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<v Speaker 1>This season, we're bringing you stories about people finding their

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<v Speaker 1>professional stride by virtue of who they know, whether it's

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<v Speaker 1>breathing new life into an age old profession, taking the

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<v Speaker 1>reins in a family business, forging your own path with

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<v Speaker 1>a new idea, or landing the perfect job doing something

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<v Speaker 1>you'd never before even considered. For this episode of On

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<v Speaker 1>the Job something a little different love stories, stories of

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<v Speaker 1>people who found jobs that led them to the person

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<v Speaker 1>that they would fall madly in love with. We have

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<v Speaker 1>four stories today, from a young couple who became local

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<v Speaker 1>legends after their lives collided at a cracker barrel, to

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<v Speaker 1>a forty three year marriage that started in the offices

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<v Speaker 1>of a power company. While I am not outright condoning

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<v Speaker 1>workplace romance, today I proudly share with you these stories

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<v Speaker 1>of love on the job. For our first story, Bayla

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<v Speaker 1>and Matt, who live in Burlington, Vermont. Now we did

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<v Speaker 1>something a little different here. Instead of me interviewing them,

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<v Speaker 1>I had them interview each other. What led you to

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<v Speaker 1>apply for the job that you applied for ten years ago?

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<v Speaker 1>This summer h ten years ago, I was managing an

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<v Speaker 1>art handling company in Seattle. I was fantasizing about a

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<v Speaker 1>change in my life. And then one day one of

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<v Speaker 1>my co workers came in and showed me this uh

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<v Speaker 1>ad that he found on the internet saying, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>asking the question, do you want to ride your bike

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<v Speaker 1>across the country and have it all paid for? And

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<v Speaker 1>I thought, that's the job for me. I can do

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<v Speaker 1>that job. I want that job more than anything else.

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<v Speaker 1>The job was for a New Zealand based vodka company

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<v Speaker 1>called forty two Below. As a marketing campaign. They were

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<v Speaker 1>looking for forty two cyclists to ride across America wearing

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<v Speaker 1>their logo and drinking their product and bars the whole way.

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<v Speaker 1>I let's see, I had already quit my real job

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<v Speaker 1>in New York. I've been working in marketing for like

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<v Speaker 1>a few years, and I was totally burned out. Bila

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<v Speaker 1>was looking for a change too, and she did a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of cycling on her free time. So a friend

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<v Speaker 1>of a friend told her about this forty two below

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<v Speaker 1>campaign and said that they were looking for more women.

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<v Speaker 1>So she applaied And then I got the call and

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<v Speaker 1>they're like, did a five minute interview, and they're like, great,

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<v Speaker 1>come on this ride for two months and we'll pay you.

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<v Speaker 1>The forty two riders came from all over the world.

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<v Speaker 1>They started in New York and they made their way south.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember the first time that we I mean, I

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<v Speaker 1>like noticed you, but we didn't talk at all in

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<v Speaker 1>New Jersey or New York, I don't think. But then

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<v Speaker 1>are the first time we had a conversation sh And

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't until we got down to d C. I was

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<v Speaker 1>definitely not I was definitely not looking for a relationship.

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<v Speaker 1>I was neither well, you were in a relationship kind

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<v Speaker 1>of not really, I've been dating someone, but I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>Baylor Matt kept things cool for a while. But one

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<v Speaker 1>night they were in a bar in Austin drinking the

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<v Speaker 1>vodka that they were supposed to drink, and at one

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<v Speaker 1>point they went up to the roof of the bar

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<v Speaker 1>together and we just sat and watched the sunset and

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<v Speaker 1>just talked, and I was like, I want to hang

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<v Speaker 1>out with this person for as long as possible, because

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<v Speaker 1>there is never going to be a dull moment. Most

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<v Speaker 1>of the time during this ride, the whole group set

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<v Speaker 1>up tense to sleep in each night. Baylor's true nature

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<v Speaker 1>on the trip was that she never had her own tent,

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<v Speaker 1>or she you had your own tent, but you never

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<v Speaker 1>set it up, and so you always like a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of work to set up a tent every night. Yeah

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<v Speaker 1>that everybody, literally everybody else was doing it. You're the

