A fiery horse with a speed of light, a cloud of dust, and a hearty hyo-sover, the Lone Ranger. With his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains led the fight for law and order in the early western United States. Nowhere in the pages of history can one find a greater champion of justice. Join with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the Great Horse Silver. The Lone Ranger rides again. Come on Silver! Let's go be close! I am Silver! Sheriff Johnson was closing his office in the town of Greenville and going home for the night. As he started to blow out his lamp, he heard hoofbeats galloping toward him and he went to the door.  Oh Silver! Well, it's you, the Lone Ranger! Get out of this quick! Something the matter? Something's the matter all right. Steady boy! Come on! There she is, boy! It's a good thing he was playing cards with us, Doc. It looks as if he could use a doctor. He's been shot right through the heart. He's dead, boys. Dead. Who could have done it? Hey! That was your murderer, Albert. The man on the white horse with a mask. What's wrong? Is it my dad? Sorry, son. Yes, it's your father. Somebody killed him. Killed him? What? How did he...? When he heard shots and saw a man riding away from here in a white horse, he's wearing a mask. That sounds like it. Oh no. No, it couldn't have been. What were you about to say, Steve? He was my dad's best friend. He couldn't have been the one. Well, I heard him yell to his horse. He called him Silver. Are you sure? Sure. That's not possible. Is that the name of his horse? Yes, but come on, boys.  We're going after him. We'll get him a murdery...  Thanks, Doc. Sit down, son. This is a pretty bad shock. Sure is. Look, right beside you there. There in the wall. The boards are splendid. That's the bullet that killed your father. I can't believe the Lone Ranger could have done this. There's the bullet. It wasn't in the wall very far. Let me see it. Your father certainly didn't expect to get shot. He hadn't even drawn his gun. Doc. The Lone Ranger didn't commit this murder. How do you know? Look at this bullet. It's lead. Well, son, all bullets are lead. No, no, not the ones he uses. He told my dad he uses silver ones. There's never been anyone killed with a silver bullet. I don't know so much about him, son. About three years ago, he helped my pa capture a murderer. He told him about the silver bullets then.   Well, that ain't much proof, son. He could have used another gun. But, Doc, he had no reason to shoot dad. Not after... Doc, look. What is it? This telegram here on Dad's Desk. What's it say? It says... Rance Mason escaped two days ago. What's that got to do with you? He's arrested. He's the man the Lone Ranger shot in the arm, Rance Mason. And he tried to pin this murder on the Lone Ranger. In a small cabin on the outskirts of town, a woman paced the floor nervously.  She stopped suddenly as she heard a light tap on the door. Who is it? It's me, Rance. Open the door. Rance, it's really you.  Put something over that window. Hurry. Gee, Rance, I was so scared.  Does anybody know we're married? No, I've never told you no, Rance. Well, that's good. I was afraid they might be watching you. Oh, Rance, it's so good to see you. Stow it, kid. We got business to talk over in a hurry. But aren't you glad to see me? Sure, sure, I'm glad. I couldn't have escaped if you hadn't helped. I did everything you told me to. Came here to Greenville and got a job singing and dancing in the cafe. I got this cabin way out here by myself. People think I'm crazy living here alone like this. Did you tell them your grandmother was coming to live with you? Yeah. But I don't know why you wanted me to say that. I didn't have time to tell you the whys of anything when you visited the jail. Did you get the old lady's clothes? Yeah, I got them. But if you're planning to have your grandmother live with us... Oh, that's what I like about you, Lou.  Get the clothes. I'm not getting anything until you tell me what this is all about. Get the clothes, I said. I'll tell you what you're doing. All right, Rance, don't get mad. But I thought we was going away together right away. I'm going. You're staying right here. I'm staying right here? Well, if you think... Stow it, William. I'm coming back. Get the clothes. Now, listen. I'm getting out of here tonight, but I'm coming back in two days on the stagecoach. Well, Rance, they'll be looking for you. You can't do that. Will you keep still for a minute till I finish? All right, Rance. Don't get mad.  She's coming out here because she's sick. Rance, you don't mean to tell me that you're going to dress in them clothes. Well, so there's a brain under them dyed curls. That works once in a while. But to come right back to the place where you were arrested, are you going to stay here? It's the last place they'd look for me.  Now, you'll be there to meet the stage. I'll catch it at Air Adjunctions, so they won't know which way I came. That's where the stage lines meet. I'll pretend I came on the stage from the east. But, Rance, they'll know you're a man. Did you get that heavy veil? Yes, but your voice... I got that fixed.  I'll have it wrapped up. I won't be able to talk. Tell them that's why I'm coming here. Gee, Rance, I don't think... I know you don't, kid. You're not equipped for it. Just let me do the thinking, and you'll do what I say. It was two days later. The Overland stage rumbled out of the town of Greenville, carrying one passenger, Dan Reed. About five miles out of town, the stage driver halted. Hey, kid, this is the place you want to get out? This is it, Buck. Thanks a lot for stopping. Say, remember that old woman you left off in Greenville? Sure. Fine-looking old thing, wasn't she? She forgot her purse. It's here. Well, concerned, I can't take it back to five miles out of town. I'll take it back for you. I'm going in tomorrow. Would you do that for me, kid? I sure appreciate it. You don't know her name, do you? No. She couldn't talk on the channel of her sore throat. But I noticed that new entertainer met her at the stage. She works at the Roundup Cafe. Her name is Lou. I heard her call the old lady grandma. I'll find out where she lives and get the purse to her. Much obliged, kid. Say, you sure somebody's going to meet you out here? It's mighty lonely spot. Yeah, I'll be here. Thanks a lot for bringing me out this far. My ticket just won as far as Greenville. Well, I'm glad it did. Saved me worrying about that purse. Get up there! Bye. Hello, Talo. I didn't know you were behind that rock. Oh, Dan. We waited back around until the stage goes. Hello, Dan. How are you, sir? Fine. I was picked up, old boy. Steady, fella. Gee, it seems good to get on a horse again. Do you have a nice trip? Fine. This isn't a present for you. It's a person, a funny old lady, left on the stage. She got off at Greenville. All right, Silver, come on, fella. Come on, get along. Do you know who the old lady is? No, I don't. She was the only other passenger from Arrow Junction to Greenville. Something was wrong with her throat, and she couldn't talk. Must have been dull for you. I got one good laugh, though, out of it. She thought I was asleep once and lit a cigarette. She took one puff of it and almost set her veil on fire. Can you imagine an old woman like that smoking? With a sore throat. I didn't want to embarrass her, so I pretended to go right on sleeping. Where did she get the cigarette? I guess she was an old-handed smoking. She even rolled it with cotton gloves on. Say, aren't we going in a different direction from our camp? We moved camp far up, Dan, farther back in Hills. Moved our camp? Why? Well, Sheriff Johnson was shot and killed a few nights ago. A man on the white horse did it. He wore a mask like mine. Hollow brought me the news. Got it. Does the law suspect you? The killer hoped that would be the case. You were a good friend of the sheriff, weren't you? Yes, Dan. I helped him capture a man once. Sheriff was a fine man. I intend to find the killer. I wish I could help. Perhaps you can. See, people in town don't know you, Dan. I want you to get information for me. Now, uh, young Steve Johnson, the sheriff's son, can give it to you. I want you to go into town tomorrow and see him. Good. I'll return this purse while I'm in town. Well, uh, I'll go with you and take that purse to the old lady while you talk to Steve. Rance Mason tossed the half and veil into a corner of Lou's cabin and began to unwind the bandage around his throat. Hold me a cigarette, Lou. His clothes are just about set me crazy. I hope nobody noticed anything. We fooled the town all right. You all thought I was your grandmother. I was so scared I was shaking. Nothing to be scared of? There was, and you know it. What are you talking about? The night you came here, Sheriff Johnson was murdered. Yeah? Rance, you didn't do it, did you? You wouldn't murder a man in cold blood like that. Didn't anybody see who'd done it? They said it was our man on a white horse wearing a mask. They chased him out of town, but couldn't pick up his trail in the dark. Sounds like the ombre they called the Lone Ranger. Maybe that's what you wanted them to think. You could have done it. You could have circled around and come back to town, come here. I wouldn't strain that brain too much. It might not be healthy for you. Rance, if you did do it, let's get away now. Why do you want to stay here? Listen, Lou, I might as well tell you so you'll quit bothering me. I've got a score to settle. But the share... He was only part of it. The reason I went to that stinking jail wasn't a kind of a man with a big white horse. He was the reason I got caught. But you already got even with him. If people think he killed the sheriff, the law will get him. The law won't get him. Nobody could find him unless he wanted them to. Then why did you dress like him? Because if he finds out about it, he'll be here. I don't care what the town thinks. I'm going to get him if I have to swing forward. The curtain falls on the first act of our Lone Ranger story. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us to pause for just a few moments. Now to continue our story. The following morning, Dan and Tonto rode up to the Roundup Cafe. As they entered, Tonto stood at the door while Dan talked to the proprietor. Have you a girl working here by the name of Lou? Yep, she comes here at night, though. She's home right now.  I'm looking for someone even older than she is. Her grandmother. Her grandmother? And here I thought she was just being romantic. Well, yeah, Lou's grandma was staying with her. They live out north of town that last cabin just before the road forks. What do you want her for? She left her purse on the stage yesterday. Maybe I could just leave it here. Well, you didn't do that, son.  I see. Well, all right, I'll take it to her. Uh, I hear you had a killing in town this week. Yeah, that was mighty mysterious.  But young Steve Johnson, he's the sheriff's son, swears he knows he didn't. Oh, really? How does he know?  