WEBVTT - Barbs Wire: Beyoncé suspended car tilts, inside the trashed Ritz Plaza, and Meerkat hugging heater is so South African

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<v Speaker 1>You are with Kate Talk Views and News with Clarence Ford.

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<v Speaker 1>It is time for Bob's Wire. Barbara Friedman is our

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<v Speaker 1>digital content editor and her top three peaks after I

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<v Speaker 1>guess a very busy weekend for you trawling the internet.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, there was a lot going on, but I've

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<v Speaker 2>gone for the slightly well sighted alternative ones, although not

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<v Speaker 2>maybe not the first one. So, I don't know if

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<v Speaker 2>you saw this trending all over the videos of Beyonce

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<v Speaker 2>singing from a car. It's one of those what do

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<v Speaker 2>you call them, those special kind of effect things. It

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<v Speaker 2>was this big s of open convertible car that she

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<v Speaker 2>sits in, suspended high up off the ceiling. This is

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<v Speaker 2>on her Carboy, her Cowboy Carter tour. This was in

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<v Speaker 2>her hometown of Houston. She was on her second from

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<v Speaker 2>the end last song of the evening and she then

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<v Speaker 2>felt something was wrong. She felt the car was taulting

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<v Speaker 2>and stopping and she then shouts stop, stop, stop, And

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<v Speaker 2>I thought, let's just play the video as they then

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<v Speaker 2>start to lower her down, obviously to make sure that

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<v Speaker 2>she doesn't it doesn't come to you know, it doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>have an accident to the stop start, stop, start, stuff stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, if you head there is the crowds below

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<v Speaker 2>or like sort of putting their hands up and kind

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<v Speaker 2>of like, you know, just ready to help.

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<v Speaker 1>Not that.

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<v Speaker 2>And then as the car lows under the stage, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>people are like the stage hands. I'm a s I

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<v Speaker 2>was sort of helping and she gets off. She goes

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<v Speaker 2>off stage, briefly comes back on and sings out the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of the concert and said, I want to thank

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<v Speaker 2>you all, she told the audience for loving me. If

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<v Speaker 2>ever I fall, I know y'all will catch me, she said,

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<v Speaker 2>which obviously was appropriate considering that that was exactly what

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<v Speaker 2>might have happen.

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<v Speaker 1>So there was a technical little there was a technical glitch.

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<v Speaker 2>They haven't explained exactly what it was, but the car

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<v Speaker 2>was tilting. She could feel it. You know, this is

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<v Speaker 2>part of this They two stadium showed tour that she's

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<v Speaker 2>been on since April and in her hometown. Yeah, she

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<v Speaker 2>could feel that the car wasn't quite right. Apparently not

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<v Speaker 2>the first time something's gone wrong with a stunt on

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<v Speaker 2>one of her shows. There have been a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>other incidents over the years where things kind of went wrong,

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<v Speaker 2>and she's weathered them quite well. But it is scary.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, she was very high in the air and

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I can imagine it yet cling on the

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<v Speaker 2>side of it. So I'm just glad that she was

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<v Speaker 2>okay and that everything seems to have worked out, worked

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<v Speaker 2>out fine.

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<v Speaker 1>And like John Mathan, I don't even know what she

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<v Speaker 1>looks like, but I have seen her on TV over

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<v Speaker 1>the past weekend though, that what she looked like.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, look, I mean she's yeah, she's pretty much

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<v Speaker 2>an icon. And those fans are super fans, the Bee Hive,

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<v Speaker 2>they are every word. John actually when he sent me

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<v Speaker 2>stuff from the concert, he sent me one of the

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<v Speaker 2>guys standing in front of him who was kne every

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<v Speaker 2>word of my Heart and sang through the entire concert,

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<v Speaker 2>and he said he was.

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<v Speaker 1>So Africa is a big fan as well, and Amy

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<v Speaker 1>is huge.

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<v Speaker 2>Isn't.

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<v Speaker 1>Is it possible?

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<v Speaker 2>It's very possible. Didn't you ever know the lyrics to

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<v Speaker 2>someone that you loved? No, maybe not.

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<v Speaker 1>Every word, every word, but some of the words.

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<v Speaker 2>The second story, I don't know if you might. You

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<v Speaker 2>will recall last week the story about the the rits

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<v Speaker 2>plats of the iconic building in three Ancobert Here in

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<v Speaker 2>Seedpoint is being sold between two hundred and forty million

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<v Speaker 2>and three hundred million rand, and it did. It was

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<v Speaker 2>a very big viral trending story online for all the

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<v Speaker 2>media sites that shared it. And what came up of

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<v Speaker 2>this weekend on my socials was a series of posts

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<v Speaker 2>of photos and a video that was taken by armand

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<v Speaker 2>how that he goes by the name online of the

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<v Speaker 2>Human Narrative. He's a brilliant, brilliant photographer and videographer. I

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<v Speaker 2>think he's actually was in the weekend August, but we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to talk about it anyway that he because he

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<v Speaker 2>did share it himself, and these were photographs and videos

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<v Speaker 2>of what it looks like inside the Writs right now.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think if you are curious, because this has

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<v Speaker 2>been such an iconic and strange story for so long,

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<v Speaker 2>go I will hopefully pop it up on our website,

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<v Speaker 2>will embed his video and others go find him on

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<v Speaker 2>the Human Narrative. And I think the thing which fascinates

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<v Speaker 2>me is just the history of the Writs. It was

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<v Speaker 2>I finally built in nineteen seventy. I was seven and

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<v Speaker 2>so in the seventies as a young teenager. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I remember this place so well that we called it

