Shakey’s Pizza Next To Disneyland - Southern California Food Review / Reopening of Disney Discussion
A visit to Shakey's Pizza in Anaheim California next to Disneyland.
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welcome everyone out of the whoo here
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today number 40 of this current series
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on Southern California eateries today's
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particular establishment started up in
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Sacramento in 1954 but has branched out
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all over the state and there is one just
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down the road on Harbor Boulevard in
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Anaheim next to a place that I want to
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talk a little bit about today I'm
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inviting you to join me show you and
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since its end rideable proximity going
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to take the backpack load this stuff up
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and head out if whenever possible if I
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can do pedal-powered
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for this series that's what I'm choosing
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to do above me is the 5 freeway it was
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quite a bit of traffic running parallel
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to me as well you got northbound
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directly above my head
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southbound I'm now approaching but I'm
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going underneath these roads to the
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destination
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it was noisy under there obviously if so
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if a spot is more than a few miles
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that's a get enough get my car crews up
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there but you know if it's less than
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that grab the bike and go approaching
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Anaheim Boulevard it's interesting
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there's a 7-eleven here and then the
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next city block up there is another
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7-eleven this one likes to play
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classical music at loud volume for one
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reason or another quite figured out why
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this one does and the other one just up
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here does not play any music the only
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date we have heard for the West Coast
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Disney parks is July 17th even though it
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is not completely official that is when
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they are saying that they're doing a a
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lot of work here on the sign of just
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getting ready and there's the other here
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on harbor I've been checking some of
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these hotels motels that are along here
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and a lot of them are slated for later
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in July some of them the 23rd some of
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them the 26th no specifics but before
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August they will all be quite
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operational a week or so ago I delved
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into the subject matter a little bit but
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it is it is a topic there's a little
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overview of where I am I'm gonna show up
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here there were some workers that were
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placing these they have moved the walk
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of fame the Anaheim Walk of Fame from
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the front of the main entrance to
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Disneyland and they are now up somebody
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has removed that one even though it's
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not completed someone is getting a
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little peak there and Walt Disney his
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star will be one of these when they're
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finished it's good news they've also
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been running that is a Pixar Pier bus
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hey I gotta get moving again
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get my balance they've been using those
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for some of the transporting some of
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those in the city around this is
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exciting that they did not completely
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remove them from they were implanted in
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the sidewalk and now they're very
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decorative here along these palm trees
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there goes no monorail on that beam for
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now but soon in a few weeks the
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rideshare vehicle spots are here usually
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packed with folks are a few vehicles
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however I wonder why
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possibly cast members being dropped off
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or yeah that's interesting many a times
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have I been gotten out of a rideshare
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vehicle there and walked just think
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shorter matter of tort matter of time
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will be going right through that gate
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once again I just really want to see
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that monorail going again even if I
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can't board it I just want to see it
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going I feel tie in to to what I want to
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where I'm heading our buffets just over
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this hill is where I'm heading and I've
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been here a multitude of times probably
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50 or more times over the span of me
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either living in this area or visiting
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this area but I have never gotten take
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out and never ordered off the menu only
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their lunch buffet which currently is
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not happening so it's going to be kind
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of a new experience for me at the spot
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you can kind of tell where the freeway
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goes over the road that's where I went
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under it way off in the distance over
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there and now I'm going over that same
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freeway by the way that's the Matterhorn
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there it is
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Shakey's Pizza or just Shakey's the
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signage doesn't say State Pizza but
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that's what they're known for as well as
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a plethora of other items
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on a sidenote it is directly across from
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as you can see the Orange County buses
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going by directly across the street from
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the cast parking
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I went another block down just to show
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some of these old motel signage look at
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that thing the Anaheim tropic motel be
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pretty cool to stay at some of these
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places in the future the frontier I like
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that's got a cowboy riding this horse
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when I had Large Marge
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I considered parking my RV I never did
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but I heavily considered it doing so
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it's just so close to the park like half
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a mile oh they have a $8.99 bunch of
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lunch box that might be my go to my
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friend Jay and I this is this is kind of
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one of our spots I've been friends with
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them for years and on countless
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occasions him and I have gotten the
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lunch buffet it has a specific name but
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I'm drawing it as many times as I've
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consumed it you think I would remember