Don't make sense to me. Uh, there goes Steve now. See through the window there? Yeah. He's going into the barbershop. Ask him about it if you're interested. Thanks. Maybe I will. Well, Jess, well it has. Tunnel, will you take this purse out to that cabin for me? I want to talk to the sheriff's son. I'll meet you where I hitch Victor. Rance Mason paced the floor of the cabin restlessly as Lou watched him anxiously. I wish you'd sit down, Rance. Pacing back and forth like that gets on my nerves. It's like being back in prison again. Wait until it gets dark. It was your idea, wasn't it? Tonight I'll go into town and... What's wrong? Why are you looking out the window with somebody coming? Maybe I won't have to go to town. This is him. You mean the mask man? Why, that's an Indian. An Indian? It's the Indian. He's the one who's always with the mask man. He's the one who helped him when he caught me. I'd know him anywhere. And that horse of his. You better hide, Rance. Maybe he's coming for you. I can't see where we'll bring him here. Please, Rance, hide. He's coming to the door. You answer it. I'll stand right here and hit him with this gun butt when you're over there. But, Rance, I... Answer it, I say. Yes? Oh, me bring... He didn't know what hit him. Come on, help me get him in here. Oh, Rance, I hope you didn't kill him. What's that in his hand? It looks like a... What are you laughing at? It's a pocketbook I left on the stage yesterday. Do you recognize it? Why, it is. But how did he get it? I don't know. And I don't care. This is the best piece of luck I've had yet. I'll make him tell where that mask man is if I have to skin him piece by piece to do it. But, Rance, his friend is liable to come looking for him. That'd be even better. He comes looking, he'll find a lot more than this Indian waiting for him. Come on, Lou. Help me get him in here. Get some rope to tie him up and lead that horse down beside the creek and hide him. Did you hide the horse? He is. I took him down beside the creek. He's in a clump of trees tied to one of them. Good. Nobody went by and saw you. No, nobody. The Indian come to yet? He's just starting to... He's going to be surprised. Come on, Indian. Wake up. Rance, don't hit him. You keep out of this. Say nothing to what you're going to see if you won't talk.  Open your eyes. I want you to see who's got you. Remember me, Indian? Remember when you and the mask man caught me? You... Yeah. Rance Mason. Now you're going to do a little paying for all the time I brought it in jail. And it won't be funny. Except for me. Where did you get this purse? I'll do the question, Lou. Well, you better find out or someone's liable to come looking for him.  All right, Rance. Don't get mad. The stage driver give you this purse to bring here? Well, what does that mean? The stage driver in town. Now we're getting somewhere. Nobody knows he's here.  But I want some information from you. Where's the mask man? I mean, not now. Maybe that'll help you remember. Throw some more water in his face, Lou. I'll make him talk. Rance, you've been doing this for an hour. I can't stand it anymore. You'll keep your nose out of this. All right, Indian. We're going to start all over again. Rance, someone's coming. Look out and see who it is. It's a kid on a white horse. He's stopping here. I'll throw a blanket over this Indian. I'll hide behind the curtain over the clothes closet. See what he wants. Hello, kid. What do you want? Did an Indian bring a purse out here that belonged to your grandmother? I know. What do you know about her purse? Well, I was on the stage with her yesterday when she forgot it. I gave it to him to bring out here. Well, them Indians are thieves. He probably kept it. Don't worry about it, though. There wasn't anything valuable in it. Well, I'm sorry. Thanks for trying, anyway, kid. Goodbye. He's gone, Rance. Oh, you'll always be dumb. Why didn't you say the Indian had left the pocketbook here and gone? Well, what's the difference? He's liable to tell the sheriff and he'll question us about it. Oh, you're crazy. I told him there was nothing in it. The other way would have been safer.  I'm bringing that red skin back to life again. Impossible. Dan Reed rode back to the Lone Ranger's camp as fast as Victor could gallop. The masked man stood waiting as Dan leaped in the back of the heaving horse.  What's wrong, Dan? Plenty. Toto's in trouble. Toto? I saw Steve Johnson today. He says a man by the name of Rance Mason escaped from prison and he thinks he's the one who killed his father. Rance Mason? Yes, I remember him. Steve says he figures that he killed his sheriff and tried to frame you because you captured him. What about Toto? He went to deliver the old lady's purse while I talked to Steve. Yes. I went back, so I went out to the cabin to look for him. Oh. There were fresh tracks of a horse leading into the place and I noticed Marcus and tracks where Toto got off his horse. In front of the cabin? Yes. But when I asked the woman there, if he had brought the purse, he said he hadn't been there. They know that Toto's a friend of yours? No. I just said an Indian. The woman said not to worry about the purse. It wasn't valuable. You said nothing about the tracks? No. The whole thing looked funny and I didn't want them to get suspicious. Did you see the old woman? No. The young one just opened the door and cracked. I couldn't see inside. I got thinking about that old lady smoking that cigarette on the stage and she was big. Do you think? It could have been Rance Mason. He'd remember Toto because Toto helped me capture him. Come on, Dan, we can't waste any time. But you can't ride in the daylight. Steve said everybody's looking for you. They don't believe Steve and lots of people think you're the killer. We can't wait till it's dark, city silver. Rance may be torturing Toto. We've got to get to that house without being seen. You can't do it in the daylight. They could see you coming for a mile. We'll have to think of something as we ride, city big fella. Easy. Come on, silver. Get up, Victor. Down there on the trail, a wagon. What happens? That's what we need. What do you mean? A peddler's wagon. We'll borrow it. Come on, silver. Who's silver? Don't shoot. Don't shoot, mister. See how high I hold up my hands? I'm only a poor peddler. We're not going to hurt you but I'm going to borrow your wagon for a while. Get out. Why should you take my wagon? Don't argue.  Then you lead silver and bring the deputy from town. But don't come to the cabin until I'm inside. Shall I keep this man covered? No, he's harmless. Here you are. I want your cap. My cap? But it has a hole in it. Sort of half. I can pull it down over my eyes. You can walk to town, mister. Your wagon will be there. Get it back. Come on, fellas. Come on. I'll give you one last chance, Indian. Are you going to tell me where I can find the masked man? What do you want a bullet in your head? Me? No.  Why not? The masked man will probably start looking for him and that's just as good. Give me that gun. But Reince... Give it to me, I said, or do you want me to get... All right. Listen. You can't shoot now, Reince. There's someone coming. Who is it? Look out the window. It's a peddler. It's old Jake. He has pans and threaded. Well, get rid of him.  You better hide. He can't see me if you don't open the door wide. I'll cover up this Indian. Never mind. I'll hold this gag in his mind. Answer it. Get rid of him. I don't want anything today. Oh, take your foot out of that door. Reince, he's mad. Don't move, Reince. Stop. Why are you... Got that gun? No, boy. Reince!  Stay away from Reince. You can fix that arm of his later. Totto, are you all right? All right, Lou. Untie that Indian and hurry. Yes, sir.  How could you let him ride right up here in that wagon right under our noses? I didn't look at him. I looked at the wagon. It was covered. Ah, you're so dumb. Are you all right, sir? Yes, Dan. Do you bring the horses? Yes. The deputy is following me from town. Good. Totto, do you know where your horse is? Him, sir. It's right in the creek. Can you walk, fella? Oh. Where's the deputy and his men now? Oh, yes, sir. This is the place, all right? Here are the two white horses. This is it. Stay right where you are, Reince. Wait, it's the masked man. It's him, all right. He's the one we're after. Just a minute, deputy. I may be the one you're after, but this man is the man you want. Reince Mason. Reince Mason. He escaped convict. Yes, he's your killer. And who is this woman? I didn't have anything to do with it. I didn't even know he was going to kill the sheriff. Oh, will you keep him on shot? He nod if it means going to jail for murder. I told you that's what happened. Reince tried to pin my poor's murder on the masked man. The whole thing should be clear now. You take over, deputy. Hold on, Dan. I sure will take over. And thanks for helping us. Come on, Totto. Stand right there, Reince.  Yeah, Reince. I guess you're right. If I wasn't, I wouldn't be mad to you. The story you have just heard is a copyrighted feature of the Lone Ranger Incorporated.


At this point, we'll call the April 25, 2022 meeting of the Town of Arlington Redevelopment Board to order. This open meeting of the Redevelopment Board is being conducted remotely for the governor's extension of the remote meeting provisions of Governor Baker's executive order of March 12, 2022, excuse me, 2020. This meeting, the ARB is convening via Zoom as posted on the town's website, identifying how the public may join. We know that the meeting is being recorded and that some attendees are participating via video conference. Accordingly, please be aware that other people may be able to see you and take care not to screen share your computer. Anything that you broadcast may be captured by the recording. So at this point, we'll move to a roll call to make sure everyone is here and can hear me starting with Ken. Yes, present. Jean. Present. Melissa. Present. And Steve. Good evening, Madam Chair. Good evening. I am Rachel Zenberry. We also have with us, Jenny Rae from the Department of Planning and Community Development. And Kelly lineup from the Department of Planning and Community Development. All right. So at this point, before we get into agenda item number one, I'd like to turn it over to Jenny, who has an update for us on the status of the approval of the housing plan. And I'd also love to just do a quick run through after that. Well, first we'll do that and we'll see if any questions and then we'll do another house keeping item. Thank you, Rachel. Yeah, the update is that last Wednesday evening, the select board adopted the housing production plan with some minor administrative amendments that Kelly and I are still taking care of that relate to some language that was used to describe the Arlington housing authority. And those amendments are, you know, minor in nature, but important and they were important to the select board. So we will, we're going to make those amendments. I'll share the final version of that, which is the version that we are going to send to the Department of Housing and Community Development for approval. That's the next step in the process. And then, you know, depending upon the outcome, which is likely to be positive, we will then have an approved and adopted fully adopted and approved housing production plan for the next five years. I just again want to thank the board for your time and attention reviewing it. And of course your adoption of it. And, you know, we're thankful. Thankful also that the select board took the time to review it and then provide those comments last week and that we're able to move forward. The other thing I want to notice that there was interest expressed with having a joint board meeting at some point in the future, probably after town meeting, which is something that we would follow up on from, you know, we did this in prior years where the two boards met together to talk about housing policy and sort of priorities moving forward. So, so that'll be something that you'll come back to following town meeting. So, June. And so with that, that was the update and I'll turn it back to you, Rachel with meeting updates. Great. Thank you. And the other thing I wanted to do this evening just because we have quite a few meetings coming up in the next. Two weeks is just to run through the meeting dates for the next two weeks and the times and Jenny and Kelly, I will ask you to keep me honest on this because I know that they've bounced a little bit. So we have a meeting on Wednesday. I believe that starts at 630 on the 27th. And then could you confirm we also have a meeting on Monday the second. Could you confirm the time that that one starts? That is that 630 as well. It's at 630. And then we have another meeting on Wednesday. The fourth, which is to review the. The draft report and approve the draft report for special town meeting. Yes. And that could be at seven. I mean, I would, I would say. Seven would be preferable.  