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Paralympic stories you know and those you'll be hard-pressed to forget. I did something

in 88 that hasn't been beaten. Oh gosh, the U.S. Olympic trials

is the hardest and most competitive meat in the world.

We are athletes.

We are going out there, smashing into each other, full force.

Listen to the podium on the I Heart app or your favorite podcast platform weekly and every day during the games to hear the Olympics like you've never quite heard them before.

Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

Good morning.

This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is to buy a box of birthday cards.

You can celebrate more people in your life by making thoughtfulness a lot easier.

So plenty of people wish their friends and relations a happy birthday with a text or email and there is nothing wrong with that.

However, it is still fun to get a little something in the mail.

It feels slightly more permanent than those disappearing bits of

electronic confetti. If you send holiday cards then you already have a lot of people's mailing addresses.

If you pay attention on social media, or even just keep a running list somewhere,

you probably know a lot of people's birthdays.

So theoretically you could send a card a few days before,

so it reaches the birthday boy or girl on time.

The problem? Most people don't have birthday cards sitting around.

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