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Yeah, very good. Morning, Kevin. Morning, Terrell. Morning, Kevin. Morning, Josh. Everybody else is checked in. Yeah, not too much going on here now. We're just, you know, relaxing. Ah. Gotta go buy mom her birthday gift. Her birthday's tomorrow. She turns seven. She's bored of the world. Little buyer thing today, because I don't usually like to shop on Sundays. So I'll get it done today, and then it's all over with. So yeah. I don't have too many plans today, Kevin. Just that, maybe, and just to get the cans and bottles back to the bottle recycling place. Yeah, this probably needs 10 cents a can instead of five. So that's not too bad. So I've got three big bags in the garage, and shit I gotta take back. We'll do that today, and hopefully get them out of here. And then, yeah, we'll figure out what happens. We'll just play it by ear for the rest of the day to see what happens. So back to you, Kevin. I'll be here. E1WINKM1X. Yeah, the, uh, I mean, I don't drink a lot of soda or anything that comes in. I mean, I guess I drink bottled water, and that's a nickel a bottle. I don't even bother recycling. I figure that nickel is a tax that you pay on disposal. You know, they're like, OK, you can pay an extra five cents and dispose of it any way you want, or you can pay five cents and we'll give you your five cents back, you know, when you recycle. And I just don't want to, it would take so long for me to accumulate enough to return that I just pitch them when I get them. I mean, at work, if we have recycled bins and stuff, I'll toss them in there. But if I'm at home the rare times that I'm drinking soda or something in a bottle, I just toss it. I know that it's going to get picked out when they, you know, when they go through the trash anyway, so it'll end up getting recycled. So I'm not too worried about feeling that my bottle's going to end up in a landfill. All right, let's see, who's next? Josh, KJ5, IRQ, good morning to you, sir. How are you? Welcome to the Cowabunga Net. Sounds like that hot weather that you guys have had, you're going to share it with us. And I can't tell you how grateful I am. Can you hear the dripping sarcasm in that statement? Good morning, Josh. What are you up to today? Mikey's yours. KM1X, this is KJ5 IRQ. And a happy Sunday morning to you and to everybody participating and listening to the net today. I'm parked outside my son's work waiting for him to get out of work today. And that's a beautiful morning. That's a good old video of it. Oh, I'm going to work a little bit on the chicken coop when I get back until it gets too hot. And I don't mind sharing the heat, Kevin. I don't mind at all. Today's only going to be 104. You know, I've actually been grabbing about the heat this year, and I grab about it more and more every summer. I don't think it's really getting that much harder for us, to be honest. I mean, it's probably just as hot as it's ever been. But man, I'm sure I'm taking it harder. You know, I do not like the heat. As the great Dr. Seuss would say about green eggs and ham, I say the same about humidity and heat. I'm fixing to post a video I made on AI just messing around this morning on the drop-in Facebook and Discord pages. It's kind of cute and fun. They're all approved. And so, yeah, just messing around. You know, I am really enjoying just playing. I mean, I'm not trying to make magic personally off of it or playing work that isn't bad. I mean, for the sake of this space, AI makes the job a whole lot easier if you wanted to create something. Now that I've been doing it for a while, I wouldn't say I am a creator. I think I am more of a pump door. You know, with AI, you've got to pump it, and you've got to pump it just right. And the words mean everything. And the placement and grammar, I mean, it's almost like you have to be a linguistic expert to be a great prompter. So I don't know if anybody's interested in that, but that's kind of what I'm thinking about today. Like I said, playing us a little video stuff while I'm waiting on the kid to get out of work. The kid, he's not even a kid anymore. He's I think 21 now. Yeah, he ain't got a vehicle. That's a source of contention between us. That's because he'd rather spend his money coming to Florida or California rather than see what I'm getting in the car. So I had to put a front down for that the other day. So he's not super happy with Pop right now, but he'll be all right. Man, I can't even guess. It's going to be a great Saturday. I can feel it, OK? And my dogs are in the truck, and if you can't hear them yelling, every yelling, growling, every time somebody walks by, I say, they just want to say hello in the most unfriendliest germs possible. All right, I've burned up two minutes and 40 seconds. Welcome back to UKM1X, Kevin. I'm glad you're hosting this Saturday morning. Over to you. KJ5 IRQKM1X. It's funny you bring up AI because I am currently enrolled in an online course through Vanderbilt University on building my own EPT. It's pretty interesting how you can, I mean, what I'm going to end up building, I don't know for sure, but it seems pretty interesting. I think, I mean, I'm learning how to build one. I've got to determine what I would want to build it for. I mean, whether I want to incorporate it in work. You could easily, easily build one, for instance, for ham radio, for people that are looking to take, I mean, they have already these