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Hello? Hi, John. Hi, Merlin. How's it going? Good. Yep. How are my packets?

Oh, your packets are handsome so far. Good. Good. I like to have my packets arrive 100% packed with no loss no loss of any kind of the content yeah way

back in 2014 that was one of my resolutions I would keep my packets tight it's so hard

because I don't know you know it's like it's like they say don't let somebody else pack your parachute. That's what they say, yeah. But I feel like every time I go on the internet, somebody else is packing my parachute a little bit. I hear that sister. You know what I'm saying? I do. And I don't like it. Whenever people say things like that, though, I can't help but have this thought go through my mind,

which is, what if they're way better at packing it than you are?

Ah, good point.

Not you, not your parachute, not all parachutes.

If you had a professional parachute packer, and then you yourself was just some kind of like one time Charlie, which one

would you want to have pack your parachute?

That's a great point.

I think maybe it's definitely less catchy, but maybe what we should say is don't let one time

Charlie pack your parachute.

That's right.

Well, and you know what?

I have jumped out of an airplane.

You're kidding.

And let me tell you who packed my parachute. A professional parachute packer. Not me.

Yeah.

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