Inside The Real Life Simpsons Kwik-E-Mart in Myrtle Beach During Winter Ice Storm in South Carolina
Myrtle Beach SC January 2022
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just a little bit brisk and icy
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frozen leaves on this bush this morning
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as i awake and head to myrtle beach
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just down the ways i bet this palm tree
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frozen as well it didn't snow last night
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but this is all ice
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and the windshield on my car is
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accumulation of ice as well look at that
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that's completely engulfed in ice
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it's only about i don't know 28 degrees
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right now it'll warm up i turned my
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defrost on my crank the car up and also
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turned the defrost on you can see the
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windshield
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pretty
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pretty icy and then the window window
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over here as well as a recording of the
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saturday
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january oh the window's not working
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january 22nd
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yep the window's not even going down yet
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gotta wait a little bit till it gets
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warm in here and thaws it out january
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22nd 2022 as a recording of this take a
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look at this this is the ice it's not
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the wind the window on the side i pulled
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the window down just a little bit the
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ice i don't take it down too far
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look at this
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i should probably have an ice scraper
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but i'm just being patient for the
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defrost to work slowly but surely it's
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toasty in this car right now but outside
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not so toasty
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look at that
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it's so fun
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welcome everyone adam the woo here who
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goes out to the beach
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myrtle beach right there is the
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shoreline i'll walk over there in 28
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degree weather
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in a winter
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storm that is rolling through
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thankfully there is no precipitation at
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the moment no sleet no snow
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but the roads are slick in fact walking
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from my car to this point i realized
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these tennis shoes are not the best for
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traction
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but driving over here wasn't too bad
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because they put ice on the roads
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this thoroughfare is relatively empty
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the
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ferris wheel what do they call it the
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fun wheel which is over here you'll be
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able to see
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might not be open in fact i don't know
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if anything is going to be open today
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but that's not going to stop me from
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wandering around
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i'm inviting you
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to join me
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i have to put my hand over the
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microphone just to cut the wind because
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even with the little fluffy thing on
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there that kind of protects from the
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wind noise
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it's very gusty
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join me
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i don't know what i'm gonna do today i
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don't know if anything's gonna be open
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shall you and of course add in the the
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windchill factor and it feels a lot
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colder than 28.
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brisk
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there's the water right there you see
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waves crashing along the shoreline in
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fact i don't know if i'm going to walk
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out onto the boardwalk part this wood is
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completely engulfed in eyes look at all
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this is ice this is not paint this is
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ice all right through here look at this
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this is all ice
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that wild i asked just ask this
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gentleman that's walking by he said that
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alabama was the house band here
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the band the group alabama
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here in south carolina from 1973 to 1980
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here at the
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the bowery known as the eighth wonder of
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the world i was thinking maybe a coffee
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stand would be open
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but no
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no coffee this is not open
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i have to find somewhere else to get a
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piping hot caffeinated beverage is
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needed today also up there on the side
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it says
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the original home of supergroup
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alabama
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look at this right here this is how much
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precipitation froze last night
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this is a little icicle
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drop the icicle off but
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i'm just fascinated by
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nature
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and of course there's a lot of workers
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out probably a lot of power lines
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down and whatnot
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there is an arcade called the fun plaza
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right here i almost just slipped i
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almost just slipped right there oh my
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gosh you wouldn't think it was that
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slick but there's about i don't know an
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eighth of an inch of ice
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right on there holy cow
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just gotta gotta be careful
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for traversing around
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the fun plaza area right over here is
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the official
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myrtle beach welcome center the official
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myrtle beach welcome center
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right over there and of course ripley's
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on the end not open lots of swimwear i
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don't think a lot of swimwear will be
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sold today i want to go over to this
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gift cove up here as well some of the
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eyes starting to break off there i got
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to have my hands
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pulled up into my hoodie that's
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underneath the
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the overcoat that i have on
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the clicking noise
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is this neon or the lights light bulbs
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from the boardwalk
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arcade
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kind of has a pigeon forged gatlinburg
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branson missouri vibe as well through
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here as stated today as a recording of
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this is january 22nd this saturday
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and it's only about 9 30. i was thinking
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that they would adhere to their hours
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that they were going to be open at 9 30
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but because of winter weather hours it's
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not open today till noon
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and i'm here doing family stuff my mom
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flew into town my aunt lives here
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and there's some things going on so
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i'm only filming in the mornings and
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then doing family stuff the rest of the
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day
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you know personal stuff so i won't be
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able to to go in here
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today
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but i would like to return at some point
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i mean it makes sense that nothing's
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open because no one
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no one is down here and that was the
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main reason i kind of rolled up here or
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down here
