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Hey there, Aubrey. How's it going today? I'm great. How are you, Lindsay? Good. Aubrey. When is the last time

you took a cab? Now, do you consider cab a Lyft or an Uber or a taxi cab?

That's a good question.

Yeah, usually if we say cab or taxi, we mean like an actual taxi cab, but more and more as they're replaced by Uber and Lyft, I probably wouldn't even say cab anymore.

I'd say when's the last time you got a ride share?

Or often we say when's the last time you got a ride share? Or often we say when's the last

time you got an Uber and then we are referring to any cab or taxi or lift or anything. What about you?

How do you say it now? Yeah. Well, I do know people that call cabs all of those things. The yellow

cabs in New York, the lifts and the ubers. I have heard people call it that, but I think now it's like Kleenex.

Kleenex is the brand name, but it's tissue, right?

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