It’s Time To Go Home (Flying Back To Florida) - Late Night Arrival After Delay / The Rays Blow It
Going Home
Transcript
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Today's adventure begins checking out of
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my hotel room here at the Universal
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Hilton overlooking Universal Studios
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Hollywood. As the recording of this
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Wednesday,
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July 23rd,
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2025, Griffith Park over there, the red
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carpet into the theme park down below in
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the Globe. Got my bags all packed up,
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ready to rock. Going to take a Uber over
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to LAX. Direct flight from Los Angeles
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back to Orlando. I think I arrive in
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Orlando around midnight with the 3hour
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time difference between here and there.
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It's 11:00 right now. Checking out. My
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flight departs I believe around 4ish.
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I'm going to head down. Welcome
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everyone. Adam the Woos mirrored
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reflection here.
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I'm off to the airport. It's a travel
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day and I'm inviting you, yes you,
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to join me,
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as I go back to Florida, as I leave LA.
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For now, I'm sure I'll be back sooner
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than later.
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My current trip to California is coming
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to an end. Join me, shall you? All
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right, I made the commute. Took about an
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hour.
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Just about an hour to get
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from the Universal Hollywood area over
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to LAX. Traffic wasn't too incredibly
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terrible.
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It wasn't light, but it wasn't heavy.
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For that, I'm grateful. Sometimes it's
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worse than an hour.
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Was incredibly easy. No more than maybe
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3 to 4 minutes going through the
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security checkpoints. Wasn't a lot of
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people in line. And you no longer have
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to remove your shoes in the US. I
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usually wear Crocs on travel days. I'm
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sure that will continue cuz they're
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comfortable, you know, on travel days.
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But that's kind of nice. If I was to
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start wearing tennis shoes again on
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flight days,
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>> you don't have to take them off anymore.
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I think last week they made that a rule.
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At least in the US. I don't know about
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international, but yeah, you just don't
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take your shoes off anymore. You still
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got to take your laptop out of the bag
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though most of the time. I had to take
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my laptop out of the bag. But sometimes
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you don't. Depends on the airport. But
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here at LAX, you got to take your laptop
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out of the bag.
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So, I did. Ah. Yes. My two favorite
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words when you're flying anywhere or any
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kind of transportation is the on time
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word. Mine is DL718.
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That is my flight. Delta 718, 40:05 p.m.
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on time. Gate 25B.
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And look at this. There's another
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flight. If I wanted to go to back to
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Paris, I was just in Paris, but yeah,
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there's another If I wanted to, I could
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just change flight and go back to Paris.
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Or I could go to Salt Lake if I wanted
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or Reno. And I got a lot of time before
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I board. So, going to pop in the Delta
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Sky Club, get myself a coffee, relax a
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little bit, gather my thoughts, and
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prepare myself
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for coast to coast travel. Coast to
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coast.
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I like this area out here. It was under
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construction for a while. this little
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like overlook area here with the seats.
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You want to sit out here and be in the
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the open air. So, you got the kind of
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open to the elements right there. You so
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choose. You don't want to be in the air
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conditioned lounge, quieter lounge. This
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is a nice little view here,
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right?
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You can just sit right here and listen
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to the sounds of the soothing sounds of
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the aircraft engines.
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You really don't notice how loud they
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are when you're this close to them until
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you're sitting out here.
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I went with the ceramic cup of coffee.
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A little time just sitting here at this
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table.
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Even though this is open air, definitely
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is going to feel a lot better sitting
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here than it will be when I get home to
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Florida. I should probably check the
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temperature in Florida versus here while
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I'm just relaxing right here.
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All right. 74° currently at LAX at 1:16
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p.m.
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86°
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and storming right now at 4:17 with a
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3-hour time difference back at home. So,
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10° hotter
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back home than it is in LA
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and a storm.
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on a cloud in the sky here.
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And the humidity level is probably much
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drastically different here, too. But it
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is what it is. Florida summers.
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There's something else.
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That's why I'm sitting outside just
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enjoying this little outdoor
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veranda. The open air
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soaking in the non-humidity and the
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decent weather.
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This one's pulling out, backing up.
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That is an N54D.
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It's on the tail right there.
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Giving it the little push back. I got so
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much time. I'm just going to do some
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plane spotting.
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I really like this outdoor section,
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honestly.
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All right.
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Flight delayed.
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All part of the experiences of flying is
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knowing that good portion of the times
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your flights are going to be delayed.
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Better to be delayed than cancelled.
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A
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>> 40minute delay is not too bad. Of
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course, now instead of getting home at
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just after midnight, I might get home at
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like 1:00 a.m.
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This is a cool spot watching the planes
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have their push back, their planes
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landing.