apps, but they're trying to take their license. I mean, you could have one for blind people, where it will read the questions from the question pool. And you could, rather than have to type in your answer, you could voice your answer and it would respond. And it always starts out with, you know, what teaching us is, how supportive do you want it to be? I mean, you could tell it to be over the top so that whenever you ask it something, it's just going to come back with this, oh my goodness, I am so glad you asked that question or something like that. Or, you know, it could be more professional. So it's pretty interesting. I've got to decide what I want to do with this skill when I'm done with it. But I figure, that's the way. I don't know, if I got to work for another 10 years, I could see a lot of jobs being eliminated from AI. So I got to try to stay ahead of the curve. So that's what I'm going to do. Ron, 884 HO, how are you today? I don't know about you, but I had an excellent day in the market yesterday. I will probably never have a better day than I had yesterday. And I expect there'll be some sell-off come Monday, but I'm thrilled with what happened yesterday. But I hope you're doing well. Is tonight a karaoke night, or is it a steak dinner night, or what's it going to be? Fill us in on your plans. Over to you, Ron. Yeah, good morning, Kevin. Good morning, Jeff. Everybody participating in the teleprompter net on the drop-in? I started scaling in as of Thursday. And I almost got three, but I'm going to wait till Monday. And you know how many I sometimes accumulate? It's getting to be the kind of market you can hold on to stuff a little longer and wait a little longer to sell. So I'll have to adapt to that. But I don't think I sell too soon, because most of the ones that I own that I sold, I can buy back now at a lower price, except for one. Let's see. I am looking at the ticket that I have that I had to pre-purchase for the rib dinner tonight that I'll be attending. I have it at the lodge that's closer to me. And I prefer the one closer to me, because I've got to drive between 8 and 10 miles for the other one. And if I can get two events in a week apart in one, and two in the other, that gives me enough to at least out once a week. I'm learning and playing with stepper motors right now. I got this laser projector a long time ago. It's about three years old. And it projects to the ceiling. And it's real nice. I enjoyed it. But the stars stopped bursting. And the background nebula stopped wisping. So I didn't know that at the time, it utilized stepper motors, which is the same motors like you would use if in an air conditioner, open and close looper doors, or in a camera, say, if you wanted to zoom in and zoom out. But they come in a whole host of different flavors. There's five and 12 volt ones with different diameters. The first two numbers designate the diameter. So the first one I bought was too small. And it was long voltage too, because I needed 12 volts. And then I went and bought another one. And then it was too big. I needed a 24 in diameter. And I got one that was 28 millimeters in diameter instead. But I really like this device. And I can't get a replacement device. I quite like it. The second one, I did buy another one while I was waiting for the part. And that one I wasn't happy with, because if it stays on for a little while, some of the stars disappear, because it overheats. I can't have that. So I bought a more expensive one. So when I fix this one, I'll have three of them. So I'll end up giving away one. But the one I got now is awesome. It covers a lot more of the ceiling, starburst. The door is going crazier. Hey, hey, hey. Some noise outside. All these patterns I'm looking at right now. And I'll add a wish, more windiness to the net right in the background. And beautiful different patterns that appear and disappear. And wheels and stars and everything. So I'm satisfied with that. I think definitely I'll keep the one I fixed. I got the right one this morning this time. And it's going to be your Sunday. And I'll be able to slap that in and keep that one, give away the one, the first one up, or keep the second one that's running right now. All right, guys, that's enough for me on this go around. I did look up the Beatles' White Album, number nine song. That's number one going into it. AA4-H-O on here. I'll throw it back to Kevin. Hey, hey, four-H-O-K-M1-X. We got a double that time. We got you and the dog. And yeah, the White Album, I mean, there are plenty of people that will argue that the White Album is the Beatles' greatest album. And I think that was the beginning of the end for the Beatles. That was when they were really, you know, in deep with the drugs. And I didn't care for it. I really didn't. And Revolution number nine is one of their worst songs. It's not even a song. It's just noise. So yeah, not a fan. And we'll leave it at that. Maybe I'm opening a can of worms here, but no, not a fan. KM4-QBC Jeff, good morning to you. How are you today? How's little dog? You guys making breakfast? What is it, sausage gravy? And biscuits? And how are the temperatures there? They're starting to curve back up. I know that Chuck was saying they were very nice the last few days. And what are your plans for the weekend? Well, what do you, my friend? KM4-QBC. Hopefully you can hear me okay. Kevin, I am using a different phone this morning to get on Echo Link. So I'm on