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Haunted Hearts (A BIG 98.7 Halloween Movie) · Podcast - Big 98.7

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  Speaker 1: Big 98.7.
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  Speaker 2: We present to you Haunted Hearts, a Hallmark Halloween movie.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely in no way associated with Hallmark.
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  Speaker 2: Jeanette, I know you have a big city job waiting,
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  Speaker 2: but this town needs you.
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  Speaker 3: I need you.
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  Speaker 2: You helped turn our little Halloween festival into something magical.
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  Speaker 2: And now you're just going to disappear like a ghost.
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  Speaker 2: I can't imagine this town without you. And I don't
• 0:30
  Speaker 2: want to imagine my life without you. So please, don't leave.
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  Speaker 2: Be my boo. You really are something, Harrison. But you
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  Speaker 2: can stop worrying. I already turned down the job. I'm
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  Speaker 2: staying to run my dad's year-round Halloween store.
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  Speaker 3: You're staying here with me?
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  Speaker 2: Looks like this small town has cast a spell on me.
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  Speaker 4: Well, thank goodness.
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  Speaker 5: Now you two can finally stop flirting and help me
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  Speaker 5: take down these decorations.
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  Speaker 3: We've got it covered, Mrs.
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  Speaker 1: Halverson.
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  Speaker 2: So, Jeanette, dinner tomorrow night? Only if you promise not
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  Speaker 2: to ghost me. I won't ghost you. I want to
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  Speaker 2: be your boo.
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  Speaker 4: And they lived happily ever after. Now, somebody give me
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  Speaker 4: a drink.
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  Speaker 1: All right. Round of applause for the two of you.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you.
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  Speaker 6: A star-studded cast. You can find that in no theater
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  Speaker 6: near you at any point. But a wonderful job.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you. That was Haunted Heart.
• 1:43
  Speaker 1: Celebrating life's little victories. Victory. Every morning we practice gratitude
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  Speaker 1: on Big 98.7. If I could, I would keep this
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  Speaker 1: feeling in a plastic jar. Bust it out whenever someone's
• 1:55
  Speaker 1: acting hard. I just really needed a win, you know.
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  Speaker 1: Share your little victories with us at 701-280-1987. All right, Megan,
• 2:03
  Speaker 1: do you have a little victory to get our Monday started?
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  Speaker 1: You're our leadoff hitter. You're going to set the tone,
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  Speaker 1: all right? Boy, no pressure. Got it. Okay, good.
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  Speaker 5: Actually, over the weekend, it was fun because I got
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  Speaker 5: to see Mama and Papa Z. Hadn't seen them for
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  Speaker 5: a little bit. And there's nothing better than when your
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  Speaker 5: parents come to town and they're like, I'm going to
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  Speaker 5: take you out for lunch.
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  Speaker 4: Yes. That's the way.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 6: That's the best. You're never too old to go out
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  Speaker 6: for lunch with your mom and dad.
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  Speaker 1: Right? Never, ever.
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  Speaker 5: And we went to the Golden Phoenix, and that was
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  Speaker 5: the first time going there, and it was.
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  Speaker 4: A bomb buffet. It was so good.
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  Speaker 1: Really?
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  Speaker 4: Oh, my gosh, yes.
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  Speaker 6: The Golden Phoenix. I got to remember this, because I
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  Speaker 6: heard you talking about, or someone, was it you?
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  Speaker 4: Probably.
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  Speaker 6: Maybe talking about going there. I got to check this
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  Speaker 6: place out. I love a buffet. I always try to
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  Speaker 6: eat more than what my bill's worth.
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  Speaker 5: Absolutely. I mean, they've got fresh. I don't know if
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  Speaker 5: you like sushi, but they got fresh sushi. They got
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  Speaker 5: the hibachi. They got the pho. They got everything.
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  Speaker 4: And I'm like, maybe you don't like the Chinese food.
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  Speaker 4: They got American food, too. Like, it's all just wonderful.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, OK. The Phoenix buffet is where it's at.
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  Speaker 4: It's so good. OK, so that was my little victory.
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  Speaker 1: I love that. That's a beautiful little victory.
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  Speaker 4: Angie, what's yours?
