Bob: Okay, okay, I'm taking too much of your time now. You got to save some of that love for our other honoree, Mike Heck.
Mike: Uh, yeah, oh, okay. [chuckles] [clears throat] I still don't get why I'm up here. Uh, maybe I-I-I just don't get it. But, you know, I had to lay off four guys a couple months ago, and these were all guys with families, you know? So it doesn't feel right to be honoring me when I couldn't find a way to save their jobs. And, you know, I mean, am I am I gonna have to lay off 10 more? I don't know. Look around the room. It's like, "Hey, is he next? What about her?" But, hey, in this economy, we're all just hanging on by a thread, right? I mean, look, everyone loves Bob Branderson here, but they could, you know, hire some outside accounting service, and then, uh, he'd be out of a job. Hell, the whole quarry could close. It's a threat that we live with every day. So maybe longevity is something that should be recognized? I don't know. Just saying, uh, it seems weird to me. But, uh, it is what it is. So... yeah. I'll.. I'll... I'll put this somewhere. [scattered applause]