

      <h2 id="chapter_40100923">Welcome Back To Off The Cuff</h2>


        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>0:13</time>
      <p>
          Welcome   to   Off   the   Cuff,   a   community   use   of   public   facilities   podcast,   the   show   where   we   explore,   discuss,   and   introduce   you,   our   listeners,   to   the   wonderful   world   of   community   use.   I&#39;m   Emily   Brewster   McCarthy.
      </p>

        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>0:25</time>
      <p>
          And   I   am   Derek   Ross.   Together,   we   are   your   host,   and   we   are   here   to   provide   you   with   some   of   the   most   up-to-date   news   and   information   about   Cuff.   Emily,   are   you   ready   to   get   started?   Absolutely,   I&#39;m   ready   to   get   started.   Listo   para   Mambo?   Oh,   yeah,   yeah.   I&#39;m   ready   to   Mambo.   Here   we   go,   here   we   go.   Emily,   I   think   we&#39;re   back.   I   think   we&#39;re   back.   Are   we   back?   I   mean,   the   microphone   is   on   the   last   time   I   checked.   So   we&#39;re   back   for   another   episode   of   Off   the   Cuff   Community   Use   of   Public   Facilities.   Hello,   Emily.
      </p>

        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>0:54</time>
      <p>
          Hi,   how   are   you?   I&#39;m   good.
      </p>

        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>0:55</time>
      <p>
          I&#39;m   good.   Are   we   getting   the   highs   and   lows?   Are   we   doing   it?   Are   we   doing   it?   Are   we   doing   it?   Okay,   are   you   you   you&#39;re   starting   right?   Are   you   starting?
      </p>

        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>1:01</time>
      <p>
          Um,   yeah,   I   can   start.
      </p>

        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>1:02</time>
      <p>
          All   right,   go
      </p>

      <h2 id="chapter_40100922">Highs And Lows In Studio</h2>


        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>1:03</time>
      <p>
            ahead.   Go   ahead.   Go   ahead.
      </p>

        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>1:04</time>
      <p>
          My   high   is   that   it&#39;s   a   little   hotter   today,   which   I&#39;m   enjoying.
      </p>

        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>1:08</time>
      <p>
          Yes.
      </p>

        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>1:09</time>
      <p>
          Uh   part   of   my,   let&#39;s   take   my   low   is   I&#39;m   wearing   a   long   sleeve   short   right   now,   so   it&#39;s   not   the   best   right   now   for   the   studio.   Yeah,   I&#39;m   with   you.   I&#39;m   with   you.   Yeah.   And   the   studio&#39;s   a   little   hot   with   the   lights   and   stuff.   Because   we   are   in   the   studio   today.   We   are   in   the   studio.   Um   and   um,   but   my   low,   actually,   I   wanted   to   mention   this.   This   is   actually   directed   towards   you,   Derek.   Oh,   really?   Well,   oh   my   god.   Oh   my   goodness.   My   low   is   that   we   had   a   staff   retreat   day.   And   I   already   know   he&#39;s   he   already   knows   what   I&#39;m   gonna   say.   We   had   a   staff   retreat   day   and   we   had   planned   for   like   weeks.   We   were   like,   we&#39;re   gonna   do   painting,   we&#39;re   gonna   do   painting.   The   day   before   our   retreat,   he&#39;s   like,   actually,   I&#39;m   not   doing   painting,   I&#39;m   doing   this   other   thing.   And   I   was   like,   wow,   wait,   great.   Thank   you   for   ripping   the   carpet.
      </p>

        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>1:47</time>
      <p>
          Oh   my   goodness.   I   wasn&#39;t   too   sure.   I   couldn&#39;t   remember.   The   whole   time,   the   whole   time   while   you   were   painting,   you   were   crying.   The   whole   time.
      </p>

        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>1:55</time>
      <p>
          It&#39;s   my   painting   is   done   with   tears.
      </p>

