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<v Speaker 2>about all of us. So I thought i'd answer personal

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<v Speaker 3>Great fun. And then Neil chooses the questions and we

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<v Speaker 3>go for it. All right.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to talk a little little bit about what's

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<v Speaker 2>going on with the how unusual the Trump administration and

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<v Speaker 2>how he is now dealing with members of Congress. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>whenever there is an issue of one of the United States,

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<v Speaker 2>let's say, in this case, bombs Iran, normally the administration

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<v Speaker 2>would go any administration.

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<v Speaker 3>We'll go to the leadership of Congress.

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<v Speaker 2>You go to the Foreign Relations Committee, grab the chair,

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<v Speaker 2>the ranking member in this case the Republican Democrat, the

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<v Speaker 2>leadership of the Senate and Congress that is the speaker

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<v Speaker 2>and also I don't know who called me the speaker,

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<v Speaker 2>and also the majority leader.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's just something that's done. Well.

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<v Speaker 2>What the president wants to do is not tell them

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<v Speaker 2>any matter of fact, he didn't tell the Democratic members

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<v Speaker 2>of Congress. He did tell the Republican members of Congress

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<v Speaker 2>two seconds before he bombed. And you have the Democrats

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<v Speaker 2>finding out when we found out watching the news outlets. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of it has to do with the leaks,

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<v Speaker 2>the assessment of what happened. The Intelligent assessment leaked. The

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<v Speaker 2>Pentagon assessment just came out and Trump was rightly pissed

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<v Speaker 2>off because this was secret, and all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 2>the assessment comes out and it completely is at odds

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<v Speaker 2>with what the administration says. The administration Donald Trump obliterated

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<v Speaker 2>the nuclear facilities, the nucular program of Iran. The assessment

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<v Speaker 2>from the Pentagon said not much damage was done, and

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<v Speaker 2>they're at odds. Now, how do you know the Pentagon

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<v Speaker 2>said this because it leaked, that's why.

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<v Speaker 3>And the White.

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<v Speaker 2>House is in an uproar. Now we don't know who

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<v Speaker 2>leaked it. It could have been someone in the Pentagon

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<v Speaker 2>or someone in the White House, someone in the National

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<v Speaker 2>Security team. And there's an investigation going on right now

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<v Speaker 2>to find out who did the leak, because these people

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<v Speaker 2>are all sworn to secrecy on the inside, and all

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<v Speaker 2>of a sudden we're looking at a leak. So the

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<v Speaker 2>investigation is going forward as it should, as I said,

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<v Speaker 2>and the President is I guess, blaming Congress or somehow

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<v Speaker 2>Congress got hold of it and it leaked from Congress.

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<v Speaker 2>And based on that, he said, you know what, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not going to share the information anymore with Congress, totally

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<v Speaker 2>at odds with which is done traditionally, and maybe at

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<v Speaker 2>odds with the law. But then again, and here's also

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<v Speaker 2>the problem is in this case, he did tell the

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<v Speaker 2>Republican leadership, I mean, just as the bombs were about

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<v Speaker 2>to drop. So I guess the argument is we did

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<v Speaker 2>inform the leadership, not the Democrats. And here is the

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<v Speaker 2>problem again, and it's a big problem the way I

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<v Speaker 2>view this administration. You know where I sit, and the

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<v Speaker 2>democratic leadership in this case would be the ranking members.

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<v Speaker 2>The way it works right now is the Republicans are patriots.

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<v Speaker 2>If anybody agrees, any member of Congress agrees with the administration,

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<v Speaker 2>he or she is a patriot. If anybody disagrees with

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<v Speaker 2>the administration, that is the enemy. Any member of Congress

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<v Speaker 2>or Senate who disagrees with the administration is an enemy

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<v Speaker 2>of the administration. Can't you just disagree and still be friends?

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<v Speaker 3>No?

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<v Speaker 2>No. As a matter of fact, the one Senator Massey,

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<v Speaker 2>or as a congress person I think as a center

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<v Speaker 2>big beautiful bill. It's just not gonna happen. Nope, it's

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<v Speaker 2>a representative Massey. I'm just not voting for it. He

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<v Speaker 2>has become an enemy and he is a Trumpist, but

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<v Speaker 2>an enemy, and Trump is saying I am going to

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to primary you out because you're an enemy.

