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Hello, and welcome to Life After Blindness. I

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am your host, Tim Schwartz. And as ever,

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I am joined

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by two wonderful gentlemen,

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very posh, very men of the town lately,

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gentlemen.

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First up, Lord Robin Christofferson.

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Hello, Robin.

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Hello,

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everybody.

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How you doing?

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How are you doing, Tim? I'm I'm doing

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alright. I've I've I've had

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a very non eventful week. So, so it's

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good, I guess. Yeah. I know. Very, very

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boring. Alright. You people. And These dulcet tones

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are those. I was just gonna say that.

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Took the words right out of my mouth.

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The the fabulous dosset tones of Sean Preece.

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Hello, Sean.

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Hello, Tim. Hello, Robin. What go on?

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Oh, great. I don't

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I feel

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Yes. Like a million billion trillion billion million

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trillion I feel like a Google dollars.

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Why?

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Wow. Why? Because I've done two

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seshies on the old exercise bikes day. Oh

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thoroughly. I thought you were addicted.

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I mean, you don't stop going on about

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this new Buzzing. Spinning

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YouTube lessons that you do. Endorphins.

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I'm a new man.

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Are you? I'm a new man. You were

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you were a fit anyway, weren't you?

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How many sessions of something have you done,

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today already,

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Sean?

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About well, firstly, never forget my name again,

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Tim. And secondly,

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I've done so much. It's mine is all

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mental work, and that burns calories. It's been

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researched, and it's been proven in, medical papers

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that mental workouts are, in fact,

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more energetic than Yeah. Physical workouts. Isn't that

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right? Robin Kristofferson MBE,

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CBE. It is. Doctor. I can I can

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definitely attribute,

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very significant medical research to that fact? Thank

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you. Validated,

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bottom no. Copper bottoms. Bottomed? Oh, dear. Anyway,

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let's move on. Yes. Let's please move on.

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And and in my defense,

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Sean,

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one of you, you or Steven, needs to

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change your name because you know for years

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I do that. The the s sound at

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the beginning, it just

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keeps me I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Because they

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start with the same letter. Is that confusing

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to you, Tim? Oh. Oh. It it does

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confuse my my tongue sometimes.

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Prawn.

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What about prawn? Would that be fine? Prawn?

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We'll call him prawn. Yeah. For sure.

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Prawn is the same. Sorry. It's like I'm

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back at school. Okay. Yeah. Who is he?

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James Potter. Anyway. Let's stop stop believing me.

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Oh, let's tell you what. Let's let's call

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him Prawn for the rest of the show.

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Harry Potter.

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I mean,

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I am so utterly sick of it.

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What? Sarah. I've said I dare you. Why

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why are you sick of Harry Potter? Because

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Sarah, my better half, has suddenly found Harry

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Potter. Twenty years too late, but she's found

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it. She's read all the books.

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Now she's bought all the movies. And as

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we speak right now, she is, watching,

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what's it, a fantastic beast?

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The story of find them. Albus Dumbledore or

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something like that. No. It's a Secrets of

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Dumbledore.

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Yes. The newest movie is. Yes. Oh, is

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that the newest one? Yeah. The the Secrets

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of Dumbledore is the third movie. Yes.

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Oh, well, she's watching that one first. She's

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doing it in the wrong order. Oh, no.

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other ones. The the ones about Newt Scamander.

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There's a That's it. For you. Mhmm. Yes.

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Well, that's just come in.

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That that's how it this film starts with

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with the Newt Scamander,

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and his

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suitcase which grew legs and ran after him.

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one. That's that's the first one. Okay. You

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just don't know. I actually don't know, and

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I'm not interested. It's funny you say that

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because I've been doing a reread of Harry

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Potter here recently. Probably my fifth or sixth

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time of each book. I don't know. Yeah.

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five. So No. You're not. Yes. I am,

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I've been doing a reread. No. You haven't.

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Oh, you're not gonna give me one of

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these, because you're listening to it in audiobook.

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You're not reading

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live I kind of am. You are listening

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to the audiobook,

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but you are not listening to Stephen Fry.

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How do you know?

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I just know because you're one of them

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there Americans. You'll be listening to Jim Dale.

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Well, actually,

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I have Jim Dale in my Audible account

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because there's that that's the only version that

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Audible in The US offers. Mhmm. However,

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I have the files.

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I have been Stolen.

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Granted the files of Stephen Fry. Bequeath.

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Yeah. Bequeath. There you go. Thank you.

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I I I do, I have obtained

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the files of Stephen Fry reading, and I

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have read the Stephen Fry version. So thank

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you very much.

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Oh, okay. I'll let you off. Stephen Fry

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is a national treasure. Jeez. I could pass

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it. He's so he he could read anything.

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Absolutely amazing. Really, really good. Yes. I'm not

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gonna ask you which you prefer, Tim, but

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which do you prefer?

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You're not gonna ask me, but you're gonna

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ask me anyway. Yes. You know, it's really

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hard because they both are very, very good.

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On Jim Dale. Yeah. Yeah. There's certain characters

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that each of them do better than the

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other, maybe. So that's probably the best way

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to answer it. Like, if I could pick

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and choose, like, okay, this voice and then

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that voice for this character and this voice

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and that expression. You know what I mean?

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Like, there's a great mixture of the two

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that you could that you could really put

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together. But

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point No. Pick one fully over the other.

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That's No. Stephen Fry is the correct answer.

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Hard. I think there's more differentiation in his

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characters, I think. You can't listen to Jim

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Dell without thinking of the Carry On films

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and him oogling Bob Windsor's nipple tassels. I'm

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sorry. He's ruined it forever.

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I think him as the, traveling show

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magician person in, Pete's Dragon. I was just

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gonna say that that, I I have seen

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the Carry On films, and so I know

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that. But for me as a kid, my

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Pete's Dragon. So, yeah, that's that's where I

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of Jim Dale. Never seen it. Never seen

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it. Pete's Dragon, Disney movie. Scott, the head

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of a camel. The ears are

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me. Oh, it's great. It's really It's not

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it's not the best,

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film ever. Where are we going? Sorry. I

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don't know where we're going, but that's what

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for for long time listeners, they do know

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because they need to get an email this

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Not this specifically, but just about topics that

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next, you know, coming months.

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But for long time listeners, they know that

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the roundtable

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type edition of Life After Blindness

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Oh. Which we had done a couple episodes

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take care of. And so they. Yeah. I

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Guy Talks Tech. And so, yeah, it's kinda

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That's a big word. Oh, well done you.

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if it could be either one. Weekend.

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Does it matter? The I mean, this No.

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children's show when they have a a new

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dog. Institution. They just let, you know, let

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the, the viewers name it. So

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opinions first, but that's okay. I guess I

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ruin it. No. That's okay. No. So yeah.

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If it if it verify

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Tortoisegate.

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Oh, what do they call it? Tortee the

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Tortoise Face Tortoise?

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Blue Peter after the Tortoisegate

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episode.

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Well, what do they do to it? Kill

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it? Well, they instructed,

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because it's a very informative and entertaining show

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for kids, they,

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showed the viewing public how to, put your

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tortoise to bed to hibernate for the winter,

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but they got it wrong. And thousands of

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tortoises around the country

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they weren't allowed any Yeah. Because they had

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pets. They always had, like, pets and, you

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How do you how do you put a

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tortoise to sleep wrong?

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do it in your garage. But as they

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hand and a rat stick in a box.

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Throw you the temperature or something. I don't

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I don't know. Can I just say, for

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legal reasons, please do not hit your tortoise

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over the head with a hammer? That is

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not the correct way to put it into

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Yes. No. There's a little button under the

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shell. Yeah. Under the air for ten seconds.

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Yeah. The tortoise,

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opinions of of mister Sean Preece are not

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endorsed by Life After Blindness or Yes. Yeah.

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Right. Right. So yes. So on that wow.

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Depressing note. Jeez. Let's let's pick this up.

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So, So, yeah, if anybody has any, ideas,

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thoughts, suggestions,

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please email me. Send your emails to tim@lifeafterblindness.com,

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and I'd be very happy to see what

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you guys think about naming this particular episode

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of the show. And if you do have,

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suggestions about what you would like to hear

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us try to,

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talk about for topics in the future,

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please let me know. Again, tim@lifeafterblindness.com.

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So,

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gentlemen,

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anything interesting going on lately? Anything that you,

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wanna pick up on?

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That sounds rather leading, wouldn't you say, Robin?

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I don't know. Are you talking about news?

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Are you talking about hot topics? Or are

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you talking about,

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exercise bikes and Oh, please don't get me

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started. I'm talking about before we hit recording,

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you said, oh, are we gonna be talking

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about this? Yeah. That's a good idea. Yeah.

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It's all the magic, Robin. Jeez, Robin. Wow.

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Yes, Robin. I'm talking about recent news or

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hot topics that either of you would love

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to discuss,

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and, make sure to, include in this week's

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episode. Robin,

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do you personally,

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specifically have anything? I need a second chance.

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Yeah. Breaking news.

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Yes. When you cut your toenails, you gotta

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do it straight What? Across. That is really,

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really important. Otherwise, if you're ingrown toenails No.

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No. Be hospitalized,

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then you'll get a hospital borne infection No.

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No. No. No. And it'll end in tears.

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No. No. Listen. Shut up. No. See, they

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say that when you cut your toenails cut

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it straight. I don't. Right? You cut it

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straight and then you've got those things at

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the side which are really weird and you

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pull them out and then your toe your

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toe starts bleeding.

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I don't either.

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And I didn't know this was a thing.

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But Judith does. Is that too much information?

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Sorry, Judith. Yes. A bit. Yes. Judith does.

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And she hasn't got those kind of deep

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grooves down the side.

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Oh, no. That's weird. Yeah. See? Because she's

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always done that from from birth.

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Is she is she part of the Illuminati

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or something? She a a lizard person?

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But no. I wouldn't have,

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realized the difference. But, yeah. Don't cut around

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because then you'll have to go. Right. That's

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weird, Robin. Anyway, I wanna talk about the

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Amazon event that just happened.

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You do? Well, sure. I'm I'm just such

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a event? Do tell.

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Ah. Of course there was. Wow. There was

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a recent Amazon event. And as ever with

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Amazon events, it wasn't live streamed. You know,

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you couldn't hey. Not any of the hoi

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polloi could watch it and tune in. You

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could get a special edition of this their

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Amazon contacts to send them the streaming link.

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Yes. We and we begged. And they said

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Yes. No. It's

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it's only proper media only. You like Who

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are you? Yeah. Double what?

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Yeah. They're probably gonna stop sending us gear

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as well.

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No? What do you mean? Probably persona non

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grata. No. That can't happen.

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Yes. It it was a invitation only streaming

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event. But, hey. I mean, everyone was live

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blogging it at the time, and it was

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actually, they did a really good job. Who

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do did we listen to at the time?

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Was it?

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The Verge, I think.

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The Verge. At Times Hardware. The Verge,

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Wired, CNET, a bunch of different places. All

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the major ones. Yeah. They did a live

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tweet. So as the products were coming out,

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they were tweeting about it in real time.

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And the thing with the Amazon events

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is that they just

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traditionally, they just throw so much stuff at

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you. You know? It's it's all the time.

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And some of the weirdest stuff in the

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world, you know, we've had the, echo ring

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in the past. We've had the frames, the

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sunglasses, which actually Do you mean the loop?

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The actual ring?

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Oh, no. I mean the loop. Sorry. Yeah.

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The loop. Yeah. You're actually right. Like a

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ring. That was

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so cool. It Like a frame. I wish

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we had those. Yeah. But we we never

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saw them. Even the Astro robot, you know,

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that funny thing with the periscope that goes

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up and down. I mean, we haven't actually

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seen that anywhere, have we? It's Not in

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The UK. Demonstrated. Over here. Yeah. It's it's

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in beta testing in United States. You're on.

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Yeah. So it's again, that's like invitation only

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products.

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So, but it it makes it so

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I love it. It's like, Willy Wonka of

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tech. It's just that you just don't know

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what you're gonna get with Amazon.

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With that being said, this one was actually

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pretty pedestrian. So I don't know if there

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is a lot to talk about with the

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latest one because there wasn't actually, hey. Here's

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the next generation

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of your Echo smart speaker. It was more

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of, hey. We're rolling out these updates. There

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are a new,

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there are some new hardware improvements to like

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the echo dot with the clock,

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and the, echo dot fourth gen.

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But nothing you would, you know, that that

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some of the features are actually being rolled

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back to the the ones you've already got

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in your house anyway. They'll be coming to

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that. So,

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yeah, it wasn't as exciting as they usually

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are, but, it was still pretty cool. They

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did open up the, development for software,

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you know, updates to Astro, you know, so

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third party software developers can

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can design for it. But my question is

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I mean, this is why these guys get

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paid the money because, maybe I'm just not

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that creative, but

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what can they have Astro do? Or what

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Well, I mean, that is very easy. Yeah.

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I think, you know, developers, if they start

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using that, I think things will be looking

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up.

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Oh, dear. Like, the dog will be looking

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up?

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Oh, stop it.

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I I I actually think oh, what was

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that thing I always wanted as a chart?

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Shut up, Robin. What was that thing? You

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make out of cardboard and mirrors. No. No.

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No. No. No. I'm not talking about the

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periscope now. These are like Mhmm. There was

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this remote control thing that had, like, a

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keypad

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keypad on the top. Is it called big

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tracks or something?

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It was the same time when Simon came

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out. So we're talking, like, early eighties. And

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he used to program it, and it was

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like a remote controlled car with caterpillar tracks,

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and it used to go off and do

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things. And they used to always show it

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on the advert, like, with a tray on

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top of it taking a drink to someone

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and things like that. Obviously, never worked when

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you tried that. It just wouldn't move because

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it was too heavy. But

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I I I think this is,

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you know, giving developers access to basically, you

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know, a a a smart speaker on legs.

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It's actually pretty cool. I would be interested

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to see what they come up with. But

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it does kind of make me think also

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that Amazon couldn't find anything. They couldn't find

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that killer

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application for it. Do you know what I

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mean?

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They talked about

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home safety, didn't they? And they did a

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lot of stuff about safety and security,

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including services and that sort of thing. So

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they're they're kind of moving into the subscription

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service area as well, which, you know, good

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for them. I think that's great. But, yeah,

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they didn't talk about the Always Home Cam,

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which they

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launched launched last year. It's a little, droid

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thing. No. Drone.

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In home drone.

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Which I think would do a much better

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job of surveilling your house compared to a

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little trundly robot. Although I don't think it

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can go upstairs either. But,

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yeah. I think

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as far as practical uses, it can't bring

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you anything, can it? Yeah. The Astro can.

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I mean, you've gotta put something on it.

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So it can't do it automatically. But say

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yeah. Say someone's in the kitchen, and you're

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like, hey. You get me a drink or

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give me this or that, and they can

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set it on the tray that the Astro

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has, and then it can bring it to

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you. So, I mean, for extraordinarily

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lazy people or, to be fair, people with

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disabilities, this is the first thing I thought

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of when the Astro came out, is that

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it would be something great for people with

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a mobility,

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disability,

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you know, something like that along those lines

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because it would be able to

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take things. You know? So what it doesn't

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even have to be a can of something

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or or a tray or a plate or

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whatever. I mean, it could be a backpack.

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It could be anything that you just need

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help

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carrying or or having taken from one room

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to another or something like that. So there

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there is a practical,

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usage for, you know, being able to put

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something on a smart robot that can then

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take it wherever you want it to go.

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I think that would be very, very beneficial.

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Yeah. But do you think this is it?

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Because if that was the case, I'm sure

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Amazon would Amazon would be pushing that aspect

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of it to the hill. And I'd I

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I think that I think it's very low

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weight limit.

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Yeah. That's exactly it. There's there's weight limitations

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to what could actually Yes. I mean, maybe

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some medication and things like that, but, you

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know, it's not gonna be carrying your well,

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at least my dinner, my KFC barking bucket.

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It's probably not gonna be carrying that to

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me anytime soon. But still look it's it's

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a cool it's it's the first really. I

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hate to use the phrase. I'm gonna put

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it in air quotes.

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The first sort of domestic

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robot, and it can't really do anything. Let's

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be fair,

515
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But it's the first time we've seen this.

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This is gen one. Right? So I'm still

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quite interested in it. I wouldn't buy the

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thing probably.

