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The Idea of Doing Things Not Only Simultaneously, but Together

My mum was obsessed with the idea that everybody who lived nearby, her neighbours all had more programs to watch on their televisions than she did. And my brother Jerry said, well, you could have a smart TV. That's what it is. We'll get you one. So we got her one and it was all plumbed in and everything. But also, I don't know, but without, but also how considerate she was, because that used to be the thing about soap, so wasn't it? The idea, where's still it? That you're watching it. Everyone's watching East Enders or Coronation Street or whatever. They're all blind day

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