002 - Two

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[TRANSCRIPT]

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Breaker, breaker, WAR1974 on the line currently eating some jerky on the side of I-76.

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It occurred to me that I won’t actually be East of the Mississippi much longer. I’ve officially crossed over into Ohio and have no plans on stopping so– I don’t know, do people change their handles when they move around? No way, right? That’d be useless. Then again, the FCC also probably doesn’t give out the current year as a call sign number, but I wanted to feel more official. And, you know, “War 1974” rhymes so...

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I don’t know what I’m doing, clearly! This is the longest I've been alone in six years and I may already be losing it.

But I don’t know, it can’t be worse than having only one person for company for that time, right? I have to think that if other people are out there, they’ve been in a similar bind. You guys get it.

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I’m gonna try a new channel tomorrow I think. Because I really am just...speaking into the void here. Hello? Anyone out there?

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I don’t know what I expected. I think I expected someone. Or something. I knew the electricity was out pretty much everywhere, I mean, we barely scraped together a working generator. And even then, we couldn’t run it all the time. I haven’t taken a hot shower in...

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If anyone is out there, would you mind tuning in just to tell me if there’s a working gas station in this state? I’m...acquiring gas just fine at the moment but I’d rather not have my first encounter with the world in half a decade be getting busted for siphoning-

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Probably shouldn’t talk about that kind of stuff on a public frequency, huh?

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If folks are nervous making themselves known to a stranger, I get it. Trust me, I get it. But I’m safe. I’m a good person, I just...would love to know what the hell has been going on. I’ve got plenty of food and I like to think I’m a pretty good conversationalist so. Just. Please.

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Alright. Second verse, same as the first–I’ll be on this frequency all day. Signing off.