I Bought A New Bike & Took It For Ride - Back Home To Celebration Florida / Slow Weight Loss Journey
I bought a bike
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welcome everyone
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out of the woo here as a recording of
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this february 22nd
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2022.
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that's a teaser right there
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bicycle went by i am on
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a mission to purchase a bicycle today
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yes i know i have a scooter i keep in
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the back of my car however
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when i am here locally at my home in
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celebration of florida i would like to
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have a bike i had one in southern
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california sold it didn't want to
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traverse
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from coast to coast from one place to my
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new place that i have here
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so i need to purchase another one that
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is what is gonna happen today on two as
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the recording of this 2
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22
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february 22 2022 as the recording of
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this walking
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decided not to take my car
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over to a bike shop looked it up online
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a mile and a half over on highway 192
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there is a bike shop so
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gonna have no idea what brand
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i'm gonna be purchasing
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but i'm gonna i'm gonna walk out with a
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bike
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and have a bike here
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i'm not gonna take it down any sweet
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slides i know what you're thinking
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no sweet slides are in my future join me
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shall we i really do love living in this
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area and it's nice after road trips to
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return home to
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gives me the vibes obviously of the
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truman show
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pleasantville
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even a hollywood back lot
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something you'd see at universal on
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colonial street like this you can just
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see this on colonial street the
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universal studios hollywood this is not
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hollywood however
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this is a different state of florida
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this town was built
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by disney no longer
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affiliated with but pretty close to wdw
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it is a very beautiful 77 degrees out at
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the moment
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first i didn't think i'd have room to
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store a bike
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my accommodations here
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but i think i have room
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so i'm doing this i'm doing it and i'll
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still be utilizing the scooter good
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thing about that is like a store in the
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back of my car don't have to even remove
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it
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from my vehicle can charge it
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in my car and then when i go to place i
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want to
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grab the scooter i'll probably still
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ride it around town here too however
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with a scooter you don't get a lot of
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exercise i've been trying to lose weight
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eating better doing more cardio
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bicycle probably gonna burn more
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calories
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than a scooter and i can get farther
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distances on a bike i have some ideas
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no spoilers for
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future episodes on the bicycle here in
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central florida
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around the celebration area and this
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area has miles and miles of walking
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hiking and bike trails here are some of
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them now
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as well as the sidewalks here as well
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in fact there's someone on the bike
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right now going by
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that's going to be me very shortly
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oh wow that's a fancy shopping cart
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and the reason i'm even picking this
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particular bike shop
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here at the water tower plaza
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is location
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in fact i didn't even know this place
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existed until about an hour ago when i
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looked it up
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so i can just walk over and is now in
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view next at 7 love it over there next
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to
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joe's here it's a place called evolve
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bikes
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the corner of
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this building next to the cleaners next
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this convenience store is this little
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vestibule over here i've always been
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prone to impulsive decisions even though
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i've had this on my mind for a while
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was not planning on this when i woke
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this morning and then it hit me
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go buy a bike
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it'll be good for you
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going in now you know what's interesting
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i did not plan on this but they do have
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similar bikes to the one the last bike
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i've had a couple bikes over the tenure
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of my lifespan
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but the one i had in california recently
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was this brand i could buy the same bike
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again
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maybe get it in a
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different style or a different color
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i mean i could just do the same bike i
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had i liked it it was decent for my
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height ratio and weight so
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yeah who knows maybe
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see what they say inside what they
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recommend and stepping inside they have
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quite a few as well
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and even though i had the brand electra
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it's not electric i do not want an
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electric bike i want pedal powered
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i 10 speeds up there i don't think i'm
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going to get a 10 speed take a look at
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this one here with this little platform
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on the front and then like the little
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wooden thing around the back that's i
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don't think i've ever seen one quite
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like that and this is kind of neat too
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it's like a stair stepper combined with
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a bicycle but you kind of pedal that
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around town as well
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all right
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bought
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and paid for pull up here
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pull over and show what i purchased
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gonna go
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underneath the water tower
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which i've said this before
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a while back when i first moved here
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i don't think there's really water in
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there i think it's just for display i
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don't know if that really holds a big
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barrel
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of water this is very similar to the one
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i had before same brand but different
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style and
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it has different speeds and hand brakes
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instead of
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tire brakes down here