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Well, you know, I think the, the truth

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is in the name because if they meant

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it to be helpful

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rather than calling it Astro, they would have

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called it Rosie.

524
00:18:44,865 --> 00:18:47,265
So maybe the next iteration or the the

525
00:18:47,265 --> 00:18:48,384
helpful Oh, that's fine. See what I did

526
00:18:48,384 --> 00:18:51,025
there? Yeah. Uh-huh. So the the more helpful

527
00:18:51,025 --> 00:18:53,025
down the road iteration of it will be

528
00:18:53,025 --> 00:18:55,025
Rosie as opposed to Astro. Right. It's the

529
00:18:55,025 --> 00:18:57,025
Jetsons. It's an American thing. We did we

530
00:18:57,025 --> 00:18:59,190
never got it. You had the Jetsons. We

531
00:18:59,190 --> 00:19:00,789
never had the Jetsons. How dare you? I

532
00:19:00,789 --> 00:19:02,169
don't know what you're talking about.

533
00:19:03,109 --> 00:19:04,869
As he talks about it and got the

534
00:19:04,869 --> 00:19:06,490
reference. But, yeah. Sure. Uh-huh.

535
00:19:07,750 --> 00:19:09,669
I don't think they did. Was there anything

536
00:19:09,669 --> 00:19:10,169
else?

537
00:19:12,065 --> 00:19:14,545
The the new TVs, of course. 65 inch

538
00:19:14,545 --> 00:19:17,444
and 75 inch Amazon making their own TVs.

539
00:19:17,664 --> 00:19:18,164
And

540
00:19:18,545 --> 00:19:20,464
not a budget one either, which I thought

541
00:19:20,464 --> 00:19:21,525
was quite surprising.

542
00:19:21,904 --> 00:19:23,505
Starting at I think it was starting at

543
00:19:23,505 --> 00:19:26,484
$6.07 $9.09 for the 65 inch.

544
00:19:27,950 --> 00:19:29,470
They were you know, they held all the

545
00:19:29,470 --> 00:19:32,690
bells and whistles of Dolby Vision and HDR

546
00:19:32,750 --> 00:19:35,809
10 and whatever else and the presence detection

547
00:19:35,869 --> 00:19:37,710
as well. So when you leave the room,

548
00:19:37,710 --> 00:19:39,549
it can either turn off or pause what

549
00:19:39,549 --> 00:19:41,390
you're watching. And when you come back in,

550
00:19:41,390 --> 00:19:43,384
it turns on and or restarts.

551
00:19:44,724 --> 00:19:46,345
It was actually pretty cool.

552
00:19:46,805 --> 00:19:47,445
But I thought it

553
00:19:48,404 --> 00:19:50,984
most of Amazon's Amazon's products are

554
00:19:51,285 --> 00:19:52,105
really affordable.

555
00:19:52,644 --> 00:19:54,565
But when it came to the telly, they

556
00:19:54,565 --> 00:19:56,730
sort of it seems like they're aiming at

557
00:19:56,730 --> 00:19:57,869
a different demographic.

558
00:19:58,250 --> 00:19:59,950
I don't think they could have done

559
00:20:00,410 --> 00:20:02,570
a so so TV panel, could they? Because

560
00:20:02,570 --> 00:20:04,170
that would have just gone down like a

561
00:20:04,170 --> 00:20:05,549
lip balloon, don't you think?

562
00:20:06,650 --> 00:20:08,329
Well, I mean, you've got a budget TV.

563
00:20:08,329 --> 00:20:10,825
They've had budget, quote, unquote, you know, budget,

564
00:20:11,224 --> 00:20:14,265
Amazon televisions already. So maybe this is just

565
00:20:14,265 --> 00:20:15,704
their way of saying, hey. You know what?

566
00:20:15,704 --> 00:20:18,365
We can also do this. Woah. Woah. Where?

567
00:20:18,585 --> 00:20:19,865
What do you mean they have budget? Kind

568
00:20:19,865 --> 00:20:21,544
of the stick the streaming stick and the

569
00:20:21,544 --> 00:20:23,309
cube and stuff. Well, they've got the sticks,

570
00:20:23,309 --> 00:20:26,210
but then they they've got smaller Amazon televisions

571
00:20:26,349 --> 00:20:26,750
that,

572
00:20:27,309 --> 00:20:29,390
that aren't so expensive. Maybe they don't have

573
00:20:29,390 --> 00:20:31,710
those in UK either. I don't know. Oh.

574
00:20:31,710 --> 00:20:33,630
But Or like an Amazon brand, you mean?

575
00:20:33,630 --> 00:20:35,869
Yeah. Amazon branded TVs. Yeah. These are called

576
00:20:35,869 --> 00:20:36,609
Fire TV

577
00:20:37,295 --> 00:20:37,795
Omni.

578
00:20:38,974 --> 00:20:41,054
They are. Yes. Yeah. As a as as

579
00:20:41,054 --> 00:20:43,634
opposed to the regular Amazon Fire TVs.

580
00:20:44,494 --> 00:20:46,095
Yeah. Because they have the Fire TVs, which

581
00:20:46,095 --> 00:20:47,855
are TVs, then they have the TV stick,

582
00:20:47,855 --> 00:20:49,509
then they have the cube. They have all

583
00:20:49,509 --> 00:20:51,109
kinds of things. So, yeah, they've had TVs

584
00:20:51,109 --> 00:20:53,190
before. They've just not been this elaborate and

585
00:20:53,190 --> 00:20:53,690
expensive.

586
00:20:53,990 --> 00:20:55,990
In The UK, we missed those as well.

587
00:20:55,990 --> 00:20:58,630
I'm still waiting for the, the microwave. We

588
00:20:58,630 --> 00:21:00,069
we we don't even have that. Right? So

589
00:21:00,230 --> 00:21:01,829
A friend of mine has the microwave and

590
00:21:01,829 --> 00:21:04,634
absolutely loves it. Yeah. It's it's it's really,

591
00:21:04,634 --> 00:21:07,434
really, really I'd love it. They actually Frames.

592
00:21:07,434 --> 00:21:09,554
Frames, please. I think it's for, like, a

593
00:21:09,554 --> 00:21:11,595
a a 50¢ or something like that. They'll

594
00:21:11,595 --> 00:21:12,974
put a a braille overlay

595
00:21:13,595 --> 00:21:16,075
on the, on the on the, microwave for

596
00:21:16,075 --> 00:21:17,274
you so that you can have a braille

597
00:21:17,274 --> 00:21:19,450
overlay. Yeah. They charge you for it. I

598
00:21:19,450 --> 00:21:21,929
dare they. I know. He was like, wait.

599
00:21:21,929 --> 00:21:24,089
Like, what? I mean, it's not like it's

600
00:21:24,089 --> 00:21:26,490
a big deal, but really? Yeah. You can't

601
00:21:26,490 --> 00:21:28,169
just slap it on there for me? Thanks.

602
00:21:28,169 --> 00:21:28,669
Yeah.

603
00:21:29,210 --> 00:21:30,890
But I actually I thought it was interesting

604
00:21:30,890 --> 00:21:31,390
because

605
00:21:31,964 --> 00:21:34,525
Amazon this year did kind of go in

606
00:21:34,525 --> 00:21:36,924
that bigger, more expensive route because they did

607
00:21:36,924 --> 00:21:38,144
put out a new tablet,

608
00:21:39,005 --> 00:21:40,085
that's in the

609
00:21:40,525 --> 00:21:41,964
about $350

610
00:21:41,964 --> 00:21:44,970
range. So it really competes with the iPad,

611
00:21:45,029 --> 00:21:46,009
you know, the educational,

612
00:21:46,789 --> 00:21:48,710
version that we always talk about. Entry level

613
00:21:48,710 --> 00:21:50,869
iPad. The entry level iPad. So instead of

614
00:21:50,869 --> 00:21:53,849
doing a, you know, $70.80 dollar or less,

615
00:21:54,149 --> 00:21:56,329
you know, Amazon, you know, Fire tablet,

616
00:21:56,644 --> 00:21:59,384
they went with this more expensive tablet which

617
00:21:59,444 --> 00:22:01,044
has what is it called? The scribble or

618
00:22:01,044 --> 00:22:01,625
the scribe?

619
00:22:02,164 --> 00:22:04,484
Kindle scribe. So it's not like a Fire

620
00:22:04,484 --> 00:22:05,924
tablet per se, is it? It's more of

621
00:22:05,924 --> 00:22:07,684
a well, it is one of the Kindle

622
00:22:07,684 --> 00:22:10,085
family. It is. Yeah. I don't know if

623
00:22:10,085 --> 00:22:11,384
it's e ink or

624
00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:13,960
your your normal kind of is it LCD

625
00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:16,039
you'd have on the other five tablets? Yeah.

626
00:22:16,039 --> 00:22:17,960
I believe this is the e ink screen

627
00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:20,039
go going just purely off the battery life.

628
00:22:20,039 --> 00:22:21,319
I would have I would have thought so.

629
00:22:21,319 --> 00:22:22,759
Yeah. It would have to be. With a

630
00:22:22,759 --> 00:22:24,200
pen and everything. Yeah. So you can do

631
00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:26,505
markups and notes and things like that. So,

632
00:22:26,505 --> 00:22:28,025
yeah, I I looked at this as kind

633
00:22:28,025 --> 00:22:30,904
of a, you know, junior edition of of,

634
00:22:30,904 --> 00:22:32,424
like you said, you know, the the entry

635
00:22:32,424 --> 00:22:32,924
level

636
00:22:33,305 --> 00:22:36,105
Apple iPad. And so it's interesting they're getting

637
00:22:36,105 --> 00:22:38,105
into that level. They've got so many products

638
00:22:38,105 --> 00:22:38,700
that are

639
00:22:39,259 --> 00:22:41,259
the entry level or even just the regular

640
00:22:41,259 --> 00:22:43,039
level, you know, the dots and and things

641
00:22:43,259 --> 00:22:45,579
that are so inexpensive, so easy to get

642
00:22:45,579 --> 00:22:47,980
into. And now they're they're adding a little

643
00:22:47,980 --> 00:22:49,500
bit more of a middle or high end

644
00:22:49,500 --> 00:22:51,625
to their product line. So Yeah. I I

645
00:22:51,704 --> 00:22:53,704
it's not totally unexpected, but it is a

646
00:22:53,704 --> 00:22:55,304
bit of a turn from what they're they're

647
00:22:55,304 --> 00:22:56,125
usually doing.

648
00:22:56,505 --> 00:22:58,184
For me, we've buried the lead, I think,

649
00:22:58,184 --> 00:23:01,644
which was, personally, anyway, the Eero integration. So

650
00:23:01,944 --> 00:23:04,025
I'm talking to you over an Eero mesh

651
00:23:04,025 --> 00:23:05,944
network at the moment. I've not been wired

652
00:23:05,944 --> 00:23:08,390
for years and years, and it's rock solid.

653
00:23:08,850 --> 00:23:09,350
These,

654
00:23:10,049 --> 00:23:11,890
you know, there's a base station that you

655
00:23:11,890 --> 00:23:12,390
can

656
00:23:13,009 --> 00:23:14,230
connect to your

657
00:23:15,090 --> 00:23:15,990
service provider's

658
00:23:16,529 --> 00:23:19,570
router and then switch the Wi Fi off

659
00:23:19,570 --> 00:23:21,605
from your, you know, the the router that

660
00:23:21,605 --> 00:23:23,845
your ISP gave you because you don't want

661
00:23:23,845 --> 00:23:25,365
any device to ever connect to it ever

662
00:23:25,365 --> 00:23:28,164
again. And then these base stations send out

663
00:23:28,164 --> 00:23:30,724
really, really rock solid signals and you can

664
00:23:30,724 --> 00:23:33,365
boost with little, boosters that you can plug

665
00:23:33,365 --> 00:23:35,190
in around the house as you need them

666
00:23:35,190 --> 00:23:36,490
to get really good coverage.

667
00:23:37,029 --> 00:23:37,529
And

668
00:23:37,909 --> 00:23:39,750
being a mesh network, in case people aren't

669
00:23:39,750 --> 00:23:41,369
aware, it's the same

670
00:23:42,630 --> 00:23:44,549
network the whole way through with the same

671
00:23:44,549 --> 00:23:46,710
IP address and everything. Your your devices won't

672
00:23:46,710 --> 00:23:47,210
even,

673
00:23:47,704 --> 00:23:49,625
you know, know the difference to which one

674
00:23:49,625 --> 00:23:51,464
they're connecting to. So it's very different from

675
00:23:51,464 --> 00:23:52,765
the old boosters which,

676
00:23:53,305 --> 00:23:54,605
you know, you gave the

677
00:23:54,984 --> 00:23:56,984
network the same name in each case, but

678
00:23:56,984 --> 00:23:59,865
actually the devices were reluctant to let go

679
00:23:59,865 --> 00:24:01,224
of one and jump on the other even

680
00:24:01,224 --> 00:24:02,585
though the signal was stronger on the other

681
00:24:02,585 --> 00:24:05,119
ones. So mesh is where it's at these

682
00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:05,619
days.

683
00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:07,359
And when I bought my Euros, you know,

684
00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:08,500
there were hundreds of dollars.

685
00:24:09,279 --> 00:24:11,839
And talking about prices coming down, now they're

686
00:24:11,839 --> 00:24:13,059
going to be built into

687
00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:14,660
the new

688
00:24:15,855 --> 00:24:18,174
echoes, dots, and no. Is it the dot?

689
00:24:18,174 --> 00:24:20,535
Yeah. The the the standard It is. Yeah.

690
00:24:20,894 --> 00:24:23,214
Fifth gen, would it be called? And the

691
00:24:23,214 --> 00:24:23,714
dot.

692
00:24:24,095 --> 00:24:24,595
And

693
00:24:25,695 --> 00:24:28,275
backwardly is it backwardly switched on for

694
00:24:28,809 --> 00:24:31,049
It is. Yes. Any of the fourth gen

695
00:24:31,049 --> 00:24:33,289
dots, I'm assuming that they the,

696
00:24:33,769 --> 00:24:34,509
the standard

697
00:24:34,890 --> 00:24:36,750
echo fourth gen as well

698
00:24:37,289 --> 00:24:38,509
So will have it.

699
00:24:38,890 --> 00:24:41,369
Yeah. So this is just for boosters. So

700
00:24:41,369 --> 00:24:43,150
you will still need to get the main

701
00:24:43,484 --> 00:24:45,805
base station kind of thing, and that'll be

702
00:24:45,805 --> 00:24:47,424
probably a couple of $100.

703
00:24:47,884 --> 00:24:50,365
But the boosters weren't cheap. They were sort

704
00:24:50,365 --> 00:24:51,805
of 80 or 90. I don't know what

705
00:24:51,805 --> 00:24:53,884
you they go for now. But being built

706
00:24:53,884 --> 00:24:55,345
into echoes, which you've

707
00:24:55,740 --> 00:24:58,380
probably already got fourth gen or that you,

708
00:24:58,380 --> 00:25:00,299
you know, will be upgrading sooner or later.

709
00:25:00,299 --> 00:25:01,900
Because they're, like you were saying Tim, cheap

710
00:25:01,900 --> 00:25:04,220
as chips, really, and to have a built

711
00:25:04,220 --> 00:25:05,359
in eero booster.

712
00:25:05,819 --> 00:25:08,799
And because Amazon already knows all your WiFi

713
00:25:09,019 --> 00:25:11,019
information, if you tick that box before you

714
00:25:11,019 --> 00:25:13,275
buy a product, then it will literally just

715
00:25:13,275 --> 00:25:14,255
be plug and play.

716
00:25:14,634 --> 00:25:18,394
So, yeah. I can't speak highly enough of

717
00:25:18,394 --> 00:25:21,674
Eero's as the option for home networking. Really,

718
00:25:21,674 --> 00:25:22,414
really good.

719
00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:25,980
Wow. I I think Were you bringing Are

720
00:25:25,980 --> 00:25:28,619
they Yeah. Are they bringing out new Eros

721
00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:31,240
as well, though? Because the last ones they

722
00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:33,320
brought out didn't have any Ethernet ports in

723
00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:33,820
them.

