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Jim to my right.

Mr. Ryan muckin' her and across from me, uh, guys, I was down at Vortex Edge the other day.

And, uh, you guys seem pretty prepared down there.

I was talking with Brennan and he had, uh, he had, uh, oh, a, uh, a plate carrier and it was all

kidded out with some necessities and, and I was like, oh, that's pretty cool.

Maybe I need one of those things and, you know, you take into consideration, like, you know,

current events and levels of uncertainty and people are like, you're a conspiracy theorist.

You're canceled.

You're wearing a tinfoil hat and then like, you know, six months later, they're like, oh, I guess

that was kind of like a regular hat.

Um, I don't, I don't know, man, like, there's just like a lot of stuff going on and I'm like,

am I prepared to handle situations as they arise in the same breath, though.

There's no crystal ball to see what's coming.

I'm overwhelmed.

That's, that's fair.

I'm overwhelmed with the thought of being prepared for myself and my family,

primarily, right?

Right.

You know, if you guys get into pinch or welcome to come over, you know, when it hits the fan,

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