1. When I was 16, I crossed a
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2. I finally got
my driver's license.
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3. The difference
between taking the bus
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4. and being able to drive
was obvious.
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5. Hey, Tasha, I'm going
down to Alby Square.
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6. You want to come?
Are you taking the bus?
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7. Yeah.
No.
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8. Did I mention I have
a two
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9. Hey, Tasha, I'm going
down to Alby Square.
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10. You want to come?
Yeah.
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11. I was just about to go there.
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12. Bye, Chris.
See you downtown.
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13. Back home at dinner,
the only thing
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14. I was hungry for was a car.
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15. Boy, this is
not a library.
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16. If it was, you'd be quiet.
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17. I'm sorry— I'm looking
for a good deal on a used car.
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18. A car?
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19. Yeah. Since I have my license,
I figured I should have a car.
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20. Did you figure
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21. I would tell you you were crazy?
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22. If Chris gets a car,
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23. can I have a football helmet?
For what?
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24. Because I don't want to be
on the street unprotected.
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25. I think you should get
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26. a Suzuki Samurai.
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27. That's because he thought
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28. the car came with a sword.
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29. But if you don't
get a Samurai,
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30. you should get a Audi 5000.
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31. That way, when
you leave a place,
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32. you're, like,
"Yo, I'm Audi 5000,
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33. and then you'd be in one—
that'd be cool.
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34. Chris is
not getting
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35. a car.
Come on, Ma,
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36. I saved up $300,
I got my license—
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37. what else do I need?
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38. My permission.
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39. $300? That's
a lot of dollars.
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40. 300, to be exact.
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41. If he's old enough to save up
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42. that kind of money,
he's old enough
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on what he wants.
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44. It's a good thing I was
too young for strip clubs.
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47. I soon found out that
buying a used car wasn't easy.
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48. You had to watch out for scams.
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49. $300? That car's gone.
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50. But we got this one.
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51. Only $15,000.
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52. $300 down, $300 a month
for 300 months.
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53. And some deals were
just too good to be true.
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54. That's right, little dude.
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55. This car is brand-new.
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56. And I'm gonna let you have it
for only $300.
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57. Hey, fool!
Get off my new car!
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58. All right, all right.
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59. But sometimes the best deals
are right under your nose.
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60. This car is you, nephew!
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61. Let me take another picture.
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62. Yeah... you are hot!
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63. That's it right there,
nephew, that's it.
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64. This is it.
I don't know.
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65. I think I want to look around
a little bit more.
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66. What for?
That's a good car.
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67. Radio works, no dents,
you got a spare in the back,
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68. and it only costs $300.
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69. Plus, you can't even see
the hole in the backseat
where the girl shot at me
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70. over a chicken sandwich.
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71. There's a lot of people
pay a lot more money
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72. for a car like that.
Then why haven't you
sold it already?
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73. Classified ads
are expensive.
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74. If you hadn't called me,
I would've kept it for myself.
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75. And trade it to somebody
for a sandwich.
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76. Hey, Chris. Did I just
see you driving that car?
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77. Yeah, I'm thinking
about buying it.
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78. Wow. You're buying a car?
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79. Yeah.
Look at you.
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80. Well, make sure I get a ride.
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81. Maybe we can go shopping.
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82. All right.
And you could spend
the rest of your money on her.
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83. I'll take it!
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85. I'm gonna go upstairs
and get a pen
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86. so I can sign over
the pink slip.
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87. Here. That's for you.
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88. Ha-ha!
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89. While I was checking out
my new ride,
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90. Drew was checking out
his new pen.
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91. Now you have clothes...
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92. now you don't.
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93. Drew. Let me
borrow that pen.
Huh?
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94. Let me borrow your pen.
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95. Oh, uh, this pen
doesn't work.
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96. I'll go get you one.
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97. That's not suspicious at all.
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98. Whew!
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99. And while Drew acted
like he wasn't hiding anything,
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100. Tonya was acting like my mom.
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101. I don't need this!
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102. My man has two jobs! Hmm.
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103. Someday she's
gonna make somebody
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104. a great ex-wife.
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105. Cigarettes?
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106. "Surgeon General's Warning:
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107. "Smoking causes lung cancer,
heart disease, emphysema,
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108. and may complicate pregnancy."
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109. Hmm. Good thing
they got these filters.
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110. While Tonya was dressing
like my mother,
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111. Drew was undressing his pen.
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112. While Drew was hiding his pen,
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113. my dad was trying
to find a winner.
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114. Lakemuffin?
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115. I wonder if he's related
to Seabiscuit.
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116. Hey, Dad.
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117. You got a pen?
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118. Uh... what do you
need a pen for?
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119. For Uncle Michael.
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120. Oh.
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121. No.
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122. What are you doing?
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123. Nothing.
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124. Nothing he wants you
to know about.
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125. Have you seen my
sports magazine?
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126. No.
