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All right, all right.

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Feeney talks with friends. Episode 128.

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This is a big one.

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I got my friends from the Rotary Club
of West Hartford.

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How are you doing?

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Great. How are you?

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Patrice.
How's everything? Kyle? Fantastic.

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Great to be with you, Victor.

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I'm not sure I can be.

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Thanks for finally getting here, Victor.

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20 minutes later. Victor.

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I'm just a dedicated banker.

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And I stay with my my my clients
for as long as I possibly can.

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We still love you. Victor's hair.

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Go back and check out episode 115.

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Almost 120 views, Victor 115.
Check it out.

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We had a great conversation.

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Lots of laugh with Victor, but
we're here to talk about the Rotary Club

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and all the wonderful things that you do
in West Hartford and in Connecticut.

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You have a big event coming
up, vines of March,

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Saturday, March 1st, 7 to 1030.

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Who wants to talk first on that?

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How about president elect,

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your honor, how are you doing?

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I am madam.

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I am fantastic.

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Yes, it is a fantastic event
that we're going to have on March 1st.

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It's our 13th annual Vines of March.

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And it's our signature event.

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This beautiful event,
we use it to support the community.

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One of the larger organizations
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the food pantry here in town.

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And, you know, this past year, last year,

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we gave $10,000 by doing the food caravan.

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And that is through the efforts of vines
and everyone supported and helping us.

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We have great beverages, there.

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And food to have fantastic auction items.

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Lots of fun.

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And. Yeah. That's it.

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Anything like that.

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Who hosts that event?

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Who's the MC?

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So, Patrice and I will be missing.

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It's a listen, I think number one.

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Right.

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I think West Hartford is blessed
with so many amazing organizations.

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And so we're one of those organizations.

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what makes our club really unique
is that we can pick who the money goes to.

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So Patrice shared that last year
we did $10,000 from the, the,

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the money that we raise to the town

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that cares and we caravan from New Britain
and Costco to the town hall.

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We loaded up 8 to 12 different trucks
and really powerful to see that money

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go back to our friends and neighbors
and those that are need.

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And that's that's one thing that we do.

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We give a scholarship to a senior
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for $2,000, American School for the deaf,
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So $8,000 of scholarships to students
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with with the success that we have
for vines.

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We give every third grader in West
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20 years.

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I think this past year
we handed out over 700 dictionaries.

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Let's check it out.

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Hold on. Oh, wait.
Who's that dictionary for.

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Mr. Feeney?

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Third grade class.

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At school.

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Awesome. Awesome. No.

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Yeah. I've been a teacher for 21 years.

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12 in West Hartford,
ten of them in third grade.

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And we got a dictionary every year.

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The kids are thrilled.

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We do a dictionary scavenger hunt.

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Someone dresses up as Noah
Webster comes in and carves plays.

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Diane Barber,
your current president came in.

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Wonderful person.
Put on a great presentation.

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So great with the kids.
So thank you. Diane.

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She's a great person. Yes. She is.

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Speaking of which, our motto.
Be a good friend.

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Hold the door,
pick up trash, be charitable.

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What makes Diane a good friend?

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Well, one upside of
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She is dedicated.

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She's dedicated
to each of the members of the rotary.

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She's always check in
and she is always giving our time.

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She is also on several
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And one of them for vines.
For the auction.

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She's just always given out
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Nice.

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We got really lucky
because Diane was a president

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in the Stratford Rotary Club,
so she moved to West Hartford.

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She joined our club.

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And so the fact that we have, president
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in another town to come to West
Hartford was pretty special.

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And as we're going to pop up the picture,
Steph.

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Boom.

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There's Feeney in his class
and Diane posing with our.

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Library earlier today. That was. Awesome.

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I sent that so I wouldn't forget to share.

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So you put that on your chat.

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And both of you guys,
you guys first part it.

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Yeah. Then you really loved it.

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This is awesome. So thank you.
Thank you Diane.

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Thank you Victor and Kyle and Patrice
for being here.

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And thank you to the Rotary Club for
giving all the third graders dictionaries.

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It's really cool.

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So thank you.

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We should look up friend.
What's friend? Me.

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I do want to add to to piggyback off
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a lot of our vendors are all local vendors
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From the food, the to the drinks
that we are going to have their

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the mocktails having, that's all West
Hartford community based organization

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that also support the rotary
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auction items for us to be able
to give to the community.

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So it's a full circle thing.

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And I was telling Kyle and Patrice before,
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the two events that I did was the caravan

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and, and I and I participated at The Pines
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And as soon as I was done
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I was one of the things that kicked me off
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because of the community outreach
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the selfless act of the rotary,
you know, and it's, you know,

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I encourage people to check us out,
come join us.

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Come see me at my branch at NBT Bank,

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or come see Patrice, at Westfield Bank.

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We can definitely give you directions
on how to become a rotary member as well.

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Yep. Will pop up.

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And another one. Stef. Boom. Flier.

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Right on the screen.

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Watch this. When we show these clips,
she puts it right here.

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Put it right here. Boom, boom. Holding it.

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I hope you get the boom boom.

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You know, the little comic book.

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This is direct line media booming.

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Anything happen?

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I think I also just add to
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Branch managers their respective branches,
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graciously with the bank.

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So Patrice is from Westfield
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and her friends at People's Bank.

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Those community banks have really come out
in a really big way to support local.

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And we thank you both for your time,
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And right now we're a little less 18 days
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We've raised over $20,000.

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The large majority of that
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So thank you.

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Let me shameless ask her on the podcast.

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But when good friends of Feeney benefit
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or when can we collaborate on an event
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We'd be happy to.

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I've been here maybe 3 or 4 times, right?

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I mean, what one would be great
would celebrate West Hartford, right?

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So rotary does hot dogs and hamburgers.

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And if you come to a meeting,

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we meet on Mondays at 1215
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And you'll notice that our group is lean
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There'll be 15 to 20 people there.

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Per for per week.

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And an event like Celebrate West Hartford,
where we're cooking hot dogs

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and hamburgers for thousands of people.
We can't do it just ourselves.

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So one of the things that I think you do
great with John is John does a great job

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with is getting volunteers outside of
the organizations to help on the day of.

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And so I think it's June 7th and eight,
and I'd love to have your friends

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and partners be with us and share some of
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I think great.

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And speaking of which, I was asked

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to be a speaker, Mary Silverberg,
right now call.

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You know, Mary Silverberg.

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That's my wife.

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Nicole just walked in. Hi, Nicole.

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Mary Silverberg,
we sat with her, humblebrag.

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I got the ambassador of site
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I sat with Mary Silverberg and Diane.

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Barbara. That's when I first met them.
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So I want to hopefully,
hopefully that opportunity

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is still available
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and talk about being a teacher
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It didn't work last summer.

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I work at a can't,
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Summers are from eight weeks to four,

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so I have more room and time,
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I think one of the things you could
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Eric, is how to get your message
across. Right.

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And so again, West Hartford
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And there's 20 of us.

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And you look at your company,

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your charity golf events or just in town,
you're everywhere.

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And it'd be great to be everywhere too.

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And I think sometimes we struggle
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there on Monday for lunch
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And, you know, we always talk about
many hands make light work.

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And we're doing such amazing work
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And how powerful will be was 20
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And so that's you know,

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we have to kind of pick your brain
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and membership, which you seem to do such
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Well, thank you for the compliment.

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And yeah, we'd be happy to share,
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I don't know how we mentioned, like,

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you don't know how many people
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You know, we asked for the parade
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Do we have people coming? We don't know.

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It could be 50. There could be five.
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We wish people would RSVP.

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We wish we could get that clear.

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We're coming.

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But then it all seems to work out.

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So your event again
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Out of how many?

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Hot off the press 117.

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Which is ahead of where we were last year.

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So we'll be well over 200 people.

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Our ask
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at West Hartford rotary.org
as soon as possible, we make sure that

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we have enough food, beverages
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Very nice. Yep.

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And at 75 bucks ahead and it's at the West
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How many times have you how many times
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How many how long is.

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Has been a rocky number? 13.

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13. Victor.

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This will be my second event. Patrice.

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This will be my third.

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I think I'm at like 4 or 5.

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Yeah, you guys are great.

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Doctor. Lift, lift.

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Let's take lift.

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Take doctor. Rick. Doctor. Rick.

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Doctor Rick's a great guy.

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That's president.

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And he's our, sponsorship chairperson.

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So if you're looking to sponsor,
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West Hartford rotary.org.

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Rick will be happy to take your money.

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And know that the money goes
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Yes. Elmwood guy.

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Elmwood guy.

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He lives. Right.

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Worked retired.

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Now, we got lucky that he's retired
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Nice. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that. Is true.

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Doctor Rick helping out. And then there's,

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bowling for books event with Bennett.

245
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How's Bennett doing?

246
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Bennett's a good guy.
Yeah, yeah, doing very well.

247
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Yeah. Ben. It's great.

248
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Past president.

249
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You know, it's, he's been in the club
for probably about a decade or so.

250
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He's chaired Celebrate West Hartford.

251
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He's chaired, the book drive.

252
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Even before
we had a Beatlemania event for two years.

253
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He ran with that band.

254
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It's, great friend and amazing Rotarian.

255
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Very good Rotarian.

256
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And you guys help out with
I see that there's a dental clinic

257
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in Uganda.

258
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Food pantry,

259
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7500 bucks to the food pantry
in collaboration with Liberty Bank.

260
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That was last year.

261
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Do you guys want to speak on any of those?

262
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So the $7,500, was

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we we Liberty.

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Liberty Bank
basically matched what we did.

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And the benefit of it was the food pantry.

266
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We came together, and it was great.

267
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Just like how Victor and I,
you know, we're both bankers.

268
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Liberty Bank is another bank in town.

269
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It doesn't matter what the business is.

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We're coming together for one main cause,

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and to help people, which was fantastic.

272
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And it was great to bring that big check

273
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to the town and take a picture
with the mayor and present it and.

274
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Love the big check.

275
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Yeah, big happy Gilmore. Exactly.

276
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I drive around him with my in my car,
just like he did to on the show.

277
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It's extremely humbling
having other bankers in the group and

278
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and again, to to piggyback off of what
Purdue said, it's just it's just nice

279
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because we all are here for the greater
good of West Hartford, for the uplift and,

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the growth of the town
and our passion is for the community

281
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to come together
and be able to give to the rotary

282
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and for us
to give the money back into community.

283
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Yeah. So now I say that all the time.

284
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I'm so honored to live in West Hartford
and teaching and teaching West Hartford,

285
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and then to have my daughters
attend the same school that I taught.

286
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It was like a dream come true.

287
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So it was it was it's really cool. West
Hartford's a great place.

288
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Yeah, that's my wife.
We lived in New Haven.

289
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She got pregnant with twins,
and she was like, we got to move.

290
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We got to move. And I was like,
I don't want to go to West Hartford.

291
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Boat shoes.

292
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And you know, then I'm like,
it was the greatest move I've ever made.

293
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Yeah, right.

294
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I made so many friends.

295
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I've joined the JCC over
men's, over 30 men's league

296
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and just it's a wonderful place
and I'm just thrilled to be here.

297
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It's a wonderful community. They care.

298
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Can I join that? Am I too young?

299
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30. Are you 30 yet?
I mean, I'm not going to tell them my age.

300
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I don't. Think you're even. 30.

301
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You know, I'm thinking I'm over 30.

302
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If you wait till for the games like

303
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that.

304
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One minutes, Victor.

305
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Yeah, yeah,
just tell them. The wrong time.

306
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He'll show up on time.

307
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So we talk. About happy. Right now.

308
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Patrice is the the Queen giving us
fines, and me and, Kyle both are.

309
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Guilty as. Charged. Guilty?

310
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Yeah. Notorious
for being the most fined people.

311
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And. Yeah, let's go into that
because it's hilarious.

312
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The Rotary Club of West Hartford
has something called the happy.

313
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Fine. Correct. Please
explain and elaborate.

314
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So he's happy once he gives it to me.
I just look at that smile.

315
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I look at look at that.

316
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So, like, it's time. For the happy
find today.

317
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Especially just about who started it.
When did it start?

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So, there was always the happy
find, you know, there were always finds.

319
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But I found out about that
through, other Rotarians,

320
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and we really weren't doing it.

321
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So I, I'm also currently
the sergeant at arms,

322
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so I get to do the happy dollars
into the attendance.

323
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So I was like, oh, let's have some fun
and, and tax our members some more. So,

324
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so I was like, let's do some happy.

325
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Fine.

326
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So I find for everything
that I feel like it.

327
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So it could just be if you're late,
you get fined.

328
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If you take if you leave for a phone call,
if you leave early,

329
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if you wear some funky socks, you know,

330
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if you know, whatever, have you, you know,

331
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I will be happy to, to dish out some happy
fines.

332
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Kyle did save, Officer Stevens on Monday
because I was going

333
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to give him a happy fine for for,
double parking or what.

334
00:14:14,854 --> 00:14:16,522
Was it on Dunkin Donuts?

335
00:14:16,522 --> 00:14:19,091
Yeah, yeah, really.
Really excited. To get it.

336
00:14:19,091 --> 00:14:21,427
You don't see parking
to. Spot you, did he?

337
00:14:21,427 --> 00:14:22,862
Did you, Kyle job.

338
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Did it pay for it. It's wide.

339
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So there you go I love it.

340
00:14:26,298 --> 00:14:30,002
And I found out about these fines
when I started getting invoices from Rick.

341
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And I'm looking I'm like, why?

342
00:14:31,770 --> 00:14:33,772
Why am I getting all these increases?

343
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These all this stuff.

344
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And then I was like,
this is my name tag, you know?

345
00:14:38,177 --> 00:14:41,847
Yeah, I came in super early,
but it turns out that I was super late,

346
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you know? Yeah.

347
00:14:43,315 --> 00:14:45,017
I mean, I'm
sure you're wearing funky socks.

348
00:14:45,017 --> 00:14:46,952
I don't mind your. Funky. Stuff.

