WEBVTT - Listener Mail: Bowling Alleys On The Moon

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, a production of

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<v Speaker 1>My Heart Radio. Hey, welcome to Stuff to Blow your Mind.

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<v Speaker 1>Listener Mail. This is Robert Land and I'm Joe McCormack,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's Monday. This is the day of the week.

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<v Speaker 1>We usually read back some of the messages you've sent

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<v Speaker 1>in over the past few weeks. So Rob, if you're

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<v Speaker 1>cool with it, I'm going to jump right into a

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<v Speaker 1>message sent by Manuel in response to our episode on

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<v Speaker 1>music and memory. All right, So Manuel starts off by

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<v Speaker 1>saying some nice things, and then he also, this was

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<v Speaker 1>the weird part I didn't quite understand, but he says

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<v Speaker 1>that sometimes Rob, when we're explaining something, we remind him

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<v Speaker 1>of Hugo Weaving from the Matrix. I don't quite know

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<v Speaker 1>what this means. He assures us that he means it

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<v Speaker 1>in a positive way. But I'm a little confused. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>fair enough, which one of us do you think is

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<v Speaker 1>more like Hugo weaving? Is that you were at me?

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<v Speaker 1>M I don't know. Do we get to choose, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>do get to choose different Hugo weavings from different films?

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<v Speaker 1>Is it a broader selection or is it just uh?

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's just the matrix, just the matrix. So

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. I I leave this to the the

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<v Speaker 1>listeners to decide. I have no opinion on this. M

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<v Speaker 1>Manuel says, I recently listened to your episode Music and

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<v Speaker 1>Memory and really enjoyed it. One thing that I feel

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<v Speaker 1>you forgot to mention is something that seemed to be

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<v Speaker 1>taught to all of us back in elementary school in

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<v Speaker 1>the early nineties, the fifty States song. To this day,

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<v Speaker 1>I can recite this song and thus mention every state

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<v Speaker 1>in the US. However, if I were tasked to write

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<v Speaker 1>down every state's name without referencing the song, I'm ashamed

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<v Speaker 1>to admit I would surely miss a handful of states.

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<v Speaker 1>H Manuel, I don't think that is anything to be

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<v Speaker 1>ashamed of because I this this may be super embarrassing,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think even as an adult, there have been

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<v Speaker 1>times when I've been trying to alphabetize things in my mind,

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<v Speaker 1>and I know I have mentally referred to the alphabet

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<v Speaker 1>song in order to remember. Wait which comes first? K

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<v Speaker 1>or L or J. I don't know how does this

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<v Speaker 1>song go. I don't know that I learned this song.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, it's it's to the tune Twinkle Twinkle, Little

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<v Speaker 1>Star A, B, C, D E, F G M okay,

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<v Speaker 1>j K, element o P. Surely you know that one?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh no, okay, so you're just talking about the alphabet song,

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<v Speaker 1>not a specific alphabet song for the wait, okay, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>talking about the fifty state song. I know the alphabet song.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh sorry, yeah, to be confused, I was talking about

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<v Speaker 1>the I have as an adult. I know for mentally

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<v Speaker 1>referred to the alphabet song. Yes, I do. I also

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<v Speaker 1>fall back on that crutch, But I don't know that

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<v Speaker 1>I learned the fifty States song. I don't think I

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<v Speaker 1>did either, though I've talked to Rachel. She can still

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<v Speaker 1>sing the fifty States song, which is funny because this

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<v Speaker 1>may just be that she's not, you know, a singer. First.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't really it doesn't sound like a song to me.

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<v Speaker 1>It just sounds kind of like shouting the names of

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<v Speaker 1>states to a rhythm. Maybe maybe if I heard the

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<v Speaker 1>tune it would be a little bit different. Rachel overheard me.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you listening to mer record? Apparently it's called fifty nifty? Okay, Yeah, well,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm pretty sure I was not introduced to fifty nifty,

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<v Speaker 1>but I wish I wish I had, it would probably

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<v Speaker 1>helped a lot. Manuel goes on, I feel like music

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely aids in memory and learning. My wife is learning

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<v Speaker 1>English and always asks to explain what a song is saying,

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<v Speaker 1>lay out the lyrics, etcetera. It clearly helps her with

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<v Speaker 1>learning new words and more importantly, how phrases work in

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<v Speaker 1>the English language. She's willing to learn English, but isn't

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<v Speaker 1>exactly motivated to, and music definitely helps with this. My

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<v Speaker 1>guess is that most people will enjoy a good song

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<v Speaker 1>or melody and be eager to learn what it says

