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A Day On Hwy 192 To St Cloud
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welcome everyone
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oh easy
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there welcome everyone Adam wo
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here as the recording of this Monday
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March 4th
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2024 file this episode under I have no
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idea what will happen throughout the
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course of the day no real game plan got
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to run some errands starting off going
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downtown celebration going to get some
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Starbucks piping hot caffeinated
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beverage from the Starbucks
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leaf blower later on I got to go to St
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Cloud going to having dinner with my
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parents probably off camera probably
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film a lot of stuff up to that point but
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that's the progress of the day just a
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relaxing day doing stuff I'm inviting
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you to join me whatever the heck
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happens you can be there with me just by
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watching and I appreciate
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it join me
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shall you no overnight parking unless
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you're a resident from 10:00 to 6:00
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just notice that there's a you know
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signs signs everywhere is signs that's a
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song but I have parked my cart here and
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I'm noticing that this is becoming a
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glorified golf cart well that's a real
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golf cart golf cart Haven of sorts look
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at this motorcycle right here maybe
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coming from bike week but there's also
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look at this there's a mini Mickey and
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mini golf cart over here which I have
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not seen this one around town pretty
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awesome the golf carts of Plenty are
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taking over celebration that's a cute
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one it is a really nice day out today
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the sun is out the sun has not been out
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recently in the last I don't know month
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or so Ian it's been out here and there
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but as far as the weather goes it's a
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little warm it's a little Breezy and
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nice not too hot definitely not super
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toasty nice breeze in the air but the
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sun is perfect
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permeating I think this might have been
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mean I've been around since I've been in
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Florida more or less since
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november-ish the longest probably and I
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will be traveling once April starts I'll
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be traveling the rest of the year but I
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got to say I do not recall Florida
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winters going this long I mean it's it's
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pretty much spring now spring is what a
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week or two away a lot of people out
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riding their bikes since the weather is
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nice you got some bicycles over there
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people out walking around enjoying the
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day I also
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I'm in that camp as well just enjoying
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the day having a nonsensical day with no
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plants I have a lot of this I have
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learned if you need to mail something
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out not that I was mailing anything out
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but if you have to mail something out
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better to wait till Tuesday then uh
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Monday because everyone shows up on a
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Monday because the post office is
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usually close on weekends especially
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Sundays I think some post offic are
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closed on Saturdays too but they're all
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closed on on Sundays also so I think in
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this bushel this Satchel of mail here
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probably is going to be all the
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documents that I needed I was kind of
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questioning a week or two ago about
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property tax and things like
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that I think it's probably going to be
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in here so I think stuff is going to be
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clarified today it is really nice
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out it is a beautiful day I think that's
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a song
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observation this light looks like if it
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was upside down the upside down of like
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a top of like a auto like a
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Jeep or maybe that looks like Johnny 5
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looks like Johnny
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5 right Johnny 5's
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head
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or you do that and then let me spin it
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around it's a little
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shaky top of a Jeep a lot of people stop
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off at the bank over there too up there
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real quick to run in and utilize the
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ATM everyone just pulls up real quick
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runs in the post office or the bank
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flower update it's out here the other
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day when they were putting all these new
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fresh flowers in also the Fortuna
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Bakery up here the clock is still not
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correct time it is far from 3:30 p.m.