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127. She better quit fake smoking,
or she'll get fake cancer.
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128. What are you
doing in here?
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129. I was playing.
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130. Play somewhere else.
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131. Go play with matches.
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132. Hey, Ma, do you have
a pen for Uncle Michael?
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133. I think there's one upstairs—
I'll go get it for you.
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134. Cool.
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135. Meanwhile, Tonya
was hiding cigarettes
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136. like she was in prison.
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137. Tonya?
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138. Do you have a pen?
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139. For what?
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140. For me not to smack
the smart out of you.
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141. Now, find a pen
and give it to Drew.
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142. Hey, babe.
Hey.
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143. Have you...
have we got a pen?
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144. You mean like this one?
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145. Okay. Thanks.
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146. Right there.
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147. Hey, man, you got that pen?
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148. Uh, Mom's bringing one.
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149. Here, Drew,
here's a pen.
Oh.
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150. Here you go, Uncle Michael.
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151. Sweet!
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152. Big man!
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153. Hey, Michael.
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154. Here's that pen, Drew.
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155. This house is full of pens!
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156. What's going on?
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157. Chris just bought my car!
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158. Congratulations.
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159. So, you got a car, huh?
Yeah.
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160. You sign that pink slip?
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161. Sure did.
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162. Here you go.
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163. Want to go for a drive?
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164. Yeah. Right after
you get it registered,
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165. pay the title transfer fees,
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166. get plates,
insurance.
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167. And you're gonna
need some gas.
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168. The only person more excited
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169. about me getting a car
was Greg.
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170. Oh, man, this is awesome!
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171. This isn't like
when you had your dad's car.
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172. This car's yours.
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173. We can go to the
shore to get girls,
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174. we can drive into
Manhattan to get girls,
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175. we can go to Coney
Island to get girls.
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176. You do realize it's still
gonna be us in the car, right?
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177. It doesn't matter—
cars equal girls.
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178. Every weekend and week night,
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179. this world's
gonna be our oyster.
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180. Sidekicks are always ready
to go at a moment's notice.
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181. They're never aware
of all the preparation
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182. the hero has to go through.
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183. Kemo sabe, people in that
town in big trouble.
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184. We go now.
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185. Whoa, whoa.
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186. Slow down, my eager
Indian friend.
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187. I need to get my guns,
shine my boots,
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polish my spurs,
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light a fire,
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kiss a girl...
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191. And round up
the rest of the Village People.
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192. I don't know how long it's
gonna be before I can even
afford to start it up.
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193. Plus, the price of gas
is insane right now.
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194. It's, like, 85 cents a gallon.
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195. Now it's 85 cents a drop.
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196. Well, whenever you're ready...
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197. I'll be ready.
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198. What's his issue?
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199. I was finally ready
to drive my car,
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200. and it was one of
the happiest days of my life.
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201. Say hello
to Uncle Remus for me.
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202. Hey, Chris!
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203. How you doing?
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204. What the...?
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205. At least
I'll save money on gas.
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206. While Greg was ready to drive
like Jeff Gordon,
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207. I was still riding the bus
like Rosa Parks.
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208. Dude, where's our car?
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209. That sounds like
the title of a movie.
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210. Oh. I couldn't drive it—
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211. someone stole my tires
last night.
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212. Oh, man, I think
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213. So, did you call the cops?
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214. When has that ever worked
for black people?
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215. Was there money in the tires?
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216. No.
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217. A baby?
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218. A baby in the tires?
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220. Was this baby black or white?
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221. There was no baby in the tires.
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222. Well, tell me, sir, exactly
what was in the tires?
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223. Air.
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225. White air?
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226. You'd be surprised.
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227. All right, fill this out,
and we'll see what we can do.
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228. Well, should I move it
so I don't get a ticket?
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229. Don't bother.
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230. Too late.
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231. Sometimes when my dad was at
work and the kids were asleep,
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232. my mom did something that
no one in the house knew about.
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233. She smoked.
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234. Where are my cigarettes?
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with losing something
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237. is you can't tell
anybody you lost it.
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238. Oh, excuse me, Officer.
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239. I'd like to file a report
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241. I know they were in here.
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242. Did you find
my cigarettes, Julius?
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244. My mom said my dad
couldn't bet on the numbers.
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245. She never said anything about
those numbers being on horses.
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246. Even though
I couldn't drive my car,
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to music that I liked.
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249. I could adjust the seat
the way I wanted it.
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250. Best of all,
when I was in my car,
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252. Boy, get out
of that car.
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253. It's getting late.
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254. Meanwhile, my mother wasn't
the only one hiding a secret.
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255. The only place his money could
be hidden better was Pakistan.
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260. My father was like the police.
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261. He entered, then knocked.
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262. Even though
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being a car owner.
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will break into a car
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268. Ahh!
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269. Ooh.
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270. Look, a brick.
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271. I told you a car was
a big responsibility.
