WEBVTT - US Report with Rod Smith - Fri 06 Jun, 2025

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus, Well, don't know where it's gone. Look at you.

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<v Speaker 2>Rod Smith, Hello in California.

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<v Speaker 3>Goodo, Tony, look apparently Yeah, fifteen cloudy, little bit of

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<v Speaker 3>rain here and there, heading for a top of twenty one.

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<v Speaker 3>Hope we get there, you'll mate. June, July and August

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<v Speaker 3>really hots up here in southern California with live music. Oh,

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<v Speaker 3>you've got the likes of Zigzy Top, Foreigner, Rod Stewart,

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<v Speaker 3>Brad Baisley, Dirk's Bentley, and the list goes on.

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<v Speaker 2>And then we talked about the fact that rock and

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<v Speaker 2>Rod shows no sign of slowing and why would he?

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<v Speaker 3>I guess, well, he's saying that his concerts that are

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<v Speaker 3>happening in Vegas at the Seasons Colisseum. You might say

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<v Speaker 3>it's going to continue, but not to sure how long

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<v Speaker 3>that his wife, I think, is just saying that he

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<v Speaker 3>ride it's time to retire. Left to see and then what.

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<v Speaker 2>You're gonna do? He's not gonna play golf.

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<v Speaker 3>I make another whiskey for something.

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<v Speaker 2>Why wouldn't he? I tell you what. I've become late

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<v Speaker 2>to the party, but a great fan of Taylor Swift.

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<v Speaker 3>Have you? Oh? Well, Taylor has been unseated as the

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<v Speaker 3>world's youngest self made billionaire by a thirty year old

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<v Speaker 3>here in the United States. She's a hard partying college

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<v Speaker 3>dropout who has reaped a windfall from artificial intelligence. And

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<v Speaker 3>her name is Lucy Gow, a self professed workaholic who

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<v Speaker 3>rides an electric skateboard to work when she's not being

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<v Speaker 3>shaped by an assistant. As a net worth of one

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<v Speaker 3>went three billion as of Wednesday, more than not million,

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<v Speaker 3>so I think Taylor was sitting on about one point

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<v Speaker 3>one billion or something like that. Now she came up

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<v Speaker 3>with a company called Scale Ai, and it was a

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<v Speaker 3>firm really founded by her with Alexander Wang in twenty

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<v Speaker 3>sixteen when she was just twenty one. And now the

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<v Speaker 3>company has been valued at twenty five billion and it

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<v Speaker 3>just closed on a deal on the first of June.

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<v Speaker 3>Now Goo has admitted she never buys groceries instead just

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<v Speaker 3>orders all the meals from uber.

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<v Speaker 2>Each of course she does. Why would she got tell

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<v Speaker 2>us about this newport man's quest to cover or recover

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<v Speaker 2>of you like a lot of money in bitcoorn.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, this happened twelve years ago there, Tony.

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<v Speaker 2>We'd like to be up to date with these stories.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, but he's been looking for all these twelve years

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<v Speaker 3>of this lost hard drive. You may have remembered the

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<v Speaker 3>story seven hundred and forty two million dollars in bitcoin.

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<v Speaker 3>Now he finally ended his search. James Howells, an IT worker,

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<v Speaker 3>once held a fortune that would only you could only

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<v Speaker 3>really dream of, Tony. But Massaga began at twenty thirteen

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<v Speaker 3>when Howe's routine office cleanup discarded a hard drive that

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<v Speaker 3>held the private key to his bitcoin watt and he

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<v Speaker 3>threw it out and it fell into the landfill. And

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<v Speaker 3>he's been looking ever since. He had aipowered drones, robotic systems,

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<v Speaker 3>even tried to sue the local council to access more

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<v Speaker 3>of the landfill. And now a Los Angeles Bay production

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<v Speaker 3>company has acquired the rights to tell how story in

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<v Speaker 3>a new doco series. Well, we'll see how that turns out.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell us about this new obesity pill that sort of

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<v Speaker 2>if you like, apparently mimics gastric lapbending.

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<v Speaker 3>Look, this is an innovative method for weight loss by

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<v Speaker 3>redirecting nutrient absorption. Now it's groundbreaking new obesity treatment. It's

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<v Speaker 3>in a pill form and is showing early promise in

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<v Speaker 3>a first of its kind. The research has tested synt

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<v Speaker 3>one one, a once daily oral medication designed to safely

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<v Speaker 3>and shift nutrient absorption to the lower and testine. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>this process, like you said, mimics how gastric bypass surgery

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<v Speaker 3>helps people lose weight and manage metabolism without the need

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<v Speaker 3>for surgery. That one. Clinical trials are happening right now, Tony.

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<v Speaker 3>So forget ozembic and the rest. This seems a lot safer.

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<v Speaker 2>Forget.

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<v Speaker 1>That's it.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to forget ozavig. It's a lot safer. There's

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<v Speaker 2>this man. Now he's got this test up and running.

