But hopefully they're going to develop other plants.

But as I understand it, they actually have to have somebody there in the factory driving these screws in at an angle, which seems like a really tedious kind of job.

Yeah, if you ever hear me complain about my job, just remind me I could be doing math for eight or nine hours a day.

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What's a pleasure to see you guys. Thanks for being here this morning.

Yeah, good to be here.

Mike, I can't wait another minute to talk about you were burning boards as a test.

Can you talk about that boy

i had almost as much fun doing this as i did with a drywall hopper a few months ago you know get a

new get a tool out and you try something new so um i've been working on my house plans for my future

house actually my wife has been holding my feet down to the fire and, you know, saying,

look at this.

I want you to, you know, look at this arrangement of layout for the guest rooms and things.

And anyway, it got me thinking about deciding.

She wants to use, she saw, you know, a show

Sugi Ban, or otherwise known as Yaikisugi type of siding, which is charred wood, where they char, usually

cedar. It's a Japanese process, and they use either heat or flame to char it and it gives you a much more durable

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