November 30, 2025 • 16 mins
# Keeping Your Home Energy Efficient with TVA Expert Ashley England
Are you watching your energy bills climb higher each month? In this insightful Interview, we sit down with Ashley England from the Tennessee Valley Authority to uncover practical ways homeowners can maximize energy efficiency while minimizing costs. With electricity demands growing rapidly across the Southeast and the world, understanding how to optimize your home's energy usage has never been more important.
The Tennessee Valley Authority serves approximately 10 million people across seven states, generating electricity for 153 local power companies without taxpayer funding. Beyond power generation, they manage flood control, navigation, and land management for the Tennessee River system while supporting regional economic development.
## Key Timestamps and Takeaways:
**2:15** - HVAC systems consume nearly half of your home's energy
- Schedule biannual tune-ups (fall and spring) to maintain efficiency
- Replace air filters monthly, especially if you have pets
- TVA offers a $50 rebate for tune-ups performed by their Quality Contractor Network
**5:30** - DIY Home Energy Assessment
- Free 5-6 minute assessment at energyright.com
- Receive personalized recommendations for your specific home
- Get a free energy-saving kit including LED bulbs, filter whistles, and a $10 Home Improvement Store gift card
**8:45** - Why TVA promotes energy conservation
- Reducing peak demand helps avoid building expensive infrastructure
- Supports regional growth by ensuring energy availability
- Maintains lower rates and a more resilient power grid
**10:20** - Appliance efficiency
- Modern refrigerators use significantly less energy than older models
- Consider upgrading appliances over 10-15 years old
- LED lighting can save approximately $200-225 annually compared to incandescent bulbs
Want to stop wasting money on unnecessary energy costs? Listen to our full conversation with Ashley England to discover how simple changes can make your home more comfortable while reducing your monthly bills. Your wallet—and the environment—will thank you!
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Speaker 1 (00:19):
Well, back here it we go.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
We just had a great discussion regarding insulation and we're
going to continue that because I'm joined with Ashley England.
She is with the Tennessee Valley Authority and she's our
energy expert. Ashley, welcome that home with Gary Sullivan.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Thank you so much for having me. It's great to
be here.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Well, we were just chatting about insulation, and why don't
we start with you describing exactly. We've all heard about it.
We heard about it in great school and everything else.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
The Tennessee Valley Authority, what is it?
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Yeah, you know, a lot of folks didn't grow up
around here, so it's always a good reminders. The Tennessee
Valley Authority d electricity for one hundred and fifty three
local power companies. We serve about ten million people across
seven states in the Southeast, and we also serve about
sixty large industrial customers. I think some of the more
(01:13):
important things to know is that we don't get taxpayer funding. Rather,
our revenues come from the sale of electricity. But we
do a lot more than just generating sell electricity. We
also ride flood control, navigation, and land management for the
Tennessee river system, and we assist local power companies and
regional governments with economic development efforts. So we like to
(01:34):
say that we like to touch folks, touch things that
make the Tennessee Valley a wonderful place to live, work
and play.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Very good you said that.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Well, you also said something about generating electricity, and I
hear a lot of things and read a lot of
things about the future of generating electricity, and it's almost
kind of scary. The need for electricity is increasing, is
it not.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Yeah, we're seeing a ton of growth in our region.
Is growing really faster around here than it is in
some other parts of the United States. But between all
the influx of folks moving to this beautiful area, as
well as you know, electrification of equipment and manufacturing, and
then of course the data needs, there's a lot of
(02:21):
growth in the area.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Yeah, sure is. So as a homeowner, I know the.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Goal is to conserve as a homeowner, to conserve electricity,
can serve our energy needs, to minimize building more plants,
I guess, or more ways to produce electricity, and to
keep our bills down, which everybody's focusing on. So let's
(02:52):
talk about you know what a homeowner can do. Where
is it start? I guess one of the bigger use
of uses of energy in our home holmes furnaces, water heaters,
doing the wash, that type of thing.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
That's right, those large appliances. But really the largest uh
you utilizer of energy in your home is your your
HVAC system. It's nearly and sometimes more than half of
your home's energy used. So that is definitely the area
you want to point yourself into. If you're you're you know,
one of the things you can do, uh to get
(03:31):
a handle on your bills is to make sure that
your HVAC is running at its full potential. One of
the things we really love to suggest people do is
go ahead and get their h FAC tuned up twice
a year. You want to do that, you know, in
this season right now, fall, right before the winter really hits,
and then again in the spring before the summer heat hits.
