Mike - these videos need to come thicker and faster... dude - it’s like a drug to the likes of me and you’re holding out! PS - I have a 2 year old son and I hope to emulate you’re fatherly support in his endeavors when the time comes. You may think we come for the plane (particularly us pilots) but the truth is you give much more. Thank you.
As a long time viewer, former pilot (medical gone), and aviation fan, all I can say is that there are thinkers; engineers, draftsman, designers, machinists, welders, craftsman, Carbon fiber experts, artisans and pilots. You sir are all of the above and then some. Thank you for bringing us along on your journey. I am humbled.
No kidding. Agreed. I have two airplane projects I’m doing and I always feel like a slacker when I’m home and watch one of Mike’s videos. I feel compelled to return to the hangar and “get back to work” 💪
Never have I been so "Involved" in the detailed and thoroughly "Explained" building of anything outside of my work... I am lovin this from the very beginning ... I grew up in a machine shop so there's very little that I don't savy the how and why of. I had to quit flying (6444L Grunman American) when my depth perception faded away ... Thanks Mike, you light up my life ....(I'm 81 this year)!
Just watched your video of your wife’s first solo tail wheel work!!!! Went much better than my first went,for sure. I figured she would do great, how can she not.. when the first thing that concerns her after exiting the Draco crash is that she has a broken Nail you know she is going to be fine Keep them coming Be Safe Theron
Your videos go to the top of the pile of things to do whenever they show up. I immediately notify my Dad (99 year old pilot that doesn't fly anymore) because we enjoy you as a topic of conversation. Thanks so much.
Mike ... Absolutely the finest door to every be put on a CUB. We were able to view the door and reflection in the left window during the taxi run-ups, so knew they were completed. I can hardly wait to see the wings. Love all your videos. Trust you and your family have been safe from the COVID. I've viewed all 36 of your previous Scrappy videos numerous times, and now #37 once. At 81 years of age, I dream alot. Thanks much for your channel, which helps with those dreams. All the best ... Dave
Glad to have you join in, David. 3 of our kids have had Covid and are over it now. No serious complications. I hope you’re well also and able to avoid it. Best to you. 🤗
I am always so excited when Mike drops a video, so excited that as I'm watching it I keep looking at the timeline hoping it's not even 1/2 way over yet ;-) Man every box is checked here: Amazing work ethic, Exceptional engineering, Jovial and precise delivery of content and no current event/political whispers/undertones...absolutely perfect body of work!
I walked away from my wife while she was in mid sentence so fast has i saw this notification. Just so you know Mike..... whenever you drop the wings videos ill be clocking out of work next. Love it!
I remember coming across the draco build and I was hooked the engineering, craftsmanship and level of detail put into your builds is top notch! Definitely motivational and inspiring to watch you work mike! Thanks for doing what you do!
Hey Mike, love your build videos and this is coming from someone who is not in general aviation or any aviation for that matter. Your ability to solve problems in a creative and engineering way is always satisfying to watch. Can’t wait for the next instalment of the Scrappy build.
You continue to amaze me. I don't know how you do it. Some musicians can 'see' tones, artists can visual finished works even before they start. You see solutions to problems that most people just accept as 'that's the way it is.' Your ability to design in your head, at least that's the way it comes across, is amazing. I couldn't even begin to think about doing what you do. I couldn't even begin to know where to start to see the answers for all your issues. Kind of like Al Mooney? Clyde Cessna, and even Bill Piper? An aircraft designer who refuses to follow the standards, and does things better. You are a driven man, Mikey, and the world is a better place for it!
Mike, did you know you have 23 hours, 30 minutes, and 37 seconds of videos on your channel here, as of today? (if I added correctly) I just finished watching them all this evening, oldest to newest, binging off and on over the last month. Thanks so much for posting them all... what a wonderful ride! Thanks too for teaching me all sorts of fabrication techniques, showing me all sorts of tools I didn't know existed, and for your enthusiasm and energy! I just love watching you work, seeing what you can make, and seeing what I can learn. Looking forward to the next 24 hours of your videos! Thanks Mike!
I don't know many human crafted machines that are incredibly, beautifully detailed from up close, and from afar blow your hat off, and drop your jaw from how awesome they are!!! This Scrappy series is a blast to follow!
