TDW 1734 - Castle In The Florida Swamps
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Transcript
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he's
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dancing he's dancing like there's no
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tomorrow he's a squiggly guy doing the
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reverse limbo if he was limboing he'd be
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going the other direction but he's doing
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the reverse limbo so he's facing towards
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me welcome everyone Adam the woo here
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he's a wacky imp pable tube man it's my
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second channel daily Vlog channel it's
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the daily Bo seems to be some kind of
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closed down produce place the sign says
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no trespassing no dumping and violators
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will be
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prosecuted must be Bert Reynolds or
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something heading basically out into the
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middle of nowhere
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Florida for today's location this is
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probably about 90 to 100 miles from
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Orlando Solomon's Castle 8 miles down
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this
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road why is a creation that is pretty
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fantastic and that's what we're going to
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check out look at these teeny tiny
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oranges these actually might be are
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these tangerines or oranges I'm not sure
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what kind of citrus these are if they're
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oranges they might be the most miniature
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oranges I've ever laid my eye wow that
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truck truck is very loud wonder if it's
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hauling oranges a lot of citrus
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transportation in this area virtually
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nothing on this 8 Mile Stretch but trees
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nothing else and we're the only ones on
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the
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road there's no one else on this
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thoroughfare but us not much going on
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around here is there just doing a little
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grazing that's about it nothing else
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really to do except just like Chow Down
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at first I thought it was a vulture but
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it's not a
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vulture there is an
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eagle off on the side of the road a
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legit look at this that is an eagle look
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at this oh my gosh look at this that's
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about as America as it gets America
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there's two of them oh your golden wings
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kind of misleading cuz this says five
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miles 8 Miles back was the other sign
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that said 8 miles but 8 Miles wasn't to
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the castle it was to the next sign which
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says 5 miles where the heck is this
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thing if it wasn't for the signs I don't
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think anyone would ever realize that
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this is even exists out here if you
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Google middle of
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nowhere you will see this that's not
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true but you get the idea I think this
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might be it Solomon
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Road it's got to be down here right it's
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got to be this is like some Texas
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Chainsaw stuff look at the old
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dilapidated Vehicles there in the woods
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oh no and this sign the pavement about
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to end we've made
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it we've made it fascinating thing is as
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far from civilization as this is there
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are a heck of a lot of people here I was
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noticing on the front gate here that
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she's wearing earrings right there she's
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wearing little earrings and there's a
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knight on this side it's not a king and
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a queen but a knight and what's what
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would a female Knight be and to keep
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vehicles from driving up here they don't
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have a one of those Bob's barricades
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they have a wheel Barrow it might belong
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to Bob maybe possibly I was just reading
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on this that Howard Solomon the creator
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of the castle he passed away on August
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23rd of last year at his home in the
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castle just the way he wanted it I
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always wanted to meet him kind of like
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Leonard Knight Salvation Mountain in
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California I wanted to meet him
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fortunately he passed away before I was
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able to say hello to him and the
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gentleman that created this also has but
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their Creations live on it's very
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difficult to film this because of the
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angle of the Sun as it glistens off of
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the very shiny substance which is placed
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on the exterior so I'm standing
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moderately in the shade just so the sun
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does not bleed out the shot and this
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reminds me a little bit of the Trojan
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Horse it's not the same but it kind of
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has that same Ambiance if you will I
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wonder what that horse's name is you can
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tell where the front was built on to the
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original foundation and then
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built basically the pillars like you'd
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see in a traditional Castle except this
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has like an aluminum or a
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tin facade which you don't normally see
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too often and I love the way he
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Incorporated in stained glass I'm a huge
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fan of stained glass windows pretty cool
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that owl there over here it looks to be
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some roots coming down into the ground
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this bird with a heart I love stain
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glass so cool even a little balcony
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Overlook up there and it looks like a
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fire pole or it could be a a stripper
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pole maybe he had some he might have had
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some crazy times out here I'm I'm not
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I'm just I'm just speculating not only
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is there one hiding in the foliage but
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it's also it's also been embedded here
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in the concrete oh my gosh look at this
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look at he's like hiding behind the the
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plant there look at that I have my
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ticket for admission and momentarily I
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will be going in what's your first
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impression when we walked up and you saw
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you saw this magnificent cre
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it's a real castle it's pretty cool
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right a very unusual unusual Castle a
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very unusual but a castle nonetheless y
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there you
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go yes yes yes it's happening our