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  Speaker 2: I went to a wedding on Friday night, and it
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  Speaker 2: was lovely because I just love love, man.
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  Speaker 3: And the couple was super into each other. Everything was gorgeous.
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  Speaker 2: It was at the Jasper Hotel, and the tablescape was pretty.
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  Speaker 3: The views were gorgeous.
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  Speaker 2: It was just such a nice time celebrating a couple
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  Speaker 2: that clearly wants to be together. Because you know when
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  Speaker 2: some people are like, oh, I'm getting married, and you're like,
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  Speaker 2: you shouldn't. This couple is not that. They clearly love
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  Speaker 2: each other, and it was just lovely to see love in.
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  Speaker 3: Action, I guess.
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  Speaker 1: Well, good for you.
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  Speaker 6: It's kind of interesting you say that because Crystal texted
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  Speaker 6: and said her weekend was great. She went to a wedding,
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  Speaker 6: but this was yesterday, and she said it was awesome.
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  Speaker 6: So a lot of love this weekend. Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Who doesn't love love?
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  Speaker 3: I love a good wedding. Haters, but we're not a
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  Speaker 3: hater here at 98.7. What about you, Gabe? What's your
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  Speaker 3: little victory?
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  Speaker 1: My little victory? I'm not kidding.
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  Speaker 6: This might have been the greatest weekend in all of
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  Speaker 6: Minnesota sports.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe history. Maybe history.
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  Speaker 6: My Golden Gopher hockey team, they sweep UND Thursday and Friday.
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  Speaker 3: Sorry, Megan.
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  Speaker 1: It is what it is.
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  Speaker 4: I'm not that broken up about it.
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  Speaker 6: And then the Gopher football team beats Iowa. And if
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  Speaker 6: you are a Golden Gopher football fan, let me tell you,
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  Speaker 6: they just don't beat Iowa. It's been done like twice
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  Speaker 6: in 30 years.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, wow.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, so this is major.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, and then the Minnesota Wild went back-to-back this weekend.
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  Speaker 6: And then the Vikes won yesterday. I went 6-0 since Thursday.
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  Speaker 3: I feel like you can die happy.
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  Speaker 4: And if you like the Timberwolves, they also won. They
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  Speaker 4: also won!
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  Speaker 1: Yes! The Timberwolves are going to be very good. What
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  Speaker 1: a great time to be a Minnesota sports fan for
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  Speaker 1: at least five days. How awesome is that? Embrace it
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  Speaker 1: while you can.
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  Speaker 7: I know.
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  Speaker 1: Because you never know when it's going to come crashing down.
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  Speaker 6: Last Friday at 4.37 a.m., I had a buddy text me,
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  Speaker 6: which did not bother me one bit because I had
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  Speaker 6: already been up for about an hour. So we had
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  Speaker 6: a full-blown convo before even 5 a.m., and I remember
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  Speaker 6: talking to him going, you know what's crazy is I
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  Speaker 6: know you're up, you know I'm up, so this is
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  Speaker 6: perfectly socially acceptable.
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  Speaker 1: But there's, like, no other person on Earth.
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  Speaker 6: Other than, I suppose, you two that I could text
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  Speaker 6: at four something in the morning.
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  Speaker 1: Which made me kind of wonder, is there a time, is.
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  Speaker 6: There like a socially acceptable time on a Monday, Tuesday,
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  Speaker 6: Wednesday morning that you wait?
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  Speaker 1: To text someone, 701-280-1987.
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  Speaker 6: Do you have a time rule at all? Let us
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  Speaker 6: know this morning. Do you wait until 7, 8?
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  Speaker 5: So mine is it varies because probably all of you,
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  Speaker 5: like me, have had those friends that, oh, I forget
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  Speaker 5: that you wake up at an.
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  Speaker 4: Odd godly hour in the morning. And the rule is
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  Speaker 4: that if you.
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  Speaker 5: Text me way late, even if I don't see it
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  Speaker 5: because I put on Do Not Disturb now.
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  Speaker 1: Good for you.
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  Speaker 5: But if you text me, let's say, 11 p.m., then
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  Speaker 5: I am going to for sure text you the moment
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  Speaker 5: I see it.
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  Speaker 1: I love this.