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<v Speaker 1>only person that wasn't like pitching your own tent. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people were sharing tents anyways. After making

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<v Speaker 1>the rounds and everyone else's tent when they were in Texas,

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<v Speaker 1>it seemed that it was match turn. You asked me

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<v Speaker 1>if you could stay the night of my tent, And

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<v Speaker 1>what did you think When I asked you, I wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>totally sure that it was like flirtation or that it

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<v Speaker 1>was for any other reason than you needed a place

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<v Speaker 1>to stay and maybe you had worn out. You're welcome

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<v Speaker 1>with everybody else. We got in the tent and I

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<v Speaker 1>remember like we were just lying there next to each other,

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<v Speaker 1>and like I wasn't sure. I mean, I definitely had

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<v Speaker 1>a crush on you, but I wasn't sure what was

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<v Speaker 1>going to happen. And then you grabbed my hand. We

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<v Speaker 1>may have kissed, and then I think it's probably like

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<v Speaker 1>for me, it's most comfortable to stay at this point

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<v Speaker 1>that for the rest of the trip, Baila didn't sleep

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<v Speaker 1>in anybody else's tent from there on out, from West

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<v Speaker 1>Texas to the end of the trip in l A,

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<v Speaker 1>the job ended. When they reached l A, everyone was

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<v Speaker 1>headed back to where they came from, Matt to Seattle

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<v Speaker 1>and Baila to New York. They visited each other back

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<v Speaker 1>and forth until Matt moved to New York to be

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<v Speaker 1>with Baila. Six months after the job. They got married

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<v Speaker 1>six years later. That was definitely the best summer job

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<v Speaker 1>I've ever had. Yeah, that that job, that job was

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<v Speaker 1>was an awesome job. It certainly was the best summer

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<v Speaker 1>job I've had, and it definitely paved the way for

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<v Speaker 1>the greatest job that I have in my life, which

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<v Speaker 1>is being your husband. It's certainly a labor of love.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the pay could be a little bit better,

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<v Speaker 1>and maybe it's time for me to get a raised. Rude.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I'm just saying, I mean, I can't come

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<v Speaker 1>to haven't I had reached the time from my review.

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<v Speaker 1>For our next story, we head down to Virginia to

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<v Speaker 1>meet a couple of local legends. I'm Katraina Nelson and

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<v Speaker 1>I work at Cracker Barrel. Well, one of them. Kat's husband, Travis,

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<v Speaker 1>was actually at work when we interviewed. He's kind of

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<v Speaker 1>like the phantom husband because he's not really into like

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<v Speaker 1>being out there and like public with stuff. He's more

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<v Speaker 1>of a private guy, so he's not been in a

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<v Speaker 1>single interview and I kind of feel like maybe he's imaginary.

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<v Speaker 1>They get a lot of requests for interviews, partly because

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<v Speaker 1>their love story starts at a Cracker Barrel. And for

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<v Speaker 1>those of you who don't know, Cracker Barrel is a

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<v Speaker 1>Southern country style chain restaurant. If you ever drive across country,

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<v Speaker 1>you'll notice that Cracker Barrel seems to be the glue

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<v Speaker 1>that holds American highways together. Cat works at the location

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<v Speaker 1>in Christenburg, Virginia, where she and Travis first met. So

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<v Speaker 1>I started working at the Cracker Barrel, and I was

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<v Speaker 1>very nervous on my first day because I wanted everybody

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<v Speaker 1>to like me. So I was there forty five minutes

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<v Speaker 1>early and I was just sitting in the car. I

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<v Speaker 1>remember I had the short haircut and I was like

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<v Speaker 1>checking my lipstick and making sure that my hair was good.

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<v Speaker 1>And he pulls up in parks beside me, and I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, oh, my gosh, he's kind of cute, though

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<v Speaker 1>um and he gets out of the car first and

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<v Speaker 1>starts walking inside, and I was like, oh, I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to follow him. And the only thought that I have

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<v Speaker 1>of that moment that I remember is like, Wow, he's

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<v Speaker 1>got a great but foundation to a great relationship. Great

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<v Speaker 1>but yeah. He was a cook and I was a server,

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<v Speaker 1>and we fell in love in the kitchen. They were

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<v Speaker 1>just co workers for a while before they got together.

