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Speaker 1: Hey, what did you drive this week? I had a

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Speaker 1: Lamborghini horror car. Yeah, very orange, very orange. I like

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Speaker 1: to call it high viz.

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Speaker 2: Orange.

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Speaker 1: No, I didn't.

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Speaker 3: Well, I drove the MG four, the new one. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: from like thirty eight thousand dollars, which is bloody check.

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Speaker 1: That's is that it's not technically the cheapest by like

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Speaker 1: one hundred dollars, right something like that.

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Speaker 4: I think the.

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Speaker 1: BYD Dolphin is like in that by one hundred bucks.

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Speaker 1: But I'm pretty sure those two cars are miles apart.

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Speaker 3: Well, the MG I think looks better to me. But

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Speaker 3: then I also went to check out the key at

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Speaker 3: EV nine. Yeah, and I reckon that looks unreal. So

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Speaker 3: that's launching in October this year. It's like as big

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Speaker 3: as a land Cruiser, seven seats full of electric.

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Speaker 1: Does it feel heavy?

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Speaker 2: Well, we didn't drive it.

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Speaker 3: It's these were pre production cars, but got to sit

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Speaker 3: in it and it has all of the bells and whistles.

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Speaker 3: They haven't announced pricing, but it'll be about one hundred grand,

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Speaker 3: so it's gonna be But yeah, that that is good fun. Now,

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Speaker 3: before we get further into this show, we're about to

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Speaker 3: have a guest on and.

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Speaker 1: Yes, and one thing I will say before the guest

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Speaker 1: comes in, just enjoy me in beautiful, lovely crisp audio

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Speaker 1: while it lasts. While it lasts, is in about four minutes,

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Speaker 1: it's going to turn shit house.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: So we had an issue with Gordy's mike and it, yeah,

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Speaker 3: it clips a little bit for some bizarre reason. So

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Speaker 3: when you do hear the interview, we apologize profusely for

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Speaker 3: Gordy's performance.

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Speaker 1: Not my fault. It's not my fault, babe.

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Speaker 4: Happens all the time.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, this bloke you will know him from radio,

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Speaker 3: from TV. He was on Essays Australia and.

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Speaker 1: One half of American Rosso and nowadays he's drinking lots

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Speaker 1: of wine. He's also he also has an awesome podcast

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Speaker 1: which you can find on iHeartRadio. We're going to check

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Speaker 1: the links in the description and all that sort of stuff,

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Speaker 1: so please check out his podcast anyway. Merrick Watts, that.

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Speaker 4: Was pretty tense. It was pretty tense driving that car.

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Speaker 4: It's funny you only get to like, you know, fifty

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Speaker 4: sixty k's, but you get there very quickly and it

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Speaker 4: sounds it looks like you're going a minimle now, but

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Speaker 4: you're definitely on the speed limit at all times.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you'll you'll load to the ground. Yet you're also

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Speaker 1: metaphorically so much higher than other people high state.

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Speaker 4: It's definitely high stage individual years. Yeah, but the car

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Speaker 4: is low profile. Yes, I said the juxtaposition there, it's excellent. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: five points to you. This is a competition, isn't it. Yes,

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Speaker 4: we have to get on the podcast, by the way,

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Speaker 4: because we start the podcast when I'm ready and we

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Speaker 4: have I have all started. Yeah, absolutely, we have welcome. Welcome,

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Speaker 4: Welcome to the Driver Show with Paul and Gordi. I'm Merrick,

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Speaker 4: their guest.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so here we are all crammed in a very

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Speaker 1: that this room does get quite steamy, and Paul is

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Speaker 1: of Croatian descent, so he will most likely get some

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Really, yeah, we all get naked.

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Speaker 4: Okay, let's just taken the turn.

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Speaker 3: Let's let's talk about Australian cars. Because I'm a big

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Speaker 3: two Hands connection.

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Speaker 4: This is gonna sound insane because so many of my

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Speaker 4: car purchases have been insane, and often at the time

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Speaker 5: From the movie.

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Speaker 4: We purchased that because we were leaving Fox Studios, Rosso

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Speaker 4: who's the director of the film Two Hands, and Ned

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Speaker 1: It's a Mulphie film, it's a movie film.

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Speaker 4: you going to go for a drive and then buy it? Yeah,

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Speaker 4: we'll go for a drive and then buy it. And

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Speaker 4: I owned a few cars collectively. What year was this,

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Speaker 4: I can't remember, but it was I think about eighteen grand.

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Speaker 4: Ah just deliberate, Gregor did it deliberately?

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Speaker 1: Why was that a deliberate thing?

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Speaker 5: But neither of those cars I would purchase for himself.

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Speaker 4: That's what this is.

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Speaker 4: all I wanted to do was an SLR five thousand.

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Speaker 5: I just love them.