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<v Speaker 2>How I get this right? Performs a test to see

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<v Speaker 2>if she, whoever she might be, is in fact nothing

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<v Speaker 2>more than a gold digger.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, look, imagine being asked to pay for your date,

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<v Speaker 3>only to realize it was just a test to weed

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<v Speaker 3>out gold diggers. Well promising first date took an unusual

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<v Speaker 3>turn for one woman when she found herself the subject

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<v Speaker 3>of an expected and highly uncomfortable test organized by her date. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>the date was sent up by a mutual friend. The

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<v Speaker 3>twenty nine year old woman and a thirty one year

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<v Speaker 3>old date met for a coffee and some pastries at

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<v Speaker 3>a cafe. Date actually went, well, lots in common. You

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<v Speaker 3>had great conversation. However, when the one hundred dollars bill arrived,

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<v Speaker 3>things changed. Her date handed her the bill and said,

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<v Speaker 3>is it okay for you to pay? After she paid,

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<v Speaker 3>he said, congratulations, you've passed the test. On he said,

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<v Speaker 3>he said, you're not a gold digger. But the guy

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<v Speaker 3>says he was burnt many times in the past and

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<v Speaker 3>expected him to foot the bill for many things, dinners, trips,

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<v Speaker 3>everything like that. Now he does this just to make

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<v Speaker 3>sure they're not go all diggers after his money.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it's actually not a poor strategy.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, you know you can do that. I don't know

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<v Speaker 3>how that's going to turn out.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes, Well, let's ask the audience if you were in

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<v Speaker 2>a similar situation and somebody asked you to quote pay

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<v Speaker 2>the bill in those circuits cumstances, what would your reaction be?

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<v Speaker 3>One?

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<v Speaker 2>Double, three, six, nine, three. Lots of texts which we love.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you from Jane who writes importantly correction if you

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<v Speaker 2>don't mind her to maker. Martha Gardner was not the

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<v Speaker 2>person surrounded by a scandal. Was the other Martha? Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>it was Martha Stewart, the American, which is well and

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<v Speaker 2>truly documented. Martha Garder was a fully fledged Australian Martha

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<v Speaker 2>not a real name. I think she became.

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<v Speaker 3>She was.

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<v Speaker 2>Married to mister Warrell, the great mister Warrell. Is my

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<v Speaker 2>memory about that. Darren James would remember more about that.

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<v Speaker 3>Gone, it's Martha Stewart. She went to jailes she did

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<v Speaker 3>get to prison, Yes she did.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, there was a ricent doco about that was pretty

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<v Speaker 2>grueling of the time. You can imagine how intensely it

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<v Speaker 2>was at the time. But she did serve time, absolutely.

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<v Speaker 3>Very much. So you're going to do the right thing.

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<v Speaker 2>What about those soccer Rus.

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<v Speaker 3>Look, you'd have to say gold because look, soccer Rus

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<v Speaker 3>are on the brink of World Cup qualification. Now Tony

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<v Speaker 3>Popovic's side, he did secure the one zero win over

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<v Speaker 3>Japan on the ninetieth minute. The attorney incredible game, believable.

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<v Speaker 3>Look yeah, look I thought I was going to go

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<v Speaker 3>to a nil all and then you hear they score

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<v Speaker 3>in the ninetieth minute. You know, Look they broke a

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<v Speaker 3>sixteen year scoring drought against Japan. And the fifth of

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<v Speaker 3>World Cup will be hosted by three countries there Tony,

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<v Speaker 3>the US, Canada and Mexico, and the final match will

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<v Speaker 3>be in New Jersey and all happens from June eighth

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<v Speaker 3>to July third, twenty twenty six. So it looks like

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<v Speaker 3>the old soccer Rus are on their way.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, there's another hurdle to it. It looks pretty good,

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<v Speaker 2>but there's another hurdle to a goo, which will be

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<v Speaker 2>decided I think coming up next Tuesday. I want to

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<v Speaker 2>watch as we get closer to that is my understanding.

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<v Speaker 2>Anybody that's been following a little more closely, let me

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<v Speaker 2>know one double three six nine three, have a look

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<v Speaker 2>at some of these things. In music, I think I

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<v Speaker 2>noticed that the crowded house. I don't know whether you

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<v Speaker 2>for me it, but they were looking back and doing

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<v Speaker 2>some more touring, which is great just announce in the

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<v Speaker 2>last couple of days.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, in nineteen ninety six there Tony Crabit House announced

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<v Speaker 3>they would be disbanded. Yes, and they played their final

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<v Speaker 3>concert at the Sydney Opera House in November nineteen ninety six.

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<v Speaker 3>But now they kind of, you know, say hey, let's

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<v Speaker 3>do some more touring, which is good for him today.

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<v Speaker 3>But in nineteen seventy one, American blues rock band brand

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<v Speaker 3>Funk Railroad smashed the record held by the Beatles when

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<v Speaker 3>they sold out New York Sheer Stadium in seventy two hours.

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<v Speaker 3>And in nineteen eighty three the Police started a two

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<v Speaker 3>week sorry, a four week run at number one in

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<v Speaker 3>the UK and number one for two weeks in Australia

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<v Speaker 3>with Every Breath You Take and now the fifth best

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<v Speaker 3>selling single of the decade. And the song was written

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<v Speaker 3>in nineteen eighty two at GoldenEye in Fleming's estate on Jamaica,

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<v Speaker 3>and the lyrics are the words of a possessive lover very.

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<v Speaker 4>Bersuity, very very very step.

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<v Speaker 5>Never word you see very stab oh care you see

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<v Speaker 5>you belo.

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<v Speaker 1>Arrist you check.

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<v Speaker 1>Fak the re clean you steak.

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<v Speaker 6>I'll be watching.

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<v Speaker 5>see that I need see you stay. I'm going down

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<v Speaker 5>and see a gap. I feel so girl had alone

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<v Speaker 5>for you. I be made it made it please.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't see.

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<v Speaker 1>You will all.

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<v Speaker 5>Im a cool.

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<v Speaker 1>I stand you take there, remove.

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<v Speaker 6>Very fall you week.

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<v Speaker 6>And I'll be watching Bbby watched you haven't, and Mobby

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<v Speaker 6>watched Nest the second watch, taking

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