First Starbucks Store & Pike Place Market Fish Throwing - Gum Wall In Rainy Seattle / T-Mobile Park
Rainy Seattle Tourist Spots
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i don't think it would be a proper
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seattle day
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if it wasn't raining and overcast
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it is
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today's adventure begins
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top of this parking structure where i've
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just found parking
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overlooking the ferris wheel and water
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view and crane view
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here in seattle washington cool crisp
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and wet i will be covering a lot of
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ground and a lot of subjects but of
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course must start off
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with a coffee
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from an appropriate place i don't know
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how long i'm gonna have to wait for said
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coffee
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but it's over here at the pike place
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market welcome everyone out of the woo
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here as a recording of this thursday may
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5th
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2022 pretty good view there of the
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skyline the park of the vintage
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neon light parking structure
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and i have purchased
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this umbrella which might be a little
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bit too small
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in the grand scheme of things but it's
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one of those those type that's supposed
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to
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be protective of the winds if the wind
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blows really strong it'll hold i stopped
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off the store and got this on the way
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downtown i'm inviting you to join me
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shall we
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i believe somewhere up here is the very
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very the original first starbucks i
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think yeah it's like it's right up here
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and while i'm pretty sure it's the same
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blend and there's no difference in the
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coffee they can get anywhere else
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across the
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the u.s
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this is a win in rome moment and i have
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never been
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inside as far as i can recall to get a
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coffee inside the original first
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starbucks so you know what heck it a lot
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it's a little bit of a line all these
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people are waiting just to get inside
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i think i'm gonna do it i think i'm
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gonna try it i'm gonna go in i'm doing
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it it is now 105 pm what i'm gonna do is
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i'm gonna time it and just see how long
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i have to wait before i get
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a little caffeine in my hand and fun
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fact
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starbucks got its name from a character
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in the book moby dick
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all right in and out it is now 1 33. i
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was in and out of there in 28 minutes
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i'm doing the math correctly on that and
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i went with the pike place
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blend which really i was expecting to
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wait in maybe an hour but i think maybe
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the rain
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has deterred some people from getting in
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the line but they were very quick and
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very thorough and they had a lot of
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merchandise also they would not let me
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film inside but they said i could take
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photographs a little unusual but took
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some photos i'll show the photos now
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oh yeah a piping hot caffeinated
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beverage from the very first the
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original starbucks
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here
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in seattle that's pretty dang cool right
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i mean come on it's like i
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yeah i could've gone to another one and
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waited five minutes as opposed to you
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know 28 or whatever it was minutes
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but how often can you do this
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not every day for me and when you walk
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in they have this kind of this big seal
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with the ocean there
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the ship there on the tops his first
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starbucks store
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this is what it's looking like at the
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counter obviously new counter and all
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that's not original but the interior is
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original there's a pig a stuffed pig up
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there there's the address looking
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outward
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we also have merchandise pertaining to
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this particular
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store
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it's a little bit of the menu this is
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looking at the roof line
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more of the merchandise
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this cup that they have i didn't buy
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anything because i'm kind of traveling
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lights uh
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sure i could probably get a lot of this
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stuff online but look at that
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celebrating 50 years
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here at pike place
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here's a quote
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they also had this which i was really
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tempted to get this that you are here
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mug or the you were there mug
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this is very tempting because i have a
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lot of these i have a lot of these
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starbucks i don't have this one i didn't
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get this though i just decided
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decided trying to travel back with that
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here's a
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newspaper article that's in a frame
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they also had a ladder in there
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that kind of stretched along the
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merchandise wall
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and this photo is pretty cool i'll match
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this up this is this i can actually show
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where this is
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right here in pike's place
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i think that's it
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oh no here's a here's a wide wide angle
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oh there's a photo i got out front
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oh it seems like the pig is kind of the
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the mascot through here because like
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that says pikes place market right there
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with the pig
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as well i see pigs everywhere i also
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really like the cobblestone streets
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through here that the cars have to drive
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off well not cobblestone but brick
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streets i guess there is a difference
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between that and
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cobblestone but this is the farmer's
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market up here
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it says meet the producer
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on that signage
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yeah being a local in this area pretty
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neat you could just
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go down here get yourself some fresh
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veggies and fruits and
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whatnot
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cute little pup
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how classic is that with the clock there
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the neon farmers market signage and
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everything that is a thing of retro
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beauty and i went ahead and pulled five
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dollars out of my wallet because it's
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well worth a tip
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to get a photo
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with this
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and that is the corner market building
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with another clock up top where those
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felines are playing the musical
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instruments
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this is the pikes place
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fish market right through here oh look
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at the fish right up here
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all the different names of the
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foundations that are on there and below
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the fish market underneath the market
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theater sign is post alley
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right down there the infamous in famous
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in famous that's
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more than famous
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gum
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alley people are putting gum as i speak
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on the wall i'll go down there look at
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that i'm not really sure how slick this
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will be i probably gotta be tread
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lightly
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going down the side of this you see so
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there's some graffiti here
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some spray paint now once i get over to
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the gum section there's not you're not
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even really going to be able to see
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any graffiti because the gum is going to