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<v Speaker 1>or means, as opposed to reading a paragraph. Again, this

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<v Speaker 1>taps into something we we sort of guessed about in

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<v Speaker 1>in previous talks about music and memory, about how the

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<v Speaker 1>music element may in factor just help is a motivational

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<v Speaker 1>tool to repeat and rehearse the verbal content, which may

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<v Speaker 1>help people remember and understand it better. But men Well

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<v Speaker 1>also says for me, music absolutely plays a part in

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<v Speaker 1>tapping into old memories. I can listen to very old

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<v Speaker 1>Mexican music and it will instantly take me back to

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<v Speaker 1>my youth helping my grandmother clean the house on a

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<v Speaker 1>weekend while singing along to these songs. Even music played

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<v Speaker 1>in movies. I'll hear a song which reminds me of

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<v Speaker 1>a favorite movie, which in turn takes me back to

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<v Speaker 1>when I watched the movie. The intro song to die

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<v Speaker 1>Hard with a Vengeance is burned into my memory. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know who plays it or what the song is called,

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<v Speaker 1>but if I hear it, I can play those scenes

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<v Speaker 1>in my mind, and it reminds me of the long

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<v Speaker 1>summer breaks when I would binge movies we had on tape. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't seen die Hard with a Vengeance, but I

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<v Speaker 1>just pulled up a list of the like the soundtrack,

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<v Speaker 1>and if these are in order of appearance in the film,

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<v Speaker 1>then maybe it's Summer in the City by the Love

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<v Speaker 1>and Sponful. Oh yeah, hot Town, Summer in the City,

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<v Speaker 1>back of my neck, getting dirt and gritty. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think i've ever seen all of the third die Hard

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<v Speaker 1>movie either. This is the one with Jeremy Irons. Yes, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Well anyway, Manuel wraps up, says some nice things about

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<v Speaker 1>the show and signs off. So, yeah, thanks for getting

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<v Speaker 1>in touch man. Well, and it's great that we had

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<v Speaker 1>a chance to mention the fifty and fifty States, because

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<v Speaker 1>I know some other listeners have written in saying something

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<v Speaker 1>about that too. Alright. This next one comes to us

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<v Speaker 1>from from from frequent listener mail participant Jim in New Jersey, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>in response to our episode on the Silarian hypothesis. Jim rights,

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<v Speaker 1>Robert and Joe. While the Earth is too active to

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<v Speaker 1>preserve ancient technology, I suspect that the Moon would preserve

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<v Speaker 1>it quite nicely if ancient technology were to reach the Moon.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure evidence would exist for a very long time.

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<v Speaker 1>How long will the remnants of the Apollo mission remain

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<v Speaker 1>on the Moon? And then he he shares a particular

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<v Speaker 1>article with us here right. It is citing an answer

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<v Speaker 1>given to ABC Science Focused by an astronomer named Alistair

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<v Speaker 1>Gunn from the University of Manchester, and this is the quote.

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<v Speaker 1>While the constant bombardment by energetic micro media, rights is

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<v Speaker 1>likely to gradually erode this this being the Apollo mission

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<v Speaker 1>material over time, current research suggested could survive for up

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<v Speaker 1>to a hundred million years. This is I believe this

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<v Speaker 1>is part of the plot line in the original two

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<v Speaker 1>thousand one of Space Odyssey, right, Um, I don't recall

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<v Speaker 1>this is mentioned in the in the movie, or if

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<v Speaker 1>this is in the novel or a subsequent treatment, but

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<v Speaker 1>the idea of there being some sort of us, some

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<v Speaker 1>sort of lunar presence, right, Well, it's a monolith on

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<v Speaker 1>the Moon, yes, which I think is not human technology

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<v Speaker 1>but alien technology. Right. But yeah, but it's like if

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<v Speaker 1>you wanted to keep an eye on Earth, that's where

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<v Speaker 1>you put your monolith, right. Oh yeah, yeah, it's something

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<v Speaker 1>can just sit on the Moon for ages and not

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<v Speaker 1>much happens to it except I guess impacts from space.

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<v Speaker 1>All right. On a similar note, Wayne rights In, Hello, Rob,

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<v Speaker 1>Joe and Seth. I enjoyed your episode about the Silurian

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<v Speaker 1>hypothesis quite a bit. It's a fascinating question. Could we

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<v Speaker 1>tell if there had been an industrial civilization a hundred

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<v Speaker 1>million years ago? And also could the eventual inheritors of

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<v Speaker 1>Earth a hundred million years from now know of our existence.