        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>1:57</time>
      <p>
          So   it&#39;s   a   sad   painting.   Sad,   it&#39;s   sad.   It&#39;s   that,   oh   my   goodness.   Is   that   your   highs   and   your   lows?   Well,   thank   you   for   including   me   in   that   whole   process   of   highs   and   lows.   Uh,   for   me   though,   I   I   guess   uh   a   low   is   I   actually   had   a   moment   at   home   where   I   opened   the   door   and   I   hit   myself   in   the   forehead.   Isn&#39;t   that   something?   Isn&#39;t   that   how   this   works?   You   just   you&#39;re   just   being   busy.   That&#39;s   what   I&#39;m   saying.   I&#39;m   we&#39;re   busy.   I&#39;m   busy   at   home,   and   I   got   so   busy,   I   was   working,   and   next   thing   I   know,   I   opened   the   door   and   hit   myself   in   the   head.   You   know,   that   it   happens,   it   happens,   got   a   nice   little   scratch,   but   you   know,   that&#39;s   that&#39;s   a   low   for   me.   But   you   know   what,   Emily?   A   good   high,   and   I   would   probably   say,   unlike   your   low   that   included   me,   our   high   together   is   a   joint.   You   know,   we   have   done   so   much   together.   We   really   have.   We   have,   and   we   have   been   able   to   network   with   a   lot   of   people,   a   lot   of   people.   And   today,   while   we&#39;re   out   and   about,   we   were   able   to   kind   of   meet   with   a   fire   chief   and   kind   of   chat   with   people.
      </p>

        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>2:48</time>
      <p>
          That   was   awesome.   Well,   yeah.
      </p>

        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>2:49</time>
      <p>
          Because   we   are   once   again,   we   are   in   the   studio.   We   are   in   the   studio.   It   feels   good   to   be   in   the   studio,   it   feels   good   to   see   so   many   people.   You   know,   we   we   get   a   chance   to   work   with   Tebs   and   all   of   the   wonderful   individuals.   And   shout   out   to   Tebs,   of   course.   Shout   out   to   Tebs.   But   again,   we   are   working,   we&#39;re   getting   back   to   this   podcast   off   the   cuff   communities,   public   facilities.   Just   throw   that   in   there,   just   like   to   slide   that   in   there.   But   Emily,   what   are   we   talking   about
      </p>

      <h2 id="chapter_40100921">How Animal Services Partnership Started</h2>


        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>3:09</time>
      <p>
            today?
      </p>

        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>3:09</time>
      <p>
          So   we&#39;re   gonna   talk   a   little   bit   about   our   work   with   uh   Montgomery   County   Animal   Services   and   Adoption   Center.
      </p>

        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>3:15</time>
      <p>
          Oh,   yes.
      </p>

        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>3:16</time>
      <p>
          So   we   have   it&#39;s   more   like   a   story   time   where   we&#39;re   um   kind   of   moving   a   little   bit   away   from   our   typical   uh   and   if   you   heard   last   episode,   we   were   actually   not   in   the   studio   either.   We   were   in   our   office.   So   we&#39;re   kind   of   trying   something   new.   And   in   this,   it&#39;s   a   little   bit   of   a   story   time   of   what   we&#39;ve   been   up   to   in   collaboration   with   Animal   Services   in   the   Adoption   Center.   Yes.   So   if   you   can   give   like   a   little   bit   of   a   brief   overview   of   what   we&#39;ve   done,   like   maybe   um   I   know   we   started   uh   the   collaboration   in   the   fall.  
      </p>

        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>3:43</time>
      <p>
          Yes,   we   did. Yep
      </p>

        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>3:44</time>
      <p>
          And   we   just   happened   to   like   go   there.   I   forgot   what   we   were   doing,   but   um,   we   got   a   full   tour.   There&#39;s   some   awesome   staff.   Awesome   staff,   awesome   stuff.   Um,   they   have   a   lot   of   stuff   going   on   there.   We   were   able   to   uh   join   them   for   an   event   that   they   had   um   a   few   months   ago,   which   was   awesome.   Which   is   we   kind   of   want   to   talk   about   that   event   um   and   uh   everything   that   came   along   with   it.   And   then,   you   know,   we   also   want   to   promote   uh   you   guys   to   go   and   adopt   some   animals.   They&#39;re   cute,   they&#39;re   clearly   so   cute   right?
      </p>

