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#3691: Mexican Egg Salad

Mike O'Meara, Robb Spewak, Josh Sroka

August 10, 2026 · 1 hr 22 min

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Mike goes bargain hunting at the dentist, where a mouth pressure washer, a strip-mall mega-office, and the sudden invention of a Mexican egg salad sandwich all somehow belong in the same conversation. The O’Meara garage gets a ruthless purge, but Robb mounts a spirited defense of a $600 Christmas tree and briefly dreams of turning the place into a golf simulator. The TMOS auction returns with dinner with Robb, a Beatles hoodie, a Hank Aaron ball, and enough administrative confusion to qualify as a government program. Spewak’s 50-year-old grandfather clock survives decades of neglect, gets an EKG from a horologist, and books its next appointment for 2028. Plus, the guys count the absurd millions earned by top podcasters, learn the casino value of knowing when to walk away, and close with bluegrass prodigies and a wicked deep dive into Boston vocabulary.

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[SPEAKER_05]: This episode of the Michael Meracial is brought to you by the T.M.O.S.

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[SPEAKER_05]: Now, on with the show, this is James Gardner.

[SPEAKER_06]: Next on the Rockford Files.

[SPEAKER_06]: Michael Merra, radio entertainment.

[SPEAKER_06]: You can listen to the Michael Mero Show at tmosponcast.com or anywhere find podcasts or fun.

[SPEAKER_06]: Welcome to our show.

[SPEAKER_06]: We're going to start with the right.

[SPEAKER_01]: It's got to be fucking look for my phone.

[SPEAKER_06]: There's plenty for everyone.

[SPEAKER_06]: It's the Michael Mero Show with Michael Mero.

[SPEAKER_06]: Bye!

[SPEAKER_06]: Josh Rokan!

[SPEAKER_06]: And Rob Speedway.

[SPEAKER_01]: Oh, Rob!

[SPEAKER_06]: It's only the beginning.

[SPEAKER_06]: And now, here's Mike.

[SPEAKER_01]: What?

[SPEAKER_05]: Nothing.

[SPEAKER_05]: Josh knows that, like, with the 30 seconds leading up to what I, my mind starts to race.

[SPEAKER_05]: I mean, you know, you could be editing.

[SPEAKER_05]: Let me just ask this question.

[SPEAKER_05]: Oh, no.

[SPEAKER_05]: Is there an over under from Soroka on how long I keep it in my pants?

[SPEAKER_05]: About about this week?

[SPEAKER_01]: How about this?

[SPEAKER_01]: I think you keep to the original.

[SPEAKER_05]: That thought didn't pop into my head until 10 seconds before I was coming on.

[SPEAKER_05]: We had our little meeting in every day.

[SPEAKER_03]: Two things is that first off, we've shortened that pre-rolled of 30 seconds to give you less time to do stuff like this.

[SPEAKER_03]: That's what I'm gonna think.

[SPEAKER_03]: But also, I firmly believe you will make it until the appropriate time that we arrange.

[SPEAKER_04]: I guarantee it.

[SPEAKER_04]: That we will change the appropriate time to be sooner.

[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, that's that's probably what's going to happen.

[SPEAKER_03]: No, I disagree.

[SPEAKER_04]: I disagree.

[SPEAKER_04]: The appropriate time is a month from now.

[SPEAKER_04]: That's way too long from now.

[SPEAKER_03]: Oh, it's less than a month.

[SPEAKER_03]: It's much less than a month.

[SPEAKER_03]: It's like three and a half weeks.

[SPEAKER_05]: I went to the dentist today.

[SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[SPEAKER_03]: Do you miss, is it Rhina?

[SPEAKER_03]: Was your old lady?

[SPEAKER_05]: Brina.

[SPEAKER_05]: Why N.A.

[SPEAKER_05]: the lady of the hooks?

[SPEAKER_05]: No one hooked the teeth like a brina.

[SPEAKER_05]: They're all more delicate now and it's not quite as fun.

[SPEAKER_05]: I liked it when they cause like dumb damage when they would be doing their digging.

[SPEAKER_03]: You like when they go in overhanded.

[SPEAKER_05]: So I went to a new dentist today.