349
00:14:46,952 --> 00:14:49,188
That's fine. Just now
he's like five fines, right? Yeah, yeah.

350
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One day
he walked it and left with five fines.

351
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Yeah.

352
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I love that.

353
00:14:54,727 --> 00:14:57,897
I think that's a low key
the banker rivalry as well.

354
00:14:57,963 --> 00:14:58,264
Yeah.

355
00:14:58,264 --> 00:15:00,866
You know I think I'm going to incorporate
that into our meetings.

356
00:15:00,866 --> 00:15:03,002
I like to happy. Fun I did. Fired. Yes.

357
00:15:03,002 --> 00:15:05,137
And one thing Eric we get asked
all the time is that it.

358
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So if I want to be a Rotarian
what is the cost. Right.

359
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And so I mean it's your time
but it's also we're meet for lunch.

360
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Right. And so we go to the pound house
and do amazing lunch.

361
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It's the lunch.

362
00:15:14,079 --> 00:15:19,118
It's a dessert and coffee
and it's a $20 charge or $21 charge.

363
00:15:19,118 --> 00:15:23,322
So if you we have separate meetings,
a quarter, it's about $250

364
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a quarter,
which is your lunches, your dues.

365
00:15:26,392 --> 00:15:28,327
And so it's pretty fair. Yeah.

366
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And one of the things I think
that's creative that we do is like NBT

367
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Bank and Westfield
Bank are corporate memberships.

368
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So Patrice can go, with with Matt Cuddy
or Victor can go with Andreas.

369
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And so it's a way
where you might not be able

370
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to get there every week,
but in your branch or in your office,

371
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you could probably figure out.

372
00:15:44,944 --> 00:15:46,946
All right, we have three meetings
in the month of March.

373
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Who's going.

374
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And and we're trying to be creative to
to reach out to the businesses

375
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in town and have a corporate membership
for the same cost.

376
00:15:54,219 --> 00:15:56,922
So we're trying to be innovative,
flexible.

377
00:15:56,922 --> 00:15:59,792
We want people to show up
because we do amazing work.

378
00:15:59,792 --> 00:16:01,894
And when people hear
all the good things that we do, like,

379
00:16:01,894 --> 00:16:03,462
how do I get started in it?

380
00:16:03,462 --> 00:16:06,565
Maybe I'll, I can't go on Mondays
or I can't go for dinner.

381
00:16:06,565 --> 00:16:07,433
And so, you know,

382
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we're trying to be just again,
we want to grow, and we want to be,

383
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accessible to, to.

384
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Ever think of doing maybe like one
because that's during the work day.

385
00:16:17,476 --> 00:16:21,380
Do you guys ever do a after work meeting
for those that can't make the lunch?

386
00:16:21,714 --> 00:16:23,282
Last year we did a breakfast.

387
00:16:23,282 --> 00:16:23,983
Nice.

388
00:16:23,983 --> 00:16:27,486
And, in past years,
we have done a happy hours.

389
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And so we're looking we've been talking
about incorporating that again

390
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because we know not

391
00:16:32,424 --> 00:16:35,427
everyone is able to steal away time
during the middle of the day,

392
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so maybe they can come for breakfast,

393
00:16:37,830 --> 00:16:40,866
in the morning
or they can do an evening for a.

394
00:16:41,633 --> 00:16:43,802
Yeah,
we just, to break it up for everyone.

395
00:16:43,802 --> 00:16:45,404
Yeah. No.

396
00:16:45,404 --> 00:16:47,539
And for more information,
check out the website.

397
00:16:47,539 --> 00:16:49,675
I was I got a lot of information
from your website.

398
00:16:49,675 --> 00:16:53,645
There's so many things of group
photos and check presentation.

399
00:16:53,645 --> 00:16:56,148
So you guys are doing great things.
So I would encourage everyone to go back.

400
00:16:56,148 --> 00:16:58,484
And if you're interested,
check out the website.

401
00:16:58,484 --> 00:17:01,220
I think it's Rotary Club,
West Hartford Dot.

402
00:17:01,220 --> 00:17:03,589
West Hartford rotary.org. Dawg.

403
00:17:03,589 --> 00:17:04,690
Yep. So you heard it here.

404
00:17:06,025 --> 00:17:08,794
Now it's going to be a great event.

405
00:17:08,794 --> 00:17:10,329
And how about Harvey's house?

406
00:17:10,329 --> 00:17:11,597
Harvey's involved.

407
00:17:11,597 --> 00:17:12,598
We couldn't do the event.

408
00:17:12,598 --> 00:17:14,233
I mean, obviously
we here at Max and beverages,

409
00:17:14,233 --> 00:17:17,036
but we couldn't do the event without Adam.
He's an amazing partner for us.

410
00:17:17,036 --> 00:17:20,205
He's the one that gets the 12 to 8, 15
different,

411
00:17:21,273 --> 00:17:23,842
distilleries, the beer, the spirits.

412
00:17:23,842 --> 00:17:25,711
And he has,
you know, it's a Saturday night.

413
00:17:25,711 --> 00:17:29,515
So these these businesses
and these, sponsors are being there

414
00:17:29,515 --> 00:17:33,385
and donating and pouring from seven
to about 830 788 45.

415
00:17:33,685 --> 00:17:36,688
And what's great about Adam is his every,

416
00:17:36,855 --> 00:17:39,391
bottle that sold some of the proceeds
goes back to the club.

417
00:17:39,391 --> 00:17:43,028
So maybe it's 10% of the proceeds,
goes back to, to drinking.

418
00:17:43,328 --> 00:17:44,163
Wine that night.

419
00:17:44,163 --> 00:17:45,330
Exactly right.

420
00:17:45,330 --> 00:17:45,964
Exactly right.

421
00:17:45,964 --> 00:17:48,100
And one of the things that Adam does,
he'll make it available.

422
00:17:48,100 --> 00:17:50,002
He'll do it to your home, your business.

423
00:17:50,002 --> 00:17:53,005
And I'll have it available at his store
within the week.

424
00:17:53,539 --> 00:17:54,506
So it's another way.

425
00:17:54,506 --> 00:17:55,908
Where's Harvey's located?

426
00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:59,311
Bishops corner, bishops corner, right
across the street on the corner.

427
00:17:59,678 --> 00:18:01,747
Where? Next to, staples.

428
00:18:01,747 --> 00:18:03,882
All right. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah.

429
00:18:03,882 --> 00:18:05,350
Oh, you. Oh, McDonald's.

430
00:18:05,350 --> 00:18:07,753
Which is going to be Chipotle,
I guess. June. Right? Or chick fil A, a,

431
00:18:09,054 --> 00:18:10,622
Chick fil A, chick fil A.

432
00:18:10,622 --> 00:18:12,091
Chick fil A, chick fil A.

433
00:18:12,091 --> 00:18:14,159
Yeah, yeah, it's still good regardless.

434
00:18:14,159 --> 00:18:16,361
All right. We'll shout out to Harvey.
So that's cool.

435
00:18:16,361 --> 00:18:17,629
Check it out. And then people's Bank.

436
00:18:17,629 --> 00:18:17,863
Great.

437
00:18:17,863 --> 00:18:21,033
Their sponsor of this podcast,
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438
00:18:21,033 --> 00:18:23,202
All right.

439
00:18:23,202 --> 00:18:25,237
I'm only messing with you,
Victor and Andre.

440
00:18:25,237 --> 00:18:27,739
They're wonderful people over there.
Matt on the board.

441
00:18:27,739 --> 00:18:29,341
He works there too.

442
00:18:29,341 --> 00:18:31,710
And I think too I think some for
some people that don't drink, right?

443
00:18:31,710 --> 00:18:33,745
I mean, obviously West
Hartford is known for their food.

444
00:18:33,745 --> 00:18:36,982
And so we have a sampling
of West Hartford restaurants.

445
00:18:36,982 --> 00:18:38,217
And so just to name

446
00:18:38,217 --> 00:18:41,220
a few of Fleming's will be there
and they'll do Swedish meatballs.

447
00:18:41,220 --> 00:18:44,456
Our friends at Rockledge,
thanks to Chip in an alley and team

448
00:18:44,456 --> 00:18:47,559
and Jeff, are, doing corned beef sliders.

449
00:18:47,559 --> 00:18:49,862
We have a carving station.
Thank you to Chris. Prozac.

450
00:18:49,862 --> 00:18:52,564
Who is the executive chef
of an American school for the deaf.

451
00:18:52,564 --> 00:18:56,768
We have spring rolls from Blue Elephant
sushi from one of the local sushi places.

452
00:18:57,269 --> 00:18:59,738
Joey's always does, Penny Allen vodka.

453
00:18:59,738 --> 00:19:02,741
I mean,
we really have an amazing flair of food.

454
00:19:03,242 --> 00:19:04,443
That will be there that night.

455
00:19:04,443 --> 00:19:06,845
So, you know,
those are just a few restaurants

456
00:19:06,845 --> 00:19:11,383
we have close to 15
that will be donating and donating food.

457
00:19:11,383 --> 00:19:13,252
So we thank all of them.

458
00:19:13,252 --> 00:19:14,520
Which is really pretty neat.

459
00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:16,622
Yeah. Food has always been
pretty good there.

460
00:19:16,622 --> 00:19:19,525
I mean, it's spectacular, actually.
I like the sliders.

461
00:19:19,525 --> 00:19:21,426
I was hoping they did kitchen sink smoked
wings.

462
00:19:21,426 --> 00:19:22,961
But, you know, we'll. Talk to Chip.

463
00:19:22,961 --> 00:19:23,328
Come on.

464
00:19:23,328 --> 00:19:25,697
You know, good stuff going on.

465
00:19:25,697 --> 00:19:27,232
Yeah that again I'll say the date.

466
00:19:28,667 --> 00:19:31,436
March 1st you said 18 days 18 days.

467
00:19:31,436 --> 00:19:32,404
And Countdown's on.

468
00:19:32,404 --> 00:19:34,907
And this will be out
maybe in a week or two.

469
00:19:34,907 --> 00:19:37,743
So by this time this comes out,
maybe say eight days.

470
00:19:37,743 --> 00:19:39,144
So get on it, people.

471
00:19:39,144 --> 00:19:42,247
Eight days,
give or take ten days for production.

472
00:19:43,949 --> 00:19:44,249
All right.

473
00:19:44,249 --> 00:19:46,118
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474
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475
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479
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the community that are doing great things.

480
00:20:00,566 --> 00:20:03,001
And I have three right in front of me.

481
00:20:03,001 --> 00:20:04,703
And some sponsors.

482
00:20:04,703 --> 00:20:06,271
Again, Direct Line Media.

483
00:20:06,271 --> 00:20:08,040
Thank you, Steph and Dave.

484
00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:11,210
We're here at Maximum Beverage
at 340 North Main Street.

485
00:20:11,210 --> 00:20:16,415
We have Keating Agency insurance float 41
The Fix five Luna Pizza, golf law Group,

486
00:20:16,415 --> 00:20:19,651
people's Bank
Parkville Market and West Hartford lock.

487
00:20:20,352 --> 00:20:22,688
So which was with West Hartford Lock.

488
00:20:22,688 --> 00:20:26,358
What are three keys
that make you a great Rotarian.

489
00:20:28,527 --> 00:20:29,394
What are three key factor?

490
00:20:29,394 --> 00:20:33,332
Why did you start I would say community.

491
00:20:33,865 --> 00:20:35,500
That's, I like it.

492
00:20:35,500 --> 00:20:38,370
One key,

493
00:20:38,370 --> 00:20:39,905
selflessness,

494
00:20:39,905 --> 00:20:42,908
doing things, you know, for the greater
good of every,

495
00:20:44,243 --> 00:20:45,544
And then. Yeah.

496
00:20:45,544 --> 00:20:46,645
Why did you put me on the spot?

497
00:20:46,645 --> 00:20:48,614
Kyle? You're late.

498
00:20:48,614 --> 00:20:50,449
That's a happy find at the time.

499
00:20:50,449 --> 00:20:53,285
Okay.

500
00:20:53,285 --> 00:20:54,386
In a sense of belonging.

501
00:20:54,386 --> 00:20:56,154
Gives you a great sense of belonging.

502
00:20:56,154 --> 00:20:58,357
You got to hop on real quick.
Come on. Hold it. Sorry, Victor.

503
00:20:58,357 --> 00:20:58,624
No, no.

504
00:20:58,624 --> 00:21:01,326
No, this is the first time
I'm. On the calling.

505
00:21:01,326 --> 00:21:03,061
Wife of Feeney real quick.

506
00:21:03,061 --> 00:21:04,463
Your wife is very lovely.

507
00:21:04,463 --> 00:21:06,064
She is truly your better half.

508
00:21:06,064 --> 00:21:08,100
Just say the time's up, man.

509
00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:11,103
I think what makes Eric Feeney
a good friend?

510
00:21:11,336 --> 00:21:14,940
Oh, he's always up for a good joke.

511
00:21:14,940 --> 00:21:15,607
Makes you laugh.

512
00:21:16,642 --> 00:21:16,975
All right.

513
00:21:16,975 --> 00:21:17,876
Do you need a good friend?

514
00:21:17,876 --> 00:21:19,911
Everyone's gonna make you smile, man.

515
00:21:19,911 --> 00:21:20,946
I'm gonna go.

516
00:21:20,946 --> 00:21:22,314
All right. See you later.

517
00:21:22,314 --> 00:21:25,183
Thanks for coming. By.

518
00:21:25,183 --> 00:21:27,252
Like three cheese. What are the three?

519
00:21:27,252 --> 00:21:28,253
My 1st of March.

520
00:21:28,253 --> 00:21:31,256
Very much. Myspace. Myspace?

521
00:21:31,590 --> 00:21:32,190
She'll be there.

522
00:21:32,190 --> 00:21:33,125
Hundred 18 people.

523
00:21:33,125 --> 00:21:36,128
Look at that, John. Done

524
00:21:36,762 --> 00:21:37,262
three keys.

525
00:21:37,262 --> 00:21:40,265
Community, selflessness. And.

