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Good evening, Brian and everyone over there. K9VDC Brooks here in Newcastle. Doing well tonight. Excuse me. Had a good day today. Got to sleep in a little bit. And got up and made some biscuits and gravy. Had to go to the store first because I didn't have the ingredients to make biscuits and gravy. But when I woke up, I was craving it. So that's what we had for breakfast. And then, let's see. So last Friday, I got a new shop tool. I made the trek to Bellingham to Grizzly Industrial. And I picked up a mini milling machine. And it's a little bit of a misnomer calling it mini, unless you really know how big regular milling machines are. The thing still weighs about 300 pounds. So it's only mini in the sense that it's mini compared to other mills. It's not necessarily mini compared to other things in the shop. But needless to say, I had to get an engine crane, like a cherry picker-style crane from Harbor Freight, to be able to lift the thing off of the pallet and put it on the stand. But of course, when we assembled the crane, it wasn't lifting. And we realized it didn't have enough oil in it. So I had to order oil. So I got some oil. And it still wasn't enough oil. So I had to get some more oil. So today, after breakfast, I was able to, with not enough oil, I was still able to get the thing lifted up on its stand and on its little roller wheels so I can position it into place. I've not turned it on yet or done anything fun with it, other than just got it all set up. And yeah, it's ready to kind of wheel over. And I've got to clean all the oil off of it that is on there from packaging and shipping and whatnot. So it's going to be a project. Do a little bit every day. So yeah, so it's kind of fun. A little garage shop is coming together. This afternoon, we went down to Olympia. Our friend had a little birthday get together. So it was nice to see him and his girlfriend and their son and some of his friends. Had some chicken wings and some ice cream and had a good time. Anyway, yeah, that's all I got for now. Megan sends radio waves from the other room. And please mark her down as IHOPE, K9MLR with an I-O. And with that, I'm going to say thanks for doing the net, Brian. 7th everyone, K9BDC.