more often, and an update on the search to replace Nelson on tech duty.Key Takeaways● A brutal sore throat turned into a week-long cold, and white tea with spearmint and honey is the only thing that helped.● Paul's test results came back as a triple bypass, driven largely by family history rather than lifestyle.● A routine doctor visit for Mom ended with only a blood draw and no conversation, though the labs showed the med changes worked.● The Chinese Netflix series The Early Spring has a theme song, "Her" by Liu Yuning, good enough that Mike never skips the intro.● Expanding the caretaker's schedule beyond one shower a week is on the table to ease the daily load.● The search for a part-time tech helper to replace Nelson is back on, starting with old replies from the original ad.Timestamps00:00 - A voice that won't work and a week of being sick01:54 - Paul's test results, a triple bypass, and family history03:20 - The poop and pee reality, plus a doctor visit with no doctor05:59 - The Early Spring, the song "Her," and Liu Yuning08:24 - Hot turkey sandwich weather, Michigan football, and the Josh wine still in the car13:47 - Made-up lyrics, the search to replace Nelson, and signing offConnect● Website: https://www.gomando.com● Host: MikeHashtags#GoManDo #PodcastLife #TravelPrep #LifeUpdates #EntrepreneurLife #TheEarlySpring #LiuYuning #Caregiving #HeartSurgery #MichiganFootball

Mike opens solo with something heavier than a recipe. His brother-in-law, the kind of guy Mike says you would wish was your own brother, went in for the same heart calcium CT scan Mike had a few weeks back. Mike's came back low risk, a relief he admits he did not expect. His brother-in-law's came back high, and now there is a follow-up procedure on the calendar, possibly a stent, possibly bypass. No symptoms, no warning signs, no extra weight. Just a result. Mike asks listeners to keep him in their thoughts on Wednesday, then widens it out: the neighbor across the street who just had triple bypass, the old coworker who actually coined the phrase "go man do" and had bypass a couple months ago, and the friends Mike knows who will not go to the doctor at all. His message is blunt. Go anyway.From there the show loosens up over green tea, white tea, two spearmint leaves off the deck plant, and a squirt of honey. Michigan survives on a timekeeper's extra second, which Mike cheerfully admits robbed Western Michigan. Former NFL players are trying to circle back to college ball to get their NIL money flowing again, and Mike has no patience for it: the portal, the unregulated money, the big programs getting bigger while everyone else shrinks. He is not an NBA guy, says so plainly, and moves on. Then come the online betting commercials, now fronted by Matthew Broderick, which Mike takes as a personal insult to his evening. Plus a small, perfect bit of office comedy: a bottle of Josh wine bought for Josh, his Amish coworker, to sit on his desk.The back half is the title track. After a $25.15 fish dinner at the drive-thru and a doctor's suggestion about going on Ozempic, Mike made a call: fast food is done. He is cooking at home instead, hot meals for himself and his mom, with the occasional order from Bob Evans or one of the family restaurants down the main drag that have been there a hundred years. He has also become, by his own declaration, the master of the reverse sear. No timer, just look and feel. Photos of the filet and a month of other meals are coming. He closes with an honest bit of podcast bookkeeping: a recent video post landed with almost no response while the one about finding Nelson pulled a ton, and he is trying to figure out what changed.Key Takeaways● A clean bill of health is not a guarantee for anyone else: Mike's brother-in-law is slim, active, and symptom-free, and still scored high on his heart calcium scan.● Go get the test done. Mike never misses an appointment, and he knows plenty of guys who avoid the doctor entirely.● Former NFL players trying to return to college for NIL money is, in Mike's view, a bad idea in an already unregulated mess.● Online sports betting ads keep escalating, and seeing recognizable actors front them does not sit well with Mike.● A $25.15 drive-thru fish dinner was the last straw. Cooking at home is cheaper, better, and Mike genuinely loves it. Dishes are the only downside.● The reverse sear is officially mastered: no timer needed, just look and feel.Timestamps00:00 The brother-in-law, the calcium scan, and a high score nobody saw coming03:02 Triple bypass across the street, the guy who coined "go man do," and why Mike never skips a test06:13 Michigan's extra second, NFL castoffs chasing NIL money, and portal chaos10:06 Online betting commercials, Matthew Broderick, and a bottle of Josh for Josh12:08 Done with fast food: cooking for Mom, Bob Evans, and mastering the reverse sear14:27 Why the last video post flopped and what the show looks like going forward