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<v Speaker 1>Evidence on Earth has a hard time persisting because this

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<v Speaker 1>is a geologically active planet with a lot of weather.

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<v Speaker 1>There's very little we could build that could survive millions

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<v Speaker 1>of years of these processes. But what about the other

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<v Speaker 1>places that we have left a mark in recent times

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<v Speaker 1>which don't have these processes, namely the Moon or space

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<v Speaker 1>in general? We've placed satellites in orbit around the Earth

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<v Speaker 1>and the Sun and left artifacts and footprints on the

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<v Speaker 1>surface of the Moon. Could we assume that any other

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<v Speaker 1>civilization that reached our level of technology would have done

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<v Speaker 1>the same thing. I think that's a reasonable assumption. The

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<v Speaker 1>final frontier must have a universal appeal for any intelligence

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<v Speaker 1>speace these that can look at the stars. I'm guessing

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<v Speaker 1>the satellites wouldn't last long because of orbital decay and

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<v Speaker 1>other interactions, but maybe there are some places where we

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<v Speaker 1>could place an artifact that would last many millions of years.

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<v Speaker 1>The surface of the Moon, however, seems like an ideal

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<v Speaker 1>place to put something that we want to last for

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<v Speaker 1>a very long time. It has no weather or geology,

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<v Speaker 1>but is subject to radiation, micro meteorites, and larger impacts.

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<v Speaker 1>According to any links to space dot Com article by

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<v Speaker 1>Dennis chow Uh quote, in human terms, it may seem

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<v Speaker 1>like forever, but in geological terms, probably there will be

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<v Speaker 1>no traces of the Apollo exploration in let's say ten

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<v Speaker 1>to a hundred million years. But I think they are

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<v Speaker 1>talking about erosion of footprints. A A large solid object

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<v Speaker 1>like the Lunar lander would probably last for longer, depending

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<v Speaker 1>on whether it could avoid a larger impact. According to

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<v Speaker 1>and in this case um the author here sites another

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<v Speaker 1>space dot Com article by Charles Q. Chow. By examining

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<v Speaker 1>pairs of photos taken at different times of areas of

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<v Speaker 1>the Moon, researchers have found two hundred and twenty two

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<v Speaker 1>new craters of between ten and forty two ms across.

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<v Speaker 1>These pairs of photos had intervals between a hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>seventy six and one thousand, two hundred and forty one days.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's simplify this and say every seven hundred and eight days,

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<v Speaker 1>two hundred and twenty two craters of a size twenty

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<v Speaker 1>six ms across a peer, obliterating everything below them. This

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<v Speaker 1>works out to about fifty nine thousand square meters per year.

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<v Speaker 1>The surface area of the Moon is thirty eight million

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<v Speaker 1>square kilometers. If we make the simplifying but incorrect assumption

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<v Speaker 1>that the meteor strikes never overlap every one hundred million years,

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<v Speaker 1>only one sixth of the Moon's surface will have been hit.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if we've done a comprehensive survey of

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<v Speaker 1>the Moon's surface looking for artifacts of unknown origin, but

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<v Speaker 1>just looking forward a hundred million years, I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>likely our traces on the Moon will still be preserved.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks Wayne, Well, thanks, and that's interesting. Yeah, and that

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<v Speaker 1>that adds more context. I guess the only thing I

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<v Speaker 1>would say is, I don't know if I'm sure that

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<v Speaker 1>all intelligent species will eventually want to travel into space

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<v Speaker 1>and and end up leaving artifacts on on the moon

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<v Speaker 1>of their home planet. I don't know. Is that a

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<v Speaker 1>uh that that's one of those kinds of assumptions that

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<v Speaker 1>seem that feels right, but it's hard to know. Well.

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<v Speaker 1>And then also this reminds me of our past discussions

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<v Speaker 1>on moons in general. Uh, you know, are we looking

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<v Speaker 1>at a scenario here where a given advanced civilization will

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<v Speaker 1>have access to moons and other bodies that are are

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<v Speaker 1>reachable within the span of time that they have the

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<v Speaker 1>ability and the interest in doing so. Oh yeah, well

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<v Speaker 1>that that's another thing. Like um, access to space is

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<v Speaker 1>not the same for all planets, especially planets with a

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<v Speaker 1>higher surface gravity, will have a lot harder time getting

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<v Speaker 1>getting people off that surface into space. And there, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>at a certain point you get to a place where

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<v Speaker 1>traveling into space becomes incredibly unpractical, impractical, it's already pretty

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<v Speaker 1>difficult for us. But if our surface gravity were higher

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<v Speaker 1>and the delta V were greater, I don't know exactly

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<v Speaker 1>at what point you hit like you just can't do it.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't go to space, can't go to your moons.