I'm an out of work oilfield worker. I got laid off June 2020 from Halliburton in Prudhoe Bay, AK. I live in Idaho Falls. I just found you on the tube of you and really enjoy watching. I'm not a pilot but spent a lot of time in planes. Keep up the good work!
I'm always puzzled how Mike jiggles work life balance while still seeing his family 👪 Truly amazing chap with endless energy. Just hope he doesn't burn himself out!! I've seen it happen & I've seen a friend work himself to an early grave
Such beautiful craftsmanship. Growing up working in my dad's custom cabinet shop gives me extra appreciation for getting to watch the process in action.
This is one gorgeous, handcrafted, one off airplane that no one has ever seen and may never see another one like it. So well built...blue-printed and balanced...it is a masterpiece. I hope I get to see it fly at an airshow one day! Stay safe and God bless!
Mike, I'm not binge watching the Scrappy build sheet watching your Draco videos 2 years ago and I can tell you that it's way up in my liking than some TV shows. Thanks very much for sharing all the build with us. Back to wo... watching more build videos
In the Mechanical Engineering Technology program I am in, we use both Autocad and Solidworks. I look forward to your design lessons and always love to see snippets of your Solidworks files. Thank you for the inspiration!!!
I'm running out of superlatives for the work you do. So I will just make it simple. There's a reason why you are where you are in life right now. And that's you, Mike, you are the reason. Good to hear from you and that door would satisfy anyone.
My goodness that's a door and a half! The work the detail the quality of workmanship and most importantly the strength with lightness that is alot of knowledge in composites 👍
A multi million dollar plane built around a 75 thousand dollar cub ? All Mikes projects are personal planes they will never be available for production or sale ! A rich mans hobby. His work and passion is awesome
Mike Patsy. Pilot/Craftsman of the year, he’ll of the decade. 👍 you should be on the cover of any flying magazine every month. Nobody builds like Mike Patey. Mike don’t you enjoy flying what you built?
Great to see you back to work on Scrappy! I think I speak for a lot of us when I say I've been checking everyday for a notification, lol. Keep up the awesome videos and work! Can't wait to see what comes next.
Mike, your enthusiasm is contagious! You're also meticulous with your design detail, and an example for anyone making anything, not only aircraft. Thanks for keeping us in the loop. 🙂👍
Watching your videos over the past two years has inspired me to get my private pilot license. Come to find out I'm now learning in a Cherokee that is in a hangar 50 feet from yours. Would be a blast to run into you some day!
@@ChandraSlyFoxPatey Will do! You all are the best and I can't wait to scrappy in the air (in person would fulfill my life though lol) and all the builds that are next! Back to work!
I admire you obsession for perfection, you definitely lay awake at night working through problems and ideas, that’s clearly obvious. No way you could do this without obsessing this. Love the videos!!!
Thanks for bringing us along! Your engineering & creativity is fun to experience! My Dad who we lost 12/10/20 was like that, baffling engineers who he worked with. He basically had an internal cad like imagination, but the ability to create what he saw within.
Awesome!! I felt the satisfaction watching that puppy close and latch shut. There’s just something cool about a well made aircraft door closing and latching shut. Love the soundtrack playing in the background too. Back to work!!
Mike Patey you are with out a doubt an....Amazing man....l really mean that....Thanks for letting us see part of your life on this build....Thanks....!
You're such an inspiration Mike! The care and engineering you put into every single part of this build is just mind blowing, and i bet you have the same amount of passion in all walks of life, including your business, family, friends etc. I want to be like you someday soon, to be so passionate about things, and people, that the fact that life is suffering becomes irrelavant. You really do have a meaningful life, in every facet possible! Lots of love from Singapore!
Mike, honest question--What can't you do? Your design and working skills are simply amazing. I wish my aviator dad were still around to follow your aircraft builds.
It may not be the most stimulating content, but I would loveee to see your work process with Solidworks, or whichever CAD you use for these builds. Even simple tutorials or anything really. I want to get into kit design and this is the closest content to anything like that! Much love
You make a lot of us understand what real people do with their airplanes lol. The fit and finish without the doubt is second to none. Your oral skills are also first class. I don't know if you're always that happy but I hope so. Been following this off and on and it's great to see the progress. My airplane is so simple by your standards but it still flies and I still enjoy it. I hope you got your rest. At 59 years old maybe when I grow up I can be a little more like you lol. Doran Jaffas Tailwind W8 Y70
How you don't have millions of subscribers blows my mind. So many people are missing out. I started early on with Draco and went back and got caught up, i wish i had 1/10th of your energy and skills. I own a swimming pool business and you probably could build a better pool. Keep up the great work.
