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Speaker 1: Welcome to them. Christian o'connel Show podcast. All right, we

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Speaker 1: need your help and it's not for us, it's for

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Speaker 1: children in need in this city. And these children get

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Speaker 1: the benefit of these amazing simple little things, but in

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Speaker 1: an amazing charity, the Kids that give these kids who

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Speaker 1: are rescued from a dangerous situation at home that is

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Speaker 1: homes and put it somewhere safe. There's charity backpacks of

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Speaker 1: it kids. They get these kids little backpacks with little

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Speaker 1: as much mone as we can by Friday to actually

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Speaker 1: pay for twenty of these backpacks. Each backpack Jackie Boy

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Speaker 2: It costs the charity seventy five dollars and that's also

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Speaker 2: working with a lot of volunteers as well, so they're

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Speaker 2: giving their time for it. But just the stuff that

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Speaker 2: stationary toothbrushers, faith washers, that kind of thing.

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Speaker 1: I know, this sort of stuff sounds really basic, but

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Speaker 1: in general, we'd never heard of this charity and it

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Speaker 1: really sort of touched our hearts, which is why we

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Speaker 1: want to do something to give back at the end

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Speaker 1: of the year. So we're calling it. We've got your

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Speaker 1: is a lot this year. I really appreciate your generosity.

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Speaker 1: It has just given us five dollars. You go to

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Speaker 1: the Christian O'Connell show dot com dot au. I think

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Speaker 1: already there's a couple of hundred dollars, which means a

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Speaker 1: but who knows what might be able to happen. Mail

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Speaker 1: Good morning, Good morning, Christian, Hey going and Jack? How

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Speaker 1: we good mail? Are you you donating for backpacks of

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Speaker 3: Yes, we would love to do this.

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Speaker 1: And who is we? Is that your family on the

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Speaker 4: Mel?

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Speaker 5: Yep?

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Speaker 3: So me and my family, So me and my partner

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Speaker 1: And we're going to donate it. I'm a company, so

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Speaker 1: that Yeah, a little child can have a backpack. Awesome.

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Speaker 1: That is great. Every bit helps. Thank you very much

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Speaker 1: to all of you doing that. Thanks Mel, really appreciate it.

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Speaker 5: Jam I hope you get luck.

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Speaker 1: Thank you.

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Speaker 6: Let's go to.

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Speaker 1: Zaltan.

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Speaker 6: That's great.

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Speaker 1: Zultan the Great has heard about this, that he's come

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Speaker 1: down from a path Zalta. What a name?

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Speaker 6: Hey man, how are you going?

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Speaker 3: Guys?

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Speaker 4: Oh?

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Speaker 1: Great for just speaking to someone calls Zoltan. I mean

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Speaker 1: or of your name? I bow down? Are you a

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Speaker 6: Not quite? Not quite?

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Speaker 4: Hey, look, my family and I would love to donate

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Speaker 4: organized for two okay.

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Speaker 1: Oh it's more than okay, it's incredible. Thank you so much. Honestly,

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Speaker 1: we're we're being made up with five or ten dollars

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Speaker 4: Not a problem at any time.

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Speaker 1: Thank you would see any time. It just materialized on

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Speaker 1: the show. Zoltan. Everyone, Lisa, good morning.

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Speaker 2: Good morning.

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Speaker 3: Now are you Christians?

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Speaker 1: I'm good, I'm good. Lisa. What can you do for

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Speaker 3: I'm going to buy two. My reasoning for that is

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Speaker 3: So when she was put there, she had absolutely nothing,

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Speaker 1: That take your time, Lisa.

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Speaker 3: For these people to be doing that, helping them out

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Speaker 1: Yeah it is, Lisa. What a lovely thing you did then,

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Speaker 1: and what a lovely thing you're doing now. Thank you

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Speaker 3: Well, no worries.

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Speaker 1: It's impossible not to be heartbroken away about this. But

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Speaker 1: the important thing is we can do something. Okay, we can.

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Speaker 1: Five to ten dollars is doing something. So Lisa, you

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Speaker 1: take Ellie, so I hope you're right. Bye bye, Steve.

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Speaker 1: Good morning, Steve, Good.

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Speaker 6: Morning, Christian morning. Gang. These this sort of charity is

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Speaker 6: just a sensational thing for these people to be doing.

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Speaker 6: everyone's had a bit of a rough time this year,

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Speaker 6: but we put it in perspective, it's nothing much. So

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Speaker 1: Steve, Well, we spent a lot of time talking about this,

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Speaker 1: right and I felt even bad coming here today. Even

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Speaker 1: last night we said to my wife, is twenty too

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Speaker 1: much to ask people to get? Right now you've given

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Speaker 6: Oh that's good to hear. To tell you the truth

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Speaker 6: the start of the year, I was going to email

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Speaker 6: you anyway saying you're still going to be doing the

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Speaker 6: of those the charities that we love being a part

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Speaker 6: it'll be our pleasure.

