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Hi everybody, welcome to a new episode

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of Easy English. So, as you can see,

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we're back in Brighton and so that means

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we're going to bring you more

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conversations with strangers. [music]

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Here you're going to be able to pick up

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conversations with strangers. Here we

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go.

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>> Hello. How are you? Hi. How's it going?

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Yeah, I'm good. How are you?

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I'm not bad, thanks. Uh excuse me. Yeah.

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Hi. How's it going? I'm good, thanks.

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How's it going? Yeah, I'm pretty good,

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thanks. Excuse me.

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Hi. Hi.

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How are you doing? Very well, thank you.

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Yeah, how's it going? Having a nice day

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today? Pardon? Having a nice day today?

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>> Uh we're having a walk. Yeah, back's not

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killing me at the moment, so I'm fine.

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>> [laughter]

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>> Yes.

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Excuse me.

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Hi. Oh, hello.

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>> [laughter]

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>> Great acting skills.

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Oh,

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sorry.

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Uh excuse me. Hi.

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>> Hi. How's it going?

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>> Yeah, not bad. How are you? Yeah, I'm

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good. Sorry to interrupt today. Um

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what are you What are you up to? Um I'm

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just walking around Brighton with my

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friend. We've just moved, so having a

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look around. Ah, you Ah, you say you've

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just moved?

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>> Yes. Wow, okay. And where did you move

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from? Uh well, I only moved from 20

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minutes away. Um but there's a few of

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us. We all were in Bristol before, so

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we've technically moved from Bristol.

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How's it going? Good, thanks. You're

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good? Yeah. Yeah. Having a nice day

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today in Brighton? Yeah, we've just come

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from the gym. Excuse me.

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Hi. Hi. Uh sorry to interrupt your

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worries, man. How's your day going? It's

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going all right, thank you. Yeah? Yeah.

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What are you up to today in Brighton?

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Taking my daughter to see the Life

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Centre today. Ah, cute. How old is your

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daughter?

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>> she's nearly two. Nearly two years old,

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okay. And does she have a Did she It was

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her request or your suggestion? Uh my

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suggestion. We've taken her before, but

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she was a little bit younger and she

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really likes fish, so we thought it's a

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no-brainer to take her. Any fish

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specifically or Uh any fish like sharks,

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but I'm not sure we're going to have

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much luck seeing lots of sharks in

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there, but uh I think she'll just like

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the bright colorful fish.

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>> What are you up to today? Exactly. I'm

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uh walking down the this seafront and

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we're going to go play golf where the

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big gorilla is. Ah, yes, some

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uh crazy golf.

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>> Crazy golf, yeah. Nice. Is uh are you

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from Brighton? Um yes.

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>> You are from Brighton, but you've never

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done the crazy golf in Brighton? I've

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done it once on my birthday. My parents

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took me.

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>> [laughter]

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>> Okay. It's like bucket list things you

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kind of have to do in Brighton, I guess.

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>> Yes, it is essential. Are you walking to

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anywhere specifically or just focusing

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on the walking there?

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>> No, I I've I've come from

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Hove Lagoon and I tend I used to walk

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all the way along to the marina. Wow,

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how long is that? It's quite a bit. Oh,

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it's

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2 miles.

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Yeah, it's 2 miles there, 2 miles back,

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it's 4 miles. No, no, it's 4 miles

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there, 4 miles it's 8 miles. Wow, okay.

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But that's quite a bit of time you've

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invested into this walking. Oh, well,

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it's what you do.

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>> [laughter]

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>> Not working, so I don't have to do any

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of that. How's it going? Oh, great.

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Yeah, how's it going [laughter] with

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you? Yeah, I'm really good, thanks. You

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How's your day going? Are you Have you

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got any plans? Yeah. We're going to go

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to a cafe and we're going to have some

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cake and a catch-up cuz we haven't seen

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each other in like 6 months.

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>> yeah. Oh, really?

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Wow. So, one of you is from here and the

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other not or

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Actually, I'm from here and I go to uni

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here, but you go to uni's. Bristol, but

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I'm also from here. Yeah, I'm back for

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the holidays and we're Yeah. Crossing

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over. Cuz last holiday you were busy.

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You were in Poland. Oh, yeah. I forgot

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about that. You've got a good memory.

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And so then what are you up to with your

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day? Um we're just going on a wander,

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finding a cafe.

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Um what else are we going to do?

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>> It's a nice day for that, isn't

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>> Yes, gorgeous, so sunny, really warm. Um

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and then yeah, get a coffee and go to

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the library.

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You go to the library, okay. Wow, you've

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got a fun-packed day. Yes, busy. So,

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what are you doing now? Are you going to

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treat yourself now you've done a gym

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session?

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>> Well, we're going home for lunch.

