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John Patton Ford

John Patton Ford

American film director and screenwriter

Aug 19, 2026

13:02
I've seen, I've watched you through the years.
13:04
We have class.
13:04
We have a kinda in-house apprenticeship director who handles our guys that are brand new, and um, I went through a night program, and it was a f- it was four days a week, but it was condensed to one year.
13:15
And so regardless, there is some classroom instruction that's needed, and we know that, um, so we kinda carve it into our day that's specific to our company's routine and, and... 'cause, uh, it's normally in the mornings for us.
13:31
Um, course it's only 20 or 30 minutes, 'cause most of these Gen Z-ers, their attention span is about five minutes.

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24:16
Absolutely.
24:16
Or m- m- the, the same as what your dad may have done.
24:19
Um, I think what Brent's saying is if you do have a real, um, specific plan to take, then bachelor's degrees, it makes a lot of sense.
16:41
Yeah,
16:42
your incoming pressure.
16:42
Now, it used to be like most homes are like a few ounces per square inch, so a very, very low-pressure system.
16:51
Well, in two pounds, it doesn't sound like all that much because your water pressure is like anywhere from 50 to 80, sometimes 120 if it's too high.
17:00
But even at two pounds, it's low, but it is natural gas.
17:05
So you're talking about two totally different things.
17:06
But I would tell him... what I would do if it were my house is make it a two pound system and run three quarter inch.
20:53
I will call out the CSST and it needing to be, we say bonded, but it's basically grounded.
3:06
So, Patton, when I flush my toilet, if I'm in the city, where does it go?
3:10
It goes to the city sewer system, and then it can go to a lot of different places.
3:14
Trey probably knows even better than I do.
3:16
A lot of times, before it goes to the city sewer, it'll go to a lift station or some kind of pump, especially if it's in a neighborhood or something like that.
3:27
Pumps are a big thing.
3:28
Even for houses, that's a whole tangent we could talk about is just grinder pumps.
3:33
Grinder pumps, yeah.

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21:22
And one of the things is going to be to remove the garbage disposal because I actually scrape my plates now into my garbage.
25:09
[laughs]
25:09
But I don't know.
25:10
I think I would just say, um, uh, are those calories that are gonna pay off, you know? Are you sure? That would be my question.
25:18
Are you sure you don't wanna take all the calories that you're gonna burn trying to make this lived in world full of cast members who are only gonna be there for three hours just to create this one moment? Are you sure you wanna pour all your time and energy into that when perhaps it's other things that are gonna provide the nutrients that the audience is gonna actually care about? I think that's...
25:39
I'd be a little, a little more conservative in that, in that trade.
25:43
But I don't know.
25:44
I remember, like, after my first movie I was trying to figure out what to make and, um, and I, I don't know, I was, like, watching some documentary about David Bowie or something, and he's got this quote and he's like, he's like, "You...
26:40
What was, what was your process with them?

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