All right, congratulations. We are live. All right, cool. So, um, wow, I am backlit, aren't I? I don't know. I don't know if I can fix that. Sorry, I didn't realize I was quite that, uh, that backlit. Hello everybody. So the, uh, the weather is, uh, has been more tolerable lately, so I thought, uh, I thought we'd take it outside. Mainly just didn't feel like being inside. So, uh, so hi everybody. Hello Andrew Andrew and comic tropes. Nice to see you. Hello, uh, I better put on my glasses. Hello Stone Gate Creations. Uh, and hello, hey, JLS Comics and Cyclonus. So, um, you may get some background noise. The cicadas are being annoying. Hello MCDJACDC. Hello, Rob Vegas. Um, I didn't, I also didn't account for the fact that it's getting dark earlier, so it may be dark before we finish. Uh, hey, it's Byron. Nice to see you Byron, Christian Brooks, and Ben, hello, and G.I. Joe Brough and Agent Chuckles. How do you do? It's nice to see you. Byron haven't seen you in here for a while. I'm really happy you were able to make it. I hope you're feeling well. Hope you're feeling better. Uh, hey there, Cobra Island. So, we are, um, enjoying a, a, uh, a cigar. It's, I, I almost poked the hot end with my, uh, with my finger. That would have been bad. Hello, Thane Woods and Lone Star Viper. Yes, Mackarot. Yeah, that is correct, Josiah. How do you, how do you do? Hello, Matt Rubin. It is a good day. It is a good day. Uh, hi, Sparkster. Um, yes, um, enjoying the time in the, in the sunshine. Uh, yes, a giant, yes. Um, uh, there's, there's actually stuff to talk about today. Uh, so we'll, we'll do that. But yeah, I just wanted to, um, uh, to, I wanted a change of settings. Um, I'm a little bit tired today. I did not feel like setting up my camera and microphone set that I usually do. Um, and this just seemed like a more pleasant way to spend the evening. So hopefully the audio comes through. That's the one thing I always worry about is that there's so much ambient noise out here that the audio may be a little more difficult. Um, ever lose any of your Joe's as a kid? Thank you, comic tropes for the super chat.  Nice to see you. Hello Nyquist. Uh, hello Lester. I almost didn't see you there. Um, yeah, I lost a ton of them. Um, we would often take our, uh, our toys over to friends' houses and, um, we'd always play with them outside and inevitably something wouldn't make it back in. Um, like, like my original Duke figure, I still don't know what happened to it. It may have been broken or it may have just been lost. Uh, but all I know is, um, after a while, Duke was gone and I had to replace him with a Tiger Force Duke. Oh, uh, Cobra Island has a nano viper video. That's awesome. Hmm. Speaking of videos that are up, um, I have to say congratulations on the 10th anniversary of half the battle. Congratulations on, um, uh, to Timmer for 10 years of videos. That's fantastic. Um, Timmer's 10th anniversary review went up, uh, today. So if you haven't checked that out, make sure you check it out. Um, if you'd like to check it out now, I'll pause. I'll let you go do it. You can come back. Nothing will happen. Don't worry. Um, but congratulations Timmer. 10 years. Uh, that's great. I really like his show. Plus, I just, I like Timmer as a person. He's been a great friend to me. Uh, he's worked with me many times and, uh, and it's been a great working relationship, but he's also been a really good guy, a good guy behind the scenes. So, um, so check out Timmer's 10th anniversary review. It is a review. It's a special review. So, uh, check it out. Hello Jenna. Nice to see you Jenna. Um, so, yeah, I'm in the great outdoors. It's technically outdoors. Well, technically there is a roof over my head. There's like a little, uh, uh, a little, uh, little thing there. So, you know, but I can, I can see the sky. Greedo buried into sand. Now I did lose specifically, I did lose some Star Wars figures into sand. Um, it's a really boring story, um, about that. Oh, thank you. Thank you. I did get my, I got my ears lowered. Um, yeah, well, um, when I was, I guess had to be about seven or eight years old. Uh, the family took a trip, a summer trip to Canada. I can't remember exactly where, but I was really young. So I didn't know the geography that well, but we went to Canada. And, um, we went to what was a ski resort, but it was in the summer. So there wasn't snow and they were building like a, uh, a sandy, uh, beach for a, like a swimming area. So there's a sand out there. So of course we took Star Wars figures out there to, to play, you know, Tatooine. Uh, and that's where I lost my Boba Fett figure. Uh, my Boba Fett got, my Boba Fett