Shadowing Practice: I Visited 50 States in 50 Days - Day 16 - Learn English Speaking with YouTube
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Good morning, sleepyheads.
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Today is day 16 of visiting all 50 states in 50 days.
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We are currently in Florida.
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We got to this container Airbnb super late last night because there were two Wheel of Doom activations yesterday.
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Yesterday was chaotic.
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Running on fumes.
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We literally just got two Wheel of Dooms back to back.
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First you, Wheel of Doom.
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So with that being said,
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I really wanted to enjoy this Airbnb this morning.
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Here's what I did.
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First, I brushed my teeth,
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and then I decided to try the espresso machine.
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I have an espresso machine at home,
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and it's my favorite part of the day,
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so this was really fun.
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I even made some latte art.
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Next, I sat on the couch and looked at videos of Spock that my dad sent us yesterday.
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Then I went outside and downstairs and found the sauna.
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Pretty cool, but Florida already feels like one.
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Then I rode the electric to unlock a $10,000 donation.
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I can't believe they're still doing this.
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Then I ran a mile because I didn't do my Florida mile yesterday.
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And now we're here ready for the day.
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Before I tell you guys the game plan,
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And also reveal to Haley the next state and the next Airbnb.
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We need to update our cool ranking.
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Yes, in a perfect world,
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Haley and I are visiting all 50 states in 50 days,
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but we are also trying to find the coolest Airbnb in each state along the way.
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You found the espresso machine.
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And I'm on my second latte before 10 a.m.
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Things are getting a little crazy around here.
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That thing is nice.
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If Haley and I disagree,
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we have to come to an agreement.
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That's how the ranking works.
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The Florida Container House ranking is 1, 2, 3, 7.
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4. Whoa, we got a gap.
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Typically, you give me one reason and I fold.
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This time, I don't think I'm folding very easily.
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Okay.
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Give me your best reasoning of why it's above some of these iconic Airbnbs.
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Nuclear Missile Complex, Container Ranch,
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Frank Lloyd Wright Desert Villa.
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First, let me say, this is a man's personal home.
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And I can feel that.
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There's love in this home.
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Number two, the thought process it took to even design a home like this out of containers.
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That's a genius in and of itself.
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This home shouldn't even exist.
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No, you are so right.
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This is a cool house.
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I keep forgetting that cool is the criteria and this meets the quota.
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You just completely convinced me.
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Yes!
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I wasn't being ambitious enough.
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The Florida container home is now ranked number four.
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Woohoohoo!
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That looks good!
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Also, the Airbnb host asked us to draw on this wall,
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so we drew ourselves and the Wheel of Doom.
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Little Easter egg if anyone ever comes here.
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You ready for the game plan?
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Yes!
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I can't wait to see where we're going.
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Oh, there's a cat!
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Do you have anything to say about the 50-state series?
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Four Wheel of Dunes in a row.
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Okay, buddy.
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We're gonna do the game plan now.
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Hailey, you ready for the game plan?
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Yep.
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Take a look at this map.
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Conventional wisdom would say to go straight to Georgia, right?
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Yeah.
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Wrong.
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I'm a freak.
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We're not going to Georgia.
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You think the Nuthouse being the first Airbnb was a coincidence?
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Think again.
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We are not going to Georgia because we are going to Charleston, South Carolina.
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Don't mess with me, Trahan.
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I've wanted to go to Charleston for so long.
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That's crazy.
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Are we really going there?
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We're really going to Charleston.
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I'm so excited.
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Haley has been talking about Charleston, South Carolina for years.
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This is so fun.
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I'm so excited.
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I'll sit.
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Okay.
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No, it's fine.
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I mean, that's- yeah.
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We are going to South Carolina and we are staying in a Charleston waterfront retreat.
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And yes, that's right.
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We are seemingly skipping right past Georgia.
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Seemingly making a dire mistake.
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But hopefully that will make sense soon.
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You ready to go, Haley?
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Yeah.
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Let's go.
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South Carolina.
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Let's go.
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Let's go.
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Quick joyride run in Florida.
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Yeah, we're at CVS.
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Just me and bae.
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I can't believe we just said bae.
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Just me and bestie.
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Oh, no way.
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It's the last one.
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My first time ever seeing Joyride at CVS and it's the last one.
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Yay!
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Yeah, Joyride's now at CVS.
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Go check it out if you like to go here.
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Just crossed the Georgia state line.
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Well, guess what?
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We're gonna keep going.
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We're still going past it.
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Not even New State Unlocked because we didn't even unlock it, basically.
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We are now in South Carolina.
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I believe it's time to reveal to Haley the Airbnb listing.
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Yes!
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Haley, I know for a fact it has a perfect five-star rating.
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It's a guest favorite.
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As you can probably tell,
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I really did try to pick the best Airbnb in each state.
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Are you ready to see where we're staying tonight?
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Abso-freaking-lutely.