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<v Speaker 1>It didn't happen right away, no, because, um, funnily enough,

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<v Speaker 1>we were both seeing other people at the time, scandalous.

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<v Speaker 1>I know. About a year later they started seeing each

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<v Speaker 1>other and uh, and you guys continue to work together.

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<v Speaker 1>We did, and it was awesome. I know a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of people think that, like working with your significant other

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<v Speaker 1>is super scary, and maybe it is, but it was

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<v Speaker 1>perfect for us. Like, I've spent almost every single day

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<v Speaker 1>with this guy for four and a half years, working together,

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<v Speaker 1>living together most of that time, and I don't get

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<v Speaker 1>sick of him, So I think that's a pretty good sign.

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<v Speaker 1>Captain Travis got married four years ago and they decided

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<v Speaker 1>that they were going to take all of their wedding

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<v Speaker 1>photos at Cracker Barrel and these photos are awesome. I

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<v Speaker 1>shared one of our wedding pictures on Instagram and tagged

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<v Speaker 1>Cracker Barrel and it exploded. Cracker Barrel shared the picture.

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<v Speaker 1>Then their pr reached out to me and we started

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<v Speaker 1>sharing the story with like Southern Living. I think was

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<v Speaker 1>the first one to grab ahold of it, and it

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<v Speaker 1>just took off from there. Today dot Com picked up

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<v Speaker 1>the story. NBC Boston even Fox News had an article

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<v Speaker 1>about them, and they became kind of locally famous, to

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<v Speaker 1>the point where people were even coming into the restaurant

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<v Speaker 1>in hopes of seeing them. A lot of guests were

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<v Speaker 1>asking the servers like is the cracker barrel couple here?

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<v Speaker 1>Like are they working today? Yeah? Four years later, they're

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<v Speaker 1>still happy. Everything is really really great. I thought that

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<v Speaker 1>after we got married things would be different for some reason.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's exactly the same, and I think that's how

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<v Speaker 1>it's supposed to be. So it's perfect, and you guys

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<v Speaker 1>are still working together. How's how's that going. Unfortunately, no,

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<v Speaker 1>he got a new job at the beginning of March,

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<v Speaker 1>something that he couldn't pass up, and that's kind of

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<v Speaker 1>been hard him getting a new job. That must be

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<v Speaker 1>a big change. You look really sad. Oh everything is

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<v Speaker 1>good now, But at first it was like it was

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<v Speaker 1>really hard. I cried a lot. I mean, we we

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<v Speaker 1>were working the same shifts on the same days. We

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<v Speaker 1>were always together. I'm an opener, so I go into

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<v Speaker 1>work at five, I'm usually home by three, and then

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<v Speaker 1>he leaves for work at five, so I see him

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<v Speaker 1>for like five minutes a day now. But you gotta

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<v Speaker 1>do what you gotta do. For now, you can rest

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<v Speaker 1>easy knowing that the Cracker Barrel couple is happy and thriving.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you guys have a favorite dish together at Cracker

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<v Speaker 1>Barrel or do you have different preferences? We have different preferences,

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<v Speaker 1>and also we don't share. Usually he gets a country

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<v Speaker 1>fried steak and I'm a huge fan of those, um

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<v Speaker 1>maple onion and jam burgers. Those things are good. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll leave you with that. I hope you're hungry more

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<v Speaker 1>love stories when we come back. We'll get back to

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<v Speaker 1>And now back to our story. For our next story,

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<v Speaker 1>we go to Philadelphia to meet Amanda. I'm Amanda Fifer O'Brien,

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<v Speaker 1>and I write about and teach food fermentation. Before she

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<v Speaker 1>taught fermentation in Philly, Amanda was in grad school in Monterey,

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<v Speaker 1>California when she decided to well sort of go into

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<v Speaker 1>the business of fermentation. I needed a job, like a

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<v Speaker 1>weekend gig, and there was a opening at a tasting

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<v Speaker 1>room of winery tasting room, and I was like, Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>that sounds amazing. I'll be you know, getting free wine,

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<v Speaker 1>getting paid to like drink and talk to people about whine.

