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The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy

The entire Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy, read by the author. "A masterpiece of American humor." Los Angeles Times peterleroy.substack.com

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6:07

🎧 687: “Remember this,” . . .

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2024/03/11

18“REMEMBER THIS,” she said, and she tapped me on the chest to make sure that I was listening. “Love, like other intoxicants, alters your perceptions. Got it?” “Got it.” ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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5:23

🎧 686: “So, he . . .”

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2024/03/08

17“SO, HE TOOK ME OUT to dinner that night. I make that sound so grand. We went to a diner—” ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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3:30

🎧 685: Ariane stopped . . .

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2024/03/07

ARIANE STOPPED fumbling with the zipper and let her hands fall. “Oops,” she said. “Hey, it’s you,” said Guy, as if he’d just noticed. “Oh, yes,” said Ariane, spreading her hands, grimacing, shrugging her shoulders. “It’s me.” Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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3:09

🎧 684: “There I was . . .”

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2024/03/06

“THERE I WAS, standing there, in the locker room—” “—in the harsh light of the locker room, outlined against the deep shadows—” ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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3:28

🎧 683: Ariane stood . . .

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2024/03/05

ARIANE STOOD at the kitchen door, looking out at the parking lot, holding the door for the last of the staff, Tony, just a boy, young and pimply, whose schoolboy crush was so obvious that sometimes it was enough to make her squeeze her eyes and laugh so that she wouldn’t cry. Tony wanted to dawdle. Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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2:48

🎧 682: “Go ahead,” . . .

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2024/03/04

“GO AHEAD, Renée,” said Ariane. “I’ll finish up.” “Huh?” said Renée. “I know what has to be done,” Ariane assured her. “I’ve watched you. . . .” Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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4:26

🎧 681: “We adjusted.”

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2024/03/01

15“WE ADJUSTED. He knew exactly what he wanted. He told us exactly what he wanted us to do. We did it. In less than a month, he had the place humming. ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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8:22

🎧 680: “Let me . . .”

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2024/02/29

“Let me introduce myself,” he said. He passed the loose-leaf binder and the unruly stack of papers that lay on it to Mr. Murray, without looking at him. Mr. Murray was taken by surprise. He grabbed for the folder, just a moment too late, after the handsome guy had let go of it, and it slipped from his hands, threatened to fall to the floor, clattering, making a mess of things, ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at

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4:25

🎧 679: The next day, . . .

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2024/02/28

14THE NEXT DAY, the staff was summoned for a meeting. Ariane was the first to arrive. She hesitated at the entrance to the dining room. At the far edge of the room, with their backs to the bay—the bay behind them as a backdrop, like a rear-projection scene in a low-budget movie—stood Mr. Murray, Renée, and someone new, a young man, tall, in a dark double-breasted suit. ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at

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2:33

🎧 678: A handsome stranger ...

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2024/02/27

A HANDSOME STRANGER walked into the Tropicale Grill one night, and Renée showed him to one of Ariane’s tables. ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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7:23

🎧 677: Curt Burger, . . .

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2024/02/26

CURT BURGER, the owner of the Babbington hardware store, came in one night with his wife, Arlene. Renée showed them to one of Ariane’s tables. By the time they sat down, they were in an agitated state. Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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6:23

🎧 676: “So, I want . . .”

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2024/02/23

“SO, I WANT TO SHOW YOU how a little insight can be dangerous. I watched Renée, and Renée watched me. I think she did a better job, because I didn’t know just when she was watching me, but I’m quite sure she knew when I was watching her.” A knowing smile came to her lips. Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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6:20

🎧 675: The first evening . . .

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2024/02/22

THE FIRST EVENING that the Tropicale Grill at the Sunrise Cove Resort Motel was open for paying customers was the kind of evening that Ariane had imagined weeks before, when she had stood in the skeleton of the dining room and pictured it as it might be. ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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4:50

🎧 674: “So I started . . .”

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2024/02/21

“SO I STARTED out as a waitress,” she said. She crossed her legs at the ankles, stretched them out in front of her and leaned back against the back of the sofa. “But I had hopes of becoming the hostess, and I acted as if I was already being groomed for the job. Actually, I was being groomed for the job; I was doing the grooming. ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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4:41

🎧 673: Ariane spun . . .

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2024/02/20

Ariane spun around and strode into the Sunrise Cove, head up, a new confidence about her, as if she were the older sister in the picture, not the ingenue. ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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4:47

🎧 672: “I talked . . .”

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2024/02/19

“I TALKED DENNY into driving me to the resort for my first day on the job. The place wasn’t really ready yet, and there were contractors and carpenters and electricians swarming all over the place plying their trades. A very handsome sign was going up out front. ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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4:47

🎧 671: “Aren’t you . . .”

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2024/02/16

“Aren’t you at least interested in finding out what it might be worth to me to get you to stay?” Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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7:20

🎧 670: “You’ve made . . .”

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2024/02/15

“You’ve made up your mind. I see. Well, you must be right, then. Go ahead, go. Don’t let yourself listen to what I’ve got to say, because if you were to start to negotiate, then that ironclad determination you have to make a break, to get out of here at any cost, would be gone.” Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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5:30

🎧 669: She had told . . .

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2024/02/14

SHE HAD TOLD her family. Now she had to tell Porky White. She was sure that Porky would be upset when she announced that she was leaving the clam bar, and as the moment for telling him approached, she discovered, to her surprise, that she would be upset about it, too. ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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4:37

🎧 668: She hesitated . . .

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2024/02/13

SHE HESITATED, pacing up and down in the gravel at the edge of the roadway, and she suffered a failure of will. She decided not to bring the matter up, not to upset the harmony of a family evening, not to risk being turned down. ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

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