Before town meeting convenes. Okay. Does anyone have any questions about the upcoming meeting times and dates? Can you confirm that was Wednesday, May 4th at seven? Correct. Okay. Thank you. All right. So with those two housekeeping items, we'll go ahead and move into agenda item number one, which is. To deliberate and vote on the 2022 special town meeting, zoning warrant articles. We previously closed the public hearing portion. Of this. Of this special town meeting. Review. And we will go ahead and start with deliberation on article two, which is related to family childcare. And Jenny, I'll turn it over to you first to see if there are any specific changes that you wanted to top line before we have our discussion. Yeah, thank you. I only received comments from Jean on this particular article, actually on all of the articles. So if you see red lines, the track changes, those are the track changes based upon feedback that was provided by Jean in advance of this meeting. Some of them are typographical. And those are things that we might transfer to the draft, to the report, to town meeting, but I'm just going to walk through the ones that are embedded in the bylaw amendment language themselves. Okay. So with this one, Jean's suggestion is to amend the definition by adding the licensing and then deleting this last sentence and deleting that last sentence, which he felt was not appropriate for the definition, but was more of a compliance matter. And so therefore better as a footnote. And so the footnote was amended in each. Relative section. The same. Those were the amendments. On the first page says is to it should also be one. Do you see that? Oh yeah, I'll just have to, I don't know why that's. Yeah. I'm not sure why that's doing that, but yeah, we'll make sure that that's the correct number. Oh, I see what it is. It's picking up this. Oh, I, I. I know what it is. I actually, I am. I amended the footnote in the document, not, not in the. Sorry, this is, this is a Monday brain problem here. This is not deleted. There we go. This footnote is to the, my apologies. Everybody, but that, that footnote belonged with the background. Okay. And then this, this. So I was like a footnote in the document. This is the table. And this is its footnote here. Okay. So, and then the same thing follows for each table. Okay. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Jenny. So to start discussion, perhaps Jean, we can start with you to see if there's anything in addition to the notes that you provided that you wanted to mention about this article. No, I mean, it's what we talked about and what we agreed. Made sense. And I just tried to, as you can see, move some of the wording around. So the definition is clearer and the, and the requirements are clear. Thank you, Jean. Ken, any discussion on this article? No, I have none. Great. Steve. Nothing for me, Madam chair. Melissa. Nothing with regard to the language that was changed. Okay. Great. So at this point, if there are no further. Any other items of discussion on article two, I'll see if there is a motion to recommend favorable action to article two as amended. So motion. I'll second. Right. We'll take a vote. Yes. Jean. Yes. Melissa. Yes. Steve. Yes. And I'm a yes as well. Thank you. The motion carries for favorable action with a vote of five to zero for article two. We'll now move to article three, which is a zoning by law amendment related to signs for shared mobility stations. And I'll turn it over to Jenny to top line. The changes that were made in the document. So I'm going to move to the next slide. I'm not going to be very straightforward, but I might need Jean to explain the first one. I'll do my best with what I believe he's trying to do here. We typically have definitions in groups. When we're introducing something new. So I think Jean's proposal. Is to add a mobility station. A sort of the, the, the heading to it. I've put in a definition, but I don't know if it's the same thing. I think it's the same thing. I think the shared mobility docking station and the electric vehicle charging station would be sort of underneath that. That would be the hierarchy.  There's many ways that it's rented. So I just took that out completely. Which was another one of the Jean's suggestions. I think perhaps the only other thing that changed since the last meeting was that there was no mobility options. Is that right, Kelly? Yeah. So we added micro this. This right here was also added. But it's not highlighted. So I just want to make sure I point that out. Jean, is there more to the definition piece that you wanted to share? The only thing I would. I shared in the reason I suggested mobility station. Is that if you look down later in the proposed bylaw. It used the term mobility station. I think it would make it clear. I think it would make it clear. We didn't have that. Define. So I thought it made more sense. To put it up here. And then I don't know if you need another state or another sentence or not. Jenny that says, you know, they include. And then those two. It's all up to you, but I think it would make it clear. If they say that. If you keep this here. I think it would make it clear. I think it would make it clear. So I think it would make it clear. That's the basic reason. We had the parts we needed, but not something that said mobility station. That was it. And otherwise, if I could say it, it's what we talked about. Yeah, it is. Yeah. And we, um, the numbering was off in the document. It's just meant to be one through. Et cetera. Um, and then the other comment was instead of specifically saying, including here. Um, and then I think the only other one was a comment about. Uh, well, this was highlighted, but it was really tied to the first point that Jean has already explained. So I've added an S, but I think actually it doesn't need enough. It doesn't need to be pluralized. Um, so now I understand. But, um, And I believe that was it. Yeah. On this one. The edits that were provided by Jean, but others may have other comments as well. Great. Thank you, Jenny. I appreciate it. Jean, did you have any other comments in addition to the edits? No, that was it. Okay. I liked as Steve said, I think, uh, nice job with the graphics. Great. Thank you. Uh, we'll go to Ken next. Any, any comments or discussion? Yeah, I thought we had discussed. If the sign. Had had nothing to do with, um, you know, electric electric charging or bike rentals or anything like that, then it will be termed. Advertisement. And, um, that, that one is that way that if it's interpreted that way there, it should be reviewed. I think we should just review it. Um, maybe with Jenny's department. Saying that, you know, I think we talked about maybe someone in appropriate signage that we don't want. I think we'll just picked up on that. Like, um, smoking or, I don't know what, you know, some less desirable types of signage or advertisement we don't want there in these billboards all over town, wherever these bicycle stations are in charging stations are. I mean, if it has to do with the charging station, fine. It makes sense until it's fine. But if they're using for advertising, we, uh, we want to have this review of what goes there. That's what we talked about. So I'll just add that, um, what we talked about was the fact that we don't have jurisdiction over the content. The select board has jurisdiction over the, over the content. And so, um, we here can identify what, um, what the size, the shape, the location, all of the, the, um, The graphic standards can be, but, um, the select board will need to be the body that reviews. And I would assume that, um, the select board would be very specific about the type of advertising that they would allow in terms of what contracts the town would enter into, um, for the, this is really Jenny, correct me if I'm wrong for sponsored signage as part of a funding vehicle for the, the town, um, To be able to provide this, this, um, the shared mobility stations. And so the, um, The town would still have oversight as to the selection of who that is. Jenny, if you want to jump in, just didn't clarify that. Those are, that's everything you just said is accurate. Okay. I'll withdraw my objection and I'm fine with this. Okay. Thank you, Kim. Uh, Melissa, any comments. For discussion. Um, no comment. So I think that this kind of maybe isn't a good example, just like one thing to alert the select men to, and if we're moving forward with the joint meeting, um, you know, just. Kind of making explicit the fact that, you know, this is not in our jurisdiction moving forward. We acknowledge that and we want them to be fully aware that they're, you know, kind of responsible for content moving forward. Yeah, we can absolutely do that. That's a good suggestion to follow up with. With them and make sure that they're aware prior to, um, town meeting as well. I can certainly follow up with, um, Len, who's the new chair of the select board and make sure that they're aware. Uh, Steve, any comments. Uh, no, I like the revisions. Great. I'm just making a note to follow up with Lynn. All right. Um, and I also am in support of the revisions. I appreciate the work that was done and the, the graphics that Kelly put together as well. So thank you. Um, so at this point, I'd like to see if there is a motion to, um, recommend favorable action for article three as amended. So motion. Second. Second. Right. Take a vote starting with Kim. Yes. Jean. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Can I, can I say something? Yes. I think that we need to add to the diagram. I forgot this. What's in all the other sign thing diagrams. Which says, um, this diagram is included for illustrator purposes only. It is not part of the Arlington zoning bylaw. We have that in all the other illustrations. Yeah. Of course. I'd like to amend the motion to have that added. At the diagram. Sorry. I forgot. No, that's fine. Okay. So we will. So you'd like to motion the addition additional amendment. Correct. Right. Okay. Great. Um, I think what I'd like to do is just go ahead and retake the vote. So if I could have a second to Jean's. Motion. Second. Thank you. We'll retake the vote starting with Kim. Yes. Yes. Melissa. Yes. Steve. Yes. I mean, yes as well. So we will recommend favorable action for signs for shared mobility stations. All right. So we'll now move to article four. Which is the zoning bylaw. Amendment related to non-conforming single family or two family dwellings. And Jenny, I will turn it over to you for any clarifications for this article. I actually, there was. I, other than in the sort of discussion, there were, there was nothing. No comments on this. On what was provided in the actual bylaw amendment. Which is to strike. Um, that particular subsection. See. Right. Nothing further. The other comments were to the discussion. There were some questions that Jean had, but they would have been appropriate for town council. And in the time I had today, I didn't, I was not able to connect with them. Okay. I don't know if you did though, Jean. I'll turn it over to you first. Yeah, go ahead. I did not have a chance either, but I had a communication with Christian Klein. The chair of the zoning board of appeals. And. It, I mean, based on that, I feel like C. Doesn't belong because it really is just confusing. And makes it more difficult for the ZBA to do its job. I mean, that's my takeaway. From the communication. From Christian Klein. And that, that. Follows the discussion that. I had with Christian Klein and Patrick Hanlon, who's the. Also. On the zoning board of appeals with Doug Hyme and Mike Champa, the director of inspectional services. That this section, this is basically leading to some confusion. Yeah. So I'm still, and, you know, I, I wrote a note to Jenny, which is, you know, I'm still, I must have a mental block on this. I can't figure out. Why it's prohibited by the Bellata decision. Even after having read it, but I'm still willing. To go along with getting rid of it because I think it's just unnecessary. Surplusage that just makes it more difficult. For the ZBA. Great. Thank you, Jean. Ken. I have no questions. All right. Melissa. No questions. Steve. No questions here. Great. And I also, and it's in. Support of this given the support from. Christian Klein of the ZBA and. The director of inspectional services and. Can I wonder if. In the report that goes to town meeting. I don't know if it would make sense to put something in about. The ZBA having