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<v Speaker 1>Nine Podcasts.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi, I'm Tom and I'm Elise Elliott.

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<v Speaker 1>Now you may know me from the radio, but you

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<v Speaker 1>don't know him like I do.

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<v Speaker 3>Welcome to the Elliot Exchange, our podcast where we talk

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<v Speaker 3>about the quirks of marriage, parenting, and putting.

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<v Speaker 2>Up with someone who insists Hawaiian shirts are actually fashionable.

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<v Speaker 3>Hi there, Tom, Hello Elise.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got an exciting episode. We're talking about temperature in

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<v Speaker 2>the house. What setting do you like it at? Also

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<v Speaker 2>jobs of the future? Are our jobs at risk? And solitude?

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<v Speaker 2>Do humans really need to be all by themselves?

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<v Speaker 3>But of course first we have an email from Daphne,

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<v Speaker 3>so I think is a lady and you can send

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<v Speaker 3>your emails to Elliot Exchange at nine dot com, dot you.

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<v Speaker 3>Daphne says his winter settles in my husband and I

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<v Speaker 3>sounds like the Queen and the Christmas mess and.

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<v Speaker 2>My beloved Philip.

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<v Speaker 3>My husband and I have an ongoing fight about the

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<v Speaker 3>temperature in our house. I run cold, he runs hot.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you guys have this issue in your house? Who wins?

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<v Speaker 3>How do you manage it? This is not an uncommon thing.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a very common theme.

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<v Speaker 3>Because apparently and I looked into this women's bodies prioritize

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<v Speaker 3>the protection of the internal organs more than men, and

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<v Speaker 3>it's something to do with having a baby and that

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<v Speaker 3>sort of thing. And so mean, by and large don't

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<v Speaker 3>feel the cold nearly as much as women, And so

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<v Speaker 3>hence you get this fight with do we have the

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<v Speaker 3>heavy doner, do we have the heating turned up to

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<v Speaker 3>twenty fourre do we destroy the environment or do you

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<v Speaker 3>just put on a a pair of thick socks and

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<v Speaker 3>gloves in the house.

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<v Speaker 2>I am so with Daphne on this. I love the house,

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<v Speaker 2>said it a really sort of balmy twenty nine degrees.

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<v Speaker 2>I would if I could. I love being warm and

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<v Speaker 2>toasty inside. You are the extreme opposite. You're a cold man, Tom.

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<v Speaker 3>I have a warm heart, but I can tolerate lots

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<v Speaker 3>of cold. So I'm quite heavy walking around in the

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<v Speaker 3>snow with shorts on.

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<v Speaker 1>That is it?

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<v Speaker 2>Because you don't feel anything I can.

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<v Speaker 3>I do, And I see I can sense that other

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<v Speaker 3>people feel the cold, but it just doesn't worry me.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it's brisk and it keeps the blood flowing.

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<v Speaker 2>So, for example, today is particularly chili Dane Melbourne and

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<v Speaker 2>Hawaiian shirt and shorts.

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<v Speaker 3>Well Today's not that cold. So the other morning, well,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm just saying the other morning when I left home

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<v Speaker 3>it was two degrees celsius two and what we're wearing

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<v Speaker 3>Hawaiian shirt and shorts, and that's the two above freezing.

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<v Speaker 3>In fact, it felt like freezing.

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<v Speaker 2>There's an element of android about what would you say

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<v Speaker 2>that because you don't feel the cold?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, well, there's a dutch Man who I'm once interviewed

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<v Speaker 3>called whim Hoff, and he does things like he climbs

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<v Speaker 3>a mound everys just wearing a pair.

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<v Speaker 2>Of shorts and is he just talks about it being

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<v Speaker 2>a matter of fortitude.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, And the latest trend in health is to have

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<v Speaker 3>an ice bath each day, which I like the look of.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, you'd quite like that. But there's an element

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<v Speaker 2>of self flagellation in the is that that appeals to you?

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<v Speaker 2>But look that the house thing is a real conundrum.

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<v Speaker 2>So what do couples do? Do you set on midway?

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<v Speaker 2>I think you could comfortably live in house. It's at

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<v Speaker 2>about sixteen seventy perfect.

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<v Speaker 3>Look, I think if you can see your breath temperature

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<v Speaker 3>is about right. What about what cars are in bed?