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  Speaker 5: But if you wait, like if it was a little
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  Speaker 5: bit earlier, I know it's like eight, nine, even before 10.
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  Speaker 4: Like, OK, then I will wait until like seven. In
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  Speaker 4: the morning.
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  Speaker 1: Seven is like your not petty time.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah. That's the weekday weekend. That moved to like nine.
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  Speaker 3: Okay. Oh, okay. I don't have a... Time is a
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  Speaker 3: social construct.
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  Speaker 1: You just fire them off?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, whenever. I don't care.
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  Speaker 2: The horrible thing, though, too, is most of the people
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  Speaker 2: that I text are from my hometown, which is Vegas,
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  Speaker 2: and they are two hours earlier than us.
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  Speaker 3: And I wake up.
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  Speaker 2: At 3 a.m., So sometimes it works out because if
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  Speaker 2: I'm texting at 3 a.m., it's only 1 a.m.
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  Speaker 3: There and it's Vegas.
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  Speaker 2: So they're probably still up versus getting up. But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I just it doesn't matter. The time difference screws everything up.
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  Speaker 2: So it's like I'm texting whenever.
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  Speaker 3: Just accept it.
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  Speaker 1: I'm texting whenever.
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  Speaker 2: I'll text you as soon as I see it, even
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  Speaker 2: if that's at an inconvenient time. Because like Megan said,
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  Speaker 2: she has it on Do Not Disturb. My phone is
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  Speaker 2: perpetually on mute. At the very least, silent.
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  Speaker 7: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: So if I text you late and it's like, oh,
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  Speaker 3: you woke me up. How old are you? What year
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  Speaker 3: is this? Why is your sound on on your phone?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: We stopped doing that in like 2010. Exactly.
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  Speaker 4: I've never heard my phone ring.
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  Speaker 6: What?
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  Speaker 4: It has a ringtone?
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  Speaker 8: Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: Well, and it's funny for people who get up early
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  Speaker 6: in the morning. Like if you're someone who gets up
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  Speaker 6: early and you got big 98.7 on for you, you
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  Speaker 6: might be going to bed a little bit earlier. So
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  Speaker 6: there's also a late night time that would affect us
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  Speaker 6: more than obviously an early time. If someone texts me
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  Speaker 6: at four or whatever, like that doesn't matter to me
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  Speaker 6: at all. But if you hit me with a 136
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  Speaker 6: reel on Facebook Messenger, mom. I will be responding to
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  Speaker 6: you at 4 a.m.
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  Speaker 1: Exactly.
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  Speaker 6: My mom and dad have learned how to send reels,
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  Speaker 6: and they're retired, so bedtime doesn't exist.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 6: And my mother, who I love to death more than
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  Speaker 6: anything on this earth, loves firing off parenting reels and, like,
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  Speaker 6: things you should know about babies.
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  Speaker 1: At 1.36 a.m.
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  Speaker 6: Mom, I've been asleep for five hours.
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  Speaker 4: Why are you sending me this?
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  Speaker 1: Could you hold off until, I don't know, five?
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  Speaker 3: No, that is parental privilege. They get to send whenever.
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  Speaker 4: And also, it's when she found it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you're right.
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  Speaker 4: Because she's got to send it off right then or.
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  Speaker 1: She'll lose it. That's true. You're right.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, we got to give some grace to your mom.
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  Speaker 5: Put on do not disturb on your phone already.
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  Speaker 4: Like, come on.
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  Speaker 6: I'm one of the weirdos who always has my sound
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  Speaker 6: like turned on. You're a nightmare.
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  Speaker 1: 701-280-1987. Do you have a morning time? Socially acceptable.
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  Speaker 6: You're fine firing off some texts and you're not going
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  Speaker 6: to feel guilty. And then and or at night, when
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  Speaker 6: do you kind of cut them off? Are you like,
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  Speaker 6: all right, I'll wait till tomorrow.
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  Speaker 2: I will say for the big 98.7 morning show, text
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  Speaker 2: us or call us whenever.
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  Speaker 1: We don't care.
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  Speaker 6: That's right. In your friend group, there are very likely
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  Speaker 6: multiple characters, multiple personality types.