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<v Speaker 2>And then the scary part, and this is the part

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<v Speaker 2>an enemy of the constitution, You're an enemy of America.

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<v Speaker 3>Come on, guys, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>You inform the leadership, you inform both sides of Congress,

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<v Speaker 2>and maybe there was a leak within Congress. Well it

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't have been within Congress. And you think about it,

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<v Speaker 2>because no one knew about it. But the leak is

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<v Speaker 2>the Pentagon assessment. And when President Trump said we, through

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<v Speaker 2>the bombing, have obliterated the nuclear program, and the assessment said,

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<v Speaker 2>the League assessment said, oh, that's not true.

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<v Speaker 3>And then of course that was reported like.

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<v Speaker 2>Crazy all over the place, particularly CNN, MSNBC. And now

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<v Speaker 2>there's the other side of it. Now it's you know

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<v Speaker 2>what there Maybe it was obliterated, Maybe there was a

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<v Speaker 2>lot more damage than was first reported. Maybe it is

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<v Speaker 2>closer to obliteration. Certainly the Israelis are saying that, and

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<v Speaker 2>certainly members of the Intelligence Committee of the United States,

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<v Speaker 2>the intelligence community, of the community of the United States

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<v Speaker 2>is saying that. And to the extent that Iran says

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<v Speaker 2>any damage was done, you have to multiply that one

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<v Speaker 2>by ten times, because the Iranians will be complete liars

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<v Speaker 2>about that, will understate any damage, overstate any kind of

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<v Speaker 2>attack that succeeded. For example, we punished Israel and we

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<v Speaker 2>won the war.

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<v Speaker 3>We are victorious. Really, yeah, just look at the photos. Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, since the bombing of the nuclear facilities in

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<v Speaker 2>and around Tehran actually well and also I know a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of them were in the northern part of the country,

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<v Speaker 2>it's the Israelis that are bombing Tehran.

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<v Speaker 3>The bombing, the majority of the bombing that.

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<v Speaker 2>Attacked the facilities in the north Iran were done by

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<v Speaker 2>the American B two bomber with these bunker buster bombs

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<v Speaker 2>that were thirty thousand pounds each. And the one airplane

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<v Speaker 2>in the world that can deliver that bomb is the

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<v Speaker 2>B two bomber.

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<v Speaker 3>The one country in the world that has.

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<v Speaker 2>The B two bomber is the United States. And you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the pilots are pretty high end pilots. So when your

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<v Speaker 2>kid says, I want to be an air for worst pilot, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>how about a B two pilot where in the case

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<v Speaker 2>of the bombing of the nuclear facilities in Iran that

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<v Speaker 2>required that was a thirty seven hour mission in the

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<v Speaker 2>air and they're the pilots sitting for thirty seven hours.

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<v Speaker 3>In the cockpit. Two pilots.

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<v Speaker 2>Melvin Dial was part of the B two crew in

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<v Speaker 2>Afghanistan two thousand and one that was a forty four

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<v Speaker 2>hour mission, and he said it was a tough one.

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<v Speaker 3>It is not easy to be a B two pilot,

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<v Speaker 3>no kidding.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, in the attack, one hundred and twenty five aircraft

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<v Speaker 2>were used. Seven bombers went from Missouri. This is they

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<v Speaker 2>fly from Missouri and the planes are not particularly fast,

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<v Speaker 2>so it takes a long time to get where they're

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<v Speaker 2>going to go. Well, seven flew east for the attack.

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<v Speaker 2>There were a group that flew west as part of

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<v Speaker 2>a feint, and they had their transponders on, so everybody

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<v Speaker 2>thought that that was part of it, and the real

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<v Speaker 2>attack was done going the other way. Fighter jets, reconnaissance planes,

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<v Speaker 2>refueling tankers. There were dozens of those because those planes

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<v Speaker 2>had to be refueled. Now, how does it work well,

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<v Speaker 2>First of all, the pilots, as in pilots of any

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<v Speaker 2>other aircraft, both commercially and in the Air Force, are

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<v Speaker 2>trained on a long duration simulator so they can work

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<v Speaker 3>Sleep cycles, because that is a real problem.

