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Okay, I copied five calls, I'll find them in there, so we'll start off with that to get this Friday morning going. I heard AA-4-H-O, that'd be one, that'd be Florida. The NUTI, Georgia, KC-2, PKG, that'd be Gray up in Maine. They're going to run our KN-4, L-V-F, and that's D-N-D. I'm doing this off memory, so I'm trying to remember, I think you're in Florida. I could be wrong. Anyone AI who's in and out, thank you for checking in this morning. And WZO-G-L, Alan, who's also in and out, thank you for checking in this morning. So, yeah, I figured we'd get started, and I'm going to use this first program as a recap for everybody who's waking up to get on the net. That'll give Larrin, Gray, and Dee a chance to tell me about their morning so far and what they have planned for the day. This and that, I've been doing a lot of thinking about, and I think it's going to change over the next few months as I start implementing new things. We'll talk more about that as we go. But it is a beautiful Friday morning, so no sort of Mondays or Fridays. You made it to Friday so you can get back, sit back, relax, and get ready to enjoy the weekend. So with that, we're going to move to AA-4-H-O, and let's hear what Larrin has to tell us this morning. Good morning. Yeah, good morning, Josh. Good morning to everybody participating in the call upon getting on the G-drop. Yeah, I got a big dinner tomorrow. Thank God it's Friday. Looking forward to this weekend and that big dinner tomorrow night. I got a pipe, and it was actually too small for it to work. Well, it wasn't really, you know, the size didn't matter, forgive the pun. It was the connector. It didn't fit in there, and it's a stepper motor. And the stepper motor I got had four wires, and the plug was five. So I reordered it, and this morning I'm going to get that, and I think that's going to solve the problem to fix this device. I'm trying to get working again. Pretty much I was on for an hour this morning with Dan and Columbia, and I talked for about an hour. I'm going to keep this short, give other people a chance to talk more. If you weren't able to catch the conversation with Dan this morning, we covered several really neat topics in the pre-med. It was interesting. I think you missed out if you did. This is repeater station Kilo Kilo 64, Quebec November. Gold star note 6222, located in Shelton, Washington. AA-4-8-0, KJ-5, IOQ. Well, you were coming in pretty choppy there at the end. I don't know if it was just me, or if it was everybody. I'll pause and let Gray or somebody else chime in to make sure it wasn't just me. But you were pretty choppy, and I didn't catch the end of that. I don't know if it was me or D, because I know you two are on the net. Did y'all hear the same thing? Yeah, I heard him cutting out from time to time, especially towards the end. Thank you very much, Gray. So there's our confirmation run. So it isn't just me. So no big deal. I could make out most of what you were saying. It was just popping out of the way, kind of like me just hitting the C-T button. So I thought that might let you know, and maybe you could work on that between now and next door. With that, I'm going to send it over to AA. I'm sorry, I'm going to send it over to KC-2-PKG. And let Gray tell us about his beautiful morning, I'm sure, up in Maine. The mic is yours, sir. AJ-5-IRQ, this is KC-2-PKG. Good morning. I'm wishing you well on your first Friday. First of many, I hope. It is a very pretty morning here. It's a little warmer than I like. It's going up to 78 degrees. But other than that, it's going to be clear and sunny. The only fly in the ointment is that we are only four in right now. Only four cats in. One stayed out. Lizzie stayed out all night and has not shown up for breakfast yet this morning. So not time to worry yet. I mean, she's been gone as long as four and five days. But we like to have them in. We did not get them all in last night. So that is a big problem. Anyway, I will pass it back to you, PG-5-IRQ. This is KC-2-PKG. Well, my wife and I both said, oh no, we hope the end of the cat comes in. I'm sure it will. You have mentioned before though that the main words, eat the cats. I think that was your wording. So that's concerning. But it's our honor to have a few cats over ourselves. We have a pair of white cats. Charlie and Alfred is what they ended up getting called. In fact, I need to snatch them up and get them down to the vet and get them snipped. They are right up to that age for that now. But they are the neighborhood Bruiser Brothers. They tend to stay together and they pretty much run the neighborhood now. So you know, these young teenage cats, about the only cat they don't necessarily know is our old cat, Knox. We've had that cat for many, many years. He is a big old cat. I don't think there's a cat in town that will miss that old fella. But anyhow, I really hope the cat is tired. Thanks for joining us this morning. It sounds a bit warm up there for you. I'll figure it out right here shortly. With that, we're going to go over to KN4LDF. We're going to give Dee a chance at the mic. Good morning, Josh. This is KN4LDF. This is Dee. I, of course, every day wake up and I'm grateful that I was allowed to wake up. It's beautiful outside. I'm going to tell you a story about my cat. I had a cat and I first named him Puss in Boots. He wouldn't answer to it. So I went and called him Pussy. He answered to that. So one time he ran out the house and I went screaming his name all over the place. And everybody in the neighborhood, it's a small town, came out the door to see why I'm screaming Pussy. So it's a funny story, but it is the dark gone truth. I named him. He was registered as Pussy. And when I went to the doctor, they went in. When they called me in, they say, OK, we're here for Pussy. So, hey, that's a funny story. But he lives to be 14 years. So back to you, Josh. KN4LDF. KN4LDF? I might get a little speechless at the moment. That's unheard of. That word you can get away with saying on ham radio without getting in trouble in a proper context. I wonder if I can work out some of my other colorful words. Probably not. But that is a hilarious story. Thank you for sharing that this morning. So, man, I'll tell you what. Getting going this morning is rough on me. I guess I need to put my thoughts together, which is OK. How much better is it I said? But I ate a few things I thought I probably shouldn't have. Not with my digestive stomach issues that kill me. Anyhow, I had some dog talk last night. I probably ate a few pieces too many. I don't eat it often, so when I do eat it, I eat it well. They're not herky nuggets. I don't want to go buy those. But they're just perfect little mouth-sized bites of perfectly sweet dark chocolate. I don't care if I let milk chocolate or some of the other stuff they got. Just a plain, solid milk chocolate. Man, I don't know if I'm talking about dark chocolate. It tastes so good. It's cheap chocolate. Herky's is not extravagantly rich chocolate. But, man, it's the spot maneuver you're in the mood for. Anyhow, the chocolate doesn't work well with my acid reflux and all that other stuff I'm dealing with. So, what I've learned is when I do that to myself, it doesn't just make my belly feel bad the next morning. It really makes you foggy. It's funny. I'm learning that when my stomach is in great shape, my brain is in great shape. That's why I'm not interested. I thought I'd share that. Alright, we've come to the bottom of the first grow out. We're going to do another round of check-ins before we actually get going. One of the things I think I'm going to do is bring that. It's been the first 15, 30 minutes just getting check-ins. See, everybody's doing their thing. Grady kind of does something similar. And then we'll kind of get started right around the 7 o'clock hour. I feel like we'll have more of a good lineup of people who want to talk. And today's topic is all about the cow bungenet. So, to let you know in advance before we get going, and nobody needs to answer it yet. And I meant to post this and I just don't have a habit down yet. So, I have hard ends when I post something early. But really, the question of the day is this. What brings you to the cow bungenet? Let me hear why you come to this net every morning. We'll come here a couple of times over the EECO just once a month. Here we go, I would like to know what brings you here. What are you enjoying? What are you not enjoying? We're going to do some follow-ups with that.