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This week on the show, Tog tries to

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go camping to sort out yet another attempt

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at artisanal foodstuffs.

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And as they say on the interwebs, you'll

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never believe what happens next.

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You're with Tog Chesterfield here on 101.7

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FM The Grack.

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So what is this show or this thing

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that you're listening to right now?

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Well, I hit rock bottom and because of

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that, I'm trying to pick up the pieces

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and fix up my life.

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And I'm taking you along as I try

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new things out and attempt to get off

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a rock bottom and I don't know, get

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up off the couch too, I guess.

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I fuck your with Tog Chesterfield.

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So welcome to the show.

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Right now it's 5.04 pm.

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I'll be with you here for your commute

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or while you prepare your dinner or awkwardly

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stand in line at the post office hoping

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to get your parcel in before the cutoff

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time because your boss kept you at work

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a little bit too late.

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I'm coming into your ears for the evening

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like a pair of old and comfortable and

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slightly warm polyurethane earbuds.

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So this week I'm going to tell you

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about another one of my attempts to take

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back my life after hitting rock bottom and

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sitting while sitting on that couch a little

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bit too much.

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It's the same couch that I told you

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about in a previous show where the one

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where my old cat Kevin used to whiz

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on when he was still puttering around this

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earth.

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Anyways, this week's story involves trying to go

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camping and sort out a new idea I

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had for instant coffee by the campfire.

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I had this pretty great idea to make

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an artisanal instant coffee after I won a

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giant box of instant coffee tins in one

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of those online sweepstakes I used to enter

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not long after I just hit rock bottom

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and I was trying to strike it lucky

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and get some good food into my kitchen.

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Anyways, in this contest, the one that I

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won, I got to select between regular instant

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coffee or decaf regular or hazelnut or french

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vanilla.

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That was it actually.

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And I thought, wow, is this all instant

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coffee has to offer?

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Well, my bulk bins down the street, I

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checked there too, and they just had the

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regular flavor, the decaf regular flavor, and they

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had the hazelnut and french vanilla.

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And then they had a medium roast of

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the regular flavor and then they had one

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with mushrooms in it or something, which I

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guess was pretty artisanal, but that wasn't a

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really interesting flavor to me at least.

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So I thought, where are all the artisanal

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ones?

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After I had just tried to get into

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artisanal vegan jerky and artisanal sourdough before that,

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maybe try number three would be a charm.

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Artisanal instant coffee just has a ring to

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it too.

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Just there's some kind of ring there to

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it.

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And if it works, maybe instant coffee would

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be my way off a rock bottom and

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into like a thriving local business here in

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Grackleton, making instant coffee and neat flavors for

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my own neighbors.

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Oh, speaking of Grackleton, we need to take

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a quick break.

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But before that quick break, I need to

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tell you that I actually dyed my hair.

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I wanted to get all creative and I

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was standing looking at myself in the mirror.

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Anyways, if you're listening to me on the

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radio, you won't be able to see it

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on the radio, but if you're watching me,

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you YouTube listeners, you can look at it

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right now.

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I hope you like it.

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And one other thing, if you're watching me

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on YouTube, you might see that I always

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wear the same hoodie.

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And I wanted to tell you why it's

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always the same.

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One of you emailed the show about that

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because I'm always wearing the same sweatshirt and

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they were like, why do you always wear

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that same hoodie on your show?

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Well, that's what they sounded like in my

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head.

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And well, that is because I won a

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big box full of sweatshirts when I was

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doing one of those online contest sweepstakes.

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The same one I won the really boring,

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non-flavored instant coffee and same sweepstakes.

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But this one was for the sweatsuits.

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Hello, this is Tog Chesterfield speaking.

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Oh, hey, Tog.

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Yeah, thanks for picking up.

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Oh, no problem.

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Not many people do that these days, actually

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pick up the phone and not leave it

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to go to text or something.

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Or voicemail, I guess.

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Anyways, I'm calling you Tog because you won

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our grand prize, a box of sweatsuits from

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us in the online contest this week.

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Oh, I remember that one.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Anyways, so yeah, that's why I'm calling and

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I'll email you the details of what you

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won and just get your address.

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And okay, pretty much just that.

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I'll get your address, the box that you

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won.

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It's all set.

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I've got it right here by my desk.

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It's all the sizes and colors we have.

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So I just need your address.

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I'll just pop it on there and pop

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it in the mail.

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Is there anything else you need like right

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now for calling me?

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Oh, no, nothing.

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I just I just wanted to tell you

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that I won, you know, voice to voice

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deliver the news myself that I won.

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Yeah.

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Can I give my address right now?

