Can I start by asking something?

Go for it.

Most weeks like we agree a time to start.

You know, it's not set in stone or anything. It's not like we're

launching to the space station, so it's not crucial. But usually what happens is about

five or ten minutes after the time has elapsed, like I'll send you a message saying, okay, are you ready?

Like what's going on? And almost every time you'll then say, yep, let's do it right now,

as if you're almost just sitting there like in standby waiting for the message or do I just coincidentally always text you at exactly the time that you're ready?

I'm here, I'm generally here a few minutes before and I'm doing a bit of you know oh hang on it might help

if I knew something about this idea so I'd like a quick research but I am all set up ready to go.

So you're just taking as much research time as you can until I basically force your hand

into starting.

There have been occasions when it's like, I hope he doesn't text and then it's like,

oh, right, no I need to come up with an idea now he's

texted. That's right and if I'm really tapping a rich vein which which means I'm down a

Wikipedia you know rabbit hole then I'll ask for the the proverbial two minutes hang on just a second

technical problem there's some technical difficulties or something like that.

What would you prefer that as soon as I was ready? I told you I was ready and...

No, no, I have no preference. I just wondered why it was always such a coincidence that no matter what time I text that's always the time you say

Oh, yeah, I'm ready right now. Oh, right, yeah. I hadn't figured that you were just using the time to research. I thought maybe you would just like you know staring into space or something.

Steering into space is just a like an unhelpful way of saying thinking. Like thinking is a good thing and generally when you're thinking you're staring into space but yeah. I mean I wasn't thinking I was just staring into space but it's a nice way of saying it.

I've got a quick just one of my quick fun ideas before we get started for real so

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