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Speaker 1: They talk better than they tell me. These are the

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Speaker 1: radio blogs on the Fred Show, like we're writing in

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Speaker 1: our diaries, except we say I'm alowd to. We call

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Speaker 1: them blogs. Paulina, Yes go.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much, dear blog.

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Speaker 3: So I purchased, well, I didn't my husband purchase a house.

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Speaker 2: We bought a house back like what.

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Speaker 3: January February ish, and we are new to the block.

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Speaker 3: And now we are having our first black party.

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Speaker 2: And I know I.

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Speaker 3: Grew up like having black parties and like black parties

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Speaker 3: were fun.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so I'm really excited they're making a comeback.

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Speaker 3: And I think because they went away for a while,

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Speaker 3: right they did blog parties were I feel like they

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Speaker 3: were like kind of gone, and now they're.

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Speaker 1: Not a block. Really you still to those?

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Speaker 4: Now?

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Speaker 2: Make me come back.

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Speaker 3: So I'm excited because this is our first one at

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Speaker 3: the new house. But of course it lands on a

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Speaker 3: weekend where half my family's gone and hobbyse whole family's gone,

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Speaker 3: so they're all on vacation, so like no one's going

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Speaker 3: to be here from them that they're good time, So

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Speaker 3: that would have been fun. A lot of my friends

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Speaker 3: like really can't come. And then my best friend is

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Speaker 3: having his block party slash housewarming party that same day.

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Speaker 1: So you're not throwing the block party right like it's

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Speaker 1: being organized by somebody else.

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Speaker 2: It's organized, but it's on your block.

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Speaker 1: It's on my block, Okay, I want to be clear. Yea,

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Speaker 1: it's not like, well, it's my block party to throw,

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Speaker 1: but no one's coming, so I'm just not doing it. No, no, no, no,

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Speaker 1: Like they picked the day.

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Speaker 3: They picked everything, and somebody's collecting like all the funds

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Speaker 3: and everything. So speaking of the funds, there was a

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Speaker 3: request of can you every house kindly requesting right forty dollars,

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Speaker 3: And even though I knew that I will be in

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Speaker 2: Still paid it. I have to felt like I had you.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, like you cannot not pay this to your neighborhood

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Speaker 1: throwing this. You have to contribute. You cannot be the

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Speaker 3: Not going exactly, even if we were out of town,

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Speaker 1: Was out of town, I feel that you didn't book,

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Speaker 1: like you two for this thing. It's not like a

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Speaker 1: don't go, and you know, they get a bounce house

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Speaker 1: for all the kids in the neighborhood, you contributed to that,

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Speaker 1: Like is the right thing to do.

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Speaker 3: I love that you said that exactly. And one of

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Speaker 3: my friends he's like, why would you contribute to that?

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Speaker 3: Like you're not going to be there, and I'm like, well,

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Speaker 3: that's the point, Like I need to be the neighborly

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Speaker 3: organized events on our block, even though I may not

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Speaker 3: How embarrassing when I pull my lawn chair up there

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Speaker 3: and then they're looking at me like, I don't think

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Speaker 3: she paid because they will gossip.

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Speaker 2: Oh yes, they will gossip.

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Speaker 1: No, you you have to even for that reason alone.

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Speaker 1: You have to contribute, just so that you're not the

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Speaker 2: Exactly.

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Speaker 1: You have to So who told you? Did you have

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Speaker 3: When my friends told me that I don't like it. No, yeah,

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Speaker 3: I didn't like that either. I think it's important. I

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Speaker 5: Yeah, And as the new neighbor, you definitely have to

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Speaker 3: And I haven't really, to be honest, and met many neighbors.

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Speaker 3: Then across the street this way we got a nice couple.

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Speaker 2: That's all I know.

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Speaker 1: Now you have to put it would be like in

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Speaker 1: my building. I live in a building, high rise, bunch

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Speaker 1: covers like certain staff and the pool. I guess it's

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Speaker 1: shouldn't have to pay for it. It's like no, but

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Speaker 1: we use what we use. We don't use what we

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Speaker 1: don't use. But like, if you don't want to do that,

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Speaker 1: then go live on a ranch in Utah where you like,

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Speaker 3: Right, Yeah, I agree, and actually do, like I hope

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Speaker 1: Know, you know, one, if you've got the forty bucks, yes,

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Speaker 1: then you should give it because I think it's the

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it makes everybody feel good, like it'll be fun.

