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Speaker 1: it's a good answer for a rookie. Um, what was

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Speaker 1: good to see you, man. Um. I wanted to know

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Speaker 1: Just being around them. Oh, I probably say, Um, the

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Speaker 1: Go ahead, Evan. Hey, Ronnie, I just want to ask you,

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Speaker 1: Um Um? I honestly, I always say I got a

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Speaker 1: You know what I'm doing right now? They're trying to

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Speaker 1: we'll go with that. Doug kid about Philip Perrin, Go ahead, done, Ronnie.

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Speaker 1: I hope you're doing well. Have you been working primarily

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Speaker 1: all right, guys, appreciate it. Thank you Ronnie