Just incredible Mike! Your body may sleep (occasionally) but your mind must never really sleep. Scrappy is going to be a beautiful aircraft. Thank you, Take care, Be safe.
Man, there's nothing you can't do when you're an engineering genius with all the skills, tools, software and shop at your disposal!!! Amazing! Make or invent anything your mind can dream of! I love watching your videos!!!
Dude I hope in some time I get to build projects like this. You're an inspiration! I'm getting my A & P right now and plan on eventually building my own plane after seeing this.
"okay guys i'm beat, its been a long day (...) I knew if I just stayed late 6 or 7 more hours" ahah Mike is a beast.. talks about 6 or 7 hours of work like its another half an hour! Crazy work ethic! Keep up the good work!
"90% done, 90% to go" - that's the truthiest thing I've ever heard.
That one’s a keeper :-)
I’d buy that T-shirt
Reminds me of: “We’re at the tippy top of the mountain but we’re only half way up.”
It's the 90% to go that separates the men from the boys.
90% of the project takes 10% effort, the last 10% of the project takes 90% of the effort.
Who else has watched every single video on scrappy from the very start. 😁🤚🏼 I haven’t missed one yet.
Likewise
Last week I even binge watched ALL of Mike’s videos.
When there is a lull between videos, I re-watch them.
@@josiatokirina1788 - I’ve seen all of Mike’s videos at least 4 times. Such amazing work, and so inspirational!
Yes, plus rewatching when there’s a couple weeks with no video.
Mike is my hero. As of this writing, 4,100 people just watched a 20-minute video of Mike building a door, and they loved it. Who else can do that!
9hrs later watching it from germany, around 62500 :-) that’s around 115 views per minute...
Mike - these videos need to come thicker and faster... dude - it’s like a drug to the likes of me and you’re holding out! PS - I have a 2 year old son and I hope to emulate you’re fatherly support in his endeavors when the time comes. You may think we come for the plane (particularly us pilots) but the truth is you give much more. Thank you.
As a long time viewer, former pilot (medical gone), and aviation fan, all I can say is that there are thinkers; engineers, draftsman, designers, machinists, welders, craftsman, Carbon fiber experts, artisans and pilots. You sir are all of the above and then some. Thank you for bringing us along on your journey. I am humbled.
What a nice compliment.
The only man that can encourage a guy to go "back to work" on a Sunday
No kidding. Agreed. I have two airplane projects I’m doing and I always feel like a slacker when I’m home and watch one of Mike’s videos. I feel compelled to return to the hangar and “get back to work” 💪
@3am
To all of the kitplane manufacturers out there, I hope you’re paying attention to Mike’s videos. He’s given you all a bunch of free R&D.
100%!!
Never have I been so "Involved" in the detailed and thoroughly "Explained" building of anything outside of my work... I am lovin this from the very beginning ... I grew up in a machine shop so there's very little that I don't savy the how and why of. I had to quit flying (6444L Grunman American) when my depth perception faded away ... Thanks Mike, you light up my life ....(I'm 81 this year)!
Homer, that’s awesome! I’ll bet we all could learn a lot from you too. Have a wonderful #81 🥳.
@@michaelpowell9164 so in other words the build process is over your head. Right?
@@TreeLBollingTreeMan microwave world,short attention span,doesn't enjoy seeing someone enthusiastically solve a problem. Michael is in a hurry...
Just watched your video of your wife’s first solo tail wheel work!!!! Went much better than my first went,for sure. I figured she would do great, how can she not.. when the first thing that concerns her after exiting the Draco crash is that she has a broken Nail you know she is going to be fine
Keep them coming
Be Safe
Theron
Your videos go to the top of the pile of things to do whenever they show up. I immediately notify my Dad (99 year old pilot that doesn't fly anymore) because we enjoy you as a topic of conversation. Thanks so much.
Wow! That’s amazing!! Give your dad a hug from the Pateys. 🤗
Love the attention to detail. Great work again.