526
00:21:40,666 --> 00:21:43,435
I said a sense of belonging.

527
00:21:43,435 --> 00:21:46,305
Sense of belonging. I like I like it.

528
00:21:46,305 --> 00:21:49,308
Do you guys want to piggyback add change.

529
00:21:49,441 --> 00:21:52,411
Service above self? That's our motto.

530
00:21:52,678 --> 00:21:55,047
See? That's why you see the first.

531
00:21:55,047 --> 00:21:56,381
Person.

532
00:21:56,381 --> 00:21:58,216
Happy father person. Hi.

533
00:21:58,216 --> 00:22:01,219
Of course.

534
00:22:01,219 --> 00:22:03,322
I like this shoes.

535
00:22:03,322 --> 00:22:04,656
Service over. Self.

536
00:22:04,656 --> 00:22:07,626
Service above self is our motto.
I like it.

537
00:22:07,626 --> 00:22:10,195
That's number one. Number two. When we.

538
00:22:10,195 --> 00:22:13,198
When I moved into West Hartford in 2008
with my wife,

539
00:22:13,231 --> 00:22:15,567
Brittany,
we didn't have any girls at the time.

540
00:22:15,567 --> 00:22:17,402
And we're trying to join an organization.

541
00:22:17,402 --> 00:22:21,673
And, you know, rotary seemed like a really
great, so it's been since, oh, nine.

542
00:22:21,673 --> 00:22:23,141
So it's been a great ride.

543
00:22:23,141 --> 00:22:26,144
Really happy to be a, West Hartford
Rotarian.

544
00:22:26,144 --> 00:22:28,880
And I joke all the time it's
it we're giving back to the community.

545
00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:31,583
And so we're all very blessed
to be able to do this.

546
00:22:31,583 --> 00:22:33,585
And it makes you feel pretty good, too.

547
00:22:33,585 --> 00:22:35,954
And there's a lot of people that are in
our community that really need our help.

548
00:22:35,954 --> 00:22:37,923
And, you know, we did last year,

549
00:22:37,923 --> 00:22:41,860
we did two events for the caravan
or for the town that Cares.

550
00:22:41,860 --> 00:22:45,430
So we did the 7500 Liberty Bank food
drive over Thanksgiving

551
00:22:45,430 --> 00:22:46,665
and think about Thanksgiving.

552
00:22:46,665 --> 00:22:51,370
Time is the time to give money to
or give food, to those that are in need.

553
00:22:51,370 --> 00:22:51,603
Right.

554
00:22:51,603 --> 00:22:52,871
To make sure they have a turkey dinner

555
00:22:52,871 --> 00:22:54,573
or Thanksgiving
dinner is coming with family.

556
00:22:54,573 --> 00:22:55,307
So that was number one.

557
00:22:55,307 --> 00:22:59,010
And we came back again in April,
May with a $10,000 caravan.

558
00:22:59,010 --> 00:23:01,747
So last year we had 17,500.

559
00:23:01,747 --> 00:23:04,716
That went right back to the Town
That Cares, which is West

560
00:23:04,716 --> 00:23:06,985
Hartford's food pantry,
a direct result of irons.

561
00:23:06,985 --> 00:23:10,088
And so we can't do it without the support
of the community coming to the event,

562
00:23:10,288 --> 00:23:13,091
buying tickets, sponsoring our event.

563
00:23:13,091 --> 00:23:14,493
Or even just bidding on auction items.

564
00:23:14,493 --> 00:23:16,595
We have amazing auction items at finds.

565
00:23:16,595 --> 00:23:20,599
And with all that,
we allow us to do some really great work.

566
00:23:20,599 --> 00:23:23,301
And so it feels good
to give back. And so it's,

567
00:23:24,336 --> 00:23:25,337
I'm happy to be a member.

568
00:23:25,337 --> 00:23:27,839
I'm happy to work with you.
I have some great friends in rotary.

569
00:23:27,839 --> 00:23:30,542
I can take a victor,
and it's great friends.

570
00:23:30,542 --> 00:23:31,610
They've stepped up.

571
00:23:31,610 --> 00:23:34,246
It's it's not easy, right?
I mean, they have families there.

572
00:23:34,246 --> 00:23:36,114
They've they're they're working
and they're, again,

573
00:23:36,114 --> 00:23:37,616
figuring out
time to get back to the community.

574
00:23:37,616 --> 00:23:41,486
So thank you, for for stepping up
and being on the board and the president

575
00:23:41,486 --> 00:23:41,853
elect.

576
00:23:41,853 --> 00:23:45,056
And it's nice to see, you know,
some younger business owners

577
00:23:45,056 --> 00:23:46,858
that are kind of growing
and giving back to the community.

578
00:23:46,858 --> 00:23:48,760
So it's, it's, pretty special.

579
00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,329
And how many,
how many times have you been pres.

580
00:23:51,329 --> 00:23:52,130
Four times.

581
00:23:52,130 --> 00:23:54,032
Four times. Four quarters were over.

582
00:23:54,032 --> 00:23:55,167
No. Over time.

583
00:23:55,167 --> 00:23:57,202
What's the term limit? It's a year.

584
00:23:57,202 --> 00:24:01,473
So I was at first time was 2015 or 16.

585
00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:05,277
And then it came back after Covid,
went to double header.

586
00:24:06,111 --> 00:24:09,614
And then I guess I guess once
and for a third year, third time.

587
00:24:09,614 --> 00:24:12,417
So happy that Rick stepped in
to get me off the chain.

588
00:24:12,417 --> 00:24:16,321
And then Diane's there now, and Patrice
and maybe Victor or Victor or someone

589
00:24:16,321 --> 00:24:17,556
else following Patrice. And,

590
00:24:19,090 --> 00:24:21,526
we need a newer

591
00:24:21,526 --> 00:24:24,529
membership to help continue to grow.

592
00:24:25,297 --> 00:24:27,332
So. All right,
let me say hi to my friend over

593
00:24:27,332 --> 00:24:30,302
here, fellow West Harvard teacher. Yes.

594
00:24:30,469 --> 00:24:31,670
How you doing?

595
00:24:31,670 --> 00:24:33,438
You want to pop around
and say hi to the camera? Come on.

596
00:24:33,438 --> 00:24:34,139
How is love?

597
00:24:34,139 --> 00:24:37,075
Cuz this is the Feeney Talks with Friends
podcast.

598
00:24:37,075 --> 00:24:38,643
The friends? Yep.

599
00:24:38,643 --> 00:24:39,478
Wonderful.

600
00:24:39,478 --> 00:24:41,746
Well, that's a really amazing cause.

601
00:24:41,746 --> 00:24:44,916
So that's so exciting
that you're being interviewed for it.

602
00:24:44,916 --> 00:24:45,951
Good for you.

603
00:24:45,951 --> 00:24:47,486
Thanks. Great to. See you.

604
00:24:47,486 --> 00:24:50,222
Yeah.

605
00:24:50,222 --> 00:24:52,224
I'm being interviewed.

606
00:24:52,224 --> 00:24:53,325
Okay.

607
00:24:53,325 --> 00:24:56,328
Thanks. On the hot seat.

608
00:24:56,328 --> 00:24:57,762
So we did the three keys.

609
00:24:57,762 --> 00:25:00,465
You are in the middle of something.
Three keys. I do have one. Sorry.

610
00:25:00,465 --> 00:25:03,468
That's okay. One of them is partnership.

611
00:25:03,602 --> 00:25:07,172
And the reason why I thought about
partnership and they were talking is,

612
00:25:08,273 --> 00:25:09,307
we also partner

613
00:25:09,307 --> 00:25:12,310
with other nonprofit organizations,

614
00:25:12,344 --> 00:25:15,514
that are right here in town,
like the Nora Webster House.

615
00:25:16,047 --> 00:25:17,349
Was school.

616
00:25:17,349 --> 00:25:20,252
We were a sponsor of the Black Business

617
00:25:20,252 --> 00:25:23,255
Expo, a couple weekends ago.

618
00:25:23,321 --> 00:25:24,289
Which was a great event.

619
00:25:24,289 --> 00:25:26,791
So partnership is huge.

620
00:25:26,791 --> 00:25:30,228
Compassion is another one
because just to understand

621
00:25:30,228 --> 00:25:34,533
what other people may be experiencing
so that we can give out,

622
00:25:35,433 --> 00:25:38,803
and the other one is, is humble,

623
00:25:39,204 --> 00:25:43,341
you know, it humbles you when you're able
to do something for someone else.

624
00:25:43,708 --> 00:25:48,380
You know, it doesn't like we had like Kyle
said, you know, we have our own lives.

625
00:25:48,380 --> 00:25:50,749
We have our own responsibilities.

626
00:25:50,749 --> 00:25:54,719
But when you take time to stop
and give out to help

627
00:25:54,719 --> 00:25:57,589
someone else, it's it's huge.

628
00:25:57,589 --> 00:25:58,723
It does feel great.

629
00:25:58,723 --> 00:26:00,825
No, I'm with you.
Those are all great answers.

630
00:26:00,825 --> 00:26:03,828
We had nine keys today.
We usually do three.

631
00:26:04,529 --> 00:26:09,067
The nine keys and a Rotarian
I love it and what what would you.

632
00:26:09,067 --> 00:26:12,070
How would you, say someone's new?

633
00:26:12,270 --> 00:26:15,640
Do you guys mentor Rotarians or like.

634
00:26:16,274 --> 00:26:17,275
Yeah, sure.

635
00:26:18,443 --> 00:26:21,446
And what if we
only did if what if you wanted to do one?

636
00:26:21,746 --> 00:26:23,381
All right, so here's our ask.

637
00:26:23,381 --> 00:26:25,951
Our asks would be
if you have to have lunch on Monday

638
00:26:25,951 --> 00:26:28,920
at 1215, come and join us at the pond
House and just see what we're about.

639
00:26:28,987 --> 00:26:30,789
Gotcha. We won't charge you for lunch.

640
00:26:30,789 --> 00:26:34,392
You can learn about the organization
if you like what you saw, come back again,

641
00:26:34,626 --> 00:26:36,294
and we still only charge you.

642
00:26:36,294 --> 00:26:39,631
And if you say, this is something for me,
then we'll talk with someone on the board

643
00:26:39,631 --> 00:26:41,132
and tell you what
the financial commitment is,

644
00:26:41,132 --> 00:26:43,935
what time it is,
and see if it's a good fit.

645
00:26:43,935 --> 00:26:46,004
But you got it.
You got it to learn a little bit more.

646
00:26:46,004 --> 00:26:49,541
I mean, it's so powerful just to come to
one meeting like, wow, we did all of that.

647
00:26:49,941 --> 00:26:52,344
You know, it's 1215 to 130.

648
00:26:52,344 --> 00:26:54,546
The food's great, great fellowship.

649
00:26:54,546 --> 00:26:58,383
And again, we're giving back
to our community, and we need your help.

650
00:26:58,683 --> 00:27:02,921
Yes. And you don't have to be involved
in everything that we do.

651
00:27:03,088 --> 00:27:06,191
We have some members
that they come to the meetings

652
00:27:06,191 --> 00:27:09,194
when they can
because of their their schedule.

653
00:27:09,294 --> 00:27:14,733
And then they volunteer
for maybe one of the bigger events.

654
00:27:15,300 --> 00:27:18,970
Some only are you only able to volunteer
for Celebrate West Hartford?

655
00:27:19,738 --> 00:27:23,375
Some are only able to volunteer for vines,
but that's still huge.

656
00:27:23,375 --> 00:27:24,342
That's a help.

657
00:27:24,342 --> 00:27:27,245
You're still being a part.
You still given out.

658
00:27:27,245 --> 00:27:28,613
You still put in your input in.

659
00:27:28,613 --> 00:27:31,916
When you come to the meetings, your voice
is still heard, is still a part.

660
00:27:32,884 --> 00:27:33,284
All right.

661
00:27:33,284 --> 00:27:34,185
And and then being

662
00:27:34,185 --> 00:27:37,689
the one of the newer members of the group,
I've been on again for about a year.

663
00:27:38,089 --> 00:27:41,526
And I have to say it was just hand-holding
throughout the whole process.

664
00:27:41,526 --> 00:27:42,661
It was just nice

665
00:27:42,661 --> 00:27:46,531
getting my feet wet, learning about rotary
and does it really get involved?

666
00:27:46,531 --> 00:27:48,266
I mean, it's a group effort.

667
00:27:48,266 --> 00:27:51,503
You know, you never feel lost
if you have a question or you need

668
00:27:51,703 --> 00:27:54,005
you tap one of these guys. They're great.

669
00:27:54,005 --> 00:27:54,973
They're knowledgeable.

670
00:27:54,973 --> 00:27:58,076
They've been in here longer
and they're just very welcoming.

671
00:27:58,410 --> 00:28:00,045
And I'll even do one better with Kyle.

672
00:28:00,045 --> 00:28:02,914
He said, you know,
you'll get two free lunches.

673
00:28:02,914 --> 00:28:07,218
I'll personally pay for the third lunch
out of my my lovely daughter's

674
00:28:07,218 --> 00:28:09,354
college fund. Who's coming over right now?

675
00:28:11,956 --> 00:28:13,525
So I see.

676
00:28:13,525 --> 00:28:14,325
Okay.

677
00:28:14,325 --> 00:28:15,026
Hey, kid.

678
00:28:15,026 --> 00:28:16,094
No college for you, kid.

679
00:28:16,094 --> 00:28:18,496
That's got a picnic lunch.

680
00:28:18,496 --> 00:28:19,998
No, I love it.

681
00:28:19,998 --> 00:28:22,934
Well, speaking of kids, I got to do
a quick shout out for my guy Hudson.

682
00:28:22,934 --> 00:28:25,103
Look at this Christmas gift I got.

683
00:28:25,103 --> 00:28:27,205
Be a good teacher.

684
00:28:27,205 --> 00:28:29,674
That's our motto. Is be a good friend.

685
00:28:29,674 --> 00:28:32,610
So he re-created the magnet and says,
like Mr. Feeney.

