As we sat down to write this, the cell phone began vibrating against the desk.

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As we sat down for a rest around the halfway point, perching on smooth rocks and looking out at a big bend in the Firth, Manny told me about how his mother was one of the key leaders in establishing the land claim agreement that created the park.

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We then sat down as we always do after a product launches and mapped out what we were doing well, and what we could do better.

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He lives and breathes music, as he told me when we sat down to discuss his pick, Ornette Coleman.

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We sat down with Coulton as part of this month's Engadget Show, discussing his midlife crisis-driven decision to quit his day job and the journey that the internet played in making him a star.

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On the evening I was there, Billy sat down with me as we talked about Irish history, the craft of writing, and what it was like to live in a town that holds his father in such high esteem.

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Instead we packed, charged our phones and cried as I sat down to write this.

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