figure got buried in the sand in Canada and lost forever. Uh, so that, that's my one story of a figure getting lost in the, um, in the, uh, in the sand. Um, and that's the main thing I remember from that trip. I was pretty young at the time though, but I hate, I can legitimately say that I've been to Canada. That's the true statement. But I also remember it was like, um, yeah, the Sarlacc got him. Um, the, uh, um, like, I believe that, um, GI Joe was out at the time. So I think we were getting into GI Joe, but Transformers was still really big at the time too. So we still got, occasionally got some, uh, Star Wars toys. Did I say Transformers? I meant Star Wars. Used to chuck figs in, uh, traffic for battle damage. That would indeed cause battle damage. That's awesome. Hello jump in general. How do you do? Hello Doruti. How do you do? Um, so, one downside of doing, um, the live stream this way is that I can't put the, um, the live chat on the screen. Uh, so you can see it, you know, on your screen as you go. But I can see it on my screen. Um, so, uh, yes, news. First and foremost, congratulations to Timmer for 10 years of half the battle. That dude has been doing GI Joe reviews longer than I have, and he will probably still be doing it after I'm done. After all, my project has a limit, right? It has a finite set of things to, uh, to, to review. Uh, but Timmer is, is, can be is, can go on as long as he wants. So Timmer will probably still be doing GI Joe reviews long after I'm done. Uh, so congratulations Timmer. Um, I really like the show. And like I said, I like Timmer as, uh, as a person. He's a good guy. Um, all of my interactions with him have been positive. Um, and if you like to support good guys on the internet, um, he's, he's a good one, uh, to, to check out. Uh, hello, Tony Jackson. Nice to see you there. Joe ziplines. Um, let's see. Tomax and Zemot came with that zipline, but there was also the rope walker. Anybody remember like the action pack rope walker? Um, I believe I have it now, but I didn't have it at the time it came out. And I've never actually tried to see if it works. I'm very curious though. It's not exactly a zipline, but it's, you know, it's, it's, it's sort of the same idea. Um, yes, the charity drive. That's a big thing that, uh, that Timmer does every year. And I will be, I will be participating in that as it comes around. Uh, Chris said he had the rope walker and Rob says the rope walker works. That is cool. That is cool. I gotta try mine. I gotta dig it out though. It's in a, it's in a, uh, a storage container in some, in one, in a closet somewhere. Um, that is a challenge having less storage space is that, uh, stuff gets put in places because it has to fit somewhere and it's not always convenient to find again when I need it. But also I have to dig it out and, uh, try out the rope walker, uh, myself. It's, it's, um, it's a unique idea for a vehicle. Um, uh, Chris says, do you like the new o-ring figures from Hasbro Post? Well, I only have a couple of them and I, I did like the ones that I had. Um, I would like to get my hands on the Duke and Cobra commander, but I have not been able to do that yet. Just lots of things going on right now. I haven't been able to do a lot of collecting lately, but, um, but I'd like to, I'd like to check them out. I'm very curious about, um, you know, about how they, excuse me, how they reconstructed those, uh, those figures. So I did like the, uh, the Cobra soldier and the Cobra officer that they, that they did and when I say I like them, um, the vintage figures are better. Let's, let's be clear about that. The vintage figure were better, uh, but they're nice reproductions, you know, a little bit modernized, but still using what appears to be the same mold. So yeah, they're right. They're all right. And I definitely like them better than the retro figures that were based on the 20th anniversary, uh, series or the 30th anniversary, the modern series. Um, um, yeah, Tony, um, oh, that's another point of news. Thank you. Not about, not about Kevin. First of all, let's take a moment to observe our lack of form BX 257. We haven't heard from form BX 257 in quite some time. Still haven't heard back from him. I hope he's well. Um, he also was a really good guy and I like him very much. And, um, I, I want, I hope for only the best for him, but I really don't know. I haven't heard anything from Kevin, but that brings up somebody else that nobody has heard anything from lately. Um, has anybody had any contact with Mark Belomo? You know, the guy who did the ultimate guides to G.I. Joe, the big, uh, reference books because, um, Larry Hama