That it's you know, it's just like your yearly checkup,
(03:54):
right it's it's going to prevent bigger issues from popping
up down the road. Your your tuneup's going to test
your system. They'll inspect your condenser and your evaporator coils
as well as the compressor and the refrigerant charge. And
they'll also make sure you're replacing your dirty air filters
and that's something we recommend folks do, you know, monthly
(04:14):
every other month maybe to prevent build up that can
reduce the system's efficiency. And if you're in the if
you're served by a local power company in the Tennessee
Valley Authority territory, you can get a fifty dollars rebate
from us for getting that tune up done by a
member of our Quality contractor network. So we really try
to help folks offset the costs of the tune up
(04:36):
and encourage people to do that.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Yeah, I'll tell you, Ashley, you bring up a great,
great point. I do it, and I do it twice
a year also, And you're talking about rebate, But I
tell people a lot of cases, if you have a
good heating and cooling company that you can you know,
have used in the past, and they're you know, good people,
(04:58):
they're reliable as stuff, you have them tune it up.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
They will usually give you if you have a.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Problem and you you know eventually it will probably have
a problem, you'll go to the front of the line.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
And of course when heating and cooling breaks down.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
It's usually when it's really hot or really cold, and
you go to the front of the line. Because you're
a member of you're a customer, you're a good customer.
You'll also get discounts on parts. And I don't know
if you have the data on this, and I'll just
throw it out, you know. I think if you have
that tuned up, you increase the life of that HVA
(05:34):
system probably significantly, maybe twenty twenty five additional life.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
That's exactly what we hear from you. The contractors that
we work with in our network that you know you're
your tune up is going to help prevent issues. They're
going to be able to keep that system running more
efficiently longer. And of course, you know, if you do
need it to be replaced, it's not a cheap system.
It's expense right right, you know, and we offer rebates
(06:03):
as well to help with the system replacement if that
is where you're at, you know, if it's on its
last legs. But yeah, we definitely think it's one of
the best things you can do. And I know it's
hard to remember and to schedule, but you know, one
of the things I love to do is I just
there are some some websites you could just set like
an auto subscribe for your air filters, right, you know,
(06:26):
you figure out your size and then it just automatically
shows up on your doorstep every two months, and that's
your trigger you remember, oh it's here, I can replace that.
And that way, when your your tune up comes around
to you don't have a nasty filter clogging things up.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Make HF way good good point.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
And in fact, earlier in the show today, I was
telling people, you know, a pleated filter, the manufacturer recommends,
you know, ninety days every three months, and I said,
this time of year, when you have more activity in
your home than you have probably any other time of
the year, change that thing at least every sixty days,
because you're paying to heat that air and satisfy that thermostat.
(07:05):
And if that filter is having difficulty passing that air through,
it takes longer to satisfy that thermostat.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
That's that's exactly right. And you know, I just I'm
remindful too. If you have pets, you definitely need to
be doing for thirty days. Oh you know, the hair
builds up in there. And you know, if anybody who's
waited a little too long and taken it out and thought,
oh my gosh, I can't believe they've been sitting in
this bed.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
So oh yeah, yeah, sure, is there a way do
what your suffer can do in energy assessment in their home? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (07:43):
We have this amazing dy do it yourself home energy Assessment.
