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MEET THE KRAKEN: Jordan Eberle on health, Dad matters (1/3) · Seattle Kraken Audio Network

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  Speaker 1: He remember FDI see.
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  Speaker 2: Jordan Everly back with us here for season five the
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  Speaker 2: Camptain once again, I would say, happy and healthy. Get
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  Speaker 2: to have you back once again, my friend. And first off,
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  Speaker 2: I'll begin with the four years here and perhaps many
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  Speaker 2: more in your NHL career. What do you tell your
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  Speaker 2: younger self if you could, about what you would expect
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  Speaker 2: playing here in Seattle.
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  Speaker 3: Well, when I came in, I wasn't young to begin with,
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  Speaker 3: but I think you know I've I've enjoyed my time
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  Speaker 3: here for sure. We've kind of made this our home.
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  Speaker 3: Two kids have been born here. You know, I kind
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  Speaker 3: of what I expected was what I got. I knew
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  Speaker 3: coming in here. I was a Seahawks fan. I knew
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  Speaker 3: a passionate. The fans were about sports here, not just them,
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  Speaker 3: but the Mariners, and they've kind of adopted the same thing.
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  Speaker 3: The fans have been unbelievable. The organization, the ownership, the
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  Speaker 3: amenities that were given, the money that they put into
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  Speaker 3: this team. It's been nothing but first class. So, like
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  Speaker 3: I said, I've everything that I expected has happened.
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  Speaker 2: I believe you threw the first pitch out at the
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  Speaker 2: Mariners recently. The experience for you, how was it?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, you're you try to play cool and
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  Speaker 3: I always I think I was talking a big game
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  Speaker 3: about trying to actually go out there and throw on
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  Speaker 3: a good one down there, and then as soon as
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  Speaker 3: you get to the mountain you can kind of cop out.
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  Speaker 3: You just kind of make sure it gets there. So
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  Speaker 3: it was a neat experience, I think to do that
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  Speaker 3: with my kids coming on the field. Uh, and obviously
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  Speaker 3: they're playing so well and on a streak, and I
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  Speaker 3: didn't ruin that, not that it really had anything to
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  Speaker 3: do with it, but it was just it's a great ballpark.
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  Speaker 3: It's you get to the baseball this time of the year,
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  Speaker 3: when you're in the hunt, it's it's it's exciting to watch.
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  Speaker 2: So what difference to doesn't make when you're able to
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  Speaker 2: go into the tunnel and get a few warm up
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  Speaker 2: tosses and versus just going out cold arm live and
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  Speaker 2: facing forty thousand people all looking at you on the
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  Speaker 2: mound there for the first pitch.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that, Like I said, you just want
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  Speaker 3: to get it down there. You don't want to embarrass yourself.
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  Speaker 3: But I talked a big game before and then I,
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  Speaker 3: like I said, I completely copped out.
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  Speaker 2: What's the funniest thing that you've ever had to autograph
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  Speaker 2: for a fan? You know what?
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  Speaker 3: I think the funniest thing would be, you know, just
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  Speaker 3: the I can't really think of anything that comes at
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  Speaker 3: the top of my head. You sign, it's it's just
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  Speaker 3: all a blur, right, Yeah, some people have some unique
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  Speaker 3: artwork that they've made that you want to sign, stuff
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  Speaker 3: like that. I remember someone made a poster for one
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  Speaker 3: of my kids last year that they gave me and
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  Speaker 3: it was just I looked at it. I was like, Wow,
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  Speaker 3: you drew that. So, I mean there's fans are regenerous
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  Speaker 3: here for sure.
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  Speaker 2: Calgary is where you call home usually in the off season.
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  Speaker 2: Where's the first place you're taking a buddy if he
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  Speaker 2: visits you in town?
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  Speaker 3: Well, hopefully he comes during Stampede. I mean that would
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  Speaker 3: make it easy because we would just head there. But
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  Speaker 3: you know, I I big passion of mine the summertime
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  Speaker 3: in hobbies to golf, so I would just probably take
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  Speaker 3: him the golf course house.
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  Speaker 2: Family holding up right now.
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  Speaker 3: They're doing good. Yet, they're doing good, they're busy. They're
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  Speaker 3: the two, you know, the five and three that actually
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  Speaker 3: start skating here at CA c I, so that'll be fun.
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  Speaker 3: And daughters started school. Everyone's kind of settled in and
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  Speaker 3: and we we got here early enough to get going
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  Speaker 3: to do that.
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  Speaker 2: So inquiring parents want to know, for you, what's the
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  Speaker 2: secrets to raising three kids at home?
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  Speaker 1: I have a good.
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  Speaker 3: Wife, I guess. I mean, we're gone so much. You know,
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  Speaker 3: you try to be president when you're home and you
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  Speaker 3: try to get as much time in. But I mean
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  Speaker 3: the ultimate is that we're we're playing. It's either on
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  Speaker 3: the road game day or it's game day at home,
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  Speaker 3: so you know, you try to It's it's tough, you know.