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completely engulf and enclose
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hello
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oh they throwing the fishes up there oh
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wait you know what real quick i'm gonna
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go up top real quick the gum alley which
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is down there is gonna have to wait i
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think they might be throwing the fish up
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is this where they throw the fish or
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maybe thinking of a different
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and city another pig
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look at this there's another pig right
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take a look at this it says world famous
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pike place
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fish market and back in 1907 the
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councilman thomas revell
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stated this that this market is yours
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dedicated to you prove a benefit
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to you and your family that's him right
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he just there that fish we're gonna
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throw it back
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oh my gosh
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this one i've never experienced it's
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gonna hit that bottle up there
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oh man
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all right back down to the alley now
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down this little
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old timey staircase that's here
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down onto the brickwork
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very slick though with a wetness
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and everything around to post alley you
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can already see gum down here
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i think truthfully i think it's kind of
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disgusting that people put the gum on
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the side of the walls but
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it's one of those things that it is what
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it is you just see people have placed
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their gum right out of their mouth just
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stuck it right on the side of the wall
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this is the historic district right
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through here
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oh wow it even gets way more thick
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now i have been down gum alley before
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but it's been probably at least 10 years
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ago i was at a band who played a show in
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seattle
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i think i did like a quick unedited
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video
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many many years ago but i'm back
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and it is just as hideous
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as it was then probably off
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you know they clean this off every so
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often they'll go through and
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clean all the gum off
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but it only takes a a brief while before
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it all gets put back on
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almost like cadillac ranch
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you know the next the next couple days
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the there's such a new layer of paint
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just like there's here where there's new
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layers of gum look at some of this might
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be really fresh or even one you know if
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you even want to touch that
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or not
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right over here on these bars
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oh there's like little
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interesting
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faces all through here too
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and notes
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people have left and it stretches all
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the way down
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this is all kind of hidden in the
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shrouds of the darkness in here and it's
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just all just dripping
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dripping down all these
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meters
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look at this you can just see how it's
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like oozing down
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the gravity has taken over actually
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that's probably not even gravity someone
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probably did that on purpose and make it
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look like he was oozing
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and just kind of pulled it down
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before they placed it up on there
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it took some artistic
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talent to do that because if you just
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put it on there it's not going to
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stretch like that gravity wise
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i have to wonder how some of this
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something like this gets started
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and how it will never go away until the
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end of time this will all buoys always
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be known
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as gum alleys someone's placing their
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gum way up top they don't want their gum
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to be touched by others they want their
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own spot it's about as touristy as it
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gets drinking the first starbucks
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that i got from the first starbucks in
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front of the seattle gum wall here in
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post alley cheers
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full tourist mode
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okay referred to as
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post alley gum alley but also
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ghost
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alley look at here you can order from
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this little restaurant gazebo area right
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here in ghost alley order
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at the window they have espressos and
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stuff but i've already got a coffee i'm
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sure
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this is probably pretty good
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i ended up getting a pretty cool t-shirt
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next to the fish market
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there was a stand over there that had
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some
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had some uh pretty cool shorts i got a
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rat man shirt
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i think about those scooters
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the road is slick kind of dangerous
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gotta be careful gotta try spread
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i am now approaching
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the hammering man
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i am walking with a
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my hand cupped over the microphone
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because
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the wind is blowing very strong right
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now
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and it's raining
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probably put my umbrella up
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this is the hammering man
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this moving mechanism standing very tall
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his feet
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are the size of a person
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i don't see them to look like that too
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often
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it's like a bigger version of the
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smaller ones but like twice the size
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i don't know i mean i guess you can see
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them you see them often but i haven't
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seen one a lot like that in a while
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pay no attention
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to the mail carrying vehicle
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hammering man
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putting the hammer down
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i wonder if he knows maxwell
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that was an amazing taco truck
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moving too quickly though to
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flag down and say i'd really like a taco
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there's some artwork here
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heading over to the harbor steps
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this building here the marquee kind of
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gives away that it used to be a theater
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of some some sort and because it says
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live show
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i
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could assume it probably was some sort
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of adult entertainment spot which i know
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movie quick change was not filmed here
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with bill murray
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but it reminds me of that when he walks
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by dresses the clown and the guy at the
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front trying to get people in
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clowns welcome
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clowns well that's a that's a deep cut
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oh hello there pigeons
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sometimes tim tracker will sing about
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the theme park pigeons you are not a
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theme park pigeon you are a pike place
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pigeon all right i'm gonna start making
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my way back over to the parking
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structure and my rental car and move on
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to other spots there's another great
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neon sign there the public market and
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there's a fish
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with neon too this is a corner of pine
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and
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pike
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this is the area kind of where that
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picture i got to the starbucks is right
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up there this was kind of the angle of
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that old-timey photo that was inside
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that starbucks i kind of mentioned
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earlier there's nothing in life i
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dislike more than a dishonest biscuit so
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it's good to know that seattle has