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<v Speaker 2>the revolting restaurant. You know that revolving restaurant and it

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<v Speaker 2>was just a joke and you know there's a property

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<v Speaker 2>broker has actually she actually posted on her on her

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<v Speaker 2>ex post ash Miller, a fantastic history of the place.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean we know that in I think twenty seventeen,

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<v Speaker 2>twenty eighteen, there was an attempt to reopen it by

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<v Speaker 2>businessman Nikki fund a Vault and that went pear shaped

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<v Speaker 2>because he hadn't paid occupational rent and it went to

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<v Speaker 2>court and apparently the High Court said that he had

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<v Speaker 2>hutspo of the first order to think that he could

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<v Speaker 2>take over this thing before the rent, and so it

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<v Speaker 2>never took off the ground after a soft launch. Now

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<v Speaker 2>finally it seems as though the new buyers are going

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<v Speaker 2>to actually make a go of it. But just fascinating

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<v Speaker 2>to see the history that Ashley posted on x about

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<v Speaker 2>the whole history of but how in Mandela stayed there

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<v Speaker 2>for quite a while after he was released, and she

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<v Speaker 2>writes that the hotel manager told her that he would

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<v Speaker 2>He would was the only guest he ever knew to

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<v Speaker 2>make his own bed and clean his own room every day,

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<v Speaker 2>and he would go for a walk on the Seapoint

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<v Speaker 2>prom every morning at four thirty am or security he

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<v Speaker 2>would return from his walks and have tea with the

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<v Speaker 2>hotel manager and he would tell him how the Ritz

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<v Speaker 2>was the one building he could always see above the

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<v Speaker 2>skyline from Robin Island, and how sitting in the Ritz

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<v Speaker 2>and looking back at Robin Island was fascinating for him.

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<v Speaker 2>Actually goosebumps reading that. That just is such a bit

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<v Speaker 2>of history that I didn't know. And then obviously the

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<v Speaker 2>whole story of how it went up and down, up

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<v Speaker 2>and down. I mean that area of three Anchor Bay,

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<v Speaker 2>will you point, And that's something we would it's three

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<v Speaker 2>Anchor Bay. There's always a little bit at the crime

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<v Speaker 2>levels went up there, the hotel went down, and I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>just to see what it looks like inside now in

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<v Speaker 2>this video is just it's trashed, trashed, But have.

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<v Speaker 1>You seen how many cranes eye in Seapoint at this

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<v Speaker 1>moment time? But there's all That's.

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<v Speaker 2>Another point is Sepoint is going through such a facelift change,

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<v Speaker 2>much of which people in the area are complaining about.

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<v Speaker 2>Other people are saying it's great. Mixed views on it

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<v Speaker 2>always difficult. I supposed to see the place you like

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<v Speaker 2>living going through changes because some of the old buildings

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<v Speaker 2>end up getting knocked down, and I mean, who knows

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<v Speaker 2>what's going to happen to the Ritz. I mean it

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<v Speaker 2>was such a strange architectural building of its time. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>it was actually award winning and innovative, and at the

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<v Speaker 2>time it was because it was built in modular form.

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<v Speaker 2>And Ash Miller talks about this too. You know how

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<v Speaker 2>they built these modular bathrooms and other things off site

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<v Speaker 2>and they were dropped in I suppose like lego pieces.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it was cutting its technology.

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<v Speaker 2>Cutting edge now totally out of fashion in many ways

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<v Speaker 2>and very square.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes.

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<v Speaker 2>So anyway, just a fascinating story and a fascinating video

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<v Speaker 2>to watch. And then finally, on a lighter note, although

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure some people are going to say, why is

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<v Speaker 2>the mere cut being domesticated? And I don't have the answer.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a video of a mere Cut in the living

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<v Speaker 2>room of some South Africans home hugging one of those

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<v Speaker 2>South African iconic favorite heaters, you know, that fan heater

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<v Speaker 2>which you can get close to those plastic I think

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<v Speaker 2>they made by Pineware or something. They like, these iconic

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<v Speaker 2>South African little heaters that blow hot air out and

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<v Speaker 2>you can kind of go right up to it. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not gonna burn you. And so the little meer Cut

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<v Speaker 2>is hugging the heater and the oak who obviously looks

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<v Speaker 2>after the mere cut, and I thought, let's just plaid out,

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<v Speaker 2>just picture the scene. It's in the lounge, the meer

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<v Speaker 2>Cuts like holding on for deal. I'm looking as cute

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<v Speaker 2>as anything. Let's just quickly plate and see if you

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<v Speaker 2>can get a sense of it.

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<v Speaker 1>To me care, we got Huka.

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<v Speaker 2>And then to Mey's luck checking him out, and people

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<v Speaker 2>on the comment saying these heaters carry the nation. Arthur

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<v Speaker 2>was so funny, and people saying trying to climb into

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<v Speaker 2>the heater is so relatable. And I mean, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know about you, but this last weekend, Saturday definitely was

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<v Speaker 2>a hibernation day. It was so rainy and so cold.

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<v Speaker 1>I was walking on the beach in Muscle Bay.

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<v Speaker 2>So, oh you in Muscle Bay. Okay, Saturday here I

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<v Speaker 2>was terrible. Yesterday got better. And I certainly think up

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<v Speaker 2>north it's freezing. So I think everybody's seeing that video

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<v Speaker 2>just went viral because that mere cut was all of

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<v Speaker 2>us this weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>A happy meal cut and on that note, thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>Barbara Friedman, digital content editor, Bob's Wire three other topics

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