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Hello. Hi, friend. How are you doing? I'm doing excellent. How are you? I am here. You are here. No, I'm fine. Thanks. Um, what you are going to

Seattle. Yes, I'm going to Seattle in a few weeks. I'm really excited. Um, I am going to be having a

meetup in Snaqualmi, which is, I think,

like 30 miles east of Seattle. It's beautiful. The Snaquammy Brewing Company is what it's called.

It's going to be on Saturday the 21st. Can you verify that that's the Saturday? Because I think

I messed up the date before.

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