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And I'm John David.

Jay-D.

Hey, Bo, good morning, man.

Man, good morning to you, too, sir.

How are you doing today?

Hey, I'm doing pretty good.

Yeah. Yeah, I'm doing pretty good. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I really am. It's the most wonderful time of the year. It is. As a pipe smoker, you know, there's just a lot to look forward to this time of year. So, yeah, yeah, it's great, man. It's February. We're a couple of weeks out. I mean, international pipe smoking day. As we're recording, I guess this will go out just a few days before. But yeah, yeah, man, it's a, it's good. It's a good time. Man, I'm so excited. We've got it. We've got a really, really great episode this week. And, man, it's one that I think has become like a favorite for at least a group of our listeners

maybe not everybody but like for for like the the most hardcore country squire radio listener this

is definitely like one of the tops and so I'm looking forward to getting into it but a couple

things we want to jump into first of course we would not be able to do this show without the amazing

support of our patrons over at patreon.com slash country squire radio. Absolutely.

If you're not done so already, head over there and join the club or even just become a patron for a buck and episode. It goes a long way. So thank you all so much. Your support means so much to us right now because as, you know, as you've heard over the last couple of weeks and as you'll continue to hear in the coming weeks, we've got a bunch a new series that we've kind of incorporated into country squire radio and uh man getting that

feedback continue to hear in the coming weeks, we've got a bunch of new series that we've kind of incorporated into Country Squire Radio. And, man, getting that feedback, you know, obviously the financial support is massive, but also just like the words of support as well that we've gotten from, I would say, like, 99.99% of y'all has been like really, really awesome. It's fueled us up. And, uh, and we're just some stuff down the road, man. So yeah, yeah. I think which I just want to give a big shout out to our listeners, man. They've, they've rocked with us. And, and, you know, are excited about these new series. It's been encouraging. It really has been just to see, you know, kind of we appreciate where we've been. We appreciate where we're going.

And folks are, folks seem to be, you know, on board. So it's, it's great, man, a lot to look forward to and gives us some new energy. And I'm really thankful for that. Yeah. And, you know, I will say, like, the, there hasn't really, I wouldn't say necessarily negative feedback, but for those that haven't really quite, you know, quote unquote gotten it, so to speak, or like, hey, you know, I kind of, I kind of like classic country squire radio where y'all talk about pipes. Well, we do talk about pipes. That's not, you know, Squire select, tobacco talk, a pie smoking 101. These are not series that are going away. This is, this is core and quintessential to kind of the backbone of country squire radio.

And so, you know,

if some of the series don't necessarily kind of, you know, they're not your particular brand, brand of whiskey, then that, that is okay and that is understandable. But don't worry, your favorites aren't going anywhere. So we just want to kind of, But as much as we really do appreciate, like, the love and the feedback that we've gotten,

I always want to be mindful of kind of even if people find themselves at the minority. Like, you know how that is. Sometimes you're like, oh, man, you're changing something that I like. And now you're talking about how everybody's happy about it. But I'm not, I don't know how I feel about it. Like, no, I see you. I see you you like, and don't worry, your favorites are not going anywhere. So that's, that's right there. And I want to, want to definitely kind of affirm and support that. Man, okay, it is international pipe smoking day, you know, about a few days prior is kind of when this episode is going out. You know, it's, it's great because on the one hand,

every single year there's kind of this question of like, well, what if we were to release this episode on International Pice Walking Day as opposed to before it? And, you know, on the one hand, it would be great because we'd all be just, you know, partying it up and it'd be wonderful. But on the other hand, it's like, well, I know you got some special deals going on at the Squire that

people are going to kind of plan for and everything.

What all do you all have planned for IPSD this year? Yeah, there is always that balance. It's like it's a celebration, but then also, you know, we want to clue in people to what we're doing. And I know other, you know, other online retailers are doing the same thing. And what's interesting about this, you know, we did not, I was looking

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