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Opening Segment 8/31/26 · Curtis Sliwa & Larry Mendte In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: Sliwa, Menti, they're better together. Curtis Sliwa and Larry Menti
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  Speaker 1: in the morning, 710WOR.
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  Speaker 2: So Larry, Natalie, and our audience, just a quick update.
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  Speaker 2: If you happen to take the ABC or D lines
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  Speaker 2: for work, don't even bother today. They've had a cracked track.
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  Speaker 2: And this is extraordinarily serious. I can only tell you
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  Speaker 2: because I've seen work crews before. These are the guys,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they go down into the tracks. It's like
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  Speaker 2: they're lifting the tracks up and you really got to
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  Speaker 2: be strong. Well, some of these tracks have cracked. And
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  Speaker 2: this is what's going to happen over time if they're
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  Speaker 2: not replaced. So guess what? There's no A service, no
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  Speaker 2: B service, no C service, no D service.
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  Speaker 1: Just take the numbered lines. Where's all that congestion pricing
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  Speaker 1: money going? Good question. I thought that was supposed to
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  Speaker 1: fix it. It was all for infrastructure, wasn't it? No,
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  Speaker 1: but it's... Definitely.
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  Speaker 2: I've seen that when they replace a track, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and you can see it's cracked because, boy, you know,
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  Speaker 2: if it isn't detected and removed, a whole train could
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  Speaker 2: go off the track.
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  Speaker 1: And, oh, my God, the potential problems from that. So, hey.
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  Speaker 2: Just a heads up, because when I was coming in today,
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  Speaker 2: I was on the number one train, and I already
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  Speaker 2: saw the MTA money-taking agency agents telling people avoid taking
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  Speaker 2: the A, B, C, or D, because the tracks have cracked.
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  Speaker 1: I've never heard that before. No, but it makes you think. Immediately,
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  Speaker 1: I'm like, we need a major audit of MTA. We
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  Speaker 1: need to know where all this money is going to,
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  Speaker 1: because it obviously is not going to fix the tracks.
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  Speaker 2: And this is a crack in the wall of Governor Hochul,
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  Speaker 2: because remember, she's in charge of the MTA. It's a
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  Speaker 2: state agency, especially when it comes to repair and maintenance.
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  Speaker 2: This is a good opportunity for Bruce Blakeman. to move
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  Speaker 2: in on her on this and say, how could all
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  Speaker 2: these tracks be cracking? Where's the normal maintenance? Where's the
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  Speaker 2: normal replacement of the track?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's her problem, and it's Kathy's congestion pricing, too.
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  Speaker 1: This is her tax on all of us.
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  Speaker 2: Now, let me ask you a situation that may be
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  Speaker 2: a problem for everybody in New Jersey, because luckily I
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  Speaker 2: have three boys, and I guess the old tradition still
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  Speaker 2: survives with some families that when there is a marriage,
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  Speaker 2: the father, the mother of the bride, pays most of
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  Speaker 2: the expenses.
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  Speaker 1: Is that still the tradition, would you say? And the
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  Speaker 1: father of the son chips in. They usually come forward
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  Speaker 1: and they say, hey, we can play for the limos,
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  Speaker 1: we can pay for the flowers, you know, the cheap stuff. Okay.
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  Speaker 3: The cheap stuff, exactly.
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  Speaker 2: And Natalie, do you find that to be true, that
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  Speaker 2: the bulk of the expense is borne by the family
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  Speaker 2: of the bride?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you'd think we'd gotten past that by now, but No,
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  Speaker 3: it still seems that the bride's family does take a big,
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  Speaker 3: big part of the responsibility of the payment of a
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  Speaker 3: very expensive wedding.
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  Speaker 1: So they just did a survey. I couldn't believe this
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  Speaker 1: when I read it.
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  Speaker 2: I read it like four times that the most expensive
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  Speaker 2: state to get married in is your state of New Jersey.
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  Speaker 1: And how much does it cost?
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  Speaker 2: Average.
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  Speaker 1: $ 57, 000. Average.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I'm.
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  Speaker 1: I would love to have only paid $ 57, 000. That seems like.
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  Speaker 3: On the low side from some of the weddings I've
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  Speaker 3: been hearing. We're going to have to talk to Natalie
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  Speaker 3: Migliore about that, who's the one going through. And actually,
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  Speaker 3: I think her venue, I'm not sure what state it is.
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  Speaker 3: It could be in New Jersey. But that's.
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  Speaker 1: Still ridiculous, by the way. The national average is 30,000
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  Speaker 1: to 36,000. Oh, where could we go?
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  Speaker 2: And this is quantified on the fact that you have
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  Speaker 2: about 125 to 150 guests.
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  Speaker 1: They factor in the per-person catering.
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  Speaker 2: By the way, is it an open bar most times?
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: It is.
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  Speaker 1: Okay. Oh, my gosh. Arkansas, $ 11, 000 for a wedding.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, they're telling you to bring your own.
