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Speaker 1: Hey, everyone, welcome back to Batterer Happy Hour. I'm Joe

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Speaker 1: and I'm Serena and we are here with contestant Dan. Dan.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to batch your happy hour. How are you?

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Speaker 2: Thanks you guys. I'm doing great. How are you good?

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Speaker 1: Good? How you feeling? How you feeling with everything so far?

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Speaker 3: You know what, It's just been a great run. I've

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Speaker 3: been having a ball. So thanks for asking. Yeah, the

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Speaker 3: guys are great, Jones amazing, and I'm just having a ball.

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Speaker 1: Here, all right. So let's start from the beginning. Well,

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Speaker 1: where do you live and what do you do?

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Speaker 2: Sure?

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Speaker 3: I live in Naples, Florida, which is on the Gulf

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Speaker 3: side of Florida, straight across from Miami Fort Lauderdale to

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Speaker 3: put that into perspective, and so I'm self employed. I

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Speaker 3: do my own investing in a little bit of consulting

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Speaker 3: and work with startups. And I had a business for

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Speaker 3: twenty eight years in Kansas City and then moved to

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Speaker 3: Florida six years ago and doing my own thing.

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Speaker 1: Now your private investor, Yes, how do you How do

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Speaker 1: you feel about bitcoin?

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Speaker 2: Uh?

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Speaker 3: You know, I trade a little crypto and keep my

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Speaker 3: eye on it. So yeah, it's a volatile thing. And

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Speaker 3: it's fun to watch, so you have I always say

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Speaker 3: you have to have the stomach for it because there's

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Speaker 3: high highs and low lows, so be careful.

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Speaker 1: Definitely. We we actually almost we were going to go

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Speaker 1: to Naples over over Christmas, but now we're actually going

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Speaker 4: Yeah, my.

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Speaker 5: Our family, friends of ours, they have a place in Naples,

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Speaker 5: So my parents were there a lot. Yeah, I've been

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Speaker 5: there once or twice. Honestly, I couldn't tell you.

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Speaker 1: What's what's the main street that you want to be

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Speaker 1: by where all the restaurants are? Was it eighth fifth Avenue?

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Speaker 4: Fifth Avenue, fifth Avenue?

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Speaker 2: Right right?

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Speaker 4: Isn't there? There's a bar there called like the Blue Martini.

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Speaker 3: Okay, that's at the Marcado, which is a higher end

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Speaker 3: shopping dining experience if you will, it's very nice.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the Blue Martini is there.

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Speaker 1: Okay. And you're are you you're from Kansas City.

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Speaker 2: I lived in Kansas City for twenty eight years.

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Speaker 3: I grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, and went to

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Speaker 3: the University of Iowa and worked in Des Moines for

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Speaker 3: four or five years, and when I was thirty, I

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Speaker 3: moved to Kansas City to start my business, and then

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Speaker 3: twenty eight years went by and they were it's a

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Speaker 2: I do call Kansas City home.

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Speaker 3: Des Moines has a special place in my heart, and

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Speaker 3: I'm fortunate to have good friends in southern California and

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Speaker 2: So it's I've moved around a little bit, You've.

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Speaker 4: Moved around a lot.

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Speaker 5: Is Kansas City your favorite out of everywhere you lived?

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Speaker 3: Well, it's hard to beat Naples, come on, but Kansas

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Speaker 3: City has it has sold. Man, it's that city is united.

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Speaker 3: And of course the Chiefs have been on the roll

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Speaker 3: the last couple of years. I was a season ticket

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Speaker 3: and so my parents living in Kansas City still. They're

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Speaker 3: back there frequently. So all my daughters were raised there too.

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Speaker 1: So that's how I was going to ask you. So

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Speaker 1: you're a chief fan, Oh yeah, okay, it's.

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Speaker 4: A good time to be a chief, San.

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Speaker 2: Yeah it is.

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Speaker 3: You know, I went through a lot of the tough

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Speaker 3: times too, Serena, So yeah, it's fun these days.

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Speaker 1: I heard their stadium. I don't know how true this is,

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Speaker 1: but I've never been to a Chiefs game. I'm a

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Speaker 2: But i gotta love the Bears.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I heard Kansas City Chiefs have some of the

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Speaker 2: Well, she liked barbecue for sure.

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Speaker 3: That city is a barbecue town, and so that's the

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Speaker 2: That's always a lot of fun.

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Speaker 5: I've never tailgated. It's not a big thing in Canada. Yeah, okay,

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Speaker 5: we don't have as much football culture. So I really

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Speaker 1: Bkowski.