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<v Speaker 1>This sounds amazing. So I applied for it and I actually,

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<v Speaker 1>like totally remember I was walking into a class and

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<v Speaker 1>I had a message on my voicemail from this guy

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<v Speaker 1>and like, I'm an oral person. I like sounds of things,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was like, I really like his voice. That

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<v Speaker 1>guy's name was Jake, his dad on the winery. Amanda

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<v Speaker 1>went into interview with the dad and she ended up

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<v Speaker 1>getting the job. And when I went to pick up

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<v Speaker 1>like the packet, the starting packet, that was the first

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<v Speaker 1>time I met Jake Um And I walked home and

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<v Speaker 1>called my best friend and I was like, I'm totally

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<v Speaker 1>going to marry the guy that I just met, And

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<v Speaker 1>I swear I'm not that person. Like I didn't ever

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<v Speaker 1>say that about anybody before him. I'm like, not, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not like a particularly romantic person. I don't know. I

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<v Speaker 1>felt the thing, and I felt like a real thing,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was like, he had an amazing voice, he's

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<v Speaker 1>very cute. I think like a lot of women can

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<v Speaker 1>really tell when they've met like the nice guy, which

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<v Speaker 1>probably earlier times in my life that would have been

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<v Speaker 1>less appealing. I would have been like a nice guy. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>but I was like, oh, nice guy, Like I'm ready

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<v Speaker 1>for nice guy. Nice guys. Where I'm headed right now?

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<v Speaker 1>To tell my friend that I was going to marry

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<v Speaker 1>him when I talked to him for fifteen minutes is

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<v Speaker 1>like insane, But turned out I was right. It was

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<v Speaker 1>at a time in my life where I was kind

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<v Speaker 1>of trying this whole nice guy thing. I'm just shocking.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Jacob Brien. I was the manager, so the boss.

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<v Speaker 1>I had a very giant mental block towards entertaining the

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<v Speaker 1>notion of dating one of my employees. It just felt wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>So um, we were we like we're in a in

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<v Speaker 1>a situation for a very long time where a man

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<v Speaker 1>it was working there. Obviously affinities were developing. There was

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<v Speaker 1>like some flirting happening, but I was really trying to

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<v Speaker 1>not let it go past a friendly level. The tasting

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<v Speaker 1>of employees and people who worked in the shops around

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<v Speaker 1>the area would always get together after hours to drink

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<v Speaker 1>and have fun. It was a motley crew, and they

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<v Speaker 1>all saw the attraction between Jake and Amanda, so they

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<v Speaker 1>all kind of try to convince Jake to make a move,

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<v Speaker 1>led by this charismatic older gentleman named Down. He was

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<v Speaker 1>like the Don one of the community. He was like

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<v Speaker 1>seventy years old, was very charming, um and with like

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<v Speaker 1>you know, just kind of like flirt with all the customers.

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<v Speaker 1>And eventually Jake was convinced that it was okay, and

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<v Speaker 1>he was so funny. I'm sorry, this is actually making

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<v Speaker 1>me laugh to remember this. He um he asked me out,

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<v Speaker 1>and like without like moments hesitation, I was like, yes, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>they well go out with you. And then he before

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<v Speaker 1>I had finished saying yes, he was like, I've invited

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<v Speaker 1>a whole bunch of people to go. No one could

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<v Speaker 1>make it but Don, the older guy. So they all

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<v Speaker 1>drank throughout the day enough where Jake was in no

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<v Speaker 1>shape to drive home at the end, and either was Dawn,

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<v Speaker 1>who slept on Amanda's couch. Yeah, so our first date

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<v Speaker 1>ended in a slumber party with a sixty five year

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<v Speaker 1>old man. I think he's definitely least seventy, but everything

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<v Speaker 1>else about that's accurate. Amanda and Jake live in Philly

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<v Speaker 1>and they've been happily married for fourteen years. For our

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<v Speaker 1>last love story, we go to Manhattan to meet Charlie

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<v Speaker 1>Charles Cleary Senior and originally from Brooklyn, New York, and