        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>4:12</time>
      <p>
          Yes,   yes,   yes.   So   it   it&#39;s   interesting   because   we&#39;re   talking   about   animal   adoption.   And   I   think   that   event   that   the   the   last   event   was   what?   Mutt   madness?   Mutt   madness.   Mutt   madness.   And   it   was   madness,   yeah,   it   was   madness,   and   we   had   a   chance.   I   guess   we   were   like   what   in   between   volunteering   slash   walking   around.   We   had   a   chance   to   meet   with   some   volunteers.   We   also   got   a   chance   to   witness   animals   being   adopted.   Did   you   want   to   talk   about   that?   Like,   what?   Like   that   is   amazing.
      </p>

        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>4:38</time>
      <p>
          So,   Derek,   uh   mentioning   a   little   bit   of   volunteering,   we   walked   around   uh   with   some   community   members   that   were   interested   in   some   dogs,
      </p>

      <h2 id="chapter_40100920">Mutt Madness And Volunteering</h2>


        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>4:44</time>
      <p>
            and   we   followed   one   gentleman   around,   and   he   was   very   like,   he   wanted   to   go   and   visit   this   one   dog,   Linda   Lou.   Linda   Lou.   Linda   Lou,   a   beautiful,   beautiful   dog,   very   friendly.   Um,   and   then   we   found   out   that   his   mom   was   named   Linda   Liu.   Yes   and   he   was   like,   it   was   like   a   perfect   match   made   in   heaven.   And   um   we   were   we,   you   know,   went   around   and   walked   around   a   little   more,   and   then   by   the   time   we   finished,   we   saw   that   gentleman,   same   gentleman   walking   out   with   Linda   Lou.   And   it   was   the   most   fulfilling,   like   it   was   an   amazing,   amazing   uh   moment.   And   I   went   and   I   ran   and   I   was   like,   oh   my   goodness.
      </p>

        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>5:15</time>
      <p>
          I&#39;m   so   glad   you   called   it.   I&#39;m   so   glad.   I&#39;m   so   glad.
      </p>

        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>5:17</time>
      <p>
          Yeah,   it   was   such   a   sweet   moment.   Um   and   I&#39;m   really   happy   that   we   were   able   to   get   an   opportunity   to   like   witness   things   like   that   and   also   be   a   part   of   that   because   I   don&#39;t   know   that   a   lot   of   people   um   know   that   you   can   just   walk   in   and   go   in   there   and   go   get   and   sign   up   and   register   and   and   uh   and   adopt   a
      </p>

      <h2 id="chapter_40100919">Linda Lou Adoption Moment</h2>


        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>5:35</time>
      <p>
            dog   or   a   pet   like   the   same   day.   I   was   thinking   about   it.   Yeah.   Think   about   it.   And   and   honestly,   like   they   have   so   many   more   events   happening   throughout   the   year   that   we&#39;ll   make   sure   that   we   let   you   guys   know   about.   But   please   go   check   out   their   website.   Absolutely.   Um   and   and   they   have   so   much   more   information.   Um,   but   kind   of   bringing   it   back   with   Mutt   Madness,   one   of   the   funny   things   that   uh   I   was   thinking   about,   so   Mutt   Madness,   play   on   words   of   March   Madness,   right?   Yep.   And   so   they   had   like   some   of   their   flyers   were   like   dogs   with   basketballs.   And   my   first   thought   was   like   Airbud.   Yeah,   right.   My   first   thought   was   like,   wow,   okay,   so   like   dogs   playing   basketball.   Of   course,   of   course,   of   course,   of   course.   That&#39;s   a   good   connection   to   make,   too.   And   I   got   taken   back   to   when   I   said   I   was   gonna   dunk   on   you.   Oh,   yeah,   immediately   my   brain   went,   oh,   so   we&#39;re   gonna   we&#39;re   gonna   have   dogs   dunking   on   Derek   now.
      </p>