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272. What did they
take this time?
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273. They took the radio,
a box of tissues,
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ashes in the ashtray.
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276. No, the ashes in the ashtray.
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still in there.
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279. Yeah,
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and textbooks.
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they steal those?
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282. They take them and sell them
in the white neighborhoods.
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283. Along with aqua socks
and yoga mats.
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284. So what I'll do now?
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285. Fill out this form and
we'll see what we can do.
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286. Which means, "Now that
you've wasted my time,
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some of yours."
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288. Back at school,
I was showing up later
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289. than a black man
at a custody hearing.
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290. Dude, you're really late.
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291. This isn't a custody
hearing, you know.
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292. I know. You won't
believe what happened.
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293. Somebody broke into your car
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294. and stole your textbooks
and homework?
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295. Here.
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297. I didn't find them.
I bought them.
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298. I was trying to get some bootleg
college textbooks from this guy
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299. and he offered to throw
these in for half price.
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300. You owe me ten bucks.
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301. Well, you're gonna have
to wait because I'm broke.
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302. I mean, I never
imagined having a car
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303. would be this much trouble.
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304. I've haven't even
driven it yet
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me a fortune.
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306. I'm just gonna
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309. What about the girls?
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310. What about
Coney Island?
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311. Greg, my car doesn't
even have tires.
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312. Dude, that
doesn't matter.
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on this car, it means
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314. you're giving up on me,
and that's not happening.
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315. Kiss my ascot!
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316. It had taken longer
than I thought,
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317. but I finally had everything
I needed to hit the road.
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318. Thanks for the loan, Doc.
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319. I figured it's worth it.
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320. I get a reliable ride and
a driver when I need it.
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321. Oh, I'll take you
wherever you want to go.
As long as
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323. Let's roll.
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324. What's the matter?
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325. It won't start.
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326. Looks like you out of gas.
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327. But the tank was full.
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328. Well...
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329. I see the problem.
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330. Looks like you getting siphoned.
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331. I would get out, but he'd
probably just rob me.
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332. Later, I went and got gas
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333. and now I really had everything
I needed to get on the road.
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334. Everything except a car.
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335. The cops got used
to coming to my house
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336. more than O.J. and Nicole's.
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337. It was right there.
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338. Was there money in it?
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339. No.
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341. No! There was no
money and no baby.
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342. It was just my car.
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stand there and write,
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do something?
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348. Do something?
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353. Yeah, I'll be right back.
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that pack of cigarettes
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a hole in my pocket.
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of cigarettes in my drawer.
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Yeah, I don't
know whose they are,
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and I don't want to get
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so here you go.
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367. Not mine.
They're not mine.
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They're mine!
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says you can't...
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373. I know what he says. It's
written on the side of the box.
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375. Yeah. If there was a sign
on the side of our dinner
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cancer and birth defects,
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the salad out of us
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us eating it.
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380. Oh, well,
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your lungs removed.
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Okay, fine,
fine, fine.
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caused my mother
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than not smoking.
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389. Happy now?
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been hiding this?
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you been hiding this?
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Mmm.
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feels about this.
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a naked-lady pen.
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399. Secretly, he was happy
it wasn't a naked-man pen.
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got in my drawer.
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404. Well, I didn't put them there.
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Tonya, if
you were
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help me...
Mama, I wasn't smoking.
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stuff and I found them
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410. and Daddy almost caught me,
so I hid them in Chris's room
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trouble instead of me.
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through your stuff
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my racing form.
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Mmm.
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doing something
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no business doing.
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424. and the next thing you know,
nobody's business
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426. Are you gonna
put me on punishment?
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427. Is that your business? No!
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428. You'll find out
what happens to you
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429. when it happens to
you. Now go upstairs.
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430. After Tonya got busted,
the cops finally found my car.
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431. Unfortunately,
it was a lost cause.
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432. They even stole the paint?
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433. I'm sorry, Chris.
Tell you what.
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like a nice kid.
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435. I'll give you $50 for it.
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for scrap metal.
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439. But since you owe me $40
for the tow, I'll give you $10.
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440. $11.00.
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443. Deal.
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444. Oh, yeah. You got some, uh,
some cans and junk in the trunk.
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446. Too late.
JLo's already got it.
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448. You can have it.
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449. All right.
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450. At the end of the day,
I ended up
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for my first car,
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452. I never got to drive it,
but I was taken for a ride.
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453. Now, here's a feel-good story
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454. we like to call
"Junkyard Treasure."
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455. It happened this afternoon
when this man, Miguel Rodriguez,
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lot in Bed-Stuy,
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457. found $5,000 in the trunk
of an old Camaro.
What?
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458. I bought the car off
some kid for $10.75.
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459. Eh? An-and I asked him if he
wanted anything in the trunk,
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460. and he told me to keep it.
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461. So I looked inside this little
can and found I $5,000!
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462. Ain't this about a...!
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