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Starbucks is pretty busy so I might grab
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coffee elsewhere new store hours here's
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are the new store hours here at
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Starbucks all right I opted for Fortuna
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Bakery coffee they have a lot of
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delicious treats and desserts in here
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but no treats for me just uh the treat
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of coffee persuasion all right got my
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coffee
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here I always like it's interesting how
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Fortuna has these very interesting cups
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here with the little the nozzle on there
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I guess you put your straw in there but
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you drink get the coffee out of it yeah
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I don't know what Starbucks was really
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really busy today so go with different
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options they also have coffee over at
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Cornerstone over there as well I want to
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stop off real quick here at this house
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which every holiday not just Christmas
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not just Halloween the two big ones
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around town but every holiday they put
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all the decor up decorating Easter
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Valentine's Day just passed and now they
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are all ready to Rock for St Patty which
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is what
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in less than two weeks yeah less than
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two weeks it's a St Patty's Day the Luck
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of the
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Irish the rainbow there the pot of gold
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at the
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end they really do it up this probably
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is the most festive Year Round House
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celebration I don't want say it's the
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most festive house because during
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Halloween and Christmas there are others
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who might take it up a notch bigger than
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this even though they do it up but they
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do every single holiday as far as I can
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can we go all right I decided to pop
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over here to the McDonald's this
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McDonald's I saw that the other day when
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I was going over to the Animal Kingdom
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event located just on the outskirts of
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that Park it's the drive-thru so I heard
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a
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rumor that they got rid of the bicycles
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that pedal
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powered the golden arches just noticed
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this is interesting this the golden arch
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here this is wood right here from when
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you get up close this is this wood here
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I never know notic that when I've
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stopped off here check this place out
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and reviewed it before and again lots of
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foliage all along the sides I'm heading
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around this way to see where the
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bicycles used to be and as a helicopter
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goes by I am here to
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confirm that they have removed the
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bicycles there were three bicycle or two
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bicycles and like a another piece of
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Machinery helicopter going by still in
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front of the Hedge arches
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the arches of hedge the the fol arches
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of foliage I should say golden arches
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and the bikes were right down there so
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I'm not sure maybe they weren't working
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anymore they have removed them and they
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put these little three planter boxes
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where the bicycles used to be I remember
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when this open in 2020 in fact I came up
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here shortly after it open if not
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opening day might have even been opening
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day give or take a couple days and you
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couldn't go inside because obviously
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2020 and I had to wait and Order mobile
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order or I came out front and ordered
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and they brought my coffee out and I did
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a little in incar review of the the
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coffee and I showed the exteriors it
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took me year Well a year to be able to
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go inside after 2020 or maybe a few
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months six months but right here you
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were able to come out here and use the
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bicycles but the bicycles have been
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erased from existence and I would
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imagine the little like power stations
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underneath there maybe the plants are
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now powering up solar powered powering
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up the the Mickey D's foliage arches
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yeah but but I really like this whole
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outdoor seating area I don't know why I
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don't spend more time out here just like
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come out here meet up with people enjoy
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a enjoy a snack or coffee or whatnot you
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just this like a good little area it's
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not not too far from my place either a
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few miles really large golden arches
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there to I keep I've said golden arches
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quite a few times but yeah there's also
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a little wet floor sign over
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there oh yeah I should also mention that
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I'm in my car now I didn't I didn't take
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my golf cart over there
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they're doing a little maintenance on
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the power poles corner of international
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driveing Highway 192 right by Oldtown
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they have double the the Crow's Nest
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machineries oh man orange world looking
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pretty spiffy preparing for the
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reopenings had a fire here about 11
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months ago man they repainted us looking
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good still have the stuff Outdoors for
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sale but once it reopens inside sure
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they're going to restock it with a lot
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of other items that have a more
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Bountiful and plentiful
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inventory look at that fresh paint right
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over here where the movie Rider building
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used to be I showed it like maybe a week
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before they started tearing it down and
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in the process of them tearing it down
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but they left the sign right here you
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see the sign still there evidently you
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can leave a sign up so maybe the next
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business will utilize said sign take a
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look how that thing is leaning compared
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to the big orange orange world over
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there the Leaning sign of
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CMI not a tower it's a sign look at that
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that is like angling
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hard I don't know I'm fascinated by
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really dumb stuff all right I pulled
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over here on the corner 535 and
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192 535 right there a lot of old
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abandoned motels that they've torn out
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last couple years I stopped by this spot
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a month or two ago and I was just
