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Speaker 1: Mix one O four point nine dot com DOTU for

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Speaker 1: all the latest news and information. Now three sixty with

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Speaker 1: Katie Wolf. Everyone is listening Mix one oh four point

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Speaker 1: nine one hundred percent NT.

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Speaker 2: Joining me live in the studio is the CEO of

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Speaker 2: NT major events company, Tim Watsford. Good morning to you, Tim.

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Speaker 3: Good morning Katie. How are you?

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Speaker 1: Oh?

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Speaker 2: Very well? Mate? You must be pretty stressed or pretty well,

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Speaker 2: trying to make sure everything's organized ahead of what is

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Speaker 2: such a busy week and weekend.

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Speaker 3: It is biggest, biggest speaking in the territory for some

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Speaker 3: years running. So you know we're dotting the i's crossing

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Speaker 3: the t's now and ahead of you know, our transport

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Speaker 3: of convoy rolling through the CBDO tomorrow afternoon. But look

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Speaker 3: we're in good shape. Transporters across the border yesterday, everyone's

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Speaker 3: on their way up. We're ready to ready to drive

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Speaker 3: and roll.

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Speaker 2: I guess yeah, because I did ask the Health Minister

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Speaker 2: a bit earlier on the show how we're looking when

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Speaker 2: it comes to that Melbourne hot spot. I have no

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Speaker 2: doubt that there would be people who are in Melbourne

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Speaker 2: who were keen to get here for the supercars. How's

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Speaker 2: that looking from your perspective.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Look, to be honest, we had, We've had a

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Speaker 3: few cancelations and tickets refunded, not a whole lot. And

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Speaker 3: to be honest, which is good, a lot of people

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Speaker 3: were in Regional Victoria as well, so that when that

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Speaker 3: area dropped, they've obviously booked their booked their travel and

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Speaker 3: all kept their travel, should say, and are on their

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Speaker 3: way up. So look from a from a crowd perspective,

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Speaker 3: we haven't really been hit that hard touch wood, So

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Speaker 3: I guess from a teams and motorsports or programming perspective,

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Speaker 3: all all are out and are on their way up

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Speaker 3: to the territory as we speak.

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Speaker 2: Well, that is good news and a good thing. Let's

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Speaker 2: hope that everything stays as he is at this point

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Speaker 2: in time. You did say that there were some cancelations

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Speaker 2: and tickets refunded. Was there very many from that Regional

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Speaker 2: Victoria in Victoria area?

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Speaker 3: Not a lot we had. We had a couple of

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Speaker 3: the corporates that unfortunately couldn't make it. As part of

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Speaker 3: their broader sponsorships with the companies that we partner with

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Speaker 3: on a national scale, they've they've redirected their tickets to

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Speaker 3: other I guess cities and states that are lucky enough

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Speaker 3: to still get to the territory. So looking from an

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Speaker 3: impact perspective, where okay, so it's all systems go.

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Speaker 2: Now talk us through tomorrow with it's the transporter convoy.

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Speaker 2: What time do people need to sort of get organized.

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Speaker 2: I know that the kids absolutely love this one.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a big one and the city, I think

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Speaker 3: we all agree, is very very busy at the moment,

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Speaker 3: which is great for the top end. So I guess effectively,

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Speaker 3: the transporters leave Hidden Valley at six thirty. The full

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Speaker 3: maps on Supercars Darwin dot com dot au. In terms

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Speaker 3: of the way they get to get to view. If

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Speaker 3: you're going to hit one of the city streets, whether

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Speaker 3: it's Mitchell, Nucky or Daily, kind of get there early.

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Speaker 3: There's going to be entertainment at Raintree Park from round

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Speaker 3: about four pm, so there's plenty to do for the kids.

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Speaker 3: And look, I'm assuming as per previous years, they'll roll

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Speaker 3: through about quarter to seven from the Nucky Street, which

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Speaker 3: seems to be the main spot to tick at the

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Speaker 3: best site.

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Speaker 2: Awesome stuff and as I say, the kids absolutely love it.

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Speaker 2: I mean the adults do as well, but the kids

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Speaker 2: go crazy for it, especially if you've got little ones

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Speaker 2: that are into trucks.

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Speaker 3: They go mad, right and I love a little daughter

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Speaker 3: that loves trucks too. Now. But look, I think I

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Speaker 3: mentioned befoty Akadi. This is probably one of the most

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Speaker 3: special parts of the week, I think, and I'll be

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Speaker 3: honest when when I came to the territory and you

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Speaker 3: kind of look at and go, well, does trucks really

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Speaker 3: do it for people? It does? And the smiles on

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Speaker 3: the faces from the kids as they go through, and

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Speaker 3: full credit to the supercars guys. They have fun with

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Speaker 3: it as well, so plenty of horns pumping and whatnot,

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Speaker 3: so yeah, it can't wait for them or not.

