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And I'm John David.

J.D.

Hey, Bo.

Good afternoon, man.

Man, good afternoon to you, too, sir.

How you doing today?

Man, I'm doing pretty good. Yeah, pretty good. It's just so hot. But yeah, we're doing fine. Things are going well, getting geared up for a big event this week with none other than Eric Stokeby at the country Squire. So that'll be a lot of fun. But yeah, man, just, man, working on some new recipes, different pipe tobacco blends and stuff like that. I don't know, mail orders. We're just in the thick of it. Things are going well. So, yeah, what's shaking with you, man? Man, also hot. You know, there's these signs all around downtown. My wife and I noticed we were downtown, I guess, a week or so ago. and we noticed all these like promotional signs are just quotes and that sort of thing and one of them said,

I'm not sweating. My wife and I noticed we were downtown, I guess, a week or so ago. And we noticed all these, like, promotional signs.

They're just quotes and that sort of thing. And one of them said, I'm not sweating. That's just Houston all over my face. And then one's like, it's not hot. It's Houston. That sort of thing. So, yeah, man, it's hot here too. but I tell you what,

I'm,

you know,

very thankful that we've got a swimming pool

because I will be diving in that just as soon as we get done. Oh, man, dude, that is crazy. You know, there are parts of this country where it just, you know, it kind of blows to your mind that people even live there, you know. Right, right. It makes no sense what's...

Yeah, it's tough, man.

I know all that concrete and everything, it just radiates.

So, yeah, man, I understand.

It's funny this time of year, you know, being a smoke shop, we have folks that will come in and, you know, we don't really see them at any other time of the year, but they come

in to smoke because they can't smoke, you know, outside at their home, you know, it's just too, it's just too hot. And so, yeah, we see a lot of folks this time of year that, you know, they're committed to their pipe. And so they're going to come puff in our lounge, which we're happy for them to do, as as long as they're smoking something they bought at our shop.

It works out pretty good.

Yeah. Do you see that? I mean, like, do you have like seasonal customers essentially? Like people you might not see, you know, much during the winter or you might see less during the summer? And we've got folks that entirely, you know, they'll just give it up entirely, you know, during the, during the summer months. And so there's guys that I don't see it all between, let's just say, May and October. I just won't even lay eyes on them, you know. And then, you know, the second half of the football season ticks in college football and, you know, start seeing some of these familiar faces sneaking in the door. And yeah, the first, you know, small little cool snap comes and folks start pulling their pipe back out. So we see it. We see it all the time. It's kind of funny. There's just one shoe salesman, actually, that lives in our area. And he has been a faithful customer for years and years, but he just does not smoke his pipe between May and late September. And so

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