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  Speaker 1: Well, it's because it's in family. That's probably why in Arkansas. Utah, 17,000. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: my God.
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  Speaker 3: We can lie everybody there.
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  Speaker 2: There are a lot of marriages in Utah because Mormons.
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  Speaker 2: There's none of this, oh, you can live together outside
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  Speaker 2: of marriage. No, you're getting married. You know what, college?
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  Speaker 1: This is really an interesting stat. Has the most marriages,
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  Speaker 1: like people married? Brigham Young University. Brigham Young University, BYU.
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  Speaker 2: I'm telling you, I was there at the football field once.
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  Speaker 2: For a Sean Hannity concert, you know, Great American concert.
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  Speaker 2: I could not get any caffeine. I could not get
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  Speaker 2: Coca-Cola at that time I was addicted. They don't serve caffeine.
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  Speaker 2: You can't smoke cigarettes. They are strict in that Mormon state. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: I know.
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  Speaker 1: Imagine no caffeine. You know about the magic underwear, right? Oh, yeah. Well,
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  Speaker 1: you know.
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  Speaker 3: Excuse me?
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  Speaker 2: What? Yeah, Mitt Romney had to spend time on the
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  Speaker 2: campaign trail when he lost to Barack Obama explaining how
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  Speaker 2: much time it takes for him to put on the
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  Speaker 2: magic underwear each day.
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  Speaker 1: Because when you are tempted to have sex, they want
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  Speaker 1: your underwear very difficult to get off so you can
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  Speaker 1: think about what you're doing, what you're about to do,
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  Speaker 1: the sin you're about to commit. Yeah. No way.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: How did I miss that? Natalie. Well, thank God you
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  Speaker 1: missed that. It is extensive.
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  Speaker 2: Apparently, it's like being bound up with swaddling cloths and
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  Speaker 2: appendages and all kinds of ace bandages.
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  Speaker 3: So what you're saying about like two minutes later, you're like, oh,
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  Speaker 3: forget it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no.
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  Speaker 1: It's not worth it. It's about 20 minutes to put on.
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  Speaker 2: 20 minutes, 20 minutes to a half hour to put
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  Speaker 2: on your underwear.
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  Speaker 1: Like 60% of the BYU football team is married. They
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  Speaker 1: all run up to Vegas.
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  Speaker 3: I just saw a TikTok recently of two girls who
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  Speaker 3: were going there. It was week two. They hold up
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  Speaker 3: their hand with no ring with a sad face because
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  Speaker 3: that was their only point of going there is to
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  Speaker 3: find a husband.
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  Speaker 2: But let me bring you back to New Jersey because
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  Speaker 2: the last time we had in there, a discussion about
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  Speaker 2: going to weddings, you know, the catering hall after the
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  Speaker 2: actual event. Larry was a bit in the blind about
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  Speaker 2: the traditional booster bag. The booster bag helps offset the costs.
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  Speaker 2: Of the wedding by the donations that are being made by,
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  Speaker 2: let's say, the guests here, 125 to 150.
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  Speaker 1: Not in my family. There's no booster bag. No booster bag. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: but people are giving cash. They sit there and try
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  Speaker 1: to figure out how much it all costs. That's what
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  Speaker 1: they're doing.
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  Speaker 3: Larry, you're not coming with a blender, are you? I mean,
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  Speaker 3: you're giving cash at a wedding, right?
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  Speaker 1: What are you talking about?
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  Speaker 3: When you go to a wedding as a guest, you
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  Speaker 3: don't bring, like, a physical gift.
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  Speaker 1: Do you? Yeah, but you give the money to the
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  Speaker 1: bride and groom. Yeah, well, that's it. But that's not
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  Speaker 1: the booster bag. Yeah, well, the booster bag thinks the
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  Speaker 1: bride can't.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, the booster bag is just a.
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  Speaker 1: an outlet to I guess what I'm saying is what
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  Speaker 1: about me what about the guy that paid for it
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  Speaker 1: maybe the booster bag should be for me yours Larry
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  Speaker 1: this is how it's done right you're right.
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  Speaker 2: The wife the new wife does not hold the booster
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  Speaker 2: bag neither does the groom because they're enjoying themselves they're
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  Speaker 2: drinking they may forget where the booster bag it's usually
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  Speaker 2: the most curmudgeon woman from that family could be an
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  Speaker 2: aunt It could be the mother-in-law. But, man, they're guarding that.
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  Speaker 2: They're guarding every envelope that goes into that booster bag.
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  Speaker 2: So you're a guarantee. And I think the rule of
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  Speaker 2: thumb is, Natalie, and correct me if I'm wrong, is
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  Speaker 2: that you have to at least match how much it
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  Speaker 2: costs for the dinner. So if the dinner was like
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  Speaker 2: $ 175 up to $ 350, you got to at least cover the.
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  Speaker 1: Cost of that.
