WEBVTT - MINI: WCTF NEIGHBOURS

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<v Speaker 1>Christ Yeah, welcome friends to the Christian O'Connell show podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>We had a great call from Mary who had a

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<v Speaker 2>famous neighbor.

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<v Speaker 1>My house was on the news because I was an

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<v Speaker 1>neighbor of Chopper read. I just walked into my front

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<v Speaker 1>room and saw Chopper and Mark Jacko Jackson, who was

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<v Speaker 1>his best man, wearing kilts, having a smoke on my

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<v Speaker 1>front baranda. So there was footage of my house with

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<v Speaker 1>me looking confused in the window and Chopper and Jacob

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<v Speaker 1>What loo can for.

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<v Speaker 2>Your weakest claim to neighbor eat fame? Jack You any

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<v Speaker 2>significant neighbors over the years.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, young singer songwriter from Australia, Angie mcmahton, Triple J

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<v Speaker 3>Lover her parents live.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh wow, okay, we're retaking a couple of steps back

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<v Speaker 2>from Triple J.

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<v Speaker 3>Her parents leave over the back fence and two doors

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<v Speaker 3>down from the.

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<v Speaker 2>Jack A chess Moove. Olympic gold medalist Steve Hooker moved

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<v Speaker 2>into my road about eight months ago and he had

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<v Speaker 2>a street party and all I knew was he was

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<v Speaker 2>a new neighbor. I didn't know who he was. And

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<v Speaker 2>he's wearing a baseball cat right, He's with his dog

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<v Speaker 2>and We're just chatting and he's talking about the radio

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<v Speaker 2>show and he's I think he knows the boys Hamish Nandy.

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<v Speaker 2>So we're just having a chat. And then I started

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<v Speaker 2>to say, what are you doing? He does something to

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<v Speaker 2>do with housing at the moment, and then he said,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I used to be an athlete. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>aware this is an Olympic medalist. Okay, so just give

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<v Speaker 2>me the benefit of the down here. I go, okay, right,

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<v Speaker 2>lot a decent level, like for the state, and he goes,

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<v Speaker 2>he must have been killing him, right, some idiotic pom

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<v Speaker 2>you've got. If I had a gold medal, I'd wear

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<v Speaker 2>that around everywhere. Okay, I'd have it on permanent. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a necklace, just an a dormum. He goes, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit better on that. I went, oh, what

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<v Speaker 2>like national? I was like, well done, that's it wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>He goes, actually, no, I went to the Olympics and

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<v Speaker 2>I went, oh, did you win anything? He goes, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>a gold actually yeah, I went ten minutes. I'm inflaming

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<v Speaker 2>around here. Why do you say who you are? He goes, well,

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<v Speaker 2>I just didn't want to do a big flex. So

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<v Speaker 2>now whenever I share a go, Hey, Steve god Medalist,

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<v Speaker 2>how are you neighbor? So? All right, so we're looking

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<v Speaker 2>for your weakest claim to neighbor leave fame. This is

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<v Speaker 2>the Christian O'Connell show podcast. All right, we're doing the

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<v Speaker 2>weakest claim to fame. It's a special version of weakest

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<v Speaker 2>claim to fame of famous neighbors that you've lived near.

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<v Speaker 2>I was about to saying, next all, we're indeed near

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<v Speaker 2>to like Jack? Which was was it across the back

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<v Speaker 2>fence and four down dark fencing?

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<v Speaker 3>Two down Joe down.

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<v Speaker 2>That's pretty good.

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<v Speaker 3>Singing songwriter Andrew McMahon's parents.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, just quickly go to lines Lara, welcome to

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<v Speaker 2>the show. So famous neighbors, who have you lived near?

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<v Speaker 1>It was actually Greg Norman's caddy in the seventies.

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<v Speaker 2>Brilliant, love it. This is great next door right next door?

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<v Speaker 1>And I was actually playing out the front in the

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<v Speaker 1>morning and he was coming to pick Greg Norman came

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<v Speaker 1>to pick him up.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Actually think it'd be the other way around.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I thought that'd be the candies job.

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<v Speaker 1>No, No, it was him.

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<v Speaker 2>That's incredible.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, how are you.

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<v Speaker 2>Who do you live next to?

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<v Speaker 1>Them?

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<v Speaker 2>Who's famous? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>My very right next door was Michael wend an Olympic champion.

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<v Speaker 1>He was nineteen sixty eight, seventy two Olympics. Yeah, he's

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<v Speaker 1>a swimmer, and he taught all my brothers to swim,

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<v Speaker 1>and they're brilliant swimmers. And got to me, the youngest

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<v Speaker 1>of the family, and he goes, nah, nah, just stick

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<v Speaker 1>the dog paddling. You're no good. Ah. He said, if

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<v Speaker 1>there was an Olympic sport for dog paddling, you'd win.

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<v Speaker 1>But I just couldn't put my face under the water

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<v Speaker 1>and swim.

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<v Speaker 2>And can he swim? Now?

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<v Speaker 1>I no? Not really, not the best.

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<v Speaker 3>And was Michael Winner's job a swim teacher or are

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<v Speaker 3>you just asking for favors as a next door neighbor.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, definitely favors. Yeah, he had this nice he was

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<v Speaker 1>only renting there and he had this nice above ground

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<v Speaker 1>pools and yeah, he tried to teach us all to

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<v Speaker 1>swim and I failed.

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<v Speaker 2>Image of like everyone in suburbs, like coming around to

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<v Speaker 2>his house permanently just queuing up for swim. He never

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to be given.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, there was five of us.

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<v Speaker 3>We all queered up.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, doggie, thank you very much, you Cola, thank you Claire,

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to the show, Claire, welcome, Thank you. Yes, back

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<v Speaker 2>in the late nineties, I used to live next door

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<v Speaker 2>to Jamie Jury. Nice.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, we were really good friends. We used to something together.

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<v Speaker 2>Those kind of friends with some oil on my back, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>something like that.

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<v Speaker 1>And yeah, I used to look after his garden because

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<v Speaker 1>he was always a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and yeah he came to our wedding.

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<v Speaker 1>I used to look after his daughter tailor now.

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<v Speaker 2>And then, and yeah, they were the good old days.

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<v Speaker 3>Used to get free free back backstage passes to his comforts,

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<v Speaker 3>and yeah, had lots of fun living next door to him.

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<v Speaker 3>So was he excuse my ignorance for Jamie Jury? Before

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<v Speaker 3>he was a television presenter, he was a singer. What

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<v Speaker 3>worries concerts?

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<v Speaker 2>I do you what I know? Magic Mike, Magic Michael.

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<v Speaker 3>I thought he was just a good looking TV he

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<v Speaker 3>is Vegas and everything.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, one day he wrapped up at my front door

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<v Speaker 2>and he wanted some sugar, and all he had around

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<v Speaker 2>him was a towel. That's the oldest one in the book.

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<v Speaker 2>He's having having a cup of tea. Which is it?

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