was asking if anybody had heard from him because he hasn't been answering emails and, um, he has Larry's toys. Larry gave him his G.I. Joe toys signed, uh, on like a consignment basis. And then nobody's heard from him in a long time. So, and I did have him as a friend on Facebook. Uh, so I checked and he's still there, but he hasn't posted anything in about a year. So, um, that's another person along with, uh, with our, our Kevin, uh, Mark Belomo, I hope you're all right. I hope you're doing well. Somebody would like to hear from you. Uh, uh, the figure six pack, yeah, he, I believe he does, at least did have, um, a job, a teaching job. I'm not sure exactly which university it was, but I believe that was his, his day gig, uh, his main job, but, um, as far as the toy stuff, uh, yeah, nobody's heard from him. And that's a little odd because he used to, he used to post updates. He had projects that he was working on, um, you know, that, uh, he had come out with the, the, the Star Wars reference books and, uh, and I think he was working on like, uh, a website that had a bunch of reference, uh, material on it. And that was going to be a big project, but, um, yeah, he, he had, kind of went AWOL and to my knowledge, nobody's heard from him in any, any format. Uh, hello draws. Who did I miss come in? I guess I get to start talking and I don't see who comes in. Uh, hello Jeff Jones. Nice to see you. Uh, and Tony, um, somebody's hoping that Tony Jackson feels better soon. I, I hope you feel better soon too. I'm sorry I didn't see, uh, that Tony Jackson needed, uh, uh, feel better soon, but also feel better soon for me as well. Hello David Sharp. Nice to see you. Um, uh, yeah, Byron, Byron had, uh, had a little bit of a tough time, but I'm glad things are going well for you. Um, um, yeah, yeah, good, good, uh, Tony. And I hope, I hope you are 100% very soon. Um, uh, hello Dave, Dave F 34. So we've got lots of Dave's here. Uh, we usually have lots of Chris's and Matt's. So, uh, we're going to have a few Dave's, Chris's and Matt's. So the, any of you that are not named Chris, uh, Matt or Dave, you gotta pick one. You know, pick whether your name is going to be Chris, Matt or Dave. We'd like to simplify things in here. So now everybody is Chris, Matt or Dave. Uh, hello Teddy. How do you do? Somebody check on Big Ben since the queen died. Uh, yeah, um, that is, first of all, since, since the royal family is obviously watching, uh, since they check in every week, my condolences to, uh, to, uh, to the family, um, of course, um, one, there we go. One ironic thing is that like most of the, most of my British friends are anti-monarchy. So I'm on my, uh, my British friends, uh, posts, I'm not seeing a whole lot of, a whole lot of mourning. Um, but, but nonetheless, a person has passed away and, you know, rest in peace or, or whatever sentiment that you have. Um, because no matter how silly the idea of having a queen might be to us, as Americans, we must always be gracious. Yeah, we got a, we got King Charles now. How about that? We have a, we have a King of Great Britain, Northern Ireland and Wales for the first time in our lifetime. Hello Renegade Biker. How do you do? King Chucks. Um, Big Gator says half my family is Irish and they've been vocal. I'll bet, I'll bet. Thank you, Timothy, for recognizing the naked gun reference. I, I appreciate it. Yeah, they're gonna have to change all the coins. That's gonna be a hard task because you got, like there are coins everywhere. They're gonna have to check everybody's sofas, collect all those coins and then stamp a new face on them. It seems like a waste to me, but it's not my tradition. So I, what are you gonna see about it? Um, uh, Jumbo General says, when will I be able to display my complete collection? That's a good question. I have no idea. Um, I would need a much bigger space.  Even when I was in the bigger space, the collection had exceeded the amount of display space that I, that I could put together, even dedicating a whole room to it. So, um, I just, I've just accepted the fact that while I can display a few pieces, at least for the time being, a lot of stuff has just got to live in boxes. And at it, I don't like that. It's, it's not only is it inconvenient, I didn't purchase this stuff and collect this stuff just to put it in a box. I wanted to see it and interact with it and show it off and stuff. And I just don't have the space for that. So, um, yeah, but we'll, we'll, we'll see how things go in the future. Um, hopefully things are looking up. I've been working really hard to get things moving in a better direction. Uh, it's been a little bit