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Speaker 5: I know Chris, our friends Chris and Anna who also

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Speaker 4: Maybe we'll go with them. But you said you have

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Speaker 3: So my oldest, Danielle, lives in Tampa, Florida, so I

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Speaker 1: Did you watch the show with them the premiere?

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Speaker 3: Yes, absolutely so I actually watched in Anaheim with my

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Speaker 2: It was exciting. Yeah, it was fun.

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Speaker 4: What are your daughters and your family member? Where's your parents?

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Speaker 4: What do they think of all of this?

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Speaker 1: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: So my daughter's actually signed me up like some of

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Speaker 1: I was gonna ask I was in and say, how

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Speaker 1: did you get on? Go ahead? Yeah?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so they they when they were watching the Golden

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Speaker 3: Bachelor at and I used to watch the show with

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Speaker 3: from it and they said, Dad, you need to watch

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Speaker 3: this Golden Bachelor series, you know, last fall, and so

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Speaker 3: I watched.

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Speaker 2: I got into it.

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Speaker 3: It's such a different experience from you young people. So

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Speaker 3: and that's fun to watch. But we're I don't know,

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Speaker 2: I guess, and.

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Speaker 3: But it's it was I've made good friends on this show,

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Speaker 3: sign you up for this Golden Bachelorette. I'm like, oh

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Speaker 3: my gosh, and I said, nothing's gonna come of that.

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Speaker 4: So and here I am, Wow, here you are wow.

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Speaker 3: So they're super excited. We've just had a lot of

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Speaker 3: And as you guys know, it's fun to make people

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Speaker 5: So yeah, it really does like bring kind of community together,

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Speaker 4: It allows you to like reconnect with people.

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Speaker 5: And I'm sure people are just so excited to watch

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Speaker 4: It's like a whole activity.

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Speaker 3: Yes, yeah, lots of watch parties, viewing parties, and so

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Speaker 3: I'm hearing from a lot of people I haven't heard

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Speaker 2: It's been great.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's that's a lot of fun watching watching The

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Speaker 1: Golden Bachelor. Did you what did you think of Joan?

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Speaker 2: You know, Joan was.

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Speaker 3: A great story and she's a great person first of all.

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Speaker 3: And you know, my heart went out to her when

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Speaker 2: Her family too. But it shows her character.

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Speaker 3: And I respect her so much for making that that

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Speaker 3: how difficult that decision was, but absolutely the right one

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Speaker 1: How do you feel about bunk bets?

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Speaker 3: So I'm in the I'm in the room with there's

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Speaker 3: just four of us, and so we did rock paper

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Speaker 3: so I don't I don't mind climbing the ladder every night.

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Speaker 2: So and in the morning, it's been fun.

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Speaker 3: It brings me back to my fraternity days and we've

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Speaker 1: For sure, you have to get up to pee in

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Speaker 1: the middle of the night, because at my age I do. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I said, I get up I get up twice.

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Speaker 3: I hope I didn't wake him up too much or

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Speaker 5: So the thing is is he's not going to complain

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Speaker 2: Yeah? Right, right, goes both ways, right.

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Speaker 1: I was Actually it was we Actually we were in

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Speaker 4: Re light off in the door open didn't.

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Speaker 4: Just I wasn't expecting anyone in there. I mean, you

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Speaker 5: I was half asleep too. You you scared me so bad.

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Speaker 2: That's love, man, right there.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, are you in the room with Greg? Are you

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Speaker 3: Because I know so, yes, fast Greg c k and

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Speaker 4: How is Greg snoring?

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Speaker 3: So? Yes, Greg is awesome and he's he's fast becoming

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Speaker 3: It's like a thunderstorm. So it starts with like this

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Speaker 3: So he you know, we didn't give him too much

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Speaker 3: and so guys been on the on the sofa a

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Speaker 3: little bit down there, but jesus, it's loud.

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Speaker 2: It's love.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, you gotta do what you gotta do when it

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Speaker 3: Yeah, no, we all have our moments too. I'd snore

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Speaker 1: All right, Let's go back a little bit to limo entrances.

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Speaker 1: So when you when you you step out of the limo,

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Speaker 1: what was going on in your mind, are you like,

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Speaker 1: That's got to be an exciting feeling, like to to

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Speaker 1: Have you ever seen Old School?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's great. It's just a great, great movie. We

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean that's that's that's a good one.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Okay, So, but so you end up winning, Joan,

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Speaker 2: So that was fun.

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Speaker 1: You know what, You're the only one that channeled their

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Speaker 3: need to do. I'm not ready to go yet. But

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Speaker 3: at the same time, I need to prepare myself financially.

447
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Speaker 3: You know, I had multiple business, has multiple properties, and

448
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Speaker 3: I needed to start divesting myself of all those things.

