Why is it So Hard To Support Small Businesses

WEBVTT100:00:01.320 --> 00:00:05.240Hey, cousins and King folks,this is your newest episode of Carol under200:00:05.240 --> 00:00:08.800construction. You know who it is. I am your host oldest thank you300:00:08.839 --> 00:00:14.960so much for join us today.It is a beautiful Saturday afternoon. The400:00:15.119 --> 00:00:18.640skies blue, the sun is out, the Burgers of Chirping. Hey,500:00:18.839 --> 00:00:21.839you know, if you not outand about the day, Hey, get600:00:21.879 --> 00:00:26.679out and do something, something withyour family, do something with yourself,700:00:26.760 --> 00:00:29.920do something with your kids. Hey, just get out today or just go800:00:30.000 --> 00:00:34.640sit outside and just enjoy the breeze, enjoy the sunshine, you know,900:00:35.399 --> 00:00:39.079get you some vitamin Ding just system. Whatever the case, Hey, just1000:00:39.640 --> 00:00:48.600go enjoyed this beautiful, amazing daythat God set for for us to see1100:00:48.840 --> 00:00:53.560once again. And you just can'thelp I don't know about you, but1200:00:53.679 --> 00:00:58.119sometimes I just sit in the marvelat some of the simplest things, as1300:00:58.159 --> 00:01:02.280a beautiful day to sunshine and onus and just how everything is all set1400:01:02.359 --> 00:01:07.760up. You know, you justjust have to admire God's work at its1500:01:07.840 --> 00:01:11.120best. And I just sit backsometimes and the things did we see it1600:01:11.120 --> 00:01:19.159that we take for granted so oftenor eaching every day. I just marvel1700:01:19.239 --> 00:01:25.599at those things because it is bythe will and the grace of God that1800:01:25.760 --> 00:01:32.040we see these things, that weexperience these things each hey, he's Day,1900:01:32.159 --> 00:01:34.599that he brings the breath of lifein us, each day that he2000:01:34.680 --> 00:01:41.719allows us to wake up, andI ripe minds wake up being able to2100:01:41.760 --> 00:01:46.480see, being able to here,being able to touch, being able to2200:01:46.519 --> 00:01:56.760taste, walk, decent health job, what roof of your head, food2300:01:56.799 --> 00:02:02.719on your table, those simple thingsthat we take it for granted for each2400:02:02.840 --> 00:02:10.400day all about the grace of God, by his will. So just take2500:02:10.439 --> 00:02:15.280a moment to thank him, tosit down and just take a moment to2600:02:15.319 --> 00:02:20.120thank him. You know, youjust talk to God like like I'm talking2700:02:20.120 --> 00:02:23.000to you right now, and justlike just thank you, father, thank2800:02:23.039 --> 00:02:25.759you for what you're doing, thankyou for everything that you're going to do,2900:02:25.879 --> 00:02:30.240thank you for everything that you havedone, thank you everything you doing3000:02:30.360 --> 00:02:35.080right now, in this moment.Just do it that, y'all, I3100:02:35.159 --> 00:02:39.280promise you to make Your Day ohso much better because again, it is3200:02:39.280 --> 00:02:44.840by His grace and by his willthat we experience the little things that we3300:02:44.919 --> 00:02:52.800do. But again, it's beautifulSaturday. You know. Man, yeah,3400:02:52.800 --> 00:02:54.080I know what happens with me alot. I may have a one3500:02:54.120 --> 00:02:58.960specific topic that I just end upwanting to talk about or I may have3600:02:59.080 --> 00:03:04.120already out mind and what's going toget into. But you know, after3700:03:04.199 --> 00:03:07.080you know, you all know thatI pray before each and every episode,3800:03:07.199 --> 00:03:12.919before I begin to record and rightbefore I begin to record. You know,3900:03:13.000 --> 00:03:15.240it's either God will give me thegreen lightness, they just go with4000:03:15.319 --> 00:03:19.639this, or he may take mein a completely different