724
00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:35,960
And that for me is a no no

725
00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:38,359
because I'm I'm using wired from the main

726
00:25:38,794 --> 00:25:40,634
from the house to the shed. I've got

727
00:25:40,634 --> 00:25:41,694
an Ethernet wire,

728
00:25:42,394 --> 00:25:44,095
and that's running off a satellite.

729
00:25:44,394 --> 00:25:47,194
I've used the Orbi mesh network system, and

730
00:25:47,194 --> 00:25:48,174
I have a satellite

731
00:25:48,714 --> 00:25:50,794
router, if you will, in the living room,

732
00:25:50,794 --> 00:25:52,335
which is then ethernetted

733
00:25:52,634 --> 00:25:55,569
out to the shed here. So I would

734
00:25:55,569 --> 00:25:56,389
need something

735
00:25:56,849 --> 00:25:58,849
that, that allows me to plug a Ethernet

736
00:25:58,849 --> 00:25:59,349
cable.

737
00:26:00,129 --> 00:26:02,609
And I the the the last generation didn't

738
00:26:02,609 --> 00:26:03,349
allow that.

739
00:26:03,730 --> 00:26:06,309
I'm not aware that any of them do.

740
00:26:06,849 --> 00:26:08,744
Boo. So So when you've got your ethernet

741
00:26:08,744 --> 00:26:11,144
cable coming into your shed, fabled shed, would

742
00:26:11,144 --> 00:26:13,065
that just go straight into one device or

743
00:26:13,065 --> 00:26:14,285
does that go into a,

744
00:26:15,305 --> 00:26:16,765
what does it go into at the moment?

745
00:26:16,825 --> 00:26:19,085
What? When it goes into into the shed?

746
00:26:19,225 --> 00:26:21,029
Yeah. Because you need to have Wi Fi

747
00:26:21,029 --> 00:26:23,233
in there for your dot for your echoes

748
00:26:23,233 --> 00:26:25,193
and stuff. Yeah. Yeah. So when it comes

749
00:26:25,193 --> 00:26:27,152
into here, it goes into a network switch,

750
00:26:27,152 --> 00:26:29,356
which then cables into my, you know, Ethernet

751
00:26:29,356 --> 00:26:31,560
cables into my laptop. And then into, and

752
00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:33,520
this is retro, into an old Apple Air

753
00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:35,224
port. Is it called? Wireless,

754
00:26:36,085 --> 00:26:38,325
router, which I use for the studio network

755
00:26:38,325 --> 00:26:38,825
here.

756
00:26:39,765 --> 00:26:41,525
But, yeah, obviously, I still need something with

757
00:26:41,525 --> 00:26:43,625
the Ethernet to connect it into the house.

758
00:26:43,765 --> 00:26:46,025
So it did mention something about PoE

759
00:26:46,539 --> 00:26:47,440
and the Eero's

760
00:26:48,059 --> 00:26:48,559
system,

761
00:26:49,019 --> 00:26:50,720
which is power over Ethernet.

762
00:26:51,019 --> 00:26:53,680
So you you don't need, to plug the,

763
00:26:54,539 --> 00:26:57,819
Eero's extenders into the mains for, you know,

764
00:26:57,819 --> 00:26:59,900
for power reasons. It get it draws its

765
00:26:59,900 --> 00:27:02,605
power from the Ethernet cable and if that's

766
00:27:02,605 --> 00:27:05,244
the case well then they must have Ethernet

767
00:27:05,244 --> 00:27:07,085
connection somewhere so maybe they are bringing out

768
00:27:07,085 --> 00:27:09,404
new ones I didn't quite understand that to

769
00:27:09,404 --> 00:27:09,984
be honest.

770
00:27:12,684 --> 00:27:15,090
I don't understand that either. Something that you

771
00:27:15,090 --> 00:27:17,849
can do. Deliver power through an Ethernet cable

772
00:27:17,849 --> 00:27:19,849
as well as data. But it was cool.

773
00:27:19,849 --> 00:27:21,069
Right? At the end of the day,

774
00:27:21,529 --> 00:27:22,589
again, there wasn't

775
00:27:22,970 --> 00:27:24,990
a whole, hey. This is now a triangle

776
00:27:25,049 --> 00:27:26,809
shaped echo. Let's all go rush out and

777
00:27:26,809 --> 00:27:28,829
buy the HECO. There wasn't that new generation

778
00:27:28,890 --> 00:27:31,565
there. But it was cool features. The latest

779
00:27:31,565 --> 00:27:33,404
dots that you buy will have, what they

780
00:27:33,404 --> 00:27:36,204
say, double the bass and less distortion, better

781
00:27:36,204 --> 00:27:36,704
clarity,

782
00:27:37,164 --> 00:27:39,724
and things like that. For tapping that dial.

783
00:27:39,724 --> 00:27:41,005
So you can bang them on the head

784
00:27:41,005 --> 00:27:42,944
to stop them. Whoever does that, nobody.

785
00:27:44,330 --> 00:27:46,650
And but as I said, the the studios

786
00:27:46,650 --> 00:27:48,410
was there as well, but it was just

787
00:27:48,410 --> 00:27:50,170
now you can buy them in white. And

788
00:27:50,170 --> 00:27:52,570
again, there were some audio improvements, but that

789
00:27:52,570 --> 00:27:54,730
was rolling backwards. So if you had the

790
00:27:54,730 --> 00:27:57,070
previous studios, you would also get those improvements.

791
00:27:57,755 --> 00:27:59,914
So, yeah, it was a slightly strange one.

792
00:27:59,914 --> 00:28:02,555
It was a more muted affair for Amazon,

793
00:28:02,555 --> 00:28:04,174
but still, it was quite interesting.

794
00:28:04,955 --> 00:28:06,255
Would you recommend your

795
00:28:06,715 --> 00:28:08,555
studio prawn for,

796
00:28:08,955 --> 00:28:10,315
prawn again? Do you call me prawn again,

797
00:28:10,315 --> 00:28:10,815
Bobby?

798
00:28:11,275 --> 00:28:12,359
We're gonna fall out.

799
00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:16,359
At the studio sound amazing to me. I

800
00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:17,660
think they're fantastic.

801
00:28:18,599 --> 00:28:20,920
Yeah. Cool. A lot of money, but still

802
00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:22,619
they sound good. As your main hi fi,

803
00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:23,740
as it were?

804
00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:25,339
Yes. Look,

805
00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:26,460
again,

806
00:28:26,825 --> 00:28:29,484
I bought a pair of 200 pound bookshelf

807
00:28:29,704 --> 00:28:31,005
self powered speakers.

808
00:28:31,545 --> 00:28:33,865
Edifier, I believe they were. Something like that.

809
00:28:33,865 --> 00:28:34,605
They sound

810
00:28:34,904 --> 00:28:35,964
absolutely amazing.

811
00:28:36,505 --> 00:28:38,424
They're they're 200 pounds, and you just, you

812
00:28:38,424 --> 00:28:40,184
know, you just connect an echo dot to

813
00:28:40,184 --> 00:28:41,805
them, and that is

814
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:43,940
the price of one

815
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:47,119
Echo Studio. Mhmm. So you are paying

816
00:28:47,759 --> 00:28:50,640
yeah. Yeah. With better separation plus they there's,

817
00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:53,039
you know, more connections. You can Bluetooth into

818
00:28:53,039 --> 00:28:55,684
them, and there's lots of other positives

819
00:28:56,224 --> 00:28:58,144
there. But, yeah, you're paying for the convenience

820
00:28:58,144 --> 00:29:00,784
of just having the power connection. They are

821
00:29:00,784 --> 00:29:03,264
wireless with the, you know, the Echo Studios,

822
00:29:03,264 --> 00:29:04,005
but still

823
00:29:04,544 --> 00:29:06,224
yeah. I think it's still quite a hard

824
00:29:06,224 --> 00:29:08,304
sell for people. They do sound nice. Don't

825
00:29:08,304 --> 00:29:09,420
get me wrong, but

826
00:29:09,900 --> 00:29:12,299
so do, you know, half the price bookshelf

827
00:29:12,299 --> 00:29:12,799
speakers.

828
00:29:13,340 --> 00:29:15,820
So, yeah, for for Amazon, I mean, it

829
00:29:15,820 --> 00:29:17,440
was definitely an interesting

830
00:29:17,820 --> 00:29:19,580
event because what was it? Two, three years

831
00:29:19,580 --> 00:29:20,960
ago, they had, like, 16

832
00:29:21,595 --> 00:29:23,434
different products that they brought out, and, I

833
00:29:23,434 --> 00:29:25,195
mean, most of those probably aren't even really

834
00:29:25,195 --> 00:29:27,835
around anymore. But, so, yeah, for them, this

835
00:29:27,835 --> 00:29:29,455
definitely was a a muted

836
00:29:29,835 --> 00:29:32,555
event announcement, but still interesting. Still advances there.

837
00:29:32,555 --> 00:29:33,055
So

838
00:29:33,355 --> 00:29:35,035
it'll be, you know, nice to have a

839
00:29:35,035 --> 00:29:37,215
little bit of of updates from them.

840
00:29:38,450 --> 00:29:40,609
But you mentioned your shed there, Sean. So

841
00:29:40,609 --> 00:29:42,210
I I wanna move on because I think

842
00:29:42,210 --> 00:29:44,369
we've Yes. I think we've we've we've covered

843
00:29:44,369 --> 00:29:44,869
Amazon.

844
00:29:45,250 --> 00:29:47,349
We have. Your shed is outside,

845
00:29:47,890 --> 00:29:50,049
and a lot of people feel probably that,

846
00:29:50,049 --> 00:29:51,490
Sean, the only time you get to go

847
00:29:51,490 --> 00:29:53,964
outside is that short walk through the garden

848
00:29:53,964 --> 00:29:56,044
to your shed. But Yes. No. No. No.

849
00:29:56,044 --> 00:29:57,884
You you actually are a are a man

850
00:29:57,884 --> 00:29:59,724
about town. Actually, both of you are. So

851
00:29:59,724 --> 00:30:01,585
I I wanna talk about this because you

852
00:30:01,884 --> 00:30:04,605
you guys have had some, interesting experiences as

853
00:30:04,605 --> 00:30:06,765
I've just locked myself away as a hermit

854
00:30:06,765 --> 00:30:08,284
in my home, you know, not really going

855
00:30:08,284 --> 00:30:10,830
anywhere other than, you know, appointments and things.

856
00:30:10,830 --> 00:30:12,190
You you guys have been getting out and

857
00:30:12,190 --> 00:30:14,690
about. So so, Sean, you left the shed.

858
00:30:14,990 --> 00:30:16,930
Actually, they left your property,

859
00:30:17,549 --> 00:30:20,430
and and you and Sarah went went, for

860
00:30:20,430 --> 00:30:21,970
a posh night on the town.

861
00:30:22,785 --> 00:30:25,285
We did. Well, you see, now that's interesting.

862
00:30:25,424 --> 00:30:27,904
Night on the town. Absolutely not. In the

863
00:30:27,904 --> 00:30:30,465
town? In the town. On the town. In

864
00:30:30,465 --> 00:30:33,345
the town. Yes. It's really interesting, but people

865
00:30:33,345 --> 00:30:35,184
say so what we did, we we thought

866
00:30:35,184 --> 00:30:37,025
we treat ourselves. So we booked a night

867
00:30:37,025 --> 00:30:39,169
in the, five star hotel

868
00:30:39,710 --> 00:30:43,150
in the, Manchester City Center. And I live

869
00:30:43,150 --> 00:30:44,829
just outside of the city center, so it

870
00:30:44,829 --> 00:30:46,750
takes about thirty minutes in a taxi to

871
00:30:46,750 --> 00:30:47,650
to get in there.

872
00:30:48,190 --> 00:30:48,690
So

873
00:30:49,069 --> 00:30:51,325
okay. I I'm I I still get a

874
00:30:51,325 --> 00:30:53,164
little bit anxious when it comes to travel.

875
00:30:53,164 --> 00:30:54,144
I I I haven't

876
00:30:54,524 --> 00:30:56,605
got over that. I still get a little

877
00:30:56,605 --> 00:30:59,244
bit tense. Right? But a lot better than

878
00:30:59,244 --> 00:31:01,964
I used to be. I'm more relaxed. So

879
00:31:01,964 --> 00:31:03,884
I order a taxi. It's all gonna be

880
00:31:03,884 --> 00:31:06,596
fine. My this is for listeners. My my

881
00:31:06,596 --> 00:31:08,829
partner's blind as well. So we order a

882
00:31:08,829 --> 00:31:09,329
taxi.

883
00:31:09,869 --> 00:31:11,710
We wait outside. I get the phone call

884
00:31:11,710 --> 00:31:14,509
saying your taxi's, you know, nearby. So we

885
00:31:14,509 --> 00:31:16,990
go outside, both with our white sticks and

886
00:31:16,990 --> 00:31:18,289
a little little suitcase,

887
00:31:18,994 --> 00:31:20,615
and we stood there. Nothing.

888
00:31:21,075 --> 00:31:22,134
Stood there. Nothing.

889
00:31:22,515 --> 00:31:24,195
And then I get a phone call from

890
00:31:24,195 --> 00:31:26,515
one of my daughters saying, he's just in

891
00:31:26,515 --> 00:31:29,174
front of you, just sat in the taxi.

892
00:31:29,715 --> 00:31:31,975
He didn't come out. He didn't say anything.

893
00:31:32,355 --> 00:31:34,470
Just sat there totally oblivious.

894
00:31:35,329 --> 00:31:35,829
Now

895
00:31:36,130 --> 00:31:39,009
okay. Maybe he didn't notice or something. I

896
00:31:39,009 --> 00:31:41,250
I don't believe that for one second. So

897
00:31:41,250 --> 00:31:43,169
I just sort of, you know, walk forward

898
00:31:43,169 --> 00:31:45,329
into the into the side of the taxi,

899
00:31:45,329 --> 00:31:47,565
so he he's gotta say something. So he

900
00:31:47,565 --> 00:31:49,484
comes out. We get in. Blah blah. Everything's

901
00:31:49,484 --> 00:31:51,024
great. Put the suitcase in the back.

902
00:31:51,404 --> 00:31:52,464
Drive to Manchester,

903
00:31:52,765 --> 00:31:53,505
thirty minutes.

904
00:31:54,204 --> 00:31:56,765
We get there, and he's listening to we

905
00:31:56,765 --> 00:31:59,005
gave him the postcode for the place, and

906
00:31:59,005 --> 00:32:00,684
he's got the the sat nav on the

907
00:32:00,684 --> 00:32:03,220
dashboard, obviously, and we're listening to it. And

908
00:32:03,220 --> 00:32:05,779
it says, you know, after after thirty minutes,

909
00:32:05,779 --> 00:32:06,440
it says,

910
00:32:06,740 --> 00:32:08,819
turn right and that you you have arrived

911
00:32:08,819 --> 00:32:11,299
at your destination. So he turns right and

912
00:32:11,299 --> 00:32:14,039
just stops, and that's it. And we

913
00:32:14,339 --> 00:32:15,940
just sit there and we say, oh, okay.

914
00:32:15,940 --> 00:32:17,559
So are we outside the hotel?

915
00:32:18,075 --> 00:32:18,575
Yeah.

916
00:32:19,194 --> 00:32:20,875
I said, okay. Can you can you walk

917
00:32:20,875 --> 00:32:21,774
us to the door?

918
00:32:22,634 --> 00:32:24,174
Originally he said, yep.

919
00:32:24,954 --> 00:32:26,794
So we just sit there waiting for him

920
00:32:26,794 --> 00:32:29,034
to get out. He doesn't move. Doesn't

921
00:32:29,515 --> 00:32:31,595
I'm sure it's just okay. This is getting

922
00:32:31,595 --> 00:32:34,029
awkward. I said, okay. So which side is

923
00:32:34,029 --> 00:32:35,869
is the hotel? Is it on the left?

924
00:32:35,869 --> 00:32:36,369
Yeah.

925
00:32:37,629 --> 00:32:39,069
Okay. So I said, what I'm gonna do,

926
00:32:39,069 --> 00:32:41,789
I'm gonna ring the hotel reception, and, I'll

927
00:32:41,789 --> 00:32:43,389
get someone to come out and meet us.

928
00:32:43,389 --> 00:32:45,389
So I tried his ringing. And, of course,

929
00:32:45,470 --> 00:32:47,775
by this stage, I'm getting slightly flustered. And

930
00:32:47,775 --> 00:32:49,875
it's a it's a telephone menu.