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perusing around I walked back here and I
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noticed that there was a boat
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dock back in the
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back that had tarps all over it and it
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looked like someone was occupying
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it and I'm here to
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show that boat dock
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and Homestead is gone it burned down the
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only reason I knew about
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this is someone told me the other
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day Oola County
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officer stopped and said hello I was
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driving my golf cart around
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celebration and he goes hey I saw in
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your video that you showed this place
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out on 192 just want to give you a heads
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up that not long after a few days after
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you showed it caught on
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fire so I'm here to give an update there
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also a tent out
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here there it is right
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there I don't know if what's going on
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with the tent so I don't know if I want
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to get any closer but
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yeah burn
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down little relics
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here those lamp post are here for back
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when this used to be a resort with the
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whole
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Resort or not Resort but the motel Long
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Gone I decided to walk a little
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closer you know one day this whole area
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this will be gone or you can still smell
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the the charred fire smell yeah one day
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this will all be gone cleaned
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up and this whole segment over here will
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be developed again with a lot of new
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stuff lot of broken glass right
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now yeah I just wanted to point that
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out and the next property over so this
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used to have a huge fence around it with
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some old condos that were here
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sitting not in the best shape for years
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they tore him down took the fence down
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all the construction left you could just
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drive up in here and now they have
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placed signs saying stay off the
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property in this very unpersuasive to
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stay off the property caution line and a
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concrete
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bucket right
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here I don't think that's going to stop
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anyone from walking back there but I do
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see the sign last few months when I
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would go past here I would just drive
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down that road but
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evidently I don't think that that
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caution tape is an official tape it
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might be
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someone just placed it there that
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doesn't want anybody else going back
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there and seeing what their business is
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but I'll abide by the the signage I do
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want to drive down 192 I'm here at
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marker 12 Drive down2 the next entr to
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see what's going on and here's the other
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entry point no caution tape here used to
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be a pool right back there but they
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filled the pool
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in and while I'm over in this area going
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from CMI celebration into CMI and then
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down to St Cloud on 192 going to stop by
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the Pirates Island and give an update on
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this this place has been closed for a
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couple years now you can see they have
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survey markers here with the uh the
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ribbons around the trees there you had a
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ribbon around the tree there and they
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have mowed it they have come in and like
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took a brush hog or something and mowed
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it all down I'm really surprised that
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they have not bulldozed in of this yet
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but still sitting here since the last
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time I was here I don't know 3 4 5 6
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months ago they have reboarded up the
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the the doors there I always love the
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pirate ship that sits right out front
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with the traffic all going by and
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everything you see where the waterfalls
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were the all the different holes through
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here the probably 18 holes probably two
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different nine hole golf courses I used
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to work at a miniature golf course this
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is a very interesting boarding up style
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I don't think I've ever seen the
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boarding of a door quite that uh in
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Array like that an array of boards
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boarding up that door
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right there must be a method to that
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Madness must
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be huh yeah again just all that traffic
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is constantly flowing by here here's
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where you pick up your golf clubs and
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get your golf balls and
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everything oh look at this I didn't
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notice this last time I was here there
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are skulls in the side of this rock
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right
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here that is neat
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right pretty good
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theming it's quite the uh quite The
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Descent down the side of
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that yep yet another thing still sitting
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here I would say it's Prime real estate
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but it's real estate that's very similar
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to the little stocks that you see
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it Magic
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Kingdom no ly to get a photo in these
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though and you got an active little
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strip mall over
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there okay there was a boat over there
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in that corner Corner showed that half a
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year ago or whenever it was months ago
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when I was here they put up a fence
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around this parking lot so you can't
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drive back in there
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anymore not too many active mini golf
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courses on 192 anymore there's a
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couple but a few of the ones from the
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early '90s early 2000 late '90s early
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2000s are long gone and just either
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sitting empty are completely
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bulldust w w oh
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man I could have
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yeah I veered off
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192 over on the partan settlement they
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are widening the two-lane road it looks
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like it's going to be a four lane road
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connecting with Lakes Shore now got to
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go to downtown St
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Cloud they're pumping out or pumping in
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probably pumping out some water there if
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they are widening there this whole area
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of the CMI St Cloud area just growing