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Speaker 4: But I grew up in Eltham in Melbourne, which is

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Speaker 4: So you know, Holden's and Tarana's were very popular. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: mean a typical day, I'm awake at quarter to five anyway,

442
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Speaker 4: So the hours don't make any difference to me because

443
00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:50,960
Speaker 4: I have a very set routine in the morning that

444
00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,840
Speaker 4: I adhere to, and it allows me to get to

445
00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:56,080
Speaker 4: this point of the day later in the day and

446
00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:59,200
Speaker 4: still be calm, still be focused, still be energetic, still

447
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Speaker 4: do all the things that I want to do and fulfill.

448
00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:05,040
Speaker 4: But I have to set that early in the morning.

449
00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:07,399
Speaker 4: I have to go through a very very long and

450
00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:12,159
Speaker 4: boring process of elements and sequence that set my mind up.

451
00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:15,400
Speaker 4: So I always say I work on me first, then

452
00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:17,840
Speaker 4: I work for other people second. So I work on

453
00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,320
Speaker 4: me in the morning and work on me daily, and

454
00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:22,160
Speaker 4: I do the things that I need to do physically,

455
00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:24,359
Speaker 4: mentally and spiritually, and then I.

456
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Speaker 5: Got to work.

457
00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:27,719
Speaker 4: So then when I walk into whatever situation it is,

458
00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:33,959
Speaker 4: I'm able to adapt and be calm and not necessarily passive.

459
00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:37,440
Speaker 4: I can dial right up, but I just have better

460
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Speaker 4: emotional control, which I don't reckon I have when I

461
00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:42,000
Speaker 4: was in breakfast. That was probably my greatest weakness when

462
00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,640
Speaker 4: I was doing breakfast is I was very very quick

463
00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:48,440
Speaker 4: to go volcanic, whereas now I just sort of see

464
00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:52,000
Speaker 4: things calmly and objectively view things and then make decisions.

465
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Speaker 1: Okay, great, So I'm taking notes and.

466
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Speaker 4: I came in and talk about cars, and I've given

467
00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:00,359
Speaker 4: you some life directors. If anything, I feel like your

468
00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:03,520
Speaker 4: new Anthony Robbins is what I am. I'll relesse the

469
00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:05,240
Speaker 4: DVD you can buy.

470
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Speaker 3: I know we're aman to talk about cars, but when

471
00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,879
Speaker 3: did that change for you. You mentioned it after you

472
00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:11,240
Speaker 3: didn't have it during breakfast radio.

473
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Speaker 2: When did it change?

474
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Speaker 4: I think part of it happened when I stopped doing

475
00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:17,720
Speaker 4: breakfast Radia. I think part of it happened when I

476
00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:21,840
Speaker 4: became a father. I think then I went through a

477
00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:25,480
Speaker 4: process a few years ago preparing for a television show

478
00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:29,200
Speaker 4: called Sas Australia. And that was a very very long

479
00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:32,960
Speaker 4: and difficult process for preparation which I took laser serious,

480
00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:35,879
Speaker 4: like I actually take everything in life, even fun, even comedy.

481
00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:39,040
Speaker 4: I take very very seriously. If I choose to apply

482
00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:41,720
Speaker 4: myself to something, I apply myself one hundred and ten

483
00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:45,320
Speaker 4: percent or I don't bother yeap so, and I'm very prepared.

484
00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:47,400
Speaker 4: So when I went on that, it was like six

485
00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:49,600
Speaker 4: to eight months worth of training in preparation before I

486
00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:52,680
Speaker 4: went in Australia. Yeah. So when I went in there,

487
00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:55,359
Speaker 4: like everyone was going, you know, the comedian he's watching

488
00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:56,919
Speaker 4: him is going to burn in two days. And I

489
00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,720
Speaker 4: was like, I will be at the end of this

490
00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:03,000
Speaker 4: and I will finish this course. There is no doubt

491
00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:04,720
Speaker 4: in my mind that I would finish this course.

492
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Speaker 1: You were so like I went into that show going

493
00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:09,800
Speaker 1: this is such a hilarious time because you're going to

494
00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,960
Speaker 1: remember it was kind of COVID and yeah, we were

495
00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:16,960
Speaker 1: handing celebrities machine guns. I saw this amazing, silly side

496
00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,840
Speaker 1: to the whole thing, like this is fucking amazing. You

497
00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:23,200
Speaker 1: come along and I'm like, this guy's like fall on,

498
00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:25,960
Speaker 1: that was one of the greatest things. And you were

499
00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:28,879
Speaker 1: You're right there at the very end, like it was incredible.

500
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Speaker 3: What.

501
00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:35,119
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's just like it's a it's a physical ability,

502
00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,480
Speaker 4: but it's a mental practice that gets you through those

503
00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:40,800
Speaker 4: sorts of things and you know, getting you back to cars.