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Speaker 3: And in the meantime, too, I was not in my

450
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Speaker 3: right head either. There's something called a paddic encephalopathy, which

451
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Speaker 3: is much like CTE with football players concussive traumatic encephilopathy.

452
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Speaker 3: So my brain was not functioning all the time properly too.

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Speaker 3: So it was a very, very challenging time, and I

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Speaker 3: was fortunate to have good doctors, family and friends that

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Speaker 3: helped me. My daughter's youngest had gone to college, and

456
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Speaker 3: my young my oldest was in Tampa, and I had

457
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Speaker 3: a career going and a child of her own, and

458
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Speaker 3: so I needed to get out of everything and just

459
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Speaker 3: focus on getting better. And it was a slow, slow

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Speaker 3: climb out and eventually never got transplanted.

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Speaker 2: I was.

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Speaker 3: I was able to turn everything around, but it took

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Speaker 3: me probably till about two years on the flip side

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Speaker 3: to get back to a decent place where I could

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Speaker 3: function even so, very blessed and fortunate to be here,

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Speaker 3: and I savor every moment.

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Speaker 1: Wow.

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Speaker 4: Wow, that's crazy.

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Speaker 1: Sorry you first? Yeah, okay, So the ten years where

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Speaker 1: this went undiagnosed or you did, you weren't really treating

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Speaker 1: the diabetes. Did you feel yourself declining?

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Speaker 2: Oh? Not really, I was. I was powering through it

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Speaker 2: looking back, of course, Joe. I can.

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Speaker 3: I know I recognize the symptoms now, yeah, but at

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Speaker 3: the time, I just you know, it's a it's a slow,

476
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Speaker 3: slow decline and then it's a fast decline towards the end.

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Speaker 2: So I just kept shaking it off too much. I

478
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Speaker 2: was too busy to be sick.

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Speaker 1: Yes, did you just assume like I'm getting a little

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Speaker 1: older and I'm just working so much, it's just work.

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Speaker 2: I knew something was wrong, but I just needed to

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Speaker 2: power through it.

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Speaker 3: I had a lot of people that were dependent on

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Speaker 3: me and pushing me to do things that I've done

485
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Speaker 3: normally for all my life, physically and mentally, and it's

486
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Speaker 3: a tough thing. To admit, and I didn't understand what

487
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Speaker 3: was happening either. I didn't understand it, so I just

488
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Speaker 3: kept powering through it. And that's never a good idea.

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Speaker 1: Wow.

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Speaker 5: So when the doctor gave you six months, how long

491
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Speaker 5: was it from that diagnosis until you were in a

492
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Speaker 5: place physically where you were like, Okay, I've got this

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Speaker 5: under control.

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Speaker 4: I'm going to make it.

495
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Speaker 3: I was on the transplant list for two years from

496
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Speaker 3: that that time and learned a lot about that process,

497
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Speaker 3: which was, you know, it's not like going to a

498
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Speaker 3: deli and pulling a number, your next number fifteen, Yeah,

499
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Speaker 3: their liver's ready or kidney's ready. And so I learned

500
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Speaker 3: a lot through the process. But those two years were

501
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Speaker 3: a struggle. But it was really about a year till

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Speaker 3: I felt after that diagnosis, terminal diagnosis, that I really

503
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Speaker 3: felt like I could move around and function. So a

504
00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:13,359
Speaker 3: lot of time at home, yeah, wow, I was training

505
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Speaker 3: for COVID.

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Speaker 1: Yeah I happened. Wow, that's that's an incredible story.

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Speaker 3: Well, I'm well, thank you for asking, and I'm I'm

508
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Speaker 3: I'm happy to share it if it helps anybody else,

509
00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:30,000
Speaker 3: because it's about education and listening to your body and

510
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Speaker 3: doing something about it.

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Speaker 5: How does that affect you on a day to day

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Speaker 5: now today?

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Speaker 1: Are you one better? Now?

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Speaker 3: You know the damage has been done, but I I

515
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Speaker 3: everything is functioning normally. So yeah, I'm say I'm at

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Speaker 3: one hundred percent. You know, I'm also ten years older

517
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Speaker 3: than I was at that time, and so you know

518
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Speaker 3: age has something to do with that.

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Speaker 2: But no, I can.

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Speaker 3: I can do everything that I want to do, possibly physically,

521
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Speaker 3: and uh, you know, I spent a lot of time

522
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Speaker 3: at the beach and then the gulf and boating, and

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Speaker 3: I'm active.

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Speaker 2: As as I can be.

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Speaker 3: I still like to work a little bit, not as

526
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Speaker 3: much as I did. But yeah, thank you for asking.

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Speaker 3: I'm I would I would call myself one.

