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== Manufacturing Difficulty ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' So Brad, can I just take a quick pause here to say that manufacturing is the hardest thing in the world?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Hey, I mean, I'm going to just have to get the T-shirt made, right? Manufacturing is hard. How many years have I been saying that?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I know.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You don't know it until you know it. And then you're just like, oh boy, do you know it? Oh, God.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Just that some things seem like they would be so easy.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Manufacturing is hard. Words to live by. I mean, that's for real. So yeah, we'll talk about that more. Yeah. We'll have to, you know, well, there's always manufacturing things coming up.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Coming up out of the woodwork, if you will. And just never know until you know.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So I hope in these weeks, huh? That's what you're going to go for.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I would. We're probably like in the 90% certainty. You know, there's more things to go through. I'm going to see what Kakugo does with the G-Bun lineup this year. They've, in the past, they've been a little bit overly complex layouts for me. Like, not overly complex, but too many things I wouldn't use. Right? That's the kicker. Right? I don't want too many wasted pages in the planner. That's why these types of layouts that I've talked about with the Sumkin that I've been using in the weeks. You know, there's not too much in there that I wouldn't be using. So, like, I don't want a bunch of extra stuff. So I want to see what G-Bun Techo does this year just as an option. And there'll be some other, all kinds of planners, you know, that I won't know about. You know, there's a, especially the Japanese planner market. You know, there's, I've seen catalogs and all kinds of crazy things coming out. You know, Midori and, I forget the one, David's. I forget what they're called. I don't know. So, yeah. No, we're looking at the weeks. And then there'll be a lot of things, like, in September timeframe I'll look at. But one last thing, and before I, you know, belabor this point too much, that Hobonichi stuff will be sold out by, like, December. Right? So, if you're interested, and I don't say this kind of flippantly, like, they really do sell out of, like, the best stuff before the years. The current year is out before you even start into the next year. Then there'll be some continuing, like, I bought my Sumken, like, in January. You know, there'll be plenty of options for you. But, like, the big brands, like Hobonichi and Kikuyo and all them, they'll sell out of this stuff. Like, it's probably their biggest time of the year is probably September when this stuff launches because people know it's not going to be around in March of 2020. It just doesn't exist anymore.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, that's why I got to decide now, Myke. So, it's looking like the week, so I'll be keeping an eye on when they launch. Usually late August, early September, something like that.