        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>6:20</time>
      <p>
          Matter   of   fact,   we   can   go   back   to   NMU&#39;s.   And   we&#39;re   gonna   play   a   one-on-one.   No,   I&#39;m   gonna   give   my   five   and   you   get   your   five.   I&#39;m   gonna   give   my   five,   you   get   your   five   dogs,   and   we   just   play   one-on-one.   Like,   we   just   get   to   have   him   go   at   it,   like   just   play   basketball.   Just   like   your   bud.   I   like   that.   I   like,   you   know   what?   I   think   that   that   was   a   great   moment   for   us   because   and   if   anybody&#39;s   listening,   I   know   y&#39;all   are   listening   because   y&#39;all   are   listening   to   Community   Use   of   Public   Facilities   podcasts,   of   course.   And   you&#39;re   gonna   subscribe   for   us.   Subscribe,   why   not?   Because   last   time   I   checked,   Emily,   we   are   pretty   cool.   Yeah,   yeah,   yeah.   We&#39;re   pretty   cool.   We&#39;re   cool.   I   think   so.   I   I   think   so.   Yeah.
      </p>

        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>6:53</time>
      <p>
          I   mean,   I   may   be   a   little   bit   cooler   than   you,   but   listen,   I   feel   like   we   have   plenty   of   people   that   would   disagree   with   you.
      </p>

        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>7:00</time>
      <p>
          Oh,   okay.
      </p>

        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>7:01</time>
      <p>
          Okay,   but   you   know   what?   I&#39;m   gonna   take   it.   I&#39;m   just   gonna   take   it   in   stride.   I&#39;m   gonna   give   you   credit.
      </p>

        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>7:05</time>
      <p>
          Thank   you   so   much.   Thank   you   so   much.   But   yes,   getting   back   to   the   topic   ahead.   We   are   talking   about   community   use.   We&#39;re   talking   about   collaboration,   we&#39;re   talking   about   just   being   out   in   the   community,   which   is   a   very   strong   suit.   I   think   we&#39;re   really   good   at   that.   I   think   that&#39;s   what   we   do.   We   enjoy   being   out   in   the   community,   we   enjoy   challenges   and   opportunities   to   network   with   a   lot   of   people.   And   this   is   kind   of   our   our   call.   Like,   if   you   know   other   departments,   other   organizations,   other   activities,   other   events,   please   let   us   know.   Please   reach   out.   We   would   get   the   information,   we   would   put   it   more   visible.   We   want   people   to   reach   out   to   us   and   let   us   know.   Like,   yeah,   hey,   you   know   what?   Maybe   Cuff   should   be   at   this   event.   Maybe   off   the   cuff   should   be   there.   There   are   a   lot   of   activities   coming   up   really,   really   soon   that   we&#39;re   getting   a   chance   to   be   a   part,   what   participate   in.   We&#39;re   trying   to   keep   it   tight   because   we&#39;re   trying   to   not   tell   you,   but   it&#39;s   so   exciting.   This   is   so   exciting,   exciting   times.   But   I   guess   we   do   need   to   talk   about   some   cuff   stuff,   do   we?   Do   we   do   we   need   to   talk   about   it?   A   little   bit.   A   little   bit,   a   little   bit.   I   think   we   need   to.   Once   again,   shout   out   to   all   of   the   people   who   staff.   Uh,   we   also   wanted   to   make   sure,   because   we   know   staff   is   listening,   and   of   course,   our   director   Janelle   is   listening.   Hey   Janelle.   Of   course,   we   got   to   get   back   on   cuff   stuff.   But   what   did   we   have   recently?
      </p>

        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>8:09</time>
      <p>
          We   just   had   an   opening   day   right   now.   We   did   have   an   opening   day.
      </p>

        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>8:11</time>
      <p>
          We   did,   we   did,   we   did.   I   would   probably   say   that   if   anybody   gets   a   chance,   our   blogger,   our   blogger   is   being   updated   as   we   speak.   We&#39;re   trying   to   go   through   it,   go   through   it,   go   through   it.   Same   with   our   website.   We&#39;re   trying   to   get   information   up,   we&#39;re   trying   to   make   it   easily,   you   know,   accessible.   I   think   that&#39;s   a   key   word.   Making   sure   that   it&#39;s   what   accommodating.   Is   that   a   good   word   to   use?   Can   you   use   a   good   word   to   use?   Okay,   I   I   just   want   to   make   sure   I   don&#39;t   want   to   just   be   using   big   words   and   just   be   like,   I   don&#39;t   know   if   that&#39;s   the   right   word.   But   the   whole   goal   is   that   we&#39;re   really,   really   working   hard   to   make   sure   that   a   lot   of   things   are   being   done,   updated.   Uh,   the   opening   day   reservation   was   May   4th.   It   was   a   very,
      </p>