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Charleston Waterfront Retreat with Deepwater Duck.
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Oh my gosh.
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Hello!
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Hello kitchen!
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Hello marble!
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Dining area.
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Look at that fireplace!
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This is the cutest darn thing I've ever seen in my life,
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and by cute I mean massive.
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There's an outdoor bathtub.
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Looks like some of the amenities include waterfront,
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shared beach access, lake access,
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boat slip, what is that?
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For boats?
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Slip the boat into the lake,
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bidet, a piano, coffee maker, 85 inch HDTV.
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This house is beautiful, I'm so excited.
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I can't wait to see Charleston, South Carolina as well.
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That town looks so cute, so fun.
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And this Airbnb looks like the perfect place to throw a
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party for raising a million dollars for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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Should we make a cake?
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I don't know how to make a cake, do you?
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Funfetti?
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What's that?
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Like a box mix.
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We can try to make a cake.
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That'd be fun and cute.
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Let's keep driving.
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We made it to South Carolina.
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We're in Charleston.
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You know what that means.
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New state unlocked.
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Yes, North Carolina.
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Before we came here, we went to a party store called Party Planet.
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I went there to pick up some balloons for the one million party we're throwing later.
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We're still throwing that party, right?
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Oh yeah.
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I'm pretty happy with our haul.
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And then after that, I went to Whole Foods to do a joyride run.
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This time, they were actually in stock, but barely.
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I also got some cake supplies.
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Hayley wants to try to make a cake tonight.
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I mean, that sounds so fun.
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We don't know how to make cakes.
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It's a box cake.
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You can't mess that up.
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Easy for you to say.
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Now we're in Charleston, we're gonna get some food and take Hayley to a bookstore.
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Sounds like fun.
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This town is so cute.
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She made it!
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I'm so excited.
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This sucker's heavy, man.
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It's gotta be like 50 pounds.
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Oh yeah, we're at the Airbnb now.
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Oh my gosh, this is so fun.
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This Airbnb looks crazy.
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I was so close to not packing this drone because I was so scared to fly it.
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On day one, I felt like an idiot.
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I don't know what I'm doing,
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but check out this drone shot I'm about to get.
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I feel confident.
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I feel good.
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This Airbnb is so cool.
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It's also the site of our $1 million raised party,
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as you can see by the balloons.
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They look pretty good back there.
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Ah.
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This just feels like the right place to throw a crazy party.
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And to invite all of you guys,
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because you guys were part of it.
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Consider yourself invited to this Airbnb party that we're throwing.
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This property actually has no parties allowed.
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I'm making cake though.
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There is a reason that I picked this Airbnb over other ones,
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and it is definitely the back.
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Ooh.
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So we need to do a tour,
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and we need to go check out the backyard.
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What do you say?
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Let's go do that.
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Y'all, this Airbnb is goaded.
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I'm kind of speechless.
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You walk through the front door to this huge living room.
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Pink fireplace, interesting choice, I love it.
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There's a piano in here too.
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I kinda ate that.
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And across from the living room is a kitchen straight out of a magazine.
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That oven?
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Are you joking?
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I can't believe we're gonna make a box cake in this.
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We ate our food at the dining table.
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Seems like this house is made for a big family or something.
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Or big parties or something like that.
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This is the main bedroom.
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It has a love seat, which is always romantic.
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The love seat has a view of the docks.
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It looks really nice.
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The main bathroom is basically awesome.
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The shower literally has plants as walls.
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First time I've ever seen that too.
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And if you go outside,
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you'll see this glorious view.
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It's glorious.
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Also, there's the bathtub from the listing.
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We found it.
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There it is.
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It's beautiful here in South Carolina.
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I think we'll just soak it in.
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They're up.
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Out.
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Into the pores.
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Up through the heart.
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Out through the mouth.
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In though, too.
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In as well.
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Man, it's so pretty out here.
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Hayley and I came back inside and decided to start working on our cake.
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Neither of us have any baking skills whatsoever,
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but this is still really fun,
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especially when we think about what we're celebrating.
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And here it is, our one million cake!
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These ones don't make noise.
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So cute, I'm so proud of it.
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From the bottom of our hearts,
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thank you so much for supporting our fundraiser for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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Never in a million years did I think we would hit this goal so fast.
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Clearly this is just the beginning for this fundraiser,
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so we are gonna set a new goal.
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But in the meantime, for tonight, we're gonna celebrate.
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Yay!
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It's way more fun with the noise.
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I have always wanted to do this road trip with Haley,
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but the amount of meaning and purpose that has come from reading your comments
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and seeing you guys support a charity like St. Jude,
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it makes this journey so much more memorable,
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so much more special, knowing that we're all making an impact like this together.
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Every time I saw the donations go up,
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I just pictured someone's face getting the news that they didn't have to pay for their treatment,
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and that's just so cool.
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That's someone's real life that you got to affect by donating $1 to the $50,000 donors, Lectric.