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what i meant to say were pedal brakes
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you know you push the pedal back on some
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style of bikes it'll stop but this one
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will just spin back because you have to
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use
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either the brake here on this side
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or the brake here on this side has the
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reflectors on the front they had one
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that had lights but i'm gonna be doing a
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lot of bike riding at night
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didn't want to pay the extra money for
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that
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but we ended up getting this it is
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called the elektra
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not to be confused with electric i
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believe elektra does make an electric
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bike because this is all
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pedal powered
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right here and very lightweight
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even more light than the the other one i
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had
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very very lightweight in fact down here
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it even says lightweight aluminum they
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were nice enough too i purchased it but
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they put on
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the lock here key lock i have an extra
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key so i have to remember a combination
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or anything that hooks onto there
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also mounted
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over here not only the water bottle here
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which i need to fill that up stop my
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store and get some water and i can take
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that home you know when i leave each day
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if i ride whatever time i ride i'll fill
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it up with water or some sort of
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beverage to keep myself hydrated and a
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pump
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because i don't have any i didn't bring
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a backpack or anything with me so i said
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i might as well get it all now
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while i was here they were great
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i will be going back in there if there's
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any problems or if i need any other
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accessories
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right there underneath the water tower
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it is it is nice and warm out today a
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beautiful day
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here in celebration all right
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this
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is for posterity
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see how light it is
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i bought a bike
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i bought another bike
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this one i will not be getting rid of
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because
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i plan on being in this area for a while
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and we'll be staying
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at my homestead here in town
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yeah i like it it's light i can move it
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around easy
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it's got the brakes on it it's got the
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locking system it's got the water bottle
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a good purchase
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and highway 192 also known as erlo
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bronson also has bike paths that run
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parallel through here too
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heading up to the old town area just
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gonna see some sights on a bike you know
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i always wonder with these there are a
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lot of tourists that walk through this
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area
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but right down here are these magazine
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racks
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right along the side of the sidewalk
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how often do you think people utilize
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those also should mention this is a 7
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speed
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i feel most comfortable as far as
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pedaling on it at a speed of four
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so i got it kind of right in the middle
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not too difficult not too simple
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four is a good cruising speed
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yeah got a set on four
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it's called a rip revo shift and you can
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see my shadow right down there
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just in time this coaster is gonna drop
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in
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as i ride by it
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yeah
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someone's gonna have themself a little
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bit of a fright
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as they drop in
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wait for it be patient
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be patient
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there it goes there it goes
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i'd love to film on that one day but
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they don't allow it
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pretty strict on that rule
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for obvious reasons
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think's moving
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i'm going to get myself a bottle of
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water pour it down in the
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little mount that's down there but i
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also want to go buy the big orange up
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here and get myself an orange drink a
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big orange drink which is an andy
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griffith stand up from back in the day
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kind of a deep cut i know every time i
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think of a big orange drink
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think of andy griffith
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for whatever reason i'll be doing a lot
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of developing through here
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over the next several years
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all along this stretch wall these woods
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will be torn down and there will be
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condos and
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apartments
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hotels
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this is a touristy area through here
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someone else on a bike see i'm not the
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only one riding a bike a lot of you ride
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bikes through here straight ahead and
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even more construction over here oh here
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comes someone on a very interesting bike
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with the scooter style
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it's almost like a big wheel
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prefer an adult a thing of beauty this
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has been here for years
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and also i mentioned this before but it
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was in the movie the florida project
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if you've ever seen that this is one of
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the landmarks here on 192 that was
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prominently used
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they got some good freshly squeezed oj
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very tasty trust me i've had it before
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we're stopping off
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freshly squeezed
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oj
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i'm just riding my bike right up on here
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they got fruit shipping awesome and got
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the lock on here yes i know this
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probably isn't the most secure thing
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having it on here because someone could
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just rip this fence down i'm going in
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there for like a minute or two and this
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will be inside my place
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here in town i'm not gonna leave this
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outside all night latched up it'll be
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it'll be in my place
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this is just going in for a couple
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minutes okay i avoided getting the
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t-shirt i think i think i might have one
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of these
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in a pass visit they also have these
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these bags here the world's largest
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orange in my pocket i have my bottle of
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water
