1. Perfect.
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2. Hello, my name
is Joe Pera.
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3. - We got to go.
- What?
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4. We got to get out of town.
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5. Grab your bug-out bag and be
in my truck in 90 seconds.
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6. What's going on?
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7. I'm not sure.
We just need to leave.
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8. Okay.
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9. You want me to bring
those leftovers?
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10. No!
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11. Let's go visit
the Melskys.
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12. I don't know the answer,
but that's not it.
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13. Yeah.
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14. I couldn't believe it yesterday
when they brought up
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15. arming us teachers at
the faculty meeting.
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16. Just a conversation,
I guess.
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17. There have been a lot
of school shootings this year.
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18. You teaching choir
with a gun?
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19. Society's sick.
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20. Then I got home and saw
how far down the market was.
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21. People are losing faith.
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22. Chinese manufacturing's
slowing, sure,
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23. but that big a dip
in a week?
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24. I couldn't sleep
at all last night.
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25. Sorry.
If you had called,
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26. I could have told you
some quiet facts
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27. about how the first known
chairs date back
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28. to ancient Egypt,
5,000 years ago.
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29. What did people sit
on before then?
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30. Stools, floors,
the ground.
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31. Well, lucky for you, I got
some folding chairs in the back.
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32. I just feel like something's
going to happen soon,
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33. and I just want to be as far
away as possible from people.
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34. Okay.
Camping sounds fun.
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35. Maybe we'll see
that three-antler deer
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36. there's been rumors about.
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37. Sarah's fears, although
abstract, aren't unwarranted.
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38. This area has known
its share of tragedies,
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39. many of them fire related.
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40. Our St. Peter's Cathedral
burnt down in 1879,
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41. and then again in 1935.
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42. The Presbyterian church
on Front Street
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43. burned in 1931.
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44. And in the Great Fire
of Marquette,
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45. more than 100 buildings
went up in flames.
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46. So I suppose I understand
her impulse
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47. to want to get away.
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48. Every now and then,
the town goes up in flames.
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49. Besides, it's really
nice out here.
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50. Bummer.
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51. Didn't spot
the three-antler deer.
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52. Joe, what is this?
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53. Aren't you?
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54. You definitely took something
important out of the bug-out bag
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55. so this could fit.
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56. I'm sorry.
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57. It's Okay.
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58. I'm gonna see if I can catch us
something for dinner.
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59. When you get back, there'll be
a great fire to cook it on.
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60. All right.
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61. I'd love to make
this thing freaking huge.
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62. You'd probably like
to see that to.
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63. Where does that urge come from?
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64. If I had to say one sentence
that most people in the world
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65. would probably agree with,
it'd be, "Fire is cool."
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66. When the First Baptist Church
burned down in 1965,
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67. many people in Marquette
brought sandwiches and coffee
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68. and made a day out of watching
the church burn down.
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69. Why? They were probably
just trying to figure out
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70. why so many of our town's
churches burn down.
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71. In this case,
it was an overheated pipe.
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72. But folks can get imaginative
connecting dots,
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73. like Gene's friend, Timeric,
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74. who thinks the three-antler
deer is an Old Testament demon.
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75. I got a rainbow trout
and brown trout.
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76. Amazing. It's like the lake
knew our fish order.
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77. Can I give you a hand?
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78. It's dinnertime.
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79. Any news?
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80. Nothing on the radio.
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81. You still feel like
something's going to happen?
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82. I don't know.
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83. Well, how many yams
do you want?
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84. You think I'm going to eat more
than one of those?
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85. Did you know that the discovery
of cooking food
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86. made our brains bigger?
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87. I did.
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88. That was, what,
400,000 years ago?
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89. Yeah.
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90. So imagine how much smarter
you'd get if you ate two yams.
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91. I'm not gonna eat
two yams.
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92. Lucky me.
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93. Fish fry two nights
in a row.
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94. Did you go by yourself again
last night?
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95. It's tradition.
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96. I know I'm not your
grandmother,
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97. but I'll go with
you next Friday
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98. if I can get out of
detention duty.
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99. Only if you promise
to call me next time
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100. you get uneasy feelings
like you had last night.
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101. Sorry if you don't want to,
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102. but is there someone else
you could talk to?
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103. Yeah.
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104. Talking with Gene helps me
when I'm wound up.
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105. One time, I almost
didn't chaperone
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downstate
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107. because I accidentally watched
"Final Destination 5."
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108. I was horrified
the Mackinac Bridge
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109. would collapse
when the bus went over.
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110. But Gene said, "Don't worry,
the bridge will collapse."
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111. Well, how did he know?
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112. I don't know.
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113. Why did you trust him?
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114. Don't you trust people?
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115. No, not in
a general sense.
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116. I mean, you know why.
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117. After my brother was trampled,
I just wanted to be alone,
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118. I didn't walk
over a kid.
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119. My parents got distant
and I just...
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120. learned to do
things myself.
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121. Was that when you started
hoarding soap under your bed?
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122. Yeah.
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123. You know, I liked
to do other stuff, too.
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124. I read a lot of books
and played a lot of video games.
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125. Very cool.
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126. You know
I played my French horn.
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127. What about
your stand partners?
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128. You get along with them?
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129. Mm. French horn players
are weirdos.
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130. Then I joined ROTC
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131. to toughen up and learn
some survival skills,
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132. but I didn't buy in.
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133. It's so funny to
think of you as a goth in ROTC.
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134. Yeah, we're actually
pretty all right with it,
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135. but I didn't make
any real connections.
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136. There was this guy
in the unit.
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137. You remember that song
"Last Resort" by Papa Roach?
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138. - Yes.
- So, when it would come on,
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139. he'd make everyone laugh
by putting a gun in his mouth
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140. and thrashing his head
to the beat.
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141. What?
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142. Oh, my gosh.
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143. I hope he's doing
all right.
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144. I don't think people
are bad, just —
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145. Hi, Gene.
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146. Oh, crap.
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147. Apple turnovers are two
for one at Econofoods.
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148. I can't right now.
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149. How is everything else?
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150. Great. I sold two chairs
this week.
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151. Congrats.
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152. I'll call you soon,
but thanks for having my back.
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153. Well...
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154. All's well.
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155. And we got apple turnovers
waiting for us.
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156. I appreciate
you going with me on this.
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157. Yeah.
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158. You're a person of action.
I appreciate that.
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159. And also how you know
how to do stuff.
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160. Except for season food.
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161. We're cooking with butter.
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162. Not enough.
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163. Here.
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164. I got some salt and pepper
in my pocket.
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165. I could probably stand
to make some friends.
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166. During Marquette's
Great Fire of 1868,
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167. Peter White,
the prominent local businessman
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168. after whom our library
is named,
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banking records and cash
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170. and sent them out
on a boat onto the lake
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171. with several employees,
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until the disaster had passed.
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173. Marquette's business records
survived
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174. and made it possible
to begin rebuilding
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175. the downtown
almost immediately.
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176. This is the only good thing
a banker has done.
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177. Just a few days later,
photographer
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Steve Lindberg
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three-antler deer.
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