WEBVTT - Get A Hobby!  Marshall Phillips Talks to A&G

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<v Speaker 1>We're playing lots of zz Top as Dusty hild, the

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<v Speaker 1>bass player from zz Top died. Yes, Dave was in

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<v Speaker 1>his seventies, so it's not, you know, crazy unexpected, but

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<v Speaker 1>um yeah, so playing a lot of easy talk. Marshall

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<v Speaker 1>Phillips joins us it used to be our music guy.

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<v Speaker 1>Before we get into even who you are? Jever meeting

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<v Speaker 1>me the zz Toppers, I did, indeed, surprise, Yeah, Billy,

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<v Speaker 1>I think I met him. You know you gotta Reverend

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<v Speaker 1>Billy F. Gibbons, the lead guitar player. Yes, yes, you

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<v Speaker 1>gotta fear of the beard. Hear the beards. Marshall Phillips

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<v Speaker 1>did our news for how many years did you do?

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<v Speaker 1>It was grand total of fourteen years? Really, yes, I know, wow,

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<v Speaker 1>I know. God time goes by and I thought about that.

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<v Speaker 1>You know the other thing too, because I have been

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<v Speaker 1>retired now for a while and it has certainly not

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<v Speaker 1>been boring. But one thing I keep wondering when I

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<v Speaker 1>wake up is what day is? It? Is that something

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<v Speaker 1>that happens to every time My kids are that way

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<v Speaker 1>you beat out of school, and they have never they

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<v Speaker 1>have have no idea if it's a Monday or a Saturday. Exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, so I have to I have to mendally

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<v Speaker 1>make a cue. Okay, what date, let's look at the

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<v Speaker 1>all right, we know what day it is. So you

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<v Speaker 1>did you retired December nineteen? Yeah, so so had the news?

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<v Speaker 1>Had you done the news about a virus in China

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<v Speaker 1>at that point show? Yeah, we did, We did mention it,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was I think I had mentioned that I

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<v Speaker 1>heard in the BBC. I was following it because I,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, would wake up early, early in the morning

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<v Speaker 1>and I would be, you know, here in the BBC

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<v Speaker 1>they were talking about, oh, there's nineteen cases of this

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<v Speaker 1>mysterious and then the next day it was there's twenty

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<v Speaker 1>nine cases. The next day it was there's four cases.

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<v Speaker 1>So you retired, and then three months later the whole

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<v Speaker 1>world shuts down. Yes, yes, yes, to put a damper

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<v Speaker 1>on some of your plans for your first year retirement.

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<v Speaker 1>My first year of retirement was pretty much spent at home.

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<v Speaker 1>I think I I think I called one time and

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<v Speaker 1>was telling you how I was building this whole uh

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<v Speaker 1>tribute to Chardonnay bottle. I had a pyramid. I had

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<v Speaker 1>a Chardonnay bottle pyramid out in front of my house here,

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<v Speaker 1>you're you're in the age group that you know where

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<v Speaker 1>it's pretty deadly for and there was no vaccine at

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<v Speaker 1>the time, so heck, yeah, yeah, no, I mean, and

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<v Speaker 1>the good I think good thing was I did use

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<v Speaker 1>the time. I have moved twice in the last year

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<v Speaker 1>and a half, no, three twice, now twice. Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 1>was trying to figure out because I've been bouncing around

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<v Speaker 1>from a lot of places. But I used the time

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<v Speaker 1>to actually clear out the rest of the the stuff

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<v Speaker 1>from my mom's home. She had passed away a few

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<v Speaker 1>years before, So I got all of that out of

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<v Speaker 1>the house and then got the got it rehabbed and

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<v Speaker 1>everything else, and then put it up for sale. While wow,

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<v Speaker 1>all this was still going on, no vaccine, COVID restrictions

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<v Speaker 1>mass everywhere, and it was pretty challenging. But it did

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<v Speaker 1>give me something to do. I wasn't just sitting at

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<v Speaker 1>home going okay, now what yeah, And you know, luckily

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<v Speaker 1>it's the age of the internet and everything like that,

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<v Speaker 1>so you can be in contact with people or fallow

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<v Speaker 1>the news or whatever like it would have been thirty

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<v Speaker 1>years ago or whatever. Um, so just what's your overall

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<v Speaker 1>taking this? I mean, in terms of in terms of

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<v Speaker 1>interesting things that have happened on planet Earth, even for

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<v Speaker 1>a guy of your worldly nature, it has to stand out.