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<v Speaker 2>Those simulators last for twenty four hours. They don't last

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<v Speaker 2>the forty four hours. That deal was in in Afghanistan.

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<v Speaker 2>And the bomber crews themselves, they know they're identified for

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<v Speaker 2>the mission ahead of time, no.

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<v Speaker 3>Idea where they're going, no idea where the.

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<v Speaker 2>Operation would take place. They don't know that until literally

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<v Speaker 2>minutes before. You talk about operational secrecy. Flight doctors give

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<v Speaker 2>the attack to get their sleeping cycles well somewhat in

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<v Speaker 2>tune with the airplane. So on the day of his mission,

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<v Speaker 2>Deal who was the mission commander, woke up three to

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<v Speaker 2>four hours before takeoff time, participating in the briefings, and

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<v Speaker 2>off they went. Now, this happened in two thousand and one,

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<v Speaker 2>and he only talked about his experience, and it could

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<v Speaker 2>have changed by now, but probably not.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>Policy require both crew members to be in their seats

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<v Speaker 2>at critical flight moments let's takeoff, refueling, bombing, landing, and

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<v Speaker 2>in the hours between, the two crew members take turns

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<v Speaker 2>sleeping in a small, little cot. This is a two

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<v Speaker 2>billion dollar airplane and they're sleeping in a cot you

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<v Speaker 2>basically get from Amazon that cost you forty nine nine

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<v Speaker 2>this crappy little cot.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow. And it was not easy. They tried to get

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<v Speaker 3>some sleep. It was very difficult because what do you do?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you know how many games of rock paper

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<v Speaker 2>scissors can you play in thirty six hours and it's

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<v Speaker 2>hard to fall asleep, so they take sleeping pills.

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<v Speaker 3>And they are heading west across the Pacific. Those that

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<v Speaker 3>went the other way.

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<v Speaker 2>He went west and there was twenty four hours of sunlight.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a problem with a natural circadian rhythm. And the

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<v Speaker 2>flight doctor did have what they call the go pills,

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<v Speaker 2>amphetamines issued by the medical doctor to the flight crew.

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<v Speaker 2>How about the toilet situation, where do they pee and

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<v Speaker 2>go poo poo. There is a really crappy little chemical

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<v Speaker 2>toilet on the plane. You go to Arii and you

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<v Speaker 2>buy a camping toilet and they only use it for

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<v Speaker 2>emergency times, pertinent emergencies because the toilet well, they're afraid

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<v Speaker 2>of overfilling the toilet. And you know what the privacy is,

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<v Speaker 2>because it's right behind the seats. The privacy is the

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<v Speaker 2>guy in front looks the other way.

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<v Speaker 3>Isn't that fun? Both pilots have a packed.

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<v Speaker 2>Lunch and they sit stationary for dozens of hours.

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<v Speaker 3>They can walk a little bit around.

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<v Speaker 2>The cockpit because it's a big coppit cockpit, but they

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<v Speaker 2>don't eat very much because they're sedentary.

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<v Speaker 3>They're just sitting there. And also you really don't want

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<v Speaker 3>to use that chemical toilet? Isn't that fun?

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<v Speaker 2>I want to be a B two bomber, wouldn't you?

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<v Speaker 2>As an attorney, Yeah, it's hard to believe. I actually

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<v Speaker 2>am one licensed umber nine to nine seventy one. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>have not yet been disbarred, which is a miracle, isn't it, Neil?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? And how yep.

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<v Speaker 2>And one of the things that I talk about and

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<v Speaker 2>I don't practice it, but I have friends, well, I

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<v Speaker 2>have acquaintances who are attorneys, and divorce attorneys deal with

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<v Speaker 2>prenups all the time, and even before someone gets to

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<v Speaker 3>Attorney, a prenup usually is in place.

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<v Speaker 2>Bezos Bezos is about to marry Lauren Sanchez. He has

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<v Speaker 2>rented Venice, I mean the entire city, and people are

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<v Speaker 2>an fairly uproar and we don't know how it's going

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<v Speaker 2>to go. But let's start with the fact that he's

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<v Speaker 2>worth two hundred billion dollars.

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<v Speaker 3>He's the third richest man now.