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Tog, how you doing?

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Oh, can I give you my address right

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now?

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Oh, no, no, no, not right now.

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Because like if I get it over the

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phone, I'll probably write it down wrong.

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And then I have to like type it

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in from my right wrong writing.

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And it's gonna send you anyway.

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So I just like to yes, send you

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an email and just pop an email back

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to me with your address.

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And I'll copy and paste it right into

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my, my application that I have.

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Oh, okay.

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We'll just ship right the box.

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They'll print it out.

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And then I'll get it.

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Yeah, I understand it out to you.

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So okay.

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Are you doing anything cool this weekend?

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I really I should be going now.

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I really gotta go.

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Oh, okay.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, I have you know what I am

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taking my dog out for agility this weekend.

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I absolutely Oh, like loves I've been in

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flyball for a while.

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So I just like why don't I try

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agility?

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I mean, he's so good at that.

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And I really should go now.

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Yeah, no, no, no.

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So I'll get this.

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I'll get the I'm gonna send you an

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email.

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I'll send you an email.

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Later today.

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And then you just send me back that

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address.

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And, and then I just, I got it

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into my software.

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I heard you the first time I heard

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you the first time and entered into the

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software and then I printed out on my

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labeler and then I'm just gonna slap it

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on there and I'll get this out to

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you.

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I got it.

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Right.

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Those sweatshirts they came at a really good

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time because the laundromat the same the one

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that I told you about in my first

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show as one that I go to called

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sheet happens.

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I was using their no name detergent that

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they sold at that place in one of

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those 10 things on the wall, you know,

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the one that you just, you like put

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in your coins and then you pull a

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handle with that toggle and then it pops

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out a little box.

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And so anyways, I use that all the

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time because I liked the smell of it,

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but it actually ended up disintegrating most of

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my wardrobe.

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It just, everything ended up falling apart.

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So it's these hoodies are nothing YouTube.

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Anyway, now let's take a quick break and

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we'll get onto what happened on that big

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old camping trip I went on.

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You're listening to Tog Chesterfield on 101.7

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The Grack and this is Un-Fuck Your

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Life with Tog Chesterfield.

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Un-Fuck Your Life with Tog Chesterfield.

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Back to the show.

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So camping and instant coffee.

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So I had the idea, this idea after

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winning that boring old, plain old instant coffee

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sweepstakes.

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All I could get from my winnings was

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a boring old flavor and that's all I

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could get at bulk bins too.

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So I thought, why don't I make some

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artisanal flavors?

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So I had a few flavor ideas and

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I thought, what better way to test them

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out than to simulate an ideal scenario for

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imbibing instant coffee?

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And that turned out to be camping, I

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found out.

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And I'm, I'm not a camper.

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I know I might sound like a camper

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here, but I maybe look like a camper

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if you're watching me on YouTube.

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But I'm not a camper.

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It's surprising maybe to some of you, but

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I do have a van and I have

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an inflatable mattress that I could just toss

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in the back.

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But I sold my Ford Transit Connect, my

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van to a person who was at the

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East Grackleton Super Appreciation Group after they saw

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it at the picnic, I presented my apology

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letter that you might've heard in another show.

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I got a less expensive van after that

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to replace it.

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So I got a much older van, an

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older new van, new to me, but an

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old van and I could camp in that.

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And it already even had a few camping

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accessories in the back.

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Uh, and I used the leftover cash that

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I saved, uh, to start my own new

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camp flavored instant coffee on the empire.

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I hoped that it would be an empire.

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So most people in Grackleton, they camp near

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the lake, Lake Corncrop.

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It has some fire pits, it's public toilets,

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it's dog friendly.

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And people say the wind there usually keeps

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the mosquitoes away.

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We have a lot of mosquitoes around Grackleton.

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So as all of you probably know, it's,

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it's very popular at Lake Corncrop.

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Uh, even though there's, there's so much mud.

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What's with the mud you guys?

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There's, it's like, it's a lot of, it's

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way more mud than you think of even

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being a lake.

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I had managed to add the flavors to

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my instant coffee, the trial batches, and all

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of them I thought tasted okay.

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When I tested them out in the kitchen

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with a proper mug, uh, all I had

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to do is throw a few things in

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the back of my old new old camping

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van that is new to me, but it

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was an old camping van and pack up

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a few suitable mugs for the instant coffee

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and my new coffee blends to test on

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the road.

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Well, while I was camping, not while I

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was driving, I was going with the roommate

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that the same one you met in the

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last show that I had, Joe Roost.

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Joe actually had the idea to do the

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trip in the first place because I'd never

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camped before.

