Finding A Healthy Work & Life Balance in 2022 - Buddhist Temple Tour Kissimmee Florida Off Hwy 192
Kissimmee Florida Buddhist Temple
Transcript
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beautiful isn't it
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sun is rising
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today's adventure begins in celebration
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florida but i will be traversing down
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highway 192 about five or six miles
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to a spot i've never been to always
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wanted to stop in and i've decided today
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i'm going to the theme
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of this episode is going to be
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peacefulness
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so i figured i'd walk out here show the
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sun rise
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the sun is slowly rearing its head under
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the beautiful
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clouds of central florida
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as a recording of this it is wednesday
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march 16 2022
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enjoying the sights and the sounds
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of celebration
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but this angle here
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wow nice
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the day is just beginning not only for
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me but also
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the other residents in town stores here
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on market street
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diner over here is open for business
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very quaint little place
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cleaning up the streets a little bit
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down there birds are flying by chirping
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vanilla latte for
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alec
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it's for me but
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i didn't spell my name out this time
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usually i'll say they'll say what's the
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order i'll say adam adam
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but today i didn't do that and sometimes
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it's hard to
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make sense of what i'm saying also i'm
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taking it to go so this one's for alec
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at the moment i was reading yesterday i
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was kind of swirling around the
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interwebs
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that starbucks this company starbucks
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will soon within the next few years be
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omitting
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any take out to go cups
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paper cups will be a thing of erased
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from exist i don't know how that's going
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to work if they're going to be erased
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from existence
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they're just basically going to be you
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have to bring your own
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cup or mug in and no longer you're going
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to try to do away
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with these so they will they still have
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the
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the logo with the
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the very noticeable
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cardboard sleeve
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time will tell
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it's also not decaf it's a piping hot
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piping hot
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caffeinated beverage and this just a
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construction update
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right over here
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it's just one thing it's only it's not a
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lot of construction but that's a
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construction update here at the
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celebration lakefront out of the woo
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here
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i have found
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a really good balance
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so far this year
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so far in 2022 i feel on a personal
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level on a health level and on a
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providing content
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here on this channel youtube channel
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platform of youtube
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level
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i feel this is my best year in a long
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time dare i say since 2016
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probably when i first jumped in my van
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and started traveling shortly after
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bought the rv which was a mistake you
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know
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an rv is almost similar to buying a boat
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or owning a pool some people will say
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it's nice to go visit friends who have
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those things but owning one
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and using it
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as a daily driver vehicle like i did
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it just didn't work out gas prices wise
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i probably prefer a car i wish i
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wouldn't have sold my van back in the
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day but i do like my smaller automobile
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i have now it's good on gas mileage
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thank goodness because
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gas is really expensive right now or at
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least
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moderately high in price
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and the money that i used to put towards
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just basically driving the rv around i
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can get a decent hotel
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and fuel up a small car
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but
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by the way i'm inviting you to join me
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shall you
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the sun glistening
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off the spires there the clouds going by
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a few cars out and about for the morn
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fountain is not on i have not seen the
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fountain on
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for about two weeks now
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i feel good about myself
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call it what you want there's a lot of
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different names for you know being
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pleased and happy and content with
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divine self yourself
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one's self
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and i am really happy right now
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in life
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not only personally but from you know a
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standpoint of
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what i do here
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each day and side note i have not missed
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a day
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of filming
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editing
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uploading
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staying the course
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all year in 2022 now that will probably
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change i'll probably take a day off soon
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i keep saying that
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and i was supposed to fun fact i was
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supposed to be at the opening day of
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baseball
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on march 31st boston red sox
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i would be rooting for the rays wearing
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my tampa bay raised gear but that was
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the first
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game of the season got pushed back
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because of the mlb lockout spring
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training is now
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now starting but the fountain is not on
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so i will not be going up to boston but
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i do have some other tickets and other
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other things that i will be
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going across the country so travel plans
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soon
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will be taking place but for now i'm
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just enjoying
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i don't want to call it down time
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because i am going out and doing stuff
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sometime here at home
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it's good to be content with yourself
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it's good to be happy what you're