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<v Speaker 3>If you can see that's right? And you what about

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<v Speaker 3>what about what cars have done? So you now have

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<v Speaker 3>not just heating, but you have heated seats.

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<v Speaker 2>And I test drove a Mercedes AMG GT and it

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<v Speaker 2>was convertible and it has a neck heater. It's called

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<v Speaker 2>the next gars, right, and so it blows heat around

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<v Speaker 2>your neck as you're driving.

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<v Speaker 3>So we have this weird thing. Of course, least like

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<v Speaker 3>we could drive to the snow and on the way down,

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<v Speaker 3>I'll turn on the EIR conditioning because I've so enjoyed

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<v Speaker 3>the sub zero.

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<v Speaker 2>Team, and you do that after surfing when we have

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<v Speaker 2>it here. There's nothing quite like trying to peel off

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<v Speaker 2>a wet, freezing wet suit and you're hop in the

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<v Speaker 2>car and you have the air cone on.

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<v Speaker 3>So I think after the answer is there is no answer,

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<v Speaker 3>but you can rest assured that you are not alone.

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<v Speaker 3>And there are even companies now which will do things

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<v Speaker 3>like you can have a Douner which is quite literally

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<v Speaker 3>thick on one side and thin on the other.

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<v Speaker 2>That's great.

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<v Speaker 3>Or if you don't have a modern car and you

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<v Speaker 3>can afford one, you get one with heated seats and

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<v Speaker 3>your husband can keep his seats off. In fact, you

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<v Speaker 3>can even get seats which your air conditioned now.

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<v Speaker 2>So you could go air condition seats heated hot seat.

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<v Speaker 2>So there you go. It's another another battle of the

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<v Speaker 2>sex as we haven't solved now lis.

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<v Speaker 3>Donald Trump is trying to reindustrialize America. You know, he's

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<v Speaker 3>imposing tariffs on everyone, and he wants all the cars

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<v Speaker 3>and the steel Billy Joel sang about that and wants

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<v Speaker 3>all the jobs to come back to America. That's right,

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<v Speaker 3>iPhones made in America. They're going across like five thousand

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<v Speaker 3>US dollars each, but they'll be made in the USA.

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<v Speaker 3>But it does beg the question about jobs of the future.

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<v Speaker 3>And I was talking to our daughter about this because

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<v Speaker 3>you know, fairly soon she's going to start picking her

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<v Speaker 3>final subjects for school. And then that leads into what

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<v Speaker 3>if anything, you might study at university, and I thought,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, like, what are the jobs of the future.

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<v Speaker 3>For example, some people are saying AI is going to

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<v Speaker 3>kill everything that you won't need lawyers or accountants anymore.

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<v Speaker 3>AI will do that. You won't need people who write

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<v Speaker 3>write stuff like advertising copywriting people. AI will do that.

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<v Speaker 3>People who write plans for think AI will do that.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, graphic artists. AI will do that.

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<v Speaker 2>Have it designing home so your architects as well, and scriptwriters, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean what about nuance though? And humor?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I think AI is going to do that too.

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<v Speaker 3>Like in the Second Terminator movie where the Arnold Schwarzenegger

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<v Speaker 3>terminator is the good Terminator. He's all banged up, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>it has been shot several times by the Red Eye.

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<v Speaker 3>Only goes I need a vacation. He's learning. It'd be funny.

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<v Speaker 2>That's about as funny as Arnold gets.

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<v Speaker 3>Isn't It is very funny?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, So look, I think AI is a threat so

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<v Speaker 2>much so. Look I signed up for one of those

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<v Speaker 2>little courses, you know, AI for over a certain.

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<v Speaker 3>Age and got AI for Dummies or something.

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<v Speaker 2>There was an age thing in there and I lasted

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<v Speaker 2>two days because it was stultifying.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, but see, the issue is is that you can

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<v Speaker 3>you can take the view that AI like. Let's see,

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<v Speaker 3>if you put it in terms of students, AI is

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<v Speaker 3>probably a C to a B student of best. But

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<v Speaker 3>if you want to be a grade, you're still there

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<v Speaker 3>a person. But see the problem is not everybody is

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<v Speaker 3>a grade, and it's the people who aren't a grade

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<v Speaker 3>in terms of their creativity or whatever who might struggle

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<v Speaker 3>with AI. And then I think, well, you know, if

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<v Speaker 3>your toilet gets blocked, AI can't fix that, correct.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's really interesting. The government were toying with perhaps

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<v Speaker 2>an inheritance taxes, and they were saying one reason they

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<v Speaker 2>were doing that is because a lot of white collar

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<v Speaker 2>jobs will be gone with AI and they need taxes

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<v Speaker 2>from somewhere. But they said blue collar jobs will never

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<v Speaker 2>be replaced by AI. So further mo are to your

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<v Speaker 2>point about the toilet, So.

