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The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby

My Grandparents on Surviving Polio, How They Met & Life Without AC

The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby

Matt & Abby

Society & Culture

4.816.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

We managed to somehow convince Abby's grandparents to join us on our sectional and share the stories from their lives. They told us what is was like growing up in a small town, how they met, life before modern luxuries and Terry's polio diagnosis as a child. Make sure to rate our podcast and leave a review if you can, it really helps us out!

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0:00.0

You got diagnosed with polio at 13 years old.

0:02.1

Mm-hmm.

0:02.6

It was the talk of the town when he got polio.

0:05.0

He was so thin.

0:06.0

This is kind of a mace H2.

0:07.5

Meeting each other was there like a hallmark moment

0:09.9

that you're like, ah, that was the moment.

0:11.5

We had mutual friends.

0:12.8

They kept saying how they liked you.

0:14.4

Yeah.

0:14.9

So it made me start paying on more attention to him.

0:16.8

Did you guys have air conditioning back then?

0:18.7

By the way, no.

0:19.7

You didn't have air conditioning?

0:20.9

No, we could never have.

0:21.9

We should.

0:22.8

Hey.

0:24.5

Hey, before we get started, please go ahead

0:26.0

and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

0:28.5

It would mean the world to us, seriously.

0:30.3

It goes a long way.

0:31.0

And let's get on with the episode.

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