My Busy Labor Day Traveling From Atlanta To California On American Airlines with Layover In Texas
Travel Day Atlanta to California
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today's adventure begins 7 A.M on a cool
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crisp Monday
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September 5th 2022 as the recording of
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This walking past the big wheel here in
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downtown Atlanta and I'm heading to the
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MARTA station
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to go to the airport I am heading
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today
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California welcome everyone
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out of the woo here Dragon Con wearing
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an appropriate t-shirt
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has come to an end at least for me it
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does continue today it is a five-day
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convention I went to four of them and
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now it is time for me to depart and make
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my way across country I have a layover
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by the way I'm flying on American
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Airlines with a layover in Dallas Fort
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Worth and then to John Wayne
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this thing just turned
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okay just got camera shy
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must be testing it out before it opens
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it's early it's foggy
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and beautifully peaceful
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in downtown Atlanta I'm inviting you to
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join me today
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on this commute across the skies
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yeah see it's moving
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we just tested it out right now man look
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at the fog up there
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I got the Westin
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oh there it goes I'm just stopping it
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doing a little test
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Sky View
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it is feels really good out here
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at the moment the sun's not up yet got
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my backpack on got my rolling
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almost said suitcase briefcase yeah it's
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a suitcase I almost had briefcase I
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don't know why I was saying briefcase
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Lucky Street Lucky Street Northwest I
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just got the walk signal and you know
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thankfully it's not the Sun is up a
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little bit starting to start to rise so
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it's not too incredibly dark out here to
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be wandering through the streets of
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downtown Atlanta
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kind of the shroud of Nightfall not too
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far of a walk over to the MARTA station
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a few blocks and it's kind of neat to
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see the owner opening up the peach mark
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friendly corner store
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stopped in there
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pretty much every evening on the way
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back to the hotel to get a water
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and a drink
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it's also quite quite a feeling to see
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the roads
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rather empty at this moment in the
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sidewalks after the Whirlwind
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cosplayers that were wandering up and
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down through here and what goes up must
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come down I'm now heading down
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the massive escalator same one
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I'm still kind of on the fence whether
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or not this is a longer and bigger
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escalator than the ones at Universal
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Studios Hollywood they go from the upper
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lot to the lower lot
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I've never measured them I didn't bring
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a tape measure
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oh
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I almost leaned a little bit too forward
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there
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I always think I'm all around drink some
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weight remember I see an escalator
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now I do not need to purchase another
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Breeze card I have the one that I got
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when I came into town that last me seven
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days so I do not need to purchase
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another Breeze card oh wow this says wet
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floor but evidently
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must be something else other than water
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down there
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and I am looking for that southbound
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train past five points to the airport
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Northbound is approaching to Doraville
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and North Springs
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the next one arrives in six minutes and
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if I missed that one I gotta wait 12
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more minutes after that one over there
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so I'm gonna catch the one in six
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minutes from now
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southbound
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into section 284.
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a little longer expected the I guess the
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train in front of this one is having
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some issues
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so instead of taking 20 minutes probably
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took about I don't know 35 or so
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elevator this way and so is the
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escalator
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the line that turns around and goes back
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the other way
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and you need the breeze card again
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to exit out please pardon their dust
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they are renovating the station so you
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have to tap to get in
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tap
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Jackson
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yeah quite a few people in here at the
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moment
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quite
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yeah
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safe to say I'm not the only one flying
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today I still have another hour and 11
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minutes until my playing board so I
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think I'm good but yeah this is this is
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taking a while it's very interesting how
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each whole checkpoint I guess it maybe
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depends on the airline or depends on
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probably not the airline it depends on
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the on the
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airport so I didn't have to take my
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computer or my mobile keyboard out of
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the bag and I didn't have to take my
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shoes off I didn't realize that until I
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actually took them off I left my belt on
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but everything has to go in the bin
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where sometimes this doesn't have to go
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in the bin it just goes right on the
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rack like this this even had to go into
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bed but some places that's not how it is
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just I guess it's just up to the
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airport's discretion I'm always so
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confused by it this airport has two
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names William B hartsford International
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Airport named after William Barry
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Hartsfield and Maynard Holbrook Jackson
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Jr
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I'm going over to Gates T and I made it
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with 45 minutes to spare
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T10 departs at 1004 and it will arrive
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in Dallas Fort Worth at 11 22 2 hour an
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18 minute flight for the first leg two
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legs that's a little dreary overcast out
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it's like sprinkling it oh I think I
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hear some Thunder or possibly that's
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probably another plane taking off
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there it is gate T10 that is the plane I
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will be getting on I have a window seat
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I can't remember which side is on but