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<v Speaker 1>Is is A is a pretty big one. I was

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<v Speaker 1>not around for the Spanish flu, so this is the

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<v Speaker 1>first pandemic I have ever. You know, lived through things,

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<v Speaker 1>knock on wood, lived through and I I gotta tell you,

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta tell you you're vaccinated. At this point five times,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I ben't. I used another name and got

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<v Speaker 1>more No, but I do have to tell you. I

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<v Speaker 1>know everybody wants to get back to normal, and I

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<v Speaker 1>really appreciate that. But when all of a sudden, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>they said, I take your mass off and have a

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<v Speaker 1>good time, I'm kind of going, okay, but let's be careful.

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<v Speaker 1>And now we've we've got this what do they call it,

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<v Speaker 1>the uh delta? The delta you know variety. I can

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<v Speaker 1>imagine it does look differently if you're a susceptible age group,

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<v Speaker 1>where you know this could really make you sick. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, if you're under if you're under sixty,

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<v Speaker 1>really it's not that deadly. And if certainly if you're

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<v Speaker 1>under forty, it's very unlikely you would kill you. But um,

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<v Speaker 1>you know you probably feel the same way my parents.

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<v Speaker 1>And my parents took it very seriously. Oh yeah, no,

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<v Speaker 1>there's no doubt about it. And as soon as I

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<v Speaker 1>could get vaccinated, I did. You know, I'm really glad

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<v Speaker 1>I did, because you know, that's one less thing you

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<v Speaker 1>have to worry about yourself, to be cautious. But you're

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<v Speaker 1>not like, oh my god, now because now when you're

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<v Speaker 1>in retirement, when when I don't have a job to

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<v Speaker 1>come to every day, every little thing becomes a huge

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<v Speaker 1>epic with me. I've noticed that with retired people. I

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<v Speaker 1>am on the phone daily to my friends scattered about

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<v Speaker 1>the country, you know, got going ranting and raving about

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<v Speaker 1>any number of things. Now they're kind of expecting it.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, if I don't call at least every couple

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<v Speaker 1>of days, and they called me, you know, just afraid

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<v Speaker 1>I may have exploded. So I was gonna ask you

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<v Speaker 1>about you and your friends in your set. So you're

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<v Speaker 1>an old hippie who hung around with hippies back in

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<v Speaker 1>the day, and um, a lot of your older liberals

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<v Speaker 1>that that I follow are kind of looking at some

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<v Speaker 1>of their fellow younger liberals and saying, what is going

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<v Speaker 1>on with you? People, And uh, I wonder if you've

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<v Speaker 1>noticed in you that among your crowd, amongst my crowd,

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<v Speaker 1>I will I will tell you something. A lot of

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<v Speaker 1>my crowd, people that I've known since I was thirteen

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<v Speaker 1>and we all went through many things together, are much

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<v Speaker 1>more liberal and I am so they're so they're joining

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<v Speaker 1>in with more of the younger wolf crown. Oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>very much so, very much so. And you know, we

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<v Speaker 1>have spirited discussions about you know, we don't get too

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<v Speaker 1>heavy into politics, but mostly policy. I just think it's

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<v Speaker 1>interesting that the crowd that was always so suspicious of

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<v Speaker 1>the FBI and the CIA in general, a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>those people now that they're they're all hail the FBI

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<v Speaker 1>and c I A. Are are our masters who will

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<v Speaker 1>keep us safe. And I'm like, where did that come from.