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the polar opposite
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of that just walked past the door they
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had a blast of heat it felt pretty nice
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starting to get the impression that
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these are pig hooves because there's so
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many pig
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little sculptures i've seen through the
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city or at least through this area of
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the city
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there are pig hooves so those pigs those
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sculptures have gotten up kind of like
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night at the museum and started walking
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off
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sounds like there's a little bit of
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construction taking place below me at
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the top of the parking structure
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the
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ship cruising across there
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now i did not park in the five-minute
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parking what can you even get done
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around here in five minutes i parked in
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hourly parking a couple roads
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five minutes
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look at those pipes full of steam
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over there
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steam rising out of the top of them
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hidden over here in the shadows
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is a mural
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in the parking structure
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right down here is a sculpture of jimi
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hendrix
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on the not the street corner but on the
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street side
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downtown seattle or in the downtown area
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that is
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famous pose of jimmy here
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this guitar
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slid down on the knees there
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right underneath this
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blick art materials materials building
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in fact right up there is a tube of
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paint on the side of the wall
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here at this pizza place
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this piece of pizza is playing a musical
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instrument
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just down from jimmy
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and my rental car now waiting for the
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light to change been sitting here for a
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moment
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just cruising around pioneer square
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just see in the city see in seattle
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and a pretty good distance from downtown
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now pulling out of downtown
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gonna go by where the first ever service
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station
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used to stand
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storm clouds up there i had to go down
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to the next parking lot park
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and then walk back up here
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because it says strictly no parking very
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very specifically
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no parking
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and they have these little stanchions
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all along here next to the bike path
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which makes it very difficult you can't
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just pull off the side of the road
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there's no parking signs everywhere
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but there was a marker right up here i'm
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gonna go read the marker for a moment
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i considered parking there and then i
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pulled outside that's probably not a
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good idea
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136 dollar fine there
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signs everywhere
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people in there working
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there's even an officer right there
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however
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site of the world's first service
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station here in the spring of 1907 an
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odd but ingenious contraption was
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erected by the late john mclean of
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standard oil
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how fascinating
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june 4th 1947 is when this is placed
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here but in 1907 there used to be a
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service station right here
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from this significant pioneer effort
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became one of the greatest conveniences
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to the public the service station
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right there this placard that's almost
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nearly impossible
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to visually see unless you park at the
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next lot over and hoof it back
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also fun fact
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i am heading
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over to that baseball stadium right
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there that has a dome that's that can be
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retractable
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i'm gonna go see a game
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seattle mariners versus the tampa bay
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ray is my first time ever at that
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stadium heading over there now oh yeah
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before i forget i forgot to show this
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this is the rat man shirt that i got
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from the little t-shirt stand right next
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to where they throw the fish pike's
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place
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there it is t-mobile park
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oh they're already making some sort of
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announcement right now
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t-mobile park
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i was kind of confused on where to park
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drove around for a bit but finally found
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this one this lot
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thirty dollars
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this is pretty dang cool
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nice to have ken griffey junior's rookie
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car 1989 upper deck
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it was like a prize possession of mine
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back in the day what happened to it i
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don't know
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what happened to a lot of my older
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baseball cards
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pretty dang cool
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there is a rather large glove back here
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got the hole right in the middle of it
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this is the left field gate
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center field would be down that way and
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this might be the first time i've seen
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the rays do batting practice in quite a
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while all three games of the oakland
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series there was no batting practice
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because the gates opened one hour before
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so there was pretty much no batting
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practice of any sort it was just show up
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to the game find your seat and then get
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prepared for it to begin but the battery
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this person has seen batting practice
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and i am happy to say that even though
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it's nice and cool and crisp in here the
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rain will not be any issue the elements
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because the
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roof is closed so that'll be that'll be
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pretty nice and a pretty good view of
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watching over here in the bullpen
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getting watching zunino warming up
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the pitching machine out just warming up
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the glove getting to get everything
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ready there and then also mcclanahan a
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really close-up view
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of mcclanahan getting in his warm-up
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pitches before he takes him out he is
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the starting pitcher of the evening
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shane mcclanahan and like these would be
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a pretty good pitching match up for both
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teams for the mariners and the race it's
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gonna be a definitely a pitching game
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hopefully some good offense ah
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the mariners are coming out they have a
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moose for a mascot
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oh yeah
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go go go
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home run
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bring it in three
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and the bottom of the fifth america's
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just got a home run to center field
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and instead of getting a hot dog like i
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usually do at games i went with uh
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vanilla latte
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also the mariner's got another home run
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it's 43 right now
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it's now bottom of the knife
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outs that's it
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that's it
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ray's win
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raceway
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oh i didn't notice this big chandelier
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looking thing i think as i came in
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through center field now i'm going out
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through the home plate exit and that's
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gonna do it for today an eventful day
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full of a lot of stuff i had a busy
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lengthy day i'll see you in the next
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video the vlog
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is over