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Roderick on the Line

Ep. 298: "Private Road"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Merlinmann, Thelongwinters, Johnroderick, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2018

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

The Cal Ripken of Time.

The Problem: Here’s how you clever-manage John.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello. Hi John.

0:05.0

Hi John.

0:07.0

Hi, Merlin.

0:08.0

How's it going?

0:09.0

Good, I'm sorry I'm a little late.

0:11.0

Oh, no, never. Ah. good I'm sorry I'm a little late oh no never I you know I like to be on time do you I kind of do

0:18.6

I have been I don't think you like it. No, you're right.

0:23.0

I think you like to leave things, much like myself,

0:28.2

you do things on your own terms.

0:29.8

You decide when it's time to jump on the plane or jump off of the train you know riding the

0:34.7

rails but you know I have an affliction I have an albatross what What is it? Well I'm me. Mr. Crystal

0:47.0

Crystal Blue persuasion. That's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit. They, my albatross is, and I've said this before, but I like to repeat this message for the young people,

0:58.8

for the teens and the youths.

1:00.6

Yeah, well, you know, that's who we're doing this show for is the youth.

1:03.7

This is the you know millennials love this show.

1:05.8

I know they do.

1:06.8

Oh first to Side Check I only realized today that I'm one year away from being a

1:12.2

baby boomer.

1:13.0

Is that strange?

1:14.0

Oh, come on.

1:15.0

Do you think?

1:16.0

Officially, the baby boom is like 45 to 65.

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