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It's a good place to be. All right,
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heading back down the escalator now.
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Kind of go a little stir crazy. I figure
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I'll walk around a little bit. So, going
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down the escalator. You know you're in a
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lounge in LA when there is a Sunset
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Boulevard sign like this wall of
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skateboards here where you have the
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Thrasher, you have Crest, you have
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French's classic road riders, you got
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the Brillo pad up there, you got Mad
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Magazine over there, and they have the
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artist over here, Todd Gray, who created
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it right there. Yeah, he just decided to
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make a bunch of skateboards here. He
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grew up in the 70s riding a skateboard
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through Santa Monica. And he has created
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this piece of artwork right here at the
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the lounge here, the Delta Lounge, the
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base of the escalator as it's uh
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descending downward. There's a dog town
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right there's a dogtown skateboard.
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These are on clearance going nowhere
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fast and out of office are on clearance
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here in the in the gift shop right here.
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I wonder why. They must not have they
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must not have sold as well as they
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thought they were going to. Like these
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are like little candy bags. You got the
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you got the California Bear with LA
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here. And you also have the Hollywood
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California where I just left from to
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come over to LAX with little c little uh
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little little taffies in there. Take a
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look at these little things dangling
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from the ceiling here. One thing I am
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excited about this plane flight will
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coincide exactly when the Rays are
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playing the Chicago White Socks. So I'll
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be able to watch the game on the plane.
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Just connect to the Wi-Fi and watch the
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game. Yeah. Raise up. Yeah. I visited
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this little gate section many many
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times. I kind of like the the style of
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it here. The sleek style like the style
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version of the roof there. I don't know
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what I'm what I'm trying to say, but
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yeah, it's cool to look at. All right. I
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think it's the Yeah, it's still right
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there. It's the only one up there that
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says Orlando was going to be 405 and now
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it has turned orange and now it's 4:49
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p.m. is departure still at gate 25B. 25B
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right in the center of the screen. All
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right, here is the gate 25B. Still got a
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Still got a little bit of time to wait
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right now. It's only 240 right now.
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Delayed. Delayed. Only only 50-minute
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delay, though. Not too bad. Not too bad.
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There's a sun glare across the screen.
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Yes. And of course, the whole time I'm
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going to be around, the Rays are gone or
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the Rays are out of town. The next
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series is the Reds and the Yankees. But
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today going against the White Sox. lose
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our home game
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of our flight departure time out of your
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pocket.
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>> And if you're traveling with a backpack
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or something on your back, something on
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your shoulder, something around your
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waist, something around your back, uh,
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please make sure that goes by your feet
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above your boarding flight now, not my
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flight. Thank you.
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>> All right, boarding. I'm sitting in seat
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5A. recording at 4:17 p.m. Flight
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originally was going to take off at like
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4:05 p.m. So, it's like an hour and 10
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minutes delayed. I think
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>> it's all said and done.
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If you brought two items aboard, you can
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place any soft shield items under the
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seat in front of you. It'll help
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allocate space for those larger items.
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Again, please remember to turn those
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larger roller boards onto their sides
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like a book and a bookshelf. It'll help
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save space for clients for everyone.
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Go ahead and turn the fasten seat belt
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sign back on. Just make sure your seat
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belts are securely fastened. Latest uh
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weather in Orlando. Winds are light with
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good visibility, partly cloudy skies,
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75°. It's been our pleasure having you
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on board. We hope to see you in a future
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Delta flight real soon. Like to ask the
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flight attendants, please prepare the
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cab for a ride.
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All right, I made it. It's about 100
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a.m. here.
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It was a long day. Of course, I checked
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out of my hotel at 11:00 a.m. California
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time. Took about an hour to get to the
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airport. Got there at noon.
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5 hours later, the plane took off.
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Another
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5 hour flight. So, it's been a nice
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little travel day. Oh, got a little
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floor Zamboni up here. Little cleaning
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robot mechanism. Look at this thing. Oh,
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it's a robotic cleaning mechanism.
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Look at this thing. It's coming my way.
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Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
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Look at this.
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Things you see after midnight.
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Hey, you know it's late when nothing's
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open and the cleaning crews are all out.
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Everything's all gated and shut down.
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the duty-free store. Gates are down.
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And the Rays lost. They did not do very
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good. They The White Socks, which are
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one of the worst teams in baseball,
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won two out of three against them. The
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Rays bullpen right now stinks.
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It really needs some some altering
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before the trade deadline ends here in a
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few days.
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Disappointing, but
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see what happens after the trade
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deadline.
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Great team, but their bullpin
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sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth inning,
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just blow it every time. Well, not every
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time, but a majority of the times.
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We're still in the race though. Still in
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the wild card race.
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Speaking of race, should I try to get on
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this one
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or just wait till the next one?