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window seat on both both flights I
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always try to get a window seat so I can
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film out the window
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and I can also lay my head against the
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side of the plane and rest I always like
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to see which airports have gum and which
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don't doesn't look like they have a gum
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at this one you got Starburst and they
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have Twizzlers okay I was incorrect they
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did have gum they had some Trident over
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by the register and they also had high
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shoes but they had gum by the register
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so
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Atlanta airport does have gum for sale
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gotta pack got the flag over there on
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the wall
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I'm fascinated by this departure board
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it's like Max Headroom
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Style
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top there where it's like kind of
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shaking around
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those are very very quiet over near
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these Gates
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okay they are now announcing that I
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could check my bag I think I'm gonna go
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over there and check my bag I said I was
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putting it above my head okay this is
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kind of interesting
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that's interesting so I don't know if
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I'm gonna check it out or not I might
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put it above my head because the laptop
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is in there don't know if I ever even
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take it out
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different airlines different airports do
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things different ways confusing so
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hopefully there is room I mean if I have
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to check it on then I'll just somehow
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make room in my backpack with it
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traveling light I'm traveling full my
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bags are full
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all right down the jet way I am in seat
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33a that's like a maze through here
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or is it a labyrinth
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right after the 28 000 feet we're
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expecting a pretty good ride till we get
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over North Louisiana this might be a
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little like turbulence
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if you're aware of the uh Federal Mass
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today it's no longer being a force it's
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your choice we do ask it to be
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respectful to other people's choices and
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comply with all flight attendants
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instructions right now in Dallas it's
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light winds out of the South
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clear skies 72 degrees
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enjoy the ride flight 27 78 from well
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that's a two thousand footwork
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please
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welcome back
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please respect your fellow passengers
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and your crew members decisions
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from the other hair compartment removed
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your face mask before placing the Osage
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events over your nose and mouth in
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addition Federal Regulations prohibit
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smoking including the use of vaping
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devices anytime onboard the aircraft
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electronic smoking devices may not be
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plugged into any process including USB
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percent AC Outlets
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safety checks We Appreciate You Chasing
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Americans to pack our lives and enjoy
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one hour and 49 minute flights at Dallas
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Fort Worth
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now going above the clouds almost out of
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the clouds Above the Clouds
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almost out of the clouds
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a nice see downtown down there
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that's where I just was right down there
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until next year dragon come until next
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year
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pretty cool going flipped around and
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going right over downtown Atlanta
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I've turned out the best Gmail sign for
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now we do ask why you're seated to keep
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seat belts fast at all times yes we have
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gone up a little bit more to avoid
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turbulence over Louisiana
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sometimes it's a long taxi but we still
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should go on top of the game
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flying a little higher than normal to
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avoid some turbulence Captain just
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pull up here though
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and there definitely is a little more
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turbulence on this one than other
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flights I've been on nothing out of
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control but definitely kind of bouncy
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to the experience
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right now it's 77 degrees in Dallas
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clear skies winds light out of the South
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thanks for flying American Airlines and
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have a great rest of your liquor
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turn here
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and back to the runway about to land at
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Dallas Fort Worth
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almost the halfway point gonna land and
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then of course obviously take off again
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to land in California but
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I'm in Texas all right it's time for
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touchdowns on the plane over there
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Landing going parallel to this one but
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not the touchdown right
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a.m on behalf of American Airlines and a
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Walmart Partners like to thank you for
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flying with us today we hope we see you
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soon for another American Airlines
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flight have a great day
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it's like a little parade of planes over
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pulling into the station looks like
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we're going to be at gate a 18. oh there
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goes the Skylink monorail system going
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by there too and I have to transfer I
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think that's like the monorail over to
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the next gate and since I was toward the
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back of the plane like four or five rows
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from the back of the plane I just wait
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till everybody else got off and I got my
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luggage and started heading out I used
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to be
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type of person that would stand up and
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do the whole like bent and neck thing
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where I'd stand right there and wait I
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just realized it takes like 15 minutes
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for everybody else to get off
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so now I'll just wait just wait
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patiently
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I still got another 50 minutes before my
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next plane board so I'm good
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it is the 11 37 11 38 right now looking
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at my clock and I have to go from here
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which is DFW over to SNA
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it looks like it's going to be on time
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at gate number well it is flight number
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aa2861 gate number B5 and there it is
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right up there would be the third from
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the top there are four that say Orange
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County
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it's also very interesting that it's
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labeled Orange County where every other