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<v Speaker 3>Buy you yeah, or a pickup truck, buy a big

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<v Speaker 3>box full of tools. Do an apprenticeship. And apprenticeships are fantastic,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, you do one with building and they say, right,

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<v Speaker 3>you're the apprentice. Go down to the hardware shop and

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<v Speaker 3>buy the left handed hammer. We need one. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>you go down and make a full We'll go and

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<v Speaker 3>buy a tin of stripe you paint. We need that

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<v Speaker 3>to Where's that? That's what That's what builders do with

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<v Speaker 3>the apprentice. And now you get to have a like

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<v Speaker 3>a like a hot dog and a sort of energy

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<v Speaker 3>drink for.

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<v Speaker 2>Breakfast every morning, and things like gardeners.

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<v Speaker 3>Gardening a cart. Do the builders, Well, there is a

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<v Speaker 3>machine in fact, there is a company called Something Robotics

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<v Speaker 3>which is built a brick laying machine, and it's a machine.

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<v Speaker 3>You can lay the bricks better and quicker than a human.

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<v Speaker 3>Can we now?

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<v Speaker 2>Beautiful segue and cue the sad music for Tom's really tough.

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<v Speaker 1>Two weeks of his life stoky bricks.

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<v Speaker 3>We never quite It was three weeks and it started

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<v Speaker 3>five in the morning. And this was in nineteen eighty

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<v Speaker 3>nine at middle when we didn't have robots and AI.

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<v Speaker 3>This is your one sort of touch, No no. I

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<v Speaker 3>did a lot of laboring jobs and my role in

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<v Speaker 3>brick stacking. So the bricks would come out of the

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<v Speaker 3>kill and they sit outside for two days and a

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<v Speaker 3>loose stacked to cool off, and then we'd bring them

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<v Speaker 3>in and we had to stack them into the smaller

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<v Speaker 3>stack that would go out to building size. That's all

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<v Speaker 3>done by machines now, but back then we were the machines.

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<v Speaker 3>And after one week, yes, one, they said would you

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<v Speaker 3>like to be the leading hand? I said, what does

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<v Speaker 3>that mean? He said, well, you get to wear the

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<v Speaker 3>tool belt and you get to operate the strapping machine.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh that sounds fainly, yeah, interesting.

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<v Speaker 3>And I said, why did you pick me? And he

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<v Speaker 3>said you speak English.

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<v Speaker 2>Was this the same job where you were handed the

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<v Speaker 2>keys to the little pickup strike and you pierced a box?

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<v Speaker 3>That was That was a different job. That was where

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<v Speaker 3>I was working in a warehouse and they said, can

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<v Speaker 3>you drive a forklift driven one? And this is why

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<v Speaker 3>I me and often get given jobs because they lie

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<v Speaker 3>about what they can actually do. And sure there are

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<v Speaker 3>sort of instructions and all the levers about what you're

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<v Speaker 3>supposed to do, but they'd worn off and so I

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<v Speaker 3>had to move. I had to get a box off

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<v Speaker 3>a palette and put it up a thing, and instead

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<v Speaker 3>of the fork things going down, I had them going

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<v Speaker 3>straight ahead and they punch. They punched through the box.

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<v Speaker 3>And it turns out there was a color TV inside

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<v Speaker 3>the box. I just no one saw it. So I

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<v Speaker 3>just take the box up and then just drove the

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<v Speaker 3>forklift away and pretended I hadn't seen it.

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<v Speaker 2>Put it in what you thought was reversed.

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<v Speaker 3>And I do apologize to Lynn Fox Logistics, And.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you admitted that to him before?

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<v Speaker 1>No?

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<v Speaker 3>And mya who's who? I think we were delivering the

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<v Speaker 3>TV on behalf of But if a customer complained thirty

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<v Speaker 3>six years ago.