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<v Speaker 1>I do have a couple of friends that have surprised

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<v Speaker 1>me over the years, and you know, I will look

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<v Speaker 1>at them and pictures of them and announced that you're

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<v Speaker 1>looking very prosperous because I've noticed that their waist size

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<v Speaker 1>has expanded amazingly. Oh yeah, yes, and they're looking very

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<v Speaker 1>prosperous these days. In general, what, um, what has surprised

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<v Speaker 1>you about retirement, because I remember asking my dad. I

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<v Speaker 1>like to ask retired people this question because I hope

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<v Speaker 1>to be retired someday years from now. But what's what

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<v Speaker 1>surprised you? What didn't surprise you about retirement? Well? What has? Well, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>what's to surprise me? Or what I've had to have

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<v Speaker 1>a realization about is make sure when you retire you

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<v Speaker 1>got some kind of hobby, something else to do, because, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>after my second move, now, there have been a few

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<v Speaker 1>days where I'm going, okay, now what But fortunately things

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<v Speaker 1>keep coming up and I have to deal with. So

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't, like I said, I haven't been born, but

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<v Speaker 1>I can see a time down the line if I

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<v Speaker 1>don't get bitty and start to you know, salsa dancing

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<v Speaker 1>or something again, you know it, you really are sort

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<v Speaker 1>of faced with Okay, now, I know my my dad's

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<v Speaker 1>younger brother. I remember him asking, he said, what are

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<v Speaker 1>you gonna do when you retire? You don't golf? You

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<v Speaker 1>don't fish, right, I mean, you know, because like Joeseph Golfer,

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's how he pictures retirement is playing golf. I

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<v Speaker 1>get it. All. I know fishermen who can't can't wait

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<v Speaker 1>to the idea that they're gonna be able to fish

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<v Speaker 1>every single day. But if you don't have one of

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<v Speaker 1>those things, I don't um, you do have to do

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<v Speaker 1>something um and And you know, most people, their whole

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<v Speaker 1>lives of working, can't wait till the day when they

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<v Speaker 1>don't have to work anymore. But there's a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>time in a day, day after day after day. You

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<v Speaker 1>got to do something. Oh yeah, oh yeah. The other

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<v Speaker 1>thing too is a lot of my really close friends

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<v Speaker 1>do not live anywhere near me. So again it's like, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>how you doing on the phone. How about the sense

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<v Speaker 1>of who you are? If you had any problem with that?

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<v Speaker 1>Because so many people, I think particularly men, defined themselves

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<v Speaker 1>by their job, by their job, And when you don't

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<v Speaker 1>have that, have you had any problem with? Who? Who

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<v Speaker 1>am I? What am I? No that I that I

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<v Speaker 1>haven't had any problem with? Well, now I gotta I

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<v Speaker 1>got a bullet for you. I have given up the grape.

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<v Speaker 1>All booze are just wine. I have given up the grape.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll put it that way. No, just just because how

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<v Speaker 1>do I put it? After I built the temple to

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<v Speaker 1>Chardonnay for that year and a half, I just thought,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, dude, let's try something else. Yeah, yes, So

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<v Speaker 1>did you feel that it was starting to play too

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<v Speaker 1>much of a role in your life? Yeah? The thing, Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll tell you this, the one thing you got to

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<v Speaker 1>be careful of when you're when you are a retired gentleman.

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<v Speaker 1>If you don't have immediate family around you, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>occupy you. Boredom is your worst enemy, you know. Just okay,

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<v Speaker 1>Like we were saying, all right, it's two in the afternoon. Again,

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<v Speaker 1>it's the now what do I do? Question? So you

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<v Speaker 1>gotta try and figure out some other ways, new ways

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<v Speaker 1>to occupy yourself. You're for people who don't know Marshall

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<v Speaker 1>Phillips who did the news for us for many, many

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<v Speaker 1>years and retired a couple of years ago and never married,

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<v Speaker 1>no children, right, so still a couple of lady friends around. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>Michael's got a question. Yeah, you're still playing the lottery, Marshall. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I am scratchers. You still have that hobby? Oh? Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>oh yes, And I will tell you this without try

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<v Speaker 1>bragging too much. I don't know if I mentioned on

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<v Speaker 1>a day if your wedding, Michael, Yeah, I had purchased

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<v Speaker 1>a scratcher and after your wedding I came home and

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<v Speaker 1>I scratched it. I won six hundred and seventy lucky day.

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<v Speaker 1>That was Michael's wedding. Well, I told you I waited

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<v Speaker 1>till after the ceremony to do that. I got another

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<v Speaker 1>question from Marshall Phillips, a legendary newsperson. I mean we

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<v Speaker 1>haven't even mentioned that legendary a broadcaster at some of

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<v Speaker 1>the biggest stations in the history of radio over the years.

