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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the Parenting Roundabout podcast. I'm Terry Morrow and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Catherine hileco. Every Thursday we're bringing you a library find,

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<v Speaker 1>a pick from our archives, and a parenting or pop

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<v Speaker 1>culture tidbit or two. Let's start with Catherine's library find

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<v Speaker 1>of the week.

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<v Speaker 2>So I am once again bringing you a update or

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<v Speaker 2>a new title in an ongoing category, which is scatological

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<v Speaker 2>titles to draw kids interests. We've had, We've had butt

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<v Speaker 2>or face I believe was a previous entry in this category,

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<v Speaker 2>and now we have fish farts, oh my goodness, and

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<v Speaker 2>other amazing ways animals adapt. So once again, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>non fiction for kids about animals, and Simon and Schuster

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<v Speaker 2>tells us that from popping off a tail to rolling

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<v Speaker 2>around and dung to farting to send a message, this

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<v Speaker 2>funny and informative nonfiction picture book shows the many unusual

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<v Speaker 2>ways animals adapt to their surroundings. So wow, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>wouldn't you rather read about fish farts than deadly bites?

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<v Speaker 1>I would? I entirely would.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what you're getting here.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, and you know if you bring the fish Farts

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<v Speaker 1>Book to school, the teacher will be mildly annoyed. If

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<v Speaker 1>you bring the fish Bytes book to school, the teacher

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<v Speaker 1>is going to send you the counselor. So it's it's

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<v Speaker 1>all so much better, right. Oh, and I'm looking at

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<v Speaker 1>the I'm looking at the more books from this author,

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<v Speaker 1>Your amazing digestion from mouth through intestine.

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<v Speaker 2>Exploding ants. There's enough one. There's another one she wrote.

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<v Speaker 1>When Okay, well she's got a pH d.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right on the cover.

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta think fish Farts is the best seller. Though.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes she's got a PhD. Because that's what impresses eight

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<v Speaker 2>year olds like I.

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<v Speaker 1>Want this book. She has a PhD. Yes, yes, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>this is a This is a book purchased by uncles everywhere.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the one your funkl brings to the birthday

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<v Speaker 1>party and everybody laughs and mom shoots him a look great, great.

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<v Speaker 1>What do they do?

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<v Speaker 2>They they said, they fart to send a message.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is all all weird things that animals do,

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<v Speaker 1>and popping off a tail to rolling around and dunk

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<v Speaker 1>to farty to send a message. Well that's something that

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<v Speaker 1>kids do, for sure. It's funny and infortive fiction picture books,

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<v Speaker 1>the many unusual ways animals adapt to their surroundings feel. Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>this is gonna be popular with a certain subset of

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<v Speaker 1>the juvenile reader. Yep, for whom it will be endless giggles.

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<v Speaker 2>Because it has surprising, exciting, and sometimes hilarious ways that

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<v Speaker 2>animals adapt.

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<v Speaker 1>But only sometimes. Yeah that looks like fun.

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<v Speaker 2>Sure does.

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<v Speaker 1>And it farted his way its way across the library

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<v Speaker 1>to you.

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<v Speaker 2>It's it sure did. Yeah, yeah, it's been. It's just

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<v Speaker 2>came out too. I might have seen it because it

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<v Speaker 2>was brand new.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, just being processed in m hm. Well, I'm sure

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<v Speaker 1>it will have a lively uh circulation history.

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<v Speaker 2>I think so too.

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<v Speaker 1>Absolutely all good for them. It's it's you know, I've

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<v Speaker 1>had a reluctant reader. He probably would have been that

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<v Speaker 1>probably would have appealed to him. Yeah, so, or I

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<v Speaker 1>would have spent a lot of my time look farts,

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<v Speaker 1>dung and he would be going, really, I would like

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<v Speaker 1>to go over there and do something else, right, But

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we try, we do what we can. Sometime

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<v Speaker 1>our kid in the future, our kid is gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>on an island going. I remember my mom kept trying

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<v Speaker 1>to get me interested in farts. Now I am tortured