exhausting, which is one of the reasons why I'm tired this evening. But, um, it's not a bad thing. It's not, I'm tired, but not in a bad way. Um, it's still, um, a challenge to do video stuff. That's, I mean, obviously that is, you had to have noticed that production has, has, has kind of ground to a halt. Um, and, and I will work on that, but it's just, at least for now, we're in a phase where we are doing a lot, a lot of work, um, a lot of necessary work. And when we are not working, we are pretty darn tired, but we'll get, again, we're in a transition phase and things will change over time. Um, and as, as an old person, I've learned to, you know, let these things evolve, things will change. You know, um, I sometimes just gotta let the process play out. And that's what I'm doing right now is letting the process play out so that we can hopefully get back to a more regular routine. Other thing, uh, another thing, comic books, the G.I. Joe comic book published by, uh, IDW, uh, Larry put out a statement and I apologize, but, uh, it would actually, I don't think I can breathe. I, uh, Chris sent it to me on my phone, but I'm using my phone to, to do this. But, uh, the gist of it was that, uh, it was, Larry was saying that, um, you know, the IDW run has gone on for almost as long as the Marvel run did. And that he's been writing these characters that have become his friends for, you know, uh, 40 years now.  The pit may not be in Mach Ball for long. It's kind of hinted at the probability that another publisher will pick it up, um, or that, or that, well, we think that another publisher will pick it up. I think that's the rumor that's out there, but we think that maybe he will be, um, involved in it, uh, in some way that he will continue writing it. Um, so, um, well, we will see. I'm, I just like Larry, and so I want him to be able to do what he wants to do. So, however that ends up for, for G.I. Joe, I think at this point for me is less important than, you know, Larry doing what he wants to do because I feel like he's earned that. Um, but, um, and if, if, if Larry is ready to hang it up, if he's ready to, um, retire from, at least from that, uh, series, then that's great. But if he'd like to keep it going, I hope that he has a chance to keep it going. I'm sorry. There's a mosquito. It's warming in front of the lens there. Um, and okay. Um, anyway, um, yeah, it's, uh, it's only Tuesday, but it's been quite a week. Has there, is there any other G.I. Joe news that I missed? I should do the, I should do this. This should be a new feature, news commentary. You tell me what the news is and I'll comment on it, because I have not been able to keep up with the news very well. The main thing that I wanted to do is what I did at the top of the show is make sure that I mentioned Timmer, um, because, because I'm, I'm very happy for him for persevering, uh, with his show for this long. That's, that's an accomplishment. That's an achievement. That is an achievement that I have not reached yet. So I've got like, uh, I've got, uh, I've got my Tulsa punk rock flea market t-shirt. I've got my, uh, Eskimo Joe's still water cup. I'm rocking the, the local flavor here a little bit. Um, I took, uh, took my kid to the punk rock flea market a couple weekends ago. That was, uh, interesting. You know, it had, they had like t-shirts and, you know, uh, music stuff and arts and, uh, uh, oddities and things like that. Um, but I'm like, I was, and they had, they had some bands, they had some live music, but I was thinking like, if it's really a punk rock show, if you're not stealing this stuff, shouldn't, shouldn't you just be like shoplifting or something? Wouldn't that make it more punk rock? I mean, I, I wasn't directly in the punk scene in my younger days, but I, I knew some of them cause like, still hung around in some of the same circles. Um, and those dudes would, uh, they'd steal anything that wasn't nailed down or they'd smash it.  