504
00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:44,240
Speaker 4: Like I used to care so much more about cars

505
00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:48,080
Speaker 4: and motorbikes several years ago than I do now. My

506
00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:51,119
Speaker 4: core values have changed enormously. Like if somebody said to me,

507
00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:54,040
Speaker 4: you know, you can have an five thousand, I go

508
00:23:54,640 --> 00:24:00,800
Speaker 4: obviously with a drop tank. Yeah, you know, it's it's

509
00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:04,000
Speaker 4: something that I still love, but I'm not as passionate

510
00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:08,040
Speaker 4: about owning things now as I am about doing things

511
00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:10,040
Speaker 4: and completing things. And that's been a big shift for me.

512
00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:12,399
Speaker 4: So I know, I had even this year, I had

513
00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:16,280
Speaker 4: two motorbikes. I sold two motorbikes. One was you know,

514
00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,840
Speaker 4: an old kind of classic and I just went, I'm

515
00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:22,000
Speaker 4: just not riding them. And I think if I'm not

516
00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:23,720
Speaker 4: riding them, then I'm not enjoying them. If I'm not

517
00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:26,520
Speaker 4: enjoying them, and somebody else should and that's for me,

518
00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:28,240
Speaker 4: that's what it's about. Like I said, I'm more fun

519
00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:30,760
Speaker 4: well focused on rather than I used to be. Like

520
00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:33,119
Speaker 4: I was that guy who just wanted to own twenty

521
00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:35,880
Speaker 4: five cars. Yep, I didn't care if I drove any

522
00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:38,919
Speaker 4: of them. I just wanted to own twenty five different cars,

523
00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:42,520
Speaker 4: and that was my higher purpose. Now I just have

524
00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:44,879
Speaker 4: a wagon. I've got an Audi a four wagon, and

525
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Speaker 4: I love it. It's like it it gets everything done for me,

526
00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:51,320
Speaker 4: and I enjoy it, you know. So I still love

527
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Speaker 4: driving cars, I still love I love riding motorbikes. But

528
00:24:56,640 --> 00:25:00,680
Speaker 4: I also like building businesses and creating new ven and

529
00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:04,360
Speaker 4: taking on new goals. So you know, you can't have everything.

530
00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:07,440
Speaker 4: You can't have all those toys and all those things

531
00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:11,000
Speaker 4: like cars and have that as you focus and give

532
00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:13,320
Speaker 4: them enough tension, because you know, a classic car is

533
00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,000
Speaker 4: like a child. You've got to look after it otherwise

534
00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,320
Speaker 4: you're not doing you know, duty to it. So for me,

535
00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:20,399
Speaker 4: it was like there has been a transition where I

536
00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:26,080
Speaker 4: sort of go, no, I'm more into experiencing things, creating things,

537
00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:30,199
Speaker 4: developing things, building things, making things than I am a

538
00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:35,560
Speaker 4: particularly unique things that I am about owning things. Having

539
00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,480
Speaker 4: said that, I am going to own an Aston Martin

540
00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:40,680
Speaker 4: one day, I just love them.

541
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Speaker 2: As a new one or an older one.

542
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Speaker 5: I'd like a new one please.

543
00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:45,760
Speaker 3: Wow.

544
00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:50,040
Speaker 4: Yeah they look they look under British racing green just

545
00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:52,760
Speaker 4: just tan interior, just death on wheels.

546
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Speaker 1: Actually, did I hear something about you doing up old

547
00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:58,240
Speaker 1: posty bikes? Is that you?

548
00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:01,000
Speaker 4: Yeah, with a friend of mine, Joan, we just did

549
00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:02,320
Speaker 4: it kind of like as a bit of a joke,

550
00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:03,840
Speaker 4: and then all of a sudden we had about six

551
00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:05,480
Speaker 4: of them. So there was a point there where I

552
00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:08,840
Speaker 4: owned I think eight motor bikes. So I told you, look,

553
00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:10,760
Speaker 4: you know, this is what happens when you get Bogan's money.

554
00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:13,560
Speaker 4: But yeah, we used to get oh posted bikes and

555
00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,960
Speaker 4: then strip them out, respray them and lose some of

556
00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:20,520
Speaker 4: the undercarriage, like the prop upstand. We'd get rid of

557
00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:23,080
Speaker 4: that and just have the kickstand instead, lighting them right

558
00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:25,640
Speaker 4: down so that we literally you could carry them upstairs.

559
00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:27,920
Speaker 5: And they were unreal.

560
00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:32,040
Speaker 4: Yeah, they were written up by a motor journalist and

561
00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:34,800
Speaker 4: they came in and borrowed one of the bikes and

562
00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:36,560
Speaker 4: he rang me up. At the end of the weekend,

563
00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:43,040
Speaker 4: he goes, Mate, I went, oh, no, he's crushed. They said, question,

564
00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:46,480
Speaker 4: can I keep this bike for a few more days?

