Knott coherent - but ready for motion - Sometimes Vlog 11.30.2022
Knott's Berry...MERRY Farm wandering Sometimes Vlog with JustinScarred
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oh
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oh look at that
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look at that
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look at that this train
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this train
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this train is chugging into the hole they see them
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is chugging into the hole they see them
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is chugging into the hole they see them cover your ears folks
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cover your ears folks
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cover your ears folks folks that is well obviously Don is a
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folks that is well obviously Don is a
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folks that is well obviously Don is a train but do you know what this is
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train but do you know what this is
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train but do you know what this is [Music]
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[Applause]
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[Applause] a vlog that happens sometimes welcome
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a vlog that happens sometimes welcome
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a vlog that happens sometimes welcome back to not Mary Farm everybody I'm here
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back to not Mary Farm everybody I'm here
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back to not Mary Farm everybody I'm here at Knott's Berry Farm in Southern
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at Knott's Berry Farm in Southern
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at Knott's Berry Farm in Southern California Southern California's oldest
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California Southern California's oldest
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California Southern California's oldest and most original theme hard not just to
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and most original theme hard not just to
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and most original theme hard not just to look at a Holiday trains although that
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look at a Holiday trains although that
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look at a Holiday trains although that is obviously a very interesting and
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is obviously a very interesting and
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is obviously a very interesting and wonderful thing to do but I'm here on a
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wonderful thing to do but I'm here on a
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wonderful thing to do but I'm here on a secret Mission inside of Knott's Berry
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secret Mission inside of Knott's Berry
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secret Mission inside of Knott's Berry Farm and actually I haven't realized
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Farm and actually I haven't realized
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Farm and actually I haven't realized this because I haven't been here early
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this because I haven't been here early
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this because I haven't been here early in the day in a long time but if you see
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in the day in a long time but if you see
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in the day in a long time but if you see that fence right there you see that sign
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that fence right there you see that sign
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that fence right there you see that sign they're still doing that thing where you
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they're still doing that thing where you
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they're still doing that thing where you can come into Knott's Mary Farm which is
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can come into Knott's Mary Farm which is
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can come into Knott's Mary Farm which is sort of the Christmas version of Knott's
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sort of the Christmas version of Knott's
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sort of the Christmas version of Knott's Berry Farm where they have all the
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Berry Farm where they have all the
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Berry Farm where they have all the booths set up and all the various crafts
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booths set up and all the various crafts
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booths set up and all the various crafts and all that kind of stuff and you can
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and all that kind of stuff and you can
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and all that kind of stuff and you can get in there during the day without
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get in there during the day without
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get in there during the day without having Theme Park admission if you if
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having Theme Park admission if you if
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having Theme Park admission if you if you do want to come into the theme park
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you do want to come into the theme park
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you do want to come into the theme park or you have a theme park ticket you have
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or you have a theme park ticket you have
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or you have a theme park ticket you have to get this little stamp right here a
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to get this little stamp right here a
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to get this little stamp right here a little Snoopy stamp and I'm here on a
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little Snoopy stamp and I'm here on a
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little Snoopy stamp and I'm here on a very special secret mission the project
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very special secret mission the project
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very special secret mission the project I have been working on for years
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I have been working on for years
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I have been working on for years years and years in Old ghost town with
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years and years in Old ghost town with
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years and years in Old ghost town with the blacksmiths but first look at this
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the blacksmiths but first look at this
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the blacksmiths but first look at this looking at the concrete setup I just
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looking at the concrete setup I just
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looking at the concrete setup I just came and filmed a main randomland video
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came and filmed a main randomland video
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came and filmed a main randomland video down here of all the various not Mary
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down here of all the various not Mary
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down here of all the various not Mary Farm booths I didn't get to everything
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Farm booths I didn't get to everything
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Farm booths I didn't get to everything though so I predict a little more
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though so I predict a little more
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though so I predict a little more Knott's Berry Farm in the future but the
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Knott's Berry Farm in the future but the
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Knott's Berry Farm in the future but the main thrust of what I've been up to is
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main thrust of what I've been up to is
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main thrust of what I've been up to is coming down and working with the
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coming down and working with the
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coming down and working with the blacksmith
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blacksmith
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blacksmith secret secret project a product they
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secret secret project a product they
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secret secret project a product they still can't tell you about not just yet
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still can't tell you about not just yet
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still can't tell you about not just yet but look at this look at the glory of
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but look at this look at the glory of
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but look at this look at the glory of Knott's Berry Farms one of my favorite
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Knott's Berry Farms one of my favorite
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Knott's Berry Farms one of my favorite things in here is the Western Trails
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things in here is the Western Trails
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things in here is the Western Trails Museum not too many people come in to
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Museum not too many people come in to
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Museum not too many people come in to the museum for whatever reason uh these
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the museum for whatever reason uh these
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the museum for whatever reason uh these days it's very quiet in here with all
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days it's very quiet in here with all
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days it's very quiet in here with all the old western guns and things and if
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the old western guns and things and if
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the old western guns and things and if this were out on Route 66 or out in
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this were out on Route 66 or out in
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this were out on Route 66 or out in Texas somewhere or something like that
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Texas somewhere or something like that
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Texas somewhere or something like that this would be a Roadside Attraction all
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this would be a Roadside Attraction all
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this would be a Roadside Attraction all in its own right look at all the
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in its own right look at all the
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in its own right look at all the branding irons and the old fire engine
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branding irons and the old fire engine
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branding irons and the old fire engine the old original cigar store Indian or
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the old original cigar store Indian or
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the old original cigar store Indian or Native American but the phrase is sort
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Native American but the phrase is sort
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Native American but the phrase is sort of cigar store Indian you're sort of
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of cigar store Indian you're sort of
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of cigar store Indian you're sort of stuck with it look at that very
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stuck with it look at that very
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stuck with it look at that very different than the sort of gymberly
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different than the sort of gymberly
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different than the sort of gymberly stylized ones of the 1950s that ended up
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stylized ones of the 1950s that ended up
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stylized ones of the 1950s that ended up in all those western movies and here's
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in all those western movies and here's
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in all those western movies and here's an unfinished one I always thought this
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an unfinished one I always thought this
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an unfinished one I always thought this was interesting there's sort of a half
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was interesting there's sort of a half
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was interesting there's sort of a half carved unfinished one and not just one
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carved unfinished one and not just one
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carved unfinished one and not just one there's actually two of them flanking
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there's actually two of them flanking
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there's actually two of them flanking the entrance to the Western Museum over
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the entrance to the Western Museum over
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the entrance to the Western Museum over here look at that
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here look at that
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here look at that see too many wait wait a minute wait a
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see too many wait wait a minute wait a
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see too many wait wait a minute wait a minute help please
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somebody needs help anyway Knott's Berry
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somebody needs help anyway Knott's Berry Farm is so fascinating I love coming
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Farm is so fascinating I love coming
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Farm is so fascinating I love coming down here and it is super super quiet
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down here and it is super super quiet
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down here and it is super super quiet today compared to the weekend when I was
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today compared to the weekend when I was
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today compared to the weekend when I was here uh filming no it wasn't even the
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here uh filming no it wasn't even the
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here uh filming no it wasn't even the weekend it was the middle of the week
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weekend it was the middle of the week
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weekend it was the middle of the week last week but it was Thanksgiving week
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last week but it was Thanksgiving week
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last week but it was Thanksgiving week it was the day before Thanksgiving when
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it was the day before Thanksgiving when
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it was the day before Thanksgiving when I came to film Knott's Berry Farm and so
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I came to film Knott's Berry Farm and so
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I came to film Knott's Berry Farm and so even in the afternoon it was pretty
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even in the afternoon it was pretty
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even in the afternoon it was pretty packed and pretty crowded right now it's
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packed and pretty crowded right now it's
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packed and pretty crowded right now it's so quiet this is my friend Miss
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so quiet this is my friend Miss
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so quiet this is my friend Miss Doolittle she's got her little shop over
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Doolittle she's got her little shop over
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Doolittle she's got her little shop over here where they make your own slime
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here where they make your own slime
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here where they make your own slime hello Maria how are you Misty little
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hello Maria how are you Misty little
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hello Maria how are you Misty little herself no pie hats this season wait you
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herself no pie hats this season wait you
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herself no pie hats this season wait you have a pie hat over here
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have a pie hat over here
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have a pie hat over here there it is she's the original Creator I
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there it is she's the original Creator I
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there it is she's the original Creator I kept saying that in the video you have a
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kept saying that in the video you have a
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kept saying that in the video you have a pumpkin pie huh but this is the big
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pumpkin pie huh but this is the big
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pumpkin pie huh but this is the big thing now this is the big thing for
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thing now this is the big thing for
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thing now this is the big thing for Christmas make your own slime I'm just
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Christmas make your own slime I'm just
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Christmas make your own slime I'm just coming through I'm working on a secret
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coming through I'm working on a secret
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coming through I'm working on a secret project with the blacksmith so I came
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project with the blacksmith so I came
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project with the blacksmith so I came and talked to the blacksmith and I'm
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and talked to the blacksmith and I'm
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and talked to the blacksmith and I'm just roaming around
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just roaming around
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just roaming around yeah so I'm just I'm just ready no not
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yeah so I'm just I'm just ready no not
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yeah so I'm just I'm just ready no not yet next week next week so I'm this
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yet next week next week so I'm this
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yet next week next week so I'm this close it's a secret but I'm like I'm
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close it's a secret but I'm like I'm
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close it's a secret but I'm like I'm this close I just want to come say hi
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this close I just want to come say hi
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this close I just want to come say hi yes yes everybody knows everybody knows
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yes yes everybody knows everybody knows
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yes yes everybody knows everybody knows about the secret project look at this I
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about the secret project look at this I
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about the secret project look at this I didn't even notice this once the other
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didn't even notice this once the other
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didn't even notice this once the other week because I was so distracted by all
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week because I was so distracted by all
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week because I was so distracted by all the wonderful Knott's Berry Farm Booth
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the wonderful Knott's Berry Farm Booth
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the wonderful Knott's Berry Farm Booth look at look at the decorations in the
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look at look at the decorations in the
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look at look at the decorations in the old Mercantile building by the way this
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old Mercantile building by the way this
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old Mercantile building by the way this building right here sort of the General
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building right here sort of the General
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building right here sort of the General Store of ghost town and if you come
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Store of ghost town and if you come
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Store of ghost town and if you come outside sort of the main entrance is
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outside sort of the main entrance is
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outside sort of the main entrance is here uh nope that's not it that's the
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here uh nope that's not it that's the
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here uh nope that's not it that's the miners outfitting sign wrong sign I
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miners outfitting sign wrong sign I
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miners outfitting sign wrong sign I thought I was walking out of a different
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thought I was walking out of a different
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thought I was walking out of a different doorway the general merchandise store
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doorway the general merchandise store
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doorway the general merchandise store over here this General Store for Ghost
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over here this General Store for Ghost
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over here this General Store for Ghost Town used to be filled with actual stuff
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Town used to be filled with actual stuff
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Town used to be filled with actual stuff from an actual old west era uh General
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from an actual old west era uh General
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from an actual old west era uh General Store from Southern California so they
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Store from Southern California so they
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Store from Southern California so they basically found a boarded up General
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basically found a boarded up General
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basically found a boarded up General Store with all kinds of Old Stock like
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Store with all kinds of Old Stock like
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Store with all kinds of Old Stock like old original stock it's just been sort
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old original stock it's just been sort
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old original stock it's just been sort of abandoned or left over and many of
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of abandoned or left over and many of
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of abandoned or left over and many of those pieces are still in here
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those pieces are still in here
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those pieces are still in here so you can see up on those shelves a lot
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so you can see up on those shelves a lot
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so you can see up on those shelves a lot of the decor in here are actual stock
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of the decor in here are actual stock
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of the decor in here are actual stock from an old General Store but it used to
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from an old General Store but it used to
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from an old General Store but it used to be completely full it used to be
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be completely full it used to be
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be completely full it used to be completely full and when Knott's Berry
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completely full and when Knott's Berry
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completely full and when Knott's Berry Farm started and they built this uh for
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Farm started and they built this uh for
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Farm started and they built this uh for Ghost Town in the 40s and the 50s
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Ghost Town in the 40s and the 50s
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Ghost Town in the 40s and the 50s All That Old Stock was sort of the main
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All That Old Stock was sort of the main
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All That Old Stock was sort of the main attraction so you're coming here and it
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attraction so you're coming here and it
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attraction so you're coming here and it was less about modern merchandise you
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was less about modern merchandise you
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was less about modern merchandise you could buy and I don't know I'm touching
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could buy and I don't know I'm touching
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could buy and I don't know I'm touching the Christmas tree when I say that
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the Christmas tree when I say that
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the Christmas tree when I say that because that's not for sale I don't
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because that's not for sale I don't
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because that's not for sale I don't think it was nice about modern hoodies
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think it was nice about modern hoodies
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think it was nice about modern hoodies and teddy bears and souvenirs and more
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and teddy bears and souvenirs and more
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and teddy bears and souvenirs and more about a historical display but and some
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about a historical display but and some
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about a historical display but and some of that original stock was so old sort
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of that original stock was so old sort
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of that original stock was so old sort of disintegrated just being open to the
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of disintegrated just being open to the
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of disintegrated just being open to the elements here open to the public but one
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elements here open to the public but one
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elements here open to the public but one of the most original things you can find
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of the most original things you can find
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of the most original things you can find in this store which by the way is very
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in this store which by the way is very
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in this store which by the way is very much greatly expanded this this building
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much greatly expanded this this building
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much greatly expanded this this building used to be multiple buildings and as you
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used to be multiple buildings and as you
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used to be multiple buildings and as you can see they kind of built it into one
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can see they kind of built it into one
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can see they kind of built it into one big barn like structure but one of the
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big barn like structure but one of the
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big barn like structure but one of the original pieces you can find in here is
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original pieces you can find in here is
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original pieces you can find in here is the old stove that old stove right there
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the old stove that old stove right there
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the old stove that old stove right there that is an important piece of Knott's
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that is an important piece of Knott's
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that is an important piece of Knott's Berry Farm history not only is that
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Berry Farm history not only is that
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Berry Farm history not only is that original old-timey stove was at the
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original old-timey stove was at the
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original old-timey stove was at the centerpiece of the general store later
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centerpiece of the general store later
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centerpiece of the general store later copied at Disneyland by the Swift Market
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copied at Disneyland by the Swift Market
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copied at Disneyland by the Swift Market house
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house
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house where they had a stove sort of as a
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where they had a stove sort of as a
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where they had a stove sort of as a centerpiece and uh I don't know if it's
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centerpiece and uh I don't know if it's
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centerpiece and uh I don't know if it's still there in Starbucks or not
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still there in Starbucks or not
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still there in Starbucks or not for some reason in my brain I can only
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for some reason in my brain I can only
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for some reason in my brain I can only picture the old 1950s Main Street Swift
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picture the old 1950s Main Street Swift
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picture the old 1950s Main Street Swift Market house I can't picture what's
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Market house I can't picture what's
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Market house I can't picture what's there now that old stove right there was
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there now that old stove right there was
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there now that old stove right there was the centerpiece of an old Knott's Berry
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the centerpiece of an old Knott's Berry
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the centerpiece of an old Knott's Berry Farm film about ghost town it's all
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Farm film about ghost town it's all
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Farm film about ghost town it's all black and white promotional film where
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black and white promotional film where
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black and white promotional film where they basically have this old miner you
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they basically have this old miner you
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they basically have this old miner you come into ghost town and all the
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come into ghost town and all the
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come into ghost town and all the buildings are boarded up and they they
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buildings are boarded up and they they
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buildings are boarded up and they they feel like a tumbleweed going down Main
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feel like a tumbleweed going down Main
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feel like a tumbleweed going down Main Street on the other side here this is
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Street on the other side here this is
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Street on the other side here this is Market Street behind me that at least
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Market Street behind me that at least
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Market Street behind me that at least the General Store's main entrance but um
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the General Store's main entrance but um
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the General Store's main entrance but um basically there's an old timing Miner
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basically there's an old timing Miner
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basically there's an old timing Miner here he's sitting around the stove
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here he's sitting around the stove
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here he's sitting around the stove burning stuff and trying to keep warm
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burning stuff and trying to keep warm
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burning stuff and trying to keep warm and he's talking about the Glory Days of
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and he's talking about the Glory Days of
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and he's talking about the Glory Days of the 49 and the 49ers and it's all filmed
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the 49 and the 49ers and it's all filmed
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the 49 and the 49ers and it's all filmed around not actual stove and it's one of
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around not actual stove and it's one of
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around not actual stove and it's one of the only pieces left as you can see the
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the only pieces left as you can see the
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the only pieces left as you can see the stove pipe still goes to the roof they
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stove pipe still goes to the roof they
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stove pipe still goes to the roof they could still have a little cozy fire in
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could still have a little cozy fire in
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could still have a little cozy fire in that so uh I have never seen them and do
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that so uh I have never seen them and do
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that so uh I have never seen them and do that but I believe they still could
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that but I believe they still could
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that but I believe they still could because it is sorry a working cast iron
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because it is sorry a working cast iron
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because it is sorry a working cast iron stove ah now let's come out onto Main
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stove ah now let's come out onto Main
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stove ah now let's come out onto Main Street over here but anyway Knott's
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Street over here but anyway Knott's
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Street over here but anyway Knott's Berry Farm is full of things like that
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Berry Farm is full of things like that
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Berry Farm is full of things like that full of pieces of history like that that
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full of pieces of history like that that
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full of pieces of history like that that I could just never get over that is the
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I could just never get over that is the
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I could just never get over that is the thing that fascinates me about this
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thing that fascinates me about this
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thing that fascinates me about this place the thing that keeps me coming
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place the thing that keeps me coming
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place the thing that keeps me coming back and back and back is that in the
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back and back and back is that in the
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back and back and back is that in the 40s uh because Ghost Town started around
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40s uh because Ghost Town started around
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40s uh because Ghost Town started around 1940 that's sort of the official date
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1940 that's sort of the official date
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1940 that's sort of the official date that they give
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that they give
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that they give but from 40 41 uh into the 50s Walter
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but from 40 41 uh into the 50s Walter
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but from 40 41 uh into the 50s Walter Knott and his friends that's so so many
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Knott and his friends that's so so many
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Knott and his friends that's so so many little details into ghost town like for
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little details into ghost town like for
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little details into ghost town like for example the jail you ever notice it's
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example the jail you ever notice it's
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example the jail you ever notice it's built out of a billion little flat
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built out of a billion little flat
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built out of a billion little flat boards a little uh flat slats like that
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boards a little uh flat slats like that
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boards a little uh flat slats like that many walks through jails were
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many walks through jails were
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many walks through jails were constructed exactly that way and he had
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constructed exactly that way and he had
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constructed exactly that way and he had a very famous painter very famous now in
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a very famous painter very famous now in
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a very famous painter very famous now in Western circles and Paul Von Cleveland
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Western circles and Paul Von Cleveland
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Western circles and Paul Von Cleveland who was an art director who drew many of
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who was an art director who drew many of
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who was an art director who drew many of these structures so the story you mostly
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these structures so the story you mostly
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these structures so the story you mostly hear is about how they took actual old
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hear is about how they took actual old
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hear is about how they took actual old and goes through buildings hello how's
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and goes through buildings hello how's
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and goes through buildings hello how's it going man
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it going man
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it going man how's it going Benjamin nice to meet you
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how's it going Benjamin nice to meet you
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how's it going Benjamin nice to meet you oh thank you thank you
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oh thank you thank you
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oh thank you thank you for the story mainly here's about how
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for the story mainly here's about how
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for the story mainly here's about how they took old actual Ghost Town
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they took old actual Ghost Town
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they took old actual Ghost Town buildings brought them to Knott's Berry
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buildings brought them to Knott's Berry
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buildings brought them to Knott's Berry Farm and set them up here so a lot of
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Farm and set them up here so a lot of
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Farm and set them up here so a lot of people will say oh they're from Calico
