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Hi . Hello . Happy new year . Welcome

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back . It is a new fiscal year . It is

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a new fiscal year fy 25 . This year is

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gonna look different than last year ,

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which look different than the year

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before that . So , we have a couple of

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three day drills throughout the year .

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We have more , three day drills this

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year . Two RD , two RD , two RD this

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time . So , uh , yeah , it's gonna be a

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good one , new set of a days . Uh ,

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it's just a , it's a new year . It's

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new . Do you have any resolutions for

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the new fiscal year ? Mm .

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No , I do . I do . It's

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so put out the podcast a couple of days

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earlier . The , oh , that's a good one .

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I like that because I think more people

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could plug in and get more information

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on their way to drill . Yeah , it gives

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them more time . Yeah , I like that .

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Let's do it . We're doing it right now

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right now . So our air refueling group

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had been relocated to a couple of

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different spots around the state and

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because of our runway repair , we've

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been unable to land large aircraft . So

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it's been quite quiet . Right . It has

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been so quiet . I wonder if the birds

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are taking over . Our former wildlife

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biologist Megan told me that the birds

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like to land on the runway because they

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think it's the water . So , because

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it's , it's smooth , it's a solid color

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and they will like , uh , yeah .

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Yeah , it's weird , huge undertaking

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with the resurfacing of our runway .

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It's gonna keep us good for , uh ,

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several years down the road . I was out

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there while our dirt boys from sea were

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doing some repairs to the apron over by

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the A 10 sun shades and I got to speak

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with some of them and watched , uh ,

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Senior Mon mcdonnell and mcclare as

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well as tech sergeant hicks and

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Sergeant Hendershot working some of the

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heavy equipment to pull up the pavement

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and I felt like a little kid because I

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got to stand there and watch heavy

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machinery , tearing up cement and it

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was the coolest thing . And they taught

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me about what some of that equipment

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actually was because I just , I thought

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everything was a bulldozer . I was like ,

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that's not a mini bulldozer . It was

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like , it's a good steer and they were

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recognized by big Air Force Civil

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engineering . They were pretty cool .

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So even though , uh , 23 major things

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going on on the MGFE side of the house ,

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uh , on the support side has been

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extremely busy over the summer . Our

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civil engineers again , they did a

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deployment for training ad ft to

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Ramstein in Germany to do some training .

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Our med group was a big part of

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northern strike , uh , work in their

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CCT and PS mission . The security

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forces did a , just did a field

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training exercise last month here on

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the base . I didn't know you could do

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field training here on base . It's a

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big base . Yeah , we have woods here

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and the bugs . Sure know it because I

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got eaten alive at that one . And , uh ,

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logistics right in a squadron , they

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facilitated everyone getting out the

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door , you know , for the deployments .

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Those are some of the larger exercises

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our team took part in over the summer

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and we actually did a whole issue of

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the most recent Selfridge flyer

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dedicated to all the summer missions .

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Um , so if you want to learn more about

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that , the Selfridge flyer goes out

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every odd month , which is a weird way

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to say it . But November , September

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March , um , the last Sunday of every

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ad month , it actually goes out in the

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Macomb daily . So it goes out to 55,000

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subscribers on their newstands . It

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goes on their website , it goes on our

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website and then we have about 4000

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copies here on base at various

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locations . So the content we put in

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there is I mortal . It's a big deal .

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Yeah , it's a real newspaper , a real

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live newspaper . We have a lot of

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different channels as we already

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discussed where we have a lot of other

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information , I'd say the most

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important resource though that we have

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is our link tree . So here's our QR

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code and this actually is the

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repository where you can find the links

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to all of our social media , all of our

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digital media , even the Selfridge Fire

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E edition . Let's make , let's make

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that bigger . There we go . So take a

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shot of that . The link tree also has

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links to download the app for Apple and

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Android . And I think that right now

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more people outside the community that

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are not part of 1 27th wing have the

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app . So we really want more people to

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use it as a resource because like

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surgeon Zuman said , we use it the push

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notifications to send you important

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updates . Um And there's a link to all

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the drill calendar , all the events

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that are going on base . Um There's

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resources for FSS the lunch menu .