565
00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:51,480
Speaker 4: Said yes, I thought he's having a lend and mate, seriously,

566
00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:54,480
Speaker 4: it is so much fun to write, so light and

567
00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:57,359
Speaker 4: it's easy, and it's nimble, and I put fat Kobby

568
00:26:57,440 --> 00:26:59,760
Speaker 4: tires on it so you could go roll over garters

569
00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:01,600
Speaker 4: and but you crash it, you own it.

570
00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:05,000
Speaker 1: Actually, speaking of creating, one thing I know you had

571
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,560
Speaker 1: a big hand in was when you're at Triple M

572
00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:09,520
Speaker 1: the carbecue.

573
00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:12,040
Speaker 4: That was a great car. Somebody else owns that too,

574
00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:17,199
Speaker 4: but that was an x B. I think it was

575
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:21,119
Speaker 4: an ex big yeah. And what I just had an

576
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:26,399
Speaker 4: idea for making a car that could also be a barbecue,

577
00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:28,159
Speaker 4: because I thought that would be a great combination. But

578
00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:31,680
Speaker 4: I wanted it to look like the car from Mad Max.

579
00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:32,640
Speaker 5: Yes, that's right.

580
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:35,399
Speaker 4: So I said, it's got to be resprayed, it's going

581
00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:37,280
Speaker 4: to be Matt Black, it's got to look like this.

582
00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:40,920
Speaker 4: And we spent a lot of money. When I say

583
00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:43,560
Speaker 4: were the radio station spent a fortune on it, but

584
00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,600
Speaker 4: it was actually for something we're doing with I think

585
00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:50,280
Speaker 4: it was with Meet and Livestock Australia and they were

586
00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,359
Speaker 4: looking for an idea and they are wonderful people to

587
00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:53,919
Speaker 4: work with and I was like, oh, well, I've got

588
00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,399
Speaker 4: this idea for this carbecue and they're like, oh, that's great.

589
00:27:57,040 --> 00:28:00,240
Speaker 4: And it made international news like it was on like

590
00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:05,000
Speaker 4: what's that one of the TV talk programs? I forgot

591
00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:09,000
Speaker 4: what they are. It was like a morning show in America,

592
00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:13,359
Speaker 4: the largest morning show in America was with a viewing

593
00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:16,840
Speaker 4: audience of like I think tens of minions. And I

594
00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:19,520
Speaker 4: was watching it on screen. Somebody showed me and they

595
00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:22,399
Speaker 4: were talking about this guy in Australia who had built

596
00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,439
Speaker 4: a barbecue in a car and how a novel was

597
00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:27,360
Speaker 4: like somebody regis is it regious?

598
00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:29,880
Speaker 5: And something like that? Anyway, watched you going, I'm that guy?

599
00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:31,560
Speaker 4: The guy they're talking about.

600
00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:34,040
Speaker 5: Why am I not in the shot? Why am I not.

601
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:35,840
Speaker 4: In the shot? Why is the car in the shot?

602
00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:37,840
Speaker 5: And I'm not a shot? Yeah?

603
00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,440
Speaker 1: That was a cool car. Did that get all listener?

604
00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:41,120
Speaker 1: What happened with that?

605
00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:41,400
Speaker 3: No?

606
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,520
Speaker 4: We kept it for a little while until the company

607
00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:49,480
Speaker 4: said to me, again, you've built something that's costing us money.

608
00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:52,320
Speaker 4: And we drove around a little bit for a while

609
00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:54,239
Speaker 4: and did some you know, some primal work, and then

610
00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:56,800
Speaker 4: eventually they flogged it off to private market and a

611
00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,320
Speaker 4: guy I think in Queensland border and he was wrapped.

612
00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:02,040
Speaker 4: But then he was again a car enthusiast. He wanted

613
00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:03,920
Speaker 4: to work on it. He wanted to look after it.

614
00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:07,000
Speaker 4: He loved the idea of it, but he wanted wanted

615
00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:09,720
Speaker 4: it for what it was. And I don't regret it

616
00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:12,760
Speaker 4: because if a car, I always think you a custodian

617
00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:15,840
Speaker 4: of a car. So have your time with it. When

618
00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:17,800
Speaker 4: you're not offering the car or anything, you should pass

619
00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:19,880
Speaker 4: it on. Yep, not about what the car is offering you.

620
00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:21,920
Speaker 4: If you're not offering the car, enough move it on.

621
00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:25,240
Speaker 3: So before we wrape up, what's you mentioned you liked

622
00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:26,200
Speaker 3: drinking when you were younger?

623
00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:26,840
Speaker 2: Has that finished?

624
00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:26,959
Speaker 1: Now?

625
00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:27,760
Speaker 2: Do you drink anymore?

626
00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:27,920
Speaker 3: No?

627
00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:30,840
Speaker 4: I still drink more than ever. I'm qualified wine joke.