us that have been removed. We can, we can certainly do that. Yeah. That would be great. Thank you. And just to follow on that thread. That's one thing that we did identify. I just recorded all of the. The video presentations today for all the other articles. And we did identify those articles that had been put forward by the ZBA and the zoning by law working group. So we can certainly. Mention that for this particular article as well. All right. So there is there. I don't believe that there were any amendments. Jenny. For this one. Nothing. No, nothing proposed. Okay. So is there a motion to recommend favorable action for article four? So motion. All right. Is there a second? I'll second. Great. Thank you. Take a vote. Kim. Yes. Yes. Melissa. Yes. Steve. Yes. And I'm a yes as well. I thought Steve was going to second as a former ZBA. Didn't get off of you fast enough. As a former ZBA, I will just say that nonconformities are hard. They're hard in their complex. So. Let's see. So article four, we will recommend a favorable action. So that brings us to the end. I'm going to move on to the next slide. I'm going to move on to the next slide. I'm going to move on to the next slide. I'm going to move on to the next slide. I'm going to move on to the next slide. I'm going to move on to the next slide. And I'm going to move on to the next slide. So that brings us to the end of. The special time meeting articles. I believe that we need to. I don't believe we need to close. We've already closed the public hearing. So Jenny, I don't believe that. Close the hearing. We're good. Fabulous. First night and last night. Yes. Very good. Very good. Let's see. So. That closes our. Agenda item number one. So we'll now move to agenda item number two. And that is meeting minutes. Jenny, if you could bring those up. I just had a couple of small changes. I believe that I saw Steve. Send a few. Revision is through today. We received one from John Seltzer, which Jenny, I believe you've incorporated already. I'm not sure if you have. Provided your revisions already. Great. So I'll go to. Great. Thank you. Yes, I do. Let's see. I believe it's on the third page. This is Mr. Laos spoke in support of the project. Yeah. Right here. Yeah. Okay. I had some remarks about. I like to change the word changing to extending the fence. Extending the fence around the parking. And then increasing bicycle interior. Increasing the interior bicycle parking. And the signage. Percentage or signage. Amount. That's the amount of signage. Yes. And then. Further down. It was Mr. Laos said that the sign on the fifth floor is probably okay, but. 200 square feet on the second on the second. Above the entrance is excessive. I'd like to add. Also. The blade of the pile on sign is excessive too. Sorry, where I, can you just tell me where that is? It's on the same page. I guess I'm here. Okay. Three paragraphs down somewhere that. Above the entrance is excessive. And then you want to add a sentence. And the pile on sign. Yes. The sign above the entrance. And the pile on sign is excessive. I see. I'm going to do this. Oops. That's fine. And then. The next paragraph down from there. This is. And stated. It's other things. His concern, not her. It's a little higher. Yeah. That paragraph right there. Yeah. I see. Somebody thought Rachel was still talking, I think. Fine. Okay. And then about the scaling and clarity. Yeah, that's fine. It's piling with a Y and not an I. Yeah, it is. Yeah. It is. And then I believe it's. Two pages down.  Right there. The last part, the last sentence on the third part of fourth paragraph up. I think I want to say the basis for opposition in to the. Programming. Is inappropriate. Not her. Not. Not the opinion is that her basis for saying that it's not the best use she sees, but that's, that's not that. That's not appropriate. We're not here to discuss the most appropriate use. I believe the program is allowed by, by right. So we can comment on other things, but not. The. That's your programming. So. Mr. Low stated that he respected Ms. Tentacla says opinion, but the basis for her opposition about programming. The program, you know, the fact that the storage chamber. Self storage. And if we wanted to make a change, we should change it in zoning, not with a review of the project. Rachel, if I might. Yes. And we're talking about the use though, Ken, aren't we? And it's a special permit. Yes, but uses allowed by. Right. And can did make that point during the meeting. And this is a. You know, the minutes of the meeting. So I do remember him. Making the point that it is an allowed use and that that wasn't something that he believed that we. Should be debating. Not at this, not for this meeting. During the public hearing. Yeah. Yes, I'm all game. If we want to discuss it during zoning. Change or so many of that, but not. For this thing here.  I added a little clarification at the end as well, which I think is what you were trying to say, Ken. Yes. Future changes to the zoning by law are needed. Yep. Which I think you somewhat alluded to. Yep. Okay. Anything else? Nope. That's it. I'm sorry. Be quiet. Before you move. Jenny, the next paragraph down where it talks about the dimensions of the base spacing. It should have been the bay spacing B a Y. Oh, yeah. Great. Thank you. And on that, on that. Paragraph. I think one of the important things if I remember this correctly. That the applicant said that I thought should be in the, in the minutes. Is that because it used a 10 by 10 grid system. It would be difficult to convert the building to another use. And it probably would need to be demolished. If there's no longer use. For self storage. So I thought it was important to have that in there. I, I didn't go. I saw you had a couple of. Comments like that, Jean. I didn't go back to look. To listen to the recording exactly. I don't know. I don't know. This is a transcription from. But he, he did say that. And I was really struck by it. And I also thought it'd be good to have in the minutes, because I wanted to discuss it with the applicant. When they're next in front of the board. Do you have a sentence you want to, I'll type it in right now. Okay. I think we can do it really easily. He noted, which allows for greater flexibility, comma, But difficulty in repurposing the space. To a, to a different use in the, in the future. Okay. That's good enough. Thank you. You're welcome. There was another area like that, Jean, where you had a, you know, I think we can go back to Rachel. Great. I just have one, one additional item. It's on page two. And it's. About the third or fourth paragraph down. It's where we're talking about. So it's where the sentence of the paragraph that starts absent any public questions. Yeah. Okay. That's not it. Well, That's right. It's two, it's two more. It's two more sentences downward says as there were insufficient petitioners. Present. It was actually because we weren't, we were ahead of the, the meeting time. So it was. I don't think it was because the petitioners weren't there. The next sentence down. We had to move. We weren't able to move to the next article because. We were, we're ahead of the posted public hearing. Time. So do you want me to add. That here. The reason why we had to, to move wasn't because the petitioners weren't there. It was because we, we were ahead of the scheduled. Public meeting time. That's perfect. All right. That's all that I had. Melissa, did you have any additions or corrections? Nope. All right. Great. Thank you, Melissa. I had one. Okay. I think it's the next page. That starts with. There it is. No. There's one that says absent. It says absent. Further public comments. The chair question, the applicant regarding. Interior rain. Leaders, can you find that? It's on the fourth page. Okay. Yeah. Right. So. Then it says. Mr. Brian provided details on this. Yeah. And it will be really helpful. I don't know. I don't know what those details were. I'm pretty sure he said there'll be no drainage to the brook, but I'm not. You know, that's just my recollection. I think it would be really good to. Know what he actually said. Again, I, this was something you've mentioned earlier today, but I didn't have a chance to go back and see exactly what was said or compare it to what we asked them to provide. But I can't do anything about it at this moment. That's fine. Any other additions or corrections? Yes, if we could go back to Pylon. So the, and the Pylon sign as well. In context, I believe I'm the one speaking. As the minutes represented. So I think the Pylon sign as well, that should be attributed to Mr. Lau. Correct. So, um, So I thought Mr. Lau said that. No, actually, no, not quite. No, okay. I thought this was what he said. Is that what you said? Uh, so wait a second, hold on. It's, it's too long. The sentence actually. He agrees with Mr. Lau and that the sign on the fifth floor is probably okay. Yeah, could you strike the additional text? Mr. Lau said the sign on. Uh, and then let's move, let's see if we could maybe move in the Pylon sign as well. Up to earlier where Mr. Lau was commenting on signs. Just two or three paragraphs up. Oh, okay. Um, like second sentence down from that paragraph is the amount of signage you might want to add and Pylon sign or something like that. There, including the Pylon sign. Yeah. Want to change this paragraph still further or. Uh, No, I think that's. No, that's fine. We can go back to the fourth page. It's again, the one with the 10 by 10 grid system. Ever since discussion of layout and parking followed. I think it should say something like, uh, um, What did I put here? Um, The board said it expected to see at least 25 parking spaces. In a revised proposal. I think that's what we actually said. Not all of us, Jean. No, some members of the board. Let's say some members of the board. There you go. Said they expect. A member. Some members of the board. Or a member of the board said they expect. Anything else. I do have one, um, where, um, Mr. Brian has highlighted. I went and checked my notes and, um, I have a quote from Mr. I can offer a quote from Mr. Brian. He is. So instead of Mr. Brian. Uh, okay. It says, uh, Moving the rain, um, actually I have it down as Mr. Williams. Although, but at, um, that could be my mistake. Uh, this says it's not their preference. Uh, he says that people who rent storage units expect their belongings to stay dry and exterior drains have much less chance of allowing water into the building. Much better chance. I'm sorry. So, uh, exterior. Let me go back here. Brain leaders have a much better chance of. Have much less chance. Much less chance of allowing water into the building. Of allowing. Okay. Is that. Is that what you were talking about, Jean? No. Okay. I didn't think so. Yeah. In a separate, there was a question. About, um, whether there was sort of a swell at the end of the property. Yeah. Right. Rainwater and, uh, have it created on site. Right. And yeah, I think he said. It would not. Train to the brook, but I'm not a hundred percent positive. Be good to know that. Yeah. Maybe the, I think though that we had asked them to provide this information when they come back. So, um, he may have provided details during the meeting, but I know that we asked them to do that for the. Revised materials that actually were already posted today. So you can look at them. Um, but that, that might be the way to handle it because I, I don't remember exactly what he said. He was vague as what, as what I recall. I don't know what he said. I don't know what he said. I don't know what he said. I don't know what he said. I just wanted to confirm. Right. Let's leave it like that. Okay. Okay. All right. There's another one here. That's like he provided details, but the details are not in the minutes. Right. So. Any other additions or corrections. Right. Is there a motion to approve the meeting minutes from March 28th, 2022 as amended. Okay. We'll take a vote. Ken. Yes. Jean. Yes. Yes. Melissa. Yes. And I may as well. So the meeting minutes have been approved as amended. All right. So are there any other housekeeping items? Jenny, I think we've covered. Most of everything. We didn't have a public forum on the agenda tonight due to. The meeting. So we're going to move to. We're going to move to timing. And then we are now at the point that we need to see if there is a motion to adjourn to town meeting. So motion. There a second. Second. We'll take a vote. Ken. Yes. Yes. Melissa. Yes. Steve. Yes. And I may as well. Thank you very much. And I will see some of you in a few minutes. Have a good evening. Bye. Bye everyone.