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and in my hand i have they used to have
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it in
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in plastic like bottles
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but they don't have those anymore so now
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they just have it in their little cups
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but this is a tasty
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tasty beverage
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it is trust me
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you can buy it you know at a regular
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store you can buy oj in a bottle and
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that's good too you get the nutrients
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the vitamin c but really nothing
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compares with a
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it's doing the trick plus the water i
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have my pocket that i'm going to put
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in the bottle that's battered on the
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so good
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a big orange
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there's my bike over there see it
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okay i gotta fill up the water bottle
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here
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because this container fits in the
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little the rack that's on
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mounted on the side better than better
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than this would
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and a little ratchet right down there so
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whatever i'm drinking i'll put in here
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put the top on it and stick it on there
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and kind of rolling back over to my area
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it's a really good thrift store here by
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the way this hope thrift but what i want
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to point out
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is the rock church right up here
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this rock church used to be way back in
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the day the american gladiators dinner
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show
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you can see it kind of has that
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interesting architecture but it's now
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the rock church
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and if you've ever wondered what these
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markers are for example marker 10
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this was something that the town
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did a long time ago
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that way if you went in the store and
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said oh where is this landmark someone
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could say oh it's near marker 10.
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i've never really caught on that
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this hotel is not open at the moment but
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to reiterate a story i told probably a
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couple years ago
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when i was kind of going around this
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given some reminiscent thoughts
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one of the first vacations
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i ever had
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when my family visited
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central florida we stayed in this very
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hotel my mom was a tupperware manager
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and she was down here for something
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called a jubilee
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so we went to walt disney world we
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stayed at this very hotel and my sister
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who was very very very young at the time
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walked her oh there's a snake
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there is a snake right here look
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slithering serpent go snake go
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go snake
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whoo i don't know what kind of snake
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that was
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but my sister who was very young at the
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time went around and took all the do not
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disturb signs off of all the guest rooms
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and my mom said put those back where you
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found them so naturally a bunch of
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guests
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had do not disturb signs of the doors
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that they never placed there in the
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first time
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those who wanted to not disturb didn't
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have them on their doors anymore and
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then other guests had i do not have a
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strip sign in the room they never put up
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and then my sister put the do not
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disturb signs back on the incorrector
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she had no idea where she took them from
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marker 9 now where the old town ferris
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wheel is there across the road and
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senior tacos has a large guitar out in
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front of their
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establishment the size of that guitar
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right there
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passing the king
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and maryland
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that was like chuck berry's up there on
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the other side too it's always amazing
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to me that these little tourist info
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stands you can get tickets that will
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time share things still exists also side
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note this volcano hot pot i frequent
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this place pretty often it's pretty
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tasty
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i do love some hot pot i like faux also
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pronounced pho i know but i always call
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it faux
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but also hot pot totally different
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type of food but kind of similar soupy
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century city
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not to be confused is a century city
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that's in california outside l.a spelled
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with a c this is spelled with an x
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spelled with an x
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i don't think there were any movies
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filmed in this century city either
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as far as i know it's only like a block
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long
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i think that was it i think century city
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that was it just that corner just wanted
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to say hi to you
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lobster oh this lobster has like a clamp
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there around
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it's little kind of holding it together
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there
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a little clamp there over the top
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also putting a new sign up here some
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workers putting a new billboard up
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and buy back over here to the
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celebration water tower see it over
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there in a weird way i kind of wish
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water mania was still right here on this
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very corner right where this golden
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corral is
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is where a water park wet and wild's
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gone water mania is gone but it used to
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be right here
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in this exact spot
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true story
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catch a wave i think was their slogan
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catch a wave at water mania
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i remember meeting ranger bob there
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i don't know if anyone remembers ranger
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bob but he had a
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pretty popular show
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i met him right over there by the wave
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pool ranger bob did a show
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i'm sure no one remembers ranger bob a
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lot of very gorgeous roadside
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i would call them relics roadside items
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the big ice cream cone just zipping
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right along here
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i believe even though celebration is not
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owned by disney anymore they still do
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have a lot of offices
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in a lot of these for the cruise ship
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dvc
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etc they still utilize this very
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interesting building
