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Speaker 1: is this K Balls? It is K Balls, K Balls.

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Speaker 1: This is I am. I'm the host of the Ballot

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Speaker 1: of Billy Bass. Wow. How are you. I have thoroughly

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Speaker 1: kay Ball. I like cooking Kimball too. That's another one

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Speaker 1: of your nicknames, Cooking Kimball. Ralph Tillman, I got a

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Speaker 1: all right. Don appreciate the call. It means so much, Jimmy, Hello,

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Speaker 1: ky Balls here, I'm just laying in bed here. I've

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