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I never even thought of going camping.

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Yeah, Joe.

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Well, I think it, I think it actually

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turned out not too bad.

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This, uh, this is my first batch.

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Yeah.

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You know, the only place that I like

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to use instant coffee is while I'm camping.

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You should, you should, you should really test

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them when you're out at the lake or

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in the woods or something.

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I swear to God, coffee actually tastes different.

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Uh, because yeah, no, it tastes different.

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It's something, uh, especially if it's artisanal coffee,

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because you have to get, you know, the

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flavor of these coffees, the flavored coffees, it

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like combines with, I don't know if it's

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the trees or the lake, or if you're

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by an ocean, probably definitely the salt from

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an ocean.

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Well, like I swear to God, yeah, it

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always, it, it like combines in your mouth

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and it just, it tastes different.

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I swear to God, it tastes different.

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Really?

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What?

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Well, if you're doing flavors, you know, you

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have to, you have to do that because

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the other thing is, is if you're going

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out to the lake or camping or, I

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don't know, it's like an earthquake or something,

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you have to, uh, test it with, against

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that stuff because that's what, when your customers,

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your, your main customers are all going to

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be doing those things.

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Right.

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If they're drinking instant coffee, because you only

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drink instant coffee, like the instant stuff, the

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stuff when you just have hot water, you're

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never doing it at home or anything like

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that.

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I wouldn't think you'd be anyways.

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You have to do it while you're camping

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because it tastes different.

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If you're doing the artisanal flavors, you have

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to be, you know, sitting in the chair

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or wearing the shoes of your, of your

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customers and stuff like that.

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Oh, uh, can we circle back maybe to

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that earthquake thing?

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Like I don't understand.

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Yeah, no, you have to do that.

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You know, my dog, James, when he gets

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a new...

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So Joe is coming out to camp with

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us and Joe is bringing James, their dog,

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along too.

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Since Lake Corncrop, like I said, was dog

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friendly and you should generally camp with a

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dog anyways, I think.

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This might be a mildly hot take to

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you out there, Grackletonians, but I'm going to

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stand by it.

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I packed up all my sample flavors and

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we set out to the lake in my

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new old van and found a pretty good

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spot.

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And I got all set up for the

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evening after a long walk with Joe and

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James, the dog.

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As soon as I got out the first

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sample, my mango banana instant coffee, the mosquitoes,

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they swarmed us from every direction too.

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Suddenly Joe and I and James, the dog,

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we are surrounded by a whole flurry of

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mosquitoes.

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Joe and I tested the mango banana really

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quickly and then we dumped the the coffee.

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It was terrible.

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And not the experiences with the mosquitoes are

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terrible as well, but that wasn't why we

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dumped the rest.

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The taste profile of the mango banana flavor

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was quite egregious in nature.

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But I still have two more flavors at

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this point.

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My most artisanal ones as well.

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Sourdough yogurt instant coffee and what I figured

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would be my signature flavor, Limburger cheese instant

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coffee.

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It was, I looked it up and that's

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considered very artisanal as a flavor, not as

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an instant coffee.

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I'd be blazing new trails with it as

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an instant coffee.

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And the same thing happened again.

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We were surrounded by mosquitoes who actually went

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on the attack that time.

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Our mind review, it was a displeasing to

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vomitous taste profile.

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Joe actually rated it zero out of 10

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on a scale that regrettably started at one.

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I mean, it might be okay.

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Yeah, this isn't good.

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Oh, um, I yeah, I'm sorry to tell

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you like, I think even James probably if

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James was drinking coffee, James was a dog

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like this dog is a dog though.

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Maybe it's the mug.

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I think the mug is wrong.

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No, no, I don't think it's the texture

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of the mug.

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I think probably probably anybody's not really gonna

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like the taste of this coffee.

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But I mean, you need to have the

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right mug this this texture like you see

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the texture just isn't right for drinking coffee.

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It's it's in the wrong mug.

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Yeah, no, this is a coffee.

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This is a camping coffee.

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But it's it's a new thing.

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It's art.

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It's artisan.

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No, this is no, this is just this

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is just bad.

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The next morning as we set off, all

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of my sample instant coffee turned into a

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brick with the moisture that tested the limits

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of my packaging.

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The water got in and then it was

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just like one great big cube of instant

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coffee.

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So Joe and I set off back to

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our place.

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And Joe took off not long after that.

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It wasn't my potatoes this time or the

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potato incident after I told Joe what happened.

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And it wasn't related to the coffee either.

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Joe just decided to go on a camping

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trip across North America with James the dog.

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And I didn't see them again.

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Except on Instagram.