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<v Speaker 1>So it was a week ago tonight that Joe Biden

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<v Speaker 1>said at that CNN town hall, if you get vaccinated,

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<v Speaker 1>you will not have to wear a mask. I repeat,

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<v Speaker 1>if you get vaccinated, you will not have to wear

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<v Speaker 1>a mask. He said it twice, and within a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of days the White House changed directions. You gotta remember

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<v Speaker 1>there following the science or following the science. So they

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<v Speaker 1>claim Marshall Phillips joins us he was our news guy

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<v Speaker 1>for I didn't realize it was fourteen years that you

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<v Speaker 1>did that. Was that the longest radio gig you had

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<v Speaker 1>in your tire luster's career, Yes, yes it was. I

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<v Speaker 1>had a couple of eleven year runs, a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>eight year runs, and a whole lot of six month

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<v Speaker 1>runs and two year runs and you know how it has,

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<v Speaker 1>how it is um so without getting it we were

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<v Speaker 1>Marshall was just telling me a little story up there.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you run the red light? Do you think you

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<v Speaker 1>ran the red light? No, I I admitted, I have admitted, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I I ran the red light. I wasn't aware i'd

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<v Speaker 1>run the red light, but they had a picture of me,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, And so and again I just moved into

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<v Speaker 1>this area and every intersection has cameras. And how big

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<v Speaker 1>is the ticket for that five and sixty chunk of money? Man? Yes?

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<v Speaker 1>So no, I paid it up. That's the first moving

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<v Speaker 1>elation I've had, probably in thirty five forty years. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>the only reason I bring it up is you once

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<v Speaker 1>went to jail, Yes, for driving tickets parking, which are

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<v Speaker 1>not a moving viol No. No, And you didn't pay

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<v Speaker 1>your parking tickets in l A County. It was in Fullerton,

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<v Speaker 1>Orange County. And you know the bottom line was no,

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<v Speaker 1>I paid parking tickets like crazy. But I was working nights,

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<v Speaker 1>sleeping in the daytime, and where I lived, you had

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<v Speaker 1>two hour parking in front of your house two hours,

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<v Speaker 1>so every two hours you gotta move your car. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I had to wake up, move my car, go back

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<v Speaker 1>to sleep, wake up, moved my car. That's unrealistic way

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<v Speaker 1>to live. And I went when I moved in, when

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<v Speaker 1>we rented this house, I moved, I went to the

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<v Speaker 1>police department, said, hey, listen, I've I've just moved in.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's my lease agreement and everything. Can I get a

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<v Speaker 1>you know, residents sticker, so you know, to deal with

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<v Speaker 1>the park They said, nope, no, we don't. We don't

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<v Speaker 1>offer those but that but that's that's crazy because you

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<v Speaker 1>have to be parked somewhere. So you're just gonna what

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<v Speaker 1>difference does it make whether you take up this spot

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<v Speaker 1>for four straight hours, where you take up two different

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<v Speaker 1>spots two hours each, It doesn't make any difference in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of the number of spots available. And so I

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<v Speaker 1>would still even though I was getting moving the car around,

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<v Speaker 1>I was still getting You would you would actually set

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<v Speaker 1>your alarm. So this is when you so you working nights,

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<v Speaker 1>This is actually like your your this is when you're

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<v Speaker 1>supposed to get your eight to ten hours. So you

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<v Speaker 1>would set your alarm and wake up every two hours

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<v Speaker 1>and go move your car. That's craziest night after night.

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<v Speaker 1>How often did you successfully do that? I would get

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<v Speaker 1>three tickets a week, maybe four. But so that means

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<v Speaker 1>that many, many times you woke yourself up out of

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<v Speaker 1>a deep sleep, like did you sleep in your clothes

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<v Speaker 1>or would you put on some clothes and go out

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<v Speaker 1>and move your car? I had my satin robot and

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<v Speaker 1>so and so you have to go all the way

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<v Speaker 1>out to your car. How far away? It wasn't very far? Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>you know there was a front yard, you know, a sidewalk,

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<v Speaker 1>a lawn now, and then you just moved like the

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<v Speaker 1>next closest spot. Yeah, pretty much, just back and forth

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<v Speaker 1>and back and forth. My god, I can't imagine waking

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<v Speaker 1>like the third time, not, you know, not the thirtieth time,

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<v Speaker 1>Like the third time, I'd say the screw it. And

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<v Speaker 1>there was an alley behind this house, but you couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>really park in the alley because it was one of

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<v Speaker 1>those like single lane, one way, a little strips. So

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<v Speaker 1>moving towards you ended up in the whosco. How many

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<v Speaker 1>parking tickets had you gotten before you ended up in corners?