Mike flies solo this week with a notebook full of loose ends. The big one first: he's been pushing himself out of the series novels he usually burns through and into nonfiction, and it's actually taking. Bad Blood and the Theranos saga hooked him, Elizabeth Holmes struck him as one strange bird in every interview he could find, and from there he worked through Wave Walker and a second escape memoir about a girl raised in an Idaho family that didn't believe in the outside world and wouldn't let her get an education. His method is unglamorous: Google lists of great nonfiction, write down titles, go to the library. Then discover the nonfiction section isn't alphabetical, it's numbered, so you look up the book at a terminal, get the number, and go hunt it down in the stacks. A whole new skill at this stage of the game. Latest finish: Blood Work, an ex-SEAL's eight very basic life lessons, make your bed, don't walk away from something that went sideways, work through it. Next on the wish list: a 9/11 book, maybe Enron, maybe some courtroom drama, as long as it's true.

Then there's the squirrel. Mike's deck cushions have been chewed to ribbons for a while with no suspect, until he walked through the kitchen, glanced out the window, and caught a squirrel sitting on top of one of the chairs mid-crime. The neighborhood black squirrel is a known troublemaker, a pro, and the case got weirder when Mike stepped out to grab a spearmint leaf for his tea and found a piece of concrete sitting dead center on the deck, all by its lonesome, like it had been placed there. He's putting it back out. Let the little guy have it.

The rest is life admin and gear research. The name change is finally rounding third: license came fast, passport took forever, the passport card showed up in its own envelope, and all the original paperwork came back separately, which cleared the way for the credit union, the bank, and an American Express upload. The insurance guy caught a coverage change he'd forgotten to make and is prorating it back. The caretaker is working out great. On the kitchen front, the coating on Mike's 8 inch All-Clad is coming undone, so he's eyeing a Misen black carbon pan, carbon all the way through, no coating to fail, while an All-Clad ceramic pan sits on the counter making him a little leery. And after going down the GLP-1 rabbit hole comparing everything against Ozempic, hoping for a pill instead of a shot, he's calling it: too much noise, too many ads, just start the Ozempic and see what happens.

Key Takeaways

● Nonfiction is the new lane: Bad Blood, Wave Walker, an Idaho escape memoir, and Blood Work, with 9/11 and Enron style true stories next on the list.

● Library nonfiction is numbered, not alphabetical, which means a terminal lookup and a hunt through the stacks every visit.

● The deck cushion mystery is solved: a black squirrel caught in the act, plus a piece of concrete left sitting in the middle of the deck.

● The name change is nearly done, with license, passport, passport card, bank, credit union, and Amex all handled, and utilities and phones left to go.

Timestamps

00:00 Going nonfiction: Bad Blood, escape memoirs, and learning the library's number system

02:57 The squirrel on the deck and the mystery piece of concrete

04:25 Passport, license, bank, and the end of the name change list

07:24 A caretaker who works out and an All-Clad coating that doesn't

10:04 The GLP-1 rabbit hole and just starting the Ozempic

11:30 Swamped at work, the assistant video, and a couple things saved for next week

