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Last time I spoke to you, I was super
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excited. We were going to go out last
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weekend and try and find the Tampa,
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which is a wreck that we've been looking
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for for years and years and years. This
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time, we think our research is spot on.
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We think we know where it is. It's just
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a case of getting out there and diving
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it. We had the boat booked. We had Chris
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Low from Atlantic Divers in UK in North
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Cornwall. We had a big We had a really
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good team of divers. Uh we had all the
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supporting stuff like the accommodation,
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everything. all was sorted. So it was it
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was looking really good. As of Monday
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last week, the weather forecast was
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looking fine as well. So we were, you
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know, we were really convinced that this
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was going to be our time.
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Unfortunately, what happened is what
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often happens with this kind of diving.
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By Tuesday, the weather forecast was
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starting to turn and it became really
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clear that Saturday wasn't going to
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happen. However, we were still hanging
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on in there for Sunday and that that
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looked as though it was going to be okay
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all the way through the week until on
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Friday morning, we just the weather
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forecast got worse and very reluctantly
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uh the skipper made the call and said,
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"Look, sorry guys, we can't go out
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there. The weather's just not up to it."
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So, uh really sad, but you know what?
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The important thing with this is you've
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got to be safe. Now, I put something
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online and a few people said to me, you
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know, why does wind cancel diving? You
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know, sure, how does that, you know,
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have anything to do with anything? Well,
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the reality is it's not the wind per se,
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it's what the wind means. So, when you
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get wind, inevitably the sea picks up
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and when you get rough
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seas, then we simply uh a the traveling
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out there becomes a pain uh and
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obviously the traveling back as well.
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And when you consider this is probably
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going to be a two or three hour transit
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to get out there. The probably the most
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important thing though is uh is getting
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divers out of the water. More or less
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you can get in the water even even in
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rough seas, but getting out is is the
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real problem. You think about it, you've
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been under water for two or three hours.
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You're wearing a ton of gear and you've
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then got a boat that's moving around all
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over the place. You've got to get
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yourself onto the lift. You got to get
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up on the lift and then you've got to
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get back to wherever you are sitting. So
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if you no matter how good you you are in
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terms of having people to help you and
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all those kind of things, if the sea
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state is too big and the boat's moving
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too much, uh that is simply unsafe to do
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that. The other aspect, well, two other
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aspects to consider really. The first is
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that if the skipper and the crew need to
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get somebody on board who is um
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unconscious, for instance, you know, a
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divers's had an incident, um it becomes
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really really difficult for them to do
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it if there's a strong sea, you know,
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probably even impossible really. The uh
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there's also the issue with with um
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bailout gas. So, our system and if you
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haven't, our system involves um gas
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going over. So we have a whole load of
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uh bailout cylinders on board the boat
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and if the sea state is too strong those
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are you know the uh the skipper cannot
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get them into the water cannot get them
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to the divers. So there's another thing
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as well. So that's the reason we don't
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um go out if the seaate is is uh is too
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big. So sea state for this weekend just
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wasn't up to it and therefore the dive
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was cancelled. However, the good news is
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we've got another date booked in May. So
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fingers crossed the weather will be
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better. Fingers crossed the biz won't be
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awful because sometimes in May you get a
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lot of plankton. But hey, all we can do
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is we put the dates in, give it a go and
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wait and see what happens. So uh last
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weekend blown out the uh date in May.
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Fingers crossed and hopefully uh you'll
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all be doing the same. So that's the
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Tampa trip and um yeah, really sad news
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but but there you go. So, what else have
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I got to tell you about? Well, the first
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thing is since I last spoke to you, I've
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released two more videos. Hopefully,
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you've had a chance to see my one about
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the glass wreck, i.e. the Charwood. It's
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one I'm really pleased with. Actually,
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the Charwood's a local uh a local dive
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site. It's dived loads and loads. It's
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full of glasses and uh various other
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bits and pieces. So, it's a really
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interesting wreck, but um the thing is
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not many people know the actual story
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about it. So, if you've not watched that
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video, u I'd really encourage you to go
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and have a look at it. I really like it.
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I think uh I think it's one that I'm
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pleased with. Some that I'm kind like
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that one's okay, but this one I really
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like. So, I've done that. And the other
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thing is, uh I've really I've done my
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unboxing video. So, I've unboxed one of
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these beautiful little Orca torch here,
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Orca torches. So, um and I've done done
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a video about that. It's a product I'm
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really pleased to endorse because uh the
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green one I shown you there was bought
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for me at Christmas by my wife. So it's
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it's a piece of kit that I personally
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own. So really happy to to endorse it.
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And also with that walk torch. Uh two
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things. First thing is uh there's a link
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and it's it's down there where you can
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click on it. You can get 20 pounds off
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one of them. The second thing is that uh
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I've created a deep diving group on
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Facebook and if you go and join that
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deep diving group then there's the
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opportunity to win that one there which
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has never been in the water. So it's
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completely brand new and one of the
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lucky members of that group will will
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get that or torch. I'll send it to them
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wherever they are in the world. So I
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think that's uh a pretty good deal. So
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what else uh would I like to tell you
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about? I guess um to tell you what I'm
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going to be doing. So, I'm hoping to go
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out diving this weekend and I'm just
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waiting to hear whether I've got a space
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on the boat or not. That will be a trip
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out of Plymouth. So, just to go and do
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some of our local wrecks. Not sure which
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ones yet. Probably one I've done before,
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but they're all pretty great. I'll make
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sure that uh if we go and do it that I
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get some decent video footage and at
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some point it will appear on the
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channel. So, that's this weekend's
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plans. The other thing I'm currently
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doing is producing uh my next video
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which will go out on Sunday. And my next
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uh it's the most scared I've ever been
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underwater. And hopefully you've seen my
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rebreather bailout uh video. I wasn't
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particularly scared during that uh
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during that occurrence, mainly because I
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felt under control. Um, the video that
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I'm going to put out on Sunday, I felt
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completely out of control and that is a
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really really scary thing underwater.
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Now, I'm not going to I'm not going to
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tell you the details of it other than to
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say it will be out on Sunday and
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hopefully you will all watch that and
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you'll see why I was so terrified. It's
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also interesting enough my most
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expensive dive ever. So, once again,
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you'll find out about that in the video
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on Sunday. So, uh, hopefully that's been
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useful for you, giving you a bit of an
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update on where I am and talked about,
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uh, something to look forward to, which
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is that that next video. If time allows,
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I'm also planning to put together a
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video about the dry gloves that I use.
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They they attract lots of comments, my
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kind of signature yellow gloves. So, I'm
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going to talk about where you get them,
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how I wear them, and what I do when they
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uh, get ripped, which they sometimes do.
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So, I hope that's a useful sort of
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podcast update from me. And as always,
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please uh if you could like my videos,
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if you could like this one, that would
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be fantastic. Leave us a comment. If
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there's something you'd like me to talk
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about on the next one of these, I will
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do that. And I've got all the comments
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from last time, I am going to cue those
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up. Someone suggested maybe doing an ask
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me anything video, so I may well see if
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I can get the opportunity to do that as
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well. But yeah, stick anything in the
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comments you want me to talk about. Uh,
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and as always, um, thank you very much
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for your time and I'll see you on the