686
00:28:32,610 --> 00:28:34,879
And it says Friends of Hudson. Wow.

687
00:28:34,879 --> 00:28:36,281
So thank you, Hudson.

688
00:28:36,281 --> 00:28:37,682
It's a great shake the shirt.

689
00:28:37,682 --> 00:28:41,119
It was like he took
something that I've done and he mixed it

690
00:28:41,119 --> 00:28:44,622
to what I do, you know, friends of Feeney
and teacher collaborated on one shirt.

691
00:28:44,622 --> 00:28:45,990
I told my, wear it.

692
00:28:45,990 --> 00:28:46,958
I'm honored and proud.

693
00:28:46,958 --> 00:28:49,961
Thank you, Hudson,
but I thank you for his,

694
00:28:50,428 --> 00:28:53,798
Kristen and Amy,
his moms and his dad taught.

695
00:28:54,766 --> 00:28:56,501
Where do you think Hudson's dad taught?

696
00:28:56,501 --> 00:28:58,436
Waterbury. Waterbury?

697
00:28:58,436 --> 00:28:59,270
Waterbury?

698
00:28:59,270 --> 00:29:02,006
Mr. mayor Lenski taught in Waterbury.

699
00:29:02,006 --> 00:29:03,241
The barre. Yes.

700
00:29:03,241 --> 00:29:05,543
It all goes back to the barre.

701
00:29:05,543 --> 00:29:09,180
And Kristen went to school on the barre,
too, so Victor's from the barre.

702
00:29:09,414 --> 00:29:11,015
You ever been to the barre? Kyle
from. Cheshire.

703
00:29:11,015 --> 00:29:13,451
So I know the barre well. Close enough.

704
00:29:13,451 --> 00:29:15,787
So you black? He's hot dog
or Frankie's hot dog?

705
00:29:15,787 --> 00:29:17,021
Hockey's a silly question.

706
00:29:17,021 --> 00:29:20,024
Now, after
knowing that you're from Cheshire, it's.

707
00:29:20,425 --> 00:29:23,228
Go on.

708
00:29:23,228 --> 00:29:24,329
Russell's dogs too.

709
00:29:24,329 --> 00:29:26,831
Martin Russell's made in New Britain.
They go to Cheshire.

710
00:29:26,831 --> 00:29:28,800
They've been serving those for 100 years.

711
00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:30,468
Wow. Great place.

712
00:29:30,468 --> 00:29:32,670
Which is Frankie's are black is black is.

713
00:29:32,670 --> 00:29:33,905
I gotta go black.

714
00:29:33,905 --> 00:29:36,274
Patrice, where are you from? Well,
I live in Windsor.

715
00:29:36,274 --> 00:29:36,908
Okay. Yeah.

716
00:29:36,908 --> 00:29:39,377
So I haven't really.
I've drive through Waterbury.

717
00:29:40,678 --> 00:29:41,312
That's smart.

718
00:29:41,312 --> 00:29:42,981
Smart. Good. Keep going.

719
00:29:42,981 --> 00:29:44,182
Don't stop.

720
00:29:44,182 --> 00:29:46,718
Oh, watch.

721
00:29:46,718 --> 00:29:49,020
Saddle train

722
00:29:49,020 --> 00:29:50,955
or laptop, love or lock us away.

723
00:29:50,955 --> 00:29:52,724
Lock as well as you.

724
00:29:52,724 --> 00:29:53,691
All right, Waterbury?

725
00:29:53,691 --> 00:29:55,560
Well, thank you, Hudson, I love my shirt.

726
00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:58,563
Any shout outs you guys have for someone?

727
00:29:58,696 --> 00:30:01,733
I do, I do want to sincerely,
just reiterate what I said.

728
00:30:01,733 --> 00:30:05,170
So if you do come for the third meeting,
I would definitely pay for your

729
00:30:05,670 --> 00:30:06,337
lovely seats.

730
00:30:06,337 --> 00:30:08,439
So you have three free meals right there.

731
00:30:08,439 --> 00:30:11,442
You come down to the rotary on Mondays
at the Pond House.

732
00:30:12,510 --> 00:30:14,546
Was that time again.

733
00:30:14,546 --> 00:30:16,047
12, 15, 1215.

734
00:30:16,047 --> 00:30:17,182
Well, 15 to 130.

735
00:30:17,182 --> 00:30:19,884
Well, you'll get on $30
fine if you come late.

736
00:30:19,884 --> 00:30:20,251
Yeah.

737
00:30:20,251 --> 00:30:22,387
Well, see, nice to. Yes.

738
00:30:22,387 --> 00:30:24,022
I want them to keep coming back at.

739
00:30:24,022 --> 00:30:25,023
Hello. You're nice. Yeah.

740
00:30:25,990 --> 00:30:26,424
Nice.

741
00:30:26,424 --> 00:30:29,427
Yes, yes.

742
00:30:30,428 --> 00:30:31,729
Or they got another shot off.

743
00:30:31,729 --> 00:30:34,732
Last one I got.

744
00:30:35,733 --> 00:30:38,336
You reminded me to bring my pen
because I always borrow a pen,

745
00:30:38,336 --> 00:30:40,772
so I've had to get my cricket
pen shot out.

746
00:30:40,772 --> 00:30:42,340
The cricket press on Park Road.

747
00:30:42,340 --> 00:30:45,510
This is an erasable pen,
and it really does erase.

748
00:30:46,010 --> 00:30:50,014
And, there are numbers (860) 521-9279.

749
00:30:50,014 --> 00:30:50,548
And how do I know?

750
00:30:50,548 --> 00:30:53,351
Because it's on the pen on the pad.
So great stuff.

751
00:30:53,351 --> 00:30:56,054
And it erases good stuff and boom.

752
00:30:56,054 --> 00:30:57,856
Cricket press print of these.

753
00:30:57,856 --> 00:31:00,558
Thank you Cricket
press. And I was a donation from them.

754
00:31:00,558 --> 00:31:02,126
So a great partner for rotary to.

755
00:31:02,126 --> 00:31:05,129
Shout out to Dom and Greg Cricket press.

756
00:31:05,463 --> 00:31:07,999
Yeah. Park road

757
00:31:07,999 --> 00:31:09,434
236 Park Road.

758
00:31:09,434 --> 00:31:12,203
They inspired me to get pads. Two
I got the Friends of Feeney pads,

759
00:31:13,204 --> 00:31:13,771
Cricket press.

760
00:31:13,771 --> 00:31:16,741
Great people. All right. So doubled up
and they help out with these.

761
00:31:16,741 --> 00:31:17,175
Look at this.

762
00:31:17,175 --> 00:31:18,376
Look at this. Good quality.

763
00:31:18,376 --> 00:31:21,379
You hear that snap.

764
00:31:21,446 --> 00:31:22,413
That's cricket press.

765
00:31:22,413 --> 00:31:24,515
Keep. Look at it.

766
00:31:24,515 --> 00:31:25,183
That flop.

767
00:31:25,183 --> 00:31:28,186
Look at that flop.

768
00:31:28,386 --> 00:31:31,389
And the other shout outs.

769
00:31:33,391 --> 00:31:36,327
Okay I can't think of anything.

770
00:31:36,327 --> 00:31:39,631
So our last guest was Max Markowitz.

771
00:31:39,631 --> 00:31:41,733
He has a, a website.

772
00:31:41,733 --> 00:31:45,003
It's the film
credits, film critics ticket.

773
00:31:45,703 --> 00:31:47,205
So we talked movies.

774
00:31:47,205 --> 00:31:49,374
Do you have a favorite movie

775
00:31:49,374 --> 00:31:51,442
film critic ticket I met one.

776
00:31:51,442 --> 00:31:54,412
My my favorite movie
is The Most Embarrassing Thing

777
00:31:54,812 --> 00:31:58,516
I love, and it's a family favorite,
the Moulin Rouge.

778
00:31:59,183 --> 00:32:03,087
I know every single word,
every single song in that movie.

779
00:32:03,721 --> 00:32:04,255
Interesting.

780
00:32:04,255 --> 00:32:07,258
We watched it one summer,
probably 100 times.

781
00:32:07,292 --> 00:32:09,060
Geez.

782
00:32:09,060 --> 00:32:09,961
I've never seen it.

783
00:32:09,961 --> 00:32:11,462
I gotta put it on the list. Yeah, it's.

784
00:32:12,430 --> 00:32:13,231
Rudy.

785
00:32:13,231 --> 00:32:16,501
Rudy, Rudy, Rudy.

786
00:32:16,801 --> 00:32:18,970
Rudy. Are you Notre Dame fan, too?

787
00:32:18,970 --> 00:32:22,240
So, you know, growing up
before UConn, a football team,

788
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:25,143
I would watch Notre Dame religiously
and now UConn.

789
00:32:25,143 --> 00:32:25,710
You can.

790
00:32:25,710 --> 00:32:27,512
So I love the Huskies.

791
00:32:27,512 --> 00:32:30,481
Love what Jim Moore is doing obviously
with the Hurley's doing you know.

792
00:32:30,748 --> 00:32:33,351
And so I don't follow Notre
Dame as much as I used to.

793
00:32:33,351 --> 00:32:35,753
But growing up I most certainly did.

794
00:32:35,753 --> 00:32:37,789
I went to Assumption College.

795
00:32:37,789 --> 00:32:40,658
But Worcester Worcester.

796
00:32:40,658 --> 00:32:41,426
Nice.

797
00:32:41,426 --> 00:32:44,362
My favorite movie is Pride and Prejudice.

798
00:32:44,362 --> 00:32:47,365
Yes. I've literally watched all variations
of it,

799
00:32:48,633 --> 00:32:50,268
like even four countries. Really?

800
00:32:50,268 --> 00:32:51,035
You should love it.

801
00:32:51,035 --> 00:32:54,038
Yes, I've even read the book
several times.

802
00:32:54,372 --> 00:32:56,040
But I have a zombie. Version. It did.

803
00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:57,041
I stopped at the zombie.

804
00:32:57,041 --> 00:32:59,877
You started the zombie version?
I had to have living somewhere.

805
00:33:00,979 --> 00:33:01,546
I think that was

806
00:33:01,546 --> 00:33:04,549
the only one I saw was a zombie movie.

807
00:33:05,350 --> 00:33:07,919
Yeah, I've seen everyone read the books.

808
00:33:07,919 --> 00:33:09,253
Like my daughter.

809
00:33:09,253 --> 00:33:12,790
My husband read her the book, which was
kind of hilarious, which was the baby,

810
00:33:13,358 --> 00:33:16,127
in all the different accents,
which was even better.

811
00:33:16,127 --> 00:33:18,363
So, yeah. Fighting prejudice.

812
00:33:18,363 --> 00:33:19,630
Interesting. What's. Yeah.

813
00:33:19,630 --> 00:33:21,699
I like, you know, Dumb and Dumber.

814
00:33:21,699 --> 00:33:23,101
John Brasco.

815
00:33:23,101 --> 00:33:26,070
Carlito's Way, Goodfellas,
you know, classics.

816
00:33:26,104 --> 00:33:28,906
Eric, I'm. I'm not surprised
I missed Mark.

817
00:33:28,906 --> 00:33:30,608
Yeah. ING.

818
00:33:30,608 --> 00:33:32,310
Yeah.

819
00:33:32,310 --> 00:33:35,313
And used to wrestle my older brother
back in the.

820
00:33:35,313 --> 00:33:37,048
Yeah. The Waterbury did.

821
00:33:37,048 --> 00:33:38,049
My older brother. Yeah.

822
00:33:38,049 --> 00:33:39,050
He's a wrestle.

823
00:33:39,050 --> 00:33:42,020
The one Eric used to beat them up. I.

824
00:33:42,020 --> 00:33:46,190
Used to feel bad, you know, beat up
these young Waterbury kids when.

825
00:33:46,424 --> 00:33:47,392
I was.

826
00:33:47,392 --> 00:33:48,493
Hung out with my brother. Yeah.

827
00:33:48,493 --> 00:33:52,430
So come to find in his house, in my house
were separated by literally two houses.

828
00:33:52,430 --> 00:33:53,464
No, but around the corner.

829
00:33:53,464 --> 00:33:54,632
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

830
00:33:54,632 --> 00:33:58,002
And I kind of moved out by the time
he moved in because college and army.

831
00:33:58,269 --> 00:33:58,503
Yeah.

832
00:33:59,637 --> 00:34:00,371
Very funny.

833
00:34:00,371 --> 00:34:00,805
Yeah.

834
00:34:00,805 --> 00:34:01,172
Love it.

835
00:34:01,172 --> 00:34:04,142
Small world taught me how to swear.

836
00:34:04,876 --> 00:34:07,645
Afraid of my mom hearing me

837
00:34:07,645 --> 00:34:08,312
go swear.

838
00:34:08,312 --> 00:34:10,381
Do it, do it. I'm a teacher, you know.

839
00:34:10,381 --> 00:34:13,384
It's teaching the youth.

840
00:34:14,252 --> 00:34:15,853
Know.

841
00:34:15,853 --> 00:34:18,022
So we have first.

842
00:34:18,022 --> 00:34:19,290
Oh, we do another game first.

843
00:34:19,290 --> 00:34:21,559
Next, then, first.

844
00:34:21,559 --> 00:34:24,562
Last best, worst.

845
00:34:24,629 --> 00:34:25,563
Your first event.

846
00:34:25,563 --> 00:34:26,531
Your last event.

847
00:34:26,531 --> 00:34:28,766
Your best event. Your worst event.

848
00:34:28,766 --> 00:34:33,071
Can you think of events or meetings
as the Rotary Club had?

849
00:34:33,071 --> 00:34:36,074
This. Let's just do this year.

850
00:34:36,541 --> 00:34:39,077
I'm assuming
this is going to be your best event.

851
00:34:39,077 --> 00:34:40,878
I hope so
we're going to raise over 50,000.

852
00:34:40,878 --> 00:34:42,213
So that's going to be best.

853
00:34:42,213 --> 00:34:44,582
Yeah I could.
Definitely have a best event.