931
00:32:50,174 --> 00:32:51,375
Oh. So, you know, I press a lot.

932
00:32:51,375 --> 00:32:52,734
And you know what's like on the touchscreen?

933
00:32:52,734 --> 00:32:53,775
You know? I I can't I'm trying to

934
00:32:53,775 --> 00:32:55,535
listen to voice over tell me what button

935
00:32:55,535 --> 00:32:56,414
I'm on and it

936
00:32:56,894 --> 00:32:59,055
anyway, I yeah. I gave up. So I

937
00:32:59,055 --> 00:33:01,055
said, alright. We'll just go. You know? It's

938
00:33:01,055 --> 00:33:02,595
got to that point. Alright. We're going.

939
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:04,480
So he's we get so pays the guy,

940
00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:05,220
gets out.

941
00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:06,740
He drives off,

942
00:33:07,119 --> 00:33:09,140
and we're nowhere near the hotel.

943
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:10,579
There is no hotel

944
00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:13,680
nearby. We are outside of a bar, and

945
00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:15,920
I can hear everyone's outside. So I just

946
00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:18,365
walked towards the noise. Say, does anyone know

947
00:33:18,365 --> 00:33:20,784
where the Edwardian Hotel is where we stay?

948
00:33:21,325 --> 00:33:22,764
Never heard of it, mate. No. I I

949
00:33:22,764 --> 00:33:23,904
was, oh, I know.

950
00:33:24,924 --> 00:33:26,605
At least you knew that you were in

951
00:33:26,605 --> 00:33:27,664
the right ballpark

952
00:33:28,204 --> 00:33:30,220
because of the satnav. Because of the sat

953
00:33:30,220 --> 00:33:32,220
nav. Exactly. Sounds like he didn't have much

954
00:33:32,220 --> 00:33:34,700
English movie. Yeah. He didn't. And that's the

955
00:33:34,700 --> 00:33:37,179
point. Right? And it's it's fine. But he

956
00:33:37,179 --> 00:33:39,339
knew I'm sorry. It's into the white cane

957
00:33:39,339 --> 00:33:41,099
is international. If it's not a white cane,

958
00:33:41,099 --> 00:33:42,460
it's the fact that I can't make eye

959
00:33:42,460 --> 00:33:44,674
contact with you. He knew we couldn't

960
00:33:45,375 --> 00:33:46,515
see. And just to,

961
00:33:46,894 --> 00:33:47,554
you know,

962
00:33:48,015 --> 00:33:49,934
basically abandon someone like that, I don't know

963
00:33:49,934 --> 00:33:52,515
how people can do that. It is so

964
00:33:52,815 --> 00:33:53,714
bad. Now

965
00:33:54,335 --> 00:33:56,974
it it destroys your faith in humanity. Again,

966
00:33:56,974 --> 00:33:58,575
it's like, yeah. That's it. I'm never leaving

967
00:33:58,575 --> 00:33:59,394
the house again.

968
00:34:00,309 --> 00:34:02,230
But the two guys that I'd actually asked,

969
00:34:02,230 --> 00:34:04,090
you know, is there a hotel around here?

970
00:34:04,789 --> 00:34:06,789
They were so good. They looked at they

971
00:34:06,789 --> 00:34:08,630
Googled it. It's always it's at the other

972
00:34:08,630 --> 00:34:11,030
end of the street. So, you know, they

973
00:34:11,030 --> 00:34:13,275
stopped there, put their drink down, and I

974
00:34:13,275 --> 00:34:15,434
said they said, we'll take you there. So

975
00:34:15,434 --> 00:34:17,054
we we each grabbed the shoulder,

976
00:34:17,594 --> 00:34:18,954
and that was it. They took us there,

977
00:34:18,954 --> 00:34:20,014
took us to the hotel,

978
00:34:20,315 --> 00:34:22,554
and took us directly to reception, you know,

979
00:34:22,554 --> 00:34:24,194
and shook our hands and everything. They were

980
00:34:24,315 --> 00:34:26,949
Yeah. Lovely. So right there, it's like, yeah,

981
00:34:26,949 --> 00:34:29,289
that restores your faith again because the majority

982
00:34:29,349 --> 00:34:30,010
of people

983
00:34:30,390 --> 00:34:32,469
are lovely. And the majority of taxi drivers

984
00:34:32,469 --> 00:34:34,789
that I get are absolutely fantastic. You know,

985
00:34:34,789 --> 00:34:36,230
I've had them where they walk me into

986
00:34:36,230 --> 00:34:37,670
the train station and take me to the

987
00:34:37,670 --> 00:34:40,114
place to get assistance in the train station.

988
00:34:40,114 --> 00:34:42,675
Yeah. You know? It's it's they go above

989
00:34:42,675 --> 00:34:45,175
and beyond. But it's just that odd one.

990
00:34:45,315 --> 00:34:47,554
When you get someone like that, yeah. You're

991
00:34:47,554 --> 00:34:49,714
here. I've had it once or twice before

992
00:34:49,714 --> 00:34:50,914
as well when I used to go to

993
00:34:50,914 --> 00:34:52,934
the gym. That's how long ago that was.

994
00:34:53,074 --> 00:34:54,750
And it just, like, I used to go

995
00:34:54,750 --> 00:34:56,849
really early, like, 05:00 in the morning.

996
00:34:57,150 --> 00:34:58,989
Are we at the gym? Yeah. And he

997
00:34:58,989 --> 00:35:00,190
let me out. I was in the car

998
00:35:00,190 --> 00:35:01,410
park of the supermarket

999
00:35:01,789 --> 00:35:04,610
about halfway down the road. And it's like,

1000
00:35:04,910 --> 00:35:06,130
how can these people

1001
00:35:06,510 --> 00:35:08,269
not think I shouldn't have done that? You

1002
00:35:08,269 --> 00:35:09,764
know? I it drives me crazy.

1003
00:35:10,244 --> 00:35:11,924
But aside from that, the hotel was lovely.

1004
00:35:11,924 --> 00:35:12,585
Thank you.

1005
00:35:12,964 --> 00:35:14,744
Did you paint your room red?

1006
00:35:16,164 --> 00:35:17,625
Yes. With the tomato sauce.

1007
00:35:18,404 --> 00:35:21,464
See that's that's another thing. Right? People say,

1008
00:35:21,525 --> 00:35:23,284
oh, wow. That's like a city break. So

1009
00:35:23,284 --> 00:35:24,644
are you going out and about? Take a

1010
00:35:24,644 --> 00:35:25,704
walk through the city.

1011
00:35:26,219 --> 00:35:28,699
No. I am not leaving the hotel room.

1012
00:35:28,699 --> 00:35:30,780
I'm not going down to the restaurant even.

1013
00:35:30,780 --> 00:35:33,420
What I am gonna do is enjoy the

1014
00:35:33,420 --> 00:35:36,139
shower, which I love a nice hot waterfall

1015
00:35:36,139 --> 00:35:38,059
shower of a five star hotel. I was

1016
00:35:38,059 --> 00:35:39,494
just standing there for hours,

1017
00:35:39,974 --> 00:35:42,155
But I am going to absolutely destroy

1018
00:35:42,615 --> 00:35:43,515
room service.

1019
00:35:43,894 --> 00:35:45,414
That's what I'm gonna do and I'm gonna

1020
00:35:45,414 --> 00:35:47,355
relax and I'm gonna enjoy myself.

1021
00:35:48,454 --> 00:35:50,454
Because there's even a sense of guilt that

1022
00:35:50,615 --> 00:35:52,055
why are you not even going out for

1023
00:35:52,055 --> 00:35:53,940
a walk? Why why would I? I mean,

1024
00:35:54,260 --> 00:35:55,913
what do I get out of that? I

1025
00:35:55,913 --> 00:35:58,199
I I don't You do that every day.

1026
00:35:58,980 --> 00:36:01,059
No no yeah but if you're going out

1027
00:36:01,059 --> 00:36:03,219
like say I went to a different city

1028
00:36:03,219 --> 00:36:05,219
for a hotel for a proper city break

1029
00:36:05,219 --> 00:36:07,159
so I don't know say I went to

1030
00:36:07,300 --> 00:36:07,800
Glasgow.

1031
00:36:10,125 --> 00:36:12,445
If you can't see, what what is the

1032
00:36:12,445 --> 00:36:14,844
the purpose for going for that stroll if

1033
00:36:14,844 --> 00:36:17,005
you both can't see? I can understand it

1034
00:36:17,005 --> 00:36:18,125
if you got a friend who can, you

1035
00:36:18,125 --> 00:36:20,364
know, sort of guide you around. If you

1036
00:36:20,364 --> 00:36:22,445
both can't see, I mean, what do you

1037
00:36:22,445 --> 00:36:24,684
get from that? I I I'm not convinced.

1038
00:36:24,684 --> 00:36:25,184
Maybe

1039
00:36:25,579 --> 00:36:28,539
it's down to my mobility skills, but you

1040
00:36:28,539 --> 00:36:30,639
know what? I just enjoy taking

1041
00:36:31,500 --> 00:36:34,380
advantage of these services that five star hotels

1042
00:36:34,380 --> 00:36:36,219
offer. Hey. I don't do it very often,

1043
00:36:36,219 --> 00:36:37,440
so it's cool.

1044
00:36:37,855 --> 00:36:39,635
You wanna have a zero stress,

1045
00:36:40,414 --> 00:36:43,454
you know, holiday, don't you? Basically. That's the

1046
00:36:43,454 --> 00:36:45,954
point. It's having a break. Right? Yeah. Totally.

1047
00:36:46,094 --> 00:36:46,914
And, you know,

1048
00:36:47,535 --> 00:36:49,375
going out of the house on a daily

1049
00:36:49,375 --> 00:36:51,394
basis just to walk the dog or whatever

1050
00:36:51,454 --> 00:36:51,954
is

1051
00:36:52,500 --> 00:36:53,559
not stress free.

1052
00:36:54,179 --> 00:36:56,340
So, you know, you want to have something

1053
00:36:56,340 --> 00:36:58,840
where you've you could just completely switch off,

1054
00:36:59,140 --> 00:37:00,039
enjoy the

1055
00:37:00,340 --> 00:37:00,820
did you,

1056
00:37:01,460 --> 00:37:03,460
call down for room service at, like, three

1057
00:37:03,460 --> 00:37:05,059
in the morning then? I had. Just to

1058
00:37:05,059 --> 00:37:06,360
kind of change the limit.

1059
00:37:06,885 --> 00:37:09,224
Amazing toasty at 1AM.

1060
00:37:09,844 --> 00:37:11,844
Now the only thing is with five star

1061
00:37:11,844 --> 00:37:12,344
hotels

1062
00:37:12,804 --> 00:37:14,565
is that they read the so the bloke

1063
00:37:14,565 --> 00:37:15,784
comes up, the concierge,

1064
00:37:16,085 --> 00:37:17,765
I believe he was called. I don't know.

1065
00:37:17,765 --> 00:37:19,765
It's a funny name. But he came up

1066
00:37:19,765 --> 00:37:21,204
and he read the menu out, the room

1067
00:37:21,204 --> 00:37:22,025
service menu.

1068
00:37:22,530 --> 00:37:23,969
Didn't have a clue what any of it

1069
00:37:23,969 --> 00:37:24,469
meant.

1070
00:37:25,890 --> 00:37:28,530
What is a bone bone marrow broth? Are

1071
00:37:28,530 --> 00:37:30,610
you crazy? That's a Halloween thing, isn't it?

1072
00:37:30,610 --> 00:37:33,090
I'm not having that. I want pizza. I

1073
00:37:33,090 --> 00:37:35,144
want fish fingers. What's going on? I'm a

1074
00:37:35,144 --> 00:37:37,244
common man. You went to the wrong hotel.

1075
00:37:38,585 --> 00:37:41,405
But if you waited till after 11PM

1076
00:37:41,625 --> 00:37:44,445
Yes. Then you got the toasties only menu,

1077
00:37:44,664 --> 00:37:45,885
and that was for me.

1078
00:37:46,265 --> 00:37:48,059
Even then, it was the best toasty I've

1079
00:37:48,059 --> 00:37:49,660
ever had in my life. Okay. You say

1080
00:37:49,660 --> 00:37:51,340
the the food that you described to us

1081
00:37:51,340 --> 00:37:53,500
on on our WhatsApp group, oh my gosh.

1082
00:37:53,500 --> 00:37:55,660
That sounded so good. I I was just

1083
00:37:55,660 --> 00:37:57,099
like, yeah. I want I want those fish

1084
00:37:57,099 --> 00:38:00,640
and chips, like, now. That sounded so good.

1085
00:38:00,700 --> 00:38:02,355
Yeah. But it was nice. It was nice.

1086
00:38:02,355 --> 00:38:05,074
It was look. The hotel was absolutely fantastic.

1087
00:38:05,074 --> 00:38:06,275
They couldn't do enough for us. In fact,

1088
00:38:06,275 --> 00:38:08,034
the the fellow rang us up in the

1089
00:38:08,034 --> 00:38:10,215
morning at about half past eight and said,

1090
00:38:10,275 --> 00:38:12,195
is everything okay? Because you haven't come down

1091
00:38:12,195 --> 00:38:13,335
for breakfast yet.

1092
00:38:13,750 --> 00:38:16,170
Huzzah. Oh that's nice of him. I'm asleep.

1093
00:38:16,309 --> 00:38:17,210
Leave me alone.

1094
00:38:17,590 --> 00:38:20,390
So so I'm enjoying this bed and these

1095
00:38:20,390 --> 00:38:20,890
pillows

1096
00:38:21,190 --> 00:38:21,849
and Exactly.

1097
00:38:22,150 --> 00:38:24,550
I just stayed there. My favorite things about

1098
00:38:24,550 --> 00:38:26,170
staying in a hotel is the breakfast.

1099
00:38:27,135 --> 00:38:28,755
Oh, buffet. Oh, no. That's So, you know,

1100
00:38:29,054 --> 00:38:30,594
value for money, get down

1101
00:38:30,894 --> 00:38:32,574
there. That's true. Yeah. We always end up

1102
00:38:32,574 --> 00:38:34,494
going, like, you know, fifteen minutes before they're

1103
00:38:34,494 --> 00:38:36,414
about to close down the breakfast nook area

1104
00:38:36,414 --> 00:38:36,914
and

1105
00:38:37,215 --> 00:38:39,135
And you clean it out. And, basically, I

1106
00:38:39,135 --> 00:38:40,380
would just clean it out and just get

1107
00:38:40,380 --> 00:38:42,139
everything we possibly well, we wanna sleep in

1108
00:38:42,139 --> 00:38:44,219
as long as possible. But then like Robin

1109
00:38:44,219 --> 00:38:45,579
said, you will also get, you know, that

1110
00:38:45,579 --> 00:38:47,260
bang for your buck. So Oh, it's amazing.

1111
00:38:47,260 --> 00:38:48,539
Yeah. Get down there and and get that

1112
00:38:48,539 --> 00:38:50,380
breakfast. But, no, I I I I I

1113
00:38:50,380 --> 00:38:52,059
like this story, and, yeah, I mean, it's

1114
00:38:52,059 --> 00:38:53,260
the same other than I don't because I

1115
00:38:53,260 --> 00:38:54,994
don't like how you were treated, obviously, with

1116
00:38:54,994 --> 00:38:56,375
your taxi driver. But

1117
00:38:56,755 --> 00:38:58,195
I I wanted to bring it up when

1118
00:38:58,195 --> 00:38:59,635
you mentioned it the other day on WhatsApp.

1119
00:38:59,635 --> 00:39:00,675
I'm like, you know what? We have to

1120
00:39:00,675 --> 00:39:01,894
talk about this because

1121
00:39:02,434 --> 00:39:04,215
getting out for some people

1122
00:39:04,515 --> 00:39:05,255
can be

1123
00:39:05,715 --> 00:39:07,094
daunting, can be scary.