Ahoy mate! You're here as well! Why am I not surprised ;-)
Never thought the engineering of a door would be so inspiring
Once again as close to perfection as humanly possible.These videos are so good I’m actually a little sad when they’re over!
Don't worry, he won't stop he'll do something else
That’s not a door that’s an engineered work of art!!! 👍🇺🇸
whole Scrappy is a engineered work of art
Mike ... Absolutely the finest door to every be put on a CUB. We were able to view the door and reflection in the left window during the taxi run-ups, so knew they were completed. I can hardly wait to see the wings. Love all your videos. Trust you and your family have been safe from the COVID. I've viewed all 36 of your previous Scrappy videos numerous times, and now #37 once. At 81 years of age, I dream alot. Thanks much for your channel, which helps with those dreams. All the best ... Dave
Glad to have you join in, David. 3 of our kids have had Covid and are over it now. No serious complications. I hope you’re well also and able to avoid it. Best to you. 🤗
Mike your awesome with all your invitations and you test everything you do personally with purpose.
I am always so excited when Mike drops a video, so excited that as I'm watching it I keep looking at the timeline hoping it's not even 1/2 way over yet ;-)
Man every box is checked here: Amazing work ethic, Exceptional engineering, Jovial and precise delivery of content and no current event/political whispers/undertones...absolutely perfect body of work!
The beauty and precision of the door is astonishing.
I used to nearly fall asleep in almost every class, yet hearing Mike talk about making a door latch has me glued to the screen........................
Life cereal said it best- Mikey likes it💪
I walked away from my wife while she was in mid sentence so fast has i saw this notification. Just so you know Mike..... whenever you drop the wings videos ill be clocking out of work next. Love it!
@D.Dyke,.. hope it was a joke, otherwise it is kind of disrespectful to your spouse,..
@@joopterwijn Mr Obvious
Tighter than two coats of paint!
30 000 ft scrappy. Awsome as always. 💪 👍
I remember coming across the draco build and I was hooked the engineering, craftsmanship and level of detail put into your builds is top notch! Definitely motivational and inspiring to watch you work mike! Thanks for doing what you do!
The appearance and fit of that door is truly impressive, nice work.
I mean... COME ON!! Scrappy will be so insanely nice!! A lot of work from one of my idols!
So much enthusiasm, even in the middle of the night "if I put in another 6 or 7 hours I'd get it done"! Awesome Mike, I love following this build 😁👍
Hey Mike, love your build videos and this is coming from someone who is not in general aviation or any aviation for that matter. Your ability to solve problems in a creative and engineering way is always satisfying to watch. Can’t wait for the next instalment of the Scrappy build.
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After doing all that beautiful machine work on the door linkage, I can't believe you covered it up.
Beautiful everything on Scrappy.
You continue to amaze me. I don't know how you do it. Some musicians can 'see' tones, artists can visual finished works even before they start. You see solutions to problems that most people just accept as 'that's the way it is.' Your ability to design in your head, at least that's the way it comes across, is amazing.
I couldn't even begin to think about doing what you do. I couldn't even begin to know where to start to see the answers for all your issues. Kind of like Al Mooney? Clyde Cessna, and even Bill Piper? An aircraft designer who refuses to follow the standards, and does things better.
You are a driven man, Mikey, and the world is a better place for it!
If Scrappy’s rockin’ don’t come a knockin’! Mike, your patience and and attention to detail are inspiring!
The amount of attention to detail is beyond words. The door itself is a thing of beauty.
That is going to be a beautiful and well engineered plane. Once in the air, you'll never want to come down!!!
Mike, did you know you have 23 hours, 30 minutes, and 37 seconds of videos on your channel here, as of today? (if I added correctly) I just finished watching them all this evening, oldest to newest, binging off and on over the last month. Thanks so much for posting them all... what a wonderful ride!
Thanks too for teaching me all sorts of fabrication techniques, showing me all sorts of tools I didn't know existed, and for your enthusiasm and energy! I just love watching you work, seeing what you can make, and seeing what I can learn. Looking forward to the next 24 hours of your videos! Thanks Mike!
Once again Mike you have done a beautiful job on the window and locking mechanism.
I don't know many human crafted machines that are incredibly, beautifully detailed from up close, and from afar blow your hat off, and drop your jaw from how awesome they are!!! This Scrappy series is a blast to follow!