      <h2 id="chapter_40100918">How Same Day Adoption Works</h2>


        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>8:48</time>
      <p>
            very   good   opening   day   reservation.   We   were   making   sure   we   go   back,   adjust   things,   do   things.   Shout   out   to   the   staff   that   made   things   happen   when   we   were   trying   to   make   sure   everything   was   getting   adjusted   and   done.   IT   team.   You   know,   I&#39;m   I&#39;m   just   shot.   We   typically   do   shout-outs   at   the   end,   but   I&#39;m   like,   we   don&#39;t   throw   this   in   because   we   just   gonna   be   sitting   here   laughing   and   stuff   like   that.   But   we   wanted   to   say   thank   you   so   much.   Thank   you   so   much.   Emily,   I   also   want   to   say   thank   you   to   you.   Thank   you   to   you.   What   did   I   do?   Well,   what   did   you   do?   What   did   you   do?   Well,   one,   we   have   been   able   to   make   ourselves   available   to   do   the   podcast.   Yeah,   we&#39;ve   been   making   ourselves   available   also   too   with   our   roles   in   the   county,   other   stuff.   Yes,   people   who   are   listening,   all   of   our   listeners   to   off   the   cuff.   We   do   other   stuff   in   the   county.   We   have   roles.   Uh,   we   work   in   communications,   we   work   with   other   facilities   and   stuff   like   that.   But   right   now   is   our   opportunity   to   kind   of   collaborate   and   work   with   so   many   different   people   in   the   county,   so   many   different   communities,   so   many   different   sides,   so   many   different   areas,   and   it&#39;s   very   important.   This   there   we&#39;ve   been   doing   a   lot.   So   I   want   to   say   thank   you.
      </p>

        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>9:45</time>
      <p>
          Yeah,   you   know,   and   it   goes   right   back   to   you.   I   want   to   give   you   your   flowers   too.   You&#39;ve   been   working   really   hard.   We&#39;ve   been   working   really   hard   doing   outreach,   planning   stuff.   We   have   so   many   things   lined   up   for   you   guys.   The   next   couple   of   episodes   are   gonna   be   pretty   jam-packed   with   information   as   well.   We   have   a   special   episode   coming   up,   and   that&#39;s   episode   25.   25.  
      </p>

        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>10:02</time>
      <p>
          Thank   you.   Thank   you.  That&#39;s   all   I   was   gonna   say.   Yeah,   so   what?
      </p>

        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>10:06</time>
      <p>
          So   right   now   we&#39;re   on   23.   We   are   in   25.   Uh,   even   though   we&#39;ve   uh   done   two   seasons   now,   yes,   um,   we   do   plan,   and   this   is   I&#39;m   gonna   share   with   the   audience.   You&#39;ll   share,   you&#39;re   gonna   share.   But   we   do   plan   on   um   probably   wrapping   season   two   on   episode   25.
      </p>

        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>10:22</time>
      <p>
          Okay,   okay.
      </p>