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providing
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out there into the world if you know if
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you're doing what i'm doing
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or anything anything whatever your
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damarum
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dahamarum the watt florida dahamarum
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2421 old vineland road here in kissimmee
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florida
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a buddhist temple
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now i don't know a lot about this
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except i heard i was reading online that
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it is open
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to visitors
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now the gate here
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partially opened there's
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half a gate
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there's also an office over there
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but some very beautiful buildings here
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in front
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also doing a little research before
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arriving
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it said that you cannot wear shorts you
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have to wear
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pants so
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i've got some pants on today
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and i'm gonna walk around
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now it does say here the signage says
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notice property is protected by motion
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activated video and audio surveillance
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for the best i can tell they welcome
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visitors
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and again just to reiterate what i said
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earlier it's gonna definitely be a
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peaceful
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vlog the vibes out here
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are not hectic
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except for the leaf blower that just was
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activated on property
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now there is this fountain little pond
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there's been some fruit placed here a
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pineapple and some oranges
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now i grew up in the christian
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denomination independent my dad was a
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minister
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so i'm not real familiar
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with this religion
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but i do recall my dad used to read me a
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book when i was very young called the
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pineapple story
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it was about pineapples and people
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stealing someone's pineapples and
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learning patience
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this doesn't really probably apply to
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why the fruit is here in front of this
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but i just remember the pineapple story
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it was a book kind of a
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hardback book like 30 or 40 pages kind
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of a short story but
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i don't know why i brought about thought
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about that
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you can just see how tall these are
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like the sculpture right here
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overlooking the front entrance
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now if you go inside here
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these are the hours the daily chanting
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and meditating
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no soliciting and no cellular phones
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this probably also means i can't take
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the camera inside
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probably for no photos or video inside
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the ubisoft
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the ubisot
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holiest prayer room also called the
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coordination hall
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where ordinations take place it stands
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within a boundary formed by eight sema
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stones
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which are separated from
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the sacred from the profane
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used for religious ceremonies
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meditation and
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dharma study
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strictly follow these rules
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now if i were to go inside i have to
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remove my shoes and slippers
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as a matter of respect and good
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etiquette it is inappropriate to point
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your feet towards the buddha statues of
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the monks
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do not lie down sprawl or lounge on the
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floor a lot of detail went into this
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and this is really just tucked off of a
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little side road
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behind an outlet mall
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now there is no signage here signage has
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been taken down or fallen off
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for this building
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but as i see inside the window
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and as stated i don't think i should
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probably be going inside i just want to
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see the grounds for the beauty that they
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that they have
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i don't know if it's right for me to go
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in there if i'm not meditating or
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anything like that
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and this signage over here
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beside the base of the tree
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it's kind of hard to tell what it says
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it's kind of weather worn but it says
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make haste in doing good
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and thwart evil something evil
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make haste in doing good i can read that
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part
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some great quotes here
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good is it to control the mind which is
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hard to check and swift
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and
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and something wherever it desires can't
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make out that word a subdued mind is
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conductive to happiness
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an evil deed seems sweet to the fool
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so long as it does not bear fruit but
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when it ripens the fool comes to oh my
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gosh that's
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i'm going to remember that one an evil
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deed seems sweet to the fool so it's
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foolish
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to do an evil deed so long as it does
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not bear fruit meaning
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if there are no repercussions everyone's
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totally fine with
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you know doing bad things
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but when it ripens which means if
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you know reap the benefits of what
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you're doing
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the fool which should be me if i am
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doing evil things
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i could get some grief out of it i just
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spent a little time talking to the
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gentleman
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who's doing some of the
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you know
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leaf blowing the yard work
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talked for a few minutes dip wasn't sure
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if i should put them on camera really
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nice guy talking about how they used to
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do classes out here
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but because of you know 2020 the events
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of 2020 they have not resumed those but
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they do meditation and chanting a few
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times a week
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i also asked him if it was okay if i
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just wander around
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he said it was totally fine
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very very decent sized property i like
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all the trees
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not far off highway 192.