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  Speaker 3: But now that they're getting a little bit older, they're
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  Speaker 3: able to come to the games and enjoy that, which
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  Speaker 3: I enjoy seeing there. And and then their activities, like
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  Speaker 3: I said, they're skating here, which is awesome. I get
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  Speaker 3: a chance to see them more often. So but yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I definitely the first answer to get to make sure
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  Speaker 3: you're wife styled.
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  Speaker 2: In well, we asked this question a few years ago,
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  Speaker 2: but updating this now, what's the best part about being
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  Speaker 2: a father?
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  Speaker 3: You know, it's probably the same answer I had last year.
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  Speaker 3: It just gives you perspective. You know, I was came
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  Speaker 3: into this league and and you know, you live and
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  Speaker 3: die by hockey and I still do. And you know,
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  Speaker 3: you're taking losses home and wins home, the highs and
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  Speaker 3: the lows, right, and you come home and they don't
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  Speaker 3: really care how the game wins, so they it gives
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  Speaker 3: you perspective. It's able to You're able to get away
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  Speaker 3: from the rink a little bit more, which I think
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  Speaker 3: honestly helps your game just that much more.
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  Speaker 2: If I can dial this back to last season, not
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  Speaker 2: that the freakus injury is in the rear view mirror.
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  Speaker 2: You said that there were some days where it admittedly
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  Speaker 2: crossed your mind that maybe would you ever play again,
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  Speaker 2: and that was in doubt. How critical was family or
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  Speaker 2: the group text to get you through that?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think, well, first off, we had a baby,
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  Speaker 3: you know, days after I got home from surgery, so
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  Speaker 3: that kind of brightened my spirits. But yeah, I mean
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  Speaker 3: they kept me, you know, my mind happy. At least
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  Speaker 3: there's you know, it was never a dull moment at
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  Speaker 3: home there's kids flying around, but yeah, ultimately watching games
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  Speaker 3: and missing the group and then just kind of taking
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  Speaker 3: it day by day. You know, once you learn you
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  Speaker 3: get to start walking again on a cane, and then
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  Speaker 3: you know, you get to actually start walking, learn how
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  Speaker 3: to walk and start skating. And it was just the
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  Speaker 3: day by day process really. I mean, ultimately, I knew
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  Speaker 3: I was going to get back after a while, and
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  Speaker 3: maybe not as quick as I thought I was, but
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  Speaker 3: I mean I was happy with how it turned out
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  Speaker 3: as far as you know, the recovery time, was able
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  Speaker 3: to finish the year last year, and then just the
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  Speaker 3: summer training I had and where I'm at now, I feel,
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  Speaker 3: you know, like I did at the start of camp
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  Speaker 3: last year. So I'm excited and rare to go. I
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  Speaker 3: feel like I got to kind of got robbed of
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  Speaker 3: the season last year, and you know, I want to
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  Speaker 3: pick up.
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  Speaker 2: At this stage of your career, how much does health
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  Speaker 2: mean for the goals that you've set.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it's not just this age, but I
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  Speaker 3: mean everyone, you got to stay healthy in this league.
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  Speaker 3: It's eighty two games and it's a marathon on a sprint.
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  Speaker 3: You know, you have to, you know, take care of yourself.
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  Speaker 3: It just doesn't mean you don't want to get hurt.
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  Speaker 3: This is a physical game. Stuff's going to happen. I
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  Speaker 3: think it's more about taking care of yourself and your
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  Speaker 3: off days. Make sure your body's and peak condition and
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  Speaker 3: pliable so that when you do get bent around a
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  Speaker 3: little bit, you're you're able to sustain that stuff. So
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  Speaker 3: I've always incorporated in my training, you know, I think
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  Speaker 3: I've I've done a good job up to this point,
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  Speaker 3: other than last year of you know, really staying healthy
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  Speaker 3: and hope to continue that.
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  Speaker 2: Finally, you were a part of the Third Jersey when
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  Speaker 2: this came out, and you were also in fact, one
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  Speaker 2: of the first to also model this. What's your favorite
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  Speaker 2: part about that Third Jersey.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, it's got a lot of unique parts. I think, obviously,
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  Speaker 3: throw it under black light. I think the big hit
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  Speaker 3: is probably that it glows a bit. But I mean
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  Speaker 3: it's just it's different than what we've worn. I like how,
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  Speaker 3: you know the darkness of the black I think it
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  Speaker 3: makes us look a little bigger, and uh, you know, hopefully,
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  Speaker 3: uh you know, we I mean ultimately just comes down
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  Speaker 3: to the record, and that hopefully it's good.
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  Speaker 2: So the rules apply. Look good, feel good, play.
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  Speaker 3: Good right for sure?
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  Speaker 2: All right, Jordan, appreciate you, Thank you very much.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks for having me.
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