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people will say oh they're from Calico
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people will say oh they're from Calico Ghost Town in the desert which is not
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Ghost Town in the desert which is not
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Ghost Town in the desert which is not true no Calico buildings ever came to
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true no Calico buildings ever came to
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true no Calico buildings ever came to ghost town at Knott's Berry Farm
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ghost town at Knott's Berry Farm
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ghost town at Knott's Berry Farm um but what is true is they would go
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um but what is true is they would go
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um but what is true is they would go find buildings from the period all over
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find buildings from the period all over
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find buildings from the period all over Downey and different places in Los
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Downey and different places in Los
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Downey and different places in Los Angeles or up and down the coast and
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Angeles or up and down the coast and
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Angeles or up and down the coast and they would tear them out let's say like
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they would tear them out let's say like
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they would tear them out let's say like an old school house or just an old
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an old school house or just an old
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an old school house or just an old Warehouse or even old fruit packing
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Warehouse or even old fruit packing
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Warehouse or even old fruit packing plants and things like that they would
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plants and things like that they would
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plants and things like that they would take the wood from that and use that
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take the wood from that and use that
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take the wood from that and use that announcement as a matter of fact they
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announcement as a matter of fact they
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announcement as a matter of fact they even use things like this this is a
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even use things like this this is a
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even use things like this this is a square head nail uh along with that
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square head nail uh along with that
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square head nail uh along with that General Store with all the fines that
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General Store with all the fines that
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General Store with all the fines that they found in the general store and I
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they found in the general store and I
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they found in the general store and I think it was in Southern California to
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think it was in Southern California to
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think it was in Southern California to stock up their General Store here as a
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stock up their General Store here as a
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stock up their General Store here as a historical display they also pulled out
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historical display they also pulled out
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historical display they also pulled out I kind of look for more of them they're
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I kind of look for more of them they're
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I kind of look for more of them they're hard to find now they also found a huge
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hard to find now they also found a huge
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hard to find now they also found a huge stop of original old school
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stop of original old school
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stop of original old school square-headed nails from the 1800s in
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square-headed nails from the 1800s in
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square-headed nails from the 1800s in the early 1900s which they used to
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the early 1900s which they used to
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the early 1900s which they used to construct ghost towns here but anyway
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construct ghost towns here but anyway
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construct ghost towns here but anyway the main point is is that most of the
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the main point is is that most of the
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the main point is is that most of the ghost town buildings were actually drawn
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ghost town buildings were actually drawn
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ghost town buildings were actually drawn beforehand by uh Paul Von Cleveland or
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beforehand by uh Paul Von Cleveland or
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beforehand by uh Paul Von Cleveland or some of the other artists that was not
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some of the other artists that was not
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some of the other artists that was not hired to draw these very like cool
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hired to draw these very like cool
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hired to draw these very like cool sometimes authentic sometimes based on
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sometimes authentic sometimes based on
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sometimes authentic sometimes based on real buildings Ghost Town buildings and
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real buildings Ghost Town buildings and
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real buildings Ghost Town buildings and then they would build them out of wood
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then they would build them out of wood
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then they would build them out of wood or old actual original wood using even
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or old actual original wood using even
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or old actual original wood using even though the Original Nails okay here's
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though the Original Nails okay here's
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though the Original Nails okay here's the blacksmith shot now this blacksmith
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the blacksmith shot now this blacksmith
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the blacksmith shot now this blacksmith shop has been here since almost the very
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shop has been here since almost the very
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shop has been here since almost the very beginning of those times one of the few
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beginning of those times one of the few
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beginning of those times one of the few buildings now in ghost town where the
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buildings now in ghost town where the
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buildings now in ghost town where the wood hasn't been replaced over the years
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wood hasn't been replaced over the years
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wood hasn't been replaced over the years because of dry rotting and stuff um I
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because of dry rotting and stuff um I
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because of dry rotting and stuff um I mean parts of it now you can see where
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mean parts of it now you can see where
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mean parts of it now you can see where this is newer wood here and then you go
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this is newer wood here and then you go
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this is newer wood here and then you go just to your left and you can see some
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just to your left and you can see some
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just to your left and you can see some old original I mean some ratty
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old original I mean some ratty
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old original I mean some ratty I'm not working blacksman shot
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I'm not working blacksman shot
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I'm not working blacksman shot to Knott's Berry Farm so one of the
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to Knott's Berry Farm so one of the
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to Knott's Berry Farm so one of the buildings that they did move here uh in
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buildings that they did move here uh in
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buildings that they did move here uh in order to have a little authentic piece
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order to have a little authentic piece
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order to have a little authentic piece of
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of
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of 1800s turn of the last century uh
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1800s turn of the last century uh
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1800s turn of the last century uh smithering going on so I've been working
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smithering going on so I've been working
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smithering going on so I've been working in here at 10. the blacksmith over there
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in here at 10. the blacksmith over there
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in here at 10. the blacksmith over there in his in his black suit clothing like
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in his in his black suit clothing like
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in his in his black suit clothing like very
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very
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very I can see I can see if there's ever on
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I can see I can see if there's ever on
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I can see I can see if there's ever on that cable so I don't want to show you
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that cable so I don't want to show you
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that cable so I don't want to show you too much and we might get a chance to
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too much and we might get a chance to
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too much and we might get a chance to see it today that's why I brought my
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see it today that's why I brought my
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see it today that's why I brought my main camera over here
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to put all the pieces together next week
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to put all the pieces together next week and so I'm going to come back and work
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and so I'm going to come back and work
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and so I'm going to come back and work on the secret project let's see well I'm
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on the secret project let's see well I'm
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on the secret project let's see well I'm not going to do any work I'm going to
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not going to do any work I'm going to
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not going to do any work I'm going to just film the process of the secret
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just film the process of the secret
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just film the process of the secret project coming together this is one of
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project coming together this is one of
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project coming together this is one of the old original buildings at Knott's
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the old original buildings at Knott's
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the old original buildings at Knott's Berry Farm it has been partially rebuilt
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Berry Farm it has been partially rebuilt
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Berry Farm it has been partially rebuilt so you can see this is newer wood and
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so you can see this is newer wood and
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so you can see this is newer wood and the way you know it's been partially
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the way you know it's been partially
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the way you know it's been partially rebuilt is see these doors uh these
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rebuilt is see these doors uh these
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rebuilt is see these doors uh these doorways on here multiple both doorways
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doorways on here multiple both doorways
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doorways on here multiple both doorways this door is not the original door it
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this door is not the original door it
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this door is not the original door it would have had a swinging open door so
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would have had a swinging open door so
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would have had a swinging open door so like two doors that would swing open you
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like two doors that would swing open you
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like two doors that would swing open you know and you can see that in Old Knott's
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know and you can see that in Old Knott's
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know and you can see that in Old Knott's Berry Farm postcards in fact if you look
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Berry Farm postcards in fact if you look
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Berry Farm postcards in fact if you look at most of ghost town you can see all
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at most of ghost town you can see all
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at most of ghost town you can see all the roofs are different and that's
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the roofs are different and that's
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the roofs are different and that's because they would have had to pull down
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because they would have had to pull down
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because they would have had to pull down some of the older original Ghost Town
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some of the older original Ghost Town
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some of the older original Ghost Town buildings and either combine them into
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buildings and either combine them into
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buildings and either combine them into one big building like for example look
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one big building like for example look
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one big building like for example look at the General Store exit that we walk
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at the General Store exit that we walk
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at the General Store exit that we walk through right there and there's this
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through right there and there's this
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through right there and there's this West Coast Machinery building those are
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West Coast Machinery building those are
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West Coast Machinery building those are all one building now
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all one building now
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all one building now um and they've even been combined with
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um and they've even been combined with
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um and they've even been combined with let's go down the street over here old
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let's go down the street over here old
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let's go down the street over here old post office which we can't get into
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post office which we can't get into
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post office which we can't get into because being used sort of behind the
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because being used sort of behind the
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because being used sort of behind the booth but see how these two here these
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booth but see how these two here these
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booth but see how these two here these are separate Little Ghost Town
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are separate Little Ghost Town
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are separate Little Ghost Town businesses so you have the old clothes
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businesses so you have the old clothes
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businesses so you have the old clothes and they're with actual little P.O boxes
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and they're with actual little P.O boxes
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and they're with actual little P.O boxes from an actual old post office and those
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from an actual old post office and those
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from an actual old post office and those facades have been reconstructed rebuilt
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facades have been reconstructed rebuilt
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facades have been reconstructed rebuilt reincorporated
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reincorporated
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reincorporated um but each little building like that
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um but each little building like that
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um but each little building like that has a fascinating history not just of
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has a fascinating history not just of
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has a fascinating history not just of where they got the piece of wood or what
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where they got the piece of wood or what
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where they got the piece of wood or what they designed it to look like like this
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they designed it to look like like this
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they designed it to look like like this building right here behind me the old
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building right here behind me the old
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building right here behind me the old cat house Goldies place this building
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cat house Goldies place this building
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cat house Goldies place this building right here was inspired by a building in
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right here was inspired by a building in
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right here was inspired by a building in boating California
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boating California
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boating California so you guys have been to Bodhi
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so you guys have been to Bodhi
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so you guys have been to Bodhi California with me before it's the
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California with me before it's the
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California with me before it's the largest Ghost Town certainly in
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largest Ghost Town certainly in
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largest Ghost Town certainly in California I know there's another very
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California I know there's another very
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California I know there's another very big ghost town in Montana that might be
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big ghost town in Montana that might be
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big ghost town in Montana that might be the biggest one in the United States but
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the biggest one in the United States but
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the biggest one in the United States but Bodhi is one of the largest if not the
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Bodhi is one of the largest if not the
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Bodhi is one of the largest if not the largest ghost town uh in America from
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largest ghost town uh in America from
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largest ghost town uh in America from the classic sort of gold mining goes
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the classic sort of gold mining goes
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the classic sort of gold mining goes town period with the most Still Standing
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town period with the most Still Standing
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town period with the most Still Standing buildings they sort of adopted a policy
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buildings they sort of adopted a policy
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buildings they sort of adopted a policy of Arrested Decay where they they don't
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of Arrested Decay where they they don't
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of Arrested Decay where they they don't restore the buildings but they keep them
12:56
restore the buildings but they keep them
12:56
restore the buildings but they keep them from falling down and pretty much keep
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from falling down and pretty much keep
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from falling down and pretty much keep them in the state they were when the
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them in the state they were when the
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them in the state they were when the abandoned Ghost Town became a park a
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abandoned Ghost Town became a park a
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abandoned Ghost Town became a park a historical Park well anyway Walter not
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historical Park well anyway Walter not
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historical Park well anyway Walter not went there obviously and got a lot of
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went there obviously and got a lot of
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went there obviously and got a lot of inspiration for his ghost town he was
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inspiration for his ghost town he was
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inspiration for his ghost town he was building at Knott's Berry Farm and this
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building at Knott's Berry Farm and this
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building at Knott's Berry Farm and this is based on a very crooked very leaning
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is based on a very crooked very leaning
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is based on a very crooked very leaning building in boating that kind of almost
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building in boating that kind of almost
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building in boating that kind of almost directly inspired the design of Goldie's
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directly inspired the design of Goldie's
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directly inspired the design of Goldie's place which was built out of bits and
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place which was built out of bits and
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place which was built out of bits and pieces of old recycled wood fits in
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pieces of old recycled wood fits in
13:23
pieces of old recycled wood fits in pieces of actual uh well that ghost town
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pieces of actual uh well that ghost town
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pieces of actual uh well that ghost town buildings but old buildings from
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buildings but old buildings from
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buildings but old buildings from Southern California and you go and uh
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Southern California and you go and uh
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Southern California and you go and uh the legend of course is that Cordelia
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the legend of course is that Cordelia
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the legend of course is that Cordelia not Walter mount's wife misses none was
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not Walter mount's wife misses none was
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not Walter mount's wife misses none was super unhappy about the cat house going
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super unhappy about the cat house going
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super unhappy about the cat house going in
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in
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in to Ghost Town particularly unhappy with
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to Ghost Town particularly unhappy with
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to Ghost Town particularly unhappy with one big one big joke here now see Walter
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one big one big joke here now see Walter
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one big one big joke here now see Walter not was fighting for
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not was fighting for
13:49
not was fighting for um historical accuracy so he's like well
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um historical accuracy so he's like well
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um historical accuracy so he's like well you know Cordelia my love uh the old
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you know Cordelia my love uh the old
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you know Cordelia my love uh the old miners they needed company they needed
13:56
miners they needed company they needed
13:56
miners they needed company they needed Comfort this is where they would go to
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Comfort this is where they would go to
13:57
Comfort this is where they would go to pay for a bath this is where they'd go
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pay for a bath this is where they'd go
13:59
pay for a bath this is where they'd go to pay for warmth you know but yeah
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to pay for warmth you know but yeah
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to pay for warmth you know but yeah there was in particular one little joke
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there was in particular one little joke
14:04
there was in particular one little joke apparently she did not appreciate and
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apparently she did not appreciate and
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apparently she did not appreciate and that little joke is still right over
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that little joke is still right over
14:09
that little joke is still right over here now as a kid I did not understand
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here now as a kid I did not understand
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here now as a kid I did not understand that at all and many adults now don't
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that at all and many adults now don't
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that at all and many adults now don't really see the joke in this and not just
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really see the joke in this and not just
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really see the joke in this and not just the pun not just the not pun or
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the pun not just the not pun or
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the pun not just the not pun or obviously Knott's Berry Farm but just
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obviously Knott's Berry Farm but just
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obviously Knott's Berry Farm but just the whole not today uh thing anyway so
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the whole not today uh thing anyway so
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the whole not today uh thing anyway so if you don't understand I'm gonna let
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if you don't understand I'm gonna let
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if you don't understand I'm gonna let that one just uh sit there but that one
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that one just uh sit there but that one
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that one just uh sit there but that one over my head as a kid what's the kind of
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over my head as a kid what's the kind of
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over my head as a kid what's the kind of humor I like right I always say
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humor I like right I always say
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humor I like right I always say to me like why is randomland so clean
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to me like why is randomland so clean
14:36
to me like why is randomland so clean and family friendly well for one I like
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and family friendly well for one I like
14:39
and family friendly well for one I like clean and family friendly stuff but for
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clean and family friendly stuff but for
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clean and family friendly stuff but for two a big thing that I was a fan of as a
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two a big thing that I was a fan of as a
14:43
two a big thing that I was a fan of as a kid is the Muppets right I love the
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kid is the Muppets right I love the
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kid is the Muppets right I love the Muppets Love The Muppet Show and I love
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Muppets Love The Muppet Show and I love
14:48
Muppets Love The Muppet Show and I love that the Muppets were family friendly
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that the Muppets were family friendly
14:50
that the Muppets were family friendly but included a lot of adult humor it's
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but included a lot of adult humor it's
14:52
but included a lot of adult humor it's just that when you were a kid some of
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just that when you were a kid some of
14:54
just that when you were a kid some of those jokes go right over your head and
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those jokes go right over your head and
14:56
those jokes go right over your head and then when you're older you can
14:58
then when you're older you can
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then when you're older you can appreciate a lot of the humor on a
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appreciate a lot of the humor on a
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appreciate a lot of the humor on a different level how you doing there
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different level how you doing there
15:02
different level how you doing there buddy I'm doing good and good drinking
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buddy I'm doing good and good drinking
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buddy I'm doing good and good drinking my Jagger Luis King get out of here okay
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my Jagger Luis King get out of here okay
15:07
my Jagger Luis King get out of here okay I'm going I'm going anyway I am now
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I'm going I'm going anyway I am now
15:10
I'm going I'm going anyway I am now headed out of the park because I have
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headed out of the park because I have
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headed out of the park because I have had my uh my meeting my secret society
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had my uh my meeting my secret society
15:16
had my uh my meeting my secret society meeting with the blacksmith over the
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meeting with the blacksmith over the
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meeting with the blacksmith over the coolest uh project I've ever been
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coolest uh project I've ever been
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coolest uh project I've ever been involved with with Knott's Berry Farm I
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involved with with Knott's Berry Farm I
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involved with with Knott's Berry Farm I keep wanting to say Knott's Berry Farm
15:25
keep wanting to say Knott's Berry Farm
15:25
keep wanting to say Knott's Berry Farm and Knott's Berry Farm interchangeably
15:27
and Knott's Berry Farm interchangeably
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and Knott's Berry Farm interchangeably every time I want to talk about Knott's
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every time I want to talk about Knott's
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every time I want to talk about Knott's Berry Farm I say Knott's Berry Farm
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Berry Farm I say Knott's Berry Farm
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Berry Farm I say Knott's Berry Farm every time I'm going to say Knott's
15:31
every time I'm going to say Knott's
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every time I'm going to say Knott's Berry Farm I'm about to say Knott's
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Berry Farm I'm about to say Knott's
15:33
Berry Farm I'm about to say Knott's Berry Farm
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Berry Farm
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Berry Farm and I'm running out of breath I think I
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and I'm running out of breath I think I
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and I'm running out of breath I think I still have kind of a few problems left
15:38
still have kind of a few problems left
15:38
still have kind of a few problems left over from when I had covid uh a touch of
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over from when I had covid uh a touch of
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over from when I had covid uh a touch of the long covet maybe which isn't
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the long covet maybe which isn't
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the long covet maybe which isn't contagious or anything like that but
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contagious or anything like that but
15:44
contagious or anything like that but just just still a little difficulty
15:45
just just still a little difficulty
15:45
just just still a little difficulty breathing and stuff sometimes when I'm
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breathing and stuff sometimes when I'm
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breathing and stuff sometimes when I'm talking for 15 16 minutes straight uh if
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talking for 15 16 minutes straight uh if
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talking for 15 16 minutes straight uh if I start to wheeze a little that's the
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I start to wheeze a little that's the
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I start to wheeze a little that's the reason I just I still have problem
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reason I just I still have problem
15:53
reason I just I still have problem drying on all the way deep breath I feel
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drying on all the way deep breath I feel
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drying on all the way deep breath I feel like but it's getting better don't worry
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like but it's getting better don't worry
15:57
like but it's getting better don't worry it's getting better now what was I
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it's getting better now what was I
15:58
it's getting better now what was I talking about oh yeah so I'm basically
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talking about oh yeah so I'm basically
16:01
talking about oh yeah so I'm basically in part of a cabal for the ultimate
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in part of a cabal for the ultimate
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in part of a cabal for the ultimate Knott's Berry Farm souvenir the ultimate
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Knott's Berry Farm souvenir the ultimate
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Knott's Berry Farm souvenir the ultimate Knott's Berry Farm environment takeaway
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Knott's Berry Farm environment takeaway
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Knott's Berry Farm environment takeaway ever and I think I found a way for
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ever and I think I found a way for
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ever and I think I found a way for random land to become a permanent part
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random land to become a permanent part
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random land to become a permanent part of the farm in a way and that is already
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of the farm in a way and that is already
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of the farm in a way and that is already in the works it's been in the works
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in the works it's been in the works
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in the works it's been in the works actually I've been trying to get them to
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actually I've been trying to get them to
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actually I've been trying to get them to do this certain project for years I've
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do this certain project for years I've
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do this certain project for years I've been trying to get the Blackness to make
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been trying to get the Blackness to make
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been trying to get the Blackness to make me something and you're going to hear
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me something and you're going to hear
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me something and you're going to hear all about this next week so maybe I
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all about this next week so maybe I
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all about this next week so maybe I shouldn't harp on it for too long but
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shouldn't harp on it for too long but
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shouldn't harp on it for too long but I've been trying for years and years in
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I've been trying for years and years in
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I've been trying for years and years in the Lee the Old Blacksmith that used to
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the Lee the Old Blacksmith that used to
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the Lee the Old Blacksmith that used to be here uh quite a bit he was on the
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be here uh quite a bit he was on the
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be here uh quite a bit he was on the history account different stuff he just
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history account different stuff he just
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history account different stuff he just really didn't want to do it they weren't
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really didn't want to do it they weren't
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really didn't want to do it they weren't sure they were allowed to do it for me
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sure they were allowed to do it for me
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sure they were allowed to do it for me and uh it was just sort of up in the air
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and uh it was just sort of up in the air
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and uh it was just sort of up in the air like I don't know I don't know I don't
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like I don't know I don't know I don't
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like I don't know I don't know I don't know for years and years and finally can
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know for years and years and finally can
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know for years and years and finally can the blacksmith that you just saw back
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the blacksmith that you just saw back
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the blacksmith that you just saw back there he's a master blacksmith uh was
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there he's a master blacksmith uh was
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there he's a master blacksmith uh was like I'll do it so we've got the coolest
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like I'll do it so we've got the coolest
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like I'll do it so we've got the coolest thing in the works and I really want to
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thing in the works and I really want to
