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And the idea that motorists would throw beer and soda cans at runners is crazy. Yeah. Totally wild. So back to this financing issue. As you can imagine, the only way to grow as a company with the set of operating constraints that Blue Ribbon Sports has is through financing. And the only way to get financing in Portland, Oregon in those days was to go to Oregon regional banks.