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Hello and welcome to Dear Hank and John.

Or as I prefer to think of it, Dear John and Hank.

It's a comedy podcast where two brothers answer your questions,

give you dubious advice, and bring you all the week's news from Morrison to F. C. Wimbledon. Oh, boy. Is that Dracula?

John, if pronouncing my, my bees like they are vs, makes me sound Russian, then Soviet.

Ah, I see where you, I see how you put this all together. How are you doing?

I'm good. I'm a little embarrassed.

You should be.

Not least, other than that, I'm doing okay.

I don't think it was quite far east enough to be fully Russian, but that's neither here nor

there. You're doing your best. I'm doing my best. I'm feeling

okay, you know? I just, it's when there are certain times I've been sick when it just takes a long time to get better.

And it's a little, you're a little better every week and that's all that matters.

This bout with shingles has lasted almost as long as your bout with cancer.

Don't think I haven't thought about it.

People always say, like, you know, you got a pretty easy with cancer.

Maybe, maybe like you learned enough that it was worth it.

But this is an example of how it probably wasn't.

I'm not sure people always say that.

Do people say that to you?

People have to me several times.

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