brad do you recall that show did you interview michael tamaski about the new jobs created in the past 40 years

I think I did.

And it was probably only a week or so ago.

And yet I've completely forgotten the statistics.

And let's see.

He talked about 50 million to 2 million.

50 million to 2 million.

yeah they were right on the other side of the glass from me i could right so they're on so

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And then there are only two other neighbors that we ever really get to hear anything about, and one is the, the jitterbug couple, who are kind of the comic relief.

Um, they are so frantic to get out and about and have their fun that they always forget to turn off the lights, and the husband has to jitterbug his way back in and turn the lights off.

But the other one is a young mother with her young son, and, um, uh, a line I wrote here, "She put her child to bed, leaned mournfully over its cot, then sat down with heavy despair to redden her mouth." So in just a few brief mentions, uh, Woolrich paints a picture of a woman who could also be the topic of one of his stories or even novels.

You know, a mother who's probably out there prostituting herself so she can feed her child.

Um, so there's darkness there.

Uh, also just the, the ...

I mean, how do you feel about that?