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Mike is flying solo again, and this week's episode is a running to-do list turned confessional. It opens with the update everyone was waiting for: Mom, at 94, is back to eating and sleeping like herself. After a stretch of not feeling right, a full workup, blood work, belly imaging, and urine tests, came back clean. The doctor's verdict was simple: this is old age, nothing more. A small tweak to her meds, one extra fiber capsule, less Imodium, and she's in good spirits again.From there it's the grind of adult logistics. Mike finally cracks the passport puzzle after a city hall appointment that helped almost nothing, tracking down the correct renewal form for a name change directly through the U.S. Department of State and mailing off the whole packet with a hand from a helpful post office clerk. The driver's license name change is the last domino, and once it lands in the mail, the banks can finish updating everything. He also vents about the political ads that were supposed to stop after the election and didn't, plus a quick verdict on his Stanley versus Yeti cup showdown: they're basically the same.The back half turns forward-looking. Mike unboxes his new Osmo Pocket 3 Creator Combo, minus the memory card it really should have included, and lays out the plan to start filming lifestyle videos to weave into the podcast. But the real headline is Nelson: he's gone, and Mike needs a new local IT and social media hand. His strategy, drawn from the flood of responses he got using a photo of his mom when hiring her caretaker, is to skip the plain text post and make a short video instead.Key Takeaways● Mom's health scare turned out to be old age; her workup came back clean and a small med adjustment has her eating and sleeping normally again.● For a passport renewal with a name change, the correct form comes straight from the U.S. Department of State, not a city hall appointment.● Political ads don't fully stop after an election; governor and other undecided races keep them running on a loop.● Mike's take on Stanley versus Yeti: nearly identical, with no meaningful difference in heat retention.● The Osmo Pocket 3 Creator Combo shipped without a memory card, and it needs a specific card, not just any one.● A photo-driven post massively outperforms a plain one; Mike plans to make a video to find his next local IT and social media helper.Timestamps00:00 - Mom's doctor visit: clean results and a med adjustment at 9402:04 - Cracking the passport and driver's license name change05:07 - Why the political ads still won't stop06:56 - Stanley vs Yeti and unboxing the Osmo Pocket 311:38 - Nelson is gone and the hunt for a new IT person14:31 - Recapping the to-do list and signing off soloConnect● Website: https://www.gomando.com● Host: Mike#GoManDo #PodcastLife #TravelPrep #LifeUpdates #EntrepreneurLife #SoloEpisode #PassportRenewal #OsmoPocket3 #LifeUpdates #Caretaking

Mike and Nelson sit down for one final show together, and it's a bittersweet one. After a couple of months of building the podcast side by side, Nelson is stepping away for a big opportunity he can't pass up, leaving Mike to fly solo until he finds the right person to help him keep the thing running. There's genuine warmth here: Nelson admits the show inspired him to push himself, and Mike is quick to say the last few months have been a blast.Between the goodbyes, it's a full life update. Mike walks through the results of his CT coronary calcium scoring test, the one he'd been quietly dreading, and the relief when it came back low risk in about half an hour. That leads into the daily reality of caring for his 94-year-old mom: vitamin D and B deficiencies, the incontinence pills that keep needing adjusting, and the terrifying lesson that urinary tract infections can trigger psychotic episodes in the elderly. Mike lays out his plan to sidestep what he calls the medical industrial complex by pairing a future overseas trip with cash-pay hospital visits, and the two riff on Ozempic, GLP-1 marketing creeping onto tortilla bags, and why he refuses to chase the rabbit down the hole.The back half gets practical and funny. Mike shares how a single Facebook post with a photo pulled over a hundred responses in his search for a new caretaker, and how the very first woman to reach out, Mary, turned out to be the one he hired. He closes with a fast food reckoning: a $25.15 Culver's fish order that pushed him toward giving up drive-thrus for the family diners around Monroe, a bag of his mom's groceries left behind in the Meijer self-checkout carousel, and the strange new normal of summer storms that don't just rain but rage.Key Takeaways● Mike's CT coronary calcium scoring test came back low risk, a major relief for an almost 70-year-old who'd been nervous about it.● Urinary tract infections can cause frightening psychotic episodes in elderly people, a side effect worth watching when incontinence medication doses get boosted.● Mike wants to dodge the medical industrial complex by combining a future trip to Asia with cash-pay hospital care from English-speaking, American-trained doctors.● A single Facebook post with a photo drew over a hundred responses, and the first person to reply, Mary, became his new caretaker.● A $25.15 Culver's fish order became the tipping point for Mike to quit fast food and support local family restaurants instead.● Nelson signs off for the last time, with the door left open and no hard feelings.Timestamps00:00 Nelson's last day and the end of an era02:04 The CT calcium test and a low-risk result05:38 Mom's incontinence pills, UTIs, and psychotic episodes11:24 Dodging the medical rabbit hole with overseas cash-pay care15:19 The social security card fix and planning a fall Hungary trip18:33 A hundred responses and hiring Mary the caretaker27:34 Learning the board, fish Fridays, and a $25.15 Culver's shock36:02 The forgotten Meijer bag and this summer's violent stormsConnect● Website: https://www.gomando.com● Host: Mike● Co-host: NelsonHashtags#GoManDo #PodcastLife #TravelPrep #LifeUpdates #EntrepreneurLife #Caregiving #HeartHealth #SlowTravel #Hungary #Monroe

