My dad called me and asked that I bring my iPhone to show her my latest Forbes videos.

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"My dad called me and told me I had to buy the team, that it would only be for sale once, " says Snyder.

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In about an hour my mum called me and said that my dad was fine.

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"I called my dad to tell him there was going to be a shortage of Choco Pies and the price would be going up, " he said.

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And can I just say there's one song on this album that brings tears to my eyes almost and it's called--a song called "Trees, " because my dad used to--I'm now--I'm what--nine, 10, 11, 12 years old, and he was a singer.

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After Bismarck High School, my dad went to a small Presbyterian school called Jamestown College, 100 miles to the east.

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