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Speaker 4: Yeah. Well we're happy to hear that.

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Speaker 2: Thank you very much.

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Speaker 4: I'm sure your daughters and your family are as well.

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Speaker 1: Now, yes, every day now you're on the Golden Now

532
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Speaker 1: you're on the Golden Bachelorette. Would you would you have

533
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Speaker 1: thought when you when you got diagnosed with six months

534
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Speaker 1: to live, that was.

535
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Speaker 2: Not looking good.

536
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Speaker 1: Yeah, four years later you're going to be popping out

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Speaker 1: of a limo.

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Speaker 2: Who'd have thought?

539
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Speaker 4: Wow, what a turnaround?

540
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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's amazing.

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Speaker 1: Okay, without without spoiling. If you could describe this season

542
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Speaker 1: in one word, what would it be?

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Speaker 2: Transformational?

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Speaker 1: Okay? I like that. All right, we're gonna uh, we're

545
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Speaker 1: gonna play a quick game. Okay, it's just it's just

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Speaker 1: it's just to get to know get to know me

547
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Speaker 1: with Dan, it's rapid fire. So first thing that comes

548
00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:08,400
Speaker 1: to your head and ask you a bunch of questions

549
00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:11,879
Speaker 1: and just to answer them quickly. All right, do you

550
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:15,080
Speaker 1: prefer cooking or ordering takeout?

551
00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:16,120
Speaker 2: Cooking for sure?

552
00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:19,520
Speaker 1: What's your go to comfort movie or show?

553
00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:22,240
Speaker 2: I'm a Seinfeld fan.

554
00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:28,480
Speaker 1: What's your you like curb your enthusiasm?

555
00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:32,280
Speaker 2: Oh, my gosh, yes, what's your go to Yeah?

556
00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:34,720
Speaker 1: The best? What's your go to karaoke song?

557
00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:38,679
Speaker 3: Okay, so I would say sitting at the dock of

558
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Speaker 3: the bay.

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00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:42,520
Speaker 2: Sitting at the dock of the bay.

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Speaker 1: What's the best concert you've ever been to?

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Speaker 2: Wow? Gypsy Kings.

562
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Speaker 1: What's one thing you would tell your younger self.

563
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:54,879
Speaker 2: Uh, take better care of yourself.

564
00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:59,840
Speaker 1: What's your favorite way to spend a day off at

565
00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:04,639
Speaker 1: the beach. What's the most adventurous thing you've ever done.

566
00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:08,720
Speaker 2: I'm gonna say surfing.

567
00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:12,720
Speaker 1: What's one food you cannot stand?

568
00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:15,080
Speaker 2: Boy?

569
00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:17,680
Speaker 3: I like everything. There's some things I can't eat anymore.

570
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Speaker 3: What I can't stand? I like sushi, but I don't

571
00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:23,000
Speaker 3: like sea urchin.

572
00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:23,480
Speaker 2: How about that?

573
00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:25,960
Speaker 1: Yes, that's what.

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Speaker 4: That's the exact same thing.

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00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:33,280
Speaker 2: It's a texture thing. Really, that's funny.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's actually wild one. What musician would you love

577
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Speaker 1: to see live?

578
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:42,280
Speaker 2: Wow, Carlos Santana.

579
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Speaker 1: What's an accomplishment you are very proud of?

580
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Speaker 3: Oh, my daughters are living accomplishments and they did a

581
00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:51,720
Speaker 3: lot of it on their own, but I'm very proud

582
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Speaker 3: of them.

583
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Speaker 1: What is your goat to drink at a bar?

584
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Speaker 2: I don't drink at all anymore, so soda water with

585
00:28:58,600 --> 00:28:58,960
Speaker 2: the lime.

586
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Speaker 1: What's a fun fact about you?

587
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:09,520
Speaker 2: Oh? Fun fact. I do like to sing, but not

588
00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:11,000
Speaker 2: so much in public.

589
00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:14,840
Speaker 4: So that's okay, shower singer.

590
00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:17,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, in small company, small groups.

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Speaker 1: Well, there we go. Dan, thank you so much for

592
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Speaker 1: taking the time.

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Speaker 2: And you guys are awesome.

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Speaker 1: Thank you and talking to us. I'm assuming we're going

595
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Speaker 1: to see more of you and I can't wait to watch.

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00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:34,840
Speaker 1: And yeah, your story is very interesting. I like I

597
00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:37,360
Speaker 1: could have asked. I have like a thousand more questions

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Speaker 1: to ask.

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00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:42,200
Speaker 3: But bears Chiefs Game Okay, we'll all tailgate and then

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Speaker 3: we'll talk about it.

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Speaker 1: All right, I'm gonna hold you to h event. To

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