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<v Speaker 1>exactly well for my random my random recommendation this week,

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<v Speaker 1>I am going to recommend something that I have seen

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<v Speaker 1>mention of. I have not done anything with it, but

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<v Speaker 1>I wish it well and I find it kind of fascinating,

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll be keeping an eye on it. Julia Whalen,

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<v Speaker 1>who is an author and audiobook reader who I think

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<v Speaker 1>you and I have both enjoyed her work, both her

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<v Speaker 1>written work and her spoken work. She was also, when

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<v Speaker 1>she was younger, an actress on a show I loved

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<v Speaker 1>very much called Once and Again, so I have a

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<v Speaker 1>residual affection for her from that, and she has just

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<v Speaker 1>started what looks like is maybe intended to eventually someday

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<v Speaker 1>be a rival of Audible. It's called Julia Whalen's Audiobrairi,

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<v Speaker 1>and right now it has her books that she has

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<v Speaker 1>an additional historical nonfiction book, so not too much then.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not sure there's an app you can use to

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<v Speaker 1>listen to the books that you purchase, and I guess

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<v Speaker 1>you take out a membership to either get the books

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<v Speaker 1>or then are able to buy them. I'm not sure

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<v Speaker 1>how it works, but she's been published a lot on

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<v Speaker 1>social media. I've seen a lot about it, and I

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<v Speaker 1>wish her so well in anything she tries to do.

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<v Speaker 1>And if she feels like there's a need for something

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<v Speaker 1>like this, then I don't know whether maybe to get

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<v Speaker 1>a better deal for readers or just to have some

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<v Speaker 1>more control over her work. I want her to have

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<v Speaker 1>those things. So if you are an audiobook listener, and

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<v Speaker 1>especially if you have not already listened to her books

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<v Speaker 1>My Oxford Year, and thank you for listening, and wish

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<v Speaker 1>to check this out, see if this is something you

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<v Speaker 1>might be able to use, and then message me and

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<v Speaker 1>tell me how.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I wish her well. I wish her well.

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<v Speaker 2>Taken on Amazon good.

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<v Speaker 1>Yead for Yeah. I mean, I don't know exactly if

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<v Speaker 1>that's what she's doing, but it certainly seems to be

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<v Speaker 1>and I think that they have interviews on it also,

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<v Speaker 1>and a community, you know, probably a like a an

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<v Speaker 1>online community to talk about books, write a newsletter. So

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<v Speaker 1>there's lots of extra stuff. It's not just audiobooks audiobook listening.

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<v Speaker 1>It's sort of being interested in audiobooks and sharing that

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<v Speaker 1>with other people, which certainly we could all use. And

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<v Speaker 1>so check it out and see if it's something that

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<v Speaker 1>you might be interested, and I will be looking into

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<v Speaker 1>it more as well and seeing if there's something that

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<v Speaker 1>I can do with it right now. But one thing

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<v Speaker 1>I can do is publicize it a little bit. So

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<v Speaker 1>go see what she's up to. Yeah, Whi's pretty cool.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm sure it's something good.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's so ambitious and it's impressive when someone

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<v Speaker 2>tries to do something like that.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, I wish here well, and what do we

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<v Speaker 1>have this week from our deep and ridiculous archives.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, if we wanted to turn ourselves into an app,

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<v Speaker 2>we would have a lot of content to fill it

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<v Speaker 2>up with. So back in twenty twenty one, we were

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<v Speaker 2>talking about free time activities for adults, and I wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to see if we had any additional come up with

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<v Speaker 2>any hobbies or leisure activities in the past three years.

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<v Speaker 2>I really haven't because I got another job.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, I think we were remembering back then. I

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<v Speaker 1>remember the social life my parents had and I don't

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<v Speaker 1>have anything like that, right, And they belonged to a

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<v Speaker 1>square dancing club. They had another square dancing club from

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<v Speaker 1>the past that they had belonged to, and they still

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<v Speaker 1>got together with the people from it from time to time.