I am not sure if you heard the good news but the borders are opening early so I just wanted to do a shout out to that at the beginning of this video to let you guys know hey you guys can come here sooner than you thought so if you're Australian you can come next month in April if you are pretty much the rest of the world all the bigger countries you can come May 1st so that's for travelers and for visa holders so New Zealand is finally opening up and you guys can come here and check it out so if you are moving here or traveling here make sure that you reach out to me I have lots of resources to help you definitely check out my other videos and yeah and all the links are below if you're interested in any of that but I'm so excited that you guys get to come to New Zealand sooner. Alright welcome back to my YouTube channel guys I'm so excited to have Robin on with me today from the New Zealand pocket guide he's so cool and their website is amazing and it has everything that you need to travel in New Zealand I mean down to the minute details and it's all free you should check it out for sure so why don't you tell us a little bit about you and then we'll jump into some tips for traveling around New Zealand. So I've been in New Zealand for about 11 years now I've been a tourism industry for pretty much the whole time I speak way too fast and I'm passionate about traveling in New Zealand and yeah you can sit on our YouTube and on the site. Yes so you should definitely check out their site anything that you need to know about travel I've used it many times it's super helpful so you'll definitely want to check that out so today though we're going to talk about travel tips I just thought of course if I have Robin who knows everything about traveling around now I've been to most places in New Zealand but I don't know it as the ins and outs of it like he does so we're going to get some travel tips in today so here we go. Alright so the first thing I have for you guys and that's that's the worst one but you have to be up to date with the COVID-19 restrictions in New Zealand and the best place to get up to date with the COVID-19 restriction is covid19.govt.nz it's the official New Zealand government website and that's you know there's a lot of information from the source. We cannot wait until the borders open and people can travel so hopefully yes hopefully when you're watching this you can travel. Yes and hopefully as you're watching that you are currently planning your itinerary because like now we have plenty of time to just plan the itinerary and that brings my second tip to light and it's planning a realistic itinerary if you only have a week in New Zealand you can only do one of the both islands and it would be absolutely crazy to try to cram two islands into one week so the bare minimum the absolute minimum of time that you need to do both island is two weeks we have plenty of samples of itineraries on the site if you guys want to check it out but seriously just make sure that you plan yourself a realistic itinerary otherwise you're just going to drive drive drive and just spend night somewhere and have no time to do anything. Yeah no that's really good advice I would even say even half of one of the islands for a whole week and this is the other problem with Americans that travel here is that they they plan their trip to Australia and they think hey I'm just gonna do a stopover for a week or less in New Zealand and not a good plan I'm telling you I have so many people that have visited me from the States and they're like I don't know why we spent all that time in Australia I mean Australia is great has its benefits but New Zealand is stunning. That's what I did my first experience in New Zealand I was doing a working holiday in Australia and I was like I can just pop into New Zealand before I leave and just do everything in one week learn from my mistake. Alright next tip when you're coming to New Zealand make sure that you know which visa you need or if you are from a visa waiver country meaning a country that doesn't need a visa to visit New Zealand you need to pay the NZ ETA and the IVL which is a levy anyway there are some fees to pay make sure that you're aware of those things that's the boring part. That's good to know I didn't even know that yes I think I'm from a country that I don't have to pay that you do actually have to pay that yes that's okay.  Yeah I paid a lot of money to get here let's be honest yeah yeah but so if you come in New Zealand with a visa like IE as an immigrant as an immigrant and everything this is all included you don't have to. It's all included. I'm talking about visitors and everything yes. She can stay. She can stay. Yeah no yes I didn't come as a visitor I came as an immigrant and I already paid my fees. Okay while we're talking about the boring stuff when you come into New Zealand there is a very strict biosecurity rules and on what you can and cannot bring into New Zealand so make sure that you read up on that there is plenty of literature online I'm not gonna point one website again but yeah there's plenty of literature online there's plenty of photos at the airport there is plenty of information and if you are unsure declare it so just an example right let's say you are bringing a gun into New Zealand you shouldn't but let's say you're bringing a gun and you don't know if you can do that or not if you declare it at the border they will inspect your luggage they will check it and they will tell you you can't bring it and they will ask you to surrender it you won't be fined because you declared it however if you bring a gun to New Zealand and you don't declare it and you try to sneak in past and they find it then the fines are heavy strict and you may even be denied entry to New Zealand oh so let's not do that when in doubt declare exactly all right next tip let's talk about some more fun stuff if you're planning to travel around New Zealand there's plenty of method of transportation available to you you can take buses you can fly around you can rent your own car you can buy a car if you're here for an extended period of time there's plenty of ways to make your way around New Zealand so make sure that you research even before you start making your itinerary which method of the transport you want to use and then go from there it's the best way to plan an itinerary there's even some bus tools which let you have everything included the itinerary is already done and therefore you have nothing to do just sits but you're bumming the seat and enjoy so I so do most travelers rent a car I guess that's what we talked about earlier so most people rent a car or they're doing the bus tour yes yes that's the two main method of transport in New Zealand and that's the best way to also see most of the country as well traveling by land flying around New Zealand doesn't really give you the best experience because New Zealand and you know that it's all about road trip even just driving up to here it's just fantastic amper vaning it or like even just the public buses are good you know some of the cool trains that go across islands are cool now when it comes to the nitty gritty of planning your trip it's all about picking the right time of the year to plan your trip New Zealand is notoriously busy during December to February this is when most of the tourists are coming in New Zealand and also when most of the locals have well the Christmas holidays and it's summer as well so you max all that together Christmas holiday summer all the tourists coming over this is becoming really really busy so everything is more expensive everything is more crap so you're gonna pay more for less good experience so traveling during the shoulder season which are basically a couple of months either way so basically not in December to February will be ideal save you big bucks and give you better experience because everybody goes back to school in the beginning of February so February March April amazing weather to be traveling and it won't have so many travelers so yes however if you don't have any other option and you have to travel in summer just book in advance do not expect that you're gonna be able to find easier accommodation in Lake Ticapo in Queenstown in those kind of really hot spots in you know in the middle of the summer you won't and it's gonna be tough to find accommodation so book in advance if you travel in summer okay do you travel often in summer I do because I have kids but when we first moved here is homeschooling some of them and so we were able to trap in the off season and that was so much so much better and even just the high exhaled scrams and everything so so much better so much better all right moving on if you are traveling on your own ie you're not taking a bus to what is already organized for you consider traveling south to north so most travelers travel north to south because the main port of entry to New Zealand and I mean port of entry as airport as well is Oakland which is relatively north of the country so most people are actually traveling north to south so if you travel south to north first you're going against the grains you get less people on the road and all that kind of things also you may be able to find some better deals for your car or campervan rentals because well at the end of summer a lot of companies end up having all the inventory on the Saturday and then need to find a way to bring it back up and therefore you'll be getting better deals to go from south to north that's really good advice yes so yeah that's a I mean that's something that we advise everybody speaking of campervans you can't just camp anywhere it is a myth freedom camping is a thing in New Zealand but there is rules so yeah I won't go into details about all the different rules because they mostly buy different districts but we do have a full page on in the pocket guide and I'll point that to you guys because it's too boring to talk about but you can't camp anywhere but my you can camp everywhere you can't you can't you cannot camp everywhere right is there a country that you are allowed to do that because it to me I don't I don't think I would ever come in and think oh I can just camp anywhere so are there people coming in thinking yeah well from top of my head like Madagascar is a great country to be able to do that you but but it's kind of almost cheaper to stay with local stay in accommodations and everything but you are able to camp pretty much everywhere you go along the road that main highway and everything so yeah but yeah don't do that in New Zealand next tip what do we have always carry an extra layer news and it's famous for forces in one day isn't it the weather in New Zealand so how cold were you this morning I know how hot are you right now I know I know I was so cold the weather changes throughout the day it'll be like so hot and then we'll have a rainstorm and then yeah definitely definitely have that light fleece that light layer that you can always throw on yes all right if you need to buy alcohol in New Zealander a little bit like in the US you will always be I did in New Zealander is only three form of ideas which are going to be accepted it's going to be the New Zealand driver license the hospitality 18 plus and your passport if you have any or other form of ideas i.e. you US driver license or anything like that it will not be accepted and you won't be able to buy your beer just know that if you want to have a bit of a bender by the beach or something like that can't do that if you don't have the correct idea what was what was the second thing that you said the hands 18 plus card it's a hospitality news it is okay so this one's a good tip i don't know that you can apply for it you have to bring your