Dear John Page #7
Don't lose it, all right?
Yeah, l gotcha.
607
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37:11,776 -- 00:37:15,678iUnfortunately, l'm not allowed/i
ito say exactly where here is./i
608
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37:16,347 -- 00:37:18,577iSo all l can tell you is that/i
ithe place that we've been sent/i
609
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37:18,750 -- 00:37:20,911imakes me miss America/i
ivery much./i
610
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37:21,719 -- 00:37:26,053iAnd the lack of anything/i
iresembling an ocean/i
imakes me miss Charleston./i
611
00:
37:55,253 -- 00:37:58,620iAnd everything around me/i
imakes me miss you./i
612
00:
38:00,625 -- 00:38:04,959iWe move around a lot. So letters/i
itend to come late and out of order./i
613
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38:05,129 -- 00:38:07,063iWe may want to number our/i
iletters from here on out, though,/i
614
00:
38:07,231 -- 00:38:09,722ijust so we know which order/i
iwe wrote them in./i
615
00:
38:10,835 -- 00:38:13,133iBut when they do finally get here,/i
616
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38:13,304 -- 00:38:14,828iit's a good day./i
617
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38:16,474 -- 00:38:17,634iWhenever they don't.../i
618
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38:17,809 -- 00:38:19,834NOODLES:
All right, let's see here.
619
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38:20,545 -- 00:38:23,571Not for me. Not for me.
620
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38:23,748 -- 00:38:27,582Not for me.
And not for me.
621
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38:27,752 -- 00:38:29,652Figures.
iit's not./i
622
00:
38:29,821 -- 00:38:30,947Sorry, dude.
Nothing for you either.
623
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38:31,122 -- 00:38:35,422iBut l know they'll still come./i
il know it./i
624
00:
38:43,201 -- 00:38:44,769That's right.
625
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38:48,606 -- 00:38:50,335SAVANNAH:
iLetter Number 8./i
626
00:
38:50,508 -- 00:38:54,638iDear John, l'm back/i
iat my parents' farm/i
ifor the weekend./i
627
00:
38:54,812 -- 00:38:57,372iAnd they have some/i
ihouse guests you may know./i
628
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39:00,551 -- 00:39:02,542ALAN:
Savannah!
629
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39:04,322 -- 00:39:06,187Savannah!
630
00:
39:07,258 -- 00:39:09,522l think that horse
suits you just fine.
631
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39:09,694 -- 00:39:14,597il took Alan out riding with me today./i
ilt was his first time on a horse./i
632
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39:15,833 -- 00:39:17,425You're looking good
on that horse, Alan.
633
00:
39:17,602 -- 00:39:21,231iYou've heard of horse sense,/i
ihow horses are somehow/i
iable to sense danger?/i
634
00:
39:21,406 -- 00:39:23,499iSense out evil?/i
635
00:
39:23,675 -- 00:39:27,133iWell, l think autistic kids/i
ihave that too,/i
636
00:
39:27,578 -- 00:39:29,409iso l had this idea./i
637
00:
39:29,580 -- 00:39:31,309iThis dream./i
638
00:
39:32,483 -- 00:39:35,247il wanna open up/i
ia summer camp for autistic kids./i
639
00:
39:35,420 -- 00:39:37,354l've never seen him
act like this before.
640
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39:38,356 -- 00:39:40,347ALAN:
Are you hungry?
641
00:
39:41,159 -- 00:39:43,593iA place where they can ride horses/i
ias much as they want./i
642
00:
39:43,761 -- 00:39:45,820Are you hungry?
643
00:
39:46,664 -- 00:39:50,691iFor at least once in their life,/i
ihave to worry about a thing./i
644
00:
39:51,769 -- 00:39:54,397iWhat do you think?/i
iPipe dream, huh?/i
645
00:
39:54,572 -- 00:39:56,506JOHN:
iNo, it's not a pipe dream./i
646
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39:56,674 -- 00:39:58,835ilt's a perfect dream./i
647
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40:01,079 -- 00:40:04,207Erget. Merry Christmas.
648
00:
40:04,382 -- 00:40:07,510John, to a Mr. John Tyree.
649
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40:07,685 -- 00:40:08,777Shut up, man.
Seven?
650
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40:08,953 -- 00:40:11,556Stop moving around.
Can l keep this one?