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staying south just about
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five or ten miles from this area
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was to go inside the gay dolphin over
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here which has been in existence for
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over 75 years
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this place has been open
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i guess back in the day you used to be
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able to go inside so kind of a
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interesting
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quirky kitchen gift shop i used to be
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able to go up in that little staircase
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to the top i'm not sure if that's even
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allowed nonetheless i can't even get
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inside there today because of the winter
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weather they are not open at the moment
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in fact mr dino here at the ripley's
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40 theater 5d excuse me
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5d
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theater
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isn't even roaring i don't blame you
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i do not blame you dinah
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it's cold this is something out of a
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charlton heston movie
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a mega man
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there's a couple of cars going by let's
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see one or two people walking around
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like place your bats chances of the
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wheel being open slim the nut
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for good reason the statue here is
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called the goddess of the sea
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it's a mermaid with two dolphins
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and this is the sky wheel they have one
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of these in gatlinburg as well let's
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have one of these in atlanta
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it's like there's some sort of a drop
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ride over there and a slingshot kind of
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like international drive
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in central florida in orlando
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try talking to my mom into coming out
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into the the bristol cold freezing
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temperatures
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and she said well we got plants a little
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bit later after lunch so you just go out
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i'm gonna i'm gonna stay in the hotel
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where it's warm
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and
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i think she was the wise one in this
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situation i could walk over to the pier
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i think i'm gonna do that but i am not
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gonna traverse this way again
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because of the ice
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that is down here
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along the wood i would slip and fall
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that would not be good there's a lot of
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ice on the concrete but there seems to
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be more accumulated
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probably because there's air so when you
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go over a bridge when you're driving
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you'll see the signs that say
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bridge freezes before road that probably
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applies
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you know to a dock like this to a
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boardwalk because there's air underneath
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here so
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the colder temperatures it freezes up
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more like something like this which is
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like a hard surface
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i'm not
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i'm not a meteorologist treading very
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lightly until i can see where the eye
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cuz that's so slick very deceiving
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on how slick that is to see this is dry
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so i'm going to stay on the dry area
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where it looks wet
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it's not water that's ice
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lots of ice stay where it's dry
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i'm learning that just kind of follow
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the dry patterns
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that's that's my goal
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i should probably zip this up a little
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bit more
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there it is
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the fun wheel
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gate often
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gift shops nothing as of this time frame
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in the morning 10 amish
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maybe a little later today by about now
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no one out here
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just this officer going by this patrol
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car
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can't even step inside anywhere to get
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out of the elements
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like going in the arcade and here
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nothing over nothing is over 599
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but even if you had six dollars
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it's all closed up
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i'm pretty much stating the obvious that
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it makes perfect sense
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there's no tourists down here
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i'm probably the only non-local that's
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even wandering the street
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so why would any there's no reason to
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have employees out
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you know having payroll
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opening a store because they would make
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no money
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a couple people walking across the road
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down there too but
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only a couple supposed to get above
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freezing around
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later this afternoon
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maybe
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i doubt that will bring out people in
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droves however couple vehicles
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are traversing the landscape
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just going by not many though all right
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peach corner you've been open since 1937
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as well as the gift shop down at the end
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been open a long time in this area
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had to return one day
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preferably to the summer when
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everything's
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quite operational back in my car now
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found some coffee at a convenience store
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you can see the icicles there dangling
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from my side mirror but
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here in the road this patch of water is
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not frozen
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it might be falling it's still 28
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degrees according to what my car is
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stating
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it looks as if they're just tearing down
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probably not building a carnival here
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in this parking lot
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i'm driving over to a simpsons area
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where they have a kwik-e-mart
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i want to check that out since it opened
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a few years ago but i have never been in
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this area so
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now's the time it might be open
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see what happens when i get over there
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yeah this is like a carnival so carnival
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rides through here
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looks like the wind has toppled this
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down off
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yeah that that thing is falling off of
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the trailer
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over there
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a ticket booth or whatever that is
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falling over the windows
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falling it falling it over
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visitor information that's what oh no
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this is just visitor information
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from myrtle beach this little shopping
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area you see the ferris wheel over there
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in the distance still
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there's a tiki gems right there and on
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the roof that is not snow well it might
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be light snow
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but i believe that's still ice the ice
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really doesn't bother me other than the
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fact that you could slip on it but the
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cold weather not too not too terribly