passport to go to the bar yep yeah i'm we are how i hang out in bars i am still being checked and i do look damn old and i'm still be checked regularly that's rough i'm not you know it's because it's because they know it's because they see almost yeah yeah they see all my kids no don't worry they don't see you at the bar i'm not going to the bar it's true okay moving on this is great tips you guys all right next up when you plan your trip around new zealand yeah choose the right type of accommodation for you so everybody travels differently and in new zealand is a breath of different type of accommodation hostels are great you can get private room in hostels so that means you don't have to litty stain dorms and you can make use of their communal kitchen it's great we save money when you're on the road um motels are usually more self-contained units you have campsites where you can have powered campsite for your camp about or even unpowered campsites and you still have access to all the facilities you can have self-contained unit fuel and obviously we have everything from the luxury lodge to the boutique hotel um and everything in between so there is a ton of different type of accommodation so don't get restricted to the thing that you know you may want to try something different for your trip to new zealand save some big bucks try something new and yeah yeah so it was cool about the campgrounds here like because it's hard to i would say that new zealand travel is really set up for couples and that when you when you have a big family it gets harder and so like we had campground they have these like communal kitchens like that might be normal and you know but um i was like oh this is so cool i love it because i'm a people person and love to meet new people and you know but my kids were like what what so it's good for them that's really cool yeah and if you don't feel like tenting uh we do know a lot of families which are traveling around and they just go in a hostel and they literally hire a private dorm of six and you get a six-dome okay i've seen that and i've never done it should i be doing that yeah i mean you will you will actually save money on accommodation oh yeah i know i would to holiday park you have access to the kitchen so if your kids are gluten-free or any dietary requirement you can cater to them easily by doing that and uh yeah and like that you don't have to hire an expensive camper van or having to do a whole setup with the tent and everything like that you literally just rocking with your car that's really a good option you guys because honestly like if you're if the plot of land at a campground is expensive yeah you add all these people to it i'm like i'm just gonna stay somewhere that has walls hiring hiring a dorm in like a six-bed dorm in uh in uh in a hostel it costs you about 120 dollars to 150 at most you heard it here first here you go if rice changes by the time you watch this video don't hold me accountable for it yes some unconscious supply to support local all right speaking of buying things when you buy things in New Zealand pay in New Zealand dollars uh you know when you use your credit card everything choose the option New Zealand dollars if you can withdraw some money it's easier don't change your money at the airport all that kind of tip that you probably heard a million times be wise with your money bank fees add up to a lot when you travel around and if you stay for quite a while in New Zealand are you a backpacker and stay in the working on the visa open a bank account here make it easy for yourself get yourself a local debit card it's gonna make your life super easy yes do that that's really good all right now we're going to talk about New Zealand road rules that you love a lot so yeah be aware of the New Zealand road rules like do a little bit of research there is like let's say about 10 points that you need to know about and that you need to kind of just have read at least once you know if you're new if you're not used to driving on the left side of the road which is the wrong side of the road uh it's okay agreed it's okay just make sure that you start running very slowly and just kind of get used to it honestly it comes really quickly a lot of people are super stressed about that yeah i was number one stressed about that but it does it does kind of come and it really was not a problem honestly you guys it was not a problem yeah so be aware of how to use round about if you have not used the roundabout because you are used to grid system it's absolutely fine that you just need to kind of watch the traffic for about 20 seconds and just take your time get used to it something for one way bridges and everything it's all kind of self explanatory but you may want to have self explained it to yourself before you're on the car and you stress don't just pull out because you don't know what to do i don't keep driving because you don't know what to do that's even worse that could lead to an accident or something so do neither okay and a couple things to note about the roads is people stop for everybody okay so if you're from like new york or chicago you're like uh it's happening they're always like let them in let them everybody lets everybody even in the most dangerous situation they let them in so just be aware everybody's nice and they drive quite a bit slower um than i'm used to uh yeah and okay i thought they drive faster than i'm used to oh no oh i am like anyway yeah you should okay that's another she can stay she's driving she's driving fine okay well they have all these cameras they keep the and then all of a sudden you get a ticket in the mail yeah lots of tickets in the mail yeah and not for many kilometers over like i i don't i am fully aware and somebody sent the ticket to the wrong address which is years old and then they call you and they say hey you're as that much because there's a lot of late fees and that happened to me recently fun times anyway moving on um let's not talk about that please no thank you let's talk about cyclists what about you use a bike instead of uh instead of using a car because uh you know you want to um if you are a cyclist and you dream about uh roads biking all around new zealand don't stick to the mountain bike trails and all the other bike trails that we have around new zealand and they're all really fantastic the new zealand roads tend to be a little narrower there's gravels there's all that and and there's a lot of trucks around and everything yes it doesn't make for good roads biking experience i know the dream sounds amazing you know but it's it's not the instagram pic instagram pic today looks no but like they do if you're in the city it's like wallington people ride their bike to work yes and come back and they don't have any room so but there is more bike lanes coming up yeah there are so yeah but fun times doesn't mean you can't but we don't recommend it all right speaking of another fun time money budget new zealand can be more expensive than what you expected uh we are very small island nation importing things is quite expensive gases so expensive at the moment i love that you said gas yeah i mean the gas at the moment what did i pay i pay two dollar 48 cents per liter which is 3.62 a gallon so here you go multiply that by 3.6 if you're a genius put it in the comment below she wants some comments and uh yeah there you go comment call uh but yeah it's super expensive uh the gas for example yeah the gas is expensive yeah come i would say just travel in general is expensive yeah and even just getting pop drinks and everything like that it's not going to be it's not going to be cheap uh compared to what you used to uh i mean literally i came from uh north america arriving to new zealand and that was a shock money wise so yeah just just be aware uh that doesn't mean you should pack all the food that you can in your suitcase to come to new zealand that would be a silly thing to do but uh yeah just be aware that you will need a decent budget in order to make your way around new zealand comfortably and have fun yes all right i love how i'm just saying all the bad things right now and just like nice and friendly right here i feel like i'm a i'm a downer right here really good tips because people do that it doesn't mean new zealand is not amazing it is it is really fantastic i promise but i need you guys to know those things these are the insetter tips all right um another thing that you need to be aware of when you are playing your trip around new zealand and you check the gps and it says oh yeah driving from point a to point b is going to take you an hour plan two uh first up you're going to drive a bit slower than what you plan because well there's going to be people in front of you and all that and second the sceneries are fantastic and there's plenty of pit stops along the way that you're going to want to stop take some pictures and all that new zealand's are all about the journey around the i know what you're saying i know it sounds so cliche but new zealand is genuinely about the journey traveling around and so i feel like you're going to enjoy it much more if you take your time and there's so many windy roads you guys yeah and google map is terrible it's not obviously bad in new zealand we've got lost multiple times so if you have the spare few dollars to download like the garmin map or something like that on the on the app store or something all the tum tum map or whatever or the brand it's not sponsored but yeah that's a good idea yeah definitely get one of the real gps map a will yield a better result for you speaking of you know the landscape and everything if you come to new zealand you're coming for the nature not for the cities if you're planning to just go from city to city in new zealand you're not really going to see what new zealand is all about it's all about the beautiful nature the beautiful sceneries the awesome hikes and all this kind of thing so just know that if you're here to come and party and go nightclubs and everything like that you may have a couple of fun nights in quinstan but that's going to be nowhere near the fun night you can get in las vegas so what about you go party in las vegas with dr dr here you go see i'm with the kids right here dr dr is in gta now i know things i know things with the kids play gta online with dr dr all right when traveling in new zealand make sure to protect yourself from the sun and the sunfly look at that i move from dr dr to psa i know awesome what a transition anyway sandflies can be notoriously annoying especially in a saturday around the nelson lakes area or things like that so just a sandfly repellent will work it generally does work you just have to be aware and use it and also there is some fantastic soaps which are natural and includes a sandfly repellent in it oh really yes you americans can fly that on amazon very easy for us in new zealand we have to import them from amazon and that's really expensive so very sad so you guys are lucky pack that that'd be good and for the sun there is a holy new zone layer everybody knows that if you were a kid in the 90s you saw a lot of psas on tv's about these kind of things and captain planet with his ring was trying to save the planet for that should we ever watch that cartoon anyway i am i am young for sure anyway um there is a holy new zone layer it's right on top of new zealand you can burn on up to seven minutes only so make sure you sunscreen sunscreen and sunscreen for sure and we apply every couple of hours yes no you guys it literally feels like it's burning through your skin it's it yeah bring your sunscreen and i mean i don't know i've been here for six years i'm horrible at reapplying and wearing a hat well yeah use it in australia have some of the highest rate of melanoma in the world because of that yeah yeah so yeah fun times now don't underestimate the amount of things that they used to do in new zealand next tip ton of activities ton of stuff ton of high ton of points to add on your map so yeah a lot of people just think there is only a handful of things to do in new zealand that's just a side trip from australia don't do that it's really