Mike and Nelson are back for another easy, roundabout conversation that starts with the small logistics of caring for Mike's mom and ends somewhere on a beach with a coconut tree. First up: the ongoing CVS pharmacy app saga, where Mike can log in on his laptop but keeps getting stopped on his phone, a common enough complaint that it might just be the app itself. The good news is the bigger system is finally clicking. When his mom runs low on a prescription, Mike calls the doctor, the refill gets sent over, and one more piece of the daily worry falls away.From there the guys get into the stuff that eats everyone's budget lately: groceries. Six items for thirty-seven bucks will do that to a person. Nelson talks through buying in bulk, cooking big batches like Mike's ground pork Picadillo that stretches into four or five dinners, and eyeing a Costco membership plus a used standing freezer. Mike floats his next kitchen project, a meat slicer so he can roast a pork loin and keep his sandwich-obsessed mom in fresh lunch meat without the sodium bomb of store-bought.Then comes the heart of the episode: Facebook Marketplace, part two. Mike finally figured out the radius map, sold his mower for fifty bucks to a young woman in a car far too small for it, and workshopped with Nelson how to write a listing that saves you the headache of a hundred "is this still available?" messages. That rolls straight into a bigger, more stressful search after Mike's caretaker bailed on a prepaid Indiana trip. A single community post left him inundated with responses, and now he is sorting the individuals from the big care companies, because for showers and overnight access to the house, he wants one person he trusts, not a rotating cast.Key Takeaways● A caregiving system finally clicking looks small from the outside: knowing who to call for a refill so you can stop worrying about it.● Cooking in big batches, ground pork Picadillo, pork loin roasts, buying in bulk, is Mike and Nelson's answer to grocery sticker shock.● A good Marketplace listing does the work up front: "first come first serve," a general location instead of your full address, and a note when you have enough responses.● Guard your personal info online. Nelson's rule: the older you get, the less of yourself you want out there in public.● When hiring a caretaker, favor a single trusted individual over a corporate agency that sends a different person every week.● "Slow travel" means picking one region, staying weeks at a time, and even negotiating a monthly hotel rate instead of gambling on Airbnb photos.Timestamps00:00 The CVS pharmacy app fight and getting the prescription system down02:04 Nelson's new work-from-home editing job and the aging car dilemma03:45 Grocery sticker shock, batch cooking, and Picadillo two ways04:53 The meat slicer plan and mom, queen of the sandwich08:13 Marketplace strikes again: selling the mower for fifty bucks13:32 The caretaker bails and the flood of responses to a community ad18:47 How to shut off the messages without burning the post22:03 Weeds taking over the garden and dreaming of a beach somewhere24:20 Slow travel, Da Nang, and living in a hotel for 90 days30:57 The upcoming heart scan, name change paperwork, and signing offConnect● Website: https://www.gomando.com● Hosts: Mike and Nelson#GoManDo #PodcastLife #TravelPrep #LifeUpdates #EntrepreneurLife #FacebookMarketplace #SlowTravel #DaNang #Caregiving #BatchCooking