1124
00:39:07,539 --> 00:39:09,219
Some people do it very, very well, you

1125
00:39:09,219 --> 00:39:10,579
know, and get out and about and do

1126
00:39:10,579 --> 00:39:12,059
things. We'll we'll talk more about that in

1127
00:39:12,059 --> 00:39:13,559
a minute with Robin. But

1128
00:39:13,859 --> 00:39:15,400
there there sometimes

1129
00:39:15,699 --> 00:39:17,940
are those types of hurdles that you're just,

1130
00:39:17,940 --> 00:39:18,440
like,

1131
00:39:19,139 --> 00:39:22,125
almost stressing before you go sometimes. Because if

1132
00:39:22,125 --> 00:39:24,125
you've been out and about enough as a

1133
00:39:24,125 --> 00:39:26,125
blind person or or, you know, even just

1134
00:39:26,125 --> 00:39:27,724
partially sighted, you know, with the dog or

1135
00:39:27,724 --> 00:39:28,385
the cane,

1136
00:39:28,765 --> 00:39:30,305
you know that, unfortunately,

1137
00:39:30,684 --> 00:39:34,210
sometimes things could happen. You might get a

1138
00:39:34,210 --> 00:39:36,130
taxi driver or an Uber driver or somebody

1139
00:39:36,130 --> 00:39:38,369
who's going to do something like that. I've

1140
00:39:38,369 --> 00:39:39,269
actually been,

1141
00:39:39,809 --> 00:39:40,630
off somewhere.

1142
00:39:41,250 --> 00:39:42,929
In my former job, we were in Chicago

1143
00:39:42,929 --> 00:39:45,089
for training, and I was getting into, an

1144
00:39:45,089 --> 00:39:47,565
Uber with somebody who had a guide dog.

1145
00:39:47,885 --> 00:39:49,324
And as soon as they you know, we

1146
00:39:49,324 --> 00:39:51,164
opened up the back door to get in

1147
00:39:51,164 --> 00:39:53,324
and they saw the dog and they peeled

1148
00:39:53,324 --> 00:39:55,964
out of the hotel parking lot, door still

1149
00:39:55,964 --> 00:39:57,964
wide open, and that person with the dog

1150
00:39:57,964 --> 00:40:00,650
almost half into the car and just peeled

1151
00:40:00,650 --> 00:40:02,510
away and and and drove off.

1152
00:40:02,809 --> 00:40:04,590
And it's like, really? Are you

1153
00:40:04,970 --> 00:40:06,890
kidding me right now? I'm almost cursed. Are

1154
00:40:06,890 --> 00:40:08,890
you kidding me right now? Well done. Like,

1155
00:40:08,890 --> 00:40:10,329
I I think I did at the time,

1156
00:40:10,329 --> 00:40:12,250
you know, yelling at them. Like, really? Are

1157
00:40:12,250 --> 00:40:13,550
you effing kidding me?

1158
00:40:14,250 --> 00:40:17,054
But it's but it does happen, unfortunately. I

1159
00:40:17,054 --> 00:40:20,175
even had on, parrot not parrot. Wow. That'd

1160
00:40:20,175 --> 00:40:22,034
be a totally different thing. Paratransit,

1161
00:40:22,574 --> 00:40:24,094
easy for me to say, you know, where

1162
00:40:24,094 --> 00:40:26,255
I'm actually paying a a company you know,

1163
00:40:26,255 --> 00:40:27,074
paying to

1164
00:40:27,375 --> 00:40:29,074
be taken to my job

1165
00:40:29,579 --> 00:40:32,400
by a a disabled van company, basically.

1166
00:40:32,940 --> 00:40:33,440
And

1167
00:40:33,900 --> 00:40:35,820
they had the coordinates of where I was

1168
00:40:35,820 --> 00:40:38,059
supposed to go to work at the the

1169
00:40:38,059 --> 00:40:39,920
the the Federal Building in Cincinnati,

1170
00:40:40,380 --> 00:40:42,045
and they dropped me off at I think

1171
00:40:42,045 --> 00:40:44,224
it was, like, the Federal Reserve Building

1172
00:40:44,684 --> 00:40:46,204
where the money is, you know, instead of

1173
00:40:46,204 --> 00:40:49,324
the Federal Building, the Government Building. Oh, right.

1174
00:40:49,324 --> 00:40:51,565
Now, thankfully, they're only about a block and

1175
00:40:51,565 --> 00:40:53,644
a half from each other. And, thankfully, like

1176
00:40:53,644 --> 00:40:55,579
you said, Sean, that, you know, you had

1177
00:40:55,579 --> 00:40:57,260
some nice people that were like, oh, yeah.

1178
00:40:57,260 --> 00:40:59,420
You're you're close, but not quite. Because I

1179
00:40:59,420 --> 00:41:01,340
got off the bus, and he just drove

1180
00:41:01,340 --> 00:41:03,039
off or the van or whatever. And

1181
00:41:03,420 --> 00:41:05,420
and I'm like, I it didn't sound right.

1182
00:41:05,420 --> 00:41:06,539
You know what I mean? Like, when you

1183
00:41:06,539 --> 00:41:09,055
know Oh, you know. Yes. Yeah. You know

1184
00:41:09,055 --> 00:41:10,974
a building, you know an area, you know

1185
00:41:10,974 --> 00:41:12,494
the sound of what it should be because

1186
00:41:12,494 --> 00:41:14,994
you go there every day. And I'm I'm

1187
00:41:15,055 --> 00:41:17,135
kind of just turning my head and tilting

1188
00:41:17,135 --> 00:41:19,375
my ears, you know, like, this just doesn't

1189
00:41:19,375 --> 00:41:22,260
sound right. The the echo's all wrong and

1190
00:41:22,260 --> 00:41:24,660
the people walking about, and this is the

1191
00:41:24,660 --> 00:41:25,559
building seems

1192
00:41:26,099 --> 00:41:28,260
in a different what's going on? Where am

1193
00:41:28,260 --> 00:41:31,219
I? And and I must have looked totally

1194
00:41:31,219 --> 00:41:31,719
perplexed

1195
00:41:32,019 --> 00:41:33,539
because somebody came up to me. Actually, it

1196
00:41:33,539 --> 00:41:35,614
was one of the security guards for,

1197
00:41:36,394 --> 00:41:38,474
for that building, and he walked me up

1198
00:41:38,474 --> 00:41:40,094
to the next block and said,

1199
00:41:40,554 --> 00:41:43,114
yeah. They should have driven you literally one

1200
00:41:43,114 --> 00:41:45,835
more block. And, thankfully, one of the guards

1201
00:41:45,835 --> 00:41:48,474
for the Federal Building was patrolling, like, the

1202
00:41:48,474 --> 00:41:50,329
the other side of the street, and he

1203
00:41:50,329 --> 00:41:52,090
recognized me from, you know, coming into the

1204
00:41:52,090 --> 00:41:54,250
building all the time. So he actually scurried

1205
00:41:54,250 --> 00:41:55,610
across the street and said, what are you

1206
00:41:55,610 --> 00:41:57,469
doing over here? You're on the wrong block.

1207
00:41:58,170 --> 00:42:00,890
Then, like, yes. I just found out this.

1208
00:42:00,890 --> 00:42:02,355
Thank you very much. Yes.

1209
00:42:02,755 --> 00:42:04,514
And so, thankfully, he was polite and and

1210
00:42:04,514 --> 00:42:05,875
walked me over and got me where I

1211
00:42:05,875 --> 00:42:07,014
needed to be, but

1212
00:42:07,315 --> 00:42:08,695
it can be very

1213
00:42:09,554 --> 00:42:12,275
scary, actually. You know, very, very daunting. Just

1214
00:42:12,275 --> 00:42:14,755
be like you know, just the sometimes getting

1215
00:42:14,755 --> 00:42:16,559
yourself in the anxiety of, okay. I'm gonna

1216
00:42:16,559 --> 00:42:18,000
go out in a new place, in a

1217
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:18,739
new environment,

1218
00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:21,360
and I have to rely on people or

1219
00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:23,200
I have to rely on my phone or,

1220
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:24,180
you know, whatever.

1221
00:42:25,119 --> 00:42:26,640
And for the most part, we can do

1222
00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:28,640
that. We do it fine. You know? Not

1223
00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:29,219
a problem.

1224
00:42:29,534 --> 00:42:31,054
But once in a while, when you get

1225
00:42:31,054 --> 00:42:32,355
in that situation where

1226
00:42:32,894 --> 00:42:35,614
you're stuck, you're lost, you're turned around, I've

1227
00:42:35,614 --> 00:42:38,034
done that walking around the city where

1228
00:42:38,494 --> 00:42:40,655
I actually was walking towards, you know, a

1229
00:42:40,655 --> 00:42:42,094
certain place, and I was on the right

1230
00:42:42,094 --> 00:42:42,594
track,

1231
00:42:42,894 --> 00:42:45,054
but there was construction on the sidewalk. And

1232
00:42:45,054 --> 00:42:46,539
so somebody said, oh, you'll need to go

1233
00:42:46,539 --> 00:42:48,059
around. And I'm like, okay. Well, I'll just

1234
00:42:48,059 --> 00:42:49,420
go down a block and then down and,

1235
00:42:49,420 --> 00:42:51,260
you know, back over again and skip it.

1236
00:42:51,260 --> 00:42:53,500
Well, somebody grabbed me and started guiding me

1237
00:42:53,500 --> 00:42:54,619
the other way, and I ended up going,

1238
00:42:54,619 --> 00:42:55,599
like, four blocks,

1239
00:42:56,139 --> 00:42:58,905
I think, west the wrong direction. Yeah. And

1240
00:42:58,905 --> 00:43:00,505
I got all turned around. And, actually, I

1241
00:43:00,505 --> 00:43:02,265
meant to be going south and actually started

1242
00:43:02,265 --> 00:43:03,244
going north again.

1243
00:43:03,545 --> 00:43:05,625
And, thankfully, my wife had been driving down

1244
00:43:05,625 --> 00:43:08,105
to go park the car, and she found

1245
00:43:08,105 --> 00:43:10,344
me wandering around the city. It's like, oh

1246
00:43:10,344 --> 00:43:11,005
my gosh.

1247
00:43:11,385 --> 00:43:13,109
And a block. I I mean, we don't

1248
00:43:13,109 --> 00:43:14,710
have blocks here, but a block there is

1249
00:43:14,710 --> 00:43:16,630
pretty long, isn't it? So for for like

1250
00:43:16,630 --> 00:43:18,269
hundreds of yards. Yeah. If you're in a

1251
00:43:18,309 --> 00:43:20,230
an actual, you know, city proper, you know,

1252
00:43:20,230 --> 00:43:23,269
city block is is pretty large and and

1253
00:43:23,269 --> 00:43:25,349
that's just in that particular city. I mean,

1254
00:43:25,349 --> 00:43:26,549
if I was in, like, New York or

1255
00:43:26,549 --> 00:43:28,514
something, you know, city blocks are probably even,

1256
00:43:28,514 --> 00:43:30,114
you know, two or three times larger than

1257
00:43:30,114 --> 00:43:30,855
that Wow.

1258
00:43:31,155 --> 00:43:32,835
For where I was. So, yeah, to be

1259
00:43:32,835 --> 00:43:33,734
several blocks

1260
00:43:34,114 --> 00:43:35,875
off of where I was supposed to be

1261
00:43:35,875 --> 00:43:36,375
heading,

1262
00:43:36,835 --> 00:43:38,994
it got really scary. I wasn't sure where

1263
00:43:38,994 --> 00:43:40,835
I was. This was actually way back before

1264
00:43:40,835 --> 00:43:42,750
I would have had, you know, something like

1265
00:43:42,750 --> 00:43:44,510
BlindSquare that could have maybe told me where

1266
00:43:44,510 --> 00:43:46,269
I was. I was just trying to use

1267
00:43:46,269 --> 00:43:48,110
the compass or or, you know, the Apple

1268
00:43:48,110 --> 00:43:49,250
Maps app or something.

1269
00:43:49,550 --> 00:43:51,949
So it it can be really nerve wracking.

1270
00:43:51,949 --> 00:43:53,250
And and, thankfully,

1271
00:43:53,710 --> 00:43:55,309
you know, in your case, you know, Sean,

1272
00:43:55,309 --> 00:43:57,394
you found somebody that was like, well, you're

1273
00:43:57,394 --> 00:43:59,074
close, but not quite. Let let's get you,

1274
00:43:59,074 --> 00:44:00,594
you know, let's get you down the street.

1275
00:44:00,594 --> 00:44:02,275
But I think it's important to talk about

1276
00:44:02,275 --> 00:44:04,514
because there is good and bad. I know

1277
00:44:04,514 --> 00:44:05,954
a lot of people, it'll just be like,

1278
00:44:05,954 --> 00:44:08,114
well, it's just all bad, and I'm never

1279
00:44:08,114 --> 00:44:09,875
going out at all. And it's like, I

1280
00:44:09,875 --> 00:44:12,215
I I don't agree with that thought process.

1281
00:44:12,549 --> 00:44:14,089
But at the same time, I do understand

1282
00:44:14,230 --> 00:44:16,549
because it it can Absolutely. It can be

1283
00:44:16,549 --> 00:44:19,109
scary. It can be daunting. And I actually,

1284
00:44:19,589 --> 00:44:20,569
sorry. Yeah.

1285
00:44:21,109 --> 00:44:22,150
Go ahead. I actually had to use a

1286
00:44:22,150 --> 00:44:23,130
taxi yesterday,

1287
00:44:23,510 --> 00:44:25,989
which that doesn't sound like much, you know,

1288
00:44:25,989 --> 00:44:26,650
of a

1289
00:44:27,734 --> 00:44:29,174
story to tell, but I haven't used a

1290
00:44:29,174 --> 00:44:31,654
taxi for years, not since COVID, and only

1291
00:44:31,654 --> 00:44:32,634
then I've

1292
00:44:33,174 --> 00:44:34,954
always used black cabs which

1293
00:44:35,574 --> 00:44:36,214
are very

1294
00:44:36,534 --> 00:44:38,214
are a known quantity. You know, you get

1295
00:44:38,214 --> 00:44:40,054
out of your train in London or in

1296
00:44:40,054 --> 00:44:41,994
Manchester or wherever I have to go,

1297
00:44:42,420 --> 00:44:44,099
Then you're met from the door. You're taken

1298
00:44:44,099 --> 00:44:45,239
to the cab rank.

1299
00:44:45,940 --> 00:44:47,940
Really friendly cabbies. They take you to the

1300
00:44:47,940 --> 00:44:50,420
door. They're very conscientious. So, you know, I've

1301
00:44:50,420 --> 00:44:52,099
not used a mini cab, as we would

1302
00:44:52,099 --> 00:44:54,579
call it, for years and years, but I

1303
00:44:54,579 --> 00:44:56,519
had to yesterday and it was so

1304
00:44:57,295 --> 00:44:59,094
kind of tense making because

1305
00:44:59,534 --> 00:45:00,974
So my colleague, we were going to a

1306
00:45:00,974 --> 00:45:02,994
meeting in a hotel just outside Warwick,

1307
00:45:04,094 --> 00:45:06,094
and he was coming up from London and

1308
00:45:06,094 --> 00:45:09,215
he was stuck. He was stuck, just outside

1309
00:45:09,215 --> 00:45:12,050
London. There'd been a diesel spill on the

1310
00:45:12,050 --> 00:45:13,510
A 39 or something

1311
00:45:14,050 --> 00:45:16,289
and it hadn't been moving for for ages.

1312
00:45:16,289 --> 00:45:17,890
And in fact he didn't get there until

1313
00:45:17,890 --> 00:45:19,489
like an hour and twenty minutes after the

1314
00:45:19,489 --> 00:45:21,090
meeting started so he said there's no way.

1315
00:45:21,090 --> 00:45:22,690
You're just gonna have to, you know, can

1316
00:45:22,690 --> 00:45:23,684
you jump in a cab?

1317
00:45:24,244 --> 00:45:27,224
And I suddenly felt really kind of weird

1318
00:45:27,765 --> 00:45:29,684
because, you know, I've been working from home

1319
00:45:29,684 --> 00:45:30,664
for so long

1320
00:45:30,965 --> 00:45:31,704
I've avoided

1321
00:45:32,085 --> 00:45:34,025
any face to face meetings

1322
00:45:34,405 --> 00:45:37,170
at all since pre COVID and I've been

1323
00:45:37,170 --> 00:45:37,989
in this little

1324
00:45:38,609 --> 00:45:39,670
really cozy

1325
00:45:40,849 --> 00:45:43,969
pillow Comfort bubble. Yes. Really? And suddenly, okay,

1326
00:45:43,969 --> 00:45:45,889
so what you know, my mind wasn't even

1327
00:45:45,889 --> 00:45:47,349
thinking straight. I thought, okay,

1328
00:45:48,369 --> 00:45:50,344
Warwick taxis. That's what I'm going to I'll

1329
00:45:50,344 --> 00:45:51,704
ask the A Lady for the number of

1330
00:45:51,704 --> 00:45:52,444
Warwick taxis,

1331
00:45:53,625 --> 00:45:55,244
got that, called it.