854
00:34:44,582 --> 00:34:45,516
All right.

855
00:34:45,516 --> 00:34:46,584
Did you have one that we need.

856
00:34:46,584 --> 00:34:48,619
We need the community involvement
to be able to do it.

857
00:34:48,619 --> 00:34:52,857
So when it didn't go according as plan or
something went wrong or missing,

858
00:34:53,357 --> 00:34:57,028
or then your first one in your last one,
like what's your most recent one?

859
00:34:58,896 --> 00:35:01,899
A recent event.

860
00:35:02,867 --> 00:35:05,670
That's say the worst event, maybe not
this year was Celebrate West Hartford.

861
00:35:05,670 --> 00:35:06,604
What? It rained. Right.

862
00:35:06,604 --> 00:35:07,271
Because we're selling

863
00:35:07,271 --> 00:35:10,741
hot dogs and hamburgers and it's Saturday
and Sunday and it's really busy,

864
00:35:11,042 --> 00:35:12,276
thousands of people coming through.

865
00:35:12,276 --> 00:35:14,612
But if the weather doesn't cooperate,
no bueno.

866
00:35:14,612 --> 00:35:15,279
Yeah.

867
00:35:15,279 --> 00:35:17,949
So there was a few years back
where we had a great Saturday.

868
00:35:17,949 --> 00:35:20,151
It was pretty much a washout on Sunday.

869
00:35:20,151 --> 00:35:23,154
And instead of bringing in 5 or 6000,
it was three.

870
00:35:23,521 --> 00:35:25,123
So that would, you know, weather. Yeah.

871
00:35:25,123 --> 00:35:28,392
Well, I remember yeah, I only volunteered
on the Saturday when it didn't.

872
00:35:28,826 --> 00:35:30,061
Yeah.

873
00:35:30,061 --> 00:35:32,630
Smart.

874
00:35:32,630 --> 00:35:33,231
Like I'm good.

875
00:35:33,231 --> 00:35:35,600
It's rain. Right.

876
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:37,168
That was the worst.

877
00:35:37,168 --> 00:35:40,171
I will say, last event was, Benny,

878
00:35:40,771 --> 00:35:42,240
the only for books.

879
00:35:42,240 --> 00:35:43,341
For books? Yeah.

880
00:35:43,341 --> 00:35:45,376
That was great. Yes. Did you guys go?

881
00:35:46,344 --> 00:35:47,411
I went.

882
00:35:47,411 --> 00:35:48,479
You definitely.

883
00:35:48,479 --> 00:35:49,881
Dropped off book. Yeah. Great.

884
00:35:49,881 --> 00:35:51,048
I didn't let Bennett know.

885
00:35:51,048 --> 00:35:54,051
I thought I let him know,
but there were all the lanes were full.

886
00:35:54,318 --> 00:35:58,189
I played mini golf and then went to J
for wings with my daughter and her friend.

887
00:35:58,222 --> 00:36:01,159
So it worked out

888
00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:01,993
one time. Oh.

889
00:36:01,993 --> 00:36:04,996
Then two things my driving to work today
or Super Bowl.

890
00:36:05,396 --> 00:36:06,197
Where do you guys want to go?

891
00:36:06,197 --> 00:36:07,632
What direction?

892
00:36:07,632 --> 00:36:09,967
The, the Giants fan.

893
00:36:09,967 --> 00:36:12,570
Yeah, I'd rather
go. You're driving to work today, Eric.

894
00:36:12,570 --> 00:36:15,840
So funny that you brought that up,
because I have this first ever,

895
00:36:17,642 --> 00:36:19,577
Jersey burning on the podcast.

896
00:36:19,577 --> 00:36:20,678
Oh, man.

897
00:36:20,678 --> 00:36:23,681
Okay.

898
00:36:23,881 --> 00:36:24,916
Oh, but

899
00:36:24,916 --> 00:36:27,919
the get up in so many other videos,
I just got real.

900
00:36:29,854 --> 00:36:32,490
Still wipe my tears

901
00:36:32,490 --> 00:36:34,992
I love Saquon I miss you.

902
00:36:34,992 --> 00:36:36,861
Yeah I have for these.

903
00:36:36,861 --> 00:36:38,429
But for everybody in the family

904
00:36:39,764 --> 00:36:40,231
it's.

905
00:36:40,231 --> 00:36:43,234
A see him so successful and so happy.
Yeah.

906
00:36:43,801 --> 00:36:45,736
But good for him I'm good for. Him yeah.

907
00:36:45,736 --> 00:36:46,270
I would.

908
00:36:46,270 --> 00:36:48,873
What do you think about the game.
Did you like. It was like an awful game.

909
00:36:48,873 --> 00:36:49,774
It was an awful game.

910
00:36:49,774 --> 00:36:50,641
It was.

911
00:36:50,641 --> 00:36:53,044
The score was awful. All the commercials.

912
00:36:53,044 --> 00:36:55,413
There was that one seal commercial
with the Mountain Dew.

913
00:36:55,413 --> 00:36:58,282
Hilarious. I was the only one I like.

914
00:36:58,282 --> 00:36:59,650
I like the Dunkin Donuts. Commercial.

915
00:36:59,650 --> 00:37:01,319
That don't start off pretty good.

916
00:37:01,319 --> 00:37:02,920
Awesome. No, I forgot about that one.

917
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:03,521
That was pretty good.

918
00:37:03,521 --> 00:37:05,923
Yes, that was pretty good. Yeah.

919
00:37:05,923 --> 00:37:06,557
But the score.

920
00:37:06,557 --> 00:37:07,658
Yeah, they were just the

921
00:37:07,658 --> 00:37:10,895
the front line of the defense of Eagles
were just humbling.

922
00:37:10,895 --> 00:37:12,897
Yeah Patrick Mahomes running for his life.

923
00:37:12,897 --> 00:37:15,900
Oh yeah yeah
I was really rooting for the Chiefs

924
00:37:16,033 --> 00:37:20,137
because my team lost
very sadly to the Eagles.

925
00:37:20,504 --> 00:37:23,107
I'm still the. Commanders.
Yes we had a great year.

926
00:37:23,107 --> 00:37:25,977
They did though I tried to hang on
to the fact that they had a great year.

927
00:37:25,977 --> 00:37:27,545
They did have a fantastic yeah.

928
00:37:27,545 --> 00:37:28,913
See Giles is.

929
00:37:28,913 --> 00:37:29,413
Unbelievable.

930
00:37:29,413 --> 00:37:31,682
Amazing. Quarterback
Jack Daniels could have.

931
00:37:31,682 --> 00:37:33,251
Been a giant. Could have been a.

932
00:37:33,251 --> 00:37:36,254
Giant cry again I'll say.

933
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:38,456
Smith had a touchdown
for he should have been a giant.

934
00:37:40,291 --> 00:37:42,326
Barkley should still be a giant.

935
00:37:42,326 --> 00:37:43,628
I mean you know who shouldn't be a giant?

936
00:37:43,628 --> 00:37:45,730
Daniel Jones.

937
00:37:45,730 --> 00:37:48,733
You know who never should have been
a giant Daniel Jones.

938
00:37:50,034 --> 00:37:50,501
Hurts me.

939
00:37:50,501 --> 00:37:51,702
All right, new topic.

940
00:37:51,702 --> 00:37:54,705
So I'm driving to work.

941
00:37:54,872 --> 00:37:56,907
And, you know, there's the intersection.

942
00:37:56,907 --> 00:37:59,110
And if you leave at 7:00, it's great.

943
00:37:59,110 --> 00:38:01,112
But if you leave at 710.

944
00:38:01,112 --> 00:38:04,582
Damnit, Conner,
it turns into Apocalypse Now, right?

945
00:38:04,582 --> 00:38:07,251
Everyone's in a rush.

946
00:38:07,251 --> 00:38:10,187
And I get to the stop sign and I'm going,
and someone turns

947
00:38:10,187 --> 00:38:13,391
and they're like,
dad, that's my friend Bella.

948
00:38:14,158 --> 00:38:14,992
Bella. Egress.

949
00:38:14,992 --> 00:38:17,995
No way. Yeah,

950
00:38:18,029 --> 00:38:21,465
but. And I go, that is her dad, Kyle.

951
00:38:21,565 --> 00:38:24,268
I have a podcast with him today.

952
00:38:24,268 --> 00:38:25,202
Today?

953
00:38:25,202 --> 00:38:26,971
I didn't even know
my daughter's in your daughter.

954
00:38:26,971 --> 00:38:28,806
I don't know that either. It's amazing.

955
00:38:28,806 --> 00:38:30,341
It happened at the stop sign.

956
00:38:30,341 --> 00:38:32,677
Hope she. Stopped. It was. It was on me.

957
00:38:32,677 --> 00:38:35,313
I want to go on record. It was on. Me.

958
00:38:35,313 --> 00:38:36,213
She had to right away.

959
00:38:36,213 --> 00:38:39,216
But it was a miscommunication. Hesitation.

960
00:38:39,750 --> 00:38:42,086
So, Bella, you're doing
great things on the behind the wheel.

961
00:38:43,187 --> 00:38:43,921
But that was hilarious.

962
00:38:43,921 --> 00:38:45,990
And I'm like, does she play field
hockey too? Like, yeah, she plays field.

963
00:38:45,990 --> 00:38:46,857
Hockey and lacrosse.

964
00:38:46,857 --> 00:38:50,294
I'm like,
I think that's her an egress so far.

965
00:38:50,328 --> 00:38:53,331
There's so many egress is in town, but
I will what I will say to your daughters

966
00:38:53,331 --> 00:38:56,600
is that we have an Interact Club
at concert.

967
00:38:56,934 --> 00:38:59,370
And so it's rotary for high school kids.

968
00:38:59,370 --> 00:39:01,072
And so Bella is part of it.

969
00:39:01,072 --> 00:39:04,408
And there's 13 other Conard, students
that are that are participating.

970
00:39:04,408 --> 00:39:06,177
Would love to have them. Okay.

971
00:39:06,177 --> 00:39:08,913
And the club sponsors them
with $1,000 donation

972
00:39:08,913 --> 00:39:12,316
to help them give back to the community
and causes that they support.

973
00:39:12,516 --> 00:39:14,151
And they may see match, celebrate.

974
00:39:14,151 --> 00:39:16,954
You may see them at the food caravan,
but it's it's awesome to have.

975
00:39:16,954 --> 00:39:19,857
And then how do you say that
and is it an acronym for something.

976
00:39:19,857 --> 00:39:22,593
So I think it's it's interact right.

977
00:39:22,593 --> 00:39:22,860
Yeah.

978
00:39:22,860 --> 00:39:25,396
Interact
club is rotary for high school kids okay.

979
00:39:25,396 --> 00:39:26,764
Yeah. Interact. Yeah.

980
00:39:26,764 --> 00:39:29,300
We also have a Rotary Club
which is for college.

981
00:39:29,300 --> 00:39:32,103
It's 18 to 30
and that's at University of Hartford.

982
00:39:32,103 --> 00:39:33,537
Oh, nice.

983
00:39:33,537 --> 00:39:34,405
Nice. Yeah.

984
00:39:34,405 --> 00:39:41,379
My daughter had, she had like four dozen
roses that she sold for student council.

985
00:39:41,379 --> 00:39:45,416
So she does student council,
mock trial model, U.N.

986
00:39:45,416 --> 00:39:49,353
unified theater, golf rivalry.

987
00:39:49,620 --> 00:39:52,623
Then the other one does softball
and all the other things I think, and

988
00:39:53,324 --> 00:39:54,892
just named busy, busy.

989
00:39:54,892 --> 00:39:56,794
But they'll they'll hop on that.
Yeah. It'd be great.

990
00:39:56,794 --> 00:39:59,330
To help Bella
to connect with Neil and Bridget.

991
00:39:59,330 --> 00:40:00,297
We'll do make a heck, you

992
00:40:01,298 --> 00:40:02,032
know, good school.

993
00:40:02,032 --> 00:40:05,903
I love Connor,
but again, that's 710 to 720.

994
00:40:06,737 --> 00:40:08,372
I don't think every kid needs a car.

995
00:40:08,372 --> 00:40:10,508
You got all these single drivers.

996
00:40:10,508 --> 00:40:12,476
Well, they're following the rules, Eric.

997
00:40:12,476 --> 00:40:15,846
The first year they can't drive
with someone outside of their family.

998
00:40:15,846 --> 00:40:18,282
Safety first. That's right.

999
00:40:18,282 --> 00:40:21,285
Back in our day to be pilot by.

1000
00:40:22,119 --> 00:40:23,354
Just got my license.

1001
00:40:23,354 --> 00:40:25,289
Picking up all nine of my friends.

1002
00:40:25,289 --> 00:40:28,592
Yeah, 16 years old
with nine kids in the car.

1003
00:40:28,592 --> 00:40:30,661
Seven into a Honda Civic. In the trunk.

1004
00:40:30,661 --> 00:40:32,663
If you can't fit.

1005
00:40:32,663 --> 00:40:34,231
Wow. Okay, that makes sense.

1006
00:40:34,231 --> 00:40:35,232
Okay.

1007
00:40:35,232 --> 00:40:38,702
But I think they should offer a stipend
or some some sort of reward

1008
00:40:38,702 --> 00:40:39,570
for taking the bus.

1009
00:40:39,570 --> 00:40:43,040
Or we just stopped getting busses
because, I mean, no one's on these busses.

1010
00:40:43,741 --> 00:40:44,341
Oh, there.

1011
00:40:44,341 --> 00:40:46,410
That's why I thought it was like.

1012
00:40:46,410 --> 00:40:48,012
It's not a choice thing.

1013
00:40:48,012 --> 00:40:48,712
Interesting. Yeah.

1014
00:40:48,712 --> 00:40:53,551
My girls, I've driven I've driven
with them each three times since November.

1015
00:40:54,585 --> 00:40:55,953
So keep driving with them.

1016
00:40:55,953 --> 00:40:56,954
Right.