        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>10:22</time>
      <p>
          Um,   and   then   we&#39;ll   have   a   nice   little   special   episode,   which   we&#39;re   hoping   to   invite.   Actually,   we   have   her   on   the   books   already,   but   we&#39;re   gonna   we&#39;re   gonna   um   invite   our   director.   Um   and   she&#39;s   gonna   have   a   nice   opportunity   to   do   almost   like   a   director&#39;s   corner.   We   need   to   hear   from   her.   Yes,   yeah.   And   she&#39;s   she&#39;s   so   incredible.   We&#39;ve   kind   of   uh   gatekeep   her   a   little   bit.   A   little   bit,   a   little   bit,   a   little   bit.   We&#39;ve   kept   her   for   ourselves,   I   think,   a   little   bit,   uh,   just   because   you   know,   I   wanna   we   wanna   enjoy   uh   everything   that   she   has   to   offer.   And   and   um   now   that   you   know   it&#39;s   been   maybe   like   seven   months-ish   since   they   transitioned   into   the   roles,   like   you   know,   we&#39;re   we&#39;re   doing   this   whole   like   branding   thing.   We&#39;re   just   we   we   have   a   lot   of   awesome,   awesome   things   coming   up   for   us.   And   I&#39;m   so   excited   for   our   listeners   and   the   community   to   like   see   what&#39;s   happening.   Yes,   um,   and   to   be   just   as   excited   uh   as   we   are   about   this   uh   change.   Are   you   excited?   I&#39;m   listening   we   all   that   was   my   favorite   word,   I   think,   at   the   beginning   of   the   season.   What   I&#39;m   so   excited.   Excited,   excited,   yeah.   Um   so   that&#39;s   all   Yiki&#39;s   saying,   yeah,   I   agree.   I   am   very   excited.   Uh   if   you   couldn&#39;t   hear   to   my   voice.
      </p>

      <h2 id="chapter_40100917">Invite Us To Community Events</h2>


        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>11:28</time>
      <p>
            I   hear   it.   I   hear   it.
      </p>

        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>11:29</time>
      <p>
          That&#39;s   what   I&#39;m   saying.
      </p>

        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>11:30</time>
      <p>
          But   yeah,   I   obviously   we&#39;re   we   have   a   lot   of   passion   for   what   we   do,   right?   Uh   and   we   really   love   collaborating   with   the   community   and   with   our   other   partners   in   the   county.   Um,   like   Derek   said,   if   anybody   just   wants   to   just   vibe   out   with   us   um   and   just   talk   about   what   you   guys   are   doing   for   the   community   and   um   just   how   you   feel   now.   And   if   you&#39;re   doing   something   feel   good,   uh,   that   is   what   we   want.   We   want   to   bring   people   up,   we   want   to   get   people   to   be   excited   about   the   things   that   are   happening   within   the   community.   Absolutely.   Um   so   yeah,   I   mean,   I   the   only   thing   that   I   can   say   uh   now   is   just   like,   and   I&#39;m   gonna   be   kind   of   maybe   gimmicky   now,   I&#39;m   gonna   say   it   again.   Okay.   Okay,   better   like   and   subscribe.   Of   course.   Because   if   you   want   to   hear   all   the   good   vibe   stuff,   right?   If   you   want   to   spend   some   time,   some   chill   time,   some   easy   listening,   listening   to   some   friends   go   back   and   forth,   bickering,   because   that&#39;s   what   we   do.   Oh   my   goodness.
      </p>

        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>12:22</time>
      <p>
          Oh   my   goodness.   I   mean,   I   mean   we   talk   about   other   stuff.
      </p>

        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>12:24</time>
      <p>
          We&#39;re   like   cartoon   characters   that   go   back   and   forth.   But   that&#39;s   that   I   think   that&#39;s   kind   of   like   the   beauty   of   what   we   do.   And   I   really   hope   that   our   audience   uh   gets   that   feeling   from   us,   right?   Yes,   and   we&#39;ve   heard   uh   we&#39;ve   we&#39;ve   heard   feedback   from   a   few   other   people,   right?   We   have   and   uh   we   we   hope   that   that   translates   uh   because   we   are   like   that.
      </p>

        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>12:41</time>
      <p>
          Like   we   said,   we&#39;re   cool.   Yeah,   we&#39;re   cool.   We&#39;re   cool.   I   think   so.   I   think   so.   I   don&#39;t   know   if   my   son   may   think   I&#39;m   cool.   I   think   I&#39;m   cool.   I   think   when   I   walk   out   the   door,   I   feel   cool.
      </p>

        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>12:50</time>
      <p>
          I   feel   cool,   but   not   not   today   though,   right?   Because   you   you   hit   your   head.   Yeah,   not   not   today   though.   I   was   kind   of   embarrassed   for   myself.
      </p>