directions, like you4100:03:19.680 --> 00:03:23.039know me talking about that. Idid. You go from there to here,4200:03:24.159 --> 00:03:29.199like you should be sure you likewhat I say. Yes, sir,4300:03:30.120 --> 00:03:37.599got that Daddy. I rather beobedient. Rather be obedient when I4400:03:37.639 --> 00:03:40.680hear his voice. I rather beobedient and they be disrespectful disobedient. You4500:03:40.719 --> 00:03:47.560know what I'm saying. I don'twant to get whooped at all. Not4600:03:47.680 --> 00:03:59.360Body, not body him know.So, M Hey, listen. There4700:03:59.400 --> 00:04:08.599are so many small businesses that arepopping up all over the place, that4800:04:08.680 --> 00:04:13.039are coming or they may, ifyou may already know about. But I4900:04:13.080 --> 00:04:18.480guess my question right now is why? Why is it so hard for us5000:04:18.519 --> 00:04:28.319to support the small businesses? Whyis that better yet them? You know,5100:04:29.319 --> 00:04:33.519why is it so hard for USpeople? We go spend our money5200:04:33.519 --> 00:04:42.480with a lot of these really hugeout lists, these huge businesses that you5300:04:42.519 --> 00:04:48.879know, are wellknown, world renowned, may have something on the stock market,5400:04:48.959 --> 00:04:51.560you know on Wall Street, youknow, whatever the case may be,5500:04:51.759 --> 00:04:56.920we go support them. But whyis this so hard for us to5600:04:56.959 --> 00:05:04.079go support these small, local orbusinesses that we may see online? Why5700:05:04.199 --> 00:05:11.160is that these people are taking theirtime and put it in their blood,5800:05:11.199 --> 00:05:19.279sweat and tears into providing us witha wonderful and great product? And I5900:05:19.319 --> 00:05:25.120just see it time and time againand I see some of us were like,6000:05:25.199 --> 00:05:29.639well, you, you, wecome up with different excuses to not6100:05:29.720 --> 00:05:31.920to do so. Well, Idon't know about this person. Well,6200:05:32.040 --> 00:05:36.079they may talk to somebody that Idon't like. So if they are feeling6300:05:36.160 --> 00:05:39.519with somebody don't like, I'm notgoing to support them. What does they6400:05:39.519 --> 00:05:43.639have anything to do with it?Just didn't have anything to do with it6500:05:43.639 --> 00:05:49.439at all. That's business. Youcan't, or we can't continue to not6600:05:49.480 --> 00:05:56.399support somebody because we don't like whothey are associated with, that we may6700:05:56.480 --> 00:06:04.720not like that person. That's that'sback what's people. That's backwards. It6800:06:04.879 --> 00:06:12.560is business. Is Business and younever know what you may do for this6900:06:12.600 --> 00:06:18.439particular person in supporting them or youknow, maybe able to network with this7000:06:18.480 --> 00:06:25.240person to develop something that you couldbe a part of and be able to7100:06:26.199 --> 00:06:32.879establish your own business identity. Peoplethere that there. There's so much information7200:06:32.959 --> 00:06:39.240out there. There's so many thingsthat we can do, that we can7300:06:39.279 --> 00:06:45.399come together with on and to establishour own market, a lot like they7400:06:45.480 --> 00:06:53.600did and Tulsa back then, alot like they did in Rosewood, Florida.7500:06:53.680 --> 00:07:01.360These self sustaining communities. They didbusinesses with each other. They thrived.7600:07:02.720 --> 00:07:09.879I mean, had those two communitieswere able to continue to thrive at7700:07:09.920 --> 00:07:15.600the rate that they were going,this world will look different right now.7800:07:15.680 --> 00:07:18.519A lot of how we do businessand a lot of how things are going7900:07:18.680 --> 00:07:24.800right now will be a whole lotdifferent had those communities continue to thrive the8000:07:24.800 --> 00:07:29.839way that they were going. Weneed to get back to that. I8100:07:30.399 --> 00:07:34.600remember when I was a kid.I remember when I was a kid growing8200:07:34.720 --> 00:07:41.439up in Monroe, Louisiana, thatwhere we lived at in an area in8300:07:41.560 --> 00:07:48.439the south part of Monroe called newtown, and there were two three.8400:07:48.600 --> 00:08:01.160There were four stores in a ina three block area, four stores in8500:08:01.199 --> 00:08:05.600a three block area, depending onhow you looked at it. Technically,8600:08:05.759 --> 00:08:13.959these four stores all were on thesame street. They but they were.8700:08:15.040 --> 00:08:20.240Technically they weren't, but they wereall aligned along Texas Avenue in Monroe.8800:08:20.160 --> 00:08:28.879I'm talking Miss Ella store, missus, Rosie's hills barbecue and Sam's grocery.8900:08:31.759 --> 00:08:41.639These stores didn't compete with each other. Each store had something the others didn't9000:08:41.639 --> 00:08:54.279have, but they all worked togetherand kept that community self sustained to where,9100:08:54.399 --> 00:09:00.799unless you wanted to, you couldventure out out of that neighbor hood9200:09:00.840 --> 00:09:05.320to go to a different store topurchase something else. But for the most9300:09:05.399 --> 00:09:15.279part, groceries, snacks, householdproducts, food, whatever the case may9400:09:15.360 --> 00:09:24.720be, it was all in thatthree block area. It was all right9500:09:24.720 --> 00:09:30.720there. They had the right formula, they had the right you know,9600:09:30.840 --> 00:09:39.879thinking that, okay, we're notcompetitors, we're all working toward to sustain9700:09:39.519 --> 00:09:46.840and and build this community up andand and that's the way it was and9800:09:46.879 --> 00:09:54.799they thrived. Now, of course, just like most places, you know,9900:09:54.080 --> 00:10:00.320bigger stores came along and cut intotheir business and most of these stores10000:10:00.320 --> 00:10:03.720had been around for a very longtime. So the people that own them10100:10:03.720 --> 00:10:07.320and random and ran at the waythat they did. You know, they10200:10:07.360 --> 00:10:11.600eventually either got to the point ofwhere we're too old to run it,10300:10:11.960 --> 00:10:16.679or they may have passed away andthose who may or may not have came10400:10:16.720 --> 00:10:22.960down behind them didn't either want tocontinue on with it, to run it10500:10:22.039 --> 00:10:26.080the way that they did or,you know, just it's shut down completely.10600:10:26.919 --> 00:10:37.320But I remember clearly how it wasdone because my grandmother could send me10700:10:37.399 --> 00:10:46.120to each store and I would getsomething different from each store that the others10800:10:46.200 --> 00:10:50.559didn't have and it just all linedup perfect you. But you don't think10900:10:50.559 --> 00:10:52.639about things like that as a kid, you know. You just like,11000:10:52.679 --> 00:10:56.360okay, I got to go toMiss Ellas to go get, you know,11100:10:56.559 --> 00:10:58.399washing powder whatever for grandma. ThenI got to turn around, I11200:10:58.440 --> 00:11:03.200got to go down the hills barbecuebecause grandma won't you know, some pickle11300:11:03.240 --> 00:11:05.320pig feet, you know, or, you know, a barbecue beef sandwich11400:11:05.399 --> 00:11:07.279or something like that. Then Igot to go from there to go down11500:11:07.279 --> 00:11:13.679in his roses because she wants someLevi Garrett chewing tobacco whatnot. Then I11600:11:13.679 --> 00:11:18.600got to go on down at USMr Sam's and everything, because she won't,11700:11:18.679 --> 00:11:24.000you know, five pounds of lunchme, you know, and a11800:11:24.000 --> 00:11:28.240loaf of bread, you know,cut up in everything, and bring all11900:11:28.240 --> 00:11:31.200of that back. But that wasto set up. That's how it was12000:11:31.279 --> 00:11:39.799done. So I used to analogyto go into this. With these different12100:11:39.879 --> 00:11:45.000businesses that that are out there rightnow. No matter how similar they may12200:11:45.200 --> 00:11:52.200seem, there's something different in eachone and just because, and be lucky,12300:11:52.080 --> 00:11:56.279they have the same thing, thatstill doesn't mean that we can't support12400:11:56.360 --> 00:12:01.440them. You could have two companieswith that are both only my clothing Boutique,12500:12:01.480 --> 00:12:03.519and it mean look, they sellsome of the same products, but12600:12:03.840 --> 00:12:09.639they're different, but that doesn't meanyou can sup you should support one and12700:12:09.679 --> 00:12:18.039not support the other and support themboth. That's support them both. Those12800:12:18.039 --> 00:12:22.440of you who know me know I'ma firm believer in that. I'm I'm12900:12:22.480 --> 00:12:28.159all for supporting, you know,these small businesses, you know because they're13000:12:28.200 --> 00:12:37.679they're growing, because we all haveto start somewhere, and they're growing and13100:12:37.759 --> 00:12:46.720they deserve for us to patronize them. It's helped them build up their clientele13200:12:46.240 --> 00:12:52.200because the king, you never knowhow these people may end up. You13300:12:52.279 --> 00:12:54.360know that being able to net workwith you because you bless them, because13400:12:54.399 --> 00:12:58.200you're how they may bless you,and doing so because your patronize in their13500:12:58.240 --> 00:13:03.759business. But let me go backa second. So that's what and another13600:13:03.799 --> 00:13:09.799thing, and this kind of reallygets to me in doing so, and13700:13:09.840 --> 00:13:13.720it may be somebody that you mayknow, don't always trying to go out13800:13:13.759 --> 00:13:16.639looking for a hooker because because theyhave a business, you look like,13900:13:16.679 --> 00:13:18.919oh well, I know them.Oh shoot, I can get a hooker14000:13:18.960 --> 00:13:24.240from them. Come on, let'sstop doing that right there, because if14100:13:24.240 --> 00:13:30.600you can go to the Nike outletand pay a hundred dollar us for a14200:13:30.679 --> 00:13:35.240pair of tennis shoes and forty andfifty dollars for a past, a couple14300:13:35.240 --> 00:13:41.279of pair of socks, whatever thesepeople are charging for the prices of their14400:13:41.320 --> 00:13:45.559products, you should want to paythem the same thing, whatever they're asking14500:13:45.600 --> 00:13:50.159for, and not looking because youknow them or you know fiking. Well,14600:13:50.159 --> 00:13:52.720oh well, you know they're blacktoo. So, Hey, I'm14700:13:52.759 --> 00:13:56.639supporting your business. You should lookout for me. Oh, they all14800:13:56.679 --> 00:14:00.399looking out for you by selling youtheir product, but don't sit up there14900:14:00.399 --> 00:14:05.360in insult them by wanting a hookup. Now, if they have some15000:14:05.399 --> 00:14:11.679type of special going on, orthey're offering coop cu pawns, or they're15100:14:11.679 --> 00:14:20.919offering x amount off, you know, for new shoppers or certain particular subscribers15200:14:20.320 --> 00:14:24.799to their product, or whatever casemay be, then you go along with15300:14:24.840 --> 00:14:30.360that. That's your hook up rightthere. But let's stop trying to think,15400:14:30.440 --> 00:14:35.840because these people, you may knowsomebody or they may look like you,15500:14:35.679 --> 00:14:41.399that you have to have a hookup, you got to get a15600:14:41.600 --> 00:14:48.279huger discount for something. We cankeep sitting here wanting something for nothing.15700:14:50.440 --> 00:14:54.679Just a slap in the