a ton to do here yes and and and even when you plan your itinerary if you have the luxury of time when you're driving from point H point B make that your whole day activity and add points of interest along the way there's really ton of them and yeah that's the best way to do things and then you spend one day in a place that you want to you know stay at and do some activities there and then you're driving again from point H point B and that is your entire day activity rather than try to drive do an activity eat at that place check into your accommodation check out the next day and keep on moving oh man it's not gonna be a holiday you're gonna want to sleep at work on the way back so yeah well it's really the best things in new zealand are free yes and actually great transition hiking would be your best friend in new zealand look at that i love hiking yes which height do you like the most in new zealand i would say that there isn't a hike that i don't like that's the problem every time i go into the bush i'm like it literally feels like Jurassic Park it does come in and you're like where am i this is so amazing i try to do it every day because i have one by my house and i'm just i love it so for people that grew up watching movies the dinosaurs are not real so it feels like Jurassic Park but it's safe it's safe yes no snakes we're not australia you can come on in here you go if you're an american living abroad listen up we are entering or we are currently in the worst time of year tax season and if you hate doing your u.s taxes so if you don't know if you're an american citizen no matter where you live and work anywhere in the world you have to pay american taxes so if you dread that as much as i do and how hard american taxes are compared to where i currently live in new zealand um then i just wanted to put a little something on my youtube channel this week that i have been working with right tax i will link them below and they are giving my community $50 off if you wanted to do your taxes with them because it is so hard to find somebody to do your u.s taxes when you live abroad so if that's you check them out get a discount and let's do our taxes all right and next step where am i on i'm completely lost in this one yes so um if you are coming in new zealand for only a short amount of time then we only recommend you to do one of both islands so therefore you have to kind of study up a little bit and kind of learn about the difference between the north and the south island obviously i can go over hours and hours talking about both islands but in short the north island will be more volcanic and a lot of rich mariculture and the south island will be more drastic all those thick forest mountaineers snow-capped mountains all these kind of things are amazing wildlife such as you know the bottom line is you're not going to be disappointed with either of them no of course but they are different so if you have to pick only one of them just you know study up because both of them are not you know north doesn't offer different things yes so yeah that's good all right uh talking about food you need to try the local cuisine there's some really good food in new zealand fishing ships is fresh right out of the water delicious you and the seagulls will love it and uh yeah it's really it's really awesome you have also a traditional mari food such as the hangi which is really really nice so yeah plenty of awesome food and you will have to try a local because there isn't really chain restaurants here i mean you other than the american ones so you always have the mcdonalds burger king subway pizza class junior i like it is it is it's called see the ads that's hardy's if you're in the u.s by the way um but yeah so otherwise there's not chain restaurants so it can be as an american when you're used to knowing what you're going to get going into a town and you like have no idea every town will have a fish and chips every town will have cafe right most of them will have at least a domino's or a pizza what do you order at the cafe huh what do you order at the cafe what do i order at the cafe what kind of coffee because it's very different in the u.s right yeah so the the most common coffee is a flat white i probably go with the lattes or i'll go with the mocha is the way that they make mochino's here or like they figured it out it's not the same as the boring syrup in the us but that's for another if you want to try a hot chocolate or mocha at the cafe called the shelf on high street in oakland best one in the country just my tip are you serious i haven't been there you've got to the shelf i don't know it's gonna be i don't think it's gonna be as good as the one in wellington that i guarantee it or you get your money back not you guys is that what they say oh i i pay i pay for the coffee i let me send you the money it's not better than any other one you've tried in your life oh my god there you go there's this one in wellington on cuba street that is it's literally like liquid chocolate but it's so good try it we'll see i put my money where my mouth is okay all right i may regret that depending on how you're traveling luxury budget family or anything like that there is or even working holiday gap year and everything there is really options for all different budget and different ways to travel around new zealand but you've got to kind of plan a little bit differently so do make sure that you do research for like the way you want to travel right if you travel as a couple research like couple or honeymoon or or thing like that and you genuinely going to find some experiences which are absolutely unique that's going to match exactly what you are after and uh yeah don't be afraid to kind of like actually kind of i know it sounds weird but put yourself in a box and from that box you'll be able to actually find things that you usually don't find it sounds crazy but i think it's it's really true for new zealand and it's all available too on the new zealand pocket guide it is yes it is true like that's literally the place to go if you want to know anything you can type in couples and it's everything it's great and then pocket guide dot com boom i should have the tisha that says that you should what the heck is this i know uh all right uh another thing that's going to be taken as a complaint which is not you know when on the roads traveling around don't expect you can get good wi-fi everywhere uh nope i mean i i work online and you work online and how goes the wi-fi in the local cafe okay the lack of word tells you a lot because she's never like i use my hat spot a lot let's be honest yeah so do be aware that's you know there is still even some accommodation that will provide you with like a 20 megabyte voucher then you can just you have to log in onto a certain browser enter code and you have 20 megabyte whoop whoop to use online i mean there is still this kind of things happening around new zealand so just do be aware that you may have to unplug which is definitely not a bad thing right it is a good thing to unplug sometimes that's what actually makes a holiday holiday you know forget your phone at the hotel wow change your life you may not even be able to get through this whole video on that internet oh absolutely not hell there is no way all right uh for you americans i included this one just for you guys tipping is not mandatory in new zealand is it it is not mandatory you probably have talked about that yes i have i have talked about that not to death i would say but you know people are always asking people from new zealand get stressed going to the us and tipping and like how much they should do and all that but here no there's it's not expected you can if you want sometimes we'll have like the tip jar at you know at the cafe or at the bar where you pay and you pay you know you get up and you pay they're not bringing you your check this is probably the biggest change if you're coming from the us you're just sitting there forever you've got to do your part okay you're like they don't make you cook the meal but you've got to go all get up and pay at the bar or pay it wherever it's at and if you're at the pub you actually have to walk to the bar to also order uh no one's gonna come and ask you for your order if you're at the pub no if you're at the restaurant someone may show up if you're definitely like it but uh and yeah and like when i go into a restaurant when i first came in they were like pink bringing me water not everybody just brings you water like they'll have their own my cooler where you get your own one get your own water um but it was funny i was with people when i first came in there brought water to the table and they're like oh they're bringing it because you're american because they heard the accent were like you're expecting one yeah yeah but they also know that you made tips therefore they want the tip so here you go all right still sticking with the difference between the us and new zealand make sure that you research uh which travel adapter you need for new zealand for all your appliances for your phone charger and everything and also just do a little bit of research because the cheaper adapter is not necessarily the best uh there's plenty of adapters with extra little things with extra like usb plugs and everything and that is really a lot of different adapters which are really great is some of them that will last your lifetime and go through every uh countries and everything and that so yeah to research for your adapter you do need one and also research if you can get a good one yeah and definitely you know from from the us it's 120 volt to the 240 here and so you can it's fine to use your your curling iron or your hair straightener um with the adapter so a lot of people ask me that question here you go our next step is i read it i was like i'm gonna remember it and then i forgot it anyway tap water is drinkable here in zeland and doesn't taste like chlorine so it's so good i love the water here you guys it's so great and it's so really that's that's that's a real selling point save the planet save money don't buy uh don't give my money to nestle the evil uh stop buying aquafina toss it and drink some water from the tap here you go whoever thought we'd be spending money on water i know that's crazy right that's a brilliant marketing campaign what do i do i have the right to read the next one oh yes um oh it's fine yes can i read that no please because that's a big one okay i'm gonna read it you need to be a dick to the environment yes okay so often i walk uh you know i do some of the most popular walk around us and everything and i see wrappers on the floor and all these kind of things and italy you can see us on our videos doing activities in new zeland pretty much every time we have to pick up a rapper from somebody else don't be a dick to the environment uh if you do bring something into national parks into hikes into places just live with it and dispose of it properly and uh yeah think about all the stuff for example if you are a lady that travels around new zeland and really cannot live without your hairspray know that aerosol cans for example cannot be properly recycled in new zeland for instance so you may want to pack it with you and get it properly recycled in the us for instance just one thing you know just those kind of just kind of things just be mindful you know we only have one planet you know uh we're not all in musk we can all go to mars and uh i think that's interesting that you i did not know that you couldn't recycle the aerosol can you use batteries have you tried to recycle batteries in new zeland yeah like i have to bring it somewhere yeah so you there's you know you have to jump through many different routes okay so you can put it somewhere because i find it interesting i have a hard time finding hairspray that's not aerosol here like like the spritz yeah yeah because we have why don't they sell that new zeland's a little bit behind on regulations right so uh you option oh is that why yeah your options would be like uh those kind of you know they some which i'll actually just like spray like your you know like those like yeah