Mike and Nelson are back, and this week the theme is chaos. Nelson kicks things off with a bald tire that blew out and cost him three hundred bucks for two replacements, plus install and alignment, the kind of ordeal that pushes real work to the back burner. He's also winding down his time on the show, with another full-time gig on the horizon, which means the production company wants Mike to buy a DJI camera with a gimbal and start filming everything himself. Mike's take is honest: if he has to learn all this stuff on his own, it ain't happening, so the hunt is on for someone to fill Nelson's shoes.From there Mike walks through what he calls the rabbit hole deepening. There's a CT coronary calcium scoring test scheduled for Friday morning, no caffeine or chocolate for 24 hours beforehand. There's the doctor pushing Ozempic ten minutes into an appointment, which Mike is skipping in favor of cutting the snacking and leaning on fruit instead. There's the low B12 and vitamin D, the ten-day injection schedule that makes no sense for a guy who travels for work, and the nagging suspicion that some of this is about billing him ten separate times. Add work stress from a short-staffed office drowning in paperwork, and Mike is quick to point out this is not how he pictured turning 70.The back half lightens up. Mike recounts the marathon of getting a court-ordered name change processed, a saga that sent him from the Social Security office to a creepy Wayne County courthouse basement for a single official seal, eleven dollars and one armed guard later. Nelson floats a movie recommendation, Christopher Nolan's three-hour retelling of The Odyssey on 70 millimeter, which he swears is worth the drive to a proper theater. They close on tea versus coffee, a rediscovered backup Braun shaver, deck cushions mysteriously eaten by wildlife, a batch of homemade picadillo, and a very white Dixie Chicks singalong.Key Takeaways● A bald tire blowout cost Nelson around $300 for two replacements with install and alignment, a reminder that car trouble never comes cheap or convenient.● Mike is passing on Ozempic and the ten-day B12 injection plan, choosing to cut snacking and add fruit while staying skeptical of medical upselling.● A court-ordered name change means starting at Social Security first, then chasing down a Wayne County seal before the driver's license and passport can follow.● No updated passport means no travel plans, so getting the paperwork finished is Mike's top priority.● Nelson recommends Christopher Nolan's three-hour take on The Odyssey, best seen on a big screen in 70 millimeter.● Tea delivers a slower, more sustainable lift than coffee, which spikes and crashes, a difference both guys feel more as they get older.Timestamps00:00 A blown tire, a $300 bill, and a chaotic week02:30 Nelson's exit and the DJI camera the company wants Mike to buy05:22 The Friday calcium scoring test and no caffeine rules07:23 The rabbit hole deepens: Ozempic, B12, and vitamin D11:47 Work stress and a short-staffed office buried in paperwork13:30 The name change saga and the trip to downtown Detroit19:20 Tea versus coffee and the rediscovered backup shaver23:01 "Don't chase the rabbit" and Nolan's Odyssey on 70mm26:53 Eaten deck cushions, homemade picadillo, and signing offConnect● Website: https://www.gomando.com● Hosts: Mike and Nelson#GoManDo #PodcastLife #TravelPrep #LifeUpdates #EntrepreneurLife #TheOdyssey #ChristopherNolan #RabbitHole #LifeUpdates #Picadillo