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I saw them on Instagram, of course.

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But now Aaron Vandelbrush has moved in, which

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is really exciting.

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Oh, right.

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Speaking of exciting, it's time for the weather.

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I'm almost getting the hang of this.

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Tonight's weather for your drive at five with

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Unbuck Your Life is brought to you by

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the West Grackleton Patio Recreation Alliance.

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The West Grackleton Patio Recreation Alliance puts ideas

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in your noggin.

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Get ready for the weather.

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The weather for this evening is going to

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be a blustery mess with wind coming from

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the south, the north and the east simultaneously.

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So if you are in central Grackleton, be

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sure to batten down the hatches.

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You just learned all about the weather.

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And that's it for the weather on your

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drive at five from West Grackleton Patio Recreation

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Alliance.

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We put the pat in patio.

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Unbuck Your Life with Todd Chesterfield.

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It turned out after I looked into it

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upon returning to the townhouse, the instant coffee

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was actually attracting the mosquitoes.

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They were attracted to the flavors that I

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selected.

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Joe was right.

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Mosquitoes aside and mugs aside, the coffee on

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its own was or to quote Joe vulgar

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and contemptible.

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That's what Joe said.

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Though I really do think that the texture

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of the mug really affects what you drink

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out of it.

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Like how good it tastes.

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It's, it's, it's a texture thing.

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I swear to God is the texture thing,

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but, but the coffee, the coffee and the

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mugs, none of that was really the problem

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or the fix when it comes to un

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-fucking my life.

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I've been setting up a whole lot of

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goals for myself lately.

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I was trying to make up whole businesses

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from scratch and fix my happiness and add

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creativity to my life and make new friends

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and learn new skills.

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I didn't know how to do any of

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these things that I was trying.

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I should just be trying to get off

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the couch and pick one thing to fix

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before moving on and not fix everything at

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once.

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Because I think when we try to achieve

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all of the goals and fix all of

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the things all at once, especially when you're

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trying to get off a rock bottom or

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get out of depression, it makes it much

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harder to fix anything at all.

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You're just trying to get your life back

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and maybe find a bit of purpose or

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something.

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Because of that, I'm going to try to

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just get one thing right and feel good

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from that one thing.

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And then I'll try the next thing.

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Hi, excuse me.

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Oh, hi.

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Hi.

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Hi there.

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Yes.

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What's up?

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Thank you very much.

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Okay.

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I also want to thank you cordially for

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the thank you note that you put in

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the room that I will be staying in.

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I just want to thank you for the

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thank you note.

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That's just how I...

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Erin Bandlebrush, by the way.

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Oh, I remember.

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Yeah, I know you.

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So I have a quick, expedious query for

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you at the present moment.

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I hope you don't mind that I am

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interfering in your activities.

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No, that's fine.

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That's fine.

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It happens.

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Good, good, good.

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All right.

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So the query is regarding the refrigerator unit

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that is in the kitchen.

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Right.

534

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Yes, where fridges go.

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I'm about to place my food items, my

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foodstuffs into said refrigerator.

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I'm wondering if you would like me to

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place those items in the upper region of

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the refrigerator, the upper 50%.

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You said half.

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Yeah, I did.

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Yeah, half.

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You can have the upper half.

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That's totally fine, right?

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Excellent.

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Excellent.

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I'm just curious about the potatoes.

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I was just wondering if you would like

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me to wash the potatoes, those fine looking

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tubers in that refrigerator unit.

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Yeah, they're very fine, but don't touch them,

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please.

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Okay?

554

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Fair enough.

555

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Fair enough.

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I'm sorry that I was involved in such

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an incident.

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Oh, one quick query, an additional one.

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I am sorry that I didn't present you

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with the fact that I would be asking

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multiple questions.

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Okay.

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Yeah, you said it would be expedient.

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I was wondering, there seems to be some

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coffee on the counter that has gone bad.

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I wasn't aware.

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No, it's not.

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Would you like me to put that into

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the refrigerator?

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Okay.

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Okay.

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Fine.

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Okay.

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So that's it for this week's episode of

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the show.

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This is 101.7 FM The Grant.

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Stay tuned for Buttertub's bake sale breakdown at

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six about which desserts to make, which desserts

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to avoid, or which desserts to fight over

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at the next fundraiser.

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I heard things get really heated between the

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bakers over Nanaimo bars.

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I think Nanaimo bars are actually not even

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baked, are they?

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You have been listening to Unfuck Your Life

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with Tog Chesterfield, a Stereo Forest production.

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This episode was written, directed, edited, produced, and

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all voices were by Jen DeHaan.

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