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thing in the works and I really want to talk about I've talked about it on the
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talk about I've talked about it on the
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talk about I've talked about it on the adventurers club which is sort of the uh
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adventurers club which is sort of the uh
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adventurers club which is sort of the uh high level patreon Vlog that I've got
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high level patreon Vlog that I've got
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high level patreon Vlog that I've got going sort of a daily kind of a thing
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going sort of a daily kind of a thing
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going sort of a daily kind of a thing over there but uh the rest of us we're
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over there but uh the rest of us we're
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over there but uh the rest of us we're just gonna have to wait wait and see
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just gonna have to wait wait and see
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just gonna have to wait wait and see plus you don't want to talk about
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plus you don't want to talk about
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plus you don't want to talk about something too much or you'll get the
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something too much or you'll get the
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something too much or you'll get the back of the leather jacket band curse
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back of the leather jacket band curse
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back of the leather jacket band curse which is a sort of a Superstition and I
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which is a sort of a Superstition and I
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which is a sort of a Superstition and I don't know maybe it's not a Superstition
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don't know maybe it's not a Superstition
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don't know maybe it's not a Superstition maybe it's real and it goes something
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maybe it's real and it goes something
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maybe it's real and it goes something like this back in the day when we were
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like this back in the day when we were
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like this back in the day when we were in bands you'd always there'd be tons of
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in bands you'd always there'd be tons of
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in bands you'd always there'd be tons of kids that would come out shows but we're
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kids that would come out shows but we're
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kids that would come out shows but we're starting a band right you hear that I
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starting a band right you hear that I
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starting a band right you hear that I was like we're starting a band but what
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was like we're starting a band but what
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was like we're starting a band but what they would do is sometimes these kids
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they would do is sometimes these kids
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they would do is sometimes these kids would get all excited they come up with
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would get all excited they come up with
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would get all excited they come up with the band name
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the band name
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the band name and let's say all the different members
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and let's say all the different members
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and let's say all the different members of the band would paint the band name on
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of the band would paint the band name on
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of the band would paint the band name on the backs of their leather jackets and
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the backs of their leather jackets and
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the backs of their leather jackets and the whole idea was that if you did that
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the whole idea was that if you did that
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the whole idea was that if you did that and you hadn't played a show yet or put
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and you hadn't played a show yet or put
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and you hadn't played a show yet or put out songs yet but that band would be
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out songs yet but that band would be
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out songs yet but that band would be like sort of cursed to break up because
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like sort of cursed to break up because
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like sort of cursed to break up because a million little bands would start uh
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a million little bands would start uh
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a million little bands would start uh where people be like yeah we're gonna
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where people be like yeah we're gonna
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where people be like yeah we're gonna Jam we're gonna start a band and come up
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Jam we're gonna start a band and come up
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Jam we're gonna start a band and come up with a Band-Aid and they're painted on
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with a Band-Aid and they're painted on
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with a Band-Aid and they're painted on their back of their jackets and whenever
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their back of their jackets and whenever
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their back of their jackets and whenever they did that it seemed like that band
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they did that it seemed like that band
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they did that it seemed like that band would never actually end up playing a
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would never actually end up playing a
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would never actually end up playing a show or becoming a real
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show or becoming a real
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show or becoming a real band so it's the back of the leather
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band so it's the back of the leather
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band so it's the back of the leather jacket curse I haven't come up with a
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jacket curse I haven't come up with a
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jacket curse I haven't come up with a better name for it than that so I'm open
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better name for it than that so I'm open
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better name for it than that so I'm open to suggestions because back of the
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to suggestions because back of the
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to suggestions because back of the leather jacket band curse is a little
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leather jacket band curse is a little
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leather jacket band curse is a little bit of a mouthful hello hi there how are
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bit of a mouthful hello hi there how are
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bit of a mouthful hello hi there how are you good
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you good
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you good you too thank you and uh so anyway so I
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you too thank you and uh so anyway so I
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you too thank you and uh so anyway so I don't want to jinx it basically jinx it
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don't want to jinx it basically jinx it
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don't want to jinx it basically jinx it is probably the much easier way of
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is probably the much easier way of
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is probably the much easier way of saying that we all understand Jinx uh
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saying that we all understand Jinx uh
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saying that we all understand Jinx uh but I don't want to jinx it by talking
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but I don't want to jinx it by talking
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but I don't want to jinx it by talking about quite or too too much I don't want
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about quite or too too much I don't want
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about quite or too too much I don't want to talk about it too much
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to talk about it too much
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to talk about it too much anyway as for whatever else is going on
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anyway as for whatever else is going on
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anyway as for whatever else is going on so much is going on so much Christmas
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so much is going on so much Christmas
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so much is going on so much Christmas stuff so many things happening this
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stuff so many things happening this
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stuff so many things happening this weekend season screamings is coming this
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weekend season screamings is coming this
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weekend season screamings is coming this weekend which is mid-summer Scream the
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weekend which is mid-summer Scream the
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weekend which is mid-summer Scream the big Halloween and horror convention last
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big Halloween and horror convention last
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big Halloween and horror convention last year
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year
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year when they I think they did a sort of
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when they I think they did a sort of
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when they I think they did a sort of tiny tiny event the year before that or
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tiny tiny event the year before that or
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tiny tiny event the year before that or excuse me a few years before that but
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excuse me a few years before that but
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excuse me a few years before that but basically basically last year
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basically basically last year
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basically basically last year um I when they couldn't have the big
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um I when they couldn't have the big
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um I when they couldn't have the big convention still because of code they
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convention still because of code they
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convention still because of code they thought they were going to get to you I
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thought they were going to get to you I
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thought they were going to get to you I think for sort of reopening but they
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think for sort of reopening but they
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think for sort of reopening but they still didn't end up being able to have
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still didn't end up being able to have
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still didn't end up being able to have the big Midsummer stream convention they
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the big Midsummer stream convention they
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the big Midsummer stream convention they had sort of a late summer Halloween
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had sort of a late summer Halloween
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had sort of a late summer Halloween convention in Pasadena instead of at the
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convention in Pasadena instead of at the
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convention in Pasadena instead of at the Long Beach Convention Center where they
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Long Beach Convention Center where they
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Long Beach Convention Center where they normally have it they had sort of a late
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normally have it they had sort of a late
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normally have it they had sort of a late summer one
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summer one
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summer one um I can't remember what it was called
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um I can't remember what it was called
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um I can't remember what it was called it was something like sort of Haunted
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it was something like sort of Haunted
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it was something like sort of Haunted Mansion related dang it I am I'm on the
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Mansion related dang it I am I'm on the
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Mansion related dang it I am I'm on the spot I put myself on the spot here
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spot I put myself on the spot here
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spot I put myself on the spot here what the heck was it called like awake
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what the heck was it called like awake
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what the heck was it called like awake in the spirit something like that and
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in the spirit something like that and
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in the spirit something like that and then for Christmas time they had a
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then for Christmas time they had a
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then for Christmas time they had a miniature convention
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miniature convention
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miniature convention also in the Pasadena Convention Center
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also in the Pasadena Convention Center
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also in the Pasadena Convention Center called Seasons screamings now we had a
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called Seasons screamings now we had a
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called Seasons screamings now we had a booth there it didn't do too well it was
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booth there it didn't do too well it was
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booth there it didn't do too well it was like the weekend right before Christmas
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like the weekend right before Christmas
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like the weekend right before Christmas so most people were done with their
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so most people were done with their
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so most people were done with their Christmas shopping so it was kind of not
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Christmas shopping so it was kind of not
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Christmas shopping so it was kind of not really like
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really like
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really like I don't know I don't want to say it
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I don't know I don't want to say it
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I don't know I don't want to say it wasn't worth it because we got to meet a
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wasn't worth it because we got to meet a
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wasn't worth it because we got to meet a lot of people and be there to say hello
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lot of people and be there to say hello
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lot of people and be there to say hello hug people
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hug people
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hug people which is the whole reason we do that
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which is the whole reason we do that
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which is the whole reason we do that stuff the whole reason we go to any
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stuff the whole reason we go to any
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stuff the whole reason we go to any convention anyways we never seem to make
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convention anyways we never seem to make
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convention anyways we never seem to make any money we always seem to we did break
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any money we always seem to we did break
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any money we always seem to we did break even this summer for the first time ever
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even this summer for the first time ever
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even this summer for the first time ever which was pretty cool but the main
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which was pretty cool but the main
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which was pretty cool but the main thrust of it is just to make myself
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thrust of it is just to make myself
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thrust of it is just to make myself available some of my friends make
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available some of my friends make
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available some of my friends make themselves available to meet some of you
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themselves available to meet some of you
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themselves available to meet some of you guys and to hang out anyway so we uh
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guys and to hang out anyway so we uh
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guys and to hang out anyway so we uh decided to have a booth at season
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decided to have a booth at season
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decided to have a booth at season screamings last year which was the
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screamings last year which was the
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screamings last year which was the Christmas event I did film a video we
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Christmas event I did film a video we
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Christmas event I did film a video we hung out we shook hands well anyway
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hung out we shook hands well anyway
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hung out we shook hands well anyway they're doing it again
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they're doing it again
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they're doing it again um I decided this year not to have a
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um I decided this year not to have a
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um I decided this year not to have a booth because it just didn't go that
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booth because it just didn't go that
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booth because it just didn't go that well last year and this year owing to
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well last year and this year owing to
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well last year and this year owing to some financial trouble that I've had uh
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some financial trouble that I've had uh
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some financial trouble that I've had uh mostly to do with debt and that debt is
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mostly to do with debt and that debt is
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mostly to do with debt and that debt is all medical bill related not Ally's
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all medical bill related not Ally's
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all medical bill related not Ally's medical bills um my medical bills from
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medical bills um my medical bills from
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medical bills um my medical bills from all the heart tests and stuff I had uh
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all the heart tests and stuff I had uh
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all the heart tests and stuff I had uh anyway they all it's a long story but
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anyway they all it's a long story but
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anyway they all it's a long story but basically all those bills came uh to me
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basically all those bills came uh to me
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basically all those bills came uh to me in bits and pieces it's about ten
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in bits and pieces it's about ten
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in bits and pieces it's about ten fourteen thousand dollars worth of
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fourteen thousand dollars worth of
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fourteen thousand dollars worth of different stuff they sent me out of
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different stuff they sent me out of
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different stuff they sent me out of network for some tests and all different
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network for some tests and all different
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network for some tests and all different kinds of stuff and they came in these
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kinds of stuff and they came in these
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kinds of stuff and they came in these little bits and pieces and instead of
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little bits and pieces and instead of
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little bits and pieces and instead of coming from my health insurance company
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coming from my health insurance company
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coming from my health insurance company like they got my copay
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like they got my copay
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like they got my copay and then I wouldn't hear anything and
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and then I wouldn't hear anything and
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and then I wouldn't hear anything and then I would just get bills from debt
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then I would just get bills from debt
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then I would just get bills from debt collectors that they just sent it
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collectors that they just sent it
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collectors that they just sent it straight to a debt collect should an
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straight to a debt collect should an
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straight to a debt collect should an agency and I panicked and put it on my
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agency and I panicked and put it on my
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agency and I panicked and put it on my credit cards which was the foolish thing
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credit cards which was the foolish thing
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credit cards which was the foolish thing to do and uh to make a long long story
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to do and uh to make a long long story
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to do and uh to make a long long story sort of simple I basically was in the
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sort of simple I basically was in the
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sort of simple I basically was in the middle of the van being broken down in
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middle of the van being broken down in
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middle of the van being broken down in Pennsylvania and all this stuff and I
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Pennsylvania and all this stuff and I
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Pennsylvania and all this stuff and I didn't know that medical debt doesn't
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didn't know that medical debt doesn't
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didn't know that medical debt doesn't count against your credit and I'm
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count against your credit and I'm
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count against your credit and I'm thinking I don't want to ruin my credit
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thinking I don't want to ruin my credit
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thinking I don't want to ruin my credit I better just put these debt collector
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I better just put these debt collector
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I better just put these debt collector bills right on my credit cards oh boy
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bills right on my credit cards oh boy
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bills right on my credit cards oh boy and I totally hosed myself so it's
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and I totally hosed myself so it's
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and I totally hosed myself so it's nobody's problem but mine and I'm the
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nobody's problem but mine and I'm the
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nobody's problem but mine and I'm the one dealing with it and no problem I
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one dealing with it and no problem I
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one dealing with it and no problem I paid down a good chunk of that now and
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paid down a good chunk of that now and
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paid down a good chunk of that now and I'm still continuing what was the point
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I'm still continuing what was the point
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I'm still continuing what was the point of this anyway so we've just had we've
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of this anyway so we've just had we've
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of this anyway so we've just had we've had aches and pains and troubles all
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had aches and pains and troubles all
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had aches and pains and troubles all year and because of that it was um
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year and because of that it was um
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year and because of that it was um pretty hard to order enough merch or any
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pretty hard to order enough merch or any
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pretty hard to order enough merch or any kind of thing like that we've just been
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kind of thing like that we've just been
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kind of thing like that we've just been a little bit more squeezed and just
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a little bit more squeezed and just
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a little bit more squeezed and just trying to pay down debt and like I said
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trying to pay down debt and like I said
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trying to pay down debt and like I said we we rarely sort of Break Even
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we we rarely sort of Break Even
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we we rarely sort of Break Even um I think anyone that's dealt with any
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um I think anyone that's dealt with any
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um I think anyone that's dealt with any kind of business of any kind of
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kind of business of any kind of
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kind of business of any kind of restaurant a a booth at a oh look at
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restaurant a a booth at a oh look at
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restaurant a a booth at a oh look at that at a craft there anything talking
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that at a craft there anything talking
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that at a craft there anything talking um you have to put a lot of money into
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um you have to put a lot of money into
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um you have to put a lot of money into manufacturing any kind of piece of
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manufacturing any kind of piece of
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manufacturing any kind of piece of merchandise and any kind of thing like
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merchandise and any kind of thing like
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merchandise and any kind of thing like that
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that
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that um so even if you sell them all and make
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um so even if you sell them all and make
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um so even if you sell them all and make a little profit that profit goes into
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a little profit that profit goes into
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a little profit that profit goes into making the next thing or the next thing
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making the next thing or the next thing
22:03
making the next thing or the next thing or the next thing and then restocking
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or the next thing and then restocking
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or the next thing and then restocking the original thing so it could take
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the original thing so it could take
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the original thing so it could take years I tell a business like that it's
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years I tell a business like that it's
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years I tell a business like that it's profitable and I am not business
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profitable and I am not business
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profitable and I am not business oriented or business-minded the whole
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oriented or business-minded the whole
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oriented or business-minded the whole reason that I make anything
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reason that I make anything
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reason that I make anything um just like making videos or just like
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um just like making videos or just like
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um just like making videos or just like making albums when I used to make albums
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making albums when I used to make albums
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making albums when I used to make albums back in the day because believe me that
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back in the day because believe me that
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back in the day because believe me that wasn't profitable and or t-shirts or
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wasn't profitable and or t-shirts or
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wasn't profitable and or t-shirts or pins or packing is not because it's ever
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pins or packing is not because it's ever
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pins or packing is not because it's ever been like a giant profit breaker for me
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been like a giant profit breaker for me
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been like a giant profit breaker for me uh in fact usually just the opposite
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uh in fact usually just the opposite
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uh in fact usually just the opposite because I'll take any kind of profit
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because I'll take any kind of profit
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because I'll take any kind of profit that's made and throw it into making
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that's made and throw it into making
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that's made and throw it into making three other things that also drip out
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three other things that also drip out
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three other things that also drip out and sell slowly and we end up giving
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and sell slowly and we end up giving
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and sell slowly and we end up giving halfway and all that kind of stuff but
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halfway and all that kind of stuff but
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halfway and all that kind of stuff but it's because I love making stuff to me
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it's because I love making stuff to me
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it's because I love making stuff to me you know I was a graphic designer for
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you know I was a graphic designer for
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you know I was a graphic designer for many years I don't know if many people
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many years I don't know if many people
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many years I don't know if many people know that and making stuff making pins
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know that and making stuff making pins
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know that and making stuff making pins like this here's an old pin for my band
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like this here's an old pin for my band
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like this here's an old pin for my band right uh and this is another one uh
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right uh and this is another one uh
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right uh and this is another one uh making pens making patches making uh
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making pens making patches making uh
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making pens making patches making uh just different pieces of merchandise is
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just different pieces of merchandise is
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just different pieces of merchandise is an art form to me I'm very into hello
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an art form to me I'm very into hello
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an art form to me I'm very into hello thank you packaging art
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thank you packaging art
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thank you packaging art um I love packaging design packaging
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um I love packaging design packaging
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um I love packaging design packaging design is one of my favorite things so
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design is one of my favorite things so
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design is one of my favorite things so just stuff like the plushes that we made
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just stuff like the plushes that we made
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just stuff like the plushes that we made or something like that
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or something like that
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or something like that um it's it's never like I'm sure there's
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um it's it's never like I'm sure there's
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um it's it's never like I'm sure there's people out there who think yeah I must
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people out there who think yeah I must
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people out there who think yeah I must be raking in the dough if I was raking
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be raking in the dough if I was raking
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be raking in the dough if I was raking in the dough I wouldn't be renting a
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in the dough I wouldn't be renting a
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in the dough I wouldn't be renting a house you know I I'd own a home but uh
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house you know I I'd own a home but uh
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house you know I I'd own a home but uh we do all that stuff just for the sheer
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we do all that stuff just for the sheer
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we do all that stuff just for the sheer love of like the design and the fun of
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love of like the design and the fun of
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love of like the design and the fun of it and I love seeing things like for
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it and I love seeing things like for
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it and I love seeing things like for example with the plushes I love seeing
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example with the plushes I love seeing
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example with the plushes I love seeing things like kids traveling around the
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things like kids traveling around the
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things like kids traveling around the United States with their parents and
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United States with their parents and
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United States with their parents and they take the little little Justin
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they take the little little Justin
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they take the little little Justin sidekick
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sidekick
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sidekick um on the road so anyway long long long
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um on the road so anyway long long long
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um on the road so anyway long long long long long long rant short uh we
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long long long rant short uh we
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long long long rant short uh we basically just two squeeze to make
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basically just two squeeze to make
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basically just two squeeze to make anything special or new to have a booth
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anything special or new to have a booth
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anything special or new to have a booth but I believe if everything works out
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but I believe if everything works out
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but I believe if everything works out right it's still gonna go down to season
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right it's still gonna go down to season
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right it's still gonna go down to season screaming and uh
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screaming and uh
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screaming and uh one of Santa's elves he's carrying some
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one of Santa's elves he's carrying some
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one of Santa's elves he's carrying some presents up into not uh not smearing on
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presents up into not uh not smearing on
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presents up into not uh not smearing on there
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there
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there um I believe if everything goes
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um I believe if everything goes
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um I believe if everything goes correctly I'm still going to be uh
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correctly I'm still going to be uh
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correctly I'm still going to be uh going to season screamings and filming
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going to season screamings and filming
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going to season screamings and filming and we have a few meetings with people
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and we have a few meetings with people
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and we have a few meetings with people at season screamings that we're going to
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at season screamings that we're going to
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at season screamings that we're going to do
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do
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do um specifically we're going to meet up
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um specifically we're going to meet up