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<v Speaker 1>I paid hundreds and hundreds of dollars and I even

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<v Speaker 1>went to the police Department's Fulton Police Department, and I

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<v Speaker 1>think I talked to the chief, but I said, here's

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<v Speaker 1>the deal. I mean, I live here, and I got

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<v Speaker 1>I've been paying tickets like mad. Could you double check

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<v Speaker 1>to see if I have any more outstanding tickets? And

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<v Speaker 1>they ran a computer check. Yes, you do. This seems

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<v Speaker 1>like a real spirit of the law letter the law

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<v Speaker 1>to thing to me too, the spirit of the law

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<v Speaker 1>law it is not to make people who live around

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<v Speaker 1>their move their cars every two hours. But they stuck

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<v Speaker 1>you with the letter of the law. They stuck me

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<v Speaker 1>with the letter of the law. And in the bottom

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<v Speaker 1>line is so I paid off those and I kept

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<v Speaker 1>trying to pay the tickets, you know, trying not to

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<v Speaker 1>get tickets and pay the tickets. And then one evening

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<v Speaker 1>around six o'clock, oh only till five, though after five

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't have to move. So it's just unfortunately had

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<v Speaker 1>to sleep during the day. Yes, yes, uh so one

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<v Speaker 1>night around six o'clock, I hear knocking him the door,

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<v Speaker 1>and I peek out through the window and I see

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<v Speaker 1>two long here guys, and I thought, maybe they're murdering

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<v Speaker 1>my roommates friends. You know, they look hippie. As I

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<v Speaker 1>opened the door and the two guys literally burst in

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<v Speaker 1>and demand, are you Marshall Phillips. Yes, down down down

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<v Speaker 1>to the ground, on the ground. Oh yeah, on the rug.

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<v Speaker 1>Because the confused by this is this? Did they to

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<v Speaker 1>something else? The whole deal was the tickets. Some of

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<v Speaker 1>the tickets have gone to warrant and I hadn't. Apparently

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<v Speaker 1>you gotta get down on the ground. Yeah. Yeah. It

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<v Speaker 1>was unbelievable and we're out of time. But you spent

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<v Speaker 1>a month in jail. I did. I did for contempt

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<v Speaker 1>at court. A month a love in jail. Absolutely unbelievable.

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<v Speaker 1>Our show, we really want to mate with you. Classic class, next,

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<v Speaker 1>a classic callback. I'm the host of final thoughts at

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<v Speaker 1>Jack Armstrong. Let's get a final thought from Michael Angelo.

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<v Speaker 1>My final thought is directed at Marshall. Thank you for

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<v Speaker 1>coming to my wedding. Even though you were had a

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<v Speaker 1>health condition, you snuck in there. We really appreciated you

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<v Speaker 1>showing up. Loved it. I did too. That was great times.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's get a final thought for guest newsman today and

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<v Speaker 1>my Marshall Fillips. Sorry, Marshall, you know it was amazed.

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<v Speaker 1>I drove right here without getting lost, and yeah, walked

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<v Speaker 1>through the back door and saw familiar faces. Now retirement

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<v Speaker 1>is okay, but make sure you've got something else to do,

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<v Speaker 1>so you don't just sit there and go, okay, now

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<v Speaker 1>what excellent point and probably not a good idea, and

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<v Speaker 1>wait and and to not wait until you get to

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<v Speaker 1>retirement to decide when you want to do. Yeah, I don't.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't have a thing. I don't fish, I don't golf.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what it would be. Start working on

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<v Speaker 1>it that I'm gonna come up with something, building a model,

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<v Speaker 1>ships in a bottle or something s