628
00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:34,240
Speaker 1: Oh yes, of course. Yeah, wine's your thing now, Semilia and.

629
00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:37,480
Speaker 4: A wine joke. Yeah, So I've got an international standard whine.

630
00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:40,760
Speaker 4: I work one of my companies is called Grapes of Mirth,

631
00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:43,640
Speaker 4: and we do lascoal comedy events and festivals in wine

632
00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:45,840
Speaker 4: regions right around the country. That's what when I left

633
00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:47,640
Speaker 4: radio went and started that. That was the reason why

634
00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:49,720
Speaker 4: I kind of wound up radio, because they've done twenty

635
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,400
Speaker 4: solid years of radio and felt like I was living

636
00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:56,600
Speaker 4: in a literal fish bowl. And I started grapes some

637
00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:59,479
Speaker 4: myth just before I finished up on radio, and that's

638
00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:02,800
Speaker 4: what I do. You know, we run festivals and it's awesome.

639
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:06,480
Speaker 4: But yeah, I drink, but I'm very, very disciplined with alcohol.

640
00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:10,040
Speaker 4: So I like, I love wine. I love wine, I

641
00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:15,880
Speaker 4: love beer spirit, I'll drink everything. But because I work

642
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,240
Speaker 4: in the winers room, because I've got qualifications, because I

643
00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:21,440
Speaker 4: do occasional judging and stuff like that, I think it's

644
00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:24,000
Speaker 4: really important to have the balance around it. So I

645
00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,920
Speaker 4: don't drink so much, like on a Wednesday or sometimes

646
00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,880
Speaker 4: have wine with my wife at home. But like, I

647
00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:32,760
Speaker 4: won't drink tonight it's a Thursday, I won't drink tonight.

648
00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:35,120
Speaker 4: I will drink on the weekend. I probably won't drink Friday,

649
00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:37,000
Speaker 4: but I will definitely drink on Saturday. And when I

650
00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:38,800
Speaker 4: say drink, I mean fucking everything.

651
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:45,040
Speaker 1: Your wife goes into the bathroom, where's the domestos? I

652
00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:46,600
Speaker 1: thought that was Italian wine.

653
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:49,640
Speaker 4: I exercise and meditate every single day, right, and this

654
00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:52,240
Speaker 4: is the way I do. And this is a car

655
00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:55,160
Speaker 4: reference for you, right. I say to people during the

656
00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:57,400
Speaker 4: week I treat myself like a Rolls Royce and on

657
00:30:57,440 --> 00:30:59,120
Speaker 4: the weekend, I treat myself like a high car.

658
00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:04,960
Speaker 1: You know the concept of Grapes of Mirth is it

659
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Speaker 1: is so cool. Like I I've seen gigs. If you

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Speaker 1: do people have like a flight of six wines.

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Speaker 4: That's my show. So that's an idiot's gode to Wine,

662
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:14,920
Speaker 4: which is a festival show which has been touring now

663
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Speaker 4: for eighteen months and is going overseas now as well.

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Speaker 4: So that's run by Grapes of Mirth. So Grapes of

665
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Speaker 4: Mirth is the larger festival event, but Grapes of Myth

666
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Speaker 4: is also the company and has three partners in it,

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Speaker 4: and we all work together and.

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Speaker 5: We perform show. Well.

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Speaker 4: I perform the show called and Need It's Got to Wine,

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Speaker 4: which is where people taste six wines throughout the course

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Speaker 4: of the show. And it's unreal. I mean, it's been

672
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Speaker 4: going longer than any other live show ever done. It's

673
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Speaker 4: completely unique in the world, and we're touring it again.

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Speaker 4: We've been overseas with it, but we're going to do

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Speaker 4: some more extensive touring with it.

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Speaker 2: It's great.

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Speaker 3: Well, and you're right, you have to find a niche

678
00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:53,400
Speaker 3: like that, and everyone, well not everyone, but people that

679
00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:56,600
Speaker 3: do comedy do comedy. Whereas if it's around a thing

680
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Speaker 3: or an event that people are doing like it is,

681
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Speaker 3: no one's going to come and replicate that, or if

682
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Speaker 3: they do, it'll be shit.

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Speaker 4: But I don't think that would have much trouble beating it.

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Speaker 4: I do the show. It's good, but like it's like

685
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Speaker 4: a carried away. I don't think it's that big a challenge.

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Speaker 3: But I want to get into Well, I have a

687
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Speaker 3: shipload of wine and I've got a neighbor that has

688
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Speaker 3: a shipload of it.

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Speaker 4: Don't you drive by the way. I will say this,

690
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Speaker 4: though I'm extremely extremely disciplined around booze and cars, I

691
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Speaker 4: always have it. I've never been into it. I've never

692
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Speaker 4: thought it was a good idea and so like I

693
00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:30,720
Speaker 4: know that you go you make jokes about it, like,

694
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Speaker 4: of course you make jokes about it, but I never ever,

695
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Speaker 4: ever do booze and now I'm on.