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um specifically we're going to meet up with the legosis and Sarah Carla who I
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with the legosis and Sarah Carla who I
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with the legosis and Sarah Carla who I just did a whole long interview with
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just did a whole long interview with
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just did a whole long interview with which I'm going to tell you about that
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which I'm going to tell you about that
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which I'm going to tell you about that in a second but look at this look at
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in a second but look at this look at
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in a second but look at this look at this giant mural over there on the wall
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this giant mural over there on the wall
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this giant mural over there on the wall on the tunnel here
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on the tunnel here
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on the tunnel here so many rumors and urban legends about
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so many rumors and urban legends about
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so many rumors and urban legends about this tunnel when I was growing up that's
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this tunnel when I was growing up that's
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this tunnel when I was growing up that's Jeff Delgado Jeff Delgado uh used to do
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Jeff Delgado Jeff Delgado uh used to do
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Jeff Delgado Jeff Delgado uh used to do artwork way back in the live fast I pour
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artwork way back in the live fast I pour
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artwork way back in the live fast I pour on this channel way back our our Channel
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on this channel way back our our Channel
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on this channel way back our our Channel icons and
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icons and
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icons and um when we had a website and different
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um when we had a website and different
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um when we had a website and different guys who did uh through that drawing of
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guys who did uh through that drawing of
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guys who did uh through that drawing of Tyler Evans that he used to use forever
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Tyler Evans that he used to use forever
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Tyler Evans that he used to use forever and uh I think
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and uh I think
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and uh I think I know he did a randomland T-shirt and I
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I know he did a randomland T-shirt and I
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I know he did a randomland T-shirt and I think then he started doing different
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think then he started doing different
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think then he started doing different shirts for other filming type folks like
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shirts for other filming type folks like
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shirts for other filming type folks like the Tim tracker and people like that and
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the Tim tracker and people like that and
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the Tim tracker and people like that and now he's done a lot of Knott's Berry
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now he's done a lot of Knott's Berry
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now he's done a lot of Knott's Berry Farm artwork including that radical
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Farm artwork including that radical
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Farm artwork including that radical mural under
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mural under
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mural under so
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about a month ago I got the virus I got
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about a month ago I got the virus I got the virus and right before I came down
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the virus and right before I came down
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the virus and right before I came down with the virus the one the big one the
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with the virus the one the big one the
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with the virus the one the big one the quarantine in your house one I had gone
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quarantine in your house one I had gone
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quarantine in your house one I had gone out to none other than Boris karloff's
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out to none other than Boris karloff's
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out to none other than Boris karloff's daughter's house Sarah Carla a real
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daughter's house Sarah Carla a real
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daughter's house Sarah Carla a real sweetheart we met her at midsummer's
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sweetheart we met her at midsummer's
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sweetheart we met her at midsummer's scream at the big summer convention this
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scream at the big summer convention this
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scream at the big summer convention this year because I had that giant life-sized
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year because I had that giant life-sized
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year because I had that giant life-sized uh Toy Frankenstein so there's a if you
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uh Toy Frankenstein so there's a if you
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uh Toy Frankenstein so there's a if you guys missed that excuse me for the
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guys missed that excuse me for the
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guys missed that excuse me for the allergies here but uh it was windy this
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allergies here but uh it was windy this
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allergies here but uh it was windy this morning
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morning
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morning um if you missed it we made a giant
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um if you missed it we made a giant
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um if you missed it we made a giant life-size version of a 1970s toy
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life-size version of a 1970s toy
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life-size version of a 1970s toy Frankenstein sort of a deep cut but we
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Frankenstein sort of a deep cut but we
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Frankenstein sort of a deep cut but we did that for the mid-summer screen Booth
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did that for the mid-summer screen Booth
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did that for the mid-summer screen Booth you can see all about that in the mid
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you can see all about that in the mid
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you can see all about that in the mid summer stream episode anyway so of
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summer stream episode anyway so of
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summer stream episode anyway so of course I had to run across the
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course I had to run across the
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course I had to run across the convention with this giant Frankenstein
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convention with this giant Frankenstein
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convention with this giant Frankenstein toy and run it over to Sarah Carlos
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toy and run it over to Sarah Carlos
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toy and run it over to Sarah Carlos Booth after all her father was Boris
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Booth after all her father was Boris
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Booth after all her father was Boris Karloff The Monster himself and uh we
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Karloff The Monster himself and uh we
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Karloff The Monster himself and uh we showed it to her she got a big kick out
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showed it to her she got a big kick out
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showed it to her she got a big kick out of that and she had just been in a
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of that and she had just been in a
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of that and she had just been in a scooter accident it totally hind Buck
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scooter accident it totally hind Buck
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scooter accident it totally hind Buck her shoulder and um she had some broken
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her shoulder and um she had some broken
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her shoulder and um she had some broken bones at that convention now she was
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bones at that convention now she was
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bones at that convention now she was still hugging people signing autographs
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still hugging people signing autographs
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still hugging people signing autographs I mean she was a real trooper so
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I mean she was a real trooper so
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I mean she was a real trooper so so which reminds me of another whole
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so which reminds me of another whole
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so which reminds me of another whole long story but anyway to make a long
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long story but anyway to make a long
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long story but anyway to make a long story short
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story short
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story short um we we were talking to her about like
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um we we were talking to her about like
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um we we were talking to her about like oh we should do another uh we should do
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oh we should do another uh we should do
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oh we should do another uh we should do an interview with you for you know what
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an interview with you for you know what
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an interview with you for you know what I was then optimistically going to call
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I was then optimistically going to call
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I was then optimistically going to call the randomland podcast and then realized
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the randomland podcast and then realized
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the randomland podcast and then realized after just one episode with Bob gurr
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after just one episode with Bob gurr
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after just one episode with Bob gurr this is stupid name for this show it
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this is stupid name for this show it
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this is stupid name for this show it should have been called random in
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should have been called random in
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should have been called random in conversations it's not a podcast and
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conversations it's not a podcast and
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conversations it's not a podcast and podcast sort of implies like what every
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podcast sort of implies like what every
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podcast sort of implies like what every celebrity is trying to do now where
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celebrity is trying to do now where
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celebrity is trying to do now where they're all trying to have they're all
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they're all trying to have they're all
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they're all trying to have they're all trying to sort of Do The Joe Rogan thing
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trying to sort of Do The Joe Rogan thing
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trying to sort of Do The Joe Rogan thing or Adam Carolla what's another big
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or Adam Carolla what's another big
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or Adam Carolla what's another big podcast you know I don't know big
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podcast you know I don't know big
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podcast you know I don't know big podcast type of deal and most podcasts
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podcast type of deal and most podcasts
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podcast type of deal and most podcasts now are very political or important or
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now are very political or important or
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now are very political or important or sort of newsworthy and it's like we
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sort of newsworthy and it's like we
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sort of newsworthy and it's like we don't want that we just want to have a
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don't want that we just want to have a
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don't want that we just want to have a little show that we can just do
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little show that we can just do
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little show that we can just do conversations on now but sometimes Vlog
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conversations on now but sometimes Vlog
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conversations on now but sometimes Vlog will be that obviously because we
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will be that obviously because we
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will be that obviously because we sometimes wander around and have
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sometimes wander around and have
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sometimes wander around and have conversations with our friends I did not
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conversations with our friends I did not
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conversations with our friends I did not notice there was a police
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notice there was a police
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notice there was a police officer right there and then I just
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officer right there and then I just
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officer right there and then I just hopped that fence which is not a crime
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hopped that fence which is not a crime
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hopped that fence which is not a crime but it still made me really nervous I'm
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but it still made me really nervous I'm
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but it still made me really nervous I'm talking to you guys I hopped the fence I
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talking to you guys I hopped the fence I
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talking to you guys I hopped the fence I put my legs over and then no Bastion I'm
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put my legs over and then no Bastion I'm
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put my legs over and then no Bastion I'm great
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great
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great act natural
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act natural
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act natural it's the fuzz be cool be cool look at
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it's the fuzz be cool be cool look at
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it's the fuzz be cool be cool look at this look at
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this look at
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this look at there's not so Lagoon right there a very
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there's not so Lagoon right there a very
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there's not so Lagoon right there a very Polynesian Tiki themed Island area over
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Polynesian Tiki themed Island area over
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Polynesian Tiki themed Island area over there which was originally something
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there which was originally something
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there which was originally something completely different also jungle themed
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completely different also jungle themed
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completely different also jungle themed and an attraction back in the day this
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and an attraction back in the day this
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and an attraction back in the day this whole side of Knott's Berry Farm across
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whole side of Knott's Berry Farm across
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whole side of Knott's Berry Farm across the street over at the parking lot was
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the street over at the parking lot was
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the street over at the parking lot was once basically a theme park in its own
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once basically a theme park in its own
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once basically a theme park in its own right and most of the attractions were
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right and most of the attractions were
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right and most of the attractions were owned by Bud Hurlburt who later started
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owned by Bud Hurlburt who later started
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owned by Bud Hurlburt who later started Castle Park but that is a whole video
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Castle Park but that is a whole video
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Castle Park but that is a whole video that I'm working on with all kinds of
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that I'm working on with all kinds of
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that I'm working on with all kinds of old footage and a long thing the heck
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old footage and a long thing the heck
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old footage and a long thing the heck was the original story I was telling oh
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was the original story I was telling oh
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was the original story I was telling oh so anyway long story short it's gonna be
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so anyway long story short it's gonna be
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so anyway long story short it's gonna be randomly in conversations from now on
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randomly in conversations from now on
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randomly in conversations from now on because that's all it is it's meant to
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because that's all it is it's meant to
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because that's all it is it's meant to be a thing where we can sit down and
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be a thing where we can sit down and
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be a thing where we can sit down and have conversations with people that I
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have conversations with people that I
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have conversations with people that I know and sometimes friends and say
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know and sometimes friends and say
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know and sometimes friends and say podcast people expect me to have
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podcast people expect me to have
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podcast people expect me to have celebrity yes every time oh there's lots
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celebrity yes every time oh there's lots
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celebrity yes every time oh there's lots of people like that
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of people like that
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of people like that um like Bob for example who we have
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um like Bob for example who we have
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um like Bob for example who we have these great conversations or my friend
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these great conversations or my friend
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these great conversations or my friend Brett who does the voice of Mickey Mouse
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Brett who does the voice of Mickey Mouse
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Brett who does the voice of Mickey Mouse and he just did the Mickey Saves
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and he just did the Mickey Saves
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and he just did the Mickey Saves Christmas special and all that kind of
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Christmas special and all that kind of
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Christmas special and all that kind of stuff where
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stuff where
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stuff where there's not really a good way to work
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there's not really a good way to work
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there's not really a good way to work them into a regular sort of random land
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them into a regular sort of random land
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them into a regular sort of random land thing and of course we can do sometimes
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thing and of course we can do sometimes
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thing and of course we can do sometimes while we're walking around the shaky
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while we're walking around the shaky
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while we're walking around the shaky camera cell phones sometimes Vlog is not
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camera cell phones sometimes Vlog is not
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camera cell phones sometimes Vlog is not for everyone it's only for the most
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for everyone it's only for the most
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for everyone it's only for the most highest of quality of folks
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highest of quality of folks
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highest of quality of folks right out there uh well what was I
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right out there uh well what was I
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right out there uh well what was I saying see I'm still I'm a little
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saying see I'm still I'm a little
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saying see I'm still I'm a little scatterbrained today there's a lot going
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scatterbrained today there's a lot going
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scatterbrained today there's a lot going on coming down and I'm working with the
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on coming down and I'm working with the
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on coming down and I'm working with the blacks since I'm doing this and I don't
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blacks since I'm doing this and I don't
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blacks since I'm doing this and I don't know what the heck is going on this is
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know what the heck is going on this is
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know what the heck is going on this is all unplanned you got to forgive me I
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all unplanned you got to forgive me I
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all unplanned you got to forgive me I didn't have time to build this Vlog to
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didn't have time to build this Vlog to
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didn't have time to build this Vlog to scale or to paint it plus it's been a
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scale or to paint it plus it's been a
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scale or to paint it plus it's been a long time since I've done Vlogs but
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long time since I've done Vlogs but
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long time since I've done Vlogs but anyway the longest short of it is we
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anyway the longest short of it is we
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anyway the longest short of it is we decided the ram Lane conversations was
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decided the ram Lane conversations was
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decided the ram Lane conversations was the real proper name for it and we went
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the real proper name for it and we went
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the real proper name for it and we went out and we filmed this whole interview
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out and we filmed this whole interview
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out and we filmed this whole interview with Sarah Karloff and we had every
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with Sarah Karloff and we had every
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with Sarah Karloff and we had every just every kind of problem
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just every kind of problem
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just every kind of problem um we had a camera problem there was a
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um we had a camera problem there was a
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um we had a camera problem there was a computer issue we didn't have any lights
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computer issue we didn't have any lights
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computer issue we didn't have any lights and it was just the whole thing and she
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and it was just the whole thing and she
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and it was just the whole thing and she was so patient it took three hours to
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was so patient it took three hours to
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was so patient it took three hours to set up we were gonna do this long two or
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set up we were gonna do this long two or
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set up we were gonna do this long two or three hour conversation but the way we
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three hour conversation but the way we
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three hour conversation but the way we had to film it because we didn't have a
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had to film it because we didn't have a
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had to film it because we didn't have a computer we had to use memory cards this
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computer we had to use memory cards this
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computer we had to use memory cards this whole long thing it turned into we only
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whole long thing it turned into we only
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whole long thing it turned into we only had about an hour and a half
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had about an hour and a half
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had about an hour and a half and my mission was to sort of break
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and my mission was to sort of break
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and my mission was to sort of break Sarah out of her standard last 20 30
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Sarah out of her standard last 20 30
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Sarah out of her standard last 20 30 years she goes to Convention she gives
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years she goes to Convention she gives
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years she goes to Convention she gives the same answers to questions and I was
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the same answers to questions and I was
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the same answers to questions and I was just determined I was going to break her
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just determined I was going to break her
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just determined I was going to break her out of that get her laughing get her to
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out of that get her laughing get her to
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out of that get her laughing get her to talk about some other stuff which we
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talk about some other stuff which we
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talk about some other stuff which we kind of did towards the end but then of
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kind of did towards the end but then of
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kind of did towards the end but then of course we ran out of the ability to film
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course we ran out of the ability to film
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course we ran out of the ability to film but anyway we have this long thing film
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but anyway we have this long thing film
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but anyway we have this long thing film with Sarah Karloff and uh just because
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with Sarah Karloff and uh just because
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with Sarah Karloff and uh just because all the technical difficulties I had to
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all the technical difficulties I had to
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all the technical difficulties I had to send someone else to sort of edit it and
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send someone else to sort of edit it and
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send someone else to sort of edit it and then he added it and then we had a sound
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then he added it and then we had a sound
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then he added it and then we had a sound problem and it still hasn't come out yet
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problem and it still hasn't come out yet
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problem and it still hasn't come out yet so meantime we're getting ready to do
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so meantime we're getting ready to do
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so meantime we're getting ready to do another one of those episodes it's going
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another one of those episodes it's going
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another one of those episodes it's going to be one a month that was supposed to
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to be one a month that was supposed to
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to be one a month that was supposed to happen in October and I got sick and so
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happen in October and I got sick and so
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happen in October and I got sick and so we couldn't do it in October and then we
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we couldn't do it in October and then we
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we couldn't do it in October and then we did it in the beginning of November but
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did it in the beginning of November but
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did it in the beginning of November but then I got covered right afterwards and
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then I got covered right afterwards and
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then I got covered right afterwards and that completely delayed the editing for
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that completely delayed the editing for
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that completely delayed the editing for the reason that even though I had
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the reason that even though I had
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the reason that even though I had someone else had any looking
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someone else had any looking
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someone else had any looking Independence Hall by the way just look
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Independence Hall by the way just look
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Independence Hall by the way just look Behold The Glory
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Behold The Glory
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Behold The Glory um
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um
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um let me catch my breath for the reason
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let me catch my breath for the reason
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let me catch my breath for the reason that the guy did the editing sent it to
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that the guy did the editing sent it to
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that the guy did the editing sent it to me and I was sick with covet and all of
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me and I was sick with covet and all of
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me and I was sick with covet and all of a sudden when I was coming out of covet
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a sudden when I was coming out of covet
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a sudden when I was coming out of covet I was like trying to catch up with
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I was like trying to catch up with
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I was like trying to catch up with filming Disneyland and not merry farm
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filming Disneyland and not merry farm
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filming Disneyland and not merry farm and then we went up to Solvang and so I
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and then we went up to Solvang and so I
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and then we went up to Solvang and so I finally looked at it the other day like
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finally looked at it the other day like
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finally looked at it the other day like ready to post it ready to film an intro
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ready to post it ready to film an intro
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ready to post it ready to film an intro and kind of explain the weird
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and kind of explain the weird
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and kind of explain the weird low-techness of this particular episode
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low-techness of this particular episode
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low-techness of this particular episode and all this actually want to throw it
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and all this actually want to throw it
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and all this actually want to throw it out it was a great conversation
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out it was a great conversation
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out it was a great conversation um and I realized there was a problem
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um and I realized there was a problem
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um and I realized there was a problem with the audio and so the guy's got to
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with the audio and so the guy's got to
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with the audio and so the guy's got to go back through and fix that audio and
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go back through and fix that audio and
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go back through and fix that audio and there's a short version a long patreon
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there's a short version a long patreon
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there's a short version a long patreon version it was just a whole mess so
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version it was just a whole mess so
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version it was just a whole mess so anyway we're meeting with her though at
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anyway we're meeting with her though at
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anyway we're meeting with her though at uh season screaming so that's coming up
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uh season screaming so that's coming up
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uh season screaming so that's coming up this weekend and then we also are
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this weekend and then we also are
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this weekend and then we also are meeting with our friends our new friends
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meeting with our friends our new friends
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meeting with our friends our new friends uh we made pretty good friends with Lynn
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uh we made pretty good friends with Lynn
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uh we made pretty good friends with Lynn and Bob uh which Lynn is Bella lugosi's
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and Bob uh which Lynn is Bella lugosi's
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and Bob uh which Lynn is Bella lugosi's Bella lugosi's granddaughter and now
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Bella lugosi's granddaughter and now
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Bella lugosi's granddaughter and now Baylor junior is going to be at season
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Baylor junior is going to be at season
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Baylor junior is going to be at season screaming which is the son of beta to go
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screaming which is the son of beta to go
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screaming which is the son of beta to go see the original Dracula and Tyler and I
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see the original Dracula and Tyler and I
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see the original Dracula and Tyler and I I don't know if you guys remember but
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I don't know if you guys remember but
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I don't know if you guys remember but during
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during
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during um I think it might have been fall all
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um I think it might have been fall all
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um I think it might have been fall all 2020
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2020
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2020 could have been fall 21 but I think it
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could have been fall 21 but I think it
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could have been fall 21 but I think it might have been fall 2020. they thought
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might have been fall 2020. they thought
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might have been fall 2020. they thought they were going to open this hunt
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they were going to open this hunt
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they were going to open this hunt down in Lake Elsinore
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down in Lake Elsinore
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down in Lake Elsinore that was in an old abandoned building or
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that was in an old abandoned building or
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that was in an old abandoned building or on the property of an old abandoned
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on the property of an old abandoned
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on the property of an old abandoned building which was this sort of Navy
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building which was this sort of Navy
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building which was this sort of Navy Academy military school where Baylor
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Academy military school where Baylor
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Academy military school where Baylor Lugosi Jr went to school
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Lugosi Jr went to school
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Lugosi Jr went to school and so Tyler and I got access to the
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and so Tyler and I got access to the
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and so Tyler and I got access to the property because we were promoting this
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property because we were promoting this
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property because we were promoting this haunt that never happened and we went