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<v Speaker 1>But you do reach that point at some point. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe if something bad happens to us, if you know,

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<v Speaker 1>there's intelligent octopuses or whatever and a hundred million years

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<v Speaker 1>on Earth and they end up traveling to the surface

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<v Speaker 1>of the Moon, maybe maybe they'll find our artifacts and

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<v Speaker 1>wonder what we were like. M Okay, Rob, I gotta

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<v Speaker 1>bring up this email because I don't understand it. It's

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<v Speaker 1>an email from Rolf that I think the text of

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<v Speaker 1>it just said Rob exclamation point. And then it's a

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<v Speaker 1>bunch of pictures of something called chainsaw man, which is

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<v Speaker 1>a guy wearing a tie who has chainsaws coming out

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<v Speaker 1>of his arms and his head. I think I speculated

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<v Speaker 1>in our chainsaw episodes in passing that there must be

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<v Speaker 1>a chainsaw man, that there must be some fantastic vision

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<v Speaker 1>of someone that's just made up of chainsaws, not merely

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<v Speaker 1>like having a hand replaced with a chainsaw or using

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<v Speaker 1>a chainsaw as a sword. But they just should just

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<v Speaker 1>be some sort of chainsaw human entity, some chainsaw human hybrid.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think I might have actually speculated as well

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<v Speaker 1>that it could be kind of kind of a like.

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<v Speaker 1>It seems like the kind of thing that somebody working

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<v Speaker 1>in the world of Japanese cyberpunk or inspired by that

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<v Speaker 1>world might have created. And I don't know who created

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<v Speaker 1>these images, but these images that were sent to us

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<v Speaker 1>by Rolf seemed to indicate that, yes, chainsaw Man exists

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<v Speaker 1>in some fashion, in some sort of comic format. Just

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<v Speaker 1>did a quick Google search to confirm it, says the

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<v Speaker 1>Wikipedia says chainsaw Man. It's a Japanese manga and it

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<v Speaker 1>is written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto. Nice. Looks like

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<v Speaker 1>they may have made a or they're making a TV

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<v Speaker 1>series of it. I don't know. I see something and

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<v Speaker 1>IMDb that has a twenty twenty date on it. So

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<v Speaker 1>maybe we're living in the age of chainsaw Man and

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<v Speaker 1>chainsaw Man is about to be upon us. Yep. I

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<v Speaker 1>see stills of him in this. Yep, it's the Age

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<v Speaker 1>of chainsaw Man. Two thousand twenty two, the year chainsaw

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<v Speaker 1>Man went mainstream. All right, Rob, should we do some

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<v Speaker 1>weird House Cinema messages, I think we should take your pick.

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<v Speaker 1>Al right, um, well, let's see. I guess I'll do

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<v Speaker 1>this one concerning The Lift. Hi, Rob, Joe, and Seth

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<v Speaker 1>just listened to the Weird House Cinema entry for the

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<v Speaker 1>apparently bonkers movie The Lift. It sounds amazing. This is

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<v Speaker 1>from listener MP. By the way, I had a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of things that might interest you, especially Joe with his

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<v Speaker 1>comments about how elevators can't possibly be so complex. I

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<v Speaker 1>work in medical device software quality and in job interviews

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<v Speaker 1>with candidates that haven't been involved with the medical world before.

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<v Speaker 1>An elevator is often the stand in for a complex

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<v Speaker 1>system for testing. It involves hardware, algorithms, and safety, all

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<v Speaker 1>critical components of medical devices. When a candidate can articulate

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<v Speaker 1>how they would test an elevator in a building with

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<v Speaker 1>a given number of floors and other elevators, you can

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<v Speaker 1>get a good idea of their thought processing and how

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<v Speaker 1>they may look at med devices. Also, I was struck

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<v Speaker 1>by a segment in Veritassium's video on self driving cars

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<v Speaker 1>in which he compared the attitudes towards self driving vehicles

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<v Speaker 1>with those towards automated unattended elevators. He points out that

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<v Speaker 1>when elevators routinely had attendance, it was unthinkable that logic

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<v Speaker 1>circuits only could take over for them, and that in fact,

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<v Speaker 1>historically there was pushback on removing human operators from them.

