The early days that at Cyprium are are very memorable. I feel in many ways like it was yesterday and the team that we worked with was very small or office space was very small and even the deals that we were working on were a lot smaller at the time. But you know, it really felt like a family atmosphere where everyone was. Pulling in the same direction, we all work together morning, noon and night celebrated our successes. Yeah, aside from me, no one else had kids, so. You know, the group used to go out several nights a week and enjoy. You know, whether it's down on the waterfront and one of its many iterations or just out to a local bar, we would hang out together and then. You know, there was a flag Football League and a kickball league and the but, you know, it was a lot of fun. I'd love to tell you about the Serium Kickball team O we were the three time kickball league champions. Our team name was the Equity Kickers. Could you come up with a better name for a group of investors than the Equity Kickers? Couldn't come up with a nerdier name, that's for sure. That's probably true. There were a number of injuries on the team, one of our associates dislocated. Shoulder. Somebody else broke their toe out in the outfield. There were bolts sticking out this. Keep in mind this was in a rehabilitated warehouse. There are bolts sticking out that you had to avoid when you were going for the ball. Known as the bolts of death. Took out a few ceiling tiles, various points along the way. I've been at Cyprium since 2000, so that's a long time. And you know, people ask me why, why, why have you been in one place for that long And you know what still gets you in the morning? And I just, I I love what we do. It's we have a great team. It's Cyprium. But also I just enjoy being around the companies and the entrepreneurs that we back and really seeing what makes them tick and what makes, you know, a good company great. And you know if you if you step back, this is what makes makes the US a great, you know these companies that are the backbone of of our country. And I feel like every day I get up and I'm able to see what what's making our country tick. There's a couple of reasons that I stay. One, it's the people. One of my colleagues once said explain to me the airport test. And he said if if you're in an airport and your flight gets delayed for, you know, four or five hours, by the end of that four or five hours, do you still enjoy the person that you were delayed in the airport with? Because that's that's a fair amount of time to spend together? And not only if I had airport delays or flight delays with my colleagues, but I've also been stuck in cars with them for six and eight hours, and I genuinely enjoy everyone of them. Those are the reasons I stay. Who's the messiest Merce we know? That's Marty Moose. He's a star of our favorite show. It's Marty Moose. Please give you 2 questions. Yep. Good. Yep. I'm just laying down. Talk question is completely different from what we rehearsed. In other words, maybe I'm just an oily dude. Any better? As incredibly impressive as as we are.