I really love this tool for folks. If you're not
really sure where to start. You know, maybe you do
get your h FAC tuned up regularly, you change your filters,
but you know your bills are maybe higher than you
want them to be, or your house just isn't as
cozy as you want it to be. This is a
great tool. It takes just maybe five six minutes to take.
(08:06):
You are going to answer some questions about your home.
I recommend you take it on your phone so you
can kind of walk around the house and look at
the different systems because it's going to ask you some
questions you may not know the answer to off the
top of your head. And at the end you're going
to get a tailored list of recommendations, so tailored to
your home and the input you gave to that assessment
to help you save and right now, if you take
(08:28):
that assessment. You're going to get a free energy saving
kit shipped to you in the mail. You're going to
have great energy saving gadgets in there, things like LED
light bulbs and filter whistles. And then you're also going
to have a ten dollars Home Improvement Store gift card
in there just to help you get started on your
energy saving journey. So it's free to take and you
get that kit for freeing the mail. So it's a
(08:50):
really great deal.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
Excellent. What kind of what's the website they go to.
Speaker 3 (08:54):
Yeah, it's energy right dot com. And you can also
find all the infram about the rebates I mentioned earlier
there too, energy right dot com.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
Energyright dot com.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
Because somebody's going to ask me, like on Wednesday.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
Oh, everybody write it down.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Yeah, yeah, so is the main reason obviously, you folks
sell the energy, and you know some people right now
are thinking like, well, why is the peerson selling the
energy teaching people how to save energy? Kind of explain
that because I think that's really interesting. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
Well, you know, we get this question a lot, but
you know, we kind of started our conversation about all
the growth in the area, and it can be it's
related to that you know, when we can lower demand
for energy, especially at peak times. So you think of
the cold winter mornings, everybody's getting up, maybe somebody's taking
a hot shower, somebody's using a blow dar, somebody's cooking
(09:52):
on the stove, baby, somebody's watching TV that and your
h fact of course, is just working really hard to
keep your house warm that time. That's what we call
a peak energy time. And so when we can lower
energy use at those peak needs, that means that TVA
saves on operational costs and it reduces our need to
invest in infrastructure to only serve peak needs. Right that's
(10:17):
the very expensive infrastructure that you only get to turn
on and use a few times a year. So when
we don't have to do that, that helps us maintain
low rates and a more reliable and resilient grid. And
you know, right now, with all this growth, it kind
of means that there's more energy available to go around
so that we can support all this growth. Because we
do want to support this growth. We want to enable
(10:39):
you know, great jobs to come into our area and
companies to set up shop here so we can just
keep the economy humming. So that's our goal and that's
why we invest in programs like this.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Well, they are good goals and a good benefit to
the consumer too. And you know, we start talking about
the bigger appliances and we got into the furnace and everything.
One of the refrigerators, I know, they're big energy users,
but I think what everyone needs to know is today's refrigerators,
ovens and things. They're so so much more efficient than
(11:13):
they were ten or fifteen years ago and kind of
not rethink. But you know a lot of people have
an older refrigera they use as a backup, which I
guess is fine, but that's probably an energy hog in
a lot of homes.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
Yes, you know, that's actually one of the things that
we try to flag when we do home energy evaluations.
You know, you're exactly right, like, if your fridge is
over ten to fifteen years old, it's going to drive
up higher energy bills, and you know, so you have
to decide is it worth it to keep it? You know,
(11:51):
you know, the dad with the beer fridge in the
garage is kind of a class. Beer's getting expensive, right,
that's right, So you might need to downgrade your beer
purchase if you're going to keep it in the ole, get.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
A little smaller fridge, get a newer one, and get
a smaller one.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
I guess is the answer for that. Well, yeah, I'll
tell you it. You know, we got through the whole
light bulb thing. I know, we worked our way through
that for about twenty years. I know people are still
converting into LEDs, but I'm sure that's been a pretty
big savor of energy for TVA.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
Oh yeah, absolutely, and we're still you know, that's that's
why we include those in those kids and we still
see folks so that haven't done that. You know, a
lot of people kind of got burned by the first
round of h CFL and LED lights that.