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considerably
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just waiting for the light to
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change
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yeah I think I'll walk around downtown
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St Cloud for a few
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minutes old stomping
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ground fact over there you can see
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peeking up over the roof line the St
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Cloud Florida water tower this is the
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First National Bank stated right there
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used in a super boy episode they filmed
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down here when I
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was living out here in the
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9s parsonage where my dad would preach
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at around the corner which was where the
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preacher lived in the you know Church
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provided for him down there used to
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preach at the First Christian Church
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then years later I had an apartment down
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here for many years right up here I've
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mentioned this before and I've never
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been able to figure it out not not this
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I also want to point this out this is an
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old photo of downtown the stcloud ice
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cream parlor in sundrees so they filmed
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a super boy episode they filmed a lot
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around central Florida for the episodes
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of super boy but they also filmed a
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stunt for another either a movie or a TV
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show that involved a van or and or
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truck that drove right down here ramped
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off I remember myself and a buddy or two
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were standing right over here there was
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a little bit of a makeshift barricade
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but that stunt took place went
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arai and the driver of the stunt vehicle
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caremed into the side of this and I
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don't know if it ever made into into a
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production or what that production was
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I've never been able to figure it out
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that would have been
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mid90s think the the person that just
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yelled at me probably doesn't know
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either but what I do recall about that
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is how it could have gone really bad and
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everyone who was watching the stunt take
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place with that car is kind of driving
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up could have been ran over by a a stunt
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van it didn't happen thankfully you can
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see through this fence you can see over
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the fence too but you can see through
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the fence that they're putting a new
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Foundation here for a new business or a
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new something or other but this little
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shed Shack
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esque thing is going to be meeting its
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demise soon enough this building has
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been down here as far as I can remember
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there's only a small section of it
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left right there
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you know when I was thinking about where
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I was going to reside before I got my
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apartment a few years ago in celebration
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right there off Market Street of course
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now I bought a home but prior to that I
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thought about looking at downtown
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Orlando I thought about looking at
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downtown Cima I even contemplated about
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moving back to down I wanted to be near
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a downtown of some sort and I thought
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about coming back down downtown St Cloud
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but celebration one out I think I made
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the right choice but I have a lot of I
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have have a lot of nostalgia and a very
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soft spot in my heart for this town I
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used to live in the apartment right up
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there that was my window I got some
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little stanions out here in the middle
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of the road now for a while they covered
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all this brick up with regular pavement
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and then the I guess the town kind of
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congregated together and voted to I
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don't know if they voted but somehow
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they got the brick back they placed the
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brick back here brought it back to the
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olden
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days yeah I love Downtown St Cloud again
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a lot of memories out here wow side of
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the hunter arms not looking good ooh
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that looks
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bad got the old St Cloud Hotel up here
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give a little construction update on
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that the original building when everyone
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came here to purchase the land when the
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town first came into existence all the
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land owners stayed here while their land
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was being made made ready for them to
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move into so the entire original
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inhabitants of the Town lived in
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here said to be haunted if you're into
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that kind of thing and it has been under
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a construction for years now I just hope
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one day it reopens I would like to stay
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in there it was apartments for a little
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while also the front of the city hall
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got a revamp what the
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heck that is not the same city hall
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front facade that was here and looked
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like the last time I was down here or at
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least paid attention to it and this
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quote that I really like is really kind
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of hard to see now they used to be like
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more of like a maroon reddish color and
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now it's just a dull beige maybe they'll
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repaint it
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again let me live in my house by the
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side of the road and be a friend to man
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got a little small police substation
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down here the clock is not telling the
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correct time it is 50:06 right now that
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clock says that it is I don't know
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between 3 and 4:00 with a minute hand on
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the
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22 clock is
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wrong it's my new thing now pointing out
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wrong clocks maybe I'm going a little
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crazy but I do not believe that is the
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same facade so back in the day back in
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the '90s my family here in ' 91 the road
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would go all the way down New York
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Avenue all the way down to the lakefront
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and then they en closed it with this but
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this is a new facade I have to wonder is
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the St Cloud
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twin
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closed does not look open from here this
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place has been open on oh hello dog does
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not look open from here all right I
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stand corrected it is in fact open it
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was just the way the the front the