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you know every other City just has the
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city name not the county but Orange
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County which is John Wayne Airport
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it has the county name I've always found
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that very interesting you know for
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example over here Nashville it's not the
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county that Nashville's in or New
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Orleans or Newark New Jersey or New York
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no other County names even well Los
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Angeles is a county but that really
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means that's nla but the only one I've
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ever seen you know there could be
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another one but off the top of my head
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Orange County California
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which is technically sna Santa Ana John
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Wayne is is labeled just Orange County
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bizarre every other one is just the city
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name Tampa Toronto Tucson Tulsa San
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Francisco
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Salt Lake but Orange County
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it's its own thing Orange County
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Atlanta
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Baltimore Austin all cities not counties
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this is fun two are going down one's
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going up look at this
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escalators broke
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it's a little heavy but I got this i got
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this okay moving now on to the monorail
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go
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Gates over on the a side
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go over to the B side look at this one
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rail
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makes it a monorail this thing's moving
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too
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this thing's moving pretty fast
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this is what they look like over here to
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the side
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this thing is
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a hall stand right here in front of the
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window so I got a good view
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all right going down this one is working
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going down and I believe that's my plane
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B5 well the plane's not a B5 not sure
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what model plane that is but gate B5
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should be boarding I think in like 40
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minutes give or take yeah plenty of time
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like that the monorail yeah
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one for me to be pretty quick
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about halfway through my flight halfway
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through my travels I don't really like
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layovers but I don't really want to fly
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into LAX
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or they're flying to Santa Ana it's
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closer to what I gotta where I gotta be
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and it's a lot more mellow of an airport
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Orlando's pretty hustle bustle Dallas
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Fort Worth from one of them that's
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hustle and bustle Santa Ana not so much
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melon and here's another angle of the
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plane
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they're actually removing the luggage
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from the the guests who just got off and
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it was incorrect it's not like 40
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minutes of War it's about 22 minutes
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tattoo boarding so they're just going to
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do a quick little clean through and then
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I'm going to go down the little ramp
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and then get on and then there's another
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one over there that one's an American
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Eagle where this is just a non-eagle
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this is just straight up America
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don't know if there's a difference and
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it would work out well if I didn't have
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to
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you know get my luggage off them for my
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luggage because the other one worked out
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I think this one might be a little
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closer to the wing
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of course I should probably look it up
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before stating that the last one I was
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like two or three rows four rows from
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the back all right going down the jet
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way
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now on this one I am in seat 30 f
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so a and F seats are window seats so I'm
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on the I guess I'm probably going to be
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on the other side of where I was
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at AC before FC now
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neither the ones that I had had a screen
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here if you want to watch something you
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can use their free Wi-Fi connect to our
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Wi-Fi signal usually I just listen to
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podcast but this is a 737.
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you got the tree
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and I am not on the wing I'm gonna hide
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the way I'm kind of in the same exact
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area as I was before so on the opposite
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side of the plane
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getting a view here of the luggage that
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put in there of course mine didn't do a
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check on this time
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with the weather there currently they've
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just got a few clouds 10 miles
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visibility winds around the Southwest
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about seven miles per hour 88 degrees so
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uh nice for you there in Orange County a
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little bit warm still we're having a
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warm snap out there we're scheduled to
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have you on the gate at 157 a little but
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we plan on beating that you'd get you
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there early once we get up to cruise out
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to you and I've had a chance to even
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close look out I'll get back with you
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and give you an update on the actual
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Planet arrival time
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the wing so it's a fuel cart in fact
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it's in a box that states fuel card
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that's how I knew that's what that was
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also says flammable on the side I wasn't
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sure until I saw where it reads a fuel
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car there
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is optional we asked that whether you
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choose to wear a mask or not that you
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and crew members decisions
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in the event oxygen drop from an
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overhead compartment remove your mouse
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before placing the oxygen mask over your
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nose and mouth
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the race against the monorail
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the monorail might be going a little
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faster
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got the baseball stadium down there also
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a t stadium football stadium
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oh all right okay turned a little bit
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going directly over downtown now
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you're way up here
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those are skyscrapers they look like
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little
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little miniatures
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should we should definitely heavy on the
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gameplay
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members are cruising out to an initially
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of 13 000 feet to speed this week
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it's a very unusual designs down there
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also
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circles
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crop circles
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maybe not crop circles but circles all
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down there too
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okay so like directly in the screen
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rotation Center that looks like a
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futuristic pod
