The welcome to make sh*t it happened. This is episode number 156. Hey, guys, today I brought in Mark Hopson. Mark really kind of,  I met Mark 22 years ago. And when I had a small store in Almeda Mall. And throughout the years, Mark taught me a lot about furniture directly or indirectly. And, you know, he has great knowledge about the furniture industry. He's been you don't find somebody who has worked the same job for 44 years, been with the same company 44 years. And Mark Hopson is one of them. Mark is a native Houstonian, seen, you know, the business landscape change, the furniture industry change. And I wanted to just talk to him, have a conversation with him and just shared with people that want to know about the furniture business without further Ado. Here goes, Mark Hobson.