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  Speaker 1: Now it is Halloweek.
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  Speaker 6: And here in the big 98.7 studio, we have three
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  Speaker 6: very different, I'd say very distinct Halloweek personality types.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm fully committed to costumes every single day of
• 9:44
  Speaker 2: the week because it's Halloweek.
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  Speaker 3: That's me.
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  Speaker 1: You do great.
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  Speaker 5: I enjoy a good vibe where I'm like, I got
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  Speaker 5: the boo sweatshirt on today and I've got the ear,
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  Speaker 5: the Halloween earrings. I've got some orange socks like that's
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  Speaker 5: my vibe for today.
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  Speaker 1: You're not really.
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  Speaker 6: Like character dressed up, but you're celebrating the spirit.
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  Speaker 4: Exactly.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. And I am a sexy Vikings fan today.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, my God.
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  Speaker 1: And just to be clear, I.
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  Speaker 6: Did ask my wife earlier this morning, hey, if I
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  Speaker 6: put on my Vikings jersey, can I go as a
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  Speaker 6: sexy Vikings fan today? And she said, yes, you're really sexy, babe. Also,
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  Speaker 6: I need you to do this when you get home.
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  Speaker 6: It has to do with putting something in a crock pot,
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  Speaker 6: so that's got me panicked.
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  Speaker 1: But the point still stands. I'm a sexy Vikes fan today.
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  Speaker 2: No, but genuinely, you're not dressing.
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  Speaker 3: Up every day.
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  Speaker 1: Couldn't care less.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, so which one are you this week? Are you
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  Speaker 2: fully committed to daily costumes? Are you just in the vibe?
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  Speaker 3: That's right.
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  Speaker 2: Or you couldn't care less and you're just... reveling in
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  Speaker 2: the fact that the Vikes are 6-0 magically.
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  Speaker 4: Hey, there's nothing wrong with that.
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  Speaker 5: But I think he's reveling in thinking everything he puts
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  Speaker 5: on makes him sexy.
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  Speaker 6: Whatever I wear this week, that is my Halloween costume
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  Speaker 6: with sexy in front of it.
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  Speaker 3: I hate everything about you, Gabe.
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  Speaker 6: 701. I can't even with you.
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  Speaker 1: 701-280-1987. Choose your character.
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  Speaker 6: Halloweek Angie, Vibes Megan, or Sexy Gabe.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, my God. Come on. Big 98.7. This is Am
• 11:25
  Speaker 1: I the Problem? It's me. Hi. I'm the problem.
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  Speaker 5: It's me.
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  Speaker 1: We'll hear one side of the story and with your help.
• 11:34
  Speaker 1: Am I the problem?
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  Speaker 8: Decide if it's right or if maybe you're the problem.
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  Speaker 1: I'm hardly the problem. On Big 98.7.
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  Speaker 3: Don't get distracted by puppy TV.
• 11:46
  Speaker 2: We've got the TV on, and there's puppies.
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  Speaker 3: All over it.
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  Speaker 1: And we have lost Megan for the past two minutes.
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  Speaker 1: Megan's so cute.
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  Speaker 6: I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 3: I'm paying attention.
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  Speaker 4: I'm paying attention.
• 11:56
  Speaker 3: It's Am I the Problem? We've got to help Marla today.
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  Speaker 3: I'm here.
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  Speaker 2: Hi, Big 98.7 Morning Show team and everyone who is listening.
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  Speaker 2: My name is Marla, and I realize that Christmas will
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  Speaker 2: be here before we know it, and I'm hoping your
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  Speaker 2: listeners will be able to help me with the.
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  Speaker 3: Pickle I'm in.
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  Speaker 2: Through the years, my family has grown to five kids,
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  Speaker 2: nine grandkids, and nine great-grandkids.
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  Speaker 1: That's beautiful, actually.
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  Speaker 3: I love that.
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  Speaker 2: My husband and I are retired, and with our income
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  Speaker 2: now being reduced, we talked about reducing.
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  Speaker 3: Our gift list but aren't sure who to cut out.
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  Speaker 2: We thought of giving small gifts but didn't like the
• 12:35
  Speaker 2: idea of giving them something they won't want or need.