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what they refer to their lunch buffet as
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but we'll go rope drop at the park at
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8:00 a.m. leave by 11:00 that's that's
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usually when they open their doors
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during these times their flex powers
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might fluctuate and then we would get
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the buffet and be back home by noon 1:00
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at the latest
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a pretty good day I'm gonna mix it up
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today and get some takeout
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got the bike all ready to go kind of
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mounted it there locked it up going in
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there he is shaky himself right there in
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that picture frame
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should have requested they double
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badness hold strong bag hold strong
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we're almost there
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another couple more blocks
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definitely have to swing back by here
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once these have been completely unveiled
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few hundred more yards just past this
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next intersection which is Katella and
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Harbour now I could have eight endorse
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they had dining inside but I like the
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ambiance over here it's kind of quickly
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becoming one of my slow spots here my
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peaceful eating spots I'll never look at
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this place the same way just like the
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way I look at it now is it the same way
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used to the crowds of conventions but
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once the once all those get back under
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way I'm gonna remember it like this I'm
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looking at it in two facets
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it's an interesting sound that bird is
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making already noticing a lot more
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activity out here there's a security on
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a Segway back there by the fountain and
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then another one was walking by didn't
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seem to mind me but in the past I've
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been pretty much the only one out here
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that's slowly starting to change I went
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with two beverages I got the water and I
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got Hep C the meal total would have been
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under $10 but it came to about 14
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dollars and some change with the to the
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two you know the water and the soda but
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carrying a you know tap water or a
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filtered water in a cup even though it
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would have been a little less expensive
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with a bit more difficult to to put in
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the bag I could bring some I could bring
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waters from a home but I feel like it
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kind of defeats the purpose of going to
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the place and getting something from
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their menu
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very sorry there's a lot of bird and
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this is what we're dealing with the
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unveiling got the ranch dressing which
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you know spoiler alert
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a salad on top up here and see the
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see-through container top well actually
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I could just probably pop it open some
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croutons down in there some Tomatoes
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some onions some peppers that is a
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there's a nice healthy looking salad oh
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my gosh that is a lot of food right
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there two pieces of chicken the potatoes
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the I think they're called mojo potatoes
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I got a lot of broccoli steamed broccoli
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and I kept I kept saying is that all I
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get no you get more and the side note
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they dished it out for me I did not dish
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it out myself but they did have the
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buffet they did have the buffet
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arrangement set up so you could eat in
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if you so choose mashed potatoes that's
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I'm gonna this is a lot of food offer
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ten dollars fourteen with the two
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beverages so not too bad if I would eat
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in it would have been as much as I could
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eat which wouldn't be more than this
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well I could but then I'd be feel
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uncomfortable opting to save the salad
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for last just to cleanse the palate a
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little bit lighten up the meal I'm also
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drinking the water before the soda pop
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some call it soda some call it pop some
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call it a coca-cola even though it's not
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always a coke even though it is the
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Pepsi it just depends on I caught some
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of some of the soda pop which makes me
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think of Mike Tyson's punch-out soda pop
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Pinsky
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thing that's great about Shakey's you
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don't get just get chicken you get
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chicken you get all the sides you get
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salad forgot napkins it's pretty much
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par for the course now what I do with
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the potatoes what I like to do is dip
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them in the patek mashed potatoes and
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the gravy so I kind of just don't get in
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there that's what's happening right
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there
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mmm
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it has been a moment or two since I've
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had these they're good they're fresh
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sometimes when you go to the buffet
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they've been seated sitting under the
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heat lamp for almost it seems like a
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little too long doesn't happen every
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time I say maybe one out of ten times
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you get one that's a little too crunchy
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and a little too overcooked
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these are these are not at all they're
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they're just right I nearly forgot to
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show the main main menu item the PISA
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there's two pieces of pizza down in
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there there was a substantial part of my
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life that I would never have been able
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to eat a piece of pizza pie and a water
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at the same time it would always have to
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have that Cola that soda flowing through
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my veins while I snacked on some
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pepperoni pepper oh the pepper almost
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looks like a heart can you see that
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maybe kind of sorta maybe not maybe
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maybe it's in my mind
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almost has a little bit more kick to it
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so then one might be used to it's got a
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little bit of a little bit of a jolt
