Dear John Page #4
then the silver dollars
would be that big. Yeah.
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17:00,366 -- 00:17:01,390That's amazing.
306
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17:01,567 -- 00:17:02,591Can you imagine
No.
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17:02,768 -- 00:17:05,032walking around with that
in your pocket?
308
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17:05,204 -- 00:17:07,502SAVANNAH:
That's really funny.MR. TYREE:
That's humorous.309
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17:08,541 -- 00:17:10,975Now, these--
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17:11,143 -- 00:17:14,078Pop, we can't do
this right now. l gotta--
We can't be here all night.
311
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17:14,246 -- 00:17:16,146l have-- l have some
to show you.
312
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17:16,315 -- 00:17:17,873This is fascinating.
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17:18,050 -- 00:17:20,484MR. TYREE:
These are all matched in color.
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17:20,653 -- 00:17:22,644[i/i]
315
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17:26,425 -- 00:17:28,222l had fun tonight.
316
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17:29,595 -- 00:17:31,722l like your dad.
317
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17:31,897 -- 00:17:34,229You shouldn't be
too hard on him.
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17:34,400 -- 00:17:35,697He loves you.
319
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17:35,868 -- 00:17:38,393l can tell
even if you can't.
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17:44,143 -- 00:17:47,237Whoa, whoa, wait a minute.
Wait, Savannah. l mean...
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17:47,413 -- 00:17:49,244So l guess l'll see
you soon, then?
322
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17:49,782 -- 00:17:51,682l'll see you soon, then.
323
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18:30,389 -- 00:18:32,448Where you
been all day?
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18:33,125 -- 00:18:34,490l've been busy.
325
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18:34,660 -- 00:18:36,127You're on
spring break.
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18:36,295 -- 00:18:38,820You're supposed
to be lounging on
the beach all day.
327
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18:38,998 -- 00:18:41,694You're not supposed
to be busy doing things.
328
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18:42,535 -- 00:18:44,765l want to show you
something.
329
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18:46,639 -- 00:18:47,936SAVANNAH:
330
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18:48,107 -- 00:18:50,940their home was severely
damaged by the hurricane.
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18:51,110 -- 00:18:52,407JOHN:
What, so now you're rebuilding it?
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18:52,578 -- 00:18:55,069SAVANNAH:
Yup. Well, not just me.
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18:55,247 -- 00:18:57,442You're starting to
make me a little nervous.
334
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18:57,616 -- 00:19:00,016Why am l starting
to make you nervous?
335
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19:01,487 -- 00:19:04,354Because l'm starting to
think you might be too
good of a person for me.
336
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19:04,523 -- 00:19:07,083Oh. No, l'm not
that good of a person.
337
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19:07,259 -- 00:19:12,253You're sneaking off every
day to do manual labor
on a house for charity.
338
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19:12,431 -- 00:19:15,366On your spring break.
Yeah, you're right.
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19:15,534 -- 00:19:18,002lt's selfish, really,
me being this generous.
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19:20,139 -- 00:19:21,163But no, seriously.
341
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19:21,340 -- 00:19:23,808You don't drink, you don't smoke.
Nope. Nope.
342
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19:24,944 -- 00:19:27,538You probably don't sleep around.
Absolutely not.
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19:27,713 -- 00:19:29,237Mm.
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19:29,415 -- 00:19:31,212Okay, look, you
gotta have a fault.
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19:31,383 -- 00:19:35,285l do.
Okay, care to enlighten me?
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19:37,790 -- 00:19:39,189l curse.
347
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19:40,493 -- 00:19:41,721No.
l do.
348
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19:41,894 -- 00:19:42,952No, you don't.
Yes, l do.
349
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19:43,128 -- 00:19:44,288l haven't heard you.
350
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19:44,463 -- 00:19:47,398Well, that's because
it's in my mind.
351
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19:48,033 -- 00:19:50,467There's a never-ending
stream of curse words
352
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19:50,636 -- 00:19:52,228that l'm thinking at all times.
353
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19:52,404 -- 00:19:54,531Okay, fine, just say one then.
354
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19:54,707 -- 00:19:56,732No, l can't tell you
because it's filthy.