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  Speaker 2: I've even suggested drawing names for a secret Santa exchange,
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  Speaker 2: but no one jumped on board. I'm curious to hear
• 12:45
  Speaker 2: how your listeners with large families handle gift giving during
• 12:49
  Speaker 2: the holidays. Should we cut down on gift amounts, cut
• 12:52
  Speaker 2: back the lists, or even cut out all gifts? We're
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  Speaker 2: really looking for a solution.
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  Speaker 3: 701-280-1987.
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  Speaker 2: What advice do you have for Marla today as she
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  Speaker 2: prepares for Christmas and trying to gift for.
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  Speaker 3: A huge family?
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  Speaker 2: I'll tell you right now, don't give anybody anything. Don't
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  Speaker 2: give anyone anything. You've done enough, okay? You helped create
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  Speaker 2: this huge family. And I think they should be showering
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  Speaker 2: you with gifts, especially if you're on a reduced income now.
• 13:26
  Speaker 2: And they should be grateful that you're still in their
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  Speaker 2: lives at all. Don't give them anything, especially because no
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  Speaker 2: one jumped on board the Secret Santa Exchange.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you tried to have a solution.
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  Speaker 4: I'm really sad about that, actually.
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  Speaker 3: So you get nothing. You lose. Good day, sir. That's
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  Speaker 3: where my head is at.
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  Speaker 4: Merry Christmas. Bah humbug.
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  Speaker 1: We're done.
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  Speaker 3: What do you think? Do you have... something maybe less
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  Speaker 3: mean than whatever.
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  Speaker 1: I just said.
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  Speaker 3: 701-280-1987.
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  Speaker 1: Let us know.
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  Speaker 5: I'm very curious on the age of, well, you've got
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  Speaker 5: older grandkids now.
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  Speaker 4: So you got, cause you got great grandkids.
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  Speaker 5: So if you're going to narrow it down, I feel
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  Speaker 5: like it would be then the great grandkids. Who are
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  Speaker 5: the young ones? Like are the, The ones who like
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  Speaker 5: love Christmas the most. That's the ones that you focus on,
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  Speaker 5: at least.
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  Speaker 4: In my family.
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  Speaker 5: Because once we reach a certain age, then be like,
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  Speaker 5: you all go into one big thing and you draw
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  Speaker 5: a name.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: And you exchange gifts that way. You only have to
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  Speaker 5: purchase for one person. But if there's kids, but once
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  Speaker 5: they're like teenage age.
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  Speaker 3: Not for the teenagers.
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  Speaker 4: I was like, you know what? I never liked anything
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  Speaker 4: I got.
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  Speaker 7: Like, OK. Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Unless it was like a gift card or something. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: that's true.
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  Speaker 2: And any gift card worth anything probably sounds it sounds
• 14:40
  Speaker 2: like it's out of Marla's budget.
• 14:42
  Speaker 3: So maybe just like the little, little kid?
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  Speaker 4: That's what I'm thinking.
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  Speaker 6: No, here's what you do. You get the five adult
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  Speaker 6: something and the rest of the young kids get nothing.
• 14:50
  Speaker 6: Go to the thrift store, buy a bunch of spoons
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  Speaker 6: that they can play with.
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  Speaker 1: What? Kids don't need gifts. Have you ever seen a
• 14:57
  Speaker 1: kid on Halloween?
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  Speaker 6: They play with the, or on Christmas, they play with
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  Speaker 6: the box more than the actual present.
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  Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, actually, maybe that's the move then.
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  Speaker 6: Just go to the thrift store and buy some random
• 15:07
  Speaker 6: things that you know they'll play with and cost you nothing.
• 15:10
  Speaker 6: Just get the kids stuff. Them grandkids, you didn't ask
• 15:12
  Speaker 6: them to be in this world. Your kids, you did.
• 15:15
  Speaker 6: But them grandkids, you didn't. That's what I'd say.
• 15:19
  Speaker 4: I'm all about a good thrifting.
• 15:20
  Speaker 6: The reason I feel this way is there's a specific reason.
• 15:23
  Speaker 6: My parents have their first ever granddaughter ever. And I
• 15:27
  Speaker 6: know I'm getting zero for Halloween.