Speaker 4 (12:43):
Quality.
Speaker 3 (12:44):
Yeah, and that's all they remember. So we try to
when we go into folks homes and remind them that, hey,
the new ones are great. You can get them in
a nice warm quality, and switching to LED lighting it's
going to save you about seventy five percent sent compared
to a traditional incandescent Bold. Yeah, so I mean that
(13:05):
we're talking you know, two hundred, two hundred twenty five
dollars a year depending on how much you use your lights.
So that's worth it, and I definitely recommend people look
into that.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
Very good.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
Hey, Ashley, thank you so much for giving us some
of your time on this Thanksgiving weekend.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
I really appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
Oh well, thank you so much for having me, and
I hope everybody staves as warm and cozy as the
weather gets colder.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
Very good, Thank you much, Thank you very much. All right,
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Well, back here it we go.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
We just had a great discussion regarding insulation and we're
going to continue that because I'm joined with Ashley England.
She is with the Tennessee Valley Authority and she's our
energy expert. Ashley, welcome that home with Gary Sullivan.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Thank you so much for having me. It's great to
be here.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Well, we were just chatting about insulation, and why don't
we start with you describing exactly. We've all heard about it.
We heard about it in great school and everything else.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
The Tennessee Valley Authority, what is it?
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Yeah, you know, a lot of folks didn't grow up
around here, so it's always a good reminders. The Tennessee
Valley Authority d electricity for one hundred and fifty three
local power companies. We serve about ten million people across
seven states in the Southeast, and we also serve about
sixty large industrial customers. I think some of the more
(01:13):
important things to know is that we don't get taxpayer funding. Rather,
our revenues come from the sale of electricity. But we
do a lot more than just generating sell electricity. We
also ride flood control, navigation, and land management for the
Tennessee river system, and we assist local power companies and
regional governments with economic development efforts. So we like to
(01:34):
say that we like to touch folks, touch things that
make the Tennessee Valley a wonderful place to live, work
and play.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Very good you said that.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Well, you also said something about generating electricity, and I
hear a lot of things and read a lot of
things about the future of generating electricity, and it's almost
kind of scary. The need for electricity is increasing, is
it not.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Yeah, we're seeing a ton of growth in our region.
Is growing really faster around here than it is in
some other parts of the United States. But between all
the influx of folks moving to this beautiful area, as
well as you know, electrification of equipment and manufacturing, and
then of course the data needs, there's a lot of
(02:21):
growth in the area.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Yeah, sure is. So as a homeowner, I know the.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Goal is to conserve as a homeowner, to conserve electricity,
can serve our energy needs, to minimize building more plants,
I guess, or more ways to produce electricity, and to
keep our bills down, which everybody's focusing on. So let's
(02:52):
talk about you know what a homeowner can do. Where
is it start? I guess one of the bigger use
of uses of energy in our home holmes furnaces, water heaters,
doing the wash, that type of thing.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
That's right, those large appliances. But really the largest uh
you utilizer of energy in your home is your your
HVAC system. It's nearly and sometimes more than half of
your home's energy used. So that is definitely the area
you want to point yourself into. If you're you're you know,
one of the things you can do, uh to get
(03:31):
a handle on your bills is to make sure that
your HVAC is running at its full potential. One of
the things we really love to suggest people do is
go ahead and get their h FAC tuned up twice
a year. You want to do that, you know, in
this season right now, fall, right before the winter really hits,
and then again in the spring before the summer heat hits.
