Ep. 416: "Under Their Trucks"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Merlinmann, Thelongwinters, Johnroderick, Society & Culture, Philosophy

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🗓️ 8 March 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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The Problem: John was the tree.

(Recorded on Monday, March 8, 2021.)

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0:00.0	Salesman at the month, salesman of the month, salesman of the month.
0:07.2	Hello.
0:08.0	Hi, John.
0:09.8	Hi, Merlin.
0:11.0	How's it going?
0:13.3	It's going.
0:14.6	It's early.
0:15.7	How are you going?
0:16.4	It's so early.
0:17.5	Good.
0:17.9	They keep running the street cars, even though the streetcars aren't really running.
0:21.8	Really? Nobody's riding them, but they... No, they... Too popular. Nobody goes there anymore.
0:28.2	It's like a look-busy policy? I really don't understand. I just feel I'm chasing because all that
0:35.0	noise that you and the listeners hear is unnecessary, at least to my mind.
0:39.1	It's been buses, not streetcars for months, and the streetcars are coming back anytime soon,
0:44.4	but they keep running them out of service back and forth, which makes me suspicious.
0:49.5	They say out of service.
0:50.7	Out of service.
0:51.5	Don't use it.
0:52.5	They're drug mules.
0:53.6	I thought the same thing. Or maybe it's like some kind of courier service where Out of service. Don't use it. They're drug mules. I thought the same thing.
0:55.4	Or maybe it's like some kind of courier service where you need to get something from Van Ness
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