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<v Speaker 1>They had bridge groups that they would participate in together

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<v Speaker 1>or individually, and they just they had this whole adult life, right,

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<v Speaker 1>which the children sort of looked on. And my mom

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<v Speaker 1>had tea parties for her church at the house. Do

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<v Speaker 1>you do anything? You have a book club that you

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<v Speaker 1>go to? Yah?

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<v Speaker 2>You?

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<v Speaker 1>But it's like there was this whole structure that I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like does not exist anymore, right, or if it does,

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<v Speaker 1>they don't want me or I don't want it. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>really quite happy sitting in my house doing falling asleep

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<v Speaker 1>on the couch or doing work until late at night.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you do go to church, and you.

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<v Speaker 1>Do go to go to Rosary Society. I've started bringing

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<v Speaker 1>my daughter with me one so she can drive me there,

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<v Speaker 1>but also just because she's interested in going out and

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<v Speaker 1>doing things too. She's a young adult who doesn't really

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<v Speaker 1>the next two youngest person there, if not the youngest,

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<v Speaker 1>and so all the all the ladies are thrilled to

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<v Speaker 1>have her, right, So they've been very sweet to her.

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<v Speaker 1>And see that's once a month, get out.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, book club is only once a month.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, and I don't know, I mean, I see,

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<v Speaker 1>I kind of forced my husband and son to join

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<v Speaker 1>the Nights of Columbus, So they go out now once

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<v Speaker 1>a month, well twice if they meet twice a month.

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<v Speaker 1>We have desserts at the Rosary Society. They have like

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<v Speaker 1>actual real food at the Nights, so usually they dinner

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<v Speaker 1>first and then they have another dinner while they're there.

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<v Speaker 1>But which is you know what interests my son? I

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<v Speaker 1>think most about it. Right, we sit through a boring

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<v Speaker 1>meeting and then we get d.

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<v Speaker 2>Eat stuff if that's what it takes.

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<v Speaker 1>Great gets him out of the house, right, And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>my kids have all their little sports things, different practices

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<v Speaker 1>over the course of the special Olympics practices, and they

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<v Speaker 1>have an actual social life. They go to a social

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<v Speaker 1>group every Friday, and Rick and I go along with that,

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<v Speaker 1>so that's sort of our social We talk to the

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<v Speaker 1>little bit of a social life. That's a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>of a free time activity is going and watching my

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<v Speaker 1>kids do things.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, But it's not like.

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<v Speaker 1>My parents used to had. I mean, they would watch

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<v Speaker 1>me doing things, but I would also stay home with

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<v Speaker 1>the babysitter while they went and did stuff, So where

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<v Speaker 1>did that? Goyah? Does anybody have that?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I think part of what we were talking

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<v Speaker 2>about with this the first time around was the way

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<v Speaker 2>that it's been for parents in recent times that your

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<v Speaker 2>whole social world is your kids' activities, and when that

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<v Speaker 2>goes away, then what happens?

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, that's true. I'm still a part of my kids

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<v Speaker 1>social activities, which is not normal, I guess, but is

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<v Speaker 1>the way it is for their particular group of young

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<v Speaker 1>adults with disabilities. So they could I mean, my daughter drives,

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<v Speaker 1>so they could just go by themselves to these things.

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<v Speaker 1>But everybody's parents bring them, so we might as well

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<v Speaker 1>bring them, and we might as well go and and

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<v Speaker 1>interact with the parents and have some sort of life,

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<v Speaker 1>you know exactly. But if they if it wasn't for that,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I guess we would still go to the

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<v Speaker 1>church stuff. But hmmm, I would like to square dance?

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<v Speaker 1>Does anybody square dance?

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<v Speaker 2>Any I just I saw like a tweeter meme or

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<v Speaker 2>something like why is it that we were all taught

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<v Speaker 2>out of square dance in like fourth grade?

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<v Speaker 1>And then I'll tell you that was the that was

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<v Speaker 1>my time to shine with the folk dance and the

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<v Speaker 1>square dance units in high school gym, those were my

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<v Speaker 1>A quarters and then we would go back to something

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<v Speaker 1>a D. But boy, I lived for those quarters.