Mike walks into his first appointment with a brand new doctor and walks out with a prescription pitch he didn't ask for. Ten minutes in, the guy is already pushing Ozempic. Between a high A1C, a beer gut, and a stack of blood pressure meds, the doctor sees a quick fix. Mike sees a rabbit hole. He and Nelson dig into the GLP-1 conversation: the miracle weight loss stories playing out on local news, the lack of long-term research, the weight that comes roaring back when people quit, and the nagging feeling that a plan to spend winters somewhere without the American diet might solve the problem on its own. The takeaway both guys land on: get a second opinion before jumping in.From there the show slides into modern life's other quiet addiction. Mike is deep in the doom scroll, ambushed by the same clips on loop: the "I Need A Hero" videos, the find-all-nine-ducks brain teasers, moto girl, the beautiful girl in the water chair, and the two British guys road-tripping America. Nelson deleted his apps three days ago and explains the algorithm doing the driving. They swap the usual addict logic ("I'm different, it doesn't hit me as hard") and admit nobody really is.Underneath it all is a bigger shift. Nelson is starting a new gig in early August, which means he's parting ways with the show. The guys map out the runway: three more episodes, a plan to reply to the folks who answered Mike's old ad, and a writeup of Nelson's technical role so the next co-host knows what they're stepping into. Plus tea talk, a honey supply scare, a $50 Craftsman lawnmower for sale, a CVS app setup, and a heads up about the closed beach at Sterling State Park before Nelson's day trip.Key Takeaways● A new doctor pushing Ozempic in the first ten minutes is reason enough to slow down and seek a second opinion before committing.● GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic lack long-term research, and the weight often returns, sometimes worse, once people stop taking them.● Mike is prioritizing a CT coronary calcium scoring test to check his heart before making any medication decisions.● The doom scroll is engineered: the algorithm rewards how long you linger, not whether you actually enjoy what you're watching.● Second opinions can save your health and your money, as Nelson learned when a $4,000 dental quote turned into a $500 fix elsewhere.● After a strong run, Nelson is leaving the show in early August for a new gig, with three episodes left and a plan to find the next co-host.Timestamps00:00 Tea talk, the honey supply scare, and catching up on the weekend02:40 A new doctor, a new pharmacy, and the medical rabbit hole05:00 High A1C and the Ozempic pitch ten minutes in08:00 The CT coronary calcium test Mike actually wants to do11:30 How to get a second opinion and Nelson's $500 dental save14:00 Doom scrolling, "I Need A Hero," and the nine ducks19:20 Nelson's new gig and parting ways with the show21:50 Selling the old gas lawnmower and going all electric24:00 Day trips, closed beaches, and swimming holes called the pitConnect● Website: https://www.gomando.com● Hosts: Mike, Nelson#GoManDo #PodcastLife #TravelPrep #LifeUpdates #EntrepreneurLife #Ozempic #DoomScrolling #SecondOpinion #PodcastLife

Mike's desk looks like a small appliance showroom this week, and there's a reason. He walks Nelson through the full arc of his shaving life, from clean-cut razor guy during his nine-to-five years, to the once-a-week touch-up crowd, to a rotating cast of trimmers and clippers, and finally to his newest purchase: the top-rated Braun Series 8. He read the reviews, discovered the 8 outperforms the pricier 9 for a fraction of the cost, and threw in replacement shaver heads and a mystery box that turned out to be cleaning cartridges. The goal? Tame an upper lip that's coming in gray, white, and faster than the rest.From there the guys drift into Mike's other obsession: library thrillers. He explains his research system through fantasticfiction.com, how the site surfaces similar authors and preview pages, and the strange moment he was convinced he'd already read a Don Bentley book he'd only previewed. He recounts the unforgettable scene of a hero biting a man to death while handcuffed with a broken ankle, the kind of far-fetched detail Nelson says he'll never forget either.Then comes the real news. Nelson has landed a substantial video editing gig that could stretch for months, which means he may need to step back from GoManDo. The two talk it through honestly: how Nelson doesn't want to leave Mike hanging, the plan to make Mike self-sufficient on the board and the Opus clip workflow, and Mike's search for a local editor to help with shorts and reels. Plus Mike's fully electric yard, an EGO mower that mulches like a champ, and a heat wave bearing down on the barbershop.Key Takeaways● The Braun Series 8 beat the Series 9 in reviews at roughly $150 versus nearly $400, proving the pricier model isn't always the smarter buy.● Electric shaver heads wear out and should be replaced around the one-year mark for a clean result.● fantasticfiction.com is Mike's go-to for researching authors, series order, and finding similar books, though preview pages can trick you into thinking you've read a title.● Libraries often mark the first book in a series on the spine, making it easy to start at book one.● Nelson's new editing contract may pull him away from GoManDo, so the show is planning a transition and looking for a local editor.● Mike has gone fully electric on his yard gear, and the new EGO mower mulches finer than his old gas Craftsman.Timestamps00:00 - The shaving evolution, from clean-cut razor guy to a desk full of trimmers02:56 - Choosing the Braun Series 8 over the Series 9 and reading the reviews04:56 - The mystery box: cleaning cartridges and the refill system explained09:12 - Library thrillers, fantasticfiction.com, and the preview page déjà vu14:15 - Nelson's new editing gig and what it means for GoManDo20:17 - Planning the transition, an all-electric yard, and a heat wave incomingConnect● Website: https://www.gomando.com● Hosts: Mike and NelsonHashtags#GoManDo #PodcastLife #TravelPrep #LifeUpdates #EntrepreneurLife #Shaving #BraunSeries8 #LibraryBooks #DonBentley #PodcastUpdate #ElectricYard