1332
00:45:56,505 --> 00:45:58,264
The guy didn't say Warwick taxis or anything

1333
00:45:58,264 --> 00:45:59,944
which made me kind of threw me to

1334
00:45:59,944 --> 00:46:02,425
begin with anyway because, you know, this should

1335
00:46:02,425 --> 00:46:03,484
be a taxi company.

1336
00:46:05,390 --> 00:46:06,590
I said, oh, you know, can you get

1337
00:46:06,590 --> 00:46:08,530
me to this hotel, the Delta Hotel,

1338
00:46:09,950 --> 00:46:11,630
you know, in the next half an hour?

1339
00:46:11,630 --> 00:46:13,150
And he said, yeah sure, you know, are

1340
00:46:13,150 --> 00:46:14,750
you ready now? And I said, no, maybe

1341
00:46:14,750 --> 00:46:16,510
in about twenty minutes. Oh, and by the

1342
00:46:16,510 --> 00:46:17,630
way I've got a guide dog. And he

1343
00:46:17,630 --> 00:46:18,989
said, oh sorry we haven't got any cars

1344
00:46:18,989 --> 00:46:19,489
available.

1345
00:46:20,625 --> 00:46:22,864
So I didn't push it. I just said,

1346
00:46:22,864 --> 00:46:24,465
No, that's fine. Because I had a bad

1347
00:46:24,465 --> 00:46:26,304
feeling about the whole thing, to be honest.

1348
00:46:26,304 --> 00:46:28,304
Yeah. But Warwick taxis, you'd think that's like

1349
00:46:28,304 --> 00:46:30,224
the go to thing. But guess what? I

1350
00:46:30,224 --> 00:46:31,525
was so kind of flustered,

1351
00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:33,599
like my head was suddenly like, oh, I've

1352
00:46:33,599 --> 00:46:34,900
got to do something for myself,

1353
00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:36,960
you know, I've got to get myself to

1354
00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:39,519
this hotel out in the countryside that I

1355
00:46:39,519 --> 00:46:41,059
wasn't even thinking straight.

1356
00:46:41,519 --> 00:46:43,440
I've been in this town for twenty six

1357
00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:44,579
years and Castlecars

1358
00:46:45,039 --> 00:46:46,765
is is the go to taxi company. It

1359
00:46:46,765 --> 00:46:48,405
didn't even occur to me. Hang on. Wait

1360
00:46:48,405 --> 00:46:49,724
a minute. Wait a minute. Is this show

1361
00:46:49,724 --> 00:46:51,965
being sponsored or something? Can we stop naming

1362
00:46:51,965 --> 00:46:52,925
them? Just make something

1363
00:46:53,885 --> 00:46:55,425
Actually, Warwick taxis

1364
00:46:55,885 --> 00:46:58,619
don't use them for reasons just, you know,

1365
00:46:58,619 --> 00:47:00,699
say Wow. Castle cars, I mean, they This

1366
00:47:00,699 --> 00:47:01,679
is Tim's show.

1367
00:47:01,980 --> 00:47:04,000
Sorry. Any any legal ramifications?

1368
00:47:05,099 --> 00:47:07,980
So yeah. Tim's people got these right. I

1369
00:47:07,980 --> 00:47:09,179
didn't know I had to do this twice.

1370
00:47:09,179 --> 00:47:11,839
The opinions of Robin Christensen are not necessarily

1371
00:47:12,855 --> 00:47:14,695
expressed by I'm so flustered that I wasn't

1372
00:47:14,695 --> 00:47:17,594
even thinking straight. Of course, Castle Cars is

1373
00:47:17,974 --> 00:47:20,054
the taxi Say it again. Just next to

1374
00:47:20,054 --> 00:47:20,715
the station.

1375
00:47:21,175 --> 00:47:23,514
So okay. Maybe. I thought, okay. A lady,

1376
00:47:23,655 --> 00:47:25,414
what's the number for Castle Cars? She told

1377
00:47:25,414 --> 00:47:28,074
me. Punched it in. Four brilliant people.

1378
00:47:28,559 --> 00:47:30,320
Said the number of I said that I've

1379
00:47:30,320 --> 00:47:32,660
got a guide dog, no problem at all.

1380
00:47:32,960 --> 00:47:34,960
Said, do you take cards? Because we had

1381
00:47:34,960 --> 00:47:35,699
no cash.

1382
00:47:36,079 --> 00:47:37,140
Do you take cards?

1383
00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:40,480
Half the half the cabbies do, but don't

1384
00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:41,355
worry because

1385
00:47:42,715 --> 00:47:44,315
we can drop you by an ATM. And

1386
00:47:44,315 --> 00:47:46,875
I said, well, I can't see, as you

1387
00:47:46,875 --> 00:47:48,474
know, so they'd have to help me push

1388
00:47:48,474 --> 00:47:51,594
the buttons. No worries mate, absolutely fine. So,

1389
00:47:51,594 --> 00:47:53,054
I'm waiting the twenty minutes.

1390
00:47:53,355 --> 00:47:55,594
Actually, I was, you know, kind of madly

1391
00:47:55,594 --> 00:47:57,389
getting ready and stuff because I thought he

1392
00:47:57,389 --> 00:47:58,049
would come,

1393
00:47:58,909 --> 00:48:00,190
a little bit later than that. But I

1394
00:48:00,190 --> 00:48:01,630
thought I need to have some leeway. So

1395
00:48:01,630 --> 00:48:03,230
I was in a hurry. Just for one

1396
00:48:03,230 --> 00:48:05,549
second. Sorry, Robin. Remember where you're at. You

1397
00:48:05,549 --> 00:48:06,989
said, can you get me there in thirty

1398
00:48:06,989 --> 00:48:08,510
minutes? Oh, by the way, it's gonna take

1399
00:48:08,510 --> 00:48:10,625
me twenty minutes to get ready. So in

1400
00:48:10,625 --> 00:48:12,065
fact, you already gave him ten minutes to

1401
00:48:12,065 --> 00:48:12,885
get you there.

1402
00:48:13,824 --> 00:48:15,984
Yeah. It's literally ten minutes away. Okay. Let

1403
00:48:15,984 --> 00:48:17,344
you off. Yeah. Thank you. Carry on. It's

1404
00:48:17,344 --> 00:48:19,744
about four miles outside. It's not a big

1405
00:48:19,744 --> 00:48:21,105
journey, but at the same time, I was

1406
00:48:21,105 --> 00:48:23,344
kind of like, what's going on? I'm gonna

1407
00:48:23,344 --> 00:48:24,640
have to, you know,

1408
00:48:25,180 --> 00:48:26,860
go out in the big world and use

1409
00:48:26,860 --> 00:48:28,860
taxis and stuff. And I just wasn't kind

1410
00:48:28,860 --> 00:48:29,360
of

1411
00:48:29,980 --> 00:48:32,059
I'd never been having to be in that

1412
00:48:32,059 --> 00:48:33,599
space for so long. So anyway,

1413
00:48:34,059 --> 00:48:36,059
then I was thinking, I really hope I

1414
00:48:36,059 --> 00:48:38,780
don't get one where I'll need to swing

1415
00:48:38,780 --> 00:48:39,440
by a

1416
00:48:39,924 --> 00:48:40,424
ATM

1417
00:48:40,724 --> 00:48:43,065
because, you know, we'll have it got the

1418
00:48:43,284 --> 00:48:44,264
dog in the car,

1419
00:48:44,644 --> 00:48:46,324
I'll have got in the car myself, you

1420
00:48:46,324 --> 00:48:48,324
know, we'll have swung by there. I was

1421
00:48:48,324 --> 00:48:49,924
thinking, do I really want to get out

1422
00:48:49,924 --> 00:48:51,525
of the car with him and have to

1423
00:48:51,525 --> 00:48:53,539
go to the ATM? No. I'll just give

1424
00:48:53,539 --> 00:48:56,099
him my card. No. He'll go out. I'll

1425
00:48:56,099 --> 00:48:58,739
tell him my PIN. Honestly, as per I've

1426
00:48:58,739 --> 00:49:00,739
talked about in previous episodes. He does that

1427
00:49:00,739 --> 00:49:02,099
all the time. I really don't want to

1428
00:49:02,099 --> 00:49:03,380
do that. But then again, I don't want

1429
00:49:03,380 --> 00:49:04,579
to have to get out of the car

1430
00:49:04,579 --> 00:49:06,500
and go to, you know, with him because

1431
00:49:06,500 --> 00:49:08,360
it's like I don't trust him or something.

1432
00:49:08,525 --> 00:49:11,344
Anyway, I wasn't really kind of thinking straight.

1433
00:49:11,724 --> 00:49:12,045
So,

1434
00:49:12,525 --> 00:49:14,364
it was tense. That's all I'm saying. That's

1435
00:49:14,364 --> 00:49:15,644
the end of the story really. It was

1436
00:49:15,644 --> 00:49:16,144
tense.

1437
00:49:16,445 --> 00:49:19,965
He came, did take cards, brilliant guy, got

1438
00:49:19,965 --> 00:49:21,885
me to the, you know, main entrance of

1439
00:49:21,885 --> 00:49:24,710
the place absolutely fine. Really nice guy. No

1440
00:49:24,710 --> 00:49:25,849
problem with the dog whatsoever.

1441
00:49:26,389 --> 00:49:28,069
And the car just worked on his little

1442
00:49:28,069 --> 00:49:30,469
machine thing. So but it was just basically

1443
00:49:30,469 --> 00:49:32,150
the lead up to it where my my

1444
00:49:32,150 --> 00:49:34,309
head wasn't even thinking straight. You know, I

1445
00:49:34,309 --> 00:49:36,069
couldn't even remember the name of the taxi,

1446
00:49:36,069 --> 00:49:38,069
the go to taxi parking in our town.

1447
00:49:38,069 --> 00:49:39,644
What what was the name of it again?

1448
00:49:39,885 --> 00:49:40,385
Castle

1449
00:49:40,684 --> 00:49:41,585
cars. Unbelievable.

1450
00:49:42,204 --> 00:49:45,405
O19264929.

1451
00:49:45,405 --> 00:49:46,465
Stop it. Just

1452
00:49:46,885 --> 00:49:47,385
get

1453
00:49:47,805 --> 00:49:48,305
it

1454
00:49:48,724 --> 00:49:49,224
wrong.

1455
00:49:49,644 --> 00:49:51,085
No. Yeah. But the thing is as well,

1456
00:49:51,085 --> 00:49:53,244
you play through that scenario. The the worst

1457
00:49:53,244 --> 00:49:54,304
possible case

1458
00:49:54,670 --> 00:49:56,349
that could happen. You play through that in

1459
00:49:56,349 --> 00:49:58,289
your head. Like Yeah. Like you said, well,

1460
00:49:58,510 --> 00:50:00,590
you you play through stopping and then trying

1461
00:50:00,590 --> 00:50:01,949
to find that ATM, and then do I

1462
00:50:01,949 --> 00:50:03,710
go with him and what Do I ask

1463
00:50:03,710 --> 00:50:05,469
him his name when I get in just

1464
00:50:05,469 --> 00:50:07,309
in case if he does have to go

1465
00:50:07,309 --> 00:50:08,289
to an ATM

1466
00:50:08,614 --> 00:50:10,135
and he, you know, I I then go

1467
00:50:10,135 --> 00:50:11,734
and look at my app after the fact

1468
00:50:11,734 --> 00:50:13,994
and see that, you know, 200 came out

1469
00:50:14,295 --> 00:50:16,375
that I knew his name or would the

1470
00:50:16,375 --> 00:50:18,775
taxi company know the the name of the

1471
00:50:18,775 --> 00:50:21,114
guy You run through a thousand different scenarios.

1472
00:50:21,414 --> 00:50:22,934
But at the same time though, you do

1473
00:50:22,934 --> 00:50:24,659
need to. Right? That that's the one of

1474
00:50:24,659 --> 00:50:25,960
the burdens of this

1475
00:50:26,659 --> 00:50:28,900
visually impaired thing. Right? That you do need

1476
00:50:28,900 --> 00:50:31,219
to plan everything out, and that that does

1477
00:50:31,219 --> 00:50:33,139
get stressful. But I think the moral of

1478
00:50:33,139 --> 00:50:34,900
all the stories is that the majority of

1479
00:50:34,900 --> 00:50:36,599
people are absolutely fantastic.

1480
00:50:37,074 --> 00:50:39,474
They are so helpful. They they will help

1481
00:50:39,474 --> 00:50:40,835
you out. Of course, you get the odd

1482
00:50:40,835 --> 00:50:42,295
ones which are just ignorant.

1483
00:50:42,755 --> 00:50:44,835
I'm gonna use the word gits, Tim. Forgive

1484
00:50:44,835 --> 00:50:47,635
me. That's okay. Gits out there. Yes. But

1485
00:50:47,635 --> 00:50:50,295
there's there's also people that aren't aren't particularly

1486
00:50:50,355 --> 00:50:52,275
helpful, but their hearts in the right place.

1487
00:50:52,275 --> 00:50:54,109
But the majority of people

1488
00:50:54,409 --> 00:50:56,489
will help you out. You know where the

1489
00:50:56,489 --> 00:50:58,650
word git is used quite a bit? The

1490
00:50:58,650 --> 00:50:59,710
Harry Potter books.

1491
00:51:00,489 --> 00:51:03,289
Is it? It is a British thing. Yes.

1492
00:51:03,289 --> 00:51:05,210
Obviously, I know that, but I'm just saying.

1493
00:51:05,210 --> 00:51:06,569
It can be quite. I was teasing him.

1494
00:51:06,569 --> 00:51:07,069
Yes.

1495
00:51:08,964 --> 00:51:11,844
Yes. Affectionate as well, though. You will get

1496
00:51:12,244 --> 00:51:15,464
Oh, you're wonderful. You will get you. Gorgeous

1497
00:51:15,605 --> 00:51:17,065
get you. Wow. It doesn't

1498
00:51:17,364 --> 00:51:18,724
doesn't have the same,

1499
00:51:19,125 --> 00:51:21,605
same feeling there. But, no, you're absolutely right,

1500
00:51:21,605 --> 00:51:23,980
Sean. Every time that I've gone out, you

1501
00:51:23,980 --> 00:51:25,340
you get it in your head. You have

1502
00:51:25,340 --> 00:51:28,460
one or two poor or bad experiences or

1503
00:51:28,460 --> 00:51:29,440
scary experiences,

1504
00:51:29,980 --> 00:51:32,460
and then you're just flustered forever. That happens

1505
00:51:32,460 --> 00:51:34,059
with anything, doesn't it? It's like you have

1506
00:51:34,059 --> 00:51:35,820
a bad experience at a restaurant. It has

1507
00:51:35,820 --> 00:51:37,260
nothing to do with being blind or not.

1508
00:51:37,260 --> 00:51:38,855
Just the food was bad. You're like, I've

1509
00:51:38,855 --> 00:51:40,934
been here 20 times, and it's never been

1510
00:51:40,934 --> 00:51:43,094
bad. And now it's bad. And then, like,

1511
00:51:43,094 --> 00:51:45,094
the next time you're like, I don't know.

1512
00:51:45,094 --> 00:51:46,534
The last time we went there, it wasn't

1513
00:51:46,534 --> 00:51:47,514
really that good.