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<v Speaker 1>It was my faul for I think stick to radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you like that's coming from?

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<v Speaker 3>Well it's a bit sad, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, apparently humans do need solitude. Being alone can actually

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<v Speaker 2>make you happy, according to Daniel Schreiber. He believes the

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<v Speaker 2>correlation between people living alone without a partner and being

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<v Speaker 2>lonely has traditionally been well, will we say underestimated, because

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<v Speaker 2>apparently it is quite good for you. Now, you love

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<v Speaker 2>alone time you go into your man cave and I

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<v Speaker 2>reckon you. If you could, you'd put an electric fence

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<v Speaker 2>around your man cave.

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<v Speaker 3>You're a force field.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, they're all sort of is a force field. I

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<v Speaker 2>tried to come in last night, Hi, dying, and he

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<v Speaker 2>says busy. You actually said to me I'm busy.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, it was.

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<v Speaker 2>Too busy to say hi, darling.

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<v Speaker 3>Well I was in the middle of something very complex.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And if.

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<v Speaker 3>You break the train of thought, it means I have

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<v Speaker 3>to start again. So you know.

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<v Speaker 2>Look, I think if you lead a busy life, talking

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<v Speaker 2>a lot, dealing with a lot of people, which you

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<v Speaker 2>and I both do, solitude is a lovely respite. But

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think there's one size fits all. If you're

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<v Speaker 2>in a very very lonely job, or are a lonely person.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe solitude ism for you are that well.

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<v Speaker 3>But seely some people are insanely social, and I mean

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<v Speaker 3>they have to be around other people all the time.

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<v Speaker 3>They're always talking to other people. They're not comfortable just

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<v Speaker 3>with their own company. Other people are quite happy to

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<v Speaker 3>have a mixture of things. Like I spent a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of my week, you know, talking to lots of people

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<v Speaker 3>and whatever, and then outside that time, I'd like to

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<v Speaker 3>just decompress, be by myself, not necessarily be physically alone,

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<v Speaker 3>but just just to have some time where I don't

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<v Speaker 3>have to rehash the problems of the world. And I

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<v Speaker 3>remember my predecessor on radio, a man called Darren Hinch.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank your Mother for the Rabbits That's.

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<v Speaker 3>Life aka the Human Headline. Darren had a number of relationships.

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<v Speaker 3>You won't mind me saying this because it's all on

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<v Speaker 3>the record, but one that I remember was he and

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<v Speaker 3>his then partner lived in the same apartment block in Melbourne,

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<v Speaker 3>but in separate apartments on separate floors of the building,

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<v Speaker 3>and they thought that was fantastic. I could go and

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<v Speaker 3>see each other and do whatever they do. And then

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<v Speaker 3>they retreat to their their own space.

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<v Speaker 2>You're suggesting you would like this.

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<v Speaker 3>No, I'm just saying for him it helps their relationship.

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<v Speaker 2>Is how it starts, isn't it. When you start you

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<v Speaker 2>buy me a little granny flat for me to move into.

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<v Speaker 2>So look, you, I think I think you prefer being

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<v Speaker 2>alone more than I do. I love human company.

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<v Speaker 3>Really, yes, twenty four to seven.

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<v Speaker 2>Look, the only time I like solitude is when I'm surfing,

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<v Speaker 2>so that's that's my alone time.

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<v Speaker 3>But if the Noah's Ark comes, you want lots of

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<v Speaker 3>other people to be out there, because you know means

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<v Speaker 3>if the shark attacks, yeah, yeah, if it's just you,

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<v Speaker 3>you're the target. If other people are out there, you've

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<v Speaker 3>got more of a chance of surviving.

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<v Speaker 2>There is that. But I prefer the company of humans,

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<v Speaker 2>So I think I just have to accept that you

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<v Speaker 2>have a force field.

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<v Speaker 3>For example, I'm quite happy sitting in say a cafe,

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<v Speaker 3>just having a meal by myself.

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<v Speaker 2>I always admire people who can sit alone in a cafe,

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<v Speaker 2>even without a phone, and just asi and look into

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<v Speaker 2>the distance like some intriguing.

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<v Speaker 3>Per think about what might have been maybe.

