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And I'm John David.

Hey, Bo.

Good morning, bro.

Man, good morning to you.

Yeah, man.

Back in the saddle.

Feels good to kind of be back around.

And, man, it's beautiful, but really frigid. You're not lying, man. I was going to say, you know, welcome from the the frigid north of Jackson, Mississippi. That's right. However, we're really not in a good place to make that joke. I mean, up north, they've had, like, legit, you know, including whatever it this time of year. But our, our friends in like Minnesota and, you know, Michigan and whatnot are laughing at us with, with glee. I've seen the, I've seen the pictures too, man. They're true. Like, I really, this is the thing. Growing up, I loved snow. Yeah. And I thought I wanted to live in a place with snow. Until you are in snow. Well, exactly.

When you're an adult, the thing. Growing up, I loved snow. Yeah. And I thought I wanted to live in a place with snow.

Until you are in snow. Well, exactly. When you're an adult, it's like, man, you got to shovel it. You got to do all the stuff. I know. You know, the schools close down. They won't, nobody will take your kids. Dude, I, and you know, my, my hands are starting to crack. It's so cold. Like, something about like I've had to start like really

watching my um my skin and stuff you're getting old man ain't that terrible getting old man I thought

I smelled prunes when I woke up this morning supposed to be the young guys young guns behind

the mic here yeah we're talking about oh I feel it in my bones I'm gonna uh yeah... Err. Yeah, that. Exactly. Well, hey, man, we've got a lot of great stuff that is going on right now. Of course, happy Montagrall to you. Happy Fat Tuesday. It is Fat Tuesday. Yeah, we're recording today. It's Tuesday. That's right. This will come out Wednesday. But for those of us, those are you listening live, happy Fat Tuesday. That's right. I hope that everybody has had an awesome carnival season this last past year. Unfortunately, we haven't been able to travel or do anything because my wife is crazy pregnant. Yeah. And so that kind of limits some of your traveling abilities. She carries it well, though, both. Yeah, it carries it quite well. Very true. Very true. And yeah, man, so we've got, but we got the beads and everything. The house is all

decked out. It is. I thought about wearing some beads for the show, but I mean, it's audio, so. Right. Right. But I mean, it does kind of, if you wear the beads, it makes you think like, yeah, Madam Montagrault.

You're a part of it, yeah.

Yeah.

Well, we had a lot of friends.

Of course, we live in Jackson, which is just a few,

Jackson, Mississippi, which is just a few hours north of New Orleans here. So a lot of our country squire pipe community traveled down there this past weekend for the events and festivities. And I've actually never been to Mardi Gras. I have you not? I have not. You know, it's one of those things that I hear so many incredible out of control stories that it's like, man, I just don't know if I want to go. I don't know if I want to go. That's a certain kind of Mardi Gras. Like that's a misconception is that like the only Mott Montagral party is the crazy, wild, insane one. Like, I don't remember the last five hours of my life kind of party. Yeah. And, I mean, you know, there's, for one thing. I don't have time for that. It's a carnival season. So, you know, our friends in New Orleans Pipe Club can kind of attest to this. But the idea is that you have several different parties, several different crews, several different parades, all throughout like several week period.

Yeah. And so, you know, for example, two years ago I went down my uncle as a member, or at least at the time, was a member of the crew of cork. And so we went down and saw their parade and then went to their Mottigra party. Okay. And it was a blast. I mean, yeah, there's a lot of wine and everything else, but it wasn't like the crazy New Orleans.

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