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I taught a bunch of seminars when I was working for CrossFit in Australia.

We spent a bunch of time down there.

And the amount of shit talking that the girls were doing was almost being like, holy

shit. And then I realized it was because the guys were such assholes. Yeah. That's a really good way to put it. And the girls are like, God, you guys are so nice. And I'm like, this is like the prickliest version of me. And they're like, yeah, no, this is not nearly as bad as most of the Austroian guys. So it was a truly. Yeah, it was, it was hysterical. I got a good laugh out of it. We were in Newcastle and I remember. Oh, you're kidding. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, we taught a bunch of, town. Oh, well, they stopped serving booze at like six o'clock and the bars had to close by like seven because they had somebody, this is, I don't know if it's still like this. But I remember we went out and they were like, yeah, no, we got to get to the bar by four. And I was like, why? And they're like, they stopped serving booze pretty early. And I was like, because if they serve booze late, the fights that were happening resulted in a lot of deaths. So we got to go out and get hammered early and I was

like all right you guys might have a drinking problem yeah yes correct Australia has a drinking

problem yeah and you I'm sure you experienced it first hand yeah a very different lifestyle down

there yeah I it's ironic too because everyone's fit you look at everybody they're fit they're

outdoors they were up at 4 a.m.

They're training, but they love a drink. Yeah, which I'm not opposed to. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, yeah, I really like the culture. And I was like, man, it was one of those only places I've ever been where I mean, like, it's funny. I've traveled all over and I found like Australia I liked New Zealand in Japan.

We're like the three places that I could have places I've ever been where I mean like it's funny I've traveled all over and I found like

Australia I liked New Zealand in Japan and were like the three places that I could have lived

easily for the rest of my life I find America a little bit more difficult in some ways.

Yeah I would agree I mean the opportunity in this country is beyond anything that I'll ever

experience back home but there's definitely an element to Australia that I really ever experience back home. But there's definitely

an element to Australia that I really miss. One, the ocean, but to, I think, just the laid-back

nature of society, everybody's just, eh, here it's a little different. The fact that I think

the population of Australia is slightly bigger, just by a little bit than Southern California,

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