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<v Speaker 2>It's really not fair to grade you. It's really not

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<v Speaker 2>your skill at you know, basketball or.

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<v Speaker 1>Whatever, and they totally do That's not fair. The story

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<v Speaker 1>of my life showing up. Yeah, I was threatened with

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<v Speaker 1>failure a couple of times. Goods, permanent record and all that.

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<v Speaker 1>when the teacher told me I was going to fail

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<v Speaker 1>that I did, and she felt like, see, I knew

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<v Speaker 1>you could do it. And I was like, so that

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<v Speaker 1>thing about adrenaline making you able to do that, I

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<v Speaker 1>up a car. I see how that happens.

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<v Speaker 2>I am not failing.

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<v Speaker 1>Never been able to do it again, never was able

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<v Speaker 1>to do it before. I did it exactly one time

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<v Speaker 1>and got my d so anyway, but square dancing square

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<v Speaker 1>dancing was fun. It was My mom had special dresses

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<v Speaker 1>with petticoats and stuff. I go square dancing. We got

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<v Speaker 1>to bring square dancing back. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>One of my and one of my brothers does folk dancing. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>so he has like groups that he dances with and

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<v Speaker 1>So right, so that's fun. Yeah. My parents I think

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<v Speaker 1>their their group was called the pyr Squares. They I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know if they did competitions, but they got together

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<v Speaker 1>at least once a week and had their matching dresses. Right, Golly,

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<v Speaker 1>And you looked at that and you'd say, so that's

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<v Speaker 1>what being a grown up is like.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, I'm gonna have these fun dresses.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, oh man, I did play bridge a little. I

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<v Speaker 1>did I square dance. There was a there was a

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<v Speaker 1>teen square dance group that I was in for a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit. I was affiliated with my parents group, and

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<v Speaker 1>then I did play bridge a little bit. And it's

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<v Speaker 2>They were trying to get the next generation going anywhere

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<v Speaker 1>They set me up with one of their uh very

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<v Speaker 1>awkward bridge night with the son of one of my

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<v Speaker 1>start of something big and.

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<v Speaker 2>Did not You were not interested.

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<v Speaker 1>I was, actually I would I was not disinterested, but

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<v Speaker 1>I think he was not interested, so whatever. But do

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<v Speaker 1>people do that anymore? Do they try this awkwardly set

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<v Speaker 2>I think so? Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean it's more they invite one of my kids

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<v Speaker 2>It's more the apps, I guess. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>See, we've all we're all just sitting in front of computers.

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<v Speaker 1>Now there are no active My fun activity is scrolling

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<v Speaker 2>One of my fun activities for today was supposed to

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<v Speaker 2>be a concert, an outdoor lunchtime concert that our city

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<v Speaker 2>puts on in the summer. But it just started pouring.

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<v Speaker 1>I did this community band for a while. That got

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<v Speaker 1>me out of the house, but then I stopped And

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<v Speaker 1>now when I think about going, and it's like all

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<v Speaker 1>the stuff I have to do? What it is? Also?

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<v Speaker 2>Would it be hard for you to read them? Would

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<v Speaker 2>it be hard for you to read the music without magnification?

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<v Speaker 1>It was barely barely functional on the flute before and

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<v Speaker 1>now I haven't played it again for another X number

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<v Speaker 1>of years. I don't think. I don't think they're missing me.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the flute section probably sounds we did better

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<v Speaker 1>in my absence, And I mean really that was I

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<v Speaker 1>was in that band because I got in it so

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<v Speaker 1>my daughter would go in it, and so it was

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<v Speaker 1>still piggybacking off my kid. It wasn't like an independent Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>I would like to play a flute, right, didn't I

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<v Speaker 1>go join the community band? I'm pathetic. I do a podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>That's my fun activity.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right.

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<v Speaker 3>That is our our hobby, and listening to it is

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<v Speaker 3>fun for you guys, right right right, Listening to my

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<v Speaker 3>podcast is also my fun activity, right you and me.

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