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bad as long as the wind's not blowing
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out of control obviously when you're
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driving
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you have to look for the isis on the
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road as well
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as long as you stay on some of the main
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thoroughfares it's usually pretty broken
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up from cars driving over it
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the kwik-e-mart is right over here
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oh this is so cool
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i feel like i'm walking into one of the
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universal studios parks of simpson's
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land
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and universal studios hollywood
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before you go down to the lower lot they
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have the simpsons land
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simpsonsville or whatever it's called
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some kind of simpsons
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themed area
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used to be the back to the future ride
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now it's a simpsons ride years ago it
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was back to the future
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but they have a kwik-e-mart there as
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well
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this is called broadway at the beach
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interesting that's the name of the
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little
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section it's in
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south carolina's number one destination
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of course right now that does not apply
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because
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it might be the only person out here
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i think i'm the only person out here got
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a crab shack over there
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and there is a aztec theater as
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simpson's 4d show i would watch that if
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it was open
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and the kwik-e-mart right next to it
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that is
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oh there's bart right there as the
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ticket seller
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bart simpson he's bart simpson who the
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heck are you
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there's maggie
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is so cool
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how's it going bart
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got the money down below here
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got the squishy we got from the
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kwik-e-mart
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paparazzi out and about
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over here as well very cool theming
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i wish it was open
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looks as if they have placed some salt
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upon the ground
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and i was talking to a gentleman who is
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an employee inside the kwik-e-mart and
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he said that they are going to attempt
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to open today
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at some point
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maybe not at the time it's stated he
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said is the only one on staff
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but everybody if they were open while i
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was in the kind of in this
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in this section
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got the buzz cola see if i can walk over
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there
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a little bit closer that wind's starting
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to
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look at the seagulls up
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oh and the ripley's aquarium's over
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there too
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i was thinking about doing that while i
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was here at some point
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because that's indoors it won't be today
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simpson's such a classic show been on
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for so long
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i love futurama too
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i think in a way i kind of like futurama
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a little more than simpsons but
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you gotta respect the simpsons
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it's pretty genius
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you know i knew a man with a wooden leg
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named smith
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not sure what your name is sir
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what was the name of this
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i got this to keep me warm while i wait
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just gotta cross my fingers if they open
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maybe something will open if anything's
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gonna open
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i hope it's the
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check out the convenience store from the
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simpsons
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in south carolina i'm not in florida
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i'm not in la
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i'm not at universal studios there is a
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simpsons real-life quickie mart here
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south carolina who knew
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i'm the first in line first one's here
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first one's here i'm gonna drive around
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for just a little bit see what i can see
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and then pop back in before they open
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they're not open yet
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the employee was inside and i'm gonna
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come back in just a little bit try to
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get inside the
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simpsons area it's kind of giving me
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some old town kissimmee vibes here
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obviously none of this
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is probably going to be open
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just realizing that is not the same
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ferris wheel
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that i was at a couple miles ago i
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thought maybe that was you know off on
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the horizon but this is a totally
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different ferris wheel
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i was looking at
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and look how close it is to the
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wonderworks building
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there's a wonder works in pigeon forge
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there's also one in orlando on
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international drive
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so it's a chain of a very unusual upside
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down
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mansion home
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there's one here as well
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and a couple ferris wheels in town
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i like to ride one of these ferris
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wheels before i leave
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i check out of the hotel that i'm at on
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the 26th
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ah yes and also a hollywood wax museum
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seen one of those in tennessee as well
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and i used to live near one on hollywood
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boulevard was one of these kind of by
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the chinese theater on the corner of
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hollywood boulevard in highland
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this one like a couple others has king
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kong up there on the side of the
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building
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any relation to you big the foot
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you guys don't talk much anymore
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i get it years ago one of these geese
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well not one of these specific geese but
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a goose or a duck
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like creature similar to these chased
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after me
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so i'm staying in the car this time
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geese
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still some ice on the window and now
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back over in front of the kwik-e-mart
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usually opens up at 11 but today opening
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a little bit later have to wait for the
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other employees to arrive due to the ice
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on the roads
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a lot of things well thankfully this is
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open on like 99 percent of the rest of
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myrtle beach but inside you could tell
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it is just like out of the simpsons you
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got an array of beverages that you can
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get in here of course the donuts but
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also merchandise
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lots of accessories lots of items that
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you could take as souvenirs i feel like
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i'm at universal studios on either coast