That it's you know, it's just like your yearly checkup,
(03:54):
right it's it's going to prevent bigger issues from popping
up down the road. Your your tuneup's going to test
your system. They'll inspect your condenser and your evaporator coils
as well as the compressor and the refrigerant charge. And
they'll also make sure you're replacing your dirty air filters
and that's something we recommend folks do, you know, monthly
(04:14):
every other month maybe to prevent build up that can
reduce the system's efficiency. And if you're in the if
you're served by a local power company in the Tennessee
Valley Authority territory, you can get a fifty dollars rebate
from us for getting that tune up done by a
member of our Quality contractor network. So we really try
to help folks offset the costs of the tune up
(04:36):
and encourage people to do that.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Yeah, I'll tell you, Ashley, you bring up a great,
great point. I do it, and I do it twice
a year also, And you're talking about rebate, But I
tell people a lot of cases, if you have a
good heating and cooling company that you can you know,
have used in the past, and they're you know, good people,
(04:58):
they're reliable as stuff, you have them tune it up.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
They will usually give you if you have a.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Problem and you you know eventually it will probably have
a problem, you'll go to the front of the line.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
And of course when heating and cooling breaks down.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
It's usually when it's really hot or really cold, and
you go to the front of the line. Because you're
a member of you're a customer, you're a good customer.
You'll also get discounts on parts. And I don't know
if you have the data on this, and I'll just
throw it out, you know. I think if you have
that tuned up, you increase the life of that HVA
(05:34):
system probably significantly, maybe twenty twenty five additional life.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
That's exactly what we hear from you. The contractors that
we work with in our network that you know you're
your tune up is going to help prevent issues. They're
going to be able to keep that system running more
efficiently longer. And of course, you know, if you do
need it to be replaced, it's not a cheap system.
It's expense right right, you know, and we offer rebates
(06:03):
as well to help with the system replacement if that
is where you're at, you know, if it's on its
last legs. But yeah, we definitely think it's one of
the best things you can do. And I know it's
hard to remember and to schedule, but you know, one
of the things I love to do is I just
there are some some websites you could just set like
an auto subscribe for your air filters, right, you know,
(06:26):
you figure out your size and then it just automatically
shows up on your doorstep every two months, and that's
your trigger you remember, oh it's here, I can replace that.
And that way, when your your tune up comes around
to you don't have a nasty filter clogging things up.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Make HF way good good point.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
And in fact, earlier in the show today, I was
telling people, you know, a pleated filter, the manufacturer recommends,
you know, ninety days every three months, and I said,
this time of year, when you have more activity in
your home than you have probably any other time of
the year, change that thing at least every sixty days,
because you're paying to heat that air and satisfy that thermostat.
(07:05):
And if that filter is having difficulty passing that air through,
it takes longer to satisfy that thermostat.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
That's that's exactly right. And you know, I just I'm
remindful too. If you have pets, you definitely need to
be doing for thirty days. Oh you know, the hair
builds up in there. And you know, if anybody who's
waited a little too long and taken it out and thought,
oh my gosh, I can't believe they've been sitting in
this bed.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
So oh yeah, yeah, sure, is there a way do
what your suffer can do in energy assessment in their home? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (07:43):
We have this amazing dy do it yourself home energy Assessment.
I really love this tool for folks. If you're not
really sure where to start. You know, maybe you do
get your h FAC tuned up regularly, you change your filters,
but you know your bills are maybe higher than you
want them to be, or your house just isn't as
cozy as you want it to be. This is a
great tool. It takes just maybe five six minutes to take.
(08:06):
You are going to answer some questions about your home.
I recommend you take it on your phone so you
can kind of walk around the house and look at
the different systems because it's going to ask you some
questions you may not know the answer to off the
top of your head. And at the end you're going
to get a tailored list of recommendations, so tailored to
your home and the input you gave to that assessment
to help you save and right now, if you take
(08:28):
that assessment. You're going to get a free energy saving
kit shipped to you in the mail. You're going to
have great energy saving gadgets in there, things like LED
light bulbs and filter whistles. And then you're also going
to have a ten dollars Home Improvement Store gift card
in there just to help you get started on your
energy saving journey. So it's free to take and you
get that kit for freeing the mail. So it's a
(08:50):
really great deal.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
Excellent. What kind of what's the website they go to.