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There's a lot of different PT

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calculator , yeah , PT calculator . So

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we try to make that a really useful

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tool for everybody . So for sure . Um

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And there's also you created that .

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Yeah , that was good job . The link

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tree also has a link to the 833 work

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request form , which is what we use to

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make sure that we're covering what the

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customers need um to get us out for

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ceremonies , to get us to take video of

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different things that are going on

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around . Award packages require biop

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photos . So that's the easiest way I

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would say to go on and get scheduled to

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come in for a bio photo . Yep . So the

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833 form is there , there's also links

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to get to the content that we produce .

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So uh you know , as we all know , we

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are out at these events , the major

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events that happen around the base . If

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you get on to our Divis page , if you

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get on to some of our social media

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pages , you can see uh the content ,

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the photos and videos that we're out

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capturing , you know , at these things .

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We're in this transition right now . We

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just said goodbye to summer . We're uh

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we've memorialized all the summer

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training missions in the Selfridge

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flyer and it has been a couple of

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months . We're all back to school , new

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season , new fiscal year . Are there

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any other changes that have taken place

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in the last couple of months ? Well , I

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know that our exchange is taking on a

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new look , offering a few new options

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for us . Yeah , you may have seen the

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all users come out that there's a new

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diner opening up . And before that , I

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probably seen the signs when you come

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on the base of a new pizza joint . So

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we have two new eating options at , at

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the basic , at the BX .

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I know one is Hunt Brothers and the

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other one's pops place . So I

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got to be honest , I've never found

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Hunt Brothers . I've had Hunt Brothers .

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I picked it up and it's been in the

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break room . Yeah , it's pizza . We've

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had it here . Yeah , it's really good .

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But I haven't actually seen it myself .

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So , so I thought that Pop's place ,

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which used to be Spiro's , I thought

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Hunts Brothers was there , but it's not

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there . That's not there . Not there .

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Where is Hans Brothers ? I have no idea .

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New Year , new things to do .

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New goals . You wanna take this on the

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road ? Let's go find Hans Brothers .

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Pizza . Let me get the camera . We're

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gonna , we're gonna , we're gonna

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settle this right here and right now

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we're gonna find it . I am really

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hungry . All right . So field trip .

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Yeah , for the road to drill . I cannot

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think of anything except pizza right

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now . All right . I am what we're going

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to find Hunt Brothers . We're gonna

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locate Popi's Place . Everybody's going

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to have more options . Pop , Pop's

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Place . Is it , what is it called ? No ,

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Pop's place . I wonder what kind of

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fare Pop's place will have ? Do you

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think it'll be like Spiro's ? I hope so .

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I miss Spiro's breakfast burritos . I ,

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I miss the chicken , honey . Those are

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really good . And the , yeah , the

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breakfast burritos were on point .

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So we located Pop's Place coming soon .

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Yeah , they're going to have a grand

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opening of a drill . Say that again ,

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they're going to have a grand opening

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over drill on Saturday . So let's go

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find hunts brothers because they have

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been open . Yeah , I heard it might be

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over by the Express side . So this is

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the exchange proper . We walked in the

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main entrance and now this is the

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Express . We are walking into the

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Express adventure , the adventure

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section , the adventure section . Yes .

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Smell pizza . We're getting close .

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Pizza is hitting me .

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Oh . check it out .

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00 , this is great .

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I'm so excited about this right now .

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This is awesome . It's a whole

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thing . So it looks like you can order

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a size to be freshly made . Right .

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So , they , so they have fresh made

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pizza . That's great . This is really

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awesome . All right . So we're going to

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go eat this pizza and we will see you

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out there . Have a great , have a great

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drill .