I'm an out of work oilfield worker. I got laid off June 2020 from Halliburton in Prudhoe Bay, AK. I live in Idaho Falls. I just found you on the tube of you and really enjoy watching. I'm not a pilot but spent a lot of time in planes. Keep up the good work!
And I thought I was a forward thinker ! No chance of even holding a candle to you Mike 😊Perfect !
I'm always puzzled how Mike jiggles work life balance while still seeing his family 👪
Truly amazing chap with endless energy.
Just hope he doesn't burn himself out!!
I've seen it happen & I've seen a friend work himself to an early grave
Such a simple design yet such quality work to perfectly fit. Thanks for sharing Mike. Back to bed!
God Bless you Mike. What a wonderful inspiration you are during these difficult times. Your videos restore my faith in humanity.
Mike your the only human on the planet that can make a 18 min long video on a door! LOVE IT amazing airplane!!
Such beautiful craftsmanship. Growing up working in my dad's custom cabinet shop gives me extra appreciation for getting to watch the process in action.
This is one gorgeous, handcrafted, one off airplane that no one has ever seen and may never see another one like it. So well built...blue-printed and balanced...it is a masterpiece. I hope I get to see it fly at an airshow one day! Stay safe and God bless!
WOW! Scrappy may be the most perfectly designed and crafted bush plane ever created! Well done sir...
The attention to the smallest detail and workmanship is totally amazing....there's only 1 Mike Patey
Mike, I'm not binge watching the Scrappy build sheet watching your Draco videos 2 years ago and I can tell you that it's way up in my liking than some TV shows. Thanks very much for sharing all the build with us. Back to wo... watching more build videos
In the Mechanical Engineering Technology program I am in, we use both Autocad and Solidworks. I look forward to your design lessons and always love to see snippets of your Solidworks files. Thank you for the inspiration!!!
I'm running out of superlatives for the work you do. So I will just make it simple. There's a reason why you are where you are in life right now. And that's you, Mike, you are the reason. Good to hear from you and that door would satisfy anyone.
MIKE! DUDE! Wow you're the man. This guy has skills, if there were any doubts, Scrappy is the proof .!!!!! I can't wait for first flight!
I'm always amazed by how Mike thinks things through
the world needs more innovators like him
My goodness that's a door and a half! The work the detail the quality of workmanship and most importantly the strength with lightness that is alot of knowledge in composites 👍
A multi million dollar plane built around a 75 thousand dollar cub ? All Mikes projects are personal planes they will never be available for production or sale ! A rich mans hobby. His work and passion is awesome
If scrappy is a rockin, Patey is a knockin
Mike, that is probably the most beautiful door and latch system I’ve ever seen you are an artist, and an inspiration as always wow❤️🇺🇸❤️
Mike Patsy. Pilot/Craftsman of the year, he’ll of the decade. 👍 you should be on the cover of any flying magazine every month. Nobody builds like Mike Patey. Mike don’t you enjoy flying what you built?
Great to see you back to work on Scrappy! I think I speak for a lot of us when I say I've been checking everyday for a notification, lol. Keep up the awesome videos and work! Can't wait to see what comes next.
Mike, your enthusiasm is contagious! You're also meticulous with your design detail, and an example for anyone making anything, not only aircraft. Thanks for keeping us in the loop. 🙂👍
This thing should be exempt from “experimental”. The amount of genius engineering is mind blowing.
Amazing as always! You always think of all the details to guarantee the longevity of what you build! Gidday from Australia!
Watching your videos over the past two years has inspired me to get my private pilot license. Come to find out I'm now learning in a Cherokee that is in a hangar 50 feet from yours. Would be a blast to run into you some day!
That’s awesome! Come say hi!!
@@ChandraSlyFoxPatey Will do! You all are the best and I can't wait to scrappy in the air (in person would fulfill my life though lol) and all the builds that are next! Back to work!
@@7meredith7 Thank you so much, look forward to meeting you.
I admire you obsession for perfection, you definitely lay awake at night working through problems and ideas, that’s clearly obvious. No way you could do this without obsessing this. Love the videos!!!
Thanks for bringing us along!
Your engineering & creativity is fun to experience!
My Dad who we lost 12/10/20 was like that, baffling engineers who he worked with.