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<v Speaker 1>Raquel Raquel and do you want to know where I

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<v Speaker 1>was born? Where? Come away? Cuba. Charlie and Riquel have

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<v Speaker 1>been married for forty three years. They both grew up

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<v Speaker 1>in the city and met back in ninety two. Charlie

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<v Speaker 1>was working in the accounting department at con Edison, the

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<v Speaker 1>energy company, and uh, one day she came in and

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<v Speaker 1>started to work, and I noticed her very quickly, that

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<v Speaker 1>that's one good looking babe. She had long, round hair,

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<v Speaker 1>and she had on a platform shoes. I think it

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<v Speaker 1>was a beige pants and a flowery blouse. And I

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<v Speaker 1>just remember all that very nice. I remember Charlie. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know that I was interested in him at first,

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<v Speaker 1>and I got to know him a little bit and

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<v Speaker 1>I found him to be extremely annoying, and uh, that

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<v Speaker 1>hasn't changed much. But I also found him to be

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<v Speaker 1>a very honest and sincere person. I liked um. I

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<v Speaker 1>like teasing him and I would go by his desk

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<v Speaker 1>and he has a cleft chin, which you can't tell

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<v Speaker 1>because of his goatee, but um, I would press it

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<v Speaker 1>together and call him like, it's a little But how

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<v Speaker 1>did you feel about her picking on you? I loved it.

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<v Speaker 1>I loved it. It was attention that I was getting.

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<v Speaker 1>They worked together for about two years before they started dating,

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<v Speaker 1>but after they did, Charlie proposed to her. Two months later.

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<v Speaker 1>I went to her father. Of course he said yes,

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<v Speaker 1>and uh that's it. The rest is history. As they say,

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<v Speaker 1>Even though it's been forty three years, it hasn't always

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<v Speaker 1>been smooth sailing. We are very very different people and

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<v Speaker 1>we come from very different cultures. Raquel's family is Cuban,

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<v Speaker 1>Charlie's is Irish, and this ended up being a problem

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<v Speaker 1>for Charlie's family. When I was going out with Raquel,

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<v Speaker 1>it came across that they really didn't like her because, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>she wasn't Irish, she was in Italian, she wasn't German.

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<v Speaker 1>She was Cuban, and uh, a little bit of anauchie

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<v Speaker 1>bunker attitude came out from both of them, and I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't really like it. And it got to a point

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<v Speaker 1>where it was her well then and I said bye bye. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it just was a racial thing with them, and and yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that change our lives in a big way. Um, because

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<v Speaker 1>he lost contact with his parents and I never wanted

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<v Speaker 1>that for him. So that was tough. That was tough.

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<v Speaker 1>I had no problems with it at all. You don't

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<v Speaker 1>like it, tough, I mean, I'm not going to give

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<v Speaker 1>it for someone that I love very much and to

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<v Speaker 1>have a walk away no, Well, I worked for that.

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<v Speaker 1>They lost contact with Charlie's family for eight years. They

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<v Speaker 1>eventually started seeing each other again three years after Rickel

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<v Speaker 1>and Charlie had their first kid, Jen, But to this day,

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<v Speaker 1>Charlie is not very close to his family. If you

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<v Speaker 1>had to, um, if you had to define love, how

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<v Speaker 1>would you do that? You know, everyone is going to

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<v Speaker 1>have a different different issue of the word. To me,

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<v Speaker 1>it's compassion. It's trust the other person having feelings for you,

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<v Speaker 1>who care for you, who attend to you when you

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<v Speaker 1>really need it, whether it's physically or emotionally, and Raquel

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<v Speaker 1>is everything that I've just described. That's what I be all.

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<v Speaker 1>It is respect and just caring about each other honestly,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's what we've done. Do you still think you're

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<v Speaker 1>figuring stuff out? Absolutely? Absolutely. I don't think you ever completely.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I still wonder what's inside his a noggain

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<v Speaker 1>Most of the time. It's always me. No, I'm I

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<v Speaker 1>talk nice about you. Here you are talking about what

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<v Speaker 1>what's inside my head? For On the Job on Motus Gray.

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<v Speaker 1>To see pictures of all the couples in this episode,

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