Staying In Andy Griffith’s House Mount Airy NC - Real Life Mayberry Tour / Snappy Lunch & Much More
Staying at Andy Griffith Home Place in Mount Airy NC
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welcome everyone adam the woo
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here i have arrived in mount
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airy north carolina the hometown
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where he was born raised grew up
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and also andy griffith there
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seen from the you know the fishing hole
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spot from the intro of every episode
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of arguably one of the greatest tv shows
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of all time with opie i've been here
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before but it has been
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many years ago and i'm here to
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document other items that i have not
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seen
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as well as a little more in-depth than
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my
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oh
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i'm inviting you to join me and i have a
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special surprise a little bit later
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which i've never done before it's a good
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one inviting you to join me shall you
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i'll return back over to the museum a
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little later
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but this is a good little correlation of
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some of the items around
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the area and how they pertain to the
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subject matter
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it's just right here next to the museum
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i'll come back over here in a little bit
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one thing that's really nice is they
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fully embrace
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everything about it which is a good
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thing
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i made it about a mile away i was
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distracted by the squad car
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a few moments ago and forgot to mention
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that
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mount airy is the inspiration for
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mayberry from the television show
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and a lot of things that happened here
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went on to become
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parts of episodes
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the real life mayberry and i do believe
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i will be
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there's more than one barney mobile i
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guess you could call it i will be taking
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one of these tours also
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earlier this year i watched in order
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season one through five which were
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when barney was on the show
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so it's all still fresh in my head in
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fact i did the filming locations out in
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culver city california
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so it's gonna be nice to just meander
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around with
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knowing all the little ins and outs
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you know like the darlings here's their
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here's their automobile and the wally's
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towing truck and contrary to
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opinion the show did not
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well was not filmed here in north
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carolina
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all in socal surprisingly they did a
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good
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a good job making it appear like
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it would be up here in the mountains
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these are all little recreations
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which i highly approve of very cool
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obviously it's not
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precise to the recreation
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would be for example mayberry hotel up
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here
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which this isn't really a hotel they're
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just putting it on the awning
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and the show was like a four or five
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story building which you never see the
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top of only like once
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or twice in a couple episodes you only
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saw first and second floor
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one subtle point which i am picking up
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on
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well if you look down here on the
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concrete you have aunt b
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got goober ernest t thelma lou and
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others miss crump
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but around the side they have
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constructed the door which was
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in the show around the side of the
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courthouse there was also a door
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around this back end that's a nice touch
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and of course wally's service station
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can't forget about that with the gas
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pumps out front
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the price of the tour is forty dollars
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not per person but
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per car cash only which i'd have to go
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buy an atm
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but they said the driver could stop in
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town
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i could get some cash out that way
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i think about it i did ask if they've
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added anything new
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to the tour in the last couple years
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they said they have not
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since i've done it before back in may of
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2017. i'm gonna pass
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on that because there's still so much
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else to cover and i can go to all the
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spots
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myself and get out and walk around this
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is
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always this is awesome this is so good
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there's the desk there it is not to
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scale
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obviously but pretty dang close there
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where barney would sit
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right over there andy here and across
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would be otis and the cells
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just like the just like the show the two
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of them there
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yeah it really kind of puts you in
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puts you in the element
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for sure and then around the back over
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is the room where barney would sometimes
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sleep overnight
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and a lot happened back in that i think
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that might be otis hat down there
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always the key that he would reach for
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and he always for one reason or another
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always chose
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this cell so you can see there's his
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photograph there on the wall
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and another nice touch is they have the
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windows
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up on either side right up there
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and because ernest t bass would always
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throw rocks and bricks through windows
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they have this as a dedication
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in memory of ernest t right down here a
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brick and here's a nice little easter
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egg
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aunt b's kerosene cucumbers over here
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in the corner she was very proud of her
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pickles
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and of course also the justice of the
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peace
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as well and there's andy's typewriter
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the phone right there where
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barney was always talking to juanita
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drove about a mile maybe three quarters
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of a mile
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to downtown and next to the chamber of
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commerce here at the