696
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Speaker 2: The same page. And that's the thing.

697
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Speaker 3: A calibrated fucking alcohol meetup. They're like one hundred bucks

698
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,440
Speaker 3: and if you've had a big night, it's so easy

699
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:47,680
Speaker 3: to just check and you'll be okay. But yeah, what

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Speaker 3: is your recommendation for someone who wants to get into

701
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Speaker 3: wine and get a better understanding. What is the most

702
00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:54,280
Speaker 3: effective way to get across it without having to do

703
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Speaker 3: a six month course?

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Speaker 4: Well, I mean, you can do like kind of lower

705
00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:02,280
Speaker 4: level courses through the school that I've went through, which

706
00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:05,640
Speaker 4: is a West Set because it's internationally recognized. You don't

707
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Speaker 4: have to get to my level. I hold West Set three.

708
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Speaker 4: But you know what, just find a wine shop and

709
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Speaker 4: just go and have a chat to people in the

710
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Speaker 4: wine shop. They love talking about wine. Go to a

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Speaker 4: winery and go roll up to the cellar door and say,

712
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Speaker 4: tell me about these wines. I know nothing, and they

713
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Speaker 4: will go They will not make you feel bad, They

714
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Speaker 4: will embrace you and they go, right, we're going to

715
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Speaker 4: start with reasoning or we really like this, and they'll

716
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Speaker 4: talk you through it. Wine people, and particularly wine makers

717
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Speaker 4: and people who work at cellar doors, are far less

718
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Speaker 4: snobby and interested in the bullshit of wine than people

719
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Speaker 4: think they are. They are not the people who are

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Speaker 4: going on with that stuff. It's people who work. Often

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Speaker 4: I find people who work in media or press or

722
00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:55,120
Speaker 4: have got some skin in it too, or usually to

723
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Speaker 4: some people old dudes who just want people to feel

724
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Speaker 4: a little less not educated, but they like the power

725
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Speaker 4: that they wield with their own knowledge.

726
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Speaker 5: But some of the.

727
00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:10,359
Speaker 4: Most incredible minds, like literal masters of wine, which is

728
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Speaker 4: like extremely difficult to get. It's like a professor, just

729
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:18,640
Speaker 4: really easy going people and they just talk about it

730
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Speaker 4: in really simple terms, like you know that tastes pretty lemony.

731
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it does.

732
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Speaker 4: It's as simple as that.

733
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Speaker 5: That's because that's what's in there.

734
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Speaker 4: They don't bang on it and go, you know, soup

735
00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:30,480
Speaker 4: into bullshit. So yeah, just go to a bottle shop

736
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Speaker 4: and talk to them.

737
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Speaker 2: Yeah like the sound of that.

738
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Speaker 1: Not to drive through though, because I'm going to go

739
00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:37,720
Speaker 1: hang out with Dan Murphy right.

740
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Speaker 5: Now, baticalarly not at a Lamborghini.

741
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Speaker 4: I reckon anybody's going to be able to hear your order.

742
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:43,040
Speaker 5: I'd like a cask of reasoning.

743
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Speaker 1: Just chuck your box a cooler bar in the bag,

744
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:47,040
Speaker 1: that'd be great.

745
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Speaker 2: Thank you so much for coming in.

746
00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:53,800
Speaker 3: And this has been an absolute experiments.

747
00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:56,840
Speaker 4: Technically you've had a few issues, but you know what

748
00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:58,719
Speaker 4: your heart and your soul and then you've asked good

749
00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:01,520
Speaker 4: questions you care about. That's great, You've done your audience

750
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Speaker 4: of service. Well now I'm giving you guys seven and

751
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Speaker 4: a half.

752
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Speaker 2: Out of one hundred thousand. Is it is actually out

753
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Speaker 2: of a thousand. I got to.

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Speaker 1: Say, yeah, yeah, you go, you go.

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Speaker 2: No, I got to say.

756
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Speaker 3: I was really blown away by that chat, just because

757
00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:25,439
Speaker 3: you know, I thought, you know, I will chat cars

758
00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:29,160
Speaker 3: and stuff, but he is really he's a really switched

759
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Speaker 3: on guy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and he is.

761
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Speaker 3: Yeah, the stuff that he was talking about, he just

762
00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:37,920
Speaker 3: is a laser focused and very intense. And yeah, I

763
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Speaker 3: was just I don't know if mesmerized is the right word.

764
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Speaker 1: I think at one point you took your pants off

765
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Speaker 1: and you fell quite in love. You wanted to embrace. Yeah,

766
00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:48,919
Speaker 1: legend of a bloke harm But you know, the weird

767
00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:51,640
Speaker 1: thing is I wasn't expecting him to be so I

768
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:55,479
Speaker 1: guess switched on back in the radio days. He's kind

769
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Speaker 1: of a manic dude. Like it was almost this this

770
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Speaker 1: this thing of chaos would come into the room. But

771
00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:08,200
Speaker 1: nowadays Merrick Watts is calm, measured, he's articulate, he's focused.

