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... that was Keith. He- he did that." I said, "Don't let him touch it again." I says, "As soon as this fails you phone me," you-know? Yes, I'm an hour away but- no I- |
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Interviewer: How many boyfriends have (inc)? Speaker: And I says- yeah. And I says, "Look," I says, "I'm not trying to get into your pants. Why didn't you phone me and let me come up and do it. It is my house. But I- Yes, it's your home, but it still is my house. |
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She says, "Oh I'm moving out at the end of the lease," and I said- you-know I was amicable type-of-thing, I says, "Okay, fine. I mean, no problem." I says, "you're all paid up," type-of-thing, "you're not delinquent in any way, but I was not- I was contemplating not extending your lease anyway because I was getting a little- this- these guys showing up," you-know, I says, "Why don't you just put a red light in the side of the house," you-know, type-of-thing. I says, "You could see it- for- for miles," you-know, type-of-thing. |
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Speaker: ... because she liked to go to psychics and she says, "Oh, the psychic says I'm gonna- I'm gonna be ah- I'm gonna have six- six kids." She says "I don't want six kids!" "Well, you have three already." Interviewer: You can do something to- Speaker: Type-of-thing, yeah I says, "You got three al--" yeah, type-of-thing. I says- and- and well- but my- this is someone else- someone else's lifestyle and I- I mean who am I to- you-know I mean according to the lease I can't- Interviewer: You can't do anything about that. |
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So you-know, we talk a little bit as this is going on and you see the second plane come in and- and hit the second tower, and I said to him, I says- I says, "That's live. That's not- that's not repeat. That's live footage," and I says, "They're under attack." I says, "That's not- that's no accident." I says- I says, "If- if they're saying that one plane hit the first tower and that plane hit the second tower, that's no accident," I says, "They're under attack." |
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And you-know t-- right- right then and there I says, "They're under attack. Terrorism, whatever, they're under attack." Terrorism, whatever, they're under attack." And he says- now I says, "Who else? How many el-- how many else- how many others are up there?" And then you find out later type-of-thing, the rest of the story and who's what ... |
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... I didn't wish it on anybody, but I- you-know, I says, "I can- I know why they're- I know why you- they did it, and unfortunately, you can't see it. You don't see it, do you?" You s-- you know, "You can't see why people do this to you. You- you ask for it, you- know?" |
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... I was watching the you-know, the you-know, stock-market, the news report, you-know, the business report type-of-thing and someone- and the guy mentioned, and I says, "I don't even know we had that problem," you-know, along with other- other things. And I says, "Well," I says, "Well, it's okay," type-of-thing, I says, "I just found Americans to be just too arrogant and rude and I don't hate them but I tolerate them when I see them. Be polite." |
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Here's the key, we'll leave the food. You-know, once a day type-of-thing, go in, you-know, and feed the cats, type-of-thing, check on the gerbils and whatever. I says, "Okay, fine." it's been a long time since I've been in one of those houses. And sure enough, I go next door you-know, to do my d-- and I open up the door and I walk in and I go, "Geez this place is small ... |
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East coasters. Everyone- everyone who has rented the farm, I says, "Where you from," type-of-thing. "Oh, originally from the east-coast." I went, "Okay," you-know, "either New-Brunswick, Nova--" they're all east coasters. |
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... but she was getting Canadian pension you see, type-of-thing. And she had- she took a heck of a lot of money with her type-of-thing. Almost two- two- hundred-thousand with her went. And I says, "Yeah, Yugoslav-- you know what that two- hundred-thousand dollars would buy?" You-know, type-of-thing. |
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I'm sitting on the porch, the dog will run up and run-- run up the porch to see me type-of-thing. I says, "Hey, you like me don't you, yeah?" type-of-thing, "'Cause I scratch your bum." Um, I saw her type-of-thing walking her dog up and she says- I says, "Oh," I says, "Jessie you going for a walk in the park?" |
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She says, "I'm not walking," she says, "you're not going to the park." I says, "Why- why not?" She says, "Well, she ate something there the last time (inc) chicken bone or something like that, she got sick." |
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Speaker: ... I go to the fence and I look. Damn! Somebody's skating out there! And it wasn't just a little pond. I says, "Geez it's a- one hell of an area!" Interviewer: Was it just natural? Speaker: It pe-- no it's the neighbours. |
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Speaker: I didn't go over to see how big it was, but I says, "That's as big as a rink that they used to put up when the-" And I says, "Who put that," I says, "That wasn't put up by the city." No- Interviewer: No, 'cause they would- it would get sued if someone hurt themselves. |
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... it was just a week ago, looked out the back window, sunny day, was three jays in the backyard and I says- I said, "Ah they're back," I says, "Oh- oh goody. Oh good thank the lord their back," type-of-thing. I say, "They haven't wiped them out." And the same thing with the chickadees. |
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Interviewer: You had a big cat. Speaker: Which- and he- okay finally type-of-thing, passed away, and it was, "Should we get another cat?" And I says, "No," I says- I says, "Twenty-two years of- you-know, which is a long- long time for a cat. Twenty-two years," I says, "Well," I says, "Well we'll- we'll pass on that for- for a little while." |
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... she comes over, she says, "Is Puffin there?" I says, "Yes, puffin's here. Puffin spends the night. She's got her spot," you-know, type-of-thing. If we can find her, she moves around, you-know, type-of- thing, I says, "Don't worry, Puffin's fine. Yes it's forty below zero, but she lives here." |
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Speaker: She spent half her time there and half her time here. I says, "Look-" Interviewer: Joint custody. Speaker: Yeah, I says, yeah basically, I says, "We got the cat." I says, "If you want your cat, if you're looking for your cat, if you're concerned about your cat, it's over here. it's over here." |
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If there was something wrong with the cat, I took it back next door and said, "there's something wrong with your cat. Okay, you- you handle it." I says, "I'll buy food," okay. |
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