He basically had an internal cad like imagination, but the ability to create what he saw within.
Awesome!! I felt the satisfaction watching that puppy close and latch shut. There’s just something cool about a well made aircraft door closing and latching shut. Love the soundtrack playing in the background too. Back to work!!
Amazing work. i have been watching this build from the beginning and I hope someday i can meet you and Scrappy in person. simply amazing.
I love, love, love to see the thought process along with execution of the parts you are making. I always learn a little something from each video!
It is always a great day when Mike uploads a new RUclips video!
one of the very few channels that I will drop everything im doing when ever a new upload shows up!
Man she is just art can't wait to see her fly
The true genius is able to convey wisdom to the average person. Thank you Mike.
Mike Patey you are with out a doubt an....Amazing man....l really mean that....Thanks for letting us see part of your life on this build....Thanks....!
Wowza. Smart engineering right there. I'm in awe. Magic Mike. Take building aircraft to a new detailed level. Thanks for sharing. Regards
You're such an inspiration Mike! The care and engineering you put into every single part of this build is just mind blowing, and i bet you have the same amount of passion in all walks of life, including your business, family, friends etc. I want to be like you someday soon, to be so passionate about things, and people, that the fact that life is suffering becomes irrelavant. You really do have a meaningful life, in every facet possible! Lots of love from Singapore!
Mike, honest question--What can't you do? Your design and working skills are simply amazing. I wish my aviator dad were still around to follow your aircraft builds.
I love the thought put into that door.
another fantastic design and build and looks unbelievably beautiful
It may not be the most stimulating content, but I would loveee to see your work process with Solidworks, or whichever CAD you use for these builds. Even simple tutorials or anything really. I want to get into kit design and this is the closest content to anything like that! Much love
I love watching that too.
I need MOREEEEEEE! I need to feed my Mike Patey video addiction!
Nice fitment Mike those door handles work really well, easy fix and it looks great too.
I love how in depth you are with everything you fabricate.
It amazes me that you have the confidence in your work to get in it and fly it.
This video gave me some extra energy. Can’t wait for the next one.
You make a lot of us understand what real people do with their airplanes lol. The fit and finish without the doubt is second to none. Your oral skills are also first class. I don't know if you're always that happy but I hope so. Been following this off and on and it's great to see the progress. My airplane is so simple by your standards but it still flies and I still enjoy it. I hope you got your rest. At 59 years old maybe when I grow up I can be a little more like you lol.
Doran Jaffas
Tailwind W8
Y70
Mike is truly living the dream!
Glad your still working on what you love.
How you don't have millions of subscribers blows my mind. So many people are missing out. I started early on with Draco and went back and got caught up, i wish i had 1/10th of your energy and skills. I own a swimming pool business and you probably could build a better pool. Keep up the great work.
Just incredible Mike!
Your body may sleep (occasionally) but your mind must never really sleep. Scrappy is going to be a beautiful aircraft.
Thank you,
Take care,
Be safe.
Only Mike Patey would find so much to engineer (brilliantly) on a door handle :-)
Man, there's nothing you can't do when you're an engineering genius with all the skills, tools, software and shop at your disposal!!! Amazing! Make or invent anything your mind can dream of! I love watching your videos!!!
A work of art. I say the same thing every time.
Exquisite in design and execution! Great work, Mike! Thanks for another amazing Scrappy build video!
Awesome video like always and thank you for making our Sunday great with the new episode can’t wait to see what’s next
FINALY. It feels the years since your last video. I thought I had miss some. Glade your back.
Dude I hope in some time I get to build projects like this. You're an inspiration! I'm getting my A & P right now and plan on eventually building my own plane after seeing this.
Looks awesome....Mike....
Good night!!
Beautiful door. Love how your hinge, latch and door seal work, well engineered.
Hey Mike, the people who dislike your videos must be jealous about your talent. Keep up the good work!
Mike, you not just and engineer and mechanic, your an artist!!! Beautiful work!!!
Awesome Mike, ready to see the engineering you put into your wings.
"okay guys i'm beat, its been a long day (...) I knew if I just stayed late 6 or 7 more hours" ahah Mike is a beast.. talks about 6 or 7 hours of work like its another half an hour! Crazy work ethic! Keep up the good work!
More masterly craftsmanship. Mike Patey, you're a genius and an inspiration!