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aluminum offset newspaper printing plate
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from our local Wula newspaper I go
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ahead that's what the exterior is made
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out of over 60 wooden pictures that he
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has done throughout the castle
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there's over 90 stained glass windows
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that he has done throughout the castle
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the boat into the lighthouse there are
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eight or nine buildings out here that he
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is totally built without a crew right
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down in there is a king on his throne
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and next to this chess board are these
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animals made out of coat hangers if you
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look closely there is a penguin right
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there dangling around and
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jaws and look at this tortoise it was a
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clever joke she just told the Tortoise
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and the
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hair this is called Soap Box
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racer there it is right there and there
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it is right there Howard's just what I
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said oh my gosh I see him he's right
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there I see him this chair is made out
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of 70 beer cans and he also created
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these little vehicles but it's really
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catching my attention is this massive
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gun called The lanon look at the size of
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that gun you can tell a lot of these are
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made from old machine parts and look at
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that that's like the chain from a
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motorcycle pretty cool very very
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creative to say the least now it took Mr
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Solomon about 45 days to construct him
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on the table it looks like a baseball
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bat right no that's his Lion's
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Club his Lion's Club this big guy we
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call him samon night and he's made from
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one oil drum and the reason we call him
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Samsonite is because his parents they
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were made into luggage
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no this elephant is made from oil drums
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and the tus are made from ribs and down
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here the hoves are made from seashells
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look at this guy here on the left he's
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he like a demon a very creepy demon and
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look at this little snake like tongue
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this is him right here that's a
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self-portrait of Howard Howard by Howard
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this this is John Glenn in a cannon
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trying to get back to outer
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space very clever there's definitely a
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lot of incredible things inside here
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including this car with oh yeah it's got
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a V8 V8 down in there for the engine I
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like the stools at the bar they're very
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scary TIY looking and here is a portrait
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of him playing a guitar goodness
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gracious look at this guy he has a
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slinky on his he has a slinky on his
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head elevator he called it Otis now it
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would lift up to 1500 lb this is a car
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battery here's a boat wench this is an
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airplane
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altimeter so you don't get a nose blade
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if you go too
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high yeah but now there's only one
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problem
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here you just can't sneak up on anybody
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there's also a boat on property called
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the boat in the moat and there's a
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restaurant behind it I think we're going
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to get something to eat here in a second
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but it took him 4 years to build this
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pretty spectacular it's rare for Florida
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to not get much rain but it hasn't
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lately so the moat is pretty dry there's
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a really cool mural over here painted as
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well oh wow up top they have the
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steering mechanism the wheel I don't
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think we're allowed to go up there but
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that's that's pretty awesome whoa
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there's a I think that's a cannon right
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there protruding from was it the hull
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the starboard hall or the portb hall one
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of one of those Halls and there's the
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captain in Stang glass form on the side
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this Lighthouse was finished in
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2004 pretty spectacular see if I can
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take a look
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inside oh yeah you stand right here in
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the middle and look up inside the
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lighthouse itself man can't get over all
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this stained glass even a little gift
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shop and there's a lot of people here
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eating I'm really happy to see this many
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people are here honoring and enjoying
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this man's work in the middle of the
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Florida swamps that's what that is down
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there that's swamp water with all that
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algae on top of it down this path are
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his old workshops this is where he would
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create all those statues and sculptures
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we just looked at some of his former
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tools of the trade look at this old sign
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that used to probably be on one of the
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roads directing people on where to go
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actually the more I think about it
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that's the stencil that he used to spray
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paint the lettering on the road that's
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the actual
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stencil itself there's his old truck I'm
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always fascinated by people who dedicate
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their life to something anything just
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people that are dedicated I'm always a
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big fan of oh good night it's 84° right
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now and now for something you would not
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expect to be out here no not that
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basketball over there I'm talking about
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this shunka Kong the
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Alamo replica I got to be honest it's
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pretty fantastic I was just in San
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Antonio a couple months ago and I love
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the history of the Alamo so much that I
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actually have the tattoo on my arm and
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looking at this I could say he did a
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heck of a job putting this together now
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if this was the real deal the Line in
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the Sand would be right here and of
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course Davey Crockett would have
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perished right in front of the doors
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doors look a little bit different I you