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  Speaker 3: That's what they say around here that you should attempt
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  Speaker 3: to do if you can. But first off, you have
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  Speaker 3: no idea what the cost is. I mean, nobody really
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  Speaker 3: knows it. And if I had to cover the cost
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  Speaker 3: for the weddings I was going to, I wouldn't be
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  Speaker 3: going to any of them because I wouldn't be able
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  Speaker 3: to afford it. So, yeah, you know, you can't be
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  Speaker 3: cheap these days. You're not coming with $ 100.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, you can be cheap these days. You have to
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  Speaker 1: meet my family. Man, I can't believe we started off
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  Speaker 1: the show. I'm already ticked off. There's this bogus booster
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  Speaker 1: bag that you're talking about where I pay for everything
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  Speaker 1: and then the money is given to the bride and groom?
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  Speaker 2: No, no, not the bride and groom. Usually one of
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  Speaker 2: the elder women.
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  Speaker 1: No, I get that. But where does the money end up?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, no, it goes to cover the expense of the
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  Speaker 2: wedding and then also a little bit of a cushion
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  Speaker 2: for the brand new husband and bride.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe to put a down payment on.
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  Speaker 2: a divorce attorney, because so many of these unfortunately end
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  Speaker 2: up going their separate ways within a year more. You know,
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  Speaker 2: Jacoby and Myers, one hires Jacoby, the other hires Myers.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, you know, I would love to know if anybody
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  Speaker 3: out there ever went to a wedding that, you know,
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  Speaker 3: ended quickly, divorce, I mean, ended quickly, and never got
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  Speaker 3: money back.
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  Speaker 1: I'd love to know that.
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  Speaker 3: I've been to bridal showers where the wedding never happened,
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  Speaker 3: and I got the gift back.
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  Speaker 1: I just looked up booster bag and it says nothing
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  Speaker 1: about weddings. You know what it says? Larry, it's a
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  Speaker 1: booster bag. It's not a booster bag. In organized crime,
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  Speaker 1: there's a booster bag. Yeah, there is. I didn't know that.
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  Speaker 2: And they handle it like it's payments to organized crime
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  Speaker 2: oh so.
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  Speaker 1: That's what it is this is an organized crime wedding
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  Speaker 1: you're talking about.
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  Speaker 2: No they run it that way that means you have
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  Speaker 2: to pay A vig, you have to pay for this wedding.
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  Speaker 2: And that's why it's important. You have your name on
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  Speaker 2: the envelope, and the family will write it into the ledger.
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  Speaker 2: And then you could be shamed if you don't even
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  Speaker 2: cover the cost of your meal. You don't have any daughters, right?
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  Speaker 2: Thank God I don't. And so far, nobody of marrying age.
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  Speaker 2: Anthony's my oldest. I have three sons. It's Carter and Hunter.
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  Speaker 2: They are not of marrying age. Normally, people don't get
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  Speaker 2: married now until their 30s. You know, like Chris here,
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  Speaker 2: he's Gen Z. On loan for us from the Mark
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  Speaker 2: Simone show, because Natalie is still recovering at home from
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  Speaker 2: her knee surgery. Chris, your age group, generally, if they
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  Speaker 2: get married, it's in their 30s, right?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I only have one.
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  Speaker 2: I have two friends that have been married so far,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm 28, probably 29.
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  Speaker 1: Now, is your girlfriend hinting about weddings? No. Marriage?
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  Speaker 2: No.
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  Speaker 1: We've only been together for like six months. That's enough.
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  Speaker 1: That's a lifetime. Neither of us are in a position
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  Speaker 1: financially to get married. Well, you can get the booster bag.
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  Speaker 1: Nobody ever is.
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  Speaker 2: No.
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  Speaker 1: The booster bag. We need Natalie McLeory in this conversation.
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  Speaker 1: She would have a better idea. I'm telling you. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: that's a good idea. Does she get a booster bag?
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  Speaker 1: I think yes. Probably. You think so? Oh, yes.
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  Speaker 3: There is no doubt about it.
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  Speaker 2: If I was with a woman for six months and
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  Speaker 2: you always have to take her to visit your mom.
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  Speaker 2: my mother Francesca, no longer with us, would look at
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  Speaker 2: me and say, Curtis, do you love this woman?
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  Speaker 1: I'd say, yes, mom. Then you must marry her. You
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  Speaker 1: must honor her.
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  Speaker 2: Because if you don't marry her after six months of
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  Speaker 2: being together, of dating, then you are disparaging the name Sliwa.
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  Speaker 2: I felt guilty. Maybe that's why I got married so
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  Speaker 2: many times. I became a serial marrier. How could you
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  Speaker 2: say no to your mother? She's a saint.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, let's talk about weddings and the cost of weddings
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  Speaker 1: and who pays. And if you've ever had, what do
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  Speaker 1: you say again, a booster bag? A booster bag. Go
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