1017
00:40:56,954 --> 00:41:00,057
They need a little more practice,
but I'm all for it.

1018
00:41:00,324 --> 00:41:02,493
Where did the students park?

1019
00:41:02,493 --> 00:41:03,227
Is their student.

1020
00:41:03,227 --> 00:41:05,896
Parking lot is huge.
There's a front one in the back. Okay.

1021
00:41:05,896 --> 00:41:08,332
So I we think we know
like a little incognito way

1022
00:41:08,332 --> 00:41:11,335
in and I drop off by the cash in the back
room.

1023
00:41:11,502 --> 00:41:12,470
But again that's a zoo.

1024
00:41:12,470 --> 00:41:15,272
And then we pick up a friend
on the way here because it was too cold.

1025
00:41:15,272 --> 00:41:18,242
So we're like, pull over,
you hop in, she's got roses.

1026
00:41:18,342 --> 00:41:20,511
We get to the stop sign, I get cut off.

1027
00:41:20,511 --> 00:41:22,580
I'm not kidding.

1028
00:41:22,580 --> 00:41:24,682
I'm not totally.

1029
00:41:24,682 --> 00:41:27,551
Not totally.
Not while this teacher talk in school.

1030
00:41:27,551 --> 00:41:29,887
Talk. Do you guys have favorite teachers?
You like to shout out?

1031
00:41:29,887 --> 00:41:30,821
Any favorite teacher?

1032
00:41:32,189 --> 00:41:33,691
Like my favorite teacher of all time.

1033
00:41:33,691 --> 00:41:34,792
I always shout out Mrs.

1034
00:41:34,792 --> 00:41:37,495
Jerel from fifth grade Kingsbury School.

1035
00:41:37,495 --> 00:41:39,563
This time I want to shout out Mr. Krill.

1036
00:41:39,563 --> 00:41:43,501
Dave Krill was my freshman
chemistry teacher and my football coach.

1037
00:41:44,268 --> 00:41:47,304
And he
he was a pole vaulter for Dartmouth.

1038
00:41:47,304 --> 00:41:50,474
He was an amazing person,
and he just inspired me so many ways.

1039
00:41:50,474 --> 00:41:53,477
So Dave Krill, shout out to Dave Krill,

1040
00:41:54,211 --> 00:41:56,280
do you have a teacher that inspired you?

1041
00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:59,216
Did I ask you you remember
we started talking about Rose wise?

1042
00:41:59,216 --> 00:42:00,150
Yeah, we talked about.

1043
00:42:00,150 --> 00:42:01,852
Yeah. Was very cool.

1044
00:42:01,852 --> 00:42:04,288
Very cool.

1045
00:42:04,288 --> 00:42:06,223
I mean, I last time I said Mr.

1046
00:42:06,223 --> 00:42:09,260
Pose because this time I'll say Miss
Augustine,

1047
00:42:10,327 --> 00:42:12,563
down in Waterbury,
she used to teach in the theater

1048
00:42:12,563 --> 00:42:15,866
department at Wayne's,
where I went to graduated from,

1049
00:42:16,934 --> 00:42:20,237
my senior year of high school.

1050
00:42:20,237 --> 00:42:21,305
I couldn't,

1051
00:42:21,305 --> 00:42:25,242
you know, I came from humble beginnings,
couldn't afford the ticket to the prom.

1052
00:42:25,242 --> 00:42:28,612
And she actually ended up
paying for my prom ticket,

1053
00:42:29,013 --> 00:42:32,349
which I was completely shocked
and just completely floored.

1054
00:42:32,349 --> 00:42:36,053
And, yeah, that was one of the most giving
moments, because,

1055
00:42:36,787 --> 00:42:39,557
you know,
prom is almost like a rite of passage,

1056
00:42:39,557 --> 00:42:42,593
you know,
and and I felt I was, you know, crying

1057
00:42:42,593 --> 00:42:45,663
that I couldn't afford it because we just
we just didn't have the money.

1058
00:42:45,663 --> 00:42:49,133
My mom obviously raised six of us
on her own, you know, tough, you know,

1059
00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:50,301
you know, watch.

1060
00:42:50,301 --> 00:42:53,304
115 I just talked a little bit
about that, but,

1061
00:42:54,538 --> 00:42:56,807
yeah, it was just
it was just one of those special moments

1062
00:42:56,807 --> 00:42:59,877
where I just kind of was inspired
to, to give back.

1063
00:42:59,877 --> 00:43:03,113
And I always stuck with me
to always give back to the community.

1064
00:43:03,113 --> 00:43:06,183
Yeah, yeah, especially when I made it
and got to a level where I could,

1065
00:43:08,052 --> 00:43:08,252
Yeah.

1066
00:43:08,252 --> 00:43:12,623
The theme of today is definitely,
you know, service above self.

1067
00:43:12,623 --> 00:43:13,490
I love the above.

1068
00:43:13,490 --> 00:43:17,394
So giving back and being a good friend,
you know, I'm fortunate to have a house

1069
00:43:17,428 --> 00:43:20,097
and, and, a roof over my head.

1070
00:43:20,097 --> 00:43:22,600
So I would like to give back
to those that need assistance. And.

1071
00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:24,435
Yeah, I'm from a divorce family,

1072
00:43:24,435 --> 00:43:27,004
so I knew how it was
not to see my dad every once in a while.

1073
00:43:27,004 --> 00:43:29,239
I could never imagine
never seeing him again.

1074
00:43:29,239 --> 00:43:32,343
So that's why I empathize with families
that lose a loved one.

1075
00:43:33,277 --> 00:43:38,048
And since then, we've helped over
90 families and raised over $225,000.

1076
00:43:38,048 --> 00:43:39,350
So good for you.

1077
00:43:39,350 --> 00:43:41,919
That's amazing and all working
with wonderful people in the community

1078
00:43:41,919 --> 00:43:42,853
like you guys.

1079
00:43:42,853 --> 00:43:46,357
So you guys are doing great work and
we look forward to future collaborations.

1080
00:43:46,357 --> 00:43:48,258
And I will 100%,

1081
00:43:49,793 --> 00:43:50,494
March 1st.

1082
00:43:50,494 --> 00:43:51,929
Sounds good.

1083
00:43:51,929 --> 00:43:52,329
How about you?

1084
00:43:52,329 --> 00:43:56,000
How is your favorite teacher, Mr. Dudek?

1085
00:43:56,033 --> 00:43:57,701
I was going to say you can see me.

1086
00:43:57,701 --> 00:44:00,104
You know,
I. Could say you, but I. I say, Mr. Dudek.

1087
00:44:00,104 --> 00:44:01,472
So this did sixth grade.

1088
00:44:01,472 --> 00:44:05,042
Highland School,
Cheshire was just a phenomenal teacher.

1089
00:44:05,609 --> 00:44:08,612
Taught me a lot
about just kind of working hard and,

1090
00:44:09,580 --> 00:44:10,114
I would say, Mr.

1091
00:44:10,114 --> 00:44:12,182
Dudek.

1092
00:44:12,182 --> 00:44:14,785
I cannot remember and or pronounce

1093
00:44:14,785 --> 00:44:18,222
her married last name,
but she wasn't at the time.

1094
00:44:18,489 --> 00:44:20,591
And her name was Donna Cathy.

1095
00:44:20,591 --> 00:44:22,660
She was a faculty.

1096
00:44:22,660 --> 00:44:24,294
She wasn't an actual teacher.

1097
00:44:24,294 --> 00:44:27,031
She worked in a career center.

1098
00:44:27,031 --> 00:44:30,034
And she knew everyone at Manchester High.

1099
00:44:30,367 --> 00:44:32,202
And she was there for everything.

1100
00:44:32,202 --> 00:44:36,607
She gave us guidance, you know, she
told us when we were out of the pocket.

1101
00:44:37,808 --> 00:44:39,176
You know.

1102
00:44:39,176 --> 00:44:41,478
She she stood us in the right direction.

1103
00:44:41,478 --> 00:44:44,481
Shelters with college, with

1104
00:44:44,481 --> 00:44:45,783
everything you could think of.

1105
00:44:45,783 --> 00:44:47,084
She was there for.

1106
00:44:47,084 --> 00:44:50,788
And I never forgot her in every few years,
actually see her.

1107
00:44:51,555 --> 00:44:53,590
So it's it's fantastic.

1108
00:44:53,590 --> 00:44:56,493
Very nice.

1109
00:44:56,493 --> 00:44:57,528
All right. We got teachers.

1110
00:44:57,528 --> 00:44:59,163
Oh. An episode. Stephanie.

1111
00:44:59,163 --> 00:45:03,300
She's our production associate now,
but she was also on 123,

1112
00:45:03,767 --> 00:45:05,669
and she does cosplays and TikToks.

1113
00:45:05,669 --> 00:45:08,672
She's over a million views on TikTok
like Marvel.

1114
00:45:08,906 --> 00:45:11,909
So with that being said,
we have a special superhero.

1115
00:45:11,942 --> 00:45:13,110
We did. Favorite teachers.

1116
00:45:13,110 --> 00:45:14,845
Teachers are superheroes. Yes.

1117
00:45:14,845 --> 00:45:15,979
Who's your favorite superhero?

1118
00:45:15,979 --> 00:45:18,982
What's your favorite superpower?

1119
00:45:24,621 --> 00:45:27,725
Okay, so my favorite superhero is Thor.

1120
00:45:27,891 --> 00:45:30,894
It's always been Thor. Yes.

1121
00:45:31,028 --> 00:45:34,598
My husband is a huge comic book,

1122
00:45:36,300 --> 00:45:37,000
person.

1123
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:38,602
It's best way I could say, right?

1124
00:45:38,602 --> 00:45:40,237
Comic book person. Yes.

1125
00:45:40,237 --> 00:45:42,172
So, he got me into it.

1126
00:45:42,172 --> 00:45:44,875
And Thor is my favorite.
I love Thor's hammer.

1127
00:45:47,044 --> 00:45:48,579
You bring
the hammer down with those happy times.

1128
00:45:48,579 --> 00:45:49,880
Do I do?

1129
00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:50,581
Let me tell you.

1130
00:45:50,581 --> 00:45:53,584
What I hit that God, I feel the power. To.

1131
00:45:55,986 --> 00:45:56,887
This all makes sense.

1132
00:45:56,887 --> 00:45:58,756
Like it. Does. It does?

1133
00:45:58,756 --> 00:46:01,759
Yeah.

1134
00:46:02,893 --> 00:46:03,327
This week

1135
00:46:03,327 --> 00:46:06,363
I'll say Spider-Man, because my daughters
are really into Spider-Man.

1136
00:46:06,897 --> 00:46:08,866
Into the Spider-Verse.

1137
00:46:08,866 --> 00:46:10,501
It's, like, really cool for me.

1138
00:46:10,501 --> 00:46:14,438
I don't think they really quite
grasped the plot lines yet,

1139
00:46:14,438 --> 00:46:17,441
but they like watching Spider-Man and,

1140
00:46:17,941 --> 00:46:19,710
yeah.

1141
00:46:19,710 --> 00:46:21,612
So I. Mean, I, I.

1142
00:46:21,612 --> 00:46:24,848
Have to say, I don't know if I have one,
but if I had to go on, I haven't.

1143
00:46:25,082 --> 00:46:28,018
I found a marvel that, that, that closely.

1144
00:46:28,018 --> 00:46:31,155
So this is going back
a long time to traditional to Superman.

1145
00:46:31,522 --> 00:46:33,490
Classic. Classic, yes.

1146
00:46:33,490 --> 00:46:37,394
Traditional is the name of the board
by day and saves the world by night.

1147
00:46:37,528 --> 00:46:39,730
Let's go, let's go.

1148
00:46:39,730 --> 00:46:42,299
There's the Amazon documentary
on Christopher Reeve.

1149
00:46:42,299 --> 00:46:44,234
Really? I haven't seen it yet. But.

1150
00:46:44,234 --> 00:46:45,502
Is it HBO?

1151
00:46:45,502 --> 00:46:47,671
Oh, Get your password.

1152
00:46:47,671 --> 00:46:49,339
Username to share.

1153
00:46:49,339 --> 00:46:50,941
What is it? What is it? Be a good friend.

1154
00:46:53,043 --> 00:46:55,245
I'll treat you to Hulu.

1155
00:46:55,245 --> 00:46:58,248
And Netflix for your HBO.

1156
00:46:58,282 --> 00:47:01,251
Be a good friend
and share that best friend.

1157
00:47:01,518 --> 00:47:03,287
I still use my mom's networks. Yeah.

1158
00:47:03,287 --> 00:47:06,290
I mean, Netflix account?

1159
00:47:06,290 --> 00:47:10,160
No. I'm honored to be speaking
with the Rotary Club of West Hartford.

1160
00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:12,262
There's a wonderful event on March 1st.

1161
00:47:12,262 --> 00:47:14,398
Vines of March.

1162
00:47:14,398 --> 00:47:16,700
I can't thank you enough
at being a third grade teacher.

1163
00:47:16,700 --> 00:47:20,070
I am personally,
I want to speak for all of my students

1164
00:47:20,070 --> 00:47:23,106
for the past 200 of them, 20 times ten.

1165
00:47:23,307 --> 00:47:25,509
So 20 students times ten years.

1166
00:47:25,509 --> 00:47:26,543
So there's 200.

1167
00:47:26,543 --> 00:47:29,546
I mean, it, and there's so many third
graders in West Hartford.

1168
00:47:29,646 --> 00:47:31,682
Do you know when
and where that started and how?

1169
00:47:31,682 --> 00:47:33,617
Why third graders? Why dictionaries?

1170
00:47:33,617 --> 00:47:36,620
Savannah, Georgia
I think it's where it started

1171
00:47:37,020 --> 00:47:39,756
and it's grown across the whole country.

1172
00:47:39,756 --> 00:47:41,358
That's so cool, I love it.

1173
00:47:43,193 --> 00:47:44,528
Any minute.

1174
00:47:44,528 --> 00:47:46,964
Are we on.

1175
00:47:46,964 --> 00:47:49,233
40, 48.