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right over here and the one behind me oh
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sidewalk closed
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i find another route can't take that
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sidewalk i guess i can go over the other
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side riding right in the road with a
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floor trap don't really know why the
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sidewalk's closed over there
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but it is so just going up there's a
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sidewalk on this side
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so just going parallel to this line here
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should be good no bike lane but i think
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that's
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i think that's the rules you just go
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along with the flow of traffic
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along the side
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that's what i'm doing anyway right up
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here is splash
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the fire station
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osceola county fire station number 72
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here in celebration
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love the architecture through here
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and back into the area that looks like
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something out of leave it to beaver
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i like it
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can you just can you just picture them
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walking through here the family
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very quite little community
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peaceful
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and off of 192. far enough off 192. he
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didn't drive back in here
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you wouldn't even know it existed
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right
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it's like a movie set
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now the good thing about now owning one
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while residing here is i don't have to
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rent them anymore which i've done
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there's a little rental area over here
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oh and look at this
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perhaps i could rent this classic car
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probably not but you can rent the you
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can rent bikes from over here which i've
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done before
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i don't have to do that anymore unless
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someone's visiting obviously
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if someone's visiting i can
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have my bike and they'll have a rental
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but
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i won't have to rent a bike from there
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anymore from the little bike taxi area
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check out this little one wheel
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along the bike and walking path
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kind of a shared path there's a lot of
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them which i'm looking forward to
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exploring
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later on in the future not not all today
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i don't have to return this
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when i have it
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for the tenure the length of i'm living
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here which no plans to move
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only travel but i'll always be coming
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back home
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celebration
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i love it
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it's nice right
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probably should have got a little bell
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one of them wants you to go
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i could probably add that on
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at some point
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and then maybe even a mirror
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don't quote me on that because i might
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not get it done for a while knowing me
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it'll probably take me three months
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before i even get those items added but
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thinking about it right now
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a mirror would be good
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just right here so i don't have to like
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turn around to see
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who's behind me so a bell
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and a mirror
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one day
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oh they've opened up
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the fire hydrant over there
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also should be noted there were rumors
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and hopes that the
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movie theater here in town was going to
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open until late last year early this
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year so late 21 into early 2022.
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i'm here to report an update
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for over a decade it's been closed
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the celebration florida movie theater a
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thing of beauty that sits right over
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there of architectural marvel
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still closed
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no idea why
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have some thoughts
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but no real confirmation why it's not
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open
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still
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closed
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this is called the townie
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technically it's an electra once again
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not to be confused with electric even
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even though this model
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for a little bit more than what i paid
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you could get electric on the back that
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is pedal powered that will kind of juice
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it up the batteries up in the front i
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went with the non-electric this is all
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just a regular bike but the brand
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similar sounds similar to electric but
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it's technically electra but the style
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of this is called a townie and at the
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bike shop they were saying that the
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wheels on a towny
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are a little further forward as opposed
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to being a couple inches back and makes
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it a little more comfortable
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just to kind of use as like a beach
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cruiser i might be cruising on the beach
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but i'll be cruising around town hence
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the name
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town e
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if that makes any sense and i've arrived
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back over here at market square
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where i'm going to do the outro but i
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will be utilizing this piece of
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machinery pedal powered machinery
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in the future
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for a bunch of adventures around the
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kissimmee
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orlando area great orlando area known as
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kissimmee celebration
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etc
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but just wanted to
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want to let the world know that i
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purchased another bicycle and i have
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looking at market square
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thanks for watching
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i'll see you in the day it's good to be
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back it's good to be back here
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back home for a short while at least a
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month before hitting the road again
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see the next video the vlog you know
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what i should do
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i have to remind myself
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and others
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that i shave not completely you know all
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the way down to the skin but this is my
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version of shaving i did it
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and
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to celebrate i got a new bike
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i'll see you the next video the vlog
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oh check this out the garbage truck from
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last year 2021 was the 25th anniversary
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of celebration
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they still have last year's little
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emblem on the side
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that's neat