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right next to that is Angel Stadium so
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Disneyland is right over in that area
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I can kind of see the Matterhorn over
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yeah barely we can see the Matterhorn
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kind of tough to get my bearing show up
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here because everything's so small and
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so far over there
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my old stomping grounds
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in Anaheim and orange and Hollywood for
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quite a few years
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time for touchdown
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look at the wing look at the thing how
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it's like just bent down right like that
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made it
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once I get off the plane I gotta go look
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into getting a rental car for my
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duration of my time here in SoCal I'll
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be here a little while
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yeah I'll be here a little while
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with all those little planes over there
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private planes small planes medium-sized
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flames
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smaller airport than LAX
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which is nice
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so the problem is there's about four
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airplanes waiting to get taxi out that
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we're kind of behind in the queue there
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is a turn off and get ready to take the
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runway that'll make a room for us so to
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be a little bit of a slower taxi out of
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the gate we'll keep it moving as best we
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can but we are still on an active
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taxiway so I would ask you for these
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remain seated receipt notes faster on
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the game have turned off that mess
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description again
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sure it's definitely taking a
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considerable amount of time taxing over
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to where our gate is we're just sitting
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in that spot back there for probably the
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last 10 or 15 minutes I always kind of
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get the sensation of
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you know having no control and kind of
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feeling trapped when you're just sitting
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on a plane after it's landed or witness
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in the air too but
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I'm not really good at sitting stairs
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still you ask anyone that knows me I'm
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not I'm not the most sit still kind of
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guy so kind of excited to get off the
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plane at this point after flying cross
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country and
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sitting here on the tarmac one thing I'm
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looking forward to doing I try to pick
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up the rental cars go check into my
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hotel
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get on a treadmill for like a half hour
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45 minutes
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just get my leg get some moving in my
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legs and
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you know to get the blood flowing I've
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been sitting for a while
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especially with the layover and all that
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yeah I feel like I feel like hitting the
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treadmill
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I've been going for like more than 20
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days working out for like over 20 days
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and
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gyms and then when I'm on the road hotel
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hotel treadmills and whatnot
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haven't broke the streak yet
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being on the very tail end of the plane
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it does take a while
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thank you
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definitely takes a while to get
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everybody else off the plane when you're
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in the back they just kind of sit and
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wait
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So Cal I'm here
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it's okay and there he is right there
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John Wayne himself a little sculpture of
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John Wayne in the front here right by
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the over area where I get the rental
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cars doesn't look like there's a lot of
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people in line for the rental car so
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that should work out very very quick
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John Wayne underneath the American flag
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here all right that's gonna do it for
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today I have arrived
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in a very sunny there is a heat wave
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here however
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being acclimated and being a Floridian
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once again and spending summer in
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Central Florida I have to say standing
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here at about 2 45 p.m three hour time
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difference so it's almost six o'clock in
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Florida
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does not feel anywhere near as hot I saw
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a lot of signs saying Heat Wave Heat
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Wave people are saying be careful when
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you come here it is very hot and it is
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not cool however
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it's all perception and reality and what
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you're used to and I have to say this is
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not too bad if it was three o'clock
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standing
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in celebration with no shade just like I
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am right now I would be a lot warmer
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than I am so not saying it's not hot but
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I think I can handle it for the tenure
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of my visit while I am here and
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no thunderstorms no lightning coming
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down in fact there's not even a cloud up
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in the sky it's a I kind of forgot that
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Southern California really doesn't have
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clouds at all there's a couple clouds
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over there but not many
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not the huge cumulonimbus style that
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Florida has around this time
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and the lightning and thunder and all
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that they say that Central Florida is
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the lightning capital of the world I
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don't know if that's really true or if
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it's just something so many people have
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said
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that it's become a thing
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but there's a lot of lightning there not
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here though
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I'll see you in the next video I am
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excited to be back in Southern
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California I'm excited for d23 coming up
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in a few days I'm excited for Halloween
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Horror Nights
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possibly some Disneyland visit
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s even though my annual pass or whatever
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the heck they call it here if I call it
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annual pass anymore they've gone through
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17
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00 different names over the past couple
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years
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I only have a couple days left on it
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so I probably won't be going a whole lot
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but I will be utilizing it before my
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pass expires which is soon within the
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next week
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I said so much yet I've said so little
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it's good to be back in Southern
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California if just to visit I'll see you
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in the next video
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thanks for listening and thanks for
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watching the blog
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it's over