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and rick the supervisor
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very nice guy kind enough to show me
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around started off by going over to the
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4d theater and explaining to me the
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company
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that created this is the same one that
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does a lot of theme park rides and
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attractions might be mispronouncing this
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but called simez iworks
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if you're familiar with the old jimmy
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neutron
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shrek
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3d
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even the new kung fu panda those are the
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types
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of attraction that this is where you
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watch the film
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and then the the seats kind of gyrate
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and move and there's bubbles and there's
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4d experience and lights and sounds
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all in the theater that is what this is
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that's adjacent to the convenience store
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so pretty pretty neat that is affiliated
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with the theme parks in a roundabout way
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and then after that walking out of the
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theater going kind of into this little
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a little hallway that there is and you
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see in the murals painted on the side of
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the wall so you're exiting not through a
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gift shop but you're exiting
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into the kwik-e-mart
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convenience store
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not a gas station but a convenience
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store and then once you go in you
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realize there's coffee
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and there's also beverages
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waters
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accessories like that and the theming is
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on point it really and the fact that i'm
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really the only one in here with the
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exception of the employees
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is pretty it's pretty cool i gotta i
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gotta have the whole place to myself
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as i wander around and they even have
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the board
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name tag you know the mispronunciation
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of bart they have the board name tag
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which is very popular i know universal
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is very popular it usually sells out
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pretty quick on the mugs and whatnot
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also rick was saying that there's an
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assortment of products that you can't
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really get at the parks anymore and they
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make them here
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and sometimes the parks will
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buy them from this location
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and and ship them over there which is
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kind of interesting and the donuts are
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the same donuts
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the lard lad doughnuts are the same
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donuts you can get in the parks up these
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are made locally
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as well
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i i think the whole thing is pretty
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interesting i've never been inside a
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kwik-e-mart outside of the theme parks
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this is pretty fascinating and i'm glad
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they let me come inside a little bit
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early walk around
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you know before or before anybody else
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arrived even though granted there wasn't
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really hardly anybody else here but as i
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was leaving people started people some
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people started to show up so they
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officially opened the doors at noon but
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they opened their doors a little bit
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before a little bit early for me to let
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me walk around so that was really nice
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of them
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yeah south carolina
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myrtle beach on a freezing cold 28
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degree day
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i feel like i'm in the simpsons land
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the simpsons themed area
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like i said who knew and i did purchase
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some merchandise didn't get a whole lot
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i was asking
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the gentleman that showed me around rick
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if they had anything specific
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to myrtle beach he said now so i got the
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bart drinking the squishy
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right there
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ice cold because it is kind of cold
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outside and he said there's nothing that
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they had he said
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he kind of wishes that they had
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something that specifically said myrtle
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beach simpsons on it but they do not
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they're still pretty dang cool i'm not
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sure if the shirt that i that i just
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purchased they have it universal but
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nonetheless now i have a bart simpson
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shirt he's bart simpson
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who the heck are you
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i don't have a cow man
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and also i voiced over all my going
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inside you see the people acting out now
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but i voiced over all the music it's
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very music driven inside so i kind of
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talked over that whole thing but yeah
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pretty pretty neat experience inside
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there and the thing that's kind of funny
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too
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is i felt like i'm in a theme park and i
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went to reach for my annual paths i mean
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universal studios hollywood annual pass
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holder
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i was that was that do you accept the
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annual passes do you have an annual pass
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holder discount
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this isn't a theme park
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it's kind of funny how your mind
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kind of
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goes back to
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universal studios hollywood something
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substance loud the sepsis land or
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simpsonsville some kind of some kind of
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substance town
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i have returned back to where i started
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this ice is falling out of the palm tree
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which means
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it is over 30 oh
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it's falling
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oh
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step back
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so it is under 32 degrees or over 32
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degrees now so the ice is melting
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it's all falling out of the trees
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and that's going to do it for today
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back at my hotel and pick my mom up
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we're going to go over to
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the family that we have here in town
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do some family saw some personal stuff
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not everyone wants to be in videos so
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i've been trying to go out every morning
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while here until the 26th
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and just document some stuff around town
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it's kind of a kind of a fun thing to do
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in the morning before doing
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some family things
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i'll see the next video
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the vlog this ice is falling out of this
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tree the vlog
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thanks for watching
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really appreciate it
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the vlog
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is
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it is raining ice uh the trees because
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it's still iced over here but it's
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melting
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are those petunias
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is over