Mike and Nelson finally reconnect after a wicked storm knocked out power at Mike's place for three straight days. The Fourth of July weekend blast that nobody saw coming, not even the meteorologists with their whole staff, blew shingles clean off the roof, dropped an estimated 400,000 people into darkness across Michigan, and forced Mike to trash the entire contents of two fridges and two freezers, fresh lunch meat, cheese, rosa marina soup and all. He climbed up to patch the roof with salvaged shingles and reclaimed nails, only to confirm what he already suspected: the whole thing needs replacing before the snow flies.From there the guys roam through real life at its most relatable. Nelson recounts sweating through a 90-degree barbershop after the AC gave out during a heat wave, right in the middle of a Fourth of July kickoff bash with beer pong and party music. Mike shares his crash course in Facebook Marketplace, from mispricing a bed frame at forty bucks to fielding fifty conversations and a would-be buyer who blamed the cops for standing him up, before finally just giving the thing away for free. There is garden talk too, sunflowers popping, tomatoes ripening, and the sobering discovery that those tomato hornworms turn into moths, not butterflies.The conversation gets weightier with a look at Cuba's total power collapse and the question of who really holds the country hostage, before circling back to a local outbreak of cyclosporiasis and its, shall we say, explosive symptoms. Mike playfully pins the blame on Nelson, the resident Monroe man, and the two swap produce-washing tips before wrapping on episode 27, fittingly Mike's favorite number.Key Takeaways● A sudden Fourth of July weekend storm left roughly 400,000 Michiganders without power and cost Mike two fridges and two freezers of food.● Salvaged shingles and reclaimed nails bought a temporary roof fix, but a full replacement is now on the list before winter.● Facebook Marketplace is a minefield: price it right, lock down your location radius, and expect buyers to flake.● Tomato hornworms grow up to be moths, not the butterflies Mike originally believed.● Cuba's power grid has collapsed island-wide, and the guys dig into why a select few in power block real change.● A local cyclosporiasis outbreak is spreading, so wash your produce well and skip the unwashed lettuce and spring onions.Timestamps00:00 The storm that came out of nowhere and killed the power02:00 Roof damage, salvaged shingles, and a repair job that revealed bigger problems05:34 Nelson's Fourth of July barbershop bash and a dead AC in a heat wave08:30 The Facebook Marketplace saga: a bed frame, fifty messages, and a free giveaway12:40 Cuba's island-wide blackout and who really holds the power17:04 Putin, the war, and going down a rabbit hole18:02 Garden update: sunflowers, tomatoes, and worms that become moths20:42 Cyclosporiasis hits Monroe County, and Mike blames Nelson24:04 Wrapping up on episode 27, Mike's favorite numberConnect● Website: https://www.gomando.com● Hosts: Mike and Nelson#GoManDo #PodcastLife #TravelPrep #LifeUpdates #EntrepreneurLife #TheStorm #PowerOutage #RoofRepair #FacebookMarketplace #GardenLife #Cuba #MonroeCounty