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posters in the front just look didn't
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look like there was any in there the
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closer I got there were it's open used
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to be called the Popcorn Palace in my
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day St Cloud twin I think that's what
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it's called now called the popcorn
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popcorn
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Palace also St Cloud also had the
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nickname the Wonder city right there on
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drums a lot of core memories that
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apartment right up
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fisherman in the
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fridge right in here if you know you
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know if you know you
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know nice I always used to look at this
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building and thought it'd be a really
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cool business storefront I just like the
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look of this little one little chunk
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section here it's a
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available oh I just stepped on
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something it's got a bathroom in there
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and everything yeah this just right here
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off New York a so you got the hunter
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arms it's right there the back alleys of
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St
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Cloud this building here was the
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original funeral home back in it's the
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back side of
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it it's not
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used for that anymore but
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yeah a nice little Jeep over there I
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told you today was just going to be a
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rather random day there's this car show
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right here wait a second car show in
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case you were wondering where the car
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show registration
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was in case you were curious where maybe
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you were supposed to register your car
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for the
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show if you needed to know some info on
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where your car was to be for the show
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registration this is the spot right here
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there's a wider angle car share
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registration I don't know I'm so I don't
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know why I'm focusing on that I should
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be focusing on this
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Relic if that still is
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utilized that would be pretty dang
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awesome yeah I have such a soft spot for
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St Cloud from the year's living in it I
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got an STC Tattoo St
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Cloud years ago right here on the on my
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wrist STC goodness many years ago there
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used to be a Philly cheese steak place
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right here and if you dressed up as a
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cow stood out here with a sign for I
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think it was a half hour they would give
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you a Philly cheese steak they did away
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with that though they did away with that
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after I don't know half a year I think
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too many
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people they were going out on the side
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of the road and probably doing things
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they weren't supposed to be doing in a
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cow suit and now the cheese steak place
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is gone now it's a mexic food place all
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right I'll pick up where I left off
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after a nice little catch up with my mom
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and dad and a little homemade meal from
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my mom haven't seen them in a little
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while so it' be nice to catch up and and
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see
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him all right heading back home now back
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on
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192 I passed this place a bunch of times
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this is a hotel I'm guessing called
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Secrets Hideway
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I don't know if it's a normal
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Hotel I really
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don't 100% understand what it
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is I would imagine it's not a normal
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tourist
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Hotel it's called Secrets Hideway very
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interesting
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name located right here on Highway
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192 Secret tied
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away
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secrets
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interesting SI
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secets I just always thought it was a
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very fascinating
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name a Hideway of
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Secrets I mean you can't judge
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everything by a name but just
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a I always found an interesting name for
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a Hotel on
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it's pretty wild that Boston Market is
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closed this Boston Market here it's over
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near Planet Fitness it used to be Office
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Max I worked out for 5 years just go to
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this Boston it's a two place I Liv in an
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apartment over near here and I lived in
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a house one of the oldest housing
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developments in CMI I used to go to this
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Boston Market all the time I think it
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closed a couple months ago
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this was the drive-thru I never went
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through the drive-thru I always go in
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there's a lot of open stuff in CMI I
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know I'm kind of featuring and showing a
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lot of close stuff cuz I have memories
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at a lot of these places it's just
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fascinating to see a lot of those gone
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by the wayside but there's a lot of
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there's a lot open a lot of thriving in
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the area sometimes I've just drawn to
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memories and things from my past that
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have gone by the wayside I guess it's
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wow here's the inside I can totally
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remember going in there waiting in the
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line and then sitting at a table in
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there this is probably early
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2000s brain is like hearkening back to
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different
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time
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wow at least this one's
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closed sometimes just just looking at a
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sign you know exactly what it is kind of
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looks like a Dairy Queen sign but it's
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not it's a little bit shap and L
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differently for the Boston
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Market and back over there behind that
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Wells what is now Wells
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Fargo is that gym now that used to be
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Office Max that I worked at way back in
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the day and over here at this 88 laundry
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mat I used to go get my checks
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cashed way before direct deposit I would
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get paid I think it was Thursday days
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maybe Fridays I think it was Thursdays I
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go over to this laundry mat and get my
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check cashed ah
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late all right that's going to do it for
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today thanks for watching I appreciate
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it the Vlog is