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haunt that never happened and we went
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haunt that never happened and we went all through the abandoned school so we
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all through the abandoned school so we
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all through the abandoned school so we had Lynn show it to her dad and
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had Lynn show it to her dad and
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had Lynn show it to her dad and apparently he liked it and got a real
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apparently he liked it and got a real
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apparently he liked it and got a real kick out of seeing his old school all in
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kick out of seeing his old school all in
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kick out of seeing his old school all in Ruins because nobody likes their
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Ruins because nobody likes their
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Ruins because nobody likes their military school so that was probably
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military school so that was probably
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military school so that was probably nice and gleeful haha take that you old
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nice and gleeful haha take that you old
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nice and gleeful haha take that you old the old school and uh so we're hopefully
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the old school and uh so we're hopefully
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the old school and uh so we're hopefully going to get a chance to see him this
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going to get a chance to see him this
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going to get a chance to see him this weekend if everything works out and uh
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weekend if everything works out and uh
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weekend if everything works out and uh so all that stuff's going on so I was
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so all that stuff's going on so I was
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so all that stuff's going on so I was coming down to film a whole long random
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coming down to film a whole long random
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coming down to film a whole long random line episode today I thought I would be
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line episode today I thought I would be
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line episode today I thought I would be filming this blacksmith project but they
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filming this blacksmith project but they
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filming this blacksmith project but they weren't really ready they wanted to do
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weren't really ready they wanted to do
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weren't really ready they wanted to do it when we could film it so they're
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it when we could film it so they're
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it when we could film it so they're going to run it up the flagpole to see
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going to run it up the flagpole to see
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going to run it up the flagpole to see how far in the blacksmith shop I can
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how far in the blacksmith shop I can
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how far in the blacksmith shop I can step and watch the process and all this
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step and watch the process and all this
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step and watch the process and all this kind of stuff so otherwise it's been
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kind of stuff so otherwise it's been
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kind of stuff so otherwise it's been going pretty good I have a lot of
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going pretty good I have a lot of
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going pretty good I have a lot of thoughts and a lot of things that I
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thoughts and a lot of things that I
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thoughts and a lot of things that I would like to talk to you guys about and
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would like to talk to you guys about and
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would like to talk to you guys about and things that have been weighing
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things that have been weighing
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things that have been weighing on my mind just it's been a heck of a
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on my mind just it's been a heck of a
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on my mind just it's been a heck of a crazy year because if you jump back one
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crazy year because if you jump back one
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crazy year because if you jump back one year and this should be a total a whole
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year and this should be a total a whole
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year and this should be a total a whole own separate sometimes Vlog or even the
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own separate sometimes Vlog or even the
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own separate sometimes Vlog or even the patreon podcast or something like that
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patreon podcast or something like that
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patreon podcast or something like that which they're still going to be the
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which they're still going to be the
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which they're still going to be the patreon podcast that's another reason to
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patreon podcast that's another reason to
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patreon podcast that's another reason to drop the name podcast from the
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drop the name podcast from the
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drop the name podcast from the conversation show is we still have the
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conversation show is we still have the
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conversation show is we still have the patreon podcast which is just audio me
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patreon podcast which is just audio me
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patreon podcast which is just audio me talking and uh with friends
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talking and uh with friends
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talking and uh with friends talking with friends
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talking with friends
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talking with friends a random land podcast uh anyway it's a
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a random land podcast uh anyway it's a
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a random land podcast uh anyway it's a whole long thing but just the long and
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whole long thing but just the long and
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whole long thing but just the long and short of it is jumping back a year
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short of it is jumping back a year
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short of it is jumping back a year one year ago around Thanksgiving time
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one year ago around Thanksgiving time
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one year ago around Thanksgiving time last year Ally was literally in danger
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last year Ally was literally in danger
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last year Ally was literally in danger of dying any day that you have it I was
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of dying any day that you have it I was
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of dying any day that you have it I was like on all this watch and kept having
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like on all this watch and kept having
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like on all this watch and kept having to check her temperature 100 times a day
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to check her temperature 100 times a day
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to check her temperature 100 times a day and give her all this medication so she
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and give her all this medication so she
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and give her all this medication so she could even go to the bathroom and
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could even go to the bathroom and
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could even go to the bathroom and um making sure she didn't go septic and
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um making sure she didn't go septic and
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um making sure she didn't go septic and all this crazy stuff and uh because her
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all this crazy stuff and uh because her
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all this crazy stuff and uh because her surgery the big surgery obviously wasn't
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surgery the big surgery obviously wasn't
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surgery the big surgery obviously wasn't even until January so all through
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even until January so all through
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even until January so all through November and December she could barely
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November and December she could barely
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November and December she could barely eat she could barely do anything she'd
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eat she could barely do anything she'd
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eat she could barely do anything she'd throw up she'd wake up in the middle of
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throw up she'd wake up in the middle of
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throw up she'd wake up in the middle of the night it was horrible and
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the night it was horrible and
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the night it was horrible and um she was just that close and when they
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um she was just that close and when they
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um she was just that close and when they had the surgery they were like oh no she
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had the surgery they were like oh no she
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had the surgery they were like oh no she was that close you know
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was that close you know
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was that close you know so it was just so such a stressful time
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so it was just so such a stressful time
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so it was just so such a stressful time and obviously I was having all the heart
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and obviously I was having all the heart
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and obviously I was having all the heart tests and everything and it was just so
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tests and everything and it was just so
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tests and everything and it was just so crazy and just so to be here a year
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crazy and just so to be here a year
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crazy and just so to be here a year later
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later
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later um obviously all the plans that I've had
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um obviously all the plans that I've had
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um obviously all the plans that I've had for the past three years because the
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for the past three years because the
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for the past three years because the first two years of lockdowns at covet
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first two years of lockdowns at covet
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first two years of lockdowns at covet and is it open is it not open to me not
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and is it open is it not open to me not
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and is it open is it not open to me not really liking to film with the mask
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really liking to film with the mask
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really liking to film with the mask because I like the videos to sort of be
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because I like the videos to sort of be
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because I like the videos to sort of be timeless you know uh the main randomland
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timeless you know uh the main randomland
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timeless you know uh the main randomland episodes anyways it was just such a
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episodes anyways it was just such a
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episodes anyways it was just such a struggle and I feel like right when
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struggle and I feel like right when
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struggle and I feel like right when everyone was coming back to life I'll
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everyone was coming back to life I'll
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everyone was coming back to life I'll talk about this again so forgive me if
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talk about this again so forgive me if
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talk about this again so forgive me if you have to hear this twice but right
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you have to hear this twice but right
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you have to hear this twice but right when everyone else around me was sort of
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when everyone else around me was sort of
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when everyone else around me was sort of coming back to life it was like we were
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coming back to life it was like we were
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coming back to life it was like we were going into the alley Health crisis and
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going into the alley Health crisis and
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going into the alley Health crisis and all that kind of stuff and then my whole
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all that kind of stuff and then my whole
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all that kind of stuff and then my whole Health thing which never got resolved by
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Health thing which never got resolved by
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Health thing which never got resolved by the way it costs a heck of a lot of
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the way it costs a heck of a lot of
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the way it costs a heck of a lot of money and the lesson I took from it was
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money and the lesson I took from it was
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money and the lesson I took from it was just never go to the doctor I guess
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just never go to the doctor I guess
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just never go to the doctor I guess um but uh no I'm not really not really
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um but uh no I'm not really not really
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um but uh no I'm not really not really I'm just joshing I'm just yanking your
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I'm just joshing I'm just yanking your
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I'm just joshing I'm just yanking your chain I'm just being facetious but
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chain I'm just being facetious but
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chain I'm just being facetious but anyway
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anyway
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anyway just to uh jump back a year and then to
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just to uh jump back a year and then to
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just to uh jump back a year and then to now uh it just felt like the craziest
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now uh it just felt like the craziest
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now uh it just felt like the craziest year of still not being able to jump
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year of still not being able to jump
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year of still not being able to jump into all the things I wanted to do or
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into all the things I wanted to do or
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into all the things I wanted to do or get all the projects done that I wanted
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get all the projects done that I wanted
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get all the projects done that I wanted to get done or get as much things out
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to get done or get as much things out
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to get done or get as much things out into the public at least that I wanted
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into the public at least that I wanted
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into the public at least that I wanted to get out into the public and it's been
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to get out into the public and it's been
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to get out into the public and it's been a very financially challenging year and
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a very financially challenging year and
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a very financially challenging year and emotionally challenging Year all that
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emotionally challenging Year all that
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emotionally challenging Year all that kind of stuff uh
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kind of stuff uh
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kind of stuff uh but then jumping back to a year ago and
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but then jumping back to a year ago and
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but then jumping back to a year ago and thinking about what I was dealing with a
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thinking about what I was dealing with a
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thinking about what I was dealing with a year ago I just feel like we were
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year ago I just feel like we were
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year ago I just feel like we were incredibly blessed incredibly lucky and
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incredibly blessed incredibly lucky and
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incredibly blessed incredibly lucky and we went through a lot but we got out the
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we went through a lot but we got out the
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we went through a lot but we got out the other side of it and I still managed
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other side of it and I still managed
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other side of it and I still managed somehow to drive that crazy van uh all
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somehow to drive that crazy van uh all
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somehow to drive that crazy van uh all which is a whole other boondoggle all
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which is a whole other boondoggle all
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which is a whole other boondoggle all the way across the country and do a
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the way across the country and do a
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the way across the country and do a whole cross-country road trip we did
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whole cross-country road trip we did
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whole cross-country road trip we did manage to go to the east coast and film
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manage to go to the east coast and film
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manage to go to the east coast and film the leaves and do all that kind of stuff
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the leaves and do all that kind of stuff
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the leaves and do all that kind of stuff so even though it wasn't as like
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so even though it wasn't as like
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so even though it wasn't as like I guess from the outside I'm not worried
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I guess from the outside I'm not worried
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I guess from the outside I'm not worried about what I did because I was working
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about what I did because I was working
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about what I did because I was working my butt off every day or or
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my butt off every day or or
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my butt off every day or or wrapped up and stuff every single day
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wrapped up and stuff every single day
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wrapped up and stuff every single day but I guess from the outside looking in
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but I guess from the outside looking in
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but I guess from the outside looking in it wasn't a very productive year and I
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it wasn't a very productive year and I
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it wasn't a very productive year and I think about that all the time like man
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think about that all the time like man
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think about that all the time like man looking at it's like I didn't get out as
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looking at it's like I didn't get out as
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looking at it's like I didn't get out as much stuff as I wanted to and like I was
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much stuff as I wanted to and like I was
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much stuff as I wanted to and like I was kind of saying even about merch my whole
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kind of saying even about merch my whole
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kind of saying even about merch my whole thing is that I like to make stuff I
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thing is that I like to make stuff I
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thing is that I like to make stuff I like to make I love what I do I love
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like to make I love what I do I love
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like to make I love what I do I love random land I would not do it a lot of I
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random land I would not do it a lot of I
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random land I would not do it a lot of I know there's a lot of people who do it
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know there's a lot of people who do it
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know there's a lot of people who do it because they're like oh this is cool
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because they're like oh this is cool
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because they're like oh this is cool this would be a cool job I can make
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this would be a cool job I can make
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this would be a cool job I can make content or
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content or
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content or um there's a lot of people who do it
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um there's a lot of people who do it
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um there's a lot of people who do it because they used to really like it and
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because they used to really like it and
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because they used to really like it and it just became their thing or there's a
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it just became their thing or there's a
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it just became their thing or there's a lot of people who do it because somebody
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lot of people who do it because somebody
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lot of people who do it because somebody hired them to do it you know make
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hired them to do it you know make
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hired them to do it you know make content online or something like that
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content online or something like that
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content online or something like that for me I just truly
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for me I just truly
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for me I just truly love it there's nothing wrong with any
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love it there's nothing wrong with any
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love it there's nothing wrong with any other mode of operation I'm just saying
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other mode of operation I'm just saying
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other mode of operation I'm just saying it's a true passion for me and I just
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it's a true passion for me and I just
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it's a true passion for me and I just like making stuff that's why I make
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like making stuff that's why I make
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like making stuff that's why I make weird wooden signs in any other kind of
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weird wooden signs in any other kind of
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weird wooden signs in any other kind of downtime it's why I've always done
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downtime it's why I've always done
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downtime it's why I've always done paintings or I've done music or
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paintings or I've done music or
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paintings or I've done music or something I just always feel like I like
35:52
something I just always feel like I like
35:52
something I just always feel like I like to make stuff that's why we do the merch
35:53
to make stuff that's why we do the merch
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to make stuff that's why we do the merch it's it's cool to take ideas and things
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it's it's cool to take ideas and things
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it's it's cool to take ideas and things and make them into reality and
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and make them into reality and
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and make them into reality and um the biggest part of that for me is
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um the biggest part of that for me is
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um the biggest part of that for me is now with you guys with the Kindred
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now with you guys with the Kindred
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now with you guys with the Kindred experience with the audience
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experience with the audience
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experience with the audience it's so cool making stuff for you guys
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it's so cool making stuff for you guys
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it's so cool making stuff for you guys whether that's a t-shirt or whether it's
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whether that's a t-shirt or whether it's
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whether that's a t-shirt or whether it's a video or an adventure or check this
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a video or an adventure or check this
36:13
a video or an adventure or check this out or it's a piece of historical
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out or it's a piece of historical
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out or it's a piece of historical information or exploring a new place or
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information or exploring a new place or
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information or exploring a new place or exploring an idea that is the fun part
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exploring an idea that is the fun part
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exploring an idea that is the fun part for me that's the part that drives me
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for me that's the part that drives me
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for me that's the part that drives me and so if I don't put out you know as
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and so if I don't put out you know as
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and so if I don't put out you know as much stuff as I wanted to because I had
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much stuff as I wanted to because I had
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much stuff as I wanted to because I had some great plan or great idea I did a
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some great plan or great idea I did a
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some great plan or great idea I did a bunch of research for something and read
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bunch of research for something and read
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bunch of research for something and read up on this cool subject I want to film
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up on this cool subject I want to film
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up on this cool subject I want to film this whole long documentary you know and
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this whole long documentary you know and
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this whole long documentary you know and if it doesn't come to pass nobody knows
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if it doesn't come to pass nobody knows
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if it doesn't come to pass nobody knows but me but I start to get bummed out so
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but me but I start to get bummed out so
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but me but I start to get bummed out so I feel like I did go through a lot of
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I feel like I did go through a lot of
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I feel like I did go through a lot of I don't know very depressing moments
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I don't know very depressing moments
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I don't know very depressing moments this year which again I'll get into in
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this year which again I'll get into in
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this year which again I'll get into in some detail maybe in the future but some
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some detail maybe in the future but some
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some detail maybe in the future but some moments that were real this was
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moments that were real this was
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moments that were real this was out of all the last couple years and for
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out of all the last couple years and for
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out of all the last couple years and for most people I think it was 2020 and
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most people I think it was 2020 and
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most people I think it was 2020 and early 21 that were super dark for them
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early 21 that were super dark for them
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early 21 that were super dark for them but for us it was 2022 it was was really
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but for us it was 2022 it was was really
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but for us it was 2022 it was was really tough um Valley got a lot better during
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tough um Valley got a lot better during
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tough um Valley got a lot better during that year but she was getting better and
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that year but she was getting better and
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that year but she was getting better and I wasn't worried and stressed out about
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I wasn't worried and stressed out about
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I wasn't worried and stressed out about that as much anymore for the first half
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that as much anymore for the first half
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that as much anymore for the first half of the year the second half of the year
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of the year the second half of the year
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of the year the second half of the year was a lot of just me going through a lot
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was a lot of just me going through a lot
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was a lot of just me going through a lot of depression honestly
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of depression honestly
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of depression honestly um I'm just going to be totally Frank
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um I'm just going to be totally Frank
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um I'm just going to be totally Frank with you just being depressed about
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with you just being depressed about
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with you just being depressed about you know feeling like I've failed
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you know feeling like I've failed
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you know feeling like I've failed somehow or I wasn't doing enough or this
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somehow or I wasn't doing enough or this
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somehow or I wasn't doing enough or this or that or the other thing and um so it
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or that or the other thing and um so it
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or that or the other thing and um so it was a lot of just trying to be patient
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was a lot of just trying to be patient
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was a lot of just trying to be patient and think about the things I can control
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and think about the things I can control
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and think about the things I can control rather than the circumstances which I
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rather than the circumstances which I
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rather than the circumstances which I couldn't control you know quest for
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couldn't control you know quest for
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couldn't control you know quest for positivity straight up thinking about
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positivity straight up thinking about
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positivity straight up thinking about the part of it that I could control
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the part of it that I could control
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the part of it that I could control um and the part of it that I couldn't
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um and the part of it that I couldn't
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um and the part of it that I couldn't write can't control your circumstances
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write can't control your circumstances
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write can't control your circumstances but you can control your reaction and so
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but you can control your reaction and so
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but you can control your reaction and so I decided to react with as much patience
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I decided to react with as much patience
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I decided to react with as much patience as I could try to keep myself under
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as I could try to keep myself under
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as I could try to keep myself under control and just wait this way there
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control and just wait this way there
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control and just wait this way there will come a day when we are back on the
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will come a day when we are back on the
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will come a day when we are back on the road it will come a day when the
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road it will come a day when the
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road it will come a day when the sometimes Vlog will return hello ducks
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and uh there will come a day where
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and uh there will come a day where things are moving and grooving at a
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things are moving and grooving at a
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things are moving and grooving at a faster pace
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faster pace
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faster pace you know I once had a friend who was uh
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you know I once had a friend who was uh
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you know I once had a friend who was uh I should have saved this all for a whole
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I should have saved this all for a whole
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I should have saved this all for a whole separate conversation but whatever uh I
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separate conversation but whatever uh I
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separate conversation but whatever uh I once had a friend who was very very
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once had a friend who was very very
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once had a friend who was very very addicted to very very hard drugs and
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addicted to very very hard drugs and
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addicted to very very hard drugs and they found himself in all kinds of
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they found himself in all kinds of
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they found himself in all kinds of situation and found himself unhoused and
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situation and found himself unhoused and
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situation and found himself unhoused and everything else got to a point where his
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everything else got to a point where his
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everything else got to a point where his family didn't want to help anymore
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family didn't want to help anymore
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family didn't want to help anymore everything and uh he agreed that the one
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everything and uh he agreed that the one
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everything and uh he agreed that the one place he would go was this Monastery uh
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place he would go was this Monastery uh
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place he would go was this Monastery uh Christian Monastery a Eastern Christian
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Christian Monastery a Eastern Christian
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Christian Monastery a Eastern Christian Monastery up in the mountains of
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Monastery up in the mountains of
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Monastery up in the mountains of Northern California outside of Red Bluff
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Northern California outside of Red Bluff
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Northern California outside of Red Bluff and so a friend of mine and I
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and so a friend of mine and I
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and so a friend of mine and I who this other friend of mine had been
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who this other friend of mine had been
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who this other friend of mine had been to that Monastery a bunch and had
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to that Monastery a bunch and had
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to that Monastery a bunch and had convinced him right and so I got roped
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convinced him right and so I got roped
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convinced him right and so I got roped in to actually bring him and do the
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in to actually bring him and do the
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in to actually bring him and do the driving
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driving
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driving we got in his car drove him all the way