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Shout out to Lectric, we love you, Lectric.
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Crazy.
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So, so cool.
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Jam Jam Coco now!
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Duh.
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We're gonna go sit down and look at the map.
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We're at the map now.
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Hayley, I wanted to take a moment to look at the map once again.
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It's been a few days since we last looked at the map.
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This is what it looks like.
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Also, I realized I accidentally drew a route to North Carolina today.
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I fixed it and put the correct dot.
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I just want to hear your overall thought process on how this route looks strategically.
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The past is in the past,
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but the future, I've been trying to figure out
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if we're going to keep skipping Georgia for now
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and drive all the way up to the tip and then come back all the way down.
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Or if we're going to zigzag back to Georgia
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and then go to Tennessee and then zigzag all the way up to the top.
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Well, the question is, what do you think is the right move?
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I think that's the thing.
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There is no right move.
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What's the move?
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The move is the one you take.
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That's so vague.
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The move is the one you make.
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Well, here's the move we're making tomorrow, Haley.
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It's so funny I accidentally drew that line because that is literally exactly where we're going tomorrow.
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We're not going to Georgia.
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We are going to Wilmington, North Carolina.
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Whoa, your subconscious got ahead of you there.
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Well, the crazy thing is I didn't even really know where Wilmington was on the map,
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and that's basically exactly where it is.
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I thought I was drawing on South Carolina,
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and that just goes to show how unfamiliar I am with state shapes except for Texas.
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But just think about how crazy it is that from North Carolina tomorrow,
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We are going to have to either go to Georgia
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or go all the way up to New England and come back to Georgia.
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Either way, it's going to be a long journey ahead of us.
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I just wanted to show you this because it's kind of crazy to think of all the places we've been.
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It really is.
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And that's why I say there's no right answer because regardless,
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if you're driving, it's going to take a while.
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We have driven almost 7,000 miles so far.
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The good news is tomorrow's drive is not too long, barring any changes.
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As long as the Wheel of Doom doesn't go off before we leave tomorrow,
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it should be a pretty easy drive,
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about three and a half hours.
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And as you guys know,
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we've had a lot of long drives recently,
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especially with a double Wheel of Doom when we are going to Florida.
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So that sounds very nice.
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With that being said, how about we read donations.
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In bed now.
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It is time to read donations,
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favorite part of the entire day.
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Before I read donations, don't forget that you can donate one penny by subscribing to me on YouTube right now.
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You can also donate a penny by following me on Instagram and following Joyride on Instagram.
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With that being said, let's take a look.
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Hey, Lee.
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Boom.
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Yesterday, we were at $1,085,000.
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Today, we are...
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are?
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Wait.
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Holy smokers.
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We are now at $1,172,515 raised.
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And as you can see,
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the new goal is $2 million.
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I just can't believe we hit the goal and then we raised like $90,000 the next day.
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That's insane.
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That's a lot of big donations.
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Let's see who donated.
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Okay.
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Did you hear the wheel of doom going off?
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No. Oh my gosh.
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Wheel of Doom might have gone off a bit ago.
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And we didn't hear it.
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Awesome.
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Oh my gosh.
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It's just so ominous.
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It's so, like, it literally is scary.
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I'm actually, like, I do not want to spin that.
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I did not even check who activated the Wheel of Doom,
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so let's go back, check donations,
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and then we'll spin it.
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So this is happening, okay.
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All right, let's check donations.
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Electric e-bikes donated $10,000 once again.
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They might be pushing a world record for most days in a row to donate $10,000.
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They said, not Vogue, but every frame is a cover shot.
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I like that one, actually.
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That one's good.
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This one I understand.
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Thank you.
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Electric is by far and away top donor.
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Shout out to those guys.
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They're amazing.
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I will keep riding that bike until you guys stop.
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VectEasy.com donated $5,000 and said, We love watching your videos.
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Safe travels and on your trip around the country.
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Enjoy our home state of Kentucky and check out VectEasy.com for all your graphics needs.
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God bless.
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Cool.
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Wait, I think I've used VectEasy.
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Thank you so much, VectEasy.
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Can't wait for Kentucky, it's gonna be a blast.
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And there it is.
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Caruso.com donated $55,55.55 and activated the Wheel of Doom.
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I win one, or win.
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We should go.
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Eleven.
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Fall.
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Go.
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We love the zero.
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Before we spin the Wheel of Doom, here's what they said.
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Ryan, what you're doing for St. Jude is incredible.
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So many families will be blessed.
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Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf is welcoming me.
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Matthew 18.5.
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Your friends at Caruso.
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Change your shirt, change the world.
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That's really cool.
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Thank you so much for the donation,
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but I am very upset to be spinning the Wheel of Doom.
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I was just talking about how pleasant tomorrow morning was gonna be, didn't I?
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Yep.
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That's crazy.
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Alright.
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Let's go do the Caruso.com Wheel of Doom spin.
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