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<v Speaker 2>Reade watering heights sort of ramp up their intriguing scale. Yeah. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>so look, I think I kind of get it, maybe

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit of bit of quiet time, but I

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<v Speaker 2>think in forced loneliness is a sad thing. Tom gyms

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<v Speaker 2>and clothing. I'd like to say I have come a

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<v Speaker 2>long way from the eighties where we used to wear

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<v Speaker 2>fluorescent g string leotards over shiny pants, maybe a little

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<v Speaker 2>fetching headband with matching wristbands. Allah, Let's Get Physical white

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<v Speaker 2>a sexy film clip.

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<v Speaker 3>I gotta say, Olivia Neutron.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that was the second album I owned, after Michael

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<v Speaker 2>Jackson Off the Wall and Stevie Wonder Master Blaster. I

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<v Speaker 2>had a living in John Let's Get Physical. It was very,

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<v Speaker 2>very hot.

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<v Speaker 3>Well there was. There was actually an atteamp to try

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<v Speaker 3>and sex up Olivia a bit, particularly in America, and

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<v Speaker 3>that's why that that that song was produced. But when

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<v Speaker 3>I remember being quite influenced by the one hit Wonder,

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<v Speaker 3>British band called Wright said tread sexy form, I love

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<v Speaker 3>loves going to leave with Iron too sexy because they were,

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<v Speaker 3>and I have to say I owned one.

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<v Speaker 2>You did not? Yes, did you own a Mesh singer?

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<v Speaker 2>What color mesh?

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<v Speaker 3>Did?

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<v Speaker 1>I ask?

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<v Speaker 3>Black? Did you wear the gym. I did with what

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<v Speaker 3>what with? What with perish?

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<v Speaker 2>How short?

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<v Speaker 3>Well they were relatively short, but they were quite cut

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<v Speaker 3>up at the thigh.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't fair this? What year? Please? Oh?

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<v Speaker 3>That would have been well if it was right, said Fred.

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<v Speaker 3>There has to be nineteen ninety one or thereabouts, because

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<v Speaker 3>that's when they came out. They did have an underpart lining,

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<v Speaker 3>but it's they've taken a.

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<v Speaker 2>Bit of a did you wear irony or seriously no seriousness?

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<v Speaker 2>And how did you think you looked in that?

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<v Speaker 3>Quite smart iran? The the only one. Only time I

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<v Speaker 3>ran a marathon, I would not wear a meshing, No,

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<v Speaker 3>but I wore I wore a pair of sort of

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<v Speaker 3>tight shorts, like made out of spandex. And because it

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<v Speaker 3>was the late eighties that you know, it had a

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<v Speaker 3>pink panel, a green panel, a fluorescent yellow panel, and

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<v Speaker 3>an orange panel, and I thought that would look smart

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<v Speaker 3>in the running race.

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<v Speaker 2>So back to the meshing, like, did you pick up

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<v Speaker 2>anyone at the gym?

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<v Speaker 3>No? Well, some men thought it was quite interesting, but

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<v Speaker 3>that wasn't my pert target market. Of course, it's all

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<v Speaker 3>legal these days, but when you look about what people

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<v Speaker 3>wear like, I also remember in the early nineties Andre

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<v Speaker 3>Agassy was playing at Wimbledon and he said he didn't

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<v Speaker 3>want to wear all white, and the all England Tennis

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<v Speaker 3>clubs is you have to wear all white. And when

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<v Speaker 3>he walked after his first match, but it's like, what

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<v Speaker 3>is he going to wear? And he came out head

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<v Speaker 3>to toe pure white, not even not even you know,

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<v Speaker 3>a piping or anything that was a different color. So

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<v Speaker 3>he went all the way of wearing fluorescent colors and

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<v Speaker 3>things and say I'm going to wear all white. And

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<v Speaker 3>of course the old days in tennis they still wear

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<v Speaker 3>long trousers and ladies would wear dresses when they played,

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<v Speaker 3>so you know, not to distract the audience by showing

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<v Speaker 3>them a finally turned ankle or anything. So you know,

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<v Speaker 3>what about what about the high wasted leotar. Now that's

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<v Speaker 3>a look that probably shouldn't.

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<v Speaker 2>Come back, yea, even in the high cutlets.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, Jane Fonder style them.

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<v Speaker 1>You know you're breeding club or.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that's coming back. Seven bathies, my.

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<v Speaker 3>Cup bait Jane Fonder, he's eighty five or something.