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might be the sauce maybe the sauce is a
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little different spice element so much
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has progressed in the last week
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stripping just a little bit so much has
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progressed when it comes to theme park
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news Disney theme park news in
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particular Disneyland which is just
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right next door has announced that they
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are open on July 17th I stated this
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about a week or so ago gave you my
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thoughts on the subject that they have
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kind of escalated because Walt Disney
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World has now announced and started to
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push forward their reservation system a
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couple days ago anyone that had a Resort
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reservation for the East Coast Florida
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counterpart of the Disney parks could
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have booked a reservation I've been
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seeing people posting that they ended up
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getting a reservation for the first day
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which I believe is July 11th which would
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be six days prior to out here I have an
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annual pass holder I am a coast to coast
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pass holder which means before all of
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this has taken place 365 days a year
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366 if it's a leap year I could go
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either to those parks out there or these
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parks here a total of six theme parks
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and to water parks I think I could even
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golf which I've never golfed in Disney
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hmm that's good first instinct is that
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it needs a little cheese and melted
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cheese on it Barlow broccoli
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I heard more than one occasion from
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different people the broccoli uncooked
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has as much vitamin C as an orange
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I like to toss that little a little
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factor am i don't have never even
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confirmed if it's true or not had a
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conundrum of source because I am allowed
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if I were to go out to Florida and could
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get a reservation to go and I'm paying
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for it should I miss the opportunity
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should I skip the opportunity miss the
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opportunity I thought an animal was
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crawling over there it's just a shadow
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right there out of my peripheral vision
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I saw the leaf blowing in the wind the
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shadow of the leaf blowing in the wind
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how was it an animal over time
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over the over gosh the last few months
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it's been an ever-changing abs and flows
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of what I consider to be I don't say
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facts cuz no one really knows 100% but
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you know opinions that are tossed around
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what I would kind of embrace and shun so
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it's like what do I really want to do
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and I don't really don't know I would
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love to go to July 17th could be the
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65th anniversary here I would love to go
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to that if big huge if probably not
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going to happen but it's kind of being
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tossed around in the noggin if I were to
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go to Florida prior to the 11th opening
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of Magic Kingdom Anke get a reservation
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for that day and the following days be
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nice to go to Epcot would be nice to go
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to Hollywood studios and I feel like the
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parks I feel like the theme parks of
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Disney especially any others are ready
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for visitors is the public ready for
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that I don't know I'll go shopping
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sometimes at Walmart or Target
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CVS Walgreens any of the other spots and
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sometimes I feel like that is almost as
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it it's all I feel different going in
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there and almost on the same level as if
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I was to go to a theme park now I cannot
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say 100% because I haven't been to a
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theme park but sometimes when I am in
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some of these other shopping
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establishments and the crowds are around
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you I think how is this any different
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than a park opening
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but I don't know until I go or till I
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try to go or if I even consider going
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it's a lot there's a lot to weigh in
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whether it's something that I do or you
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do or any of us are into opposed to it's
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happening things are things are opening
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and there knock on wood most likely
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going to stay open remember a couple
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months ago we were all home some of us
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are still home but the majority are
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going out getting food going shopping
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getting necessities in it's kind of
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peppering in non necessities getting the
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the health of our brain back out again
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which is another aspect to this these
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are all just thoughts I'm just kind of
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thinking out loud
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here's what I'm gonna do coming up on
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the 26 ApS for those who are not you
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know into the community of theme parks
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someone says I'm an AP third annual pass
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holder I am going to attempt to make a
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reservation for Florida on the 11th and
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then I will also attempt a try to go
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when they open Epcot on the 15th
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possibly the 16th for Hollywood studios
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that will
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at least get the wheels in motion or
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what I'm thinking about doing take this
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with a grain of salt it might not happen
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I might not either either get the
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reservation and I might even have them
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I might even have that one and then
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cancel it
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immediately cancel because it might like
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you might hit my thoughts that how am I
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gonna do this but it's it's good to have
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it so that's what I'm gonna do and you
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can cancel what I've heard you can you
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can book it and then you can cancel it
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up to a day or two before you go so if I
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read a little bit more information now I
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have studied a little bit a moderate
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level just kind of the tip of the
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iceberg on the facts when it comes to if
