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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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Speaker 1: tip is that you can do most things at whatever

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Speaker 1: time you wish. Yes, there may be conventions, but if

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Speaker 1: those conventions don't make sense for the most part, it's

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Speaker 1: not a big deal. So there is a coffee shop

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Speaker 1: in New York that has a sign in the window

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Speaker 1: reading it's nine o'clock somewhere. I'm assuming they're playing with

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Speaker 1: the saying it's five o'clock somewhere used to justify enjoying

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Speaker 1: alcohol before the traditional cocktail hour. Well, I'm not sure

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Speaker 1: about the wisdom of having a beer at nine am

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Speaker 1: on a random Tuesday. For most of us, there may

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Speaker 1: be some people for whom that's right. When I went

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Speaker 1: out for breakfast near a ski resort once, I noted

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Speaker 1: a number of gentlemen at the bar, bright and early.

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Speaker 1: It turned out these were the mechanics and trail maintainers

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Speaker 1: and such who'd worked on the ski lifts and slopes

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Speaker 1: overnight so they'd be ready at opening time. To them,

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Speaker 1: nine am was the end of their shift, just like

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Speaker 1: five o'clock would be for anyone else if they wanted

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Speaker 1: a beer with friends before going home to bed, why not? Likewise,

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Speaker 1: if you want coffee at lunch or early afternoon, go

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Speaker 1: for it. Within reason, You can generally do what you

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Speaker 1: want when you want. It doesn't really matter what people

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Speaker 1: say is supposed to happen. When want to decorate for

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Speaker 1: Christmas in mid October? Fine, want to put on a

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Speaker 1: fancy dress to go out to eat at a diner?

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Speaker 1: Why not? Do you have the perfect gift idea for

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Speaker 1: your mom and don't want to wait till Mother's Day?

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Speaker 1: Give it to her now and wish her a happy Monday?

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Speaker 1: Want leftover pad tie for breakfast and eggs for lunch?

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Speaker 1: Sure white after Labor Day? Does anyone even notice anymore?

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Speaker 1: There are lots of rules for what we are supposed

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Speaker 1: to do when, and some of these might be helpful,

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Speaker 1: but some just may not serve you well. If so,

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Speaker 1: you can let them go. And honestly, it can sometimes

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Speaker 1: be a little fun to flout time conventions. The beach

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Speaker 1: town I visit each summer puts on a giant Christmas

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Speaker 1: pageant in August. People like Christmas, they like singing Christmas carols,

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Speaker 1: and there are certainly more people in the Beachtown in

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Speaker 1: August than in December, so why not. I love eating

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Speaker 1: breakfast for dinner for similar reasons. Now, to be sure,

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Speaker 1: there is no reason to flout convention stupidly. I am

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Speaker 1: not going to have a giant cup of coffee at

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Speaker 1: ten pm unless I am deliberately trying to stay up

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Speaker 1: all night. And since I am not repairing a ski

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Speaker 1: lift as my job, I am generally not. But it

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Speaker 1: is always morning somewhere. If you like your jeans in December,

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Speaker 1: wear them in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening,

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Speaker 1: and here's to making the most of our time. Thanks

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Speaker 1: for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas,

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Speaker 1: or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura

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