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<v Speaker 1>I find this kind of historical research fascinating. As to me,

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<v Speaker 1>I found it odd that elevators ever needed a human

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<v Speaker 1>to work. Right on reflection, it seems obvious that the

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<v Speaker 1>first iteration of the invention would necessarily need the quote

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<v Speaker 1>unquote brains of a person in order to be safe

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<v Speaker 1>and useful. Anyway, as always, keep up the great content

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<v Speaker 1>in P. But thanks in P. It sounds like you're

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<v Speaker 1>pushing back against something I said offhandedly. I I in

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<v Speaker 1>the episode. I was like, I'm not sure if the

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<v Speaker 1>Lift's idea that like you need supercomputer logic circuits to

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<v Speaker 1>manage elevator traffic is really true, and so if I'm

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<v Speaker 1>wrong about that, I'm wrong about that. But I still wonder.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I don't know how many variables are there,

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<v Speaker 1>So there's like three shafts that each have one car

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<v Speaker 1>x number of floors, um, I don't know. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>maybe maybe maybe things were different in the eighties, all right,

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<v Speaker 1>We got one more message also about the Lift. This

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<v Speaker 1>is from John. Uh. It concerns bowling score tables. You

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<v Speaker 1>remember that thing in the lift they went to what

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<v Speaker 1>was it called. It was like Klauss fun House or something,

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<v Speaker 1>Klaus Potty House. Yeah, it's just a bowling alley and

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<v Speaker 1>we were like, whoa look at those those overheads, like

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<v Speaker 1>overhead projector style of keeping score? Right, John says, Hi, guys,

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<v Speaker 1>John from Salt Lake here, long, long time listener, occasional writer. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>just listen to the Weird House Cinema show on the Lift.

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<v Speaker 1>During the show, there is a scene in a bowling

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<v Speaker 1>alley that had score projection tables. Remember this is uh,

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<v Speaker 1>unlike the screen the monitor screens that were used to Instead,

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<v Speaker 1>they were I think projecting transparencies up on the ceiling

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<v Speaker 1>or John says, yes. This was the standard scoring method

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<v Speaker 1>for league and tournament bowling for many many years. The

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<v Speaker 1>house meaning the bowling lane, would get plastic rolls that

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<v Speaker 1>held dozens of pages of plastic clear score sheets. Each

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<v Speaker 1>sheet had room for two teams of five players to

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<v Speaker 1>bowl three games. The games were also color coded. The

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<v Speaker 1>first game was green, the second was yellow, and the

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<v Speaker 1>last was pink. Or red. The score was kept with soft,

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<v Speaker 1>grease like pencils. Corrections were impossible to make without leaving

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<v Speaker 1>a noticeable mess. The bowlers, as well as well wishers

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<v Speaker 1>and spectators all needed to see how they and their

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<v Speaker 1>team is doing. I spent many hours either sitting at

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<v Speaker 1>the score table keeping score or straining my eyes to

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<v Speaker 1>see how many more pins I needed to get to

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<v Speaker 1>achieve some goal. In my younger years, I trained to

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<v Speaker 1>be a pro bowler. I bowled on the amateur circuit.

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<v Speaker 1>I was starting to get sponsors and was ready to

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<v Speaker 1>earn my pro card. Then life stepped in and changed

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<v Speaker 1>all that. During competitive league play or tournaments, the bowlers

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<v Speaker 1>would pay someone to keep score for them. I paid

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<v Speaker 1>for many bowling excursions by keeping score for quote the

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<v Speaker 1>Big Boys League. I love the shows. Keep up the

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<v Speaker 1>great work, John, Oh, that's that's wonderally wonderful. I was

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<v Speaker 1>delighted to hear about this from some folks who had

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<v Speaker 1>the knowledge, because I, like I said, I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>I ever went to a bowling alley that had this

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<v Speaker 1>level of of technological score keeping. The ones I went

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<v Speaker 1>to either were a step beyond or they were a

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<v Speaker 1>step behind. Like having you know, just pencil and paper

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<v Speaker 1>or they had that, you know, some sort of a

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<v Speaker 1>modern system. Nowadays it's so fancy. It makes me wonder, like,

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<v Speaker 1>what was it like taking children to bowling alleys in

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<v Speaker 1>the day? What would they mess around with and change?

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<v Speaker 1>You know? Nowadays they I feel like kids spend half

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<v Speaker 1>the time changing the format of the electronic score keeping.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, what's going to happen when somebody gets a turkey?

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<v Speaker 1>Will the we a cartoon turkey? Will a turkey explode? Like?

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<v Speaker 1>These are all vital choices to be made with bowling.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, We're gonna go ahead and close the mail

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<v Speaker 1>back there, but we'll be back next week next Monday

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