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we got in his car drove him all the way
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we got in his car drove him all the way out there left him there to Monastery on
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out there left him there to Monastery on
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out there left him there to Monastery on top of a mountain with the monks and
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top of a mountain with the monks and
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top of a mountain with the monks and then we drove his car back down so he
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then we drove his car back down so he
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then we drove his car back down so he had no Escape then of course when he
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had no Escape then of course when he
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had no Escape then of course when he started to with have withdrawals and
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started to with have withdrawals and
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started to with have withdrawals and everything he was calling everyone
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everything he was calling everyone
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everything he was calling everyone report the car stolen and all this crazy
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report the car stolen and all this crazy
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report the car stolen and all this crazy stuff but it ended up being good for him
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stuff but it ended up being good for him
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stuff but it ended up being good for him he ended up actually getting off the
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he ended up actually getting off the
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he ended up actually getting off the crazy stuff and it ended up being this
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crazy stuff and it ended up being this
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crazy stuff and it ended up being this good experience but I remember being up
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good experience but I remember being up
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good experience but I remember being up there and I'm kind of nervous I'm up at
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there and I'm kind of nervous I'm up at
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there and I'm kind of nervous I'm up at this Monastery now these guys have lived
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this Monastery now these guys have lived
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this Monastery now these guys have lived on this mountain for 30 years they do
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on this mountain for 30 years they do
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on this mountain for 30 years they do nothing but meditate and praying
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nothing but meditate and praying
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nothing but meditate and praying whatever they do
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whatever they do
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whatever they do remember uh
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remember uh
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remember uh at that time
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at that time
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at that time the one of the monks was like ah you're
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the one of the monks was like ah you're
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the one of the monks was like ah you're a man in motion
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a man in motion
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a man in motion we hate to be held still or something
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we hate to be held still or something
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we hate to be held still or something like that and that stuck with me for
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like that and that stuck with me for
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like that and that stuck with me for years because that's so true I like to
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years because that's so true I like to
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years because that's so true I like to be a man in motion that's my whole Mo
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be a man in motion that's my whole Mo
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be a man in motion that's my whole Mo that's that's what gets me excited
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that's that's what gets me excited
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that's that's what gets me excited that's what gets me going is being a man
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that's what gets me going is being a man
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that's what gets me going is being a man in motion and you know Rolling Stone
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in motion and you know Rolling Stone
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in motion and you know Rolling Stone gathers no moss and all that stuff I am
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gathers no moss and all that stuff I am
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gathers no moss and all that stuff I am older than I look uh but I am only as
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older than I look uh but I am only as
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older than I look uh but I am only as young as I feel I don't know what that
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young as I feel I don't know what that
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young as I feel I don't know what that means but I've gathered very little Moss
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means but I've gathered very little Moss
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means but I've gathered very little Moss I think because I spent 15 years in
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I think because I spent 15 years in
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I think because I spent 15 years in bands essentially
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bands essentially
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bands essentially being a teenager for 15 years almost in
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being a teenager for 15 years almost in
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being a teenager for 15 years almost in a way and then having to mature rapidly
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a way and then having to mature rapidly
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a way and then having to mature rapidly when I had a kid laid everything I had a
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when I had a kid laid everything I had a
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when I had a kid laid everything I had a disease and I was stuck at home a lot
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disease and I was stuck at home a lot
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disease and I was stuck at home a lot and I missed out on a lot of things for
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and I missed out on a lot of things for
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and I missed out on a lot of things for another good seven years another nearly
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another good seven years another nearly
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another good seven years another nearly a decade of just really not being able
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a decade of just really not being able
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a decade of just really not being able to do much and then to be Unleashed and
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to do much and then to be Unleashed and
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to do much and then to be Unleashed and to have random land and have you guys
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to have random land and have you guys
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to have random land and have you guys and sometimes vlogging all this stuff
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and sometimes vlogging all this stuff
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and sometimes vlogging all this stuff when especially with the theme parks the
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when especially with the theme parks the
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when especially with the theme parks the YouTube thing wasn't a big thing a lot
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YouTube thing wasn't a big thing a lot
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YouTube thing wasn't a big thing a lot of people didn't understand it I've
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of people didn't understand it I've
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of people didn't understand it I've never I never heard the word YouTuber
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never I never heard the word YouTuber
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never I never heard the word YouTuber when I started doing this I was thinking
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when I started doing this I was thinking
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when I started doing this I was thinking of it like punk rock TV show you know
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of it like punk rock TV show you know
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of it like punk rock TV show you know DIY TV show that's randomly and more
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DIY TV show that's randomly and more
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DIY TV show that's randomly and more documentary style and then I learned
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documentary style and then I learned
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documentary style and then I learned about vlogging and thought yeah that's
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about vlogging and thought yeah that's
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about vlogging and thought yeah that's good we can do these in between episodes
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good we can do these in between episodes
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good we can do these in between episodes in between adventurous things where we
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in between adventurous things where we
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in between adventurous things where we can talk and I can communicate with you
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can talk and I can communicate with you
40:35
can talk and I can communicate with you guys let you know what's going on ramble
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guys let you know what's going on ramble
40:38
guys let you know what's going on ramble have some thoughts and so for years I
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have some thoughts and so for years I
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have some thoughts and so for years I did the vlogs
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did the vlogs
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did the vlogs uh and then of course in the last couple
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uh and then of course in the last couple
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uh and then of course in the last couple years just with covid coming and all
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years just with covid coming and all
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years just with covid coming and all this different stuff and really with all
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this different stuff and really with all
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this different stuff and really with all Ali's health challenges and stuff like
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Ali's health challenges and stuff like
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Ali's health challenges and stuff like that and just a lot of depressing things
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that and just a lot of depressing things
40:52
that and just a lot of depressing things going on I sort of
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going on I sort of
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going on I sort of was that man emotional the the the stone
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was that man emotional the the the stone
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was that man emotional the the the stone stopped and I felt very Mossy for a long
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stopped and I felt very Mossy for a long
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stopped and I felt very Mossy for a long time so I'm just feeling grateful and
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time so I'm just feeling grateful and
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time so I'm just feeling grateful and positive and excited to just feel my
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positive and excited to just feel my
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positive and excited to just feel my feet under me again if that makes any
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feet under me again if that makes any
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feet under me again if that makes any kind of sense and just to see Ali
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kind of sense and just to see Ali
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kind of sense and just to see Ali smiling and being normal again I don't
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smiling and being normal again I don't
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smiling and being normal again I don't go to a whole emotional thing about it
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go to a whole emotional thing about it
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go to a whole emotional thing about it maybe we'll maybe we'll still talk about
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maybe we'll maybe we'll still talk about
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maybe we'll maybe we'll still talk about it in another in another context but
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it in another in another context but
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it in another in another context but it's just been a it's been a lot of
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it's just been a it's been a lot of
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it's just been a it's been a lot of challenges so there's still a lot of
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challenges so there's still a lot of
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challenges so there's still a lot of challenges to meet with like the medical
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challenges to meet with like the medical
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challenges to meet with like the medical bill stuff and all that kind of stuff
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bill stuff and all that kind of stuff
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bill stuff and all that kind of stuff I'm still paying those off uh I got some
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I'm still paying those off uh I got some
41:29
I'm still paying those off uh I got some help with a giant chunk of it but
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help with a giant chunk of it but
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help with a giant chunk of it but there's another giant chunk and another
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there's another giant chunk and another
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there's another giant chunk and another one came today I think it's the last one
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one came today I think it's the last one
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one came today I think it's the last one from the very last
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from the very last
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from the very last um cardiac MRI had and the tldr on that
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um cardiac MRI had and the tldr on that
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um cardiac MRI had and the tldr on that by the way is that they basically said
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by the way is that they basically said
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by the way is that they basically said your heart is hind buck with an
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your heart is hind buck with an
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your heart is hind buck with an arrhythmia
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arrhythmia
41:43
arrhythmia with these PVCs but there's a lot of
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with these PVCs but there's a lot of
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with these PVCs but there's a lot of them so it's something everyone has but
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them so it's something everyone has but
41:47
them so it's something everyone has but this is just kind of an extreme ish form
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this is just kind of an extreme ish form
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this is just kind of an extreme ish form but they're like it's not extreme enough
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but they're like it's not extreme enough
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but they're like it's not extreme enough at my age apparently for it to be work
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at my age apparently for it to be work
41:54
at my age apparently for it to be work this is not as dangerous as having open
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this is not as dangerous as having open
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this is not as dangerous as having open heart surgery to fix it and so basically
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heart surgery to fix it and so basically
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heart surgery to fix it and so basically it's sort of take it easy live like a
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it's sort of take it easy live like a
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it's sort of take it easy live like a little old man as much as you can until
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little old man as much as you can until
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little old man as much as you can until you are a little old man when it's worth
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you are a little old man when it's worth
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you are a little old man when it's worth cracking open your chest and having a
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cracking open your chest and having a
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cracking open your chest and having a heart surgery like that's what I walked
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heart surgery like that's what I walked
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heart surgery like that's what I walked away with so this is uh multiple
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away with so this is uh multiple
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away with so this is uh multiple cardiologists so people like you should
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cardiologists so people like you should
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cardiologists so people like you should get a second opinion I did that's why I
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get a second opinion I did that's why I
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get a second opinion I did that's why I have so many bills and um yeah so it
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have so many bills and um yeah so it
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have so many bills and um yeah so it just worked out to be a very very
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just worked out to be a very very
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just worked out to be a very very expensive find out that I'm like you
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expensive find out that I'm like you
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expensive find out that I'm like you know just try and take it easy when my
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know just try and take it easy when my
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know just try and take it easy when my heartbeat's funny
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heartbeat's funny
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heartbeat's funny um which it does from time to time
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um which it does from time to time
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um which it does from time to time sometimes really bad and sometimes not
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sometimes really bad and sometimes not
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sometimes really bad and sometimes not so uh anyway that's the tldr about that
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so uh anyway that's the tldr about that
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so uh anyway that's the tldr about that not exciting not something I like
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not exciting not something I like
42:31
not exciting not something I like thinking about at all since there's
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thinking about at all since there's
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thinking about at all since there's nothing I can do about it so I choose to
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nothing I can do about it so I choose to
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nothing I can do about it so I choose to uh just sort of ignore it as much as
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uh just sort of ignore it as much as
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uh just sort of ignore it as much as possible
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possible
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possible um obviously when my heart feels funny I
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um obviously when my heart feels funny I
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um obviously when my heart feels funny I sit down and rest a lot more than I used
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sit down and rest a lot more than I used
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sit down and rest a lot more than I used to and I have days between the covet
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to and I have days between the covet
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to and I have days between the covet lately and the Heart thing I have days
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lately and the Heart thing I have days
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lately and the Heart thing I have days where I just I've done a lot of stuff
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where I just I've done a lot of stuff
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where I just I've done a lot of stuff one day and I'll be fine I'll be running
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one day and I'll be fine I'll be running
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one day and I'll be fine I'll be running around jumping on things rolling around
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around jumping on things rolling around
42:51
around jumping on things rolling around drinking caffeine having the time of my
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drinking caffeine having the time of my
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drinking caffeine having the time of my life nothing feels wrong and then for
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life nothing feels wrong and then for
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life nothing feels wrong and then for two days I just I'm weak it beats funny
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two days I just I'm weak it beats funny
42:58
two days I just I'm weak it beats funny I can't move around I don't know I don't
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I can't move around I don't know I don't
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I can't move around I don't know I don't know if any of you have ever dealt with
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know if any of you have ever dealt with
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know if any of you have ever dealt with a problem like that but it's a little
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a problem like that but it's a little
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a problem like that but it's a little bit annoying it's a little bit of that I
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bit annoying it's a little bit of that I
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bit annoying it's a little bit of that I don't I like to Man in Motion come on
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don't I like to Man in Motion come on
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don't I like to Man in Motion come on man in motion so I can be frustrating
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man in motion so I can be frustrating
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man in motion so I can be frustrating but I'm learning to live with it and uh
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but I'm learning to live with it and uh
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but I'm learning to live with it and uh it's you know it's not as big of a deal
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it's you know it's not as big of a deal
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it's you know it's not as big of a deal as it could be so I'm learning to live
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as it could be so I'm learning to live
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as it could be so I'm learning to live with it and being said oh Knott's Berry
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with it and being said oh Knott's Berry
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with it and being said oh Knott's Berry Farm cat
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Farm cat
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Farm cat over there here kitty kitty kitty
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over there here kitty kitty kitty
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over there here kitty kitty kitty Kitty come over the water come on the
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Kitty come over the water come on the
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Kitty come over the water come on the back of the Ducks
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back of the Ducks
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back of the Ducks come and see me anyway all that we're
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come and see me anyway all that we're
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come and see me anyway all that we're going to now change the subject really
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going to now change the subject really
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going to now change the subject really quick uh while I have you here for the
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quick uh while I have you here for the
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quick uh while I have you here for the very last part of all I have you
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very last part of all I have you
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very last part of all I have you Independence Hall right there I have
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Independence Hall right there I have
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Independence Hall right there I have been reading a fantastic book I cannot
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been reading a fantastic book I cannot
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been reading a fantastic book I cannot look the name up the name of up because
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look the name up the name of up because
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look the name up the name of up because I've been reading it on my phone I read
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I've been reading it on my phone I read
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I've been reading it on my phone I read a lot of books on my phone because I
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a lot of books on my phone because I
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a lot of books on my phone because I found out even though I have a lot of
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found out even though I have a lot of
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found out even though I have a lot of print books I have found that found on
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print books I have found that found on
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print books I have found that found on the phone that if I put a book on my
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the phone that if I put a book on my
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the phone that if I put a book on my phone like in the Apple Books thing or
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phone like in the Apple Books thing or
43:51
phone like in the Apple Books thing or whatever or in the Kindle app or
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whatever or in the Kindle app or
43:52
whatever or in the Kindle app or something like that then at least I
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something like that then at least I
43:53
something like that then at least I always have it with me so whether I'm on
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always have it with me so whether I'm on
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always have it with me so whether I'm on an airplane or I'm trying to go to sleep
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an airplane or I'm trying to go to sleep
43:57
an airplane or I'm trying to go to sleep or whatever I get through little bits
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or whatever I get through little bits
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or whatever I get through little bits and pieces of books so one of the books
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and pieces of books so one of the books
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and pieces of books so one of the books I put on my phone
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I put on my phone
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I put on my phone not because I was particularly
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not because I was particularly
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not because I was particularly interested in researching for a video or
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interested in researching for a video or
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interested in researching for a video or or or something like that because I do a
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or or something like that because I do a
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or or something like that because I do a lot of research reading right
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lot of research reading right
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lot of research reading right um but not for any reason like that but
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um but not for any reason like that but
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um but not for any reason like that but just for funsies I put a
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just for funsies I put a
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just for funsies I put a book on my phone called I think it's
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book on my phone called I think it's
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book on my phone called I think it's called you'll have to look it up but I
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called you'll have to look it up but I
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called you'll have to look it up but I think it's called America's first Civil
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think it's called America's first Civil
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think it's called America's first Civil War and what it is is it's all about the
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War and what it is is it's all about the
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War and what it is is it's all about the lead up to independency as it was called
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lead up to independency as it was called
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lead up to independency as it was called then it's all about the lead up with
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then it's all about the lead up with
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then it's all about the lead up with Benjamin Franklin John Adams a lot of
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Benjamin Franklin John Adams a lot of
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Benjamin Franklin John Adams a lot of Franklin actually and uh leading up to
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Franklin actually and uh leading up to
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Franklin actually and uh leading up to the Revolutionary War and the
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the Revolutionary War and the
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the Revolutionary War and the revolutionaries basically the guys that
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revolutionaries basically the guys that
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revolutionaries basically the guys that wanted Independence versus
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wanted Independence versus
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wanted Independence versus the dudes who were the Loyalists so it's
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the dudes who were the Loyalists so it's
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the dudes who were the Loyalists so it's sort of that first Civil War being
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sort of that first Civil War being
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sort of that first Civil War being America in a civil war with Britain and
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America in a civil war with Britain and
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America in a civil war with Britain and also the Loyalists here in America
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also the Loyalists here in America
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also the Loyalists here in America versus the people who wanted
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versus the people who wanted
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versus the people who wanted Independence in America and it's
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Independence in America and it's
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Independence in America and it's it's one of those books where it's not
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it's one of those books where it's not
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it's one of those books where it's not it's like it rehashes it goes through
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it's like it rehashes it goes through
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it's like it rehashes it goes through like all how the Revolutionary War
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like all how the Revolutionary War
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like all how the Revolutionary War happened all that stuff and by the way
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happened all that stuff and by the way
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happened all that stuff and by the way look at this rap
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s the Declaration camera it rehashes a
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s the Declaration camera it rehashes a lot of stuff that most people know
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lot of stuff that most people know
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lot of stuff that most people know already about the American Revolution
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already about the American Revolution
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already about the American Revolution and stuff but it's one of those books
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and stuff but it's one of those books
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and stuff but it's one of those books that does it in a really cool way where
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that does it in a really cool way where
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that does it in a really cool way where you're reading the book and it's really
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you're reading the book and it's really
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you're reading the book and it's really I feel like I can't talk loud in here I
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I feel like I can't talk loud in here I
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I feel like I can't talk loud in here I feel like it's like a library even
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feel like it's like a library even
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feel like it's like a library even though it isn't I'm a lot of talk as
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though it isn't I'm a lot of talk as
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though it isn't I'm a lot of talk as loud as I want
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anyway it's one of those books where
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anyway it's one of those books where even if you're reading about a story
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even if you're reading about a story
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even if you're reading about a story that you've read about in my case I read
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that you've read about in my case I read
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that you've read about in my case I read a lot of history books right and so I've
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a lot of history books right and so I've
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a lot of history books right and so I've read a lot about the American Revolution
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read a lot about the American Revolution
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read a lot about the American Revolution obviously I went to Mount Vernon this
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obviously I went to Mount Vernon this
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obviously I went to Mount Vernon this summer and so I was reading a lot about
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summer and so I was reading a lot about
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summer and so I was reading a lot about George Washington during that time and
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George Washington during that time and
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George Washington during that time and stuff like that
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stuff like that
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stuff like that um so even even recently I've been
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um so even even recently I've been
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um so even even recently I've been reading a lot about the American
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reading a lot about the American
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reading a lot about the American Revolution George Washington all that
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Revolution George Washington all that
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Revolution George Washington all that kind of different stuff
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kind of different stuff
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kind of different stuff um
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um it's one of those books that's so well
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it's one of those books that's so well
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it's one of those books that's so well written that even though it's going
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written that even though it's going
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written that even though it's going through the same stories and a lot of
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through the same stories and a lot of
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through the same stories and a lot of the same facts that you've heard before
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the same facts that you've heard before
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the same facts that you've heard before it's so well written you're like engaged
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it's so well written you're like engaged
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it's so well written you're like engaged you're excited about it and so I have
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you're excited about it and so I have
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you're excited about it and so I have just been like every day that I'm busy
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just been like every day that I'm busy
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just been like every day that I'm busy or I'm driving home from Solvang I'm
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or I'm driving home from Solvang I'm
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or I'm driving home from Solvang I'm like I cannot wait to get home get in
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like I cannot wait to get home get in
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like I cannot wait to get home get in bed for that last like 30 minutes before
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bed for that last like 30 minutes before
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bed for that last like 30 minutes before I fall asleep and read a little more of
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I fall asleep and read a little more of
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I fall asleep and read a little more of this book so I think it's called
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this book so I think it's called
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this book so I think it's called America's first Civil War or something
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America's first Civil War or something
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America's first Civil War or something like that if that's not it at all then
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like that if that's not it at all then
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like that if that's not it at all then I'll try and put in the video
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I'll try and put in the video
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I'll try and put in the video description or something like that I
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description or something like that I
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description or something like that I normally don't put any really
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normally don't put any really
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normally don't put any really descriptions for the Vlogs because I'm
