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== Thanking Retro 51 ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Before we continue on, I just want to say thank you, Retro 51. Retro 51. It was a joy. I hate that it's goodbye. Maybe it's not. It feels kind of like it is with all the retirement talk. It feels like we're done.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I think it's goodbye for Retro 51 as we know it. Because it just, you know. And you know what? Like, go for it, right? Like, you deserve it. You've built an incredible company. No one should have to work forever. Do it. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. And I echo Brad, like, one of the reasons I'm sitting here right now is because of that company. Like, they sparked in me a love of a different kind of design and an individuality. And I absolutely love this company. Like, the amount of pens that have been built on the back of this pen is unbelievable. Like, there is an entire industry of pens made around the Schmidt refill now, which nobody would care about if it wasn't for the Retro 51. Right? Like, that's how people know about that refill is because it's used in that pen. You know? Like, there are so many friends of mine who have said, what pen? Oh, I'm thinking about getting a nice pen. I know you like pens. And I tell them to get the Retro 51 and people still say to me, like, oh, I got one of those retros because of you and it's so good. And like, I know because it's a well-made pen with a wonderful refill. So, you as a company will be, like, devastatingly missed. Yep. So, I guess thank you for increasing the value of my collection.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I didn't think about that until people started mentioning that. I was like, oh, well, maybe, I guess. I don't know how that works.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Now they won't be available anymore. I guess we'll all apologize to Schmidt because Schmidt's bottom line is about to implode on itself. You know? The real losers here are Schmidt. Yeah. Yeah. But thank you. And if you want to sell the company to me and Brad, please, you know how to get in touch with us. We would love to buy your company.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Not a joke.

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'''Brad Dowdy:''' Mm-hmm.

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