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i think my favorite thing so far for
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some of the
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some of the quotes that are on the
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the you know the trees and the signage
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inspirational quotes and things that get
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your mind thinking
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there's a good one right over there on
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that tree too
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a lot of shade in here
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there is no glory for a lazy person
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there's no glory
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for a lazy person however good looking
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i'm not going to go any farther in here
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because i believe it's customary
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to take your shoes off
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i'm going to leave my shoes on and just
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stand here but i wanted to just show
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that
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when you're inside
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i believe like i said i'm not 100
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familiar
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or i would i'm not even 20 familiar
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with how things
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how things are supposed to be
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in this religion but
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the other building you're supposed to
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take your shoes off
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i would imagine that applies for for
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most of them
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this is a very unique
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looking structure here
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believe all of these are meditation
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areas and buildings
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and a place
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you know some might not realize that
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this is even here
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located in kissimmee not too far from
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the theme parks
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this is not a theme park even though
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you know there is some theming
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this is not a tourist attraction per se
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now here's a good one
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eat to live but not live to eat
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you know over the years i've always
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tried losing weight right now i'm doing
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pretty well with weight loss
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remember years ago my mom would quote
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something similar to this
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you know just
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eat to live but don't live to eat
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it really makes a lot of sense if your
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whole life is just based on eating
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you're probably not going to do well
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with not being overweight i've had that
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problem for a long time
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constructed back in april
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16th of 2005
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there's a staircase that
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could go up to it
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this sculpture
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very
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tall
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as tall as the tree almost
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i like this table here
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and i have to say he's putting a lot of
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time in
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over there
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leaves if if he does this every day i
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have to commend him
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these structures were completed back in
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the year 2000
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according to that
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but just to see how tall it is so this
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is probably
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15 feet tall i had to guess
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now getting some plane noise from
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orlando international
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going by
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the emblem right up there stating the
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name
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1993 it appears this was built
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in the center there
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of the emblem it says 1993.
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that was one year before celebration was
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built
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same time frame
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sometimes this day good to have days
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like this where you can just you know a
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little more peaceful
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than the hoot nannies and the hullabaloo
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going out
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to congested areas with a lot of people
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do a little reflecting a little thinking
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i was doing that around the lake i do
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that around the celebration lake a lot
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too but i figured this would tie in a
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little bit i thought i'm gonna check
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this place out but i also wanted to talk
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about what i talked about with finding a
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balance in my life
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really kind of similar
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to what would be here on this side but
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not related
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at all not not connected but kinda sorta
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if that makes any sense okay this looks
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like you could go back up or you could
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go up it's all chained off
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but this has a little spiral staircase
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up to the top of the tower
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that's neat
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look at that that's cool you got some
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golf carts over here
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and i appreciate them for letting me
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just walk around and show all this
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very accommodating just let me just
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have free reign to just walk around and
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see all this stuff
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pretty neat vibe
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obviously there's a lot going on as the
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maintenance guys just showed up and
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they're doing doing a little
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construction over there but
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so
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and before heading out he was mentioning
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to me that on saturdays is when they do
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the meetings over here so
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inviting me back on a saturday
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to go inside the building at some point
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we'll be able to make it this saturday
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but maybe at some point
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stop back by check it out
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if anyone is interested
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stop in they're very accommodating i
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think he's about to start it up again
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once again glad i stopped off here
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pretty cool place
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they might be getting camera shy
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or they just got places to be
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things to do
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i know how that is
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shadow down here
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at the celebration water tower which
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i've stated this a couple times i don't
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think there's really water in there
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i
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personally do not believe that inside
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there there is water
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i think it's just for appearances i
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could be wrong
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i would like to be wrong i would like to
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be incorrect
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i want to think
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if there's water in there but
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i cannot confirm that fact
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the only reason i mentioned that is
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because i was went by here
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a few months ago and they were doing
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some maintenance on it they had it down
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on the ground and there wasn't anything
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up there now there is this
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pipe going up
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so it's possible and there's some
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electrical boxes
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now i'm confused
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i am confused could it could be a water
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tower but
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if i was
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a betting man and laying wages down on
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this
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i would say no
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but you never know you never
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never know
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but that wasn't a jerky boy's reference
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wow i forgot totally forgot about them
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okay short and sweet video very peaceful
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the vlog
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it's not that hard to balance
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on this because it's not like a
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tightrope
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i always just jab myself in the air it's
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over