Pioneer Village at Shingle Creek in Kissimmee Florida - Historic Town Walk Thru / Tourist Attraction
A visit to Pioneer Village at Shingle Creek in Kissimmee Florida.
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today's adventure brings us to 2491
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babb road to the pioneer village at
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shingle creek
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the last time i was here a few months
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ago it was at the beginning of the
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closures
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and i was not able to gain access to the
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property
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but i'm back i'm back
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welcome everyone adam the woo here at
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one point
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this premises was located on the
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opposite side of highway
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192 near medieval times behind
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super walmart but a few years ago
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they transferred some of the buildings
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and added more
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over to this area next to shingle creek
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it's been maybe the third or fourth time
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that i have been to the establishment in
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general
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now last time i just walked around the
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exterior and
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the perimeter but it's been a few years
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i'm going to dive deep into some of the
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history
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i'm inviting you to join me shall you
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look at him looks to be that tampa j has
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arrived what's up everyone
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wearing a sweet burt reynolds tee yeah
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i like that have you ever been out here
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before jay no it's my first time
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see last time i was in florida a few
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months ago it was it was the closures
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were happening
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so i just had to write i had to see it
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from a distance
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right and now it's it's open it's back
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open a lot of space out here
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it's like stepping back in time
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well it's not like stepping back in time
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it really is
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stepping back so i'm stepping forward
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i'm walking
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so i'm going up here to the
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the main office where you purchase the
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tickets
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see what happens got the banner
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dangling right there
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all the info stated here open daily from
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10 to 4 p.m well not all the info
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because there's no no prices per se
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but it says purchase tickets inside the
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gift shop and visitor guide maps are
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available upon request
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they reopened on june 20th
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and now are closed monday so they've
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kind of adapted their hours just a
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little bit
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no longer open on mondays currently
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it's a little warm up there you guys
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want some fans
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yeah sure they come in handy you don't
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think you want them until you're fanning
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yourself with them
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made it through where the tickets are
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sold it was eight dollars per person
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16 for the both of us and we were gifted
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this fan
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that's nice this couple is displaying
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a photograph of main street in kissimmee
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back in the good old days
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rustic old train station here with the
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water tower
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and even some of the the rails
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as well and a cabin
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over there you have a guide map right
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i've got a guide map
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they say everything that's highlighted
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in red
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was from the 18 is from the 1800s okay
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here at pioneer village nice that will
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come in handy
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it is in hand
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yeah that kind of that kind of works
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well i guess i should have it more
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towards this way
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that kind of works i think i'm
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i'm cooling down my shoulder not
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everything is accessible
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for example the blacksmith shop is
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is sealed and locked up
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can almost picture a train pulling in
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here
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any minute now
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i'm waiting for it getting some serious
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sergio leone vibes could be invisible
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could be a ghost train
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it's a ghost train
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okay that's frightening according to
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this placard this was the james c
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tyson homestead and it's here at the
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forefront
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of the town area equipped with a church
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and a steeple
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some other items we're gonna walk down
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there from here i see the church
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and a few other structures
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this house is a perfect representation
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of an old florida cracker house
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i believe it's the james t tyson home
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he used
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victoria was a young woman when she and
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james built their home but
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years later the family grew to include
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11 children
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all inside that house got a water pump
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outside here a little
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representation a recreation of a water
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pump next to the homestead
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church building facilities has an ac
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unit
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around the back make things more
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comfortable when you're visiting
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and also around the back
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is this do not believe
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the headstones represent anyone
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laid to rest
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it shows the type of area you'd see
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behind a classic old church building
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like this
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you might hear some airplanes flying
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over the
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kissimmee airport is in very close
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proximity
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replica of 1889 st john's
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episcopal so it is a recreation love
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those steeples
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back in 1883 they used to meet in the
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blacksmith
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shop and then built this structure made
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out of thatch and
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palm fronds and cypress poles
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that blacksmith shop was right over
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there
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other side of the train station well at
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least the interpretation of it
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oh dang this is pretty cool you can
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become a resident
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of here by purchasing a p.o box
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you can check your mail here and be an
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official
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resident of pioneer villa that's pretty
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cool
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i would do that the general store
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appears to be open
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front door is accessible i'll walk in
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and see what kind of items
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they have this era has always been very
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fascinating to me
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all right also also the post office
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you got your items imperial dry
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ginger ale got some lanterns
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up top you got the postmaster would be
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back there
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the counter here the register some
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fruits
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and vegetables some canned goods and
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other items
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all along the shelves and that roof up
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yes so cool in air
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not not weather and humidity wise but
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it's neat in here got the scale
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right there some wrapping paper for
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items
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most likely for meat products to wrap
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the meat in
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some saddles and a little closer view
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of that register oh and a hat box
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there's hat boxes over there
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canned golden pumpkins and
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can some of the finest
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succotash
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doing laundry back then took a little
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more time
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these washboards over there will give
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you an example of what it would have
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been like to take your clothes
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and have to have to utilize this wash
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them along
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along these to get them clean community
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centered
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schools something you would see back in
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1887 this is also
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open to walk in through got the bell
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there to signify the
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start of class just a little bit of an
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echo in here got the desks i wonder if
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there's any mcguffy readers
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the piano over there to sing the songs
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photographs of abraham lincoln and
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george washington
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adorned the walls the creakiness of the
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floorboards
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really adds to the ambiance
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and there's an apple on the teacher's
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desk there is a section you can't cross
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but i'm zoomed in
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on the books i don't see any mcguffies
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really invoking some some little house
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on the prairie vibes
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definite little house on the prairie
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vibes and if you got a little
