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forward slash mobile. This is Steve Allen's A Little Bit Extra. Leading Britain's conversation.

You're listening to our podcast of Steve Allen.

Morning everybody. Welcome along to your free podcast for today. Can you believe Wednesday,

August the 3rd. Oh my goodness me. It is so nice. Do you know I thought it was going to rain yesterday?

I really thought it was going to rain. I looked up to the heavens. I thought I'm having one of those pivotal moments. And I looked up and I thought,

you know, wouldn't it be lovely if it rained just a tiny bit?

Because all I keep hearing from people on my programme in the morning, early breakfast,

four till seven, you're most welcome.

We're open Monday through Friday, half day on Wednesday.

And it's a case of everybody going, oh, we've had torrential rain, Steve, in Manchester,

or in Edinburgh we've had that. And I'm thinking, well, we haven't had any at all.

All I want is a little bit of rain.

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