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19:56,909 -- 00:19:58,638Right.
Yeah.
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19:58,811 -- 00:20:00,904Okay, all right. Fair enough.
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20:01,080 -- 00:20:03,071No, l have faults, John.
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20:03,249 -- 00:20:06,685Trust me, l have plenty
of them. You'll see.
359
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20:07,253 -- 00:20:08,743l hope so.
360
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20:10,923 -- 00:20:13,187SAVANNAH:
We have to be finished with
this entire house in three weeks.
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20:13,359 -- 00:20:14,485Hope that
actually happens.
362
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20:14,660 -- 00:20:17,220Um, these are gonna
be the bedrooms,
the parents' room,
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20:17,396 -- 00:20:20,559the boys' rooms,
two boys, 7 and 9.
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20:20,733 -- 00:20:22,633Uh, living room
and the bathroom.
365
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20:22,801 -- 00:20:24,393And then this
is the kitchen.
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20:24,570 -- 00:20:25,764[THUNDER RUMBLlNG]
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20:25,938 -- 00:20:27,872This is the best room because
the mom's a really good cook.
368
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20:28,040 -- 00:20:31,874We're gonna make
it really beautiful
with white tile floors
369
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20:32,044 -- 00:20:34,774and tiles on
the countertops,
370
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20:34,947 -- 00:20:36,437and there's gonna be a roof.
Ah!
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20:36,615 -- 00:20:37,673[LAUGHS]
372
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20:37,850 -- 00:20:41,149Here, John, come here.
A roof would definitely be good.
373
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20:43,222 -- 00:20:45,918lt's gonna be like this,
but it's gonna be everywhere.
374
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20:46,091 -- 00:20:47,649lt's the only cover
we have.
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20:47,826 -- 00:20:50,386Nice, we're gonna
be here for a while.
376
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20:51,864 -- 00:20:53,764Where'd you get
your scar?
377
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20:53,933 -- 00:20:55,400Hm?
That one?
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20:56,235 -- 00:20:58,328Oh. Um...
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20:59,738 -- 00:21:01,365A knife fight.
380
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21:02,174 -- 00:21:06,133lt was five years ago,
we were really drunk
and the guy went for my eye.
381
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21:06,312 -- 00:21:07,540That's terrible.
382
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21:08,347 -- 00:21:10,247Why? He missed.
383
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21:10,716 -- 00:21:11,944[CHUCKLES]
384
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21:12,117 -- 00:21:13,550The way people
act around you,
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21:13,719 -- 00:21:16,620the way they treated you
at that restaurant...
386
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21:17,089 -- 00:21:20,581lt's like they're scared of you.
They're not scared of me.
387
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21:21,860 -- 00:21:23,725They might be scared
of who l used to be.
388
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21:23,896 -- 00:21:25,625And who is that?
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21:27,967 -- 00:21:29,161Somebody different?
390
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21:29,969 -- 00:21:32,961So when did you change?
When you went into the Army?
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21:34,006 -- 00:21:36,975Yeah. Yeah,
l mean, partly yeah.
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21:37,142 -- 00:21:38,439And the other part?
393
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21:39,478 -- 00:21:41,537l don't know,
l'm still working on that.
394
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21:44,083 -- 00:21:45,744So you used to be tough.
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21:47,386 -- 00:21:48,717And maybe you
still are a little bit.
396
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21:48,887 -- 00:21:50,115Mm-hm.
397
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21:50,289 -- 00:21:52,189You don't scare me, John.
No?
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21:52,358 -- 00:21:53,757Mm-mm.
Mm-mm?
399
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21:55,294 -- 00:21:57,194Well, you scare me.
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22:07,473 -- 00:22:11,466[JOSHUA RADlN & SCHUYLER
FlSK'S ''PAPERWElGHT'' PLAYlNG]
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22:28,661 -- 00:22:31,129[SPEAKlNG lNDlSTlNCTLY]
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22:33,899 -- 00:22:36,891[PEOPLE CHATTERlNG]
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22:56,722 -- 00:22:57,746[SlGHS]
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23:35,961 -- 00:23:37,895[LAUGHlNG]
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