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Speaker 1: Well, go ahead, go ahead.

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Speaker 3: I was just going to ask if she remembers the

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Speaker 3: Friends episode where Ross moved into an apartment and the

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Speaker 2: Oh, and everyone pitched in for the handyman, but Ross

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, someone just texted, it's a whole Friend's episode. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: as you said it. Yeah, yeah, Because I like cameln

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Speaker 1: you live in a building. I live in a building

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Speaker 1: like a high racing and they try and do stuff

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Speaker 1: It's a high school like high school dance all over again.

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Speaker 1: I get to walk around engage like banks. But I

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Speaker 1: like and I kind of I don't know if I

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Speaker 1: happens seasonally. We never had this growing up. Our neighborhood

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Speaker 2: Like this, even had black parties.

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Speaker 1: No. But I think it's a very Midwestern thing. Maybe

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Speaker 1: it's a Southern thing too, but I know it's very

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Speaker 1: much a Midwestern thing. Like the thing I told you

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Speaker 2: I'm still waiting for that. I want to be that.

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Speaker 1: I want to know what it was brilliant, because the

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Speaker 1: one problem for me would be you've got randoms in

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Speaker 1: But the other thing is everyone loves you because you're

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Speaker 1: the beer guy. Yeah, and then you know, I don't

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Speaker 1: I can go over there and get it because I

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Speaker 2: But he was smart.

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Speaker 5: He had a signal when the garage is up, come

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Speaker 5: when it's down, don't bother me because some neighbors.

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Speaker 2: Don't get the social cues.

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Speaker 5: Like we spoke on Tuesday, we do not need to

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Speaker 1: Like, no, that's a good pointed. And this was in

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Speaker 1: the eighties and seventies. This is before people could have

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Speaker 1: the APP. No, no, I'm not. No, I'm not going

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Speaker 1: and it will not open for anyone but me. Exactly.

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Speaker 1: I think it's I think it's nice. It is nice

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Speaker 5: I don't even make eye contact with my neighbors. Okay,

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Speaker 5: I don't want to meet nobody. I don't see.

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Speaker 1: I'm the one who gets the hard time on this

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Speaker 1: of you are too.

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Speaker 2: I am very much so outside of here.

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Speaker 4: Yes, people don't understand that. Follow me on Instagram if

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Speaker 4: you want to talk, people are like you guys, see

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Speaker 4: that relatively personable and whatever. It's like, yeah, but we

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Speaker 5: Exactly, And get ready with me. I'm on TikTok. If

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Speaker 5: you want to talk, I don't have many words in person.

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Speaker 1: I think that would surprise a lot of people. I

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Speaker 1: think everyone just thinks you're just a just a nope,

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Speaker 1: just a funhouse of content and friendliness.

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Speaker 2: Nope.

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Speaker 5: I close my garage, running the house, let the dog out,

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Speaker 5: and going out.

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Speaker 1: I should run run in the house. Yeah, I've done

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Speaker 1: that too. I've done that too. Like right, here's somebody

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Speaker 1: going into the rash room in the hallway and I'm like,

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Speaker 1: I'm going to wait a minute, yes, yes, or do

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Speaker 1: you ever do the thing? This is terrible? And I

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Speaker 1: live in a community, I know, do you ever do

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Speaker 1: the thing where there's elevators? Of course? And like I'll

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Speaker 1: I'm not inconveniencing anybody, but I don't necessarily want to

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Speaker 1: have to talk to you, so or all walk slower

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Speaker 1: so that the person in front of me can get

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Speaker 1: an elevator and have their own elevator. Then I get

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Speaker 1: my own elevator. Oh yes, okay, good, I'm not.

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Speaker 4: That.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm like Fred, hold on, I'm getting on the elevator,

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Speaker 2: and what you say, Yeah.

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Speaker 1: The best part is when you are pretending to be

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Speaker 1: on the phone. Then the phone rings and I was like, oh, oh,

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Speaker 1: it was just connected. I had no idea. I'm waiting

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Speaker 1: by the phone. After Ben's