1514
00:51:47,974 --> 00:51:49,974
Even though you know it was great 20

1515
00:51:49,974 --> 00:51:52,695
times before that, that one time just that

1516
00:51:52,695 --> 00:51:53,429
one time. Like,

1517
00:51:53,909 --> 00:51:55,690
in my experience, you know, for every,

1518
00:51:56,550 --> 00:51:58,469
you know, I don't know, 50 times I'm

1519
00:51:58,469 --> 00:52:00,630
just throwing a weird arbitrary number. But every

1520
00:52:00,630 --> 00:52:02,630
50 times that I've had a good, you

1521
00:52:02,630 --> 00:52:04,389
know, really good experience with a taxi or

1522
00:52:04,389 --> 00:52:06,630
an Uber, maybe there's that one time that

1523
00:52:06,630 --> 00:52:08,389
I hear about somebody having their guide dog

1524
00:52:08,389 --> 00:52:09,625
put in the trunk. You know what I

1525
00:52:09,625 --> 00:52:12,105
mean? It just Yeah. Yeah. And and it's

1526
00:52:12,105 --> 00:52:14,345
scary, and that's not the belittle that situation

1527
00:52:14,345 --> 00:52:16,045
because I would be furious

1528
00:52:16,425 --> 00:52:17,864
if I was to get in a taxi

1529
00:52:17,864 --> 00:52:19,465
or an Uber or some some sort of

1530
00:52:19,465 --> 00:52:21,385
service like that. That dog is not getting

1531
00:52:21,385 --> 00:52:24,019
in anyone's trunk. I'm sorry. And that's exactly.

1532
00:52:24,019 --> 00:52:26,179
And for them to to start to approach

1533
00:52:26,179 --> 00:52:28,179
it and say, yeah. Well, the the dog's

1534
00:52:28,179 --> 00:52:30,099
gonna go in the trunk. I mean, no.

1535
00:52:30,099 --> 00:52:32,099
They do not. Absolutely. Going in the trunk

1536
00:52:32,099 --> 00:52:33,639
before the dog does. Exactly.

1537
00:52:34,340 --> 00:52:36,135
It's not gonna be pretty. So, yeah, I

1538
00:52:36,135 --> 00:52:38,074
mean, those things, unfortunately,

1539
00:52:38,454 --> 00:52:39,195
do happen.

1540
00:52:39,894 --> 00:52:42,534
But, thankfully, there are so many more times

1541
00:52:42,534 --> 00:52:44,695
that it doesn't happen, and you will have

1542
00:52:44,695 --> 00:52:47,094
a good experience. And it it's just but

1543
00:52:47,094 --> 00:52:48,775
it is daunting. Like you guys were saying,

1544
00:52:48,775 --> 00:52:50,295
you go through the whole I think I've

1545
00:52:50,295 --> 00:52:52,139
said the word daunting, like, 10 times.

1546
00:52:52,440 --> 00:52:53,880
But but but it's true, though. Like, you

1547
00:52:53,880 --> 00:52:55,579
go through the whole thing in your mind,

1548
00:52:55,960 --> 00:52:57,960
and if you've had those experiences or heard

1549
00:52:57,960 --> 00:53:00,119
about or read about those experiences with somebody

1550
00:53:00,119 --> 00:53:00,619
else,

1551
00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:02,440
it starts to play out in your head

1552
00:53:02,440 --> 00:53:04,440
of, like, before you even get there sometimes,

1553
00:53:04,440 --> 00:53:05,179
like, okay.

1554
00:53:05,494 --> 00:53:06,775
Is it gonna be okay? You know, I

1555
00:53:06,775 --> 00:53:08,535
gotta plan my route, and they're gonna drop

1556
00:53:08,535 --> 00:53:10,375
me off at this corner or drop me

1557
00:53:10,375 --> 00:53:12,394
off at this spot, and I need to

1558
00:53:12,614 --> 00:53:14,215
navigate from there to here, and I gotta

1559
00:53:14,215 --> 00:53:15,574
find the door, and I got and you

1560
00:53:15,574 --> 00:53:16,554
do have to

1561
00:53:17,015 --> 00:53:18,980
really think through some of that stuff because

1562
00:53:18,980 --> 00:53:20,820
sometimes there might be people around that you

1563
00:53:20,820 --> 00:53:22,900
can count on. Sometimes there might not be

1564
00:53:22,900 --> 00:53:25,140
anybody around that you can count on. You

1565
00:53:25,140 --> 00:53:26,179
know, you could be in the middle of

1566
00:53:26,179 --> 00:53:28,420
a park listening to the mayor give a

1567
00:53:28,420 --> 00:53:30,179
speech, and there'd be a Tesla right in

1568
00:53:30,179 --> 00:53:31,539
the middle of the grass for no reason.

1569
00:53:31,539 --> 00:53:32,199
Right, Robin?

1570
00:53:34,105 --> 00:53:35,625
Wow. What a You should probably give some,

1571
00:53:36,025 --> 00:53:37,164
context to that statement.

1572
00:53:38,105 --> 00:53:38,605
So,

1573
00:53:40,424 --> 00:53:42,264
at the weekend, I we we had a

1574
00:53:42,264 --> 00:53:42,764
brilliant,

1575
00:53:43,385 --> 00:53:45,885
day out in a local park,

1576
00:53:46,489 --> 00:53:48,269
and there was a bandstand

1577
00:53:48,809 --> 00:53:51,210
and lots of vintage cars. It was a

1578
00:53:51,210 --> 00:53:52,429
vintage car show,

1579
00:53:53,849 --> 00:53:55,690
and there were lots of bands. And Judith

1580
00:53:55,690 --> 00:53:57,869
was in one of the bands, Warwick Community

1581
00:53:58,010 --> 00:53:58,510
Band.

1582
00:54:00,264 --> 00:54:00,764
Really

1583
00:54:01,864 --> 00:54:04,025
great sound. They were playing all the, you

1584
00:54:04,025 --> 00:54:06,984
know, like Pink Panther and James Bond, and,

1585
00:54:07,545 --> 00:54:09,065
they did the national anthem and stuff like

1586
00:54:09,065 --> 00:54:10,525
that as well. But yeah. Sweet

1587
00:54:11,025 --> 00:54:11,525
Caroline.

1588
00:54:12,025 --> 00:54:14,264
Sweet Caroline. Yeah. Which we which we found

1589
00:54:14,264 --> 00:54:16,800
out that Robin only knows, like, a quarter

1590
00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:19,119
of the words, if that maybe, Robin. Okay.

1591
00:54:19,119 --> 00:54:20,559
I did record a few of the,

1592
00:54:21,200 --> 00:54:22,980
of certain tracks.

1593
00:54:23,440 --> 00:54:25,780
A little extra bits for the guys. Yes.

1594
00:54:26,400 --> 00:54:28,400
Yeah. So it was brilliant. Really, really nice.

1595
00:54:28,400 --> 00:54:29,585
Lots of stalls

1596
00:54:30,125 --> 00:54:30,525
selling,

1597
00:54:31,324 --> 00:54:33,484
wares, you know, drinks and edibles. You're so

1598
00:54:33,484 --> 00:54:35,885
British. It was a really nice day. But,

1599
00:54:35,885 --> 00:54:37,125
yeah, then We did that here at the

1600
00:54:37,125 --> 00:54:39,405
zoo. The PA guy, because I I couldn't

1601
00:54:39,405 --> 00:54:40,764
talk to Judith while she was doing her

1602
00:54:40,764 --> 00:54:42,224
set, which was about an hour long,

1603
00:54:43,160 --> 00:54:44,440
because, you know, she was there and I

1604
00:54:44,440 --> 00:54:46,039
was parked on a bench somewhere. In fact

1605
00:54:46,039 --> 00:54:47,739
they were so loud we were kind

1606
00:54:48,200 --> 00:54:50,119
of about 50 yards away or something because

1607
00:54:50,119 --> 00:54:51,079
it would have been so loud for the

1608
00:54:51,079 --> 00:54:52,039
dog. But,

1609
00:54:52,760 --> 00:54:55,640
the SPA chap kept on coming on in

1610
00:54:55,640 --> 00:54:56,140
between

1611
00:54:56,440 --> 00:54:56,940
numbers

1612
00:54:57,605 --> 00:54:59,065
and said, you know,

1613
00:54:59,444 --> 00:55:01,644
various announcements and things like that. And one

1614
00:55:01,644 --> 00:55:02,505
of them was

1615
00:55:02,885 --> 00:55:06,025
if the lady who controls the white Tesla

1616
00:55:06,565 --> 00:55:09,045
in front of the bandstand could please come

1617
00:55:09,045 --> 00:55:09,960
and see me.

1618
00:55:10,359 --> 00:55:11,420
And I was like, what?

1619
00:55:11,960 --> 00:55:13,579
Because, you know, this is a

1620
00:55:14,280 --> 00:55:15,500
vintage car show.

1621
00:55:16,119 --> 00:55:17,099
Why is there

1622
00:55:17,559 --> 00:55:19,400
a Tesla there? Yeah. Why is it in

1623
00:55:19,400 --> 00:55:21,239
front of the bandstand? Because I thought all

1624
00:55:21,239 --> 00:55:22,760
the vintage cars were out in the car

1625
00:55:22,760 --> 00:55:24,515
park, which is nowhere near the bandstand. So

1626
00:55:24,675 --> 00:55:25,539
No way to make it. You're more of

1627
00:55:25,539 --> 00:55:27,315
a or something? Hold on. I hate to

1628
00:55:27,315 --> 00:55:28,994
stop you, but you're burying some of the

1629
00:55:28,994 --> 00:55:31,635
part that made me laugh so hard. You

1630
00:55:31,635 --> 00:55:33,474
weren't fully aware that it was a vintage

1631
00:55:33,474 --> 00:55:34,755
car show when you got there, were you,

1632
00:55:34,755 --> 00:55:35,219
Robin?

1633
00:55:35,619 --> 00:55:38,219
No. Actually, that's true. No. That that I

1634
00:55:38,219 --> 00:55:39,699
mean, I can't fault you for it. You

1635
00:55:39,699 --> 00:55:41,380
didn't see them as you approached, and if

1636
00:55:41,380 --> 00:55:43,460
you weren't told, you wouldn't know. But when

1637
00:55:43,460 --> 00:55:44,679
you said that, you're like,

1638
00:55:45,219 --> 00:55:47,219
It's a vintage car show as well. And

1639
00:55:47,219 --> 00:55:47,655
I'm like,

1640
00:55:48,534 --> 00:55:50,454
okay. Yeah. I'd laugh so hard at that.

1641
00:55:50,454 --> 00:55:52,534
Yeah. Where am I? That announcement actually came

1642
00:55:52,534 --> 00:55:54,534
a couple of announcements after because we didn't

1643
00:55:54,534 --> 00:55:56,054
get that right at the start or anything.

1644
00:55:56,054 --> 00:55:56,534
Yeah. Because,

1645
00:55:57,175 --> 00:55:58,934
her set was, like, at noon. But,

1646
00:55:59,494 --> 00:56:01,735
yeah. Afterwards, it did say something like, oh,

1647
00:56:01,735 --> 00:56:03,599
we'll be announcing the winners of the vintage

1648
00:56:03,599 --> 00:56:04,099
car,

1649
00:56:04,640 --> 00:56:05,140
exhibition

1650
00:56:05,680 --> 00:56:07,680
later on sponsored by blah blah blah. So

1651
00:56:07,760 --> 00:56:10,160
yeah. Okay. I know now that there are

1652
00:56:10,160 --> 00:56:12,720
some cars involved, but why is the a

1653
00:56:12,720 --> 00:56:13,220
Tesla?

1654
00:56:13,920 --> 00:56:15,920
And why is nobody in it? And why

1655
00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:18,664
what's I know about controlling it. You wanted

1656
00:56:18,664 --> 00:56:19,865
to be in it yourself, I think. That

1657
00:56:19,945 --> 00:56:21,324
you wanted to go for a ride.

1658
00:56:22,265 --> 00:56:22,765
Well,

1659
00:56:24,025 --> 00:56:25,565
it turned out that,

1660
00:56:26,664 --> 00:56:28,265
so after all the bands had done their

1661
00:56:28,265 --> 00:56:30,105
thing, then there was gonna be this Tesla

1662
00:56:30,105 --> 00:56:30,605
demonstration.

1663
00:56:31,400 --> 00:56:32,780
So it was a model

1664
00:56:33,160 --> 00:56:34,680
what's the one with the wings that go

1665
00:56:34,680 --> 00:56:36,059
up the doors together? It's a Y.

1666
00:56:36,680 --> 00:56:37,660
Model Y.

1667
00:56:38,039 --> 00:56:38,539
And

1668
00:56:39,800 --> 00:56:40,380
it basically

1669
00:56:41,320 --> 00:56:43,260
does lots of tricks. I can't remember.

1670
00:56:43,775 --> 00:56:45,535
X a thing. A DeLorean y. Maybe the

1671
00:56:45,535 --> 00:56:47,135
y's do. I think the y's do as

1672
00:56:47,135 --> 00:56:48,494
well. But this I don't know what it

1673
00:56:48,494 --> 00:56:50,335
was. But anyway It does the dancing feature.

1674
00:56:50,335 --> 00:56:53,135
Right? Yeah. It all the all the the

1675
00:56:53,135 --> 00:56:54,655
the the gull wing doors go up and

1676
00:56:54,655 --> 00:56:57,119
down like it's flying. The front doors go

1677
00:56:57,119 --> 00:56:58,719
in and out as well, which I didn't

1678
00:56:58,719 --> 00:57:00,579
think they would be motorized as well.

1679
00:57:01,280 --> 00:57:02,799
The wing mirrors go in and out, the

1680
00:57:02,799 --> 00:57:05,199
lights go on and off, the PA. So

1681
00:57:05,199 --> 00:57:06,260
I thought the music

1682
00:57:06,799 --> 00:57:09,039
was coming from the bandstand's PA because it

1683
00:57:09,039 --> 00:57:09,859
was absolutely

1684
00:57:10,239 --> 00:57:10,739
deafening.

1685
00:57:11,119 --> 00:57:13,094
But no, that was just coming out of

1686
00:57:13,094 --> 00:57:13,755
the Tesla.

1687
00:57:14,375 --> 00:57:16,394
It was so Yeah. Loud.

1688
00:57:16,775 --> 00:57:19,094
All the lights inside and outside were going

1689
00:57:19,094 --> 00:57:20,934
and stuff like that. So, yeah, it was

1690
00:57:20,934 --> 00:57:21,434
amazing.

1691
00:57:23,015 --> 00:57:24,074
Apparently though

1692
00:57:24,570 --> 00:57:26,410
they can all do that. It wasn't anything

1693
00:57:26,410 --> 00:57:28,590
special for the event because,

1694
00:57:29,130 --> 00:57:31,470
weirdly enough, going back to the,

1695
00:57:32,809 --> 00:57:35,130
meeting that I went to yesterday, finally got

1696
00:57:35,130 --> 00:57:37,150
there after being a bit flustered.

1697
00:57:40,114 --> 00:57:41,795
One of my colleagues had driven down the

1698
00:57:41,795 --> 00:57:44,054
country in a similar model,

1699
00:57:44,355 --> 00:57:45,875
and she said, oh, yeah. They can all

1700
00:57:45,875 --> 00:57:46,534
do that.

1701
00:57:46,994 --> 00:57:48,755
That she'd had it for about six months,

1702
00:57:48,755 --> 00:57:50,034
and it was only a next door neighbor

1703
00:57:50,034 --> 00:57:51,074
who said, oh, do you know that it

1704
00:57:51,074 --> 00:57:51,734
can dance?

1705
00:57:52,114 --> 00:57:54,579
What? Yeah. You just press this. So cool.

1706
00:57:54,579 --> 00:57:57,619
Yeah. Every so every Tesla, probably of all

1707
00:57:57,619 --> 00:57:59,380
models, but this one in particular can,

1708
00:57:59,780 --> 00:58:01,940
can do a light show for you and,

1709
00:58:02,260 --> 00:58:04,674
move all its bits and bobs. So I

1710
00:58:04,674 --> 00:58:06,775
think it's because of the gold wing doors

1711
00:58:06,994 --> 00:58:08,835
that they did it with this that one

1712
00:58:08,835 --> 00:58:10,674
in particular. Because the doors, as you say,

1713
00:58:10,674 --> 00:58:11,734
it's almost like,

1714
00:58:12,034 --> 00:58:14,514
like it's flying, flapping its wings at one

1715
00:58:14,514 --> 00:58:15,954
point. Yeah. It's placed the classic And it's

1716
00:58:15,954 --> 00:58:17,554
playing like Ride of the Valkyries or something.

1717
00:58:17,554 --> 00:58:19,400
It's amazing. Flight of the Valkyries or the

1718
00:58:19,400 --> 00:58:21,640
Chicken Dance or the Funky Chicken or something

1719
00:58:21,640 --> 00:58:22,220
like that.