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>> Going home for lunch. Is that treating

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yourself? Not sure. Yeah, it depends

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what you have for lunch, isn't it?

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Leftovers? [laughter]

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Yeah, nice. And then after lunch, what

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are you going to do? Have you Uh I don't

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know. I'll probably do the housework.

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What about you, Megan?

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Um probably a Mm, I'm going to continue

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with the nothing with the nothing

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[laughter] that I've been Yeah, it's not

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school holidays. Yeah, fair enough.

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Nothing is something when you're on

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holiday. Come for a little walk. I've

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visited an old friend of mine

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and I've bought some hand cream cuz my

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hands were getting a bit dry. Nice. Are

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you from Brighton? Uh I grew up in

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Lewes. Okay. So, very close by, but I've

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lived here for about 15 years.

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>> And uh what have you got planned for

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later today after the Sea Life Centre?

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What How are you going to treat

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yourself? Uh I don't know. I think it's

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just nice to have

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a Tuesday Is it Tuesday today? Yeah,

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have [laughter] a have a Tuesday off of

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off of work and stuff and spend time

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with my family. So, yeah, just family

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day. We'll spend as long as we can in

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the

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uh in the Sea Life Centre and they might

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even go over to the pier and go on the

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slot machines and stuff, so. Sounds

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nice.

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>> Yeah, a nice chilled-out day with the

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family, it'll be good. And uh what What

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are you up to tonight then after you

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finish crazy golf? Uh we're going to go

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eat at a Japanese restaurant. Oh,

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really? Yeah.

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I love Japanese food.

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>> [laughter]

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>> What's What's What's it called? Uh Sushi

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Garden, I think. Sushi Garden, nice.

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What's your order at Sushi Garden? I

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quite like, say, seafood ramen. Seafood

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Oh, really? Nice. Yeah, I'm also a big

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ramen fan. Mm. So then what What have

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you got planned for later on tonight

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then after you've done your walk?

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Collapsing in the heat, probably.

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>> [laughter]

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>> Get refreshed, reading the paper, and

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watching the news. Oh god, why would you

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do that to yourself?

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>> [laughter]

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>> And so you guys are just catching up

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over a coffee or so? Yeah.

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Cafe [laughter] and hopefully a lot of

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cake.

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>> Yes. Nice. And where Whereabouts are you

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going to? The Reading Rooms. Oh yeah, I

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heard of this place. And where Where is

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it? Could you direct me to the Reading

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Rooms? Directly along here and then to

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your left. Great. Okay, nice.

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>> Elizabethan or Edwardian Edwardian or

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tea and coffee room.

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And um then what about later tonight

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then? Do you have any plans? Watching

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some TV.

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>> Yeah? And uh

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make a nice meal. What are you watching

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at the moment? Um we're going to watch

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Laugh Out Loud. No, Last One Laughing.

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Oh yeah, right. I love that. Bob

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Mortimer. Yes. Oh, he's so good. And Sam

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Campbell. And Sam Campbell. Oh yeah, Sam

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Campbell also. And what are you up to

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tonight then after the relaxing or just

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more and more relaxing?

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>> I don't know. We haven't got any special

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plans. Don't have any special plans.

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Probably for a bit of telly. Probably a

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bit of telly telly, yeah. Fair enough.

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We started to watch a film last night.

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We'll probably watch the end of the

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film.

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>> Did we? Oh, we did. Yeah.

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Ah, you are well and truly lost in this

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with Easter holiday.

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>> [laughter]

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>> How long do you want that to continue?

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>> I hope you have a nice uh rest of your

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walk. So, which way are you going? Are

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you heading back to Hove?

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>> I'm decided, yeah. I might get

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enthusiastic and go that way a bit.

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Just to go along to the um

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the the the lift. Whether they're going

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to might not.

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>> [laughter]

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>> I might probably go up in through the

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I ran for building to see how far they

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got. Nice. Ah yeah, I might go check out

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this building now too. It's been nice to

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meet you. Fine. Have a nice rest of your

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day. Thank you very much, you too. All

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right.

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Anyways, nice to meet you. Have a nice

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rest of your day. Yeah, pleasure. Thank

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you very much.

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>> man. Take care. Thank you very much.

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Nice to meet you.

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>> no worries. Have a nice day. See you

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later. Thanks. Thanks for the

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recommendation. All right.

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Have a nice rest of your day. Thank you,

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you too. All right.

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>> [laughter]

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>> Okay, well, I hope you enjoyed having a

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nice time catching up. Nice to meet you.

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Nice to meet you, too. All right. Bye.

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Thank you very much for your your time.

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You Nice to meet you, too. All right,

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thanks. Thanks. All right, cheers. Nice.

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Well, hopefully you have a nice rest of

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your day. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet

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you, too. Bye.

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