        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>12:56</time>
      <p>
          I   was   just   sitting   at   home,   like,   how   did   I   do   that?   How   did   I   hit   my   head   opening   the   door?   Like,   what&#39;s   going   on   with   me?   What&#39;s   happening?   What&#39;s   happening?   See,   see,   that&#39;s   what   happens   when   you&#39;re   working   too   much.   You&#39;re   working   so   much,   you   just   disregard   doors   and   you   just   walk   out.   Just   run   into   doors.   Just   just   it&#39;s   just   gonna   move   out   the   way.   It   will,   it   will.   But   once   again,   we   we&#39;re   we&#39;re   we&#39;re   community   use   of   public   facilities.   We&#39;re   gonna   keep   throwing   it   in   there   because   we   want   people   to   understand   that   this   is   a   uh   off   the   cuff   podcast,   but   we&#39;re
      </p>

      <h2 id="chapter_40100916">CUFF Updates And Opening Day</h2>


        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>13:20</time>
      <p>
            community   use.   So   we&#39;re   always   talking   about   facilities,   reservations,   we&#39;re   talking   about   Silver   Springs   Civic   Building,   we&#39;re   talking   about   county   government   buildings   and   facilities.   We&#39;re   just   going   down   the   line.   We&#39;re   talking   about   Clarkburg   Cottage,   we&#39;re   talking   about   Wheaton   facilities,   we&#39;re   naming   so   many   facilities.   Of   course,   MCPS,   Montgomery   County   Public   School   Facilities,   indoor   and   outdoor.   We   gotta   throw   that   in   there.   And   so   we   were   trying   to   make   sure   that   everybody   understands   that   a   lot   of   the   stuff   we&#39;re   talking   about   and   how   we&#39;re   getting   ready   for   our   25th   episode.   25th,   25th.   Wow,   wow,   wow.   So   as   we   continue   to   get   ready   and   as   we   get   ready   to   close   out   this   podcast,   we   just   want   to   make   sure   everybody   understands   that   we&#39;re   doing   everything   possible   to   get   ourselves   ready,   keep   ourselves   ready,   aligned,   collaborating.   We   get   more   information   that   you   can   imagine   about   what   we   could   be   doing   more   of,   what   could   have   been   done   this   way,   that   way,   forwards   and   backwards.   I   think   I&#39;m   thinking   about   a   cartoon   or   something   like   that,   watching   with   my   son.   But   I   think   that   right   now   we   are   just   gonna   keep   continuing   to   give   you   something   great   on   Off   the   Cuff   podcast.   Stay   tuned   because   we   have   a   lot,   we   got   a   lot   to   do.   We   got   a   lot   to   do.   I   don&#39;t,   I   don&#39;t,   I,   I   mean,   you   we   and   we   don&#39;t   even   say   it   no   more.   I   mean,   are   you   ready   to   mambo?
      </p>

        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>14:29</time>
      <p>
          I&#39;m   ready   to   mumbo.
      </p>

        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>14:30</time>
      <p>
          Yeah,   you   wasn&#39;t   expecting   me   to   say   that.   Oh,   these   are   ready.   I&#39;m   ready.   I&#39;m   ready,   I&#39;m   ready.   Because   you   uh   we   haven&#39;t   said   it   in   a   while.   I&#39;m   kind   of   disappointed   that   you   haven&#39;t   said   it   in   a   while.
      </p>

        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>14:38</time>
      <p>
          I   didn&#39;t   say   it.
      </p>

        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>14:39</time>
      <p>
          You   didn&#39;t   say   it.   Yeah,   I   I   have   we   have   not   said   it   past.
      </p>

        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>14:42</time>
      <p>
          You   know   what   else   we   haven&#39;t   done?   And   we   can   wrap   up   with   this.   What?   We   actually   haven&#39;t   high-fived   each   other.   We   haven&#39;t   high   fived   each   other.   We   shifted   to   fist   bump   because   my   hands   were   sweaty   the   last   time.   Oh,   yeah,   yeah,   yeah.   I   don&#39;t   know   if   my   hands   are   sweaty   now,   but   I&#39;m   gonna   attempt   to   do   a   high   five   with   you.
      </p>

        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>14:55</time>
      <p>
          Okay.   All   right,   all   right.   You   seem   looking   at   the   church.   Yeah,   we   did   that   high   five.
      </p>