face.People know only if you get something for15800:14:54.720 --> 00:15:03.000nothing, something's not right. I'vesaid it before, I've seen it.15900:15:03.320 --> 00:15:07.480You pay, you get what youpay for. If you won't quality,16000:15:07.600 --> 00:15:15.720didn't pay that quality price. Don'tinsult these people do it with that foolishness16100:15:16.320 --> 00:15:18.879trying to trying to get a HooCup. Everything can be a hook up.16200:15:20.440 --> 00:15:22.399Now, if you just so happento run across somebody that has one16300:15:22.440 --> 00:15:28.559thing a by all means you goforward boot. But come on now,16400:15:28.559 --> 00:15:33.759if this person is selling treats andthey're selling a dozen strawberries, chocolate cover16500:15:33.879 --> 00:15:41.480strawberries or swizzleberriers or whatever the casemay be, for that doesn't going to16600:15:41.559 --> 00:15:45.360cause you about forty dollars, butyou want to get them for fifteen.16700:15:45.360 --> 00:15:48.240Come on now, that's going tosult to these people intelligence because you're not16800:15:48.320 --> 00:15:54.240only paying for that product, youpaying for that time, the time and16900:15:54.320 --> 00:15:58.279effort that they put into to putthis product together. You know, the17000:15:58.480 --> 00:16:02.519the ingredients, on top of that, the Ingram, and I haven't even17100:16:02.559 --> 00:16:06.080talked about that, the ingredients theywent to, go get to in order17200:16:06.159 --> 00:16:11.759to put this together. So thatmeans you don't do that. You don't17300:16:11.799 --> 00:16:15.480do that people, but you're payingfor that time. On top of that,17400:16:18.639 --> 00:16:22.159those of you know me, thatknow that I bake, that's just17500:16:22.240 --> 00:16:26.120like the biggest product that most peoplewill buy for me. When I do17600:16:26.240 --> 00:16:33.159bake, it's normally doing the holidaysor my chief cakes. I seldom fairly17700:16:33.360 --> 00:16:38.039cheaper than I do, only becauseit's something that I enjoy doing. But17800:16:38.240 --> 00:16:45.879truth be told, I could chargealmost twice as much for my cheesecakes then17900:16:45.960 --> 00:16:49.720I actually and truly do, because, again, the products that I buy18000:16:49.720 --> 00:16:55.000it, I have used the purchasefor them. They're very expensive. And18100:16:55.159 --> 00:17:00.879not only that, but it's thetime that I take into mixing them,18200:17:00.879 --> 00:17:06.000baking them, letting them cool off, topping them, you know, are18300:17:06.119 --> 00:17:11.559on top of that. It's thatthat you pay people for their time.18400:17:14.799 --> 00:17:21.000Yeah, so let's get up offthe kick of trying to get a discount18500:17:21.119 --> 00:17:27.599in supporting these small businesses. People. Again, if they have a special18600:17:27.640 --> 00:17:32.640going on, go for the damnbut if they're charging whatever it is that18700:17:32.680 --> 00:17:38.200they charge, you have one ortwo options. Get with them, pay18800:17:38.240 --> 00:17:45.680with they're asking for. I'll goto a different merchant. It's okay either18900:17:45.720 --> 00:17:49.440way, but you don't have toget upset with them because they don't want19000:17:49.440 --> 00:17:53.960to charge you or sell you withtheir product for what you think they should19100:17:55.039 --> 00:18:03.000sell it to you for. That'sunfair. That's unfair to them, that's19200:18:03.000 --> 00:18:07.079an insult to their intelligence, that'sunfair to that business with they're trying to19300:18:07.200 --> 00:18:12.039establish and, truth be told,that's even unfair to you as a consumer.19400:18:14.680 --> 00:18:17.799Why would you want them to deveneit? I'll mark their product down19500:18:17.799 --> 00:18:23.799because you figured that's not what youwant to pay. Put the show