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If I get on, I get on. If not, I'll wait
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till the next one. Nope, not making it.
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Check out the neon the gate link little
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Montreal that takes you from the the
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gates to the main section. There's a lot
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of buckets here. They must have like a
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leakage problem.
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I don't see any water in them though. So
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maybe maybe not. Oh, there's some water
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in there. Must have a little rain and a
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leakage problem. Haven't there was no
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rain when I was in SoCal.
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Guess I don't remember it raining any of
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those days.
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It's definitely going to be a little
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more humid here and probably a little
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more precipitation
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during the rest of the month being home.
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Yep. Not going anywhere till the 1 of
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August. Look at this place.
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Ain't nothing going on in here. So,
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let's see. 1:00 here would be 10
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a.m. or 1000 p.m. I should say in SoCal
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where I just came from. So, I'm still on
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10:00 time. 10:00 p.m. time. Now, I did
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not go international on this trip. This
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last week, I just was in the greater LA
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area.
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Usually, when I get back from
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international flight, I always show the
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US flag, but I never left US soil this
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week.
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But soon, another country soon. August,
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another country. Oh, the fountain's not
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on. Why would the fountain be on? It has
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no one to impress cuz there's no one
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waiting to get on any flights. There's
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no more flights the rest of the evening.
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Even all the red eyes have left.
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Hello Mickey Mini.
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Hello Daisy and Donald and Pluto.
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And hello
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to the traveler
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sculpture here. Not a real person,
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man. That thing's been sitting there
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since 1985. Wow. 40 years ago. 40 years
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that gentleman's been snoozing, taking a
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little nap in the airport. Yeah. I don't
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know if I've ever arrived here this late
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before.
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Or at least when it was this empty. I
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don't know if I've ever gotten in here
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post midnight.
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If I have, I've forgotten. Let's see how
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this humidity level is out here.
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Oh yeah. Oh yeah. I can feel it. I mean,
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it's not hot cuz the sun's not out.
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Wow. I can definitely tell a a little
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bit of a a thickness in the air in
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comparison.
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Kind of like this late night vibe.
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All
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right, I got to order an Uber. Uber's
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run this late in Orlando
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probably.
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If not, I got a long way to walk.
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You know, I used to always park my car
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right over there in the parking
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structure parking.
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And then one time I Ubered from my house
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over here and I since then I've never
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parked my car here.
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Sometimes depending on how long you're
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gone. Like I was gone, I don't remember
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how long I was gone, but let's say
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you're gone a week
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and you pay I think it's 20 $20 to park
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over there. So, you kind of do the math
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on depending on how long you're gone
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versus parking in the structure. Might
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even be $25 a day.
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But then you figure how much an Uber it
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is to get from here to Celebration and
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back,
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you know. Also, if you're only gone a
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few days, it' be cheaper to park your
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car. But if you're gone for a couple
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weeks, makes more sense to do a ride
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share. Now, I ordered one. Trying to
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locate a driver, so maybe uh maybe at
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10:2 a.m.
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I have faith.
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I have faith that there are rid share
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vehicles running in the greater Orlando
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area at this time. LA 100% in LA.
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Also, these signs have no correlation of
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where I walked out at cuz I flew Delta.
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But
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back in Orlando, the city beautiful,
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great Orlando area.
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I got a ride. I just uh got the
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notification on my phone. Four minutes
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away.
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Ah, so so bummed about the rise, but
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I listened to the whole game on my
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phone, connected to the Wi-Fi.
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I mean, I could have watched the game on
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the MOB app, but I chose to just listen
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to the playbyplay.
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That way, I can just kind of close my
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eyes, tilt my head back, not be focused
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on a screen,
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and you get the same. Sometimes
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Sometimes a playbyplay is even better
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than than watching the game.
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Not always, but sometimes. I really like
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the race radio broadcast.
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Neil Solons and Andy Frerieded. That was
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who was calling the game tonight.
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Sometimes Andy Freed will do the TV
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broadcast.
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But tonight he was on the radio. And
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that's going to do it for today. I'm
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back in Florida. I think I have a
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Florida t-shirt on. Well, I have a shark
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on there. Does it say Florida on it? Oh,
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yeah, it does. Right down there.
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Florida.
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Wearing an appropriate t-shirt. I'm
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back.
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at least for the rest of July and then
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into August we'll go stir crazy and go
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elsewhere. But for now, I'm excited to
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be home. I'll see you in the next video.
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Thanks for watching. The vlog
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is over.
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It's good to be home. Good to be home.
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Oh, bonus footage. I just realized my
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Uber driver is downstairs
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and that is going upstairs.
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I got to get down there.
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I thought he was picking me up up here,
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but I guess not.