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<v Speaker 2>The young folks today like to wear is shot shorts

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<v Speaker 2>in lycra because the booty is really very much a focus.

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<v Speaker 3>About the sock ling. So I'm trying to push for

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<v Speaker 3>long socks again and I've been wearing them around the place.

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<v Speaker 2>Is that trend taking off? No, you're trying valiantly.

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<v Speaker 3>You are trying the fact that you can still buy

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<v Speaker 3>them proves that there is a market for them.

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<v Speaker 2>So do you think we should have gym police when

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<v Speaker 2>it comes to clothing?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, there was a woman who was kicked off in

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<v Speaker 3>an American airline because she wore basically gym gear like

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<v Speaker 3>it wasn't much more than a bra top.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's a whole separate But in the gyms.

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<v Speaker 3>In the gym, I think, you know, as long as

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<v Speaker 3>you're comfortable and not displaying leaving something to the imagination,

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<v Speaker 3>that's that's.

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<v Speaker 2>Surely too vague. I think whatever people are comfortable training in,

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<v Speaker 2>and people shouldn't be perving anyway.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, gym that point. There's a girl in the UK's

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<v Speaker 3>in Australia.

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<v Speaker 2>Many people you follow, I follow.

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<v Speaker 3>Some strange people.

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<v Speaker 2>This girl the hot skipper you follow? Yeah, she's not

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<v Speaker 2>skipper as in.

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<v Speaker 3>She's as jump jumping. She's fantastic.

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<v Speaker 2>You follow her.

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<v Speaker 3>She took up skipping during the pandemic.

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<v Speaker 2>And now I've been coming in and you're watching her

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<v Speaker 2>when I when I break through the force field into

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<v Speaker 2>your study, you are watching a lot of her videos.

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<v Speaker 3>She's the world's skipper. She has made millions of dollars

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<v Speaker 3>or pounds through doing skipping routines. This other girl, she's

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<v Speaker 3>a build up and I think she wear.

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<v Speaker 2>A tool belt with what was that thing you had

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<v Speaker 2>to have as.

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<v Speaker 3>Well the the tool belt with the strapping machine?

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<v Speaker 2>She got a strapping machine.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know, okay, But the point is her coworkers

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<v Speaker 3>on a hot day take their shirts off, and she says,

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<v Speaker 3>she reckons that it's only fair that she be allowed

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<v Speaker 3>to do building topless on the building side, and she's

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<v Speaker 3>taking them to court. Now, no, this is not a gym,

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<v Speaker 3>But to be honest, she might win because if her

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<v Speaker 3>male co workers are allowed to go to topless on

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<v Speaker 3>the building, so what about her anyway, she's arguing for that.

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<v Speaker 3>But no, no, I think in gym's you know, look,

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<v Speaker 3>I The only other thing I would say there is,

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<v Speaker 3>if you're going to wear lots of super tight clothes,

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<v Speaker 3>you've sort of got to have the physique to carry

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<v Speaker 3>it off.

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<v Speaker 2>Judge that we like, what was it a weight thing?

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<v Speaker 2>Is it a rolls thing. Are you conting?

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<v Speaker 3>There's a variety of ways of looking at it. Look,

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<v Speaker 3>I've seen, you know, friends who have to remain nameless,

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<v Speaker 3>who you think they look better than what they do.

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<v Speaker 3>And they're mammals, middle aged men and lycra and they

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<v Speaker 3>stuff themselves into their you know, two of the France

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<v Speaker 3>Likera gear to ride down to the beach and back

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<v Speaker 3>on a weekend. And I mean, I feel like saying

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<v Speaker 3>to them, Look, you know, maybe when you were twenty

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<v Speaker 3>five that would have looked okay. Now you're fifty five

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<v Speaker 3>and it doesn't. And even though you can afford it,

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<v Speaker 3>and I know you want to pretend that you're in

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<v Speaker 3>the tour of the France and you might have been

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<v Speaker 3>going to France next year to watch it and so forth.

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<v Speaker 2>While you're eating a bagette and bollive wine.

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<v Speaker 3>Doesn't mean it's appropriate to wear it.

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<v Speaker 2>How about that, Tom, I'm still recovering from the vision

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<v Speaker 2>of you in a mesh similar at the gym.

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<v Speaker 3>Bring it back, bring it well. Sadly, it's one of

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<v Speaker 3>those items of clothing that I no longer have.

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