[SPEAKER_05]: This episode of the Michael Meracial is brought to you by the T.M.O.S. [SPEAKER_05]: Amazon Portal. [SPEAKER_05]: Remember to click the Amazon link at T.M.O.S. [SPEAKER_05]: podcast.com before you shop. [SPEAKER_05]: It's that easy. [SPEAKER_05]: Thank you. [SPEAKER_05]: Now, on with the show, this is James Gardner. [SPEAKER_06]: Next on the Rockford Files. [SPEAKER_06]: Michael Merra, radio entertainment. [SPEAKER_06]: You can listen to the Michael Mero Show at tmosponcast.com or anywhere find podcasts or fun. [SPEAKER_06]: Welcome to our show. [SPEAKER_06]: We're going to start with the right. [SPEAKER_01]: It's got to be fucking look for my phone. [SPEAKER_06]: There's plenty for everyone. [SPEAKER_06]: It's the Michael Mero Show with Michael Mero. [SPEAKER_06]: Bye! [SPEAKER_06]: Josh Rokan! [SPEAKER_06]: And Rob Speedway. [SPEAKER_01]: Oh, Rob! [SPEAKER_06]: It's only the beginning. [SPEAKER_06]: And now, here's Mike. [SPEAKER_01]: What? [SPEAKER_05]: Nothing. [SPEAKER_05]: Josh knows that, like, with the 30 seconds leading up to what I, my mind starts to race. [SPEAKER_05]: I mean, you know, you could be editing. [SPEAKER_05]: Let me just ask this question. [SPEAKER_05]: Oh, no. [SPEAKER_05]: Is there an over under from Soroka on how long I keep it in my pants? [SPEAKER_05]: About about this week? [SPEAKER_01]: How about this? [SPEAKER_01]: How about this? [SPEAKER_01]: I think you keep to the original. [SPEAKER_05]: That thought didn't pop into my head until 10 seconds before I was coming on. [SPEAKER_05]: We had our little meeting in every day. [SPEAKER_03]: Two things is that first off, we've shortened that pre-rolled of 30 seconds to give you less time to do stuff like this. [SPEAKER_03]: That's what I'm gonna think. [SPEAKER_03]: But also, I firmly believe you will make it until the appropriate time that we arrange. [SPEAKER_04]: I guarantee it. [SPEAKER_04]: That we will change the appropriate time to be sooner. [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, that's that's probably what's going to happen. [SPEAKER_03]: No, I disagree. [SPEAKER_04]: I disagree. [SPEAKER_04]: The appropriate time is a month from now. [SPEAKER_04]: That's way too long from now. [SPEAKER_03]: Oh, it's less than a month. [SPEAKER_03]: It's much less than a month. [SPEAKER_03]: It's like three and a half weeks. [SPEAKER_05]: I went to the dentist today. [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_03]: Do you miss, is it Rhina? [SPEAKER_03]: Was your old lady? [SPEAKER_05]: Brina. [SPEAKER_05]: Brina. [SPEAKER_05]: Why N.A. [SPEAKER_05]: the lady of the hooks? [SPEAKER_05]: No one hooked the teeth like a brina. [SPEAKER_05]: They're all more delicate now and it's not quite as fun. [SPEAKER_05]: I liked it when they cause like dumb damage when they would be doing their digging. [SPEAKER_03]: You like when they go in overhanded. [SPEAKER_05]: So I went to a new dentist today. [SPEAKER_05]: A kind of a budget dentist, you know, to, I'm tired of, I'm tired of paying exorbitant fees to dentists down here. [SPEAKER_03]: What, DDS and quotation marks? [SPEAKER_03]: No, it was just, it was, uh, [SPEAKER_05]: I don't, I'm really, I'm trying one of the schools. [SPEAKER_05]: No, no, but I'm going to a place for haircuts. [SPEAKER_05]: No, but I'm going to a place that's cost-effective and my x-ray, my annual x-ray cleaning was a hundred bucks, which I think when you get full x-rays, that's good. [SPEAKER_01]: That's what that's fine, huh? [SPEAKER_05]: But you know, I think that's my image, too. [SPEAKER_03]: But one of the things that you say they're gentle, and I think that as a rule, people's dental care has gotten better. [SPEAKER_03]: And so they probably can be less. [SPEAKER_03]: I think in base to. [SPEAKER_05]: I think there's more technology involved in it. [SPEAKER_05]: And I don't think they need to be as, you know, or as expensive as they are to be. [SPEAKER_04]: Or they cleaned it at the value that you pay for it. [SPEAKER_04]: You can't wait to pay for our toothbrush, get what you pay for. [SPEAKER_05]: We've all had, if we've had any kind of even the most basic dental care, we all know what a tooth cleaning, what a teeth cleaning is. [SPEAKER_05]: Yes. [SPEAKER_05]: And so you can judge that. [SPEAKER_05]: And I don't think I was a short change in any way. [SPEAKER_05]: What the reason to you got me. [SPEAKER_05]: Excellent to your cleaning value. [SPEAKER_05]: I think that they use that that's super hyper jet of water now that it's almost it's almost well, it's not a water pick. [SPEAKER_05]: It's more like a knife that they have. [SPEAKER_05]: I like a power washer for your mouth. [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, man. [SPEAKER_05]: Um, it was, uh, it was definitely a little bit, uh, intense, but, uh, I'm fine. [SPEAKER_05]: I'm fine. [SPEAKER_05]: I'm fine. [SPEAKER_03]: How did you like the bedside mayor? [SPEAKER_03]: I'm sorry. [SPEAKER_03]: Chairside manner. [SPEAKER_05]: It was good. [SPEAKER_05]: It was okay. [SPEAKER_05]: You know, I mean, but it was also, I, I, I am really, really without, be smirching the profession, which requires a lot of skill and training and all that. [SPEAKER_05]: silly, silly expensive. [SPEAKER_05]: Like ridiculously, like insanely expensive. [SPEAKER_04]: And it shouldn't be, you know? [SPEAKER_04]: They want the money that the medical professions get with insurance. [SPEAKER_04]: But then there's no insurance that does well on dental. [SPEAKER_03]: Well, there are, and then there are, I was going to say dealerships. [SPEAKER_03]: There are offices like the one that you used to attend to Mike that have gotten to a point where they charge so much that they're only open two days a month. [SPEAKER_05]: Right. [SPEAKER_05]: Are you? [SPEAKER_03]: No, no. [SPEAKER_03]: It's like three days a week now, but it is hard to get them away. [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_04]: It's because that Dennis now has three offices, so rather than you driving an hour to him, he drives an hour, sees 25 patients. [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_04]: And then go someplace else. [SPEAKER_05]: I look. [SPEAKER_05]: And when it comes to life and death, yeah. [SPEAKER_05]: and cardiac care and oncologists and specialists and neurosurgeons and all the, you know, as far as I'm concerned, making them some of the highest paid people in the society is the right thing to do. [SPEAKER_05]: I believe that there are so many other professions that should be included in that. [SPEAKER_05]: I'm not begrudging dental professionals, there are money. [SPEAKER_05]: I'm begrudging the fact that they are [SPEAKER_05]: uh... not part you know they want the money the doctors get but they don't want to be part of the insurance rules the doctors engage in and i think that's success that's my humble opinion that's the way i look at it you know did you save a lot of money because it's a multi-oscalation it is oh my god i'm not exaggerating when i say it is next to a guanamia [SPEAKER_03]: God, that's perfect. [SPEAKER_03]: You should if that is the case by the beautiful office. [SPEAKER_05]: It's beautiful and and friendly. [SPEAKER_05]: You know what I liked. [SPEAKER_05]: They were great. [SPEAKER_05]: I got there. [SPEAKER_05]: I had an 8 a.m. appointment and they greeted each other by and large, not everybody, but by and large with wonderful. [SPEAKER_05]: Good mornings, hugs, kisses, everything like that. [SPEAKER_05]: It was a friendly vibe that I loved. [SPEAKER_05]: I had some questions about some dental work that I will be getting. [SPEAKER_05]: And it was just it was very friendly. [SPEAKER_05]: And now the only that I gave them four out of five, they said, well, why four? [SPEAKER_05]: I said, because you didn't give me enough information about what I would like to do. [SPEAKER_05]: And the full set of dentures, [SPEAKER_05]: I would like to know, you know, all the details about that, you know, but