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granite city is this guitar
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which has been painted there with his
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likeness
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and a lot of the eating establishments
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are also
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themed this place is called barney's
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cafe
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home of the barney burger i saw a sign
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and decided to walk down
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this side of the hill in hopes of this
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being what i
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think it is and it totally is
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a sports pub and grill by the name of
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the loaded
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goat mine and probably others would back
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me up on this one of
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one of my favorite episodes it's a good
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one the
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the tnt dynamite goat episode
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in a lot of ways i don't even call it
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mount airy even the music center goes by
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the fictional name not the real town
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name
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and you gotta love this the snappy lunch
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it really does exist it's a real place
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right there on the door
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written snappy lunch and of course
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floyd's barber shop you just picture
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floyd sitting out here
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gossiping spinning some yarns
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i think everyone loved floyd
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i got a booth inside snappy lunch
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looking at the menu here
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i think i'm just going to get the pork
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sandwich okay does that come with
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anything
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other than the sandwich no um we don't
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we
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the only size we would have is a bag of
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potato chips okay i'll do a bag of
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just plain potato chips though okay and
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the sweet tea
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thank you this is what they're known for
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whether it's advertised out front so i
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went with a pork chop sandwich
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it is there's a pretty good sized
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portion look at this thing
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not bad for the christ that is that is
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immense it has slaw
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i'm seeing some slaw there tomato
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oh yeah look at all that goodness down
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in there that's this is only like four
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dollars
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and then the cup of sweet tea there and
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some
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some chips over in here as well
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yeah that looks like a delicious a
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delicious meal here at the
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snappy lunch
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looks so good
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that was delicious it is now it's now
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raining
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it's raining out here there's a pretty
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neat old school theater there across the
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way called the earl
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nice obviously not vintage if it is it's
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been repainted but this coca-cola
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advertisement here on the side of the
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brick is always a nice
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a nice thing to see there's a whole area
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here about a block away for
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public parking and there's another guide
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map there that
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shows all the stores we'll get back in
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my rental and head
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over to the museum i started at and look
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around
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showing where i am you are here that's
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me i'm a smiley
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the main area here where all the stores
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goes along main street
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i just need to drive over back down to
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that area
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i believe they do a festival annually
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one of these years i'd like to come up
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and check that out
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hours for the museum are nine to five
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every day with the exception of sundays
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which are from one to five pm a little
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shorter hours on sundays
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oh check this out there's a little side
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car for the motorcycle
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has the department emblem on the side i
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gotta get inside it's raining
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after paying admission i have to peel
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this off and put it on my
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on my torso this is how they know that i
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that i paid right here this badge
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okay looks like the first of those
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celebrations took place on june 1st of
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57. there he is in the car in the parade
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going through through town there here is
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a shirt worn by him
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on the show screen news and the letter
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back in 2008
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that he wrote signifying that it is
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authentic
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it's tough to see because of the the
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glare and the reflection of everything
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around it but
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that's it no way these are the
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original signs in front of the door the
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justice of the peace
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and the shared now this is not original
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nor are the doors
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but both of these were in culver city
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used for the filming in front of the
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courthouse
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for real this this blows my mind just a
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little bit that is
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so these are seen in all the different
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episodes that is
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incredible right another screen used
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item one of barney's two
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salt and pepper suits this could be seen
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in
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the episode from the first first season
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fifth episode there is otis hat and suit
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the one here on the bottom this hat
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started to decompose but he still
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carried it around in a suitcase with him
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for photo ops if need be but this is all
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screen used
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wow the keys that would be between the
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two cells the secondary one
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was in the one called cousin virgil
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where he whittled it down to escape
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now these are these are the keys even
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though some of these items are
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recreation this chair dawn not sat
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in in every episode okay the gavel
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the block the eagle over here and
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this is the actual telephone right there
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that's the real deal
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i'm getting all this information from
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the little items written down here
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all the info on it here's a miniature
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recreation of his
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his home here in town on 7 11 east
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haymore street
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more precisely the corner of rockford
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and haymore which was also
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used and mentioned in an episode with
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the crossing guard even though it's a
