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Speaker 2: Good morning and welcome to the Daily Os. It's Monday,

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Speaker 2: the eighth of January. I'm Sam, I'm Billy. Welcome back everybody.

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Speaker 2: It's been two weeks since we were sitting in the

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Speaker 3: This feels like when you're in the Big Brother House

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Speaker 2: Some disappointing news for tennis fans ahead of next week's

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Speaker 2: What can you tell us about that are really sad stories?

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Speaker 2: So the death of Melissa Hoskins. She was a thirty

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Speaker 3: And you obviously can't mention that couple without mentioning their

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Speaker 2: It was one of the greatest love stories of.

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Speaker 3: that we get. Okay, so it was a very big

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Speaker 2: I think we needed after that round of news stories.

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Speaker 2: It hasn't exactly been the easiest few weeks for the world.

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Speaker 2: the first known person to ever beat the game.

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Speaker 3: Tetris, specifically the NES version.

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Speaker 2: Okay, you have to be specific.

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Speaker 3: Well, I've read the comments and you have to be

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Speaker 2: Well, he played the NES version for approximately thirty eight

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Speaker 2: he dedicated his wins to his late father, Adam, who

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Speaker 3: And if you want to see a video of it,

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Speaker 3: it is on our Instagram page Pure Joy. You really

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Speaker 3: cannot watch it without smiling. He is so excited. I

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Speaker 3: don't think I've ever seen someone ever so excited.

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Speaker 2: It's how I feel after a podcast with you, Bill Haha.

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Speaker 3: On that note, thank you very much, Sam, and thank

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Speaker 3: you so much for listening to today's episode of The

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Speaker 3: Daily Odds. We cannot wait to bring you the news

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Speaker 3: this year and break down everything you need to know

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Speaker 3: as clearly as we can. We'll be back tomorrow, but

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Speaker 3: until then have a good day.