772
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Speaker 1: Often feels like the smartest guy in the room. Probably is,

773
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:14,799
Speaker 1: but especially when you're in the room. Yeah, holy yeah

774
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Speaker 1: at your face.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but no, that was a really awesome chat. So

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Speaker 3: us shoot us an email let us know what you

777
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Speaker 3: thought about that. Contact at the Driversshow dot com today

778
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Speaker 3: you if you're listening to this and you enjoyed that

779
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Speaker 3: chat or our chat last week with Bev Brock, please

780
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Speaker 3: make sure you leave five star rating for us.

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Speaker 2: We do really appreciate it.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

783
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Speaker 3: I know we keep saying this, but we need to

784
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Speaker 3: give some merchandise away.

785
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Speaker 2: I actually got an email. Oh do you want to

786
00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:43,360
Speaker 2: read it? Yeah, let's quickly do that.

787
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Speaker 3: Okay, So let's run through some of these And I'm

788
00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:48,439
Speaker 3: sorry we haven't read these apt for a little while,

789
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:51,120
Speaker 3: but this one is from Chrissy goes Hey, Gordy and Paul.

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Speaker 3: One of the best episodes yet with John Kodogan. Something

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Speaker 3: I'd be interested in hearing you guys talk about is

792
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Speaker 3: what are the best non CBT cars on the market.

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Speaker 2: Thanks, Chris. You don't have to be more.

794
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Speaker 3: Specific with that because there are stacks of them on

795
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Speaker 3: the market, and stacks of different segment So get back

796
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:09,360
Speaker 3: in touch with us and let us know which segment

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Speaker 3: you're after.

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Speaker 1: I think that would be really nailed down price point

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Speaker 1: and everything.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, another one from Craig. Hey, guys, love the show.

801
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Speaker 2: Thank you. I just wanted to let you know a story.

802
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:20,040
Speaker 4: He said.

803
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Speaker 2: I purchased a golf Life.

804
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Speaker 3: Wagon early last year, but in the end had to

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Speaker 3: wait nine months to get it and so only received

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Speaker 3: it in November. I've since changed jobs, which comes with

807
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Speaker 3: the company car. I went back to Volkswagen and asked

808
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Speaker 3: what they would be willing to pay for it, and

809
00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:36,080
Speaker 3: they offered thirty K, twenty k less than what he

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00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:40,040
Speaker 3: paid six months ago. Their response was, when he asked

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Speaker 3: if that price was correct, that we have to make money,

812
00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:45,879
Speaker 3: and he goes anyway, if you don't want to test

813
00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:48,040
Speaker 3: drive of a golf Wagon, I still have one. I

814
00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:51,400
Speaker 3: honestly believe outside of its over aggressive safety stuff, it's

815
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Speaker 3: a great car. Why people get SUVs with less internal

816
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:54,879
Speaker 3: space makes a little sense.

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Speaker 2: Keep up the good work.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that is a bit of a funny one.

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Speaker 1: It's a shame he's selling it too, because I actually

820
00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:03,520
Speaker 1: think they're a great little car.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I think they are too, and I feel

822
00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:08,600
Speaker 3: bad that he's getting screwed around, but unfortunately that is

823
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Speaker 3: how the used car system works.

824
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Speaker 2: And at the moment, used car prices are going down

825
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Speaker 2: as well.

826
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Speaker 1: So yeah, I think the whole market is starting to

827
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Speaker 1: definitely correct itself.

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Speaker 3: Now this one's this one's great. I'm got to read

829
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Speaker 3: this as fast as I can. It's song lyrics just

830
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Speaker 3: for us.

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Speaker 1: Okay, Well, all right, slim Shady. I think I know

832
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Speaker 1: what you're going to do here. We should play we

833
00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:33,239
Speaker 1: should play a little beat. In fact, I will get

834
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Speaker 1: our production guy, DJ Diamond Davis please.

835
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Speaker 2: Don't beat box. Sorry you're embarrassing, but.

836
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Speaker 1: I'll get him to put the beat under it.

837
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:40,960
Speaker 2: And you do your Okay.

838
00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:45,399
Speaker 3: So subject was partly you still ain't called me, question mark,

839
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:47,160
Speaker 3: and I thought this more spam.

840
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Speaker 1: Come on, drop the mic, let's go.

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Speaker 2: Here we go, Dear Pavel, I wrote to you, but

842
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:52,160
Speaker 2: you still ain't calling.

843
00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:55,520
Speaker 7: I left my phone, my grinder link, and my Quantus

844
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Speaker 7: Frequent flyer status at the bottom.