1176
00:47:49,233 --> 00:47:50,667
Anything? Oh, we got to do a toast.

1177
00:47:50,667 --> 00:47:52,302
We got to vines.

1178
00:47:52,302 --> 00:47:53,437
You guys got to get that met.

1179
00:47:53,437 --> 00:47:56,073
Do you want to grab those
that bottle, those glasses?

1180
00:47:56,073 --> 00:47:59,042
And then in the meantime,

1181
00:47:59,042 --> 00:47:59,343
again.

1182
00:47:59,343 --> 00:48:01,411
Thank you. Hudson, thank you for the.

1183
00:48:01,411 --> 00:48:03,947
Oh, Nate, what about my guy? Nate?

1184
00:48:03,947 --> 00:48:05,148
Nate will be here.

1185
00:48:05,148 --> 00:48:06,850
Nate hasn't signed up for his ticket yet.

1186
00:48:06,850 --> 00:48:09,419
And Nate,
you know, knows better than that.

1187
00:48:09,419 --> 00:48:11,822
You know another banker, TD banker.

1188
00:48:11,822 --> 00:48:12,789
Nate better be there.

1189
00:48:12,789 --> 00:48:13,290
We call him.

1190
00:48:13,290 --> 00:48:16,293
It's calm. Let's get him on the line here.

1191
00:48:16,326 --> 00:48:17,361
Live on here.

1192
00:48:17,361 --> 00:48:18,061
Let's get another man.

1193
00:48:18,061 --> 00:48:18,729
He was there last year.

1194
00:48:18,729 --> 00:48:21,732
He had a blast.

1195
00:48:21,999 --> 00:48:23,734
Are you calling him right now?

1196
00:48:23,734 --> 00:48:26,103
Call him right now. That is awesome. Yeah.

1197
00:48:26,103 --> 00:48:26,904
That's going to be great.

1198
00:48:30,140 --> 00:48:30,674
Calling him right.

1199
00:48:30,674 --> 00:48:31,475
Again. 118 again.

1200
00:48:31,475 --> 00:48:34,478
Need is while I'll be right
there. You 120.

1201
00:48:34,478 --> 00:48:35,379
We're going to put him on speaker.

1202
00:48:35,379 --> 00:48:38,315
Oh it's supposed to be a guess
who what it is.

1203
00:48:38,315 --> 00:48:40,350
Hello, Nate.

1204
00:48:40,350 --> 00:48:43,320
Pick up Nate. Be a good friend. Nate.

1205
00:48:43,921 --> 00:48:46,924
Let's see.

1206
00:48:47,291 --> 00:48:49,259
Usually a texter.

1207
00:48:49,259 --> 00:48:50,894
What if you call him
and he picks up. That would be.

1208
00:48:50,894 --> 00:48:54,164
Oh, I think you I think it's
he knew we were coming on today.

1209
00:48:54,364 --> 00:48:54,765
Oh, he did it.

1210
00:48:54,765 --> 00:48:57,768
Yeah.

1211
00:48:58,235 --> 00:49:00,470
She both call at the same time.

1212
00:49:00,470 --> 00:49:01,872
What we'll do, though, has been maybe.

1213
00:49:01,872 --> 00:49:02,940
Able to cheer.

1214
00:49:02,940 --> 00:49:05,943
The person you're trying to reach
is not available at the tone.

1215
00:49:06,176 --> 00:49:08,912
Please record your message
when you have finished recording.

1216
00:49:08,912 --> 00:49:10,981
You may hang up.

1217
00:49:10,981 --> 00:49:12,449
Nate live on the air.

1218
00:49:12,449 --> 00:49:15,352
Episode 128 Feeney talks with friends.

1219
00:49:15,352 --> 00:49:16,820
I'm here with Kyle.

1220
00:49:16,820 --> 00:49:18,555
Let's go, let's go is buy a ticket.

1221
00:49:18,555 --> 00:49:20,490
March 1st, 18 days away.

1222
00:49:20,490 --> 00:49:22,492
Be there. Be square.

1223
00:49:22,492 --> 00:49:23,894
We need your support. Thanks.

1224
00:49:23,894 --> 00:49:27,364
But if you don't call me back, I'm sharing
your cell phone number with everyone.

1225
00:49:27,965 --> 00:49:29,132
You two podcast.

1226
00:49:31,969 --> 00:49:32,636
All right.

1227
00:49:32,636 --> 00:49:35,238
Cheers. I'm sorry. Okay.

1228
00:49:35,238 --> 00:49:36,306
Did you see what it was?

1229
00:49:36,306 --> 00:49:38,008
I didn't say I don't know much about why.

1230
00:49:38,008 --> 00:49:39,710
I got a guest price.

1231
00:49:39,710 --> 00:49:41,678
Okay, we've got to taste it
first. Taste it?

1232
00:49:41,678 --> 00:49:42,412
Yeah, well, cheers.

1233
00:49:42,412 --> 00:49:44,881
Thank you for your support event

1234
00:49:44,881 --> 00:49:46,950
March 1st.
You want to try it? Matt? We got.

1235
00:49:46,950 --> 00:49:48,652
She's not out. Okay.

1236
00:49:48,652 --> 00:49:50,220
All right, so you smell it.

1237
00:49:50,220 --> 00:49:52,089
Oh, he's at the girls game.

1238
00:49:52,089 --> 00:49:53,924
Oh, yeah. What's the score?

1239
00:49:53,924 --> 00:49:56,927
Let's get the score first.

1240
00:50:03,900 --> 00:50:04,134
All right.

1241
00:50:04,134 --> 00:50:04,868
What do we got?

1242
00:50:04,868 --> 00:50:07,871
Bullock?

1243
00:50:08,438 --> 00:50:09,072
You got chickens?

1244
00:50:09,072 --> 00:50:10,874
Legs?

1245
00:50:10,874 --> 00:50:12,776
I was on two guys on a lot of one.

1246
00:50:12,776 --> 00:50:14,845
Shout out to two guys on a lot of wine.

1247
00:50:14,845 --> 00:50:16,980
We did a collaborative episode.

1248
00:50:16,980 --> 00:50:18,782
Check the legs.

1249
00:50:18,782 --> 00:50:20,851
It's a.

1250
00:50:20,851 --> 00:50:22,452
I thought you picked a bottle
because it was green.

1251
00:50:22,452 --> 00:50:25,322
Because. Imagine, Friends of Feeney.
It's all about. It's all about branding.

1252
00:50:27,424 --> 00:50:30,427
All right, so I it's a 2006 Merlot.

1253
00:50:30,660 --> 00:50:33,530
Classic red.

1254
00:50:33,530 --> 00:50:35,298
Red wolves up 2419.

1255
00:50:35,298 --> 00:50:37,034
I'm just making this up by the way.

1256
00:50:37,034 --> 00:50:40,037
2419.

1257
00:50:40,070 --> 00:50:41,972
All right, so how about.

1258
00:50:41,972 --> 00:50:43,306
All right, we'll start year.

1259
00:50:43,306 --> 00:50:46,309
What year do you think this wine is?

1260
00:50:49,079 --> 00:50:51,581
2018.

1261
00:50:51,581 --> 00:50:52,816
All right, 2021.

1262
00:50:52,816 --> 00:50:55,285
Whoa Kyle for. 2.0.

1263
00:50:55,285 --> 00:50:57,020
Two 2021 okay.

1264
00:50:57,020 --> 00:50:58,955
Well, now, what kind of wine is it?

1265
00:50:58,955 --> 00:51:00,390
I say mellow. Merlot.

1266
00:51:00,390 --> 00:51:03,160
We got one from our love.

1267
00:51:03,160 --> 00:51:05,228
You can guess 200.

1268
00:51:05,228 --> 00:51:07,597
Nothing about wine.

1269
00:51:07,597 --> 00:51:08,498
Wow. I'm going to.

1270
00:51:08,498 --> 00:51:09,366
If you said hello.

1271
00:51:09,366 --> 00:51:12,369
So I'm going to say a cab.

1272
00:51:12,903 --> 00:51:13,770
Two for two.

1273
00:51:13,770 --> 00:51:14,738
For. Two.

1274
00:51:14,738 --> 00:51:18,241
Cabernet Sauvignon. Okay. Oh, wow.

1275
00:51:18,275 --> 00:51:19,042
I'm in. Grace.

1276
00:51:19,042 --> 00:51:21,845
And now we need to know location.

1277
00:51:21,845 --> 00:51:24,848
I gotta go California, West Hartford.

1278
00:51:28,318 --> 00:51:29,252
This is an island.

1279
00:51:29,252 --> 00:51:32,255
I'll give you an a continent.
Oh, Australia.

1280
00:51:32,489 --> 00:51:35,092
Yeah. This is the wine of Australia.
Wow. There you go.

1281
00:51:35,092 --> 00:51:36,927
Heartland one spice trader,

1282
00:51:38,261 --> 00:51:39,930
Great car, great color.

1283
00:51:39,930 --> 00:51:42,933
Go green, go green. Top of the morning.

1284
00:51:43,500 --> 00:51:45,435
Be a good friend.

1285
00:51:45,435 --> 00:51:46,503
So thank you for hosting.

1286
00:51:46,503 --> 00:51:48,071
And the cost was the last.

1287
00:51:48,071 --> 00:51:48,972
One, right? Oh, cost.

1288
00:51:48,972 --> 00:51:50,340
What do you think this cost?

1289
00:51:50,340 --> 00:51:53,210
It's 1990. Nine.

1290
00:51:53,210 --> 00:51:53,477
Higher.

1291
00:51:53,477 --> 00:51:55,412
Lower.

1292
00:51:55,412 --> 00:51:57,914
Lower.

1293
00:51:57,914 --> 00:52:00,450
1899.

1294
00:52:00,450 --> 00:52:03,320
You said higher low I said lower.

1295
00:52:03,320 --> 00:52:06,323
So I wrote it down. Oh.

1296
00:52:07,424 --> 00:52:08,992
1499 14

1297
00:52:08,992 --> 00:52:12,329
so 5915 bucks out the door.

1298
00:52:13,563 --> 00:52:15,098
Well thank you to our hosts.

1299
00:52:15,098 --> 00:52:17,167
Maximum beverage.

1300
00:52:17,167 --> 00:52:19,136
Thank you to the Rotary Club.

1301
00:52:19,136 --> 00:52:20,770
Let's cheers again. Yes.

1302
00:52:20,770 --> 00:52:22,005
Thank you thank you sir.

1303
00:52:22,005 --> 00:52:24,774
Thank you, thank you. And please
like and share when this comes out.

1304
00:52:24,774 --> 00:52:26,476
This is episode 129.

1305
00:52:26,476 --> 00:52:28,645
What's your record reviews.

1306
00:52:28,645 --> 00:52:30,514
Riley Fox had.

1307
00:52:30,514 --> 00:52:32,949
Riley. Would that be Riley Riley. Fox.

1308
00:52:32,949 --> 00:52:36,186
The Bulldogs are 16 and 14

1309
00:52:36,186 --> 00:52:39,389
and six big game Valentine's day.

1310
00:52:39,389 --> 00:52:41,191
They they're playing Eupen at home.

1311
00:52:42,259 --> 00:52:45,061
Okay I went to the opening day.

1312
00:52:45,061 --> 00:52:46,730
Yeah I'm scores first bucket.

1313
00:52:46,730 --> 00:52:47,430
Yeah.

1314
00:52:47,430 --> 00:52:50,433
Then I went on Martin
Luther King Day to see him play Howard.

1315
00:52:50,700 --> 00:52:54,137
He had seven got on the floor
when in the locker room.

1316
00:52:54,571 --> 00:52:56,573
Friends of Fox we're going to do.

1317
00:52:56,573 --> 00:52:58,308
You did that I was there
yeah it was great.

1318
00:52:58,308 --> 00:52:59,042
Awesome.

1319
00:52:59,042 --> 00:53:00,443
Yeah he scored 2000.

1320
00:53:00,443 --> 00:53:03,413
We did the Red Friends of Fox.
And Coach was there which nice to say.

1321
00:53:03,413 --> 00:53:05,849
We're going to do blue Friends with Fox
I'll bet. Yeah.

1322
00:53:05,849 --> 00:53:08,685
So hopefully okay
we're going to pick a day.

1323
00:53:08,685 --> 00:53:11,421
They're going to go to the 14 point.

1324
00:53:11,421 --> 00:53:13,356
That's it's Valentine's Day off.

1325
00:53:13,356 --> 00:53:15,125
So I'm going to a game.

1326
00:53:15,125 --> 00:53:17,561
It's not going to work for New Haven.

1327
00:53:17,561 --> 00:53:20,463
We're going out to. Eat fancy restaurant.

1328
00:53:20,463 --> 00:53:22,399
Yo. We're going to see basketball.

1329
00:53:22,399 --> 00:53:23,533
All right let's go Riley.

1330
00:53:25,101 --> 00:53:25,835
My wife's like I

1331
00:53:25,835 --> 00:53:28,838
love Riley in a but but yeah.

1332
00:53:29,005 --> 00:53:29,606
No. Yeah.

1333
00:53:29,606 --> 00:53:32,309
Cheers. The friends of Fox
and then the Sherry twins.

1334
00:53:32,309 --> 00:53:33,176
You ever hear about the sherry?

1335
00:53:33,176 --> 00:53:34,211
Yeah. There's female. Sherry.

1336
00:53:34,211 --> 00:53:35,011
You're going to Georgetown.

1337
00:53:35,011 --> 00:53:36,846
Male twins.

1338
00:53:36,846 --> 00:53:38,381
They run at Stanford.

1339
00:53:38,381 --> 00:53:41,151
They were also on high numbers. Okay.

1340
00:53:41,151 --> 00:53:43,520
And then my buddy D locked it up. Music.

1341
00:53:43,520 --> 00:53:45,121
Banned after a thousand views.

1342
00:53:45,121 --> 00:53:46,623
Okay. Victor. Promise.

1343
00:53:46,623 --> 00:53:49,292
So hopefully this isn't
our worst performing brothers do.