• 15:29
  Speaker 2: So I'm trying for Christmas and Halloween and every other.
• 15:33
  Speaker 6: I'm trying to manifest my own gifts this year.
• 15:36
  Speaker 3: Oh, okay. That's fair.
• 15:38
  Speaker 2: What advice do you have for Marla today as she
• 15:40
  Speaker 2: preps for the holidays? Should she just cut out giving
• 15:44
  Speaker 2: gifts altogether to her massive family, or is there a compromise?
• 15:51
  Speaker 1: Big 98.7.
• 15:55
  Speaker 2: Marla Roden asking for some help on how she's going
• 15:59
  Speaker 2: to get through Christmas this year in terms of gift giving.
• 16:03
  Speaker 2: Because she's retired. She and her husband are retired. She's
• 16:06
  Speaker 2: got five kids, nine grandkids, and nine great-grandkids.
• 16:11
  Speaker 3: And she's like, I can't afford all that. That's a lot.
• 16:13
  Speaker 1: That's a lot of gifts, yeah.
• 16:14
  Speaker 2: Yeah, so she wants some tips on how she can
• 16:17
  Speaker 2: gift-give this holiday season and it, like, work out and
• 16:21
  Speaker 2: not upset anybody.
• 16:22
  Speaker 4: Everybody's getting socks.
• 16:24
  Speaker 2: Oh, that's actually a dope gift.
• 16:27
  Speaker 6: Or one sock, and then on their birthday, they get
• 16:30
  Speaker 6: the matching one.
• 16:31
  Speaker 7: Jesus.
• 16:32
  Speaker 1: You got to really want them socks.
• 16:34
  Speaker 3: Wow.
• 16:36
  Speaker 4: What if the one was like the birthday was right before?
• 16:39
  Speaker 4: Like now you got to wait a whole year to
• 16:41
  Speaker 4: get the sock?
• 16:41
  Speaker 6: Or they all get the same sock. Just buy a
• 16:43
  Speaker 6: pack of 40. No one gets a unique sock. This
• 16:46
  Speaker 6: is why we.
• 16:47
  Speaker 2: Turn to you for advice on Am I the Problem?
• 16:51
  Speaker 3: Because all we got here is give them a bundle
• 16:54
  Speaker 3: of socks. We did have this up.
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: We have this up on the Big 98.7 Facebook page.
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: Jacqueline came in with a really great idea. Cut back
• 17:04
  Speaker 2: on gifts for the adult kids for sure. As an
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: adult and parent, I want the focus and magic of Christmas.
• 17:10
  Speaker 2: to be on my children, not myself.
• 17:12
  Speaker 3: Could never be me.
• 17:13
  Speaker 2: That still leaves you 18 people to potentially buy for.
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: I would maybe look at getting family gifts. For example,
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: get grandkids that are siblings a gift to.
• 17:23
  Speaker 3: Do as a family.
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: Like a movie night basket, game boards, etc. Something to
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: create more memories. This way you're buying the family of
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: grandkids slash great grandkids something to do together versus individual toys.
• 17:36
  Speaker 3: I mean, Jacqueline hit the nail on the head.
• 17:38
  Speaker 6: Fantastic.
• 17:38
  Speaker 3: That's an amazing suggestion.
• 17:41
  Speaker 6: Now, Crystal kind of was in line with you here, Angie.
• 17:43
  Speaker 6: She said, I was going to say the same thing.
• 17:45
  Speaker 6: I mean, if they can't afford it, you could just
• 17:48
  Speaker 6: do everyone gets a birthday gift. There's no point in
• 17:50
  Speaker 6: going any broker. So she's kind of with you have
• 17:52
  Speaker 6: just cut out all the gifts completely.
• 17:54
  Speaker 3: Yeah, just cut out all the gifts.
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: I think like one year in my family, I was
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: a broke broad. And I was like, everybody getting a
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: thoughtful handwritten card.
• 18:04
  Speaker 4: Okay.
• 18:06
  Speaker 3: And everyone agreed.
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: Like, yeah, let's all just do handwritten cards. And then
• 18:09
  Speaker 2: everybody else forgot except me. So I'm the only one who...
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: completed the assignment. And in the end, I looked like
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: a hero.
