Hey, Pat Sullivan here with a special message for my friends at Hope Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling.

Thanks, Pat. Jack Hope here. You know, 2025 was a year of growth for us as we added HVAC and

electrical services to our business. This growth was due in large part to customers like you.

Your support, your loyalty, and your trust is shaped whole plumbing, heating and cooling

into who we are today. Thank you for making this year one to remember and for continuing to

welcome us into your homes. So I got to thinking about this on my way in.

And I know that, and I get that, and I appreciate that, and I respect that,

sometimes we fall victim to overthinking things.

Sometimes we fall victim to making things more complicated than they are. And in my case, truth be told, sometimes I probably am even victim to, and I've tried to oscillate on this.

I've tried to swing backward in the pendulum of life, right?

You know, it is true.

It is true that you, as you get older, you mellow. Mellow yellow is still a beverage, right? Kurt Gerald's who is in for Eddie Garrison. Um, Dr. Pepper has its counter,

which is Mr. Pib, right? Sprite has its counter, which is slice. Coke has its counter, which is

Pepsi. And I guess Mountain Dews counter would be Mellow Yellow,

which is the Coca-Cola version or at one time was,

and it was big in the early 80s.

Is Mellow Yellow still around?

Yeah, it's better than Mountain Dew, in my opinion.

Hold on. Hang on.

Okay.

So you prefer Mellow Yellow.

And listen, when I was a kid,

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