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I were to drive out there if big if and
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if I were to get on a plane and fly from
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LAX or John Wayne closer lax has direct
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flight starting first of July I believe
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up until all of this month that we're no
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direct flight from LAX to Atlanta if I
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were to do that I have researched a
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little bit you know moderate research
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that you can immediately get off a plane
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and there are no regulations as of right
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now that you have to you know go indoors
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hang out by yourselves for a week or two
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weeks 14 days does not does not apply
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and if there are if there's a rule set
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in place that I have to do that then I
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will not go out there at all I will not
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do that at all will not break those
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rules however if it is not frowned upon
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and completely acceptable I'm gonna I'm
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gonna consider the idea
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about going out there flying back on the
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16th and if I can get a reservation here
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on the 17th doing both coast-to-coast
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openings as of this moment recording
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this I think I could do it
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just a document
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do I want to get on a plane
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not really I'd rather Drive but if I
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were to drive well there's a lot going
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on here I got the mashed potato stuck on
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the bottom of this broccoli no cheese on
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top there isn't if I were to fly I could
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get both back and forth if I were to
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drive I would just only get out there
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for the Disney world opening pad would
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have to just not do Disneyland which
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would work too it's a lot to consider
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I'm not holding myself to any of this at
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all I just want to look I don't wanna
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let you know what I'm thinking
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I'm gonna go ahead and close this up and
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have some leftovers for a little later
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cuz that's all I still got the salad to
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go so I'm gonna finish off the salad and
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this is gonna be a go home I could put
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that in my I think I could properly put
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that in the in the backpack
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maybe another item to add to the
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equation on these what if if scenarios
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normally when I go to Florida I stay
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with my mom and dad that would not be
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happening if if I go out there I would
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get a motel or a hotel right near the
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parks because I would be around way more
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people I think that would just make more
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sense fly in get a hotel visit the parks
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on my own accord wearing the proper
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items that are required
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keeping away to proper feet marking so I
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would be there by myself
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okay I think I've lathered this enough
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precautions are are a hot topic right
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now I myself obviously have been going
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out for this is day 40 been going out to
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restaurants to diners to establishments
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people around preparing the meals
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handling stuff granted they do have the
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you know the proper the proper things on
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to do so but I I for myself feel pretty
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comfortable being out but I don't want
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to do anything
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to make someone else feel uncomfortable
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or to take a rule and shun the rule or
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be sub a very stubborn person and this
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gosh goodness gracious this the last few
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months have taught me that my
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stubbornness isn't necessarily important
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to me if the way the world works or
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going to my stubbornness should not be
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pushed on to others and it's this has
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taught me a lot I just I just do my part
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try to make others at ease try to make
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myself at ease into places that I
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haven't been a long time that I
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thoroughly enjoy I have to make some
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moderations so be it
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and before
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for right now
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this is a good deal for all this
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croutons
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I'm taking that Pepsi taking that Pepsi
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back home too and put it in my my
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backpack as well you know really a :
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salad
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2020 we're halfway through we're only
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half wait
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they're only halfway through this year
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other curveballs are gonna be thrown our
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way I might look back at this episode
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and thank wow I didn't do anything that
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I was thinking about doing that's the
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way my mind works anyone that knows me
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asked anyone that is a friend of mine a
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family member of mine no one has any
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clue what I'm going to do including
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myself in fact most prominently myself I
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changed my mind
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every five seconds it happens a lot but
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usually when I am thinking and
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expressing something in a video I'm
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leaning heavily towards that it's not
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uncommon for me to just move on a whim
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sell stuff buy a different type of
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travel vehicle hit the road I don't see
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my doing so myself doing that I'm gonna
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be sticking around these parts for quite
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some time no plans on moving I love it
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here Orange County California would be
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here for a while unless some unbeknownst
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circumstances come my way I will travel
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I will still do things but
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love the weather here that's the number
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one on why I live here why I don't move
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back to Florida the weather number 1
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100% the weather I do not like summers
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in Florida it probably about eight
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months out of the year in Florida I did
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not too fond of I have family there I
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have a lot of friends there and I have
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20 years of memories of living there but
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this is nice
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