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Guaranteed Human.

Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio

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Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

Armstrong and Getty.

And now here's Armstrong and Getty.

There's just announced that 7-Eleven will close 645 U.S. stores this year.

The company explained that personal consumption had softened, particularly low-income households as inflation continued to weigh on spending.

Yes, that's how bad things are in America.

Folks can't afford to eat at 7-Eleven.

What's next?

Are Americans going to be forced to limit themselves to a sensible gulp?

Damn it, this is America.

I do not believe I should have to drink from any cup I couldn't possibly also drown in.

Oh my God, I saw somebody, I saw several people over the week, but I saw somebody carrying around this trash can of coal of some sort.

I mean, the size of these things.

And we have a 7-Eleven, a brand new one that opened near us like a year so ago.

It's nice.

It's in a nicer area, town next to us, and is new and clean, and it's fantastic.

My view of 7-Elevens is often because it's been in a bad neighborhood, and it's been

there for so long, and it's grimy.

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