1344
00:53:49,292 --> 00:53:50,694
And I'm sure.

1345
00:53:50,694 --> 00:53:52,162
You should do it when my twin brother.

1346
00:53:52,162 --> 00:53:53,430
You know, I'll be a good one.

1347
00:53:53,430 --> 00:53:53,964
I like it.

1348
00:53:53,964 --> 00:53:56,800
Yeah. Maybe your twin brother
would like to be a Rotarian.

1349
00:53:56,800 --> 00:53:59,202
Well, yeah. This. Yeah.

1350
00:53:59,202 --> 00:54:01,238
Pulling his arm on that.

1351
00:54:01,238 --> 00:54:03,473
Yes. Yeah. I mean, it'll be a little bit.

1352
00:54:03,473 --> 00:54:04,975
It would be. Confusing. That'd be great.

1353
00:54:04,975 --> 00:54:07,911
And if it would be a happy, fine Patrice
if she gets it wrong.

1354
00:54:07,911 --> 00:54:10,413
Right. Oh, gosh.

1355
00:54:10,413 --> 00:54:12,282
You guessed the twins wrong.

1356
00:54:12,282 --> 00:54:13,750
You get a happy. Fine.

1357
00:54:13,750 --> 00:54:15,986
I think I. Could figure them out, though.

1358
00:54:15,986 --> 00:54:17,520
I'm better looking.

1359
00:54:17,520 --> 00:54:19,456
What makes you better than your twin?

1360
00:54:19,456 --> 00:54:20,023
What minute are we?

1361
00:54:20,023 --> 00:54:22,525
So we could document this
and send it to little bro. Big bro.

1362
00:54:22,525 --> 00:54:25,028
Our little bro who's,
I'm. He's five minutes older, but.

1363
00:54:26,129 --> 00:54:29,132
Who could up who?

1364
00:54:29,733 --> 00:54:32,702
I. Remember who taught you.

1365
00:54:38,174 --> 00:54:38,875
No. I'm kidding.

1366
00:54:38,875 --> 00:54:40,710
I like a little bro.

1367
00:54:40,710 --> 00:54:41,244
All right.

1368
00:54:41,244 --> 00:54:44,247
Any closing remarks?

1369
00:54:44,281 --> 00:54:46,383
Yes. Thank you for this opportunity

1370
00:54:46,383 --> 00:54:49,352
for sharing about vines.

1371
00:54:49,452 --> 00:54:52,455
It is going to be a great event.

1372
00:54:52,622 --> 00:54:54,157
Come out.

1373
00:54:54,157 --> 00:54:55,859
The food is fantastic.

1374
00:54:55,859 --> 00:54:57,160
The company is great.

1375
00:54:57,160 --> 00:55:01,798
So lots of laughs and definitely visit
our meetings.

1376
00:55:01,798 --> 00:55:03,233
It's at the pond House.

1377
00:55:03,233 --> 00:55:06,236
Can't get any better than that.

1378
00:55:06,436 --> 00:55:07,771
And Victor's buying lunch too.

1379
00:55:07,771 --> 00:55:09,472
So of. Course.

1380
00:55:09,472 --> 00:55:11,975
When do you start your term president?

1381
00:55:11,975 --> 00:55:14,978
July 1st. July 1st? Yes.

1382
00:55:14,978 --> 00:55:15,812
Are you excited?

1383
00:55:15,812 --> 00:55:18,648
I am, I'm very excited.

1384
00:55:18,648 --> 00:55:21,818
I have a great group of people
who keep telling me

1385
00:55:21,818 --> 00:55:24,821
they're going to be right there
with me to help me out whenever I need it.

1386
00:55:25,388 --> 00:55:26,456
So I'm gonna hold them to it.

1387
00:55:27,590 --> 00:55:29,125
And if not, just fine.

1388
00:55:29,125 --> 00:55:32,095
Maybe
I gotta find some. To get fired later.

1389
00:55:32,095 --> 00:55:33,163
I know I'll probably do what.

1390
00:55:33,163 --> 00:55:33,997
I was thinking about.

1391
00:55:33,997 --> 00:55:35,598
I was thinking about asking you
if you wouldn't do it,

1392
00:55:35,598 --> 00:55:37,067
but then you might just retaliate.

1393
00:55:37,067 --> 00:55:39,602
So I don't know for what
that might be. A it's like.

1394
00:55:39,602 --> 00:55:41,671
A fine ticket.

1395
00:55:41,671 --> 00:55:44,040
You've been fined.
I'd be hunger with power.

1396
00:55:44,040 --> 00:55:46,976
But now you get the carbon copy. It's.

1397
00:55:46,976 --> 00:55:49,946
You be fine.

1398
00:55:49,946 --> 00:55:51,648
Pay it.

1399
00:55:51,648 --> 00:55:53,149
That was wonderful chatting
and get to know you.

1400
00:55:53,149 --> 00:55:56,152
I've seen you around and Westfield
Bank is very has been,

1401
00:55:56,553 --> 00:55:59,189
sponsored our friends affinity
golf tournament I think two years ago.

1402
00:55:59,189 --> 00:56:01,124
So I want to thank you again.

1403
00:56:01,124 --> 00:56:04,127
And before that made a donation, and,

1404
00:56:04,561 --> 00:56:07,697
one of their customers came in
and picked us for something. Yes.

1405
00:56:07,697 --> 00:56:10,133
So, yeah,
so much for your collaboration. And,

1406
00:56:11,735 --> 00:56:13,903
Yeah,
your thoughtfulness and your generosity.

1407
00:56:13,903 --> 00:56:16,773
So I appreciate it. And it's great
to sit down and talk with you, Patrice.

1408
00:56:16,773 --> 00:56:19,175
Thank you and good luck with being a pres.

1409
00:56:19,175 --> 00:56:20,810
Thank you. Thank you. Wonderful.

1410
00:56:20,810 --> 00:56:21,511
Yeah. Yes.

1411
00:56:21,511 --> 00:56:24,381
It's going to be great.

1412
00:56:24,381 --> 00:56:27,384
Anybody else closing remarks is Mike
is yours.

1413
00:56:27,684 --> 00:56:30,019
So no good.

1414
00:56:30,019 --> 00:56:30,754
Come on.

1415
00:56:30,754 --> 00:56:32,622
Yeah. Just, obviously,
Eric, you're a great guy.

1416
00:56:32,622 --> 00:56:35,692
We appreciate you see, everybody
there on the community need that.

1417
00:56:35,692 --> 00:56:37,761
Our girls kind of know each other.

1418
00:56:37,761 --> 00:56:39,129
It kind of hits, you know, John Decker.

1419
00:56:39,129 --> 00:56:40,363
Decker play basketball with him.

1420
00:56:40,363 --> 00:56:42,399
So I know John well.

1421
00:56:42,399 --> 00:56:44,567
But, you know, we're all trying
to do the same thing, right?

1422
00:56:44,567 --> 00:56:47,570
We're all trying to give back,
you know, service above self.

1423
00:56:47,570 --> 00:56:51,274
And, you know, our ask is
if you have no plans on March 1st, join us

1424
00:56:51,641 --> 00:56:53,343
if you'd like to join us for lunch.

1425
00:56:53,343 --> 00:56:56,312
On a Monday at 1215,
we'd love to have you as our guest.

1426
00:56:56,312 --> 00:56:58,948
And, let's make this community
even better than it is.

1427
00:56:59,883 --> 00:57:01,584
And, you know, thank you again
for hosting us.

1428
00:57:01,584 --> 00:57:03,553
We really appreciate it. Yeah.

1429
00:57:03,553 --> 00:57:05,555
John Decker episode 65.

1430
00:57:05,555 --> 00:57:10,326
It was his birthday, John, his birthday
on the podcast when we filmed.

1431
00:57:10,360 --> 00:57:11,828
Recent birthdays, February birthday.

1432
00:57:11,828 --> 00:57:14,130
I got him an Elmwood pastry cake.

1433
00:57:14,130 --> 00:57:17,233
Great guy. Also generous, wonderful guy.

1434
00:57:17,233 --> 00:57:20,236
He his company
sponsored the Friends of Fox t shirts.

1435
00:57:20,603 --> 00:57:21,371
So great.

1436
00:57:21,371 --> 00:57:23,072
Our BK are.

1437
00:57:23,072 --> 00:57:27,710
RBC. RBC, Royal Canadian
Bank, Royal Bank of Canada I think.

1438
00:57:28,244 --> 00:57:29,245
Yeah I know he's a good friend.

1439
00:57:29,245 --> 00:57:30,947
I know I'm all about him.

1440
00:57:30,947 --> 00:57:31,614
Who wins the arc?

1441
00:57:31,614 --> 00:57:33,883
You asked Victor a question
about basketball. Who wins?

1442
00:57:33,883 --> 00:57:34,551
You were Decker.

1443
00:57:34,551 --> 00:57:38,588
Oh, so two years
ago, Decker and I won it all.

1444
00:57:39,789 --> 00:57:41,257
The following year.

1445
00:57:41,257 --> 00:57:43,560
We didn't win a game,

1446
00:57:43,560 --> 00:57:46,663
so we went from heroes to zeros.

1447
00:57:46,663 --> 00:57:47,764
Here you go.

1448
00:57:47,764 --> 00:57:48,731
Oh, and 14.

1449
00:57:48,731 --> 00:57:53,002
First time in JC history
I was the captain loser. Me.

1450
00:57:53,503 --> 00:57:55,438
And then this year I start. I'm.

1451
00:57:55,438 --> 00:57:56,639
Oh and eight.

1452
00:57:56,639 --> 00:57:58,575
I just finally won my first game last.

1453
00:57:58,575 --> 00:58:02,178
So I was only 26 or whatever.

1454
00:58:02,178 --> 00:58:04,380
It was not good. But Decker is great.

1455
00:58:04,380 --> 00:58:06,449
He blocks my shot a lot.

1456
00:58:06,449 --> 00:58:07,484
Because he passed. When you're out there.

1457
00:58:07,484 --> 00:58:10,453
Does he pass? Do you?
Do you know? I know Decker well.

1458
00:58:10,453 --> 00:58:13,323
You say you ever play basketball?
I know. Decker well.

1459
00:58:13,323 --> 00:58:14,424
He went past a god.

1460
00:58:15,592 --> 00:58:17,460
Amen.

1461
00:58:17,460 --> 00:58:19,562
I love Decker, he's.

1462
00:58:19,562 --> 00:58:21,197
He catches, turns and shoots.

1463
00:58:21,197 --> 00:58:22,765
I love him to death.

1464
00:58:22,765 --> 00:58:23,600
And he's a great.

1465
00:58:23,600 --> 00:58:26,569
He won MVP one year a couple years ago.

1466
00:58:26,569 --> 00:58:28,771
Few years ago.
Probably a few years ago. Yeah. Like five.

1467
00:58:28,771 --> 00:58:30,206
He was chiseled.

1468
00:58:30,206 --> 00:58:31,975
He was he won MVP.

1469
00:58:31,975 --> 00:58:33,910
But now he's he's having knee surgery
right now.

1470
00:58:33,910 --> 00:58:36,279
So we wish you a speedy recovery deck.

1471
00:58:36,279 --> 00:58:37,647
You can get him out now.

1472
00:58:37,647 --> 00:58:40,416
I'm, I'm blocking your shot

1473
00:58:40,416 --> 00:58:42,252
from the couch.

1474
00:58:42,252 --> 00:58:42,785
Right. Thanks.

1475
00:58:42,785 --> 00:58:45,021
Decker, 65 and Victor.

1476
00:58:45,021 --> 00:58:47,524
What's up? Take us home. Victor,
what do you got?

1477
00:58:47,524 --> 00:58:49,559
What I got and.

1478
00:58:49,559 --> 00:58:50,793
No, I mean, thank you. Eric.

1479
00:58:50,793 --> 00:58:52,829
You know,
you're you're such a good friend and

1480
00:58:52,829 --> 00:58:55,865
and honestly,
a pillar to this website for community.

1481
00:58:56,733 --> 00:58:58,668
And to my fellow Rotarians.

1482
00:58:58,668 --> 00:59:00,904
And so everyone, please come out. Support.

1483
00:59:00,904 --> 00:59:02,372
You know, the Rotary Club.

1484
00:59:02,372 --> 00:59:04,707
We cannot do it without your support.

1485
00:59:04,707 --> 00:59:06,276
And I can't stress that enough. You know,

1486
00:59:07,710 --> 00:59:08,678
we do a lot in this

1487
00:59:08,678 --> 00:59:12,482
community and we want to see everyone
in this community succeed.

1488
00:59:12,482 --> 00:59:14,284
So, we're here.

1489
00:59:14,284 --> 00:59:16,252
We're here on Mondays at the pine House.

1490
00:59:16,252 --> 00:59:18,021
So please come out again.

1491
00:59:18,021 --> 00:59:20,423
I'll be happy to split the bill,
and I take.

1492
00:59:20,423 --> 00:59:23,092
I thought your. Buy. I'll buy it.
I'll buy it.

1493
00:59:23,092 --> 00:59:24,227
I'm not selling anything.

1494
00:59:24,227 --> 00:59:25,361
He offered to pay.

1495
00:59:25,361 --> 00:59:28,364
If she gives me a happy fine that day,
I'm going to be.

1496
00:59:28,398 --> 00:59:29,399
We're going to have to split it.

1497
00:59:29,399 --> 00:59:32,402
But let's do a selfie to send to Decker.

1498
00:59:32,702 --> 00:59:34,938
Get in, and then. Decker.

1499
00:59:34,938 --> 00:59:37,340
Is going to put this on the podcast
to end it.

1500
00:59:37,340 --> 00:59:38,207
We'll do what?

1501
00:59:38,207 --> 00:59:41,444
What say be a good friend on three, one,
two, three.

1502
00:59:41,678 --> 00:59:44,147
Be a good read.

1503
00:59:44,147 --> 00:59:46,282
It's awesome. Thank you.

1504
00:59:46,282 --> 00:59:46,916
Be a good friend.