another19600:18:23.839 --> 00:18:29.160foot and flip it. If youwere selling something and you had a specific19700:18:29.200 --> 00:18:32.920price that you want to sell itfor, won't you want somebody to pay19800:18:33.039 --> 00:18:37.960you that price that you said versustrying to dumb you down, for them19900:18:38.000 --> 00:18:41.480to pay you what they think thatyou should sell it to them for?20000:18:45.400 --> 00:18:52.440I think about that now. I'mnot. I don't have a degree in20100:18:52.519 --> 00:18:56.640marketing one on one or anything ofthat particular nature. But it's just common20200:18:56.680 --> 00:19:03.680sense, people. It's just commonsense. To me, it is.20300:19:06.920 --> 00:19:11.160So I want to send a shoutout to all of my some of my20400:19:11.200 --> 00:19:19.559favorite small businesses right now, fromJoe's eats treats to veiled by Tea Boutique,20500:19:19.920 --> 00:19:29.160to hold your crown, to sweethhands bakery, to DS sweetness and20600:19:29.279 --> 00:19:38.759catering company, any too, thankingfor a few others here that I know20700:19:41.640 --> 00:19:47.920I give you. I give youa longer list later on or, Betty20800:19:48.000 --> 00:19:49.920yet, at the end of thispot, I'll add. I'll add more20900:19:51.000 --> 00:19:52.920to that particular list, but thoseare the biggest ones off the top of21000:19:52.920 --> 00:19:57.519my head, because I've dealt withthese, these small these businesses are lot21100:19:57.559 --> 00:20:03.160on a consistent basis. I've talkedabout them and I'm a getting some of21200:20:03.160 --> 00:20:08.759their big I'm one of their biggestsupporters. So again, you know,21300:20:11.079 --> 00:20:15.359for all of the small bitches thatare out there that are trying to establish21400:20:15.400 --> 00:20:21.319themselves, to try to build uptheir clientele or just let's let's just all21500:20:21.359 --> 00:20:30.480pull together and support these businesses.Let's do this because again, you never21600:20:30.599 --> 00:20:34.240know, you never know how youcan be a blessing to these people are21700:20:34.359 --> 00:20:37.279high. In turn, they canflip it and end up being a blessing21800:20:37.359 --> 00:20:42.759to you because they remember that,hey, you supported me, you supported21900:20:42.799 --> 00:20:45.400me when I was trying to buildmy business. And if they make it,22000:20:45.519 --> 00:20:51.839you never know, they made notforget you and and hire you or22100:20:52.240 --> 00:20:53.680or want to put you on theirboard, or whatever the case may be.22200:20:53.839 --> 00:20:57.880You never know. Again, younever know. You you never know,22300:20:57.960 --> 00:21:03.680because God is in the midst ofall of this. So if you22400:21:06.000 --> 00:21:10.359take the time to patronize these businessesand be a blessing to them, we22500:21:10.440 --> 00:21:14.680never know how God, in turn, allowed the end to be a blessing22600:21:14.720 --> 00:21:23.880to you, because you you were. You know what I mean, my22700:21:23.960 --> 00:21:30.640people, my people, I lovey'All. I swear love y'All. That's22800:21:30.680 --> 00:21:34.000my time for the day. Everybody. I know we only had one part22900:21:34.119 --> 00:21:38.720this week. Went and feeling mybest all weekn was. It was just23000:21:38.920 --> 00:21:44.079crazy as far as working everything,but you will get to in this upcoming23100:21:44.119 --> 00:21:48.079week. I promise you that wehave a special guest coming up, also23200:21:48.319 --> 00:21:52.559very soon, so be on thelookout for that episode. But just remember23300:21:52.680 --> 00:21:55.240you can get us and you canlisten to US wherever you listen to or23400:21:55.240 --> 00:22:00.720wherever you get your podcast. Webroadcast on apple podcast, Google podcast,23500:22:00.920 --> 00:22:06.440spotify, overcast, pocket cast,breaker, I