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descriptions for the Vlogs because I'm
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descriptions for the Vlogs because I'm describing everything here it is in
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describing everything here it is in
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describing everything here it is in conversation in great detail and
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conversation in great detail and
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conversation in great detail and probably too verbosely and running on
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probably too verbosely and running on
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probably too verbosely and running on too long at the mouth
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too long at the mouth
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too long at the mouth um but I'll put it down below if that's
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um but I'll put it down below if that's
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um but I'll put it down below if that's not what it is at all if it's like
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not what it is at all if it's like
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not what it is at all if it's like completely different title but it's a
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completely different title but it's a
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completely different title but it's a fascinating read so if you're looking
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fascinating read so if you're looking
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fascinating read so if you're looking for a good book about American
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for a good book about American
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for a good book about American independence or the revolution but uh
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independence or the revolution but uh
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independence or the revolution but uh one thing I really like about it and you
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one thing I really like about it and you
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one thing I really like about it and you guys know I don't really talk sex
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guys know I don't really talk sex
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guys know I don't really talk sex politics or religion ever
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politics or religion ever
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politics or religion ever um but one thing now on this channel not
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um but one thing now on this channel not
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um but one thing now on this channel not on the other channel not in public and
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on the other channel not in public and
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on the other channel not in public and you know why
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you know why
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you know why uh one I like everybody to get along and
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uh one I like everybody to get along and
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uh one I like everybody to get along and I like dinner table manners and I think
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I like dinner table manners and I think
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I like dinner table manners and I think if America went back to the old dinner
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if America went back to the old dinner
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if America went back to the old dinner table manners and realized that sex
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table manners and realized that sex
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table manners and realized that sex politics and religion are none of
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politics and religion are none of
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politics and religion are none of anybody else's business I think we'd all
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anybody else's business I think we'd all
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anybody else's business I think we'd all get along better and I think in the last
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get along better and I think in the last
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get along better and I think in the last couple years has really proven that uh
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couple years has really proven that uh
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couple years has really proven that uh we need to work harder on getting along
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we need to work harder on getting along
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we need to work harder on getting along and less hard at you know fighting for
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and less hard at you know fighting for
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and less hard at you know fighting for our position
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our position
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our position not to say the fighting for your
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not to say the fighting for your
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not to say the fighting for your position isn't right it's just context
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position isn't right it's just context
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position isn't right it's just context right I'm talking about with friends and
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right I'm talking about with friends and
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right I'm talking about with friends and neighbors and things like that and I
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neighbors and things like that and I
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neighbors and things like that and I consider you guys my friends and
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consider you guys my friends and
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consider you guys my friends and neighbors so I like to observe the rules
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neighbors so I like to observe the rules
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neighbors so I like to observe the rules of the dinner table but also I changed
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of the dinner table but also I changed
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of the dinner table but also I changed my mind a lot I'm very into history and
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my mind a lot I'm very into history and
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my mind a lot I'm very into history and I have a very different perspective on
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I have a very different perspective on
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I have a very different perspective on things sometimes because of History I
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things sometimes because of History I
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things sometimes because of History I like to think out loud right so if
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like to think out loud right so if
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like to think out loud right so if somebody is advocating for a position I
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somebody is advocating for a position I
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somebody is advocating for a position I like to take the opposite position in
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like to take the opposite position in
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like to take the opposite position in the conversation and then sometimes
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the conversation and then sometimes
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the conversation and then sometimes people walk away from that going oh so
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people walk away from that going oh so
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people walk away from that going oh so he thinks this this but I might not
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he thinks this this but I might not
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he thinks this this but I might not think that all I might have just been
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think that all I might have just been
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think that all I might have just been for conversation purposes like well but
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for conversation purposes like well but
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for conversation purposes like well but what about this you know and so I
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what about this you know and so I
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what about this you know and so I learned over the years especially in the
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learned over the years especially in the
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learned over the years especially in the band that is just not worth fighting
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band that is just not worth fighting
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band that is just not worth fighting about because I'm not a fact keeper I am
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about because I'm not a fact keeper I am
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about because I'm not a fact keeper I am a narrative keeper so I read dozens of
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a narrative keeper so I read dozens of
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a narrative keeper so I read dozens of books about the Revolutionary War for
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books about the Revolutionary War for
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books about the Revolutionary War for example and I know the story very well I
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example and I know the story very well I
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example and I know the story very well I know the narrative very well but I'm not
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know the narrative very well but I'm not
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know the narrative very well but I'm not a fact to date and document oh it was in
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a fact to date and document oh it was in
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a fact to date and document oh it was in this document he quoted this at this
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this document he quoted this at this
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this document he quoted this at this time and then on January 5th 1775 they
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time and then on January 5th 1775 they
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time and then on January 5th 1775 they did this I'm not that guy and so
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did this I'm not that guy and so
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did this I'm not that guy and so um you know multiply that by a million
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um you know multiply that by a million
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um you know multiply that by a million when it comes to anything modern or
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when it comes to anything modern or
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when it comes to anything modern or debates about religion or politics and I
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debates about religion or politics and I
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debates about religion or politics and I just I don't want to have I'm not a good
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just I don't want to have I'm not a good
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just I don't want to have I'm not a good debater my brother said that the other
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debater my brother said that the other
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debater my brother said that the other day he goes no you're good at arguing
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day he goes no you're good at arguing
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day he goes no you're good at arguing you're just not good at debating and
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you're just not good at debating and
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you're just not good at debating and that's exactly what it is and I never
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that's exactly what it is and I never
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that's exactly what it is and I never want to win debates I don't like to
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want to win debates I don't like to
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want to win debates I don't like to argue I'm not a confrontational type of
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argue I'm not a confrontational type of
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argue I'm not a confrontational type of person but that stuff and so it's just
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person but that stuff and so it's just
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person but that stuff and so it's just not for me I just stay out of it and to
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not for me I just stay out of it and to
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not for me I just stay out of it and to top it all off after years and years of
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top it all off after years and years of
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top it all off after years and years of being in a punk rock band which were
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being in a punk rock band which were
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being in a punk rock band which were obviously very political constantly all
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obviously very political constantly all
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obviously very political constantly all the times limited to the Occupy times
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the times limited to the Occupy times
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the times limited to the Occupy times and all these crazy things politics are
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and all these crazy things politics are
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and all these crazy things politics are flying around everywhere while we're on
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flying around everywhere while we're on
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flying around everywhere while we're on tour
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tour
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tour um
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um it just gives me so much anxiety to talk
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it just gives me so much anxiety to talk
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it just gives me so much anxiety to talk about that that is my trigger that's my
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about that that is my trigger that's my
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about that that is my trigger that's my thing that I just I just don't wanna I
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thing that I just I just don't wanna I
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thing that I just I just don't wanna I don't want to deal with it right and I
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don't want to deal with it right and I
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don't want to deal with it right and I have such a wide spectrum of friends and
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have such a wide spectrum of friends and
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have such a wide spectrum of friends and of differing opinions and I just I don't
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of differing opinions and I just I don't
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of differing opinions and I just I don't know it's just not my thing it doesn't
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know it's just not my thing it doesn't
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know it's just not my thing it doesn't mean that I don't agree with lots of
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mean that I don't agree with lots of
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mean that I don't agree with lots of people's good causes and things like
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people's good causes and things like
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people's good causes and things like that and so sure enough when the next
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that and so sure enough when the next
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that and so sure enough when the next crazy political
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crazy political
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crazy political upheaval or social upheaval happens I'm
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upheaval or social upheaval happens I'm
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upheaval or social upheaval happens I'm sure there will be people who want me to
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sure there will be people who want me to
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sure there will be people who want me to make a statement but I'm never gonna do
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make a statement but I'm never gonna do
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make a statement but I'm never gonna do it and it's not because I don't believe
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it and it's not because I don't believe
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it and it's not because I don't believe in good things or whatever it's because
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in good things or whatever it's because
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in good things or whatever it's because it's not because I don't think that
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it's not because I don't think that
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it's not because I don't think that there is right and wrong in the world
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there is right and wrong in the world
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there is right and wrong in the world it's uh
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it's uh
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it's uh that's because of all the reasons before
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that's because of all the reasons before
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that's because of all the reasons before stated and because
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stated and because
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stated and because I've been through this a lot on the
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I've been through this a lot on the
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I've been through this a lot on the podcast talking about over the last
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podcast talking about over the last
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podcast talking about over the last couple years but the main mission of
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couple years but the main mission of
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couple years but the main mission of random land like when I was going
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random land like when I was going
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random land like when I was going through a divorce and lose my house and
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through a divorce and lose my house and
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through a divorce and lose my house and my kid in my life and everything was
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my kid in my life and everything was
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my kid in my life and everything was going wrong uh sometimes the only thing
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going wrong uh sometimes the only thing
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going wrong uh sometimes the only thing that saved my sanity were silly videos
49:44
that saved my sanity were silly videos
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that saved my sanity were silly videos on YouTube or old Monty Python DVDs or
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on YouTube or old Monty Python DVDs or
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on YouTube or old Monty Python DVDs or documentaries about Colonial
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documentaries about Colonial
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documentaries about Colonial Williamsburg or something it something
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Williamsburg or something it something
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Williamsburg or something it something where I could step out of the modern
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where I could step out of the modern
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where I could step out of the modern world like stepping through the berm at
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world like stepping through the berm at
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world like stepping through the berm at Disneyland right and the modern world
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Disneyland right and the modern world
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Disneyland right and the modern world today's cares and worries go away and I
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today's cares and worries go away and I
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today's cares and worries go away and I could just inhabit a place where I could
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could just inhabit a place where I could
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could just inhabit a place where I could have a little fun I could laugh a little
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have a little fun I could laugh a little
50:07
have a little fun I could laugh a little bit and relax so that the next day IRL I
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bit and relax so that the next day IRL I
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bit and relax so that the next day IRL I could face the challenges of life in the
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could face the challenges of life in the
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could face the challenges of life in the darkness and the fights and the things
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darkness and the fights and the things
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darkness and the fights and the things that I needed to go through
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that I needed to go through
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that I needed to go through and so that's always been the mission
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and so that's always been the mission
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and so that's always been the mission statement for random land is to be that
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statement for random land is to be that
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statement for random land is to be that place for other people and so that's why
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place for other people and so that's why
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place for other people and so that's why we'll talk about uh religion or politics
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we'll talk about uh religion or politics
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we'll talk about uh religion or politics in a historical context or in a
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in a historical context or in a
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in a historical context or in a locational context right like if I go to
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locational context right like if I go to
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locational context right like if I go to Salt Lake City well of course I'm going
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Salt Lake City well of course I'm going
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Salt Lake City well of course I'm going to show the Mormons giant temples right
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to show the Mormons giant temples right
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to show the Mormons giant temples right in the middle of downtown or if I'm in
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in the middle of downtown or if I'm in
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in the middle of downtown or if I'm in you know Paris I'm going to go into
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you know Paris I'm going to go into
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you know Paris I'm going to go into Notre Dame and that's obviously a
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Notre Dame and that's obviously a
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Notre Dame and that's obviously a Catholic Cathedral uh you know and so of
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Catholic Cathedral uh you know and so of
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Catholic Cathedral uh you know and so of course you kind of get into politics a
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course you kind of get into politics a
50:38
course you kind of get into politics a little if you're talking about the
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little if you're talking about the
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little if you're talking about the American Revolution or the Civil War or
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American Revolution or the Civil War or
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American Revolution or the Civil War or something like that
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something like that
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something like that um but only in those contexts I don't
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um but only in those contexts I don't
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um but only in those contexts I don't want to fight with anybody it's not
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want to fight with anybody it's not
50:45
want to fight with anybody it's not worth it so
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worth it so
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worth it so I don't know how I got onto that but
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I don't know how I got onto that but
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I don't know how I got onto that but anyway it's a great book and what I was
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anyway it's a great book and what I was
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anyway it's a great book and what I was going to say is keep in mind all what I
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going to say is keep in mind all what I
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going to say is keep in mind all what I just said before but what's so great
50:54
just said before but what's so great
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just said before but what's so great about that book and what's so great
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about that book and what's so great
50:56
about that book and what's so great about Civil War history I did a lot of
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about Civil War history I did a lot of
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about Civil War history I did a lot of Civil War history reading this year and
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Civil War history reading this year and
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Civil War history reading this year and gotten back into it shined myself up as
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gotten back into it shined myself up as
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gotten back into it shined myself up as a little bit of a civil war buff but
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a little bit of a civil war buff but
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a little bit of a civil war buff but what's so fascinating are all the
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what's so fascinating are all the
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what's so fascinating are all the politics before the Civil War that led
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politics before the Civil War that led
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politics before the Civil War that led to the Civil War and after the Civil War
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to the Civil War and after the Civil War
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to the Civil War and after the Civil War and uh one of the fringe benefits of
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and uh one of the fringe benefits of
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and uh one of the fringe benefits of reading a lot of history is that you
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reading a lot of history is that you
51:15
reading a lot of history is that you realize you know everyone's always
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realize you know everyone's always
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realize you know everyone's always talking about this country's in worse
51:18
talking about this country's in worse
51:18
talking about this country's in worse shape than it's ever been and I just
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shape than it's ever been and I just
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shape than it's ever been and I just don't think that's true at all just from
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don't think that's true at all just from
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don't think that's true at all just from a historical perspective we had a Civil
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a historical perspective we had a Civil
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a historical perspective we had a Civil War uh with Britain and then we had
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War uh with Britain and then we had
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War uh with Britain and then we had another civil war to fight over the
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another civil war to fight over the
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another civil war to fight over the question of slavery people say well I
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question of slavery people say well I
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question of slavery people say well I was over states rights states rights to
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was over states rights states rights to
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was over states rights states rights to do what
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anyway so we had these Civil Wars we had
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anyway so we had these Civil Wars we had times where people in Congress were
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times where people in Congress were
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times where people in Congress were beating each other on the senate floor
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beating each other on the senate floor
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beating each other on the senate floor with Keynes we had uh you know riots and
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with Keynes we had uh you know riots and
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with Keynes we had uh you know riots and mobs and charrings and featherings and
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mobs and charrings and featherings and
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mobs and charrings and featherings and just you know all kinds of crazy stuff
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just you know all kinds of crazy stuff
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just you know all kinds of crazy stuff we had uh Jim Crow we had all these
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we had uh Jim Crow we had all these
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we had uh Jim Crow we had all these different kinds of things women have
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different kinds of things women have
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different kinds of things women have only had the right to vote ratified and
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only had the right to vote ratified and
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only had the right to vote ratified and everything since 1920 that's only the
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everything since 1920 that's only the
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everything since 1920 that's only the last hundred years so we've had way
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last hundred years so we've had way
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last hundred years so we've had way worse times in America and it's nice to
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worse times in America and it's nice to
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worse times in America and it's nice to keep that in perspective and it's very
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keep that in perspective and it's very
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keep that in perspective and it's very very interesting going all the way back
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very interesting going all the way back
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very interesting going all the way back to Revolutionary War times and reading
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to Revolutionary War times and reading
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to Revolutionary War times and reading about Samuel Adams and Benjamin Franklin
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about Samuel Adams and Benjamin Franklin
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about Samuel Adams and Benjamin Franklin dealing with Lord Howe of the British
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dealing with Lord Howe of the British
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dealing with Lord Howe of the British and them trying to find a peace
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and them trying to find a peace
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and them trying to find a peace resolution and the British not realizing
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resolution and the British not realizing
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resolution and the British not realizing like it's too late now you made
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like it's too late now you made
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like it's too late now you made everybody mangry over here but then they
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everybody mangry over here but then they
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everybody mangry over here but then they were still loyalists like did you know
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were still loyalists like did you know
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were still loyalists like did you know Benjamin Franklin's son William uh was a
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Benjamin Franklin's son William uh was a
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Benjamin Franklin's son William uh was a governor a British governor of New
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governor a British governor of New
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governor a British governor of New Jersey and stayed a committed loyalist
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Jersey and stayed a committed loyalist
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Jersey and stayed a committed loyalist to Britain all while his father is in
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to Britain all while his father is in
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to Britain all while his father is in the Continental Congress writing the
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the Continental Congress writing the
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the Continental Congress writing the Declaration of Independence with Thomas
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Declaration of Independence with Thomas
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Declaration of Independence with Thomas Jefferson and doing all this crazy stuff
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Jefferson and doing all this crazy stuff
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Jefferson and doing all this crazy stuff and then going to Paris to get France on
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and then going to Paris to get France on
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and then going to Paris to get France on our side during that time William was
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our side during that time William was
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our side during that time William was locked up he's banged up over in
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locked up he's banged up over in
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locked up he's banged up over in Connecticut he's being basically held as
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Connecticut he's being basically held as
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Connecticut he's being basically held as a prisoner because he was the British
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a prisoner because he was the British
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a prisoner because he was the British governor of New Jersey and his wife oh
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governor of New Jersey and his wife oh
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governor of New Jersey and his wife oh why am I blanking on her name his wife
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why am I blanking on her name his wife
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why am I blanking on her name his wife couldn't go and see him or anything and
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couldn't go and see him or anything and
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couldn't go and see him or anything and he's writing can I just please be
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he's writing can I just please be
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he's writing can I just please be paroled so I can go see my wife she's in
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paroled so I can go see my wife she's in
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paroled so I can go see my wife she's in New York where the British were she's
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New York where the British were she's
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New York where the British were she's where the British army were and she's
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where the British army were and she's
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where the British army were and she's sick and I just want to see her and he's
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sick and I just want to see her and he's
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sick and I just want to see her and he's asking his own father this he was like
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asking his own father this he was like
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asking his own father this he was like and George Washington and both were like
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and George Washington and both were like
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and George Washington and both were like nah we can't really do that and his wife
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nah we can't really do that and his wife
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nah we can't really do that and his wife dies and so imagine what that would do
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dies and so imagine what that would do
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dies and so imagine what that would do between Father and Son so times have
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between Father and Son so times have
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between Father and Son so times have been crazy in America before it's my
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been crazy in America before it's my
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been crazy in America before it's my point and it's a fascinating story so it
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point and it's a fascinating story so it
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point and it's a fascinating story so it just made me extra want to come over to
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just made me extra want to come over to
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just made me extra want to come over to Independence holiday and take a gander
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Independence holiday and take a gander
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Independence holiday and take a gander at it anyway we're now reaching
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at it anyway we're now reaching
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at it anyway we're now reaching basically an hour long of an hour of
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basically an hour long of an hour of
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basically an hour long of an hour of conversation here with you and me on the
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conversation here with you and me on the
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conversation here with you and me on the sometimes Vlog it's been a long time
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sometimes Vlog it's been a long time
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sometimes Vlog it's been a long time since we've had sometimes Vlogs on the
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since we've had sometimes Vlogs on the
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since we've had sometimes Vlogs on the regular and particularly some that are
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regular and particularly some that are
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regular and particularly some that are this long but I just wanted to spend a
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this long but I just wanted to spend a
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this long but I just wanted to spend a little time with you guys today
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little time with you guys today
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little time with you guys today particularly since uh my whole plan to
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particularly since uh my whole plan to
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particularly since uh my whole plan to do with the blacksmiths and the secret
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do with the blacksmiths and the secret
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do with the blacksmiths and the secret project is obviously not happening today
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project is obviously not happening today
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project is obviously not happening today and so uh I don't know if my battery's