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real place
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here in mount airy it's also fictional
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for mayberry where i'm going is at the
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base of that water tower
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right there top of the hill
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of the water tower
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this residential neighborhood
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top of the hill is
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andy's home place where he resided
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nice little porch swing out here well
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not a porch swing a
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yard swing
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and i'm happy to say i will be staying
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here overnight
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this will be my residence for the
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evening
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in andy's house
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here's a photograph of him and his wife
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quite some time ago
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walking out of the front
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the state's guests are occupying the
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house
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please respect their privacy
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that's me i'm the guest
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a lot of photographs themed
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along the walls a bird cage there
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very quaint in here
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over here on the shelving are
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not only a gay board game down here
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but also vhs of some of the episodes
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as well as dvds from season five
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so i might be watching some of those
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i kind of have to let's just sit over
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there
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on the chair there is a television with
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a dvd player
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nice squeaky floors gives it the proper
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ambiance
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looks like used to be a back porch which
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has been converted into the second
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bedroom
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back here there's a bed a couple of
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lamps
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just me staying for the evening so i
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don't need two beds but that
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is the way it is presented
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and along the side is classic car
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advertisement alerts the kitchen is
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incredible look at that got a microwave
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coffee maker over there
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you got some of the antique
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items here along the wall
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the stove yeah look at that thing
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it's a hot point
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nice tree with the leaves changing
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falling
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and then the main bedroom here
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which was not the add-on from the back
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porch
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i don't know if the furniture is
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original
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looks like it could have been
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at the head of the bed is the lord's
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supper
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there is a security system
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looks to be a remodeled bathtub
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as well oh there's the there's the
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statue i was at
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a little earlier
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one thing about staying here you got to
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get used to the tours going by
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in the the antique vehicles
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i guess they are still doing them in the
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rain
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copy of his birth certificate here born
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in 1926
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at 181 south street is written there
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typed it in see how far it was about
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three quarters of a mile
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from here didn't move into this home
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until he was six years old
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and here's a photograph clipping from a
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newspaper of his parents and
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the headline reads the griffiths are
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leaving mount airy
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he lived here up until he went to
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college at the age of 18.
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he came back to visit pretty often in
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his
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later adult life until they left in 1966
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some nice little tie-ins all through
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including and there's opie with a bird
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and next to the birdcage
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the cost was 175 for
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one night you know one day check in at
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three
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and then check out the next morning 175
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plus taxes and fees came to about 197
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for just me that's it's a little much
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however
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you know if you had a bunch of people
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staying here
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you know share the couch some different
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couple different
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bedrooms especially during the mayberry
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days
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which might be tough to book it because
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i'm sure it's a very popular time period
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it would it would be worthwhile and it
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would add to the experience to be here
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it's pretty awesome this states
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from 35 to 66 was when the family
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resided
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take a peek i already looked in here and
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show
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how great is this this wallpaper
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here's an artistic rendering of the home
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right there something very fascinating
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over here as
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well there is a signature
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right there an autograph well it was
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taken from the guest book
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and he has signed his name there
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in october on october 16th of 2002
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when it was an airbnb which is still
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kind of is
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rooted out by one of the local hotels
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here he came back to stay
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so imagine staying
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as a guest in your former home
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that you grew up in and then you signed
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the guest book
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that has to be an interesting feeling
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obviously probably a different table
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but i always i'm always picturing how
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history is and you know how a family
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would have been in here and it's
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really easy to think of modern day
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think of current situations as far as
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looking at this and thinking oh it's
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just a
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it's just an older home but this
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that was the family room over there
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still is this was
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always going to be the dining room
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the kitchen over there so there probably
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was a table i could even walk over there
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to where the kitchen table was
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most likely through here
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could have even been kind of tucked away
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in that corner
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however just think of the conversations
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that were had talking about aspirations
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hopes dreams oh is that another
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i thought barney was out there
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