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: You were the Christmas hero.
• 18:16
  Speaker 3: I was the Christmas hero.
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: But yeah, like if you can't afford it, don't go
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: into debt just because you want to get gifts for people.
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: A thoughtful handwritten note goes a long way, especially from
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: a great grandparent.
• 18:28
  Speaker 5: I love all of those things. And Victoria, she texts in.
• 18:32
  Speaker 5: Cut out gifts altogether. I'm a family of 22. I'm
• 18:35
  Speaker 5: not expecting my parents to gift everyone. The rest of
• 18:37
  Speaker 5: the family draws names.
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: That's the best way to do it.
• 18:39
  Speaker 7: Yeah.
• 18:40
  Speaker 3: Drawing names is smart.
• 18:41
  Speaker 2: I'm mad that Marla's family didn't want to draw names
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: for Secret Santa.
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: I have another strategy for you. Here's what you do.
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: Here's what you do, okay?
• 18:49
  Speaker 6: You go buy like a $ 5 stock or a $ 5 bond.
• 18:53
  Speaker 6: And I say $ 5 in quotes because then down the
• 18:57
  Speaker 6: road you can say, oh, this will turn into you'll
• 18:59
  Speaker 6: be a millionaire. And then you just don't do it
• 19:01
  Speaker 6: at all, and you tell everyone it just didn't work out.
• 19:04
  Speaker 5: Jeez, you're terrible.
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: It's like, oh, I had to pay my electric bill instead.
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: Again, this is why we ask you to help out
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: when we do Am I the Problem?
• 19:19
  Speaker 8: Starting off the day with something good. This is Gabe's
• 19:22
  Speaker 8: Good News on Big 98.7.
• 19:26
  Speaker 6: And this is some good news from Fargo Davies Jr.
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: Luca Raut.
• 19:30
  Speaker 6: He just broke the North Dakota State cross-country course record,
• 19:35
  Speaker 6: winning the Class A boys title in 15 minutes, 13.6 seconds. Now,
• 19:42
  Speaker 6: if you don't know, that's roughly five minutes a mile,
• 19:45
  Speaker 6: in case you.
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: Wanted to feel.
• 19:47
  Speaker 6: bad about your own jog on the treadmill later today.
• 19:50
  Speaker 3: 15 minutes is my entire mile. Like, that's the game.
• 19:54
  Speaker 4: I'm like, wait, what?
• 19:56
  Speaker 6: Yeah, he also swept the distance races at the state
• 19:59
  Speaker 6: track meet back in May. So this dude's basically, like,
• 20:02
  Speaker 6: undefeated in running.
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: Take a listen. That was a... I was really happy
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: with that time.
• 20:07
  Speaker 7: I think it was just like when I go against
• 20:10
  Speaker 7: really good competition, I kind of go into the mindset
• 20:12
  Speaker 7: that like I'm here to win and that.
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: I won't let anybody beat me.
• 20:16
  Speaker 7: So I think big races like this, I can just
• 20:19
  Speaker 7: let it all out on the court.
• 20:20
  Speaker 6: Shanley senior Ethan Erickson, he took second in his final
• 20:24
  Speaker 6: statement as well, and he ran his best time ever
• 20:28
  Speaker 6: on the course. Davies did finish second as a team,
• 20:30
  Speaker 6: and Luca says they're coming back 10 times better for
• 20:34
  Speaker 6: next year.
• 20:35
  Speaker 4: My thought was always like, hey, at least I finished.
• 20:38
  Speaker 3: Yeah, right.
• 20:40
  Speaker 6: The line I need to cross. I can see it.
• 20:42
  Speaker 6: That's usually what I'm happy about.
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: So congratulations to him, though. A state record. A state record.
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: Very cool.
• 20:49
  Speaker 6: We'll have to see how long it sticks around because
• 20:50
  Speaker 6: what do they say about records? They're just meant to
• 20:52
  Speaker 6: be broken. So maybe he'll break his own record next year. Oh, dope.
• 20:55
  Speaker 6: The world is full of nice people. If you can't
• 20:57
  Speaker 6: find one, you got to be one. And broken crayons,
• 20:59
  Speaker 6: they still color.