1720
00:58:23,000 --> 00:58:25,320
Wow. Dustless is just cool. Right? So why

1721
00:58:25,320 --> 00:58:26,519
would you need the front doors to kind

1722
00:58:26,519 --> 00:58:28,280
of automatically open as well? I could imagine

1723
00:58:28,280 --> 00:58:30,200
you wouldn't wanna lug these great big gull

1724
00:58:30,200 --> 00:58:31,420
wing doors up, but

1725
00:58:32,054 --> 00:58:33,974
do you not even, you know, need to

1726
00:58:33,974 --> 00:58:35,275
use your windows in

1727
00:58:35,574 --> 00:58:39,335
the future? Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. Luxury. Just say

1728
00:58:39,335 --> 00:58:41,014
that it it can, but, you know, hit

1729
00:58:41,014 --> 00:58:43,114
a button and have it open for you.

1730
00:58:43,974 --> 00:58:44,474
Apparently,

1731
00:58:44,775 --> 00:58:46,635
the new Tesla models have

1732
00:58:48,010 --> 00:58:48,510
LED,

1733
00:58:50,010 --> 00:58:50,510
headlights.

1734
00:58:51,369 --> 00:58:51,869
And

1735
00:58:52,250 --> 00:58:54,490
when it's doing its thing, or maybe even

1736
00:58:54,490 --> 00:58:56,570
when it's parked, I can't remember, you can

1737
00:58:56,570 --> 00:58:58,410
only turn on certain pixels that will say

1738
00:58:58,410 --> 00:58:59,550
Tesla in the headlights

1739
00:59:00,364 --> 00:59:02,045
in each. Oh, that's pretty cool. I can

1740
00:59:02,045 --> 00:59:02,545
see.

1741
00:59:03,964 --> 00:59:07,085
Sweet. Yeah. I drove down from Manchester to

1742
00:59:07,085 --> 00:59:08,545
London in a Tesla

1743
00:59:09,484 --> 00:59:12,385
in the sport model. Yeah. And,

1744
00:59:12,764 --> 00:59:13,230
man.

1745
00:59:13,630 --> 00:59:17,489
Auto driving was just absolutely amazing. Right? But

1746
00:59:17,550 --> 00:59:20,349
I was feeling so cool in there except

1747
00:59:20,349 --> 00:59:21,630
when I had to get in or out.

1748
00:59:21,630 --> 00:59:23,010
So we stopped at the services.

1749
00:59:24,590 --> 00:59:27,469
This is so low. I had to crawl

1750
00:59:27,469 --> 00:59:29,525
out of my hands and knees. I had

1751
00:59:29,525 --> 00:59:30,965
to get back in. I had to do

1752
00:59:30,965 --> 00:59:33,204
the same thing in reverse. It just totally

1753
00:59:33,204 --> 00:59:34,724
ruined it. It's fine as long as you

1754
00:59:34,724 --> 00:59:36,485
don't get in or out of it. But,

1755
00:59:36,485 --> 00:59:38,058
yeah, an amazing car. Yeah. I can just

1756
00:59:38,058 --> 00:59:40,325
see I was disappointed when you said we,

1757
00:59:40,325 --> 00:59:41,844
because I was hoping it was just you

1758
00:59:41,844 --> 00:59:42,989
in the car all the way down to

1759
00:59:42,989 --> 00:59:44,289
London. Sadly not.

1760
00:59:44,590 --> 00:59:46,050
No. Sorry, Tim.

1761
00:59:46,429 --> 00:59:47,789
I was just gonna say I could I

1762
00:59:47,789 --> 00:59:50,349
could see you, Sean, just, like, cruising, you

1763
00:59:50,349 --> 00:59:53,070
know, into London with this posh, you know,

1764
00:59:53,070 --> 00:59:55,550
Tesla. And Yeah. You're probably wearing, like, a

1765
00:59:55,550 --> 00:59:57,170
bomber jacket and sunglasses,

1766
00:59:57,605 --> 00:59:58,904
your hair slicked back,

1767
00:59:59,284 --> 01:00:00,664
you know, looking all cool.

1768
01:00:01,045 --> 01:00:04,025
You know me. Very very swarming James. Like

1769
01:00:04,085 --> 01:00:05,605
a crow out of a box. And then

1770
01:00:05,605 --> 01:00:07,284
and then you have to crawl out of

1771
01:00:07,284 --> 01:00:09,684
the car on the ground. Not only crawling

1772
01:00:09,684 --> 01:00:11,844
out. It's crawling out whilst making those middle

1773
01:00:11,844 --> 01:00:12,984
aged man noises.

1774
01:00:13,480 --> 01:00:15,180
Oh, I got my back.

1775
01:00:17,079 --> 01:00:17,980
Hello ladies.

1776
01:00:18,599 --> 01:00:20,200
At a car show once, I,

1777
01:00:21,400 --> 01:00:22,380
sat in a Ferrari,

1778
01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:25,480
and this thing was so low to the

1779
01:00:25,480 --> 01:00:27,320
ground. And when you get in it, you're

1780
01:00:27,320 --> 01:00:28,780
positively lying down.

1781
01:00:29,454 --> 01:00:31,454
Oh, okay. You know, your feet about three

1782
01:00:31,454 --> 01:00:32,594
feet under the dashboard,

1783
01:00:33,214 --> 01:00:36,914
and you're basically lying down. And the door,

1784
01:00:38,494 --> 01:00:40,275
the whole kind of height of the doorway

1785
01:00:40,574 --> 01:00:42,835
was about 12 inches, and the door

1786
01:00:43,460 --> 01:00:46,739
was literally six inches high. So you're opening

1787
01:00:46,739 --> 01:00:48,900
this thing What? Which is about six inches

1788
01:00:48,900 --> 01:00:49,880
high, literally,

1789
01:00:50,260 --> 01:00:53,059
and about eight inches deep because the the

1790
01:00:53,059 --> 01:00:55,539
thickness of the side of the car was

1791
01:00:55,539 --> 01:00:57,614
thicker than the the height of the door

1792
01:00:57,695 --> 01:00:59,934
with all its plush, you know, leather interior

1793
01:00:59,934 --> 01:01:00,994
and stuff like that.

1794
01:01:01,534 --> 01:01:03,474
So, yeah, it was the weirdest thing.

1795
01:01:04,094 --> 01:01:05,934
The the whole door frame was that of

1796
01:01:05,934 --> 01:01:06,434
hazard.

1797
01:01:06,815 --> 01:01:08,275
Totally slide in that thing.

1798
01:01:08,574 --> 01:01:10,974
Yeah. And I couldn't I couldn't get over

1799
01:01:10,974 --> 01:01:12,119
it. I just couldn't get over it. Whether

1800
01:01:12,119 --> 01:01:13,559
it was like a special one, but I

1801
01:01:13,559 --> 01:01:14,460
could get it.

1802
01:01:15,159 --> 01:01:16,460
Honestly, it was

1803
01:01:17,000 --> 01:01:19,719
luxury and weird at the same time. You

1804
01:01:19,719 --> 01:01:22,039
know, it does it does, occur to me

1805
01:01:22,039 --> 01:01:24,460
that the recent trend in tech is

1806
01:01:25,155 --> 01:01:25,655
dancing

1807
01:01:26,114 --> 01:01:29,235
technology because the Tesla can dance. The Astro

1808
01:01:29,235 --> 01:01:31,074
from Amazon that we talked about earlier can

1809
01:01:31,074 --> 01:01:33,074
dance. It can play music and put a

1810
01:01:33,074 --> 01:01:35,554
light show and and, dance with you. I've

1811
01:01:35,554 --> 01:01:38,269
seen videos on YouTube where they I think

1812
01:01:38,269 --> 01:01:40,190
it was just in the Amazon announcement last

1813
01:01:40,190 --> 01:01:42,750
year. They were showing, you know, teenagers dancing

1814
01:01:42,750 --> 01:01:43,650
with their Astros.

1815
01:01:44,269 --> 01:01:46,429
Like like, teenagers could afford to buy this

1816
01:01:46,429 --> 01:01:48,589
darn thing and and dance with they want

1817
01:01:48,589 --> 01:01:50,030
to dance with it. Like they want to

1818
01:01:50,030 --> 01:01:51,704
dance with it. Right. So you know what?

1819
01:01:51,704 --> 01:01:53,164
I I I've come up with a new

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01:01:53,224 --> 01:01:55,864
promotional video for for Double Tap. Next time

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you're on the Double Tap TV show, Sean,

1822
01:01:58,345 --> 01:02:00,425
you need to just have a an amazing

1823
01:02:00,425 --> 01:02:02,255
light show in your shed and just Yeah.

1824
01:02:02,505 --> 01:02:03,325
You dancing,

1825
01:02:03,750 --> 01:02:05,989
You know, like the dancing baby from, from

1826
01:02:06,150 --> 01:02:08,070
what was that that that show? From twenty

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01:02:08,070 --> 01:02:10,150
years ago. From twenty some odd years ago.

1828
01:02:10,150 --> 01:02:11,610
The Calista Flockhart Show.

1829
01:02:12,150 --> 01:02:13,269
Why I can't remember her name, and I

1830
01:02:13,269 --> 01:02:15,530
can't remember your show. Betty or No. Abby

1831
01:02:16,070 --> 01:02:16,570
something.

1832
01:02:17,190 --> 01:02:17,929
Ally McVille.

1833
01:02:18,465 --> 01:02:20,625
Ally McVeal. There you go. So you need

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01:02:20,625 --> 01:02:22,144
to do the dancing baby dance with the

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01:02:22,144 --> 01:02:23,585
light show in the shed for a double

1836
01:02:23,585 --> 01:02:26,224
tap promotional video. I think that would that

1837
01:02:26,224 --> 01:02:28,345
would Disco ball? Yeah. Get a disco ball.

1838
01:02:28,345 --> 01:02:29,445
I think that'd be fantastic.

1839
01:02:30,305 --> 01:02:32,465
You get so many more viewers to the

1840
01:02:32,465 --> 01:02:35,159
show. It it would just spark everyone to

1841
01:02:35,159 --> 01:02:37,079
want to watch because dancing Thank you, Tim.

1842
01:02:37,079 --> 01:02:39,400
Dancing tech is a thing. It's a record

1843
01:02:39,480 --> 01:02:42,119
it's a a welcome suggestion, but keep it

1844
01:02:42,119 --> 01:02:42,699
to yourself.

1845
01:02:43,400 --> 01:02:45,839
Alright. Well, I should again. No. Let's do

1846
01:02:45,839 --> 01:02:47,639
that. No. There you go. Yeah. No. No.

1847
01:02:47,639 --> 01:02:49,304
Actually, I would watch that. Yeah. I would

1848
01:02:49,464 --> 01:02:50,744
I if I could see, I would absolutely

1849
01:02:50,824 --> 01:02:53,065
I'd just listen to him. Hawaiian shirt. Him

1850
01:02:53,065 --> 01:02:53,964
jumping around.

1851
01:02:54,425 --> 01:02:56,344
Who has? And you're incredible. You haven't you?

1852
01:02:56,344 --> 01:02:58,824
And you're incredible. I do. Yes. Hawaiian shirt

1853
01:02:58,824 --> 01:03:00,284
and Incredible Hulk trousers.

1854
01:03:00,664 --> 01:03:02,824
That could be a a spectacle. Thank you.

1855
01:03:02,824 --> 01:03:05,119
Nice. Yeah. There you go. Well, on that

1856
01:03:05,139 --> 01:03:07,579
bombshell. On that bombshell, we ended last week

1857
01:03:07,579 --> 01:03:09,500
with Fraggles, and, we're gonna end this week

1858
01:03:09,500 --> 01:03:12,299
on the Incredible Hulk. Oh, bonus points to

1859
01:03:12,299 --> 01:03:15,760
anybody who can email me, tim@lifeafterblindness.com.

1860
01:03:15,980 --> 01:03:18,059
Tell me if you listened past the music

1861
01:03:18,059 --> 01:03:20,595
last week, the actual music, not the,

1862
01:03:21,135 --> 01:03:21,635
wondrous,

1863
01:03:22,095 --> 01:03:25,855
musings of, Robin Kristofferson. Robin. Yes. Gorgeous. I

1864
01:03:25,855 --> 01:03:27,775
I had to put in music only for

1865
01:03:27,775 --> 01:03:29,775
this for the point that there there was

1866
01:03:29,775 --> 01:03:31,155
a bit of bonus audio.

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01:03:31,889 --> 01:03:33,889
Email me tim@lifeafterblindness.com.

1868
01:03:33,889 --> 01:03:34,949
Tell me Sean's

1869
01:03:35,329 --> 01:03:36,309
favorite Fraggle.

1870
01:03:36,690 --> 01:03:39,109
Extra extra bonus points if you can explain

1871
01:03:39,650 --> 01:03:41,730
why. I think it was Robin actually who

1872
01:03:41,730 --> 01:03:42,469
said why.

1873
01:03:42,769 --> 01:03:45,889
So, yeah, email me tim@lifeafterblindness.com.

1874
01:03:45,889 --> 01:03:46,389
Anyway,

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01:03:47,375 --> 01:03:49,855
wow. From Fraggles to the Incredible Hulk, we

1876
01:03:49,934 --> 01:03:51,934
we've covered it all. Well, I wanna thank

1877
01:03:51,934 --> 01:03:54,094
I wanna thank both of you for, joining

1878
01:03:54,094 --> 01:03:57,694
me on this, life after blindness weekend, blind

1879
01:03:57,694 --> 01:04:00,920
point of view edition Table. Show. Yes. Roundtable

1880
01:04:01,059 --> 01:04:01,559
thingy.

1881
01:04:02,339 --> 01:04:04,739
Again, yeah, email me. Let me know, everyone

1882
01:04:04,739 --> 01:04:07,219
what you think the, the show this particular

1883
01:04:07,219 --> 01:04:08,980
version of the show should be called. And,

1884
01:04:08,980 --> 01:04:10,659
again, if you have any questions or comments

1885
01:04:10,659 --> 01:04:14,655
about anything else, again, Tim@lifeafterblindness.com.

1886
01:04:14,655 --> 01:04:16,494
You can catch these guys in all kinds

1887
01:04:16,494 --> 01:04:17,934
of different places. Why don't you guys go

1888
01:04:17,934 --> 01:04:19,155
ahead and plug away?

1889
01:04:19,535 --> 01:04:20,994
Go, Robin. You're a professional.

1890
01:04:21,775 --> 01:04:23,715
Yeah. Thanks, Braun. Sorry, Sean.

1891
01:04:24,175 --> 01:04:26,095
You can find Sean and myself, yeah, on

1892
01:04:26,095 --> 01:04:28,369
the Echo Show podcast as he said, I

1893
01:04:28,369 --> 01:04:30,949
hate it. Every single week

1894
01:04:31,570 --> 01:04:34,289
and dot to dot every single day day

1895
01:04:34,289 --> 01:04:35,590
both about the a lady

1896
01:04:35,890 --> 01:04:37,989
and that's it. That's all I got.

1897
01:04:38,530 --> 01:04:41,835
Perfect. Also check out Double Tap. It's on

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01:04:41,835 --> 01:04:44,875
everyday twelve noon eastern on AMI audio, or

1899
01:04:44,875 --> 01:04:47,054
look for it in your favorite podcast catcher.

1900
01:04:48,394 --> 01:04:51,275
Fantastic. Well, thank you guys again for, joining

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01:04:51,275 --> 01:04:53,594
me, and look forward to talking to you

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01:04:53,594 --> 01:04:56,079
guys and everyone else next week on Life

1903
01:04:56,079 --> 01:04:57,780
After Blindness. Take care, everybody.

1904
01:04:58,559 --> 01:04:59,460
Bye. Bye bye.

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01:05:07,985 --> 01:05:08,724
Woo hoo.

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01:05:09,824 --> 01:05:11,045
Sweet Caroline.

1907
01:05:17,184 --> 01:05:20,324
Okay. So that's the Echo Show podcast.

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01:05:20,900 --> 01:05:21,400
Hello?

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01:05:21,940 --> 01:05:22,840
I was muted.

1910
01:05:26,420 --> 01:05:27,880
Sorry. Of course, he was.

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01:05:29,700 --> 01:05:32,420
Tim Tim. He's got more Tim. Timmy Tim

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01:05:32,420 --> 01:05:33,480
Tim Tim Tim.