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<v Speaker 2>When he divorced McKinsey Scott in twenty nineteen, they did

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<v Speaker 2>not have a prenup, but he was very lucky because

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<v Speaker 2>they divorced amicably and she took thirty five billion dollars

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<v Speaker 2>and let him do all the voting, gave him all

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<v Speaker 2>the shares to vote, so that worked out for him,

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<v Speaker 2>but not for everybody for sure. Attorneys say that prenups

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<v Speaker 2>are actually they should be for anybody who's worth more

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<v Speaker 2>than th three dollars, who gets access to the private jet,

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<v Speaker 2>who gets access to the thoroughbred horses, who gets to

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<v Speaker 2>say what on social media? And you have the confidential

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<v Speaker 2>confidentiality clauses that you might even be able to talk

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<v Speaker 2>about the existence of the prenup itself. And the ultra

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<v Speaker 2>wealthy prenups, you know, they have to address assets they

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<v Speaker 2>can't be easily sold. And you've got someone who has

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<v Speaker 2>a company or a couple as a company. One side says,

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<v Speaker 2>let's sell it. I want the money. The other side says, no,

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<v Speaker 2>selling a company can really involve and trigger significant capital

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<v Speaker 2>gains tax that always has to be figured also, and

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<v Speaker 2>what for the ultrawealthy, what a prenup does is actually

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<v Speaker 2>focus on preserving lifestyle and it's about acknowledging the relationship

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<v Speaker 2>and how important it is and keeping business interests and

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<v Speaker 2>major assets off the table in the event of a divorce.

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<v Speaker 3>Robert Cohen, a new York attorney who does this.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't want them to have access to the other

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<v Speaker 3>And the other issue is jurisdiction.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, people have several homes in different states, different countries,

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<v Speaker 2>So which jurisdiction. For example, you got a prenup in

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<v Speaker 2>New York, it's enforceable, and it gets tossed out.

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<v Speaker 3>In London because the rules are different.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, prenup does what virtually every contract does, and what

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<v Speaker 2>that does is read a contract, and it said that

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<v Speaker 2>this contract took place in the state of California, and

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<v Speaker 2>the jurisdiction will be California no matter what. So that

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<v Speaker 2>is critically important. Here's another one that's fun. Some clients

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<v Speaker 2>demand in the prenup that the south spouse maintain a

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<v Speaker 2>specific weight, and if you go beyond that weight, you

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<v Speaker 2>don't get the money. You should see what my trust

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, it's really crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>One attorney wrote into a prenup with a regarding an

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<v Speaker 2>NBA player that the player insisted that the prenup acknowledged

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<v Speaker 2>that NBA players are known to have affairs, so cheating

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<v Speaker 2>could not trigger that part of the pre nep prenup

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<v Speaker 2>in which the player is punished or the player is nailed.

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<v Speaker 2>It's this is fascinating stuff. I would love to see

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<v Speaker 2>these prenups, but they're almost always confidential.

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<v Speaker 3>And here is a rule, according to.

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<v Speaker 2>One of them, whoever cares less about walking away is

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<v Speaker 2>holding all the cards. If you don't care, you're walking

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<v Speaker 2>away from everything, You're the one that's holding the cards.

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<v Speaker 3>Which is interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, be prepared in a few days, two in July

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<v Speaker 2>actually to pay just a touch more for gasoline per gallon,

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<v Speaker 2>like seventy cents more per gallon.

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<v Speaker 3>Now it kills me. I mean, it's what I.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I don't have I don't drive a Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 2>drive an EV so I don't have a gasoline car.

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<v Speaker 3>So I'm thrilled.

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<v Speaker 2>However, Lindsay drives a big honk and escalade which gets

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<v Speaker 2>twelve miles to the gallon. And it's really very exciting

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<v Speaker 2>when and it cost one hundred and twenty bucks to

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<v Speaker 2>put in a tank full and three blocks later it's

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<v Speaker 2>time for another tank.

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<v Speaker 3>Full of gas.

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<v Speaker 2>When we look at the price of gas and we

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<v Speaker 2>hear on the news it's always the national average is

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<v Speaker 2>and it's like two dollars less than what we pay.