        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>15:02</time>
      <p>
          That   was   it   was   semi-dry.
      </p>

        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>15:04</time>
      <p>
          It   was,   it   was,   it   was.   That   was   no   sound   effect.   We   just   actually   high   five.   We   did   that.   We   did   that.  
      </p>

      <h2 id="chapter_40100915">Episode 25 Plans And Director Talk</h2>


        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>15:10</time>
      <p>
          So,   did   you   have   any   closings   or   shout-outs?   I   mean,   we&#39;ve   been   shouting   out   people,   but   is   anything   special   Emily   wants   to   say?
      </p>

        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>15:15</time>
      <p>
          Yeah,   so   just   a   quick   shout   out   to   the   staff   uh   that   we   work   with   over   at   Animal   Services   and   Adoption   Center.   Tammy,   she   is,   I   believe   she&#39;s   the   volunteer   coordinator.   She&#39;s   awesome.   Uh,   hit   her   up,   go   volunteer,   um,   go   adopt   a   pet.   Uh,   they   have   more   than   just   dogs,   they   have   cats,   uh   turtles,   like   uh   hamsters,   they   have   a   whole   bunch   of   other   stuff.   Maria,   oh   yeah,   man,   Maria,   Maria   over   at   um,   I   don&#39;t   know   if   she&#39;s   like   the   man.   What   Maria   just   holds   such   a   special   place   in   our   heart.   She   has   done   so   many   good   things.   Uh,   and   even   in   the   midst   of   all   of   these   planning   of   these   events,   um,   you   know,   kind   of   just   showing   up   for   the   community   and   for   the   animals.   And   we&#39;re   so   appreciative   of   her.   We   are   uh   and   the   team   over   there.   Um,   and   again,   thank   you   so   much   for   allowing   us   to   join   at   that   event.   Yeah.   Um,   and   thank   you,   Cuffstaff,   absolutely   for   always,   you   know,   seeing   everything   through   and   for   really   working   hard   for   our   community.   Uh,   and   we&#39;re   excited   to   keep   talking   to   y&#39;all   about   whatever   we   have   to   offer.
      </p>

        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>16:16</time>
      <p>
          Yeah,   yeah,   yeah.   I   like   that.   I   like   you,   you   close   that   out   strong.   I   feel   like   I   I   have   nothing   to   say,   but   uh   yeah,   we   we&#39;re   we&#39;re   gonna   keep   we&#39;re   gonna   keep   grinding.   Let&#39;s   let&#39;s   put   it   like   that.   You   know   what?   We&#39;re   gonna   throw   some   terms   in   there.   We   we   were   just   gonna   keep   on   really,   really   working.   We&#39;re   gonna   keep   collaborating.   We   want   to   give   a   shout   out   to   Tebs.   We   want   to   say   thank   you   so   much   to   so   many   departments   that   have   been   able   to   make   this   work.   This   has   been,   this   is   not   just   us   doing   it.   We   have   not,   we   didn&#39;t   build   the   microphones,   we   didn&#39;t   get   the   room   to   build   in   straight.   We   had   to   make   sure   we   had   to   send   a   lot   of   emails.   Shout   out   to   Joe.   Thank   you   so   much,   Joe.   Thank   you   so   much.   But   yes,   I   was   just   shouting   out   our   Tebs.   We   should   we   do   a   lot   of   emails,   we   have   a   lot   of   exchanges   because   we   want   to   make   sure   everything   is   good   to   go.   But   Emily,   I   have   nothing   else
      </p>

      <h2 id="chapter_40100914">Shout-Outs And Closing Thanks</h2>


        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>16:55</time>
      <p>
            left.
      </p>

        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>16:55</time>
      <p>
          That&#39;s   it.   I   think   we&#39;re   good.
      </p>

        <cite>Derek Ross</cite>
      <time>16:56</time>
      <p>
          We&#39;re   good,   we&#39;re   good.   Bye   everybody.
      </p>

        <cite>Emily Brewster-McCarthy</cite>
      <time>16:58</time>
      <p>
          See   y&#39;all   next   time.
      </p>

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      <time>17:00</time>
      <p>
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