heart radio, Deezer,23600:22:06.640 --> 00:22:11.000stitcher, among many others. Andagain, you can listen to us on23700:22:11.079 --> 00:22:17.039apple podcast, Google podcast, spotify, overcast, pocket casts, radio,23800:22:17.160 --> 00:22:23.240public stitcher. These are I heardradio and many, many other platforms.23900:22:25.400 --> 00:22:29.680I want to thank everyone for allof their overwhelming support of our last episode.24000:22:30.359 --> 00:22:33.160It was one that was really,really near did but you all know24100:22:33.279 --> 00:22:41.400that. I appreciate all of theemails that you sent in. Before we24200:22:41.440 --> 00:22:44.279go, I want to I wantto say this. A lot of you24300:22:44.319 --> 00:22:52.079all sit me this week since ithappened, emails about possibly talking about the24400:22:52.799 --> 00:23:00.279Chris Rock Will Smith incident at theOscars. Look, I'm not going to24500:23:00.279 --> 00:23:04.759talk about it. I'm not.I have no opinion on it, one24600:23:04.799 --> 00:23:10.240where the other. I can seeit from both sides. I'm just not24700:23:10.279 --> 00:23:15.759going to subscribe to it. I'mnot because the whole thing is ridiculous and24800:23:15.799 --> 00:23:21.680we've made it into more than itactually is. As like with everything,24900:23:21.680 --> 00:23:23.359we all in time to have anopinion about it, one with the other,25000:23:23.400 --> 00:23:27.640but we don't know all of theintricate details of everything. We may25100:23:27.759 --> 00:23:36.839never know of what cause that togo the duration that it did. We25200:23:36.880 --> 00:23:41.279don't know. So I was unfortunatelythat it happened to with it. It25300:23:41.359 --> 00:23:45.400did, but again, I haveno opinion about it one way the other,25400:23:45.640 --> 00:23:48.599and I'm going to take the timeto apologize to those that wanted me25500:23:48.799 --> 00:23:52.680to give my input on it,to go in detail about it, but25600:23:52.799 --> 00:23:59.599I am not. I'm not goingto talk about it. I want to25700:23:59.599 --> 00:24:02.799talk about more positive things here oncurrently under construction right now. That's not25800:24:02.839 --> 00:24:10.319something that's very positive or that touchesme personally, you know. So I25900:24:10.440 --> 00:24:15.039love you all and I appreciate thatyou all wanted me to quee in on26000:24:15.119 --> 00:24:22.400it, but I'm not going to. Okay, and I love you.26100:24:22.640 --> 00:24:26.079I love you still and I hopethat you still love me, even though26200:24:26.079 --> 00:24:29.880that I'm not. But again,that's all that we're going to that's all26300:24:29.920 --> 00:24:33.319the time that we're here for theday and we're going to continue to build26400:24:33.359 --> 00:24:37.480this thing and remember, you know, hey, go pictureize somebody's business today.26500:24:37.839 --> 00:24:41.759Go do that, whether it's instore, where it's online, whether26600:24:41.759 --> 00:24:44.720it's a pop up, whether it'sa food true, whatever the case may26700:24:44.720 --> 00:24:52.480be. Go support a small businessright here, right now, and we're26800:24:52.519 --> 00:24:56.359going to continue to do this thinglike we do every time, because it26900:24:56.359 --> 00:25:00.480takes the village to put this thingtogether and you know, all know that27000:25:00.519 --> 00:25:03.720you are my village and we're goingto continue to build this thing together,27100:25:03.880 --> 00:25:07.640you and I, step by step, one break at a time, come27200:25:07.839 --> 00:25:11.519down the construction. I'll talk toyou all again in a few days.27300:25:11.640 --> 00:25:12.319Y'All, have a great day today, go out to get out of27400:25:12.359 --> 00:25:15.599George to day, get out andenjoy it, but I talk to you27500:25:15.640 --> 00:25:18.960all soon. I love you.Peace,