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Speaker 1: But Steve, I just want to say I also know

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Speaker 1: tough year as well with your Steve from Steve's Car Alarms,

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Speaker 6: You know you had a terrible year. It's been a

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Speaker 6: terrible year, it really has. That's their worst year ever

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Speaker 6: where we've been really lucky. We've got our fantastic crew

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Speaker 6: going further on on from there. But as I said,

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Speaker 6: you know, if you put everything in perspective, you know

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Speaker 1: Really, I know that that's not true for you, but

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Speaker 1: for you to say that, you know that you've had

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Speaker 1: the worst year in thirty five years, and it's been

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Speaker 1: a really bad year, but just still actually offer one

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Speaker 6: Now, as I said, it's out pleasure and anything we

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Speaker 6: let us know, and we'll always do our very best.

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Speaker 1: Thank Steve. The least I can do is next year,

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Speaker 1: well to do our bit to thank you for what

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Speaker 1: you've just done. That's that's over ten backpacks. Let's over

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Speaker 1: ten backpacks you're buying there, helping ten kids.

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Speaker 6: No, that's that's fantastic. If we can do more in

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Speaker 6: we like anybody anybody with helping our kids. Now, you

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Speaker 6: do exactly what you can. We're being play to have

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Speaker 1: Ah, that's amazing to know. It reminds me really this

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Speaker 1: about this. It has been a horrendous year for all

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Speaker 1: So wow, a thousand dollars. I don't know what to say.

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Speaker 1: We're kind of a bit choked up at the moment, Steve,

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Speaker 6: No, no, that's no problems at all, Chris, and as

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Speaker 6: I said, it's their pleasure. And I'll tell missus Carolams

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Steve. If someone listening right now, is also

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Speaker 1: the market for the best, damn, Carl, I'm in the business.

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Speaker 1: What should they do, Steve?

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Speaker 6: They could get on to the website that Steve Carolams

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Speaker 6: We'll give us a call on one eight one nine. Fix.

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Speaker 1: You're a great man, I think missus. Carlm as well, Steve,

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Speaker 6: Thank you, beans, guys, have a lovely day. The Christian

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Speaker 1: It's about fifteen minutes ago. The time is significant because

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Speaker 1: it's barely an hour to do. What you've done is unbelievable.

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Speaker 1: So this morning Jack and I were talking about a

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Speaker 1: charity that we heard about the start this year called

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Speaker 1: Backpacks for vic Kids. And the only reason we know

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Speaker 1: a listener we must not forget their name, called Jason,

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Speaker 1: who started all this. Really, Jason was getting the good

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Speaker 1: asked him aout the charity. He told us what they

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Speaker 1: do that when there are children who need to be

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Speaker 1: their personal belongers or artifacts. They're often taken in the

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Speaker 1: middle of the night. Timing is everything they need to

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Speaker 1: get them out of danger. And this charity, who are

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Speaker 1: relying on volunteers and also our donations, that's it. They

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Speaker 1: give them these kids backpacks, just a small backpack with

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Speaker 1: a couple of little things in there. So Jackie, well,

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Speaker 1: you know just some of the small things that are

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Speaker 1: in the backpacks.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, clothing, pajamas, stationary, a torch, a soft toy, blankets, toothbrushes,

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Speaker 2: face washes, soaps, things like that, and it becomes theirs

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Speaker 2: like to have nothing. You don't have any possessions. If

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Speaker 2: So these backpacks cost him about seventy five dollars to

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Speaker 5: How are you.

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Speaker 1: We're stunned, actually small, genuinely stunned and humbled. Our hearts

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Speaker 1: So you're saving you put a little bit away each month.

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Speaker 1: You do that every year. Yes, what an amazing thing

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Speaker 1: Oh you would have had so many charities over the year.

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Speaker 5: Thank you. Have a great morning, guys.

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Speaker 1: We will Rory, good morning, Oh, good morning team hell

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Speaker 1: are we but good Rory? We're great this morning. Yeah, Rory,

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Speaker 4: Yeah. Look, our company Dogs of Melbourne would like to

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Speaker 4: I heard about your cause on that first call as well.

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Speaker 4: Five thousand dollar. I'm not sure I quite missed how

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Speaker 2: Thanks to Rory there will be sixty six backpacks.

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Speaker 1: What's the name of your company, Rory Dogs of Melbourne.

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Speaker 1: Honestly, those kids would love. That's unrequired love. They's soil

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Speaker 1: accepting dogs. That's a lovely offer as well. We'll let

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Speaker 4: Up please my last offer. I know Jack likes the

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Speaker 2: And because you're such a good guy, I'll pay half price.

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Speaker 5: On morning Jack.

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Speaker 1: I think he's going to appreciate even more next year

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Speaker 4: Yeah, dogs in Melbourne is what we're called it. Pictures

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Speaker 1: Let's talk about that love drug, right, Rory. It's been

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Speaker 1: All right, all right, we are back tomorrow morning. However,

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Speaker 1: Jackie boy, the money is in an hour of doing this.

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Speaker 2: So if we add Rory's five thousand, then we're up

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Speaker 2: Yes, search the christiana'connell show on Facebook or the christia'connellshow

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Speaker 1: All right, please keep donating we are back tomorrow morning.

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