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Roderick on the Line

Ep. 354: "The Hands of Control"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Johnroderick, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Thelongwinters, Merlinmann

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2019

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

The Titular Pipeline.

The Problem: John always got free matches.

(Recorded on Monday, September 30, 2019.)


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0:00.0

Hello.

0:06.0

Hi, John.

0:08.0

Hi, Merlin.

0:09.0

How's it going?

0:10.0

Oh, it's good.

0:12.0

It's going good.

0:13.0

Listen, I can say something up front.

0:15.0

I got to warn you.

0:17.0

I got to do something I almost never do. I just don't do, but it's something I've got to do something. I got to do something I almost never do.

0:24.3

I just don't do, but it's something I've got to do.

0:33.9

I might have to take a call during the recording, but I will let you hear my end of the call.

0:34.7

Okay, okay.

0:35.3

Is that fair? That's great.

0:35.8

No, that's great.

0:36.6

That's wonderful.

0:57.8

I'm having... I know you got stuff to do, business. No, no, no, no. No, no. No, no. It's the junk guys are going to come for my junk. Oh, yeah. And it's a therapeutic thing I do every once in a while. And they call it a confirm. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. They call it confirmed. So you've built up some junk.

0:55.1

Yeah. every once in a while, and they call it a confirm. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

0:56.3

They call it confirm, yeah.

0:57.8

So you've built up some junk?

0:59.3

Yeah, I have a problem.

1:02.1

Well, I have a lot of problems. One of my problems is I do not and cannot have trash service at my office.

1:09.0

Why?

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