no, it's just it's going to have to so come on. [SPEAKER_05]: Do you agree that they want the kind of money that doctors are going to get for a big procedure, but they don't want to do the same insurance rules? [SPEAKER_05]: And if you're not going to do that, and by the way, I don't think insurance wants them. [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, you're probably right once the put out for cavities and stuff. [SPEAKER_05]: I think they don't, but I so I think there should be some sort of middle ground because you know, people need to get that for their good health. [SPEAKER_05]: They need to get the dental care. [SPEAKER_03]: Today was your dentist. [SPEAKER_03]: The actual dentist is it a man or a woman dentist? [SPEAKER_05]: Well, if it was a woman, uh, he was, uh, she was wearing a mask. [SPEAKER_03]: Okay. [SPEAKER_05]: And had a deep voice. [SPEAKER_05]: All right. [SPEAKER_05]: And was named Nick. [SPEAKER_03]: Okay. [SPEAKER_03]: Well, then let's just for Dr. Mick. [SPEAKER_05]: And it's like, Elvis's doctor. [SPEAKER_05]: And I'm not exaggerating. [SPEAKER_05]: That's what I mean. [SPEAKER_05]: Simpsons. [SPEAKER_05]: So, yes. [SPEAKER_03]: For the sake of this discussion, let's say it is a man. [SPEAKER_03]: How many hygienist helpers were running around the office for the office was? [SPEAKER_05]: And was he only, was he the only dentist or did he share the space? [SPEAKER_05]: I think there are three dentists there. [SPEAKER_05]: And I think that the number of people there, it was a massively large place. [SPEAKER_05]: That's probably why they charge what they charge. [SPEAKER_05]: They are a very large and [SPEAKER_05]: out for like like Costco and like Costco. [SPEAKER_05]: No, it does not look like a Costco. [SPEAKER_05]: I know you're frame of reference for everything. [SPEAKER_05]: It did not. [SPEAKER_05]: It did not have like free shrimp in the corner. [SPEAKER_03]: Was it like a department store then? [SPEAKER_05]: No, no, it was a repurposed, you know, retail space that seemed like they took half of a strip mall. [SPEAKER_05]: And turned it into dental offices. [SPEAKER_05]: And it was very big. [SPEAKER_05]: And state of the art tech, which was great. [SPEAKER_05]: That's what you want. [SPEAKER_03]: How much of the visit was farmed off to hygienists and helpers and how much time did you actually get percentage wise with the doc? [SPEAKER_03]: Because the guy, like minimal, the Fairfax guy that used to go to, I still go to. [SPEAKER_03]: Unless your teeth are falling out, you get 90 seconds with the doc. [SPEAKER_05]: That's about the same thing and it was, you know, and that was where, you know, the, the info was perhaps a little too rushed in my head. [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, it's far some vague and I didn't like sparse and vague. [SPEAKER_05]: No, you want to vague great radio team though. [SPEAKER_03]: I love them, but they never get to the details of anything. [SPEAKER_05]: No, they never did rap, but I really wanted one, but I had to take my kid down to D-Bat to get his pitching lessons. [SPEAKER_05]: And my recommendation is he throwing a hook right now. [SPEAKER_05]: Oh, is he? [SPEAKER_05]: God is he throwing a curl. [SPEAKER_03]: Yes, for every sense you hit him. [SPEAKER_03]: He's been throwing the ball. [SPEAKER_03]: My recommendation for you is if you go to the Amia and you get street corn, do that before you go to the dentist. [SPEAKER_05]: extra garlic powder please. [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I'm going to have I'll have an extra garlic powder street corn and a box of Oreos. [SPEAKER_05]: No, can I get some street corn with extra garlic powder and I'd also like an egg salad sandwich. [SPEAKER_05]: Oh, you don't have eggs. [SPEAKER_05]: You can make one. [SPEAKER_05]: Make a Mexican egg to egg salad. [SPEAKER_03]: Sam, a Mexican egg salad. [SPEAKER_05]: So it's delicious. [SPEAKER_05]: Well, welcome to the show. [SPEAKER_05]: We are now in