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Speaker 2: Well and then Thursday we're going to be broadcasting live

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Speaker 2: from the waterfront and we know that fans can meet

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Speaker 2: their Supercars and Australian Superbikes heroes at the signings at

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Speaker 2: Darwin Waterfront and then a bit later in the afternoon

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Speaker 2: as well, they'll be at Mindle Beach at the Sunset Market.

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Speaker 2: So it is an action pack day on Thursday's night.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it is at once again Supercarsdale and dot Com

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Speaker 3: Dot you to really have a look and see where

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Speaker 3: you want to plant yourself. But yeah, around lunchtime we're

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Speaker 3: going to be activating the waterfront Larikia Welcome to Country.

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Speaker 3: And then we've got a full driver signing which which

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Speaker 3: is a really good way to activate that waterfront precinct.

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Speaker 3: And I once I mentioned before the city's busy, so

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Speaker 3: I'm assuming that's going to go off. And then and

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Speaker 3: then around about five third in the afternoon, mindle markets

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Speaker 3: for another driver signing session and a bit of the

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Speaker 3: Mattmingo and the stunt boys that'd be doing their things.

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Speaker 3: So Thursday is Thursday shaping up to be quite memorable

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Speaker 3: ahead of head of the weekend racing.

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Speaker 2: Well, then you've got Friday, Saturday, Sunday. It is going

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Speaker 2: to be all go out there, isn't it?

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Speaker 1: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: It is, And I guess the on track from a

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Speaker 3: practicing perspective, will have all programs doing their thing on Friday.

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Speaker 3: Make sure if you've got your hot pass, get out

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Speaker 3: there early and set up camp. And then I think

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Speaker 3: the real feather in the cap this year is what

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Speaker 3: we've spoken about at length, is the drag racing for

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Speaker 3: Friday night Nightroup North are coming through. I know you

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Speaker 3: are rural Queenslander, Katie and I did see the guys

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Speaker 3: run through from a national series at Ipsweech over the weekend.

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Speaker 3: Those things are fast. So yeah, Friday night's going to

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Speaker 3: be a real thunder in the top end. So we're

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Speaker 3: really looking forward to hosting that for the first time ever.

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Speaker 2: Oh good stuff. So it sounds like these heats on

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Speaker 2: and then indeed Saturday night Bernard Fanning, he is awesome.

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Speaker 2: That's going to be fantastic.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Bernard Fanning Ballpark Music in our local draft day

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Speaker 3: that did perform at Based on the Grass will be

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Speaker 3: getting up and performing, which'd be great. Bernard Fanning's obviously hit.

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Speaker 3: If it's we're going to have a quiet word to

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Speaker 3: him and play some of those powder Finger songs that

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Speaker 3: we all like. But yeah, look that's another that's another

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Speaker 3: great night. And then ye're all closing out on Sunday.

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Speaker 2: Good stuff. So it sounds like it's going to be

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Speaker 2: action packed, no doubt about it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, no doubt about it. There's one more thing that

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Speaker 3: we do want to talk to you about in behalf

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Speaker 3: event two major events, and that's putting you in a

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Speaker 3: supercar over the weekend.

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Speaker 2: Oh my gosh. If anyone knows me very well, they

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Speaker 2: know that I'm an absolute nana in the car. There's

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Speaker 2: one thing I don't do. It's drive fast.

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Speaker 3: So that's a yes. Listeners, And it looks like Katie's

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Speaker 3: going to jump in with us and have a run.

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Speaker 2: The thought of this actually makes me really nervous.

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Speaker 3: It should be very fast, Katie.

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Speaker 2: But so hang on, So what would I have to do.

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Speaker 3: You'll be a passenger in one of the Supercars teams

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Speaker 3: over the weekend and they'll take you for roughly two

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Speaker 3: and a half laps of you know, longest straight in

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Speaker 3: the country. They do it speeds in excess of two

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Speaker 3: hundred and fifty kilometers per hour. They corner like they

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Speaker 3: are on rails, and I think, yeah, you'll leave your

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Speaker 3: stomach twenty k's behind.

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Speaker 2: No joke. I know that people absolutely froth over this,

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Speaker 2: and I'm just packing myself.

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Speaker 3: You're frothing now. I can see.

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Speaker 2: My whole demeanor has changed. My arms have crossed. I'm

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Speaker 2: incredibly nervous.

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Speaker 3: No, it's good fun. Yeah, I think I'm half a

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Speaker 3: super Cars but thanks to putting some people in cars,

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Speaker 3: and you're lucky enough to do that this weekend?

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Speaker 2: Is that what you call it? Wow? Let's that'll be

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Speaker 2: really interesting. Please no one put a go pro on me,

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Speaker 2: because I'll probably cry or scream or swear a lot

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Speaker 2: go pro concerned, Oh dear, I don't know whether to

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Speaker 2: thank you or kick you out of the studio. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I've gone read. I'm pretty concerned about I'm going to say. Anyway,

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Speaker 2: we'll talk more of it. I don't know if it's

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Speaker 2: good to catch up with you today.

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Speaker 3: Actually it might be the last time. Thank God.

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Speaker 2: So this say you get yourself out of interviewstplished.

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Speaker 3: Thanks,