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hungry and it had an allowance after the
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school class
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hop over to the general store okay so
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did you find any candy in there
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no candy the candy jar was empty but
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there was plenty of canned goods in
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going over to the far end of the
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property some of this was not here
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a few years ago when i was meandering
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around
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i've seen some stuff that wasn't here
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before raymond v
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lanier was a progressive farmer
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this was completely restored but
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originally dated back to 1905
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mr lanier and his family resided in this
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very structure
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kind of reminds me of the gate that doc
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brown went
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out of after he said look pretty first
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met clara clayton
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back to the future three i just for some
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reason that open gate kind of reminded
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me
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of that can i almost picture
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imagine listening to music not through a
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speaker but through an
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amplified horn almost similar to that
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that's attached
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to where the record spins you may have
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seen the old
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photograph promotional material of the
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dog sitting in front of that
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not that one but just you know example
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of that same type of machinery and often
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the distance
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is progress new homes being built
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next to the
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i'm going to say antique homestead well
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i guess they're antique homesteads this
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would be an
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antique outdoor cupboard here in the
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breezeway
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cupboard i like that word yeah that's a
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cupboard well hello there
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i do believe i see a dinner bell
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yeah right up here on the porch
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classic let's try it out
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on come and get it
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what's for dinner there's not really any
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food i was just i was
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well there's some chickens out back i
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can go grab them leave them alone
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i don't know man they're pretty tasty
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don't fret he didn't mean it
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i talked him out of it i talked him out
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of it trust me you're still a little
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worried
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don't get get away from him stay back
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stay just gonna pet him huh
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that's no you're not okay just just pet
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him
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the colonel would love to have you over
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for some lunch
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cattlemen's barn they were used to
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protect
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valuable riding gear and equipment
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oh creaky door
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oh please creaky door let's
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let's see what happens when the wind
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blows again
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okay be patient
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nice and we're not alone
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grinding sugar cane took place right
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and the only reason i really know that
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is because it's designated here on this
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information
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plaque you can see there
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how it operated or even over here
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connected the horse to one end
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and kind of looped around this way
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or maybe that way either way and then
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that little mechanism there
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grinded up the sugar cane oh yeah this
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is a
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serious relic look at that
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still has the imprint there on the side
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there's a little bit of a walk down this
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way there's some other items over here i
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want to check out
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notice how the roof
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the wind has has gusted and blown this
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away
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there's the rest of the town over there
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a few more items in that direction this
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photo dates back to 1915
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referring to all the way back to circa
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1890 the cattle drives could be seen in
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kissimmee
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seminole settlement back in the 1880s
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provides quite a bit of shade and some
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relief from the elements under here
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this is nice i don't even really need
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the hat under this
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under this awning not an awning so much
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but under this canopy
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of thatch and leaves
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looks to be a little set up here for a
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campfire
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now my thought i'm not an expert by any
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means but would that be wise with this
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above it or maybe the or maybe it
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wouldn't
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go high enough to where it would even
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catch on to that
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there's a hole in the roof maybe the
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smoke just went on through went straight
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up depending on the wind
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maybe the wind was a key factor in
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determining that
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i honestly don't know at all i know
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nothing about this
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certainly i'm not in the expertise
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department when it comes to campfires
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so disregard everything i just said loop
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back around to the general store
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to yet another homestead
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that is accessible going up the stairs
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william edmund cadman his wife
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and his sons and his daughter
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all lived here that's them in the
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portrait there on the far end
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this was their house
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very nice restored from its 1884
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original form got a little
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shed in the backyard as well
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not a shed designated a cadman kitchen
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similar to other 19th century rural
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homes it was separate from the main
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house for practical reasons
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so you could cook in there
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and not get the smoking fire
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into the rest of the house got the stove
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over in the corner
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and the outhouse
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also on site i have talked to people who
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say that their grandparents great
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grandparents great grandparents
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when outhouses became a thing when they
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started to rear their head
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that some of the older generation and
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their family would always say
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when indoor plumbing happened they would
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say i'd rather use this
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why would i want to do my business
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indoors
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and stink up the place hey thinking
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about that it kind of makes sense but
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yeah i don't know if i'd want to walk
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out in the backyard
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used for packing oranges
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this was restored originally built in
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1890
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here's the machinery
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florida citrus is a big element
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ring the bell parts worry it's fun check
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it out
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she purrs
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that never gets old all right hey there
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need to purchase a ticket for a train
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ride out of here
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you might be waiting for a long time
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though that's a good point
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upon nearing the exit is another
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storage barn used for citrus back in
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1915
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tucked away under here is a automotive
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relic
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it's a truck there
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you know what kind of truck that is if i
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had to guess i'd say an old
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ford just just a guess
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see an emblem no i do not
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i lack thereof though but if i had to
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guess i'd say she's an old ford
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guessing although there is a vent tag
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over there
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but this fence is not allowing me to get
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another one right over here
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i can zoom in just a bit
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right there
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another one that one doesn't have the
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tires have decomposed off of it
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all right we're now stepping inside of
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the church and you have the stained
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glass windows the
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pews and
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organ up there piano up there yep it's a
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piano
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and pulpits where the minister
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would stand you have the hymnal
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right there as well and then look this
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way
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and the congregation would be sitting
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here this reminds me of
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my family's church my dad used to be a
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preacher and my uncle on my mom's side
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and my grandfather on my mom's side
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all in churches just like this one way
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back in the day when i was a kid reminds
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me of
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i'm trying to close this get the door
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closed
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