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I'm a man of That's my identity here today.

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But I'm a man, a free man, not a number.

And who is number one?

You are number 197.

Sorry, I'm getting off on a tangent there.

I'm number 197 because I'm not at the diner.

As I've been saying to you for the last few weeks, The diner is closed. It's going through a break. It's a break in the

main and consequently can't get in. Drive by from time to time. Still dark. I see people in

the back digging, but I see no sign of progress.

You'd think it would be done, but something has changed, and I don't like it.

But here we are at McDonald's.

I've got to go to a different place every week now that I've decided that, you know,

I've got to branch out, I've got to see new things, I've got to expand my life since I can't go back.

And, you know, it's been a while since I've got to branch out. I've got to see new things. I've got to expand my life since I can't go back. And, you know, it's been a while since I've actually sat down in a McDonald's and done the McDonald's experience.

It's a charmless soul-emptying, carbohydrate and protein consumption box. I mean, there is somebody

at the counter who will take your order if you must, but if you're a modern person,

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