yeah like that yeah the gun sprays yeah the gun none of the aerosol spray but the actual gun spray so they stay some of those available um they some mousse available those kind of things but still like there's a bit of aerosol in there so yeah and what am i talking about mousse i know i these are all my tips my actual tips i'm gonna use air tips like girls so right now we're gonna do a little bit of shadow right here on the adlines all right ladies there's a lot of those on youtube in it all right makeup tutorial right here yes international makeup with starah and robin yeah all right the last tip is a little bit of a plug check out and zed pocket guy yeah check it out it's the best honestly it's the best yeah we put our heart and soul into that website it's all free for you guys there is thousands and thousands of articles there's full itinerary already planned for you guys if you want to check them out you can really just print them hop in your car and do all that and uh yeah thousand of tips i don't know we like what we do yeah no it's really great i was just planning my my trip for a couple weeks and i was like i know where to go and i read everything and it was all these details i didn't know it's not it's true easy as you heard it here first thank you so much for giving us and talking through that i actually learned some stuff and i've been here for 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And we are back with some more One Piece ladies and gentlemen welcome back to the channel My name is Jack the Buster I shall be today with episode 3 and 4 of One Piece This episode is called Morgan versus Luffy who's the mysterious pretty girl again One Piece's titles I've been told are usually quite long the first two episodes we were introduced to Luffy our protagonist of course he can Stretch he can get shot by bullets. It doesn't make much sense But apparently it comes from something called like the gum gum fruit. I think that's what he said I don't know. I'm already forgetting things. It's we're already three episodes in the title is referring to this mysterious pretty girl I'm guessing is the girl that's lurking around who I believe becomes part of his crew and the episode ended with Luffy about to save Zoro like he wants Zoro to join his crew and basically said he would save him and Captain Morgan being very upset because Luffy destroyed his prized statue Also very shocked that he was able to absorb these bullets with a bullet just kind of bounced off of him So at this point Luffy seems quite strong in terms of like the defense department But at the same time he stretched in like one shot that woman pirate captain So who knows we're gonna hop right into it You need a channel drop a sub hit that big blue bell soon to see future episodes get started on the journey early Let's get started with this bad boy Well, your guns don't work I just don't like the way it goes through his like his skin stretches that far with the bullets in it Just don't like that. Oh He has Zoro swords. He told him if he got him The Such a straightforward title Are you crazy clearly not Kobe's his number one fan Now join the crew Oh, it's a style It's not much of a choice Luffy. I like how they're not shooting at him because they don't know what to do They haven't been trained for this That straw hat was the devil fruit. He said like gum gum or something gum is like his power. Okay. Yeah, it's a devil fruit Oh Lord nice. Are there multiple?  I wonder if it would still bend Kobe this is your time to shine He's out, baby. What's it Kobe's face, bro? They both have quite a high expectations for themselves He needs the best of the best Why don't you do something Morgan? You're huge Like dog. Okay. Why didn't Luffy do that like a while ago when they were running up? a Gum gum fruit is one of the devil fruits. I got a mixed up, but they're the same inherently Yo Morgan chill this man. Oh, they're gonna revolt. It looks like the face of rebellion Bro Kobe don't you want to join the Navy? I guess not anymore. Oh Here we go axe hand. That's quite straightforward Morgan. Luffy is very straightforward Doesn't even stand a chance He's not even breaking a sweat This one's for Kobe.  He's a child.   Oh, he just shoots it out. Wait. Did he just hit him with the axe? Oh, there you go. Look at them already working together. How sweet. Oh I called him captain and Dove's flu. I love seeing that guy get laid out Captain Morgan's son was more annoying than Captain Morgan himself They all wanted to quit anyways. Is he like dethroned? Probably they killed him. Oh He's dead. I was short-lived. Oh, yeah, this was another loose end. Was she just looting them? Oh In conspicuous safe like she knows the code Okay, dude. Okay. It's just open. Oh Buggy, okay, so it was already broken into. Oh, is that the clown from the intro? It had like a clown face thing first antagonist.  I got respect One time king of the pirates This is just the beginning Maybe Kobe if he decides not to be a part of the Navy. He's not wrong there Nice, let's go a ship for Kings Bo you saw him he got shot and it doesn't even matter And that's what she was looking for a map of this at the Grand Linus were like ships go to die basically Two oceans. Oh, okay Oh, the one piece is in the Grand Line Is it kind of like the Bermuda Triangle ocean where just ships go missing?  I Doubt Kobe will go with them though. I'm guessing Kobe's just gonna stay at this space or stay this time till he's old enough at least That's so cute Dang true it's good to a background check on poor Kobe We have to chase you out of town. They're doing their job kind of have to understand Hey, true. Is this the new guy in charge? Is anyone in charge? Hey Luffy don't want no trouble I like how the Luffy does a little he every time he smiles Nope, not even remotely sir unless unless I Need to come down No, he's gonna describe as a hero get him brownie points Oh Did he want this you want to push him? He's got to be pulling his punches He's trying to get Kobe in with them see that he's made him enemy of pirates Yeah, he's over exaggerating it Luffy the homie baby. There you go Kobe. You got it your future setup, bud He's still really young though, right? I don't know how old Luffy technically is he's not giving himself enough credit He's just helping out a homie Yes, sir, you better let him in Why I just let him do like low-key stuff for a bit pirate spies Oh, no, no, no, how do they even background check bro? Let's go Hell yeah, Kobe. I'm so proud of our boy So this clown pirate is named buggy. Is she stealing their ship? Oh I did it I Hope Kobe stays safe. Wow. They're all saluting them. Dang. That's probably a big deal. He said they're pirates Oh feels good, man. You can't cry Kobe The punish themselves that girl stole away on other ship were shown a different one That's a cool who said though seeing Kobe one day again It's gonna be like episode like seven hundred. I guarantee it and the crew begins He sees the determination in his eyes. They're gonna drive each other. Oh Dad I want more backstory on Luffy guessing that's where he got the straw hat from It was like his dad's dream and he could never fulfill it. You got to older something and they're off They are off. All right episode three is done. We have part of our crew formed now at least two members We've kind of cleared all that up with the whole captain Morgan in that fort I don't really know what they mean like they've been freed by him because like he didn't kill them I guess that maybe they're just like locking him up or something. I don't know on to episode four episode four is called Luffy's pass Inter red haired Buggy sama clown pirate. Oh I'm guessing that's Luffy and Zorro. Oh, no, it's her not in great shape. Oh, this is awkward.  She literally just killed all three of them. That's tough, bro To actually wait they already died. Oh my god. That was so easy. That was a real dang brother That was a nice like fake chest to Luffy's past. Okay, so we will get some backstory. Maybe he'll tell it to Zorro Come on with the wind and the waves He just got it was in a barrel what is that what he's known for Oh Zorro's looking for someone not the hat can he just stretch and get it Oh shanks. Oh Is that his dad's name?  Can he stretch and grab it? Oh Zorro caught it. Oh, he looks a lot like him except the hair. Oh little Luffy Oh Wonder when he got the the devil fruit He's so small Like something went very south gosh, this is a marine This looks mean. Yeah, like bandits are better than pirates, bro. At least he's being nice It looks genuinely concerned. Oh shanks is so nice Dog really? Oh my god.  Oh I bet they like hunted for it and everything Good god. I thought it was some insane like adventure. He went on and hunted it down and found it made it Lose the ability to swim. Oh, so here's a great swimmer and then the fruit. Oh, that's the negative effects of the fruit. Oh My Oh No, this is the mayor Wait, why do I love if you look he feel like he takes this dude down because of his new powers He's gonna stand up for himself Dang his bands have a grip on the city clearly money makes the world go round. Oh, yeah child Oh Luffy Is a brawl, baby he avoids conflict until it's absolutely necessary Which is now I'm guessing I got like the intercuts already show like five members and what looks like their ship It has to happen relatively quickly, right? I do like backstory though Maybe shanks dies because of all this.    Hey, his crew is sick They have resolved No, don't baby. Like I said doesn't fight unless absolutely necessary.  It's not like a club He looks like nothing now.  Oh, we took Luffy Now he freaks out. Oh my gosh when he can't swim anymore If you hadn't eaten the fruity be fine because they said he's what a great swimmer.   Oh, that was terrifying. Oh Saved wait, this is totally how shanks dies, isn't it?  Oh my god the day Luffy realized was a consequence for his actions Realize it. That's that is intense Oh, oh does he give him? Oh, he gives him the hat It's just to drive him it's kind of similar to what Luffy did the Kobe but in a different way And that's where you give him the hat Dang Well, where's the songs is still alive? I figured there'd be some tragic death and that's how he got the hat That's sick to loose ends now I Like when they set up people to come back in the future like would they've already set up Kobe eventually seeing Luffy again Now shanks. Well now we know how he got the hat They got to be close to land Why did he not do that one that the hat was in peril wait that bird is huge. Why are all the animals in this show enormous? What is sorrow supposed to do a sword? Oh my god, they're alive. He's just gonna run over them He's not stopping.  That's actually kind of him Like he just saved you. Oh, you're joking. They don't know who they're dealing with yeah, that's what I thought He'll just fall I mean can he fall like four distances since he's like rubber buggy the clown.  There's other ones that are also devil foods, but they're different Did she you ain't get from them? Oh my gosh Boy, she's sneaky. Oh shoot. There he is. He looks creepy.  Oh the birds fine Okay, so he can fall far distances. I'm glad we've limit tested that for fun He's just so simple about everything She's like, who is this man standing before me? Oh god All right, so we got what I asked for which was once again a lot of back story I always want back story in terms of like at least the start of shows so we can kind of get a basis of not like Why to care about these characters, but an idea of their past and and again loose ends that we can care about Kobe coming up again Shanks coming up again and the very actually a wholesome like interactions between them shanks kind of I guess laying the groundwork for who Luffy is like I said, I'm not sure 100% But I think he was supposed to contrast between that like him saying you'll never be a pirate driving Luffy or Luffy kind of driving Kobe to be be a marine fulfill his dream But very very solid episodes guys. Let me know what you thought of them down in the comments below I hope you have a wonderful extra day as per usual on the catch you in the next one base base