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and so uh I don't know if my battery's
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and so uh I don't know if my battery's gonna die or anything if I get cut off
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gonna die or anything if I get cut off
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gonna die or anything if I get cut off goodbye but otherwise I think we have a
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goodbye but otherwise I think we have a
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goodbye but otherwise I think we have a couple more minutes to walk out now look
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couple more minutes to walk out now look
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couple more minutes to walk out now look at that that's Soak City right there
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at that that's Soak City right there
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at that that's Soak City right there that is Knott's Berry Farms wow Cedar
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that is Knott's Berry Farms wow Cedar
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that is Knott's Berry Farms wow Cedar Fair who owns Knott's Berry Farm water
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Fair who owns Knott's Berry Farm water
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Fair who owns Knott's Berry Farm water park down here and it's very popular
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park down here and it's very popular
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park down here and it's very popular only open in the summer obviously it's
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only open in the summer obviously it's
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only open in the summer obviously it's just a seasonal place I can't help but
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just a seasonal place I can't help but
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just a seasonal place I can't help but think that if they had just expanded
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think that if they had just expanded
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think that if they had just expanded Knott's Berry Farm back over here which
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Knott's Berry Farm back over here which
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Knott's Berry Farm back over here which like I told you there were rides and
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like I told you there were rides and
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like I told you there were rides and attractions over here back in the day
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attractions over here back in the day
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attractions over here back in the day this was a whole attraction that Tiki
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this was a whole attraction that Tiki
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this was a whole attraction that Tiki lagoon area
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lagoon area
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lagoon area well there's a whole popular attraction
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well there's a whole popular attraction
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well there's a whole popular attraction called jungle island in the 60s there
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called jungle island in the 60s there
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called jungle island in the 60s there was a different train over here there
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was a different train over here there
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was a different train over here there was a steamboat um
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was a steamboat um
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was a steamboat um a merry-go-round there were some other
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a merry-go-round there were some other
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a merry-go-round there were some other attractions over here
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attractions over here
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attractions over here I can't help but think that if they had
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I can't help but think that if they had
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I can't help but think that if they had just done that again
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just done that again
54:37
just done that again something that could be open year round
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something that could be open year round
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something that could be open year round they would just have even more visitors
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they would just have even more visitors
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they would just have even more visitors but I have a lot of opinions about
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but I have a lot of opinions about
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but I have a lot of opinions about Knott's Berry Farm one of them is they
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Knott's Berry Farm one of them is they
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Knott's Berry Farm one of them is they need dark rides you know because when
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need dark rides you know because when
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need dark rides you know because when you think about what make what makes you
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you think about what make what makes you
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you think about what make what makes you nostalgic what makes you connected to
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nostalgic what makes you connected to
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nostalgic what makes you connected to Disneyland is that when you're a kid and
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Disneyland is that when you're a kid and
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Disneyland is that when you're a kid and you ride Pirates of the Caribbean those
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you ride Pirates of the Caribbean those
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you ride Pirates of the Caribbean those pirates are real when you ride the
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pirates are real when you ride the
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pirates are real when you ride the Haunted Mansion when you ride all those
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Haunted Mansion when you ride all those
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Haunted Mansion when you ride all those dark rides you know all the Fantasyland
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dark rides you know all the Fantasyland
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dark rides you know all the Fantasyland ones you're invested in that story and
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ones you're invested in that story and
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ones you're invested in that story and so having a themed roller coaster is
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so having a themed roller coaster is
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so having a themed roller coaster is fine but you don't feel like you're in
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fine but you don't feel like you're in
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fine but you don't feel like you're in that world on a roller coaster you feel
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that world on a roller coaster you feel
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that world on a roller coaster you feel like you're in this world with a little
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like you're in this world with a little
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like you're in this world with a little bit of a theme right I know they've done
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bit of a theme right I know they've done
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bit of a theme right I know they've done some pretty good roller coasters and
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some pretty good roller coasters and
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some pretty good roller coasters and some Harry Potter roller coasters the
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some Harry Potter roller coasters the
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some Harry Potter roller coasters the different ones that are sort of
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different ones that are sort of
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different ones that are sort of immersive but I'm talking like really
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immersive but I'm talking like really
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immersive but I'm talking like really truly honestly and now Universal's got
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truly honestly and now Universal's got
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truly honestly and now Universal's got the Harry Potter ride which is you know
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the Harry Potter ride which is you know
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the Harry Potter ride which is you know insane that crazy one whether you're on
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insane that crazy one whether you're on
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insane that crazy one whether you're on the robot arm and all that kind of stuff
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the robot arm and all that kind of stuff
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the robot arm and all that kind of stuff why am I blanking on this proper name
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why am I blanking on this proper name
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why am I blanking on this proper name um
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um and Knott's Berry Farm she doesn't have
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and Knott's Berry Farm she doesn't have
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and Knott's Berry Farm she doesn't have that they've got the Barry tales in kind
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that they've got the Barry tales in kind
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that they've got the Barry tales in kind of back it's like that's what you need
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of back it's like that's what you need
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of back it's like that's what you need you need like a Calico well you have the
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you need like a Calico well you have the
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you need like a Calico well you have the Calico Mine ride actually take it back
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Calico Mine ride actually take it back
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Calico Mine ride actually take it back you have the Calico mine right in a
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you have the Calico mine right in a
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you have the Calico mine right in a little bit of the larger but you need
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little bit of the larger but you need
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little bit of the larger but you need some more like that with characters and
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some more like that with characters and
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some more like that with characters and things you know like a Snoopy Dark Ride
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things you know like a Snoopy Dark Ride
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things you know like a Snoopy Dark Ride why have they never built Snoopy Dark
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why have they never built Snoopy Dark
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why have they never built Snoopy Dark Ride I also think they've got all this
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Ride I also think they've got all this
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Ride I also think they've got all this land across the street
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land across the street
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land across the street it's no just a parking lot you can build
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it's no just a parking lot you can build
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it's no just a parking lot you can build a big parking structure right here just
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a big parking structure right here just
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a big parking structure right here just in the back of the parking lot and you
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in the back of the parking lot and you
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in the back of the parking lot and you can have a whole addition to the theme
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can have a whole addition to the theme
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can have a whole addition to the theme park and they have another big parking
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park and they have another big parking
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park and they have another big parking lot just to the south of the main Park
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lot just to the south of the main Park
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lot just to the south of the main Park and another one across the street to the
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and another one across the street to the
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and another one across the street to the north so they have all these spots where
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north so they have all these spots where
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north so they have all these spots where they could build parking garages or they
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they could build parking garages or they
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they could build parking garages or they could expand the park but of course
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could expand the park but of course
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could expand the park but of course Knott's Berry Farmers money goes to
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Knott's Berry Farmers money goes to
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Knott's Berry Farmers money goes to Cedar Fair Cedar Fair is in another
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Cedar Fair Cedar Fair is in another
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Cedar Fair Cedar Fair is in another state they have all these roller coaster
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state they have all these roller coaster
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state they have all these roller coaster theme parks that only operate seasonally
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theme parks that only operate seasonally
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theme parks that only operate seasonally like the water park and so Knott's Berry
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like the water park and so Knott's Berry
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like the water park and so Knott's Berry Farm makes money all year round money
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Farm makes money all year round money
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Farm makes money all year round money that is used to fund other Parks
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that is used to fund other Parks
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that is used to fund other Parks basically so I always thought now it's
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basically so I always thought now it's
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basically so I always thought now it's got kind of Raw Deal being sold to Cedar
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got kind of Raw Deal being sold to Cedar
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got kind of Raw Deal being sold to Cedar Fair but then at the same time Cedar
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Fair but then at the same time Cedar
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Fair but then at the same time Cedar Fair oh I think for the first sort of 10
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Fair oh I think for the first sort of 10
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Fair oh I think for the first sort of 10 years of owning nods treated it rather
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years of owning nods treated it rather
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years of owning nods treated it rather roughly has done it actually an
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roughly has done it actually an
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roughly has done it actually an excellent job kind of bringing knots
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excellent job kind of bringing knots
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excellent job kind of bringing knots back up to Snuff in the last few years I
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back up to Snuff in the last few years I
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back up to Snuff in the last few years I talked about this a little bit in the
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talked about this a little bit in the
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talked about this a little bit in the Knott's Berry Farm random line video
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Knott's Berry Farm random line video
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Knott's Berry Farm random line video that I just filmed
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that I just filmed
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that I just filmed um particularly the current management
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um particularly the current management
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um particularly the current management some of whom are from Disney who have
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some of whom are from Disney who have
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some of whom are from Disney who have gone up into Cedar Fair and I think the
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gone up into Cedar Fair and I think the
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gone up into Cedar Fair and I think the current crop of Executives or management
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current crop of Executives or management
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current crop of Executives or management or whoever's in charge I'm not exactly
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or whoever's in charge I'm not exactly
56:58
or whoever's in charge I'm not exactly sure who all those people are but John
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sure who all those people are but John
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sure who all those people are but John storbeck is one of them
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storbeck is one of them
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storbeck is one of them um have done a great job actually kind
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um have done a great job actually kind
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um have done a great job actually kind of caring about Nazis like
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of caring about Nazis like
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of caring about Nazis like sort of uniqueness in its special place
57:07
sort of uniqueness in its special place
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sort of uniqueness in its special place in Southern California history and they
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in Southern California history and they
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in Southern California history and they were so good to the community with their
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were so good to the community with their
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were so good to the community with their events during covid and trying to have
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events during covid and trying to have
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events during covid and trying to have something where people could come
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something where people could come
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something where people could come outside and have it be safe but just
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outside and have it be safe but just
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outside and have it be safe but just something to do you know and it just I
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something to do you know and it just I
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something to do you know and it just I love Knott's Berry Farm so much so while
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love Knott's Berry Farm so much so while
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love Knott's Berry Farm so much so while I have plenty of
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I have plenty of
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I have plenty of you know backseat driver opinions on
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you know backseat driver opinions on
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you know backseat driver opinions on stuff that they could do differently and
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stuff that they could do differently and
57:28
stuff that they could do differently and could do better or could add that would
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could do better or could add that would
57:30
could do better or could add that would make that would take their park to the
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make that would take their park to the
57:32
make that would take their park to the next level
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next level
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next level um like one raising ticket prices
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um like one raising ticket prices
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um like one raising ticket prices because it's really cheap becoming a
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because it's really cheap becoming a
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because it's really cheap becoming a Knott's Berry Farm and they often don't
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Knott's Berry Farm and they often don't
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Knott's Berry Farm and they often don't have the budget for things and you're
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have the budget for things and you're
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have the budget for things and you're like well you could if you just raise
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like well you could if you just raise
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like well you could if you just raise your prices this much
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your prices this much
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your prices this much uh but nobody likes us it's not popular
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uh but nobody likes us it's not popular
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uh but nobody likes us it's not popular so I didn't say that pretend I didn't
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so I didn't say that pretend I didn't
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so I didn't say that pretend I didn't say that anyway although I have a lot of
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say that anyway although I have a lot of
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say that anyway although I have a lot of backseat driver opinions sometimes about
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backseat driver opinions sometimes about
57:48
backseat driver opinions sometimes about theme parks who am I I'm nobody I'm not
57:50
theme parks who am I I'm nobody I'm not
57:50
theme parks who am I I'm nobody I'm not an expert I don't know how everything
57:51
an expert I don't know how everything
57:51
an expert I don't know how everything works though
57:52
works though
57:52
works though just forget what I have to say okay
57:55
just forget what I have to say okay
57:55
just forget what I have to say okay if we just keep talking for
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if we just keep talking for
57:58
if we just keep talking for two more minutes It'll be exactly an
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two more minutes It'll be exactly an
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two more minutes It'll be exactly an hour look at that glorious park over
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hour look at that glorious park over
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hour look at that glorious park over there what a wonderful place
58:05
there what a wonderful place
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there what a wonderful place but yeah like I said there was a big old
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but yeah like I said there was a big old
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but yeah like I said there was a big old Lagoon over here they had jungle island
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Lagoon over here they had jungle island
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Lagoon over here they had jungle island they had a train they had a thing and I
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they had a train they had a thing and I
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they had a train they had a thing and I have a ton of old footage of it so one
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have a ton of old footage of it so one
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have a ton of old footage of it so one of the many things that I had been
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of the many things that I had been
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of the many things that I had been working on pre-pandemic was a bunch of
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working on pre-pandemic was a bunch of
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working on pre-pandemic was a bunch of old footage and research and crazy stuff
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old footage and research and crazy stuff
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old footage and research and crazy stuff just to do something different with the
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just to do something different with the
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just to do something different with the theme park stuff because obviously when
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theme park stuff because obviously when
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theme park stuff because obviously when I started randomland there were not any
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I started randomland there were not any
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I started randomland there were not any any shows doing the kind of thing I was
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any shows doing the kind of thing I was
58:27
any shows doing the kind of thing I was doing or talking about theme park
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doing or talking about theme park
58:28
doing or talking about theme park history not in the way that I was doing
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history not in the way that I was doing
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history not in the way that I was doing it and now there are thousands there are
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it and now there are thousands there are
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it and now there are thousands there are thousands there's every kind of flavor
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thousands there's every kind of flavor
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thousands there's every kind of flavor you can want from updates to this to
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you can want from updates to this to
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you can want from updates to this to that and sort of between me Adam fresh
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that and sort of between me Adam fresh
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that and sort of between me Adam fresh baked there was a few there was a few
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baked there was a few there was a few
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baked there was a few there was a few back in the day and now there's
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back in the day and now there's
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back in the day and now there's thousands and thousands I'm always
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thousands and thousands I'm always
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thousands and thousands I'm always trying to evolve and trying to at least
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trying to evolve and trying to at least
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trying to evolve and trying to at least keep things fresh for my own sake for my
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keep things fresh for my own sake for my
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keep things fresh for my own sake for my own sanity sake and do stuff a little
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own sanity sake and do stuff a little
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own sanity sake and do stuff a little bit differently so it's not that I've
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bit differently so it's not that I've
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bit differently so it's not that I've abandoned uh theme park history is that
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abandoned uh theme park history is that
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abandoned uh theme park history is that I wanted to do a different way I worked
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I wanted to do a different way I worked
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I wanted to do a different way I worked all this old footage and collecting old
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all this old footage and collecting old
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all this old footage and collecting old footage and hundreds of dollars and
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footage and hundreds of dollars and
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footage and hundreds of dollars and hours of research and all this stuff and
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hours of research and all this stuff and
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hours of research and all this stuff and I got to do use some of that during the
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I got to do use some of that during the
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I got to do use some of that during the pandemic I got to do some of those time
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pandemic I got to do some of those time
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pandemic I got to do some of those time travel documentaries with the old
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travel documentaries with the old
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travel documentaries with the old footage they kept the way I like because
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footage they kept the way I like because
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footage they kept the way I like because the footage was not high quality enough
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the footage was not high quality enough
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the footage was not high quality enough the transfers and stuff and I found a
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the transfers and stuff and I found a
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the transfers and stuff and I found a different person to transfer them the
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different person to transfer them the
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different person to transfer them the best person in the industry the one who
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best person in the industry the one who
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best person in the industry the one who does it for the Beatles the one who does
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does it for the Beatles the one who does
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does it for the Beatles the one who does it for all kinds of people and working
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it for all kinds of people and working
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it for all kinds of people and working with them so I've got a lot of footage
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with them so I've got a lot of footage
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with them so I've got a lot of footage of what this used to look like and a lot
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of what this used to look like and a lot
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of what this used to look like and a lot of plans coming up uh in the next year
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of plans coming up uh in the next year
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of plans coming up uh in the next year once like all that footage is processed
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once like all that footage is processed
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once like all that footage is processed and all that stuff it's very expensive
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and all that stuff it's very expensive
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and all that stuff it's very expensive long process from restoring old footage
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long process from restoring old footage
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long process from restoring old footage um not just here Disneyland Disney World
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um not just here Disneyland Disney World
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um not just here Disneyland Disney World all kinds of different places like that
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all kinds of different places like that
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all kinds of different places like that and some other old western attractions
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and some other old western attractions
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and some other old western attractions anyway there's the van
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anyway there's the van
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anyway there's the van it did bring me here so it is rolling
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it did bring me here so it is rolling
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it did bring me here so it is rolling but uh it's sort of held together by
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but uh it's sort of held together by
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but uh it's sort of held together by spit duct tape and prayers and uh
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spit duct tape and prayers and uh
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spit duct tape and prayers and uh there's a lot of shorts and some
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there's a lot of shorts and some
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there's a lot of shorts and some electrical Gremlins some wiring issues a
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electrical Gremlins some wiring issues a
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electrical Gremlins some wiring issues a little bit of rust holes in this thing
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little bit of rust holes in this thing
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little bit of rust holes in this thing but it is running it's running and the
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but it is running it's running and the
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but it is running it's running and the air conditioner works and it got me here
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air conditioner works and it got me here
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air conditioner works and it got me here and I believe oh I almost dropped you
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and I believe oh I almost dropped you
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and I believe oh I almost dropped you now that we're at one hour
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now that we're at one hour
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now that we're at one hour we've done our duty this man's gonna
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we've done our duty this man's gonna
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we've done our duty this man's gonna take me home
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take me home
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take me home to sleep well well actually to work on a
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to sleep well well actually to work on a
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to sleep well well actually to work on a whole bunch of stuff I got to work on
1:00:08
whole bunch of stuff I got to work on
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whole bunch of stuff I got to work on but also eventually tonight later
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but also eventually tonight later
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but also eventually tonight later pass that to sweep well so I will see
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pass that to sweep well so I will see
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pass that to sweep well so I will see you guys coming up very soon I will see
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you guys coming up very soon I will see
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you guys coming up very soon I will see you in random land had a bunch of great
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you in random land had a bunch of great
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you in random land had a bunch of great we had a streak of great episodes so if
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we had a streak of great episodes so if
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we had a streak of great episodes so if you want to go back and check this out
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you want to go back and check this out
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you want to go back and check this out um and then we have a bunch of merch
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um and then we have a bunch of merch
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um and then we have a bunch of merch coming for Christmas
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coming for Christmas
1:00:24
coming for Christmas um
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um sometime this week or something that's
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sometime this week or something that's
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sometime this week or something that's why we didn't have a Black Friday sale
1:00:28
why we didn't have a Black Friday sale
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why we didn't have a Black Friday sale or a cyber monday sale because we simply
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or a cyber monday sale because we simply
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or a cyber monday sale because we simply just didn't have the stuff yet so we're
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just didn't have the stuff yet so we're
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just didn't have the stuff yet so we're just sort of waiting in limbo but it is
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just sort of waiting in limbo but it is
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just sort of waiting in limbo but it is coming um restocks of a bunch of stuff
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coming um restocks of a bunch of stuff
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coming um restocks of a bunch of stuff that will eventually be discontinued and
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that will eventually be discontinued and
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that will eventually be discontinued and for the first time I have a random line
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for the first time I have a random line
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for the first time I have a random line sweater so I'm pretty excited about that
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sweater so I'm pretty excited about that
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sweater so I'm pretty excited about that but there's no point talking about it
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but there's no point talking about it
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but there's no point talking about it because I don't have it yet
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because I don't have it yet
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because I don't have it yet um also I heard a rumor but the ugly rat
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um also I heard a rumor but the ugly rat
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um also I heard a rumor but the ugly rat is coming back to the garage so there's
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is coming back to the garage so there's
1:00:48
is coming back to the garage so there's lots of different stuff coming up
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lots of different stuff coming up
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lots of different stuff coming up they're coming ahead but my arm is tired
1:00:51
they're coming ahead but my arm is tired
1:00:51
they're coming ahead but my arm is tired from holding you up all this time
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from holding you up all this time
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from holding you up all this time um and it's not that you're heavy it's
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um and it's not that you're heavy it's
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um and it's not that you're heavy it's not that you're heavy but come on
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not that you're heavy but come on
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not that you're heavy but come on Thanksgiving season holiday season we've
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Thanksgiving season holiday season we've
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Thanksgiving season holiday season we've all packed it on so you're getting a
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all packed it on so you're getting a
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all packed it on so you're getting a little get a little heavy for my arm
1:01:01
little get a little heavy for my arm
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little get a little heavy for my arm here time for me to head out so
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here time for me to head out so
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here time for me to head out so I love you all my friends and until next
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I love you all my friends and until next
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I love you all my friends and until next time goodbye