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can tell it's not the actual Alamo
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itself because I don't remember seeing
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that in San and to and it looks like the
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canon ball oh yeah check it out they
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have holes in them those are bowling
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balls you don't want to get hit with one
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you don't want to get hit with one of
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those do you you definitely don't want
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to get hit with one of those bowling
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balls that is like some hardcore
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ammunition stay clear of them all right
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I'm hungry man you want to get some food
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you coming yeah I was hoping I can find
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the basement oh yeah keep looking it's
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there it's there somewhere Madam Ruby
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told me she would never lie if you ever
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come out here the alamo's kind of hard
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to find the castle here the Alamo
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Recreation is way down this back pathway
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you got to look pretty hard for it it's
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kind of a distance from the castle we're
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now going back inside the boat it's
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dinner time can sit outside but I
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thought it more appropriate to dine
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inside the ship
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itself pretty cool that is the kind of
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telephone that Gaston would be proud of
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right there over my life I've always
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seen these wooden carvings of these
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Fishermans and I'm really noticing now
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that it resembles
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Mr Solomon very much
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so right it looks a lot like him pretty
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cool that's him and that's the boat that
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we're eating the boat in neote
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restaurant Once Upon a Time hidden in
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the Lush Florida Woodlands one man's
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dream of
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paradise heck yeah who knew way the heck
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out here that they would have the
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world's best hot dog I'm leaning towards
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the corn be F ride though I think that's
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what I'm going to get we have moved
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outside of the boat it was you know it's
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a little breezier out here and
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Ambiance a little bit nicer mood music
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little mood music it's a little cooler
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out here too because the wind's blowing
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and there it is the majesticness of my
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sandwich I got some chips to go with it
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and a
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spinach casserole what'd you get Micah
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BLT a BLT yeah and the beans baked beage
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they put me a good helping of of uh
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bacon on here can't go wrong with that
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never argue with extra bacon no way
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first impression of the spinach
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casserole amazing look how much spinach
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is barricaded down in there yeah it's
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like it's talking eat me I'm spinach
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that's not how spinach talks but my
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interpretation I can't get the fork out
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there he is okay look at this little guy
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this Gator his arms move and his tail
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wags
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I don't know if I'd buy this
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but I don't know
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maybe he is kind of a cute little fell
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now departing Solomon's
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castle and as I walk out I'm noticing
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this very large piece of foliage what
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the heck kind
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of
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dangling item of greenery is that this
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bridge this bridge might be the rickest
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bridge of the
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rickest oh yeah you can hear it creaking
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sure is these are not sound effects this
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is actual
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legitimate creakiness and going over the
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creek now I know why they call it creaky
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cuz it's technically going over a body
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of water known as a creek it's actually
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it's actually a lot more stable okay
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what are you scared to come across yeah
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I was come on man all right don't be
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scared I'm coming across
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I don't know what US scared is I meant
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to say don't be scared but don't be us
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scared either and I'm just now realizing
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I am 33 miles to
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empty this could be interesting cuz
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there's nothing around looks like an
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apple made out of Barb Wire right here
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next to this Ranch oh by the way now
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there's no mileage it just shows it just
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shows
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blinking blinking lines I think I'm
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almost out of gas I really be really
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nice there was a convenience
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door of some sort nearby hopefully maybe
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possibly crossing my fingers
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conveniently conveniently wishful
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thinking just orange trees can you put
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orange juice in a gas tank that might
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work right I just checked the gas buddy
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app 4 miles to the nearest gas station I
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am on 1 half of a
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bar of
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fuel be good to me rental
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car please and I'm not making this up no
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can you how worried are you right now
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trying not to worry I'm trying to think
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of other things I can think of nothing
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except what happens if we run out of gas
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out here yeah well you're in good
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company I'm here it's a good point I
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still don't want to another guess
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definitely he very warm yes yes holy yes
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we're going to make it we're going to
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make it right there oh my gosh out of my
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way car that's my spot that's my spot
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keep moving holy crud how did we
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seriously way how did we seriously make
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it no
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way oh my gosh that was terrifying I
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have never been more happy and content
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than I am at this particular moment to
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be putting fuel in the rent car and I'm
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celebrating with the Mountain Dew I've
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earned it trust me I've earned
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it yes look at that look at
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that
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fuel it needed fuel