845
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Speaker 2: I sent your two dms back in autumn. It's not

846
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Speaker 2: a goddam.

847
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:04,479
Speaker 3: There probably was a problem with the Graham or some shit.

848
00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:06,759
Speaker 3: But anyways, fuck it. What's been up man?

849
00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:07,600
Speaker 2: How's your daughter?

850
00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:10,440
Speaker 7: My girl friend's pregnant too. I've had to be a

851
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Speaker 7: father if I have a daughter. Guess what I'm gonna

852
00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:19,040
Speaker 7: call it. I'm a name of Donna. I heard about

853
00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:20,359
Speaker 7: your comrade Gordy too.

854
00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:21,320
Speaker 4: I'm sorry.

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Speaker 7: I heard a friend selling his stinger too because of

856
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:27,960
Speaker 7: some picture didn't want him. I know you probably hear

857
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,920
Speaker 7: this every day, but I'm your biggest fan. I got

858
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:34,160
Speaker 7: the pre pew best ship that you did with John Canogan.

859
00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:37,600
Speaker 2: I got a hard trive full of your reviews and

860
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Speaker 2: your pictures.

861
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Speaker 1: Man.

862
00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:41,080
Speaker 2: I like the ship you did with hell Boars too.

863
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Speaker 5: That ship was fat.

864
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Speaker 7: Anyways, I hope you get this man hit me back

865
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Speaker 7: just to chat. Truly, yours your biggest fan that was

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Speaker 7: from Duncan. Duncan has to get some merder.

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Speaker 1: Oh my god, yeah we should. We should get a

868
00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:57,920
Speaker 1: bloody he made up for here. Maybe you and him

869
00:39:57,960 --> 00:39:59,120
Speaker 1: can do a rap battle.

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Speaker 2: That was bloody unreal. So thank you for the earbails. Guys.

871
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Speaker 3: If someone does have anything else they want to send through,

872
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Speaker 3: please do please do.

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Speaker 1: That sort of stuff is great. That is going to

874
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:16,000
Speaker 1: get you a shit ton of merch. Yeah, please actually

875
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Speaker 1: do that, so duncan.

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Speaker 3: I'm going to get Gordy to reach out to you

877
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Speaker 3: and get your address and stuff so he can send

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Speaker 3: you some of our merch.

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Speaker 1: I think that would be I love how you've just

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Speaker 1: you should play AFL. You've got a great fucking handball.

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Speaker 2: No, no, not sport.

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Speaker 3: I'll quickly I know this episode in now going forever,

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Speaker 3: but I'll quickly read out some feedback that we got

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Speaker 3: in ratings. Here we go, a bit of a shaky start,

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Speaker 3: but great now. That was from Leckford, Gordy and Paul.

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Speaker 3: I've been listening to The Driver's Show, to The Driver's

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Speaker 3: Show and now No I think you're What he meant

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Speaker 3: to say was I've been listening to The Drive Show

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Speaker 3: and now The Driver's Show since it started. I have

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Speaker 3: to say there were times at the start I was

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Speaker 3: going to unsubscribe, thinking it was a bit crass and

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Speaker 3: I was expecting another car expert podcast.

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Speaker 4: Yesh, I wondered.

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Speaker 1: An actual automotive experience.

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Speaker 2: However, I have to say the change.

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Speaker 3: Of format, including guests like John Kdogan in the last

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Speaker 3: episode and Brendan Jones the one before I got me sold.

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Speaker 3: It's still very lighthearted and crass at times, but it's

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Speaker 3: a lot more enjoyable and entertaining. Keep up the good work,

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Speaker 3: and the odd mention of Donna still makes me laugh.

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Speaker 3: Another one from zot zot good blend, four stars only

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Speaker 3: how about we changed that to a five? Mate wrote nice,

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Speaker 3: She wrote nice blend. They wrote a nice blend of

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Speaker 3: banter and info that I actually find useful and interesting.

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Speaker 2: Episode with Paul Cardigan switches me.

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Speaker 3: Away from pure EV's a few John and then I'll

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Speaker 3: rebomber out here. Two more actually, one from Mardy three

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Speaker 3: one ninety five my favorite podcast. Eagerly look forward to

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Speaker 3: this dropping every fortnight. And then last one I read

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Speaker 3: out from Toby the Great okayv title legends. Uh huh

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Speaker 3: yep present awesome podcasts. Keep up the great work, way

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Speaker 3: better than the lame at Drive podcast.

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Speaker 1: Now hang on. I will not have a bad word

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Speaker 1: said about our colleagues.

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Speaker 3: No, mainly because of legal issues. But yes I didn't

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Speaker 3: say that.

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Speaker 1: That's exactly right.

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Speaker 2: I've run out of money. This was a fun show.

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Speaker 1: Fuck up Scalore. Yes, thank you for listening, and please

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Speaker 1: leave us five stars and get in touch.

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Speaker 2: Probably won't after you okay,