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How Impressed Are We (Ep. 339)

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Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky

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Hi, this is Evan Alaski and welcome to the Real Alaski show. [music] And whether you're watching with our friends and producers [music] at Torah anytime or wherever you watch or listen to your podcast because sometimes people call up and you can call up Torah anytime and listen or we have [music] our own uh hotline where you can also leave messages which then producer Ari sends to me and I listen to. But I don't Rebelski uh bumper sticker on your car uh and send it in to the website. We're going to have a drawing at the end and there's going to be all kinds of exciting things for you. or what they are. I have no idea because I'm just a product and I am manufactured by people who are much more important than I am. And eventually I'm going to go public and uh they'll Rabi Alowski show will sell stock in it and eventually they'll make a big move and squeeze me out. [laughter] it's getting terrible. But with my glasses, I can see. So, that's a good I know people can't see with their glasses, you know. And uh Dave Barry, who was a humorist out of the Miami Herald, he was talking about how there's money to be made in giving services to older people. Like for example, people are always losing their lead reading glasses. So you could have a service where they call you up and you tell them where their reading glasses are. And he says, "I know you're thinking, how do I

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