651
00:
40:11,622 -- 00:40:13,852JOHN:
iLetter Number 33./i
652
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40:14,025 -- 00:40:18,291iDear Savannah, the good news is/i
iwe've been sent somewhere new./i
653
00:
40:18,463 -- 00:40:21,193iAlthough l can't tell you/i
iwhere that is either./i
654
00:
40:21,365 -- 00:40:25,825iThe bad news is, this place actually/i
imakes me miss the old place./i
655
00:
40:26,003 -- 00:40:28,904iBut it's a full moon here tonight,/i
iwhich makes me think of you./i
656
00:
40:29,073 -- 00:40:33,271iBecause l know that no matter what/i
il'm doing, no matter where l am,/i
657
00:
40:33,444 -- 00:40:36,538ithis moon will always be/i
ithe same size as yours./i
658
00:
40:36,714 -- 00:40:38,272iHalf a world away./i
659
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40:38,883 -- 00:40:40,908SAVANNAH:
iDear John,/i
660
00:
40:41,085 -- 00:40:44,213imost nights l fall asleep/i
iworrying about you./i
661
00:
40:44,388 -- 00:40:46,686iWondering where/i
iyou may be out there./i
662
00:
40:48,693 -- 00:40:50,786iNot tonight./i
663
00:
40:50,962 -- 00:40:53,021iTonight you're here with me./i
664
00:
40:57,201 -- 00:40:59,601il visited your dad yesterday./i
665
00:
41:00,705 -- 00:41:04,801iSummer's almost over/i
iand l wanted to see him/i
ibefore l went back to school./i
666
00:
41:04,976 -- 00:41:06,068il hope that's okay./i
667
00:
41:06,244 -- 00:41:07,438Hey.
668
00:
41:07,612 -- 00:41:08,943l made you a pie.
669
00:
41:09,413 -- 00:41:13,179iHe made me dinner./i
ilt was Sunday so we had lasagna./i
670
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41:13,351 -- 00:41:17,913iAnd l got him talking about his coins./i
iSo we had plenty of conversation./i
671
00:
41:18,089 -- 00:41:22,219This one is kind of a cull,
a coin that's in really bad shape.
672
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41:22,393 -- 00:41:23,826Worthless to most collectors.
673
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41:23,995 -- 00:41:25,587But not to you.
674
00:
41:26,063 -- 00:41:27,724No, not to me.
675
00:
41:27,899 -- 00:41:29,662What is your
favorite coin?
676
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41:30,568 -- 00:41:35,130Out of all the coins that
you have, what is your
absolute favorite coin?
677
00:
41:35,573 -- 00:41:37,097Do you have one?
678
00:
41:47,185 -- 00:41:49,585MR. TYREE:
'Seventy-eight Jefferson mule.
679
00:
41:50,188 -- 00:41:52,486SAVANNAH:
Wow.MR. TYREE:
That'd be my favorite.680
00:
41:53,024 -- 00:41:54,889Definitely.
681
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41:55,359 -- 00:41:58,624Why? ls it worth
the most?
682
00:
41:59,130 -- 00:42:01,758Well, it's worth a lot,
not the most.
683
00:
42:01,933 -- 00:42:03,833But, you know...
684
00:
42:04,502 -- 00:42:06,163What's the story behind it?
685
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42:08,239 -- 00:42:09,866Um...
686
00:
42:12,376 -- 00:42:13,400Here's one...
687
00:
42:13,578 -- 00:42:17,344iSo l'll ask you instead, John,/i
iwherever you may be./i
688
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42:20,551 -- 00:42:22,712[i/i]
689
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42:22,920 -- 00:42:27,857JOHN:
iDear Savannah, only because/i
il promised to tell you everything./i
690
00:
42:29,260 -- 00:42:30,921Thank you.
691
00:
42:31,095 -- 00:42:34,587iWhen l was 7 years old,/i
il bought an ice cream cone./i
692
00:
42:36,167 -- 00:42:40,331iOn the way home, l noticed one of/i
ithe pennies wasn't actually a penny./i
693
00:
42:53,618 -- 00:42:54,642l don't know.
694
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42:54,819 -- 00:42:56,081[CHUCKLES]
695
00:
42:57,088 -- 00:42:58,180l don't know.
696
00:
42:58,356 -- 00:43:00,620Never seen anything like it.
697
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43:01,626 -- 00:43:04,117Did you find this, son? Huh?
698
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43:04,829 -- 00:43:05,921
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