Opportunity comes in Unexpected Places

He went to one of our managers who knew where I lived, said, hey, you know, I just want to pass along this message. I don't know what he's got in mind, but Butch said he wanted to talk to you. And I was like, wow, that's weird. So I talked to him, and he said some nice things about me. And then he said, look, I'm. I've been going up and down in my life. Different owners of this company, different things in my life. He's like, I. I really. I really want to do something different, and if you are ever thinking about starting a business, I would like to be a partner with you. That was really, really out of left field and so important, Richard, because at that time, like I said, I was really. I had no idea what I was going to do. And him saying that to me. And even though I didn't know him well, I knew he was a serious guy. I knew he had a lot of talent. And that gave me confidence to say, okay, well, maybe I can turn those drawings and those thoughts that I mentioned before into something.