Speaker 3 (08:54):
Yeah, it's energy right dot com. And you can also
find all the infram about the rebates I mentioned earlier
there too, energy right dot com.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
Energyright dot com.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
Because somebody's going to ask me, like on Wednesday.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
Oh, everybody write it down.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Yeah, yeah, so is the main reason obviously, you folks
sell the energy, and you know some people right now
are thinking like, well, why is the peerson selling the
energy teaching people how to save energy? Kind of explain
that because I think that's really interesting. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
Well, you know, we get this question a lot, but
you know, we kind of started our conversation about all
the growth in the area, and it can be it's
related to that you know, when we can lower demand
for energy, especially at peak times. So you think of
the cold winter mornings, everybody's getting up, maybe somebody's taking
a hot shower, somebody's using a blow dar, somebody's cooking
(09:52):
on the stove, baby, somebody's watching TV that and your
h fact of course, is just working really hard to
keep your house warm that time. That's what we call
a peak energy time. And so when we can lower
energy use at those peak needs, that means that TVA
saves on operational costs and it reduces our need to
invest in infrastructure to only serve peak needs. Right that's
(10:17):
the very expensive infrastructure that you only get to turn
on and use a few times a year. So when
we don't have to do that, that helps us maintain
low rates and a more reliable and resilient grid. And
you know, right now, with all this growth, it kind
of means that there's more energy available to go around
so that we can support all this growth. Because we
do want to support this growth. We want to enable
(10:39):
you know, great jobs to come into our area and
companies to set up shop here so we can just
keep the economy humming. So that's our goal and that's
why we invest in programs like this.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Well, they are good goals and a good benefit to
the consumer too. And you know, we start talking about
the bigger appliances and we got into the furnace and everything.
One of the refrigerators, I know, they're big energy users,
but I think what everyone needs to know is today's refrigerators,
ovens and things. They're so so much more efficient than
(11:13):
they were ten or fifteen years ago and kind of
not rethink. But you know a lot of people have
an older refrigera they use as a backup, which I
guess is fine, but that's probably an energy hog in
a lot of homes.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
Yes, you know, that's actually one of the things that
we try to flag when we do home energy evaluations.
You know, you're exactly right, like, if your fridge is
over ten to fifteen years old, it's going to drive
up higher energy bills, and you know, so you have
to decide is it worth it to keep it? You know,
(11:51):
you know, the dad with the beer fridge in the
garage is kind of a class. Beer's getting expensive, right,
that's right, So you might need to downgrade your beer
purchase if you're going to keep it in the ole, get.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
A little smaller fridge, get a newer one, and get
a smaller one.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
I guess is the answer for that. Well, yeah, I'll
tell you it. You know, we got through the whole
light bulb thing. I know, we worked our way through
that for about twenty years. I know people are still
converting into LEDs, but I'm sure that's been a pretty
big savor of energy for TVA.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
Oh yeah, absolutely, and we're still you know, that's that's
why we include those in those kids and we still
see folks so that haven't done that. You know, a
lot of people kind of got burned by the first
round of h CFL and LED lights that.
Speaker 4 (12:43):
Quality.
Speaker 3 (12:44):
Yeah, and that's all they remember. So we try to
when we go into folks homes and remind them that, hey,
the new ones are great. You can get them in
a nice warm quality, and switching to LED lighting it's
going to save you about seventy five percent sent compared
to a traditional incandescent Bold. Yeah, so I mean that
(13:05):
we're talking you know, two hundred, two hundred twenty five
dollars a year depending on how much you use your lights.
So that's worth it, and I definitely recommend people look
into that.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
Very good.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
Hey, Ashley, thank you so much for giving us some
of your time on this Thanksgiving weekend.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
I really appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
Oh well, thank you so much for having me, and
I hope everybody staves as warm and cozy as the
weather gets colder.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
Very good, Thank you much, Thank you very much. All right,
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