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<v Speaker 2>Used to be fifty cents, and now it's going to

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<v Speaker 2>get even worse, a lot worse. So what drives up

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<v Speaker 2>these prices, Well, let me start. In twenty twenty four,

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<v Speaker 2>the California Air Resources Board approved amendments to the state's

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<v Speaker 2>Low Carbon Fuel Standard program established in twenty eleven. Two

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<v Speaker 2>goals in mind shifting the state's fuel dependence towards lower

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<v Speaker 2>carbon fuels and helping the state cut fuel use by

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<v Speaker 2>ninety four percent by twenty forty five. That's all virtually

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<v Speaker 2>cut it completely. And this was meant to incentivize the

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<v Speaker 2>value of lower carbon fuel. By the way, we didn't

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<v Speaker 2>know the seventy cent figure. Actually we don't know that

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<v Speaker 2>it is going to be seventy cents. It could be lower.

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<v Speaker 3>No one has any idea.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of it has to do with the price

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<v Speaker 2>of oil, which jumps all over the place, as you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and it has to do with all other factors. We're

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<v Speaker 2>talking about the number of people driving, we're talking about markets,

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<v Speaker 2>we're talking about refineries of which.

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<v Speaker 3>You know when they go into maintenance. We have so

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<v Speaker 3>few refineries.

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<v Speaker 2>In this case, one is taken offline, and all of

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<v Speaker 2>a sudden, the amount of gasoline that we have jumps

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<v Speaker 2>because the demand always increase, is always better or bigger

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<v Speaker 2>than supply. And to California refineries are shutting down by

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<v Speaker 2>this year.

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<v Speaker 3>That's three hundred thousand barrels per day lost of oil.

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<v Speaker 2>It's I gotta tell you when it comes to oil,

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<v Speaker 2>when it comes to gasoline, California is a tough place

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<v Speaker 2>to live. The highest tax state in the country, the

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<v Speaker 2>most expensive gasoline in the country, the most restrictive OSHA

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<v Speaker 2>laws which make business very difficult, the price of housing.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how people still live here. It's just

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<v Speaker 2>gotten so difficult. So we prepared for a lot more gas. Now, Neil,

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<v Speaker 2>you threw a couple of figures at me as you

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<v Speaker 2>were looking at this.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I thought it was interesting that this comes right

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<v Speaker 1>on the tail of the Auto Club coming out a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of days ago and talking about that we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to have record people on the roads for the fourth

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<v Speaker 1>July weekend five point five million. So CAW folks are

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<v Speaker 1>going to be out on the roads, choosing to drive

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<v Speaker 1>to more local destinations for vacation, which I love. Who

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<v Speaker 1>love a good road trip?

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<v Speaker 2>Man?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't. Oh, you don't like driving at all at all.

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<v Speaker 3>I hate traffic and sitting on a road trip.

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<v Speaker 2>I have this one over here, my wife who loves

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<v Speaker 2>road trips and wants to go on one. And I

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<v Speaker 2>look at her and I mentioned a fact. There is

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<v Speaker 2>not a human being on this planet that I will

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<v Speaker 2>spend five and a half hours with, much less eight

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<v Speaker 2>hours on a road trip.

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<v Speaker 3>I love it. Oh, well, you never invite me because

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<v Speaker 3>you never have to worry about it. No, but I

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<v Speaker 3>mean you can.

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<v Speaker 1>You could stop off the freeway and find a neat place,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, neat little shops whatever you're you control your Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>The shops off the freeways are terrific. I can't no, no,

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<v Speaker 3>they can be. Route sixty six is a lot, know.

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<v Speaker 1>I just think it's a it's an eight alien beef jerkey.

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<v Speaker 1>I like talking to my wife by the way and

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<v Speaker 1>enjoy the time in the car.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't understand that, Not that your wife is in terrific.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just talking to anybody for hour after hour after hour.

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<v Speaker 3>You feel like a B two bomber. That's it. Here's

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<v Speaker 3>the analogy.

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<v Speaker 2>You're driving across the country and you feel like a

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<v Speaker 2>B two bomber pilot like I did the previous story,

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<v Speaker 2>forty four hours in the air without stopping.

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<v Speaker 3>Stop.

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<v Speaker 1>You could stop at a circle K, get yourself a snack.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not like you have to use a chemical toilet

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<v Speaker 1>in the back of the car.

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<v Speaker 3>All Right, we're done. This is KFI A M. Six.

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