call for work, so I have my other phone ready for that. So I am going to try to stay on the net, Kevin. But if you call me and I'm not there, just go ahead and take me on. And I'll text you if I'm able to come back, but we have one in jail right now. He got into it with his daughter last night, I think is what they said. But anyway, I've got to handle that. And then I've already fed little dog. She's good to go. She's already been outside and used the bathroom. I'm heating up the oven now for some, I think I will have some biscuits. Good idea, Kevin. Thanks for mentioning that. I think I'll have the biscuits. I think I'll go with the bacon and eggs this morning. So that's where I'm at. That's what I'm doing. And duty calls. So hopefully I'll be around, but if I'm not around the next time, just go ahead and take me off, Kevin, and I'll come back when I get all this done. And I'll text you if I'm able to reach on or I'll call back and text Washington or something. But everything's good, brother. It's 65 degrees. It's supposed to get up to 79. So temperatures are inching back up. It's just been so hot and muggy here, it's crazy. Welcome to the tropical rainforest, western North Carolina. The great Smokies and the Appalachian Mountain range. It's been hot this year, brother, I can tell you that. And we've had some pouring down rainstorms, too. Anyway, thanks for taking my call, Kevin, and I'll try to be around. We'll see how it goes. K.M. Port QVC. Good morning, everyone. K.M. 4 QVC, K.M. 1X. Well, we'll keep our fingers crossed that you're able to stay with us. You say 65. I've got 62 here, so we're not that far apart. And, yeah, we're supposed to get around 80 here today. And then tomorrow it's going to get even hotter. And then Monday and Tuesday we're in the 90s and the But it is August, and we got spoiled because the last 10 days, as I said, were perfect. Highs in the mid-70s, upper 70s, and just gorgeous. But we know that months from now we will have it all behind us, and then we creep back down towards winter. All right, now let's go to gray. GC2, PKG, and then we'll go to the blue. Now let's go to gray, GC2, PKG. Gray, I know you love the snow, but you've got to admit you've got to love this last week to 10 days worth of weather. It's been perfect. And how are things in your neck of the woods? What have you been up to? What's the cat count up to these days? Over to you. What's the cat count up to? AM1X, this is KC2, PKG. East was Chinese, Maine. What's the good news? Lizzie came back 4-3 this morning, climbed up in the window and started yelling at me. So that's a good thing. That's for a two-day walkabout. So that was a short one. And she is crashed. She got a lot to eat. She's got a lot of food. She got a lot to eat and then put her little head down and that was the end of her. I'm going to spend the day getting ready for dinner party tonight. We're having people from the food pantry over. Something my wife's wanted to do for quite a while. And it'll be a pretty good sized dinner. But I have a lot of picking up and cleaning up and straightening out and other stuff to do. And you know, I don't know how far they're going to walk around, how much exploring they're going to do. Because that means other rooms have to be put together and straightened out and all that stuff. So I'm hoping they all just stay in our kitchen, living room, dining room area. And I don't have to worry about it. I will have to make sure there's enough toilet paper in the nearby bathroom. But I've got that to do today. So it's going to be pretty busy. And as for the last 10 days being perfect weather, it's been nicer. It's definitely been nicer, but it's still hot. I'm still sweating bullets just from doing the least amount of stuff. But I'm not happy about that. I really cannot wait for the summer to be over. I really can't. And let's get more and more like that every year. And I still don't even have a boat in the water, which flabbergasts me. I cannot believe I'm having a fun time. Although guests are starting to come. Let me drop this for a second. Or guests are on their way. Tuesday, a really good friend of ours and his wife are coming, and they'll be down in the boathouse. And it might be Sunday tomorrow that there's some ranchers coming to Camp 2. And I think Camp 2 is completely ready, certainly for them. Because they don't have any animals or anything. There's some pet guards and things like that that we are going to finish up. My son will definitely need that, because he always brings his cats out in the woods with the cats. So that's what's going on here today, just sort of gearing up to clean up and straighten up and then be entertaining. So back to you. K.M.1X, this is KC2PKG. KC2PKG, K.M.1X. Wow, you guys are very, very busy between hosting the dinner party and then hosting the folks in the camps. You've got your hands full. And glad to hear the cats back. I think it's funny that you think the cats are having a good snooze now, like, you know, man, no big deal. But I hope the party goes well tonight. You'll have to keep us posted. Look forward to the proverbial post-mortem on Monday. And it sounds like Wes is feeling well, too. Better if she's finally able to host something like this. So that's good. Let's go to work now. K.M.1X, PFD. Good morning to you, sir. How are you today? I'm guessing that you're still making progress on your recovery. And what are your plans for the weekend? Over to you.