Hello? Oh, hi Merlin. Good morning Dan, how are you? How are you doing way up there? I'm doing very well. You know, I don't have my mute switch hooked up right now and I feel like I need to clear my throat

Okay, do you? Okay, that's done

You're the editor in man. Yeah, I'm not gonna take any of that out I'll edit that out

We don't edit for content.

No. You feeling better?

I feel strong. Good. How about you? I'm great. Enjoy it why you can.

I know. It only gets worse. Yeah yeah what's new in

your neck of the woods. What's new? I mean I've got I don't want to try and

immediately you know, deviate or throw off suspicion to you, but I have a couple things,

but I'm just curious how you've been, you know?

I'm just, how's your neck of the woods is the neck okay the neck is good it's you know it's 81 degrees

It's a little windy. We've had some rain

But I feel you know I feel good for. It's so good for the flowers and they're just sprouting they're bursting bursting out

October's busting out all over.

We can't afford that.

Yeah.

Yeah.

That's good.

That's good.

Yeah, it's been crazy hot here, but now it's fine.

Everything's fine.

You know, it's, you know, it's just, it never stops. Everything just keeps going.

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