PUNK ROCK! I hope everything's going all right for everybody. I am actually not, uh, seeing any, uh, live chat and I don't know if that is a problem with my live feed or not. Uh, or if you're just not typing anything, which is also fine. Let's see if I can refresh this. No, I can't. I can't do that. I can't refresh it. What does this do? There we go. Oh, hey, I changed the setting and it worked. Hello, everybody. Who did I miss? Hello, Yojo. Um, hello, Texas from the United States. Hello, man of action. Um, um, pvc diorama. That's cool. Renegade biker. Uh, and, uh, primal savage. Hello, hello. Hey, they gone and Dale and JLS and chewing bubble gum. I'm sorry. I missed all these messages. I'm sorry, guys. Uh, it wasn't displaying on my screen. Come on technology. Hello, Mark Ryan. How do you do? Um, chewing bubble gum says, uh, can you email Emily and tell them to stop trying to make, uh, Joe fans, box formers to get essential o-ring figures? That's actually a really good point. That's actually a really good point. Um, because let's see the, um, the o-ring Baroness came with the, um, transformer his tank, uh, and the, um, o-ring stalker came with the transformer on awestriker. Um, they did come on cards though. So I think everybody's assuming that at some point they will be released separately. Um, if they are not released separately, then we kind of got a problem. Then that's not super cool. Um, I'd like to see that play out a little bit more to see if they do finally get those out because, and they carded them as if they will be either on pegs or released individually. They are, they are carded that way. Um, so like they literally have to do nothing else, no additional packaging to release them individually. So I'd like to see that. If we don't see that, then that kind of sucks. Then, then we do have a little bit of problem because I'm not like, I don't dislike the transformers, but I'm not a Transformers collector. Um, and I would like to be able to get the new o-ring figures, but I am not going to buy a Megatron his tank to get the, the, the o-ring Baroness. Some people will do that, certainly. I am not one of those people. Um, let's see, uh, uh, let's see, uh, Cobra Island has Viper Month. And, um, yes, Timmer had a great video. I was, uh, I was happy to be in uh, the, uh, Timmer's video. Uh, Teddy says, where's faceplate Cobra Commander? I actually did have a guest, the only guest host I've ever had on the show, uh, who actually took over the show for an episode, was a very good friend of mine from Canada, no less, uh, who was the faceplated Cobra Commander. That was the review of the, uh, Buzbor. Um, that's the only time I've ever done that. Um, and that's, that's like one of the rare people that I would trust to do that. Um, but, um, yeah, so, but, but that, that friend is, has still been around, you know, I still talk to him from time to time. I agree with Primal Savage. It's, it's like, whether you, I mean, Larry may go in a direct, uh, hello Kujo, nice to see you Kujo, thanks for being here. Hello Garcia. Um, whether the story goes in a direction you wanted to go or not, you know, everybody has their personal preferences, but, um, Larry has been writing the series for 40 years. It's hard to top that. Um, it would be hard to say that anybody knows the characters better than he does. I mean, he has, uh, been living with them for, for decades. So, um, I do think that other writers can do good stories, but it's always going to be compared to Larry. Oh, okay. Another piece of news that I just remembered. Um, Assembly required Des Moines, Iowa in November. Um, it's a, it's a, it's a convention. It's, it's a smaller show than, uh, Joe Fest, if you're used to Joe Fest, but, um, uh, Ron Wagner. Ron Wagner will be there. I met Ron Wagner last time I went to, um, Assembly required. I got a commission. He's a really cool guy. Thank you, Rob Vegas for the super chat says, Rob Vegas, uh, I'll see YouTube show, uh, looking at the knockoff brand, the core this month. Yes.  Thank you very much, Rob. Thank you very much. I appreciate that. And that's a very good, very good point. Sergeant Slaughter, Slaughter. See, this is why I depend on you guys. This is the news commentary. This, I should have, uh, titled this episode, the news commentary because I'm commentating on the news. Okay. Um, Sergeant Slaughter, Slaughterhouse, um, is a channel that, that covers G.I. Joe, but also covers wrestling and, uh, big, uh, he's a big, uh, Sergeant Slaughter fan. He's had Sergeant Slaughter on the show, along with Kelly Remus, uh, Sergeant Slaughter, Slaughter. Um, he is in Australia. Hello, Matthew. How do you do? He's in Australia and he has started a GoFundMe to take the trip to the United States for Joe Fest next year. I would love to meet the guy in person, so, uh, check out Sergeant Slaughter, Slaughterhouse, uh, for the link to that. And, um, yeah, I would, I would love it, uh, if he could make it. I have already donated to his, uh, his travel fund. Um, so, um, especially if you have any, uh, idea that you might be at Joe Fest next year, you can help, uh, help somebody come from Australia to make it. Um, remember the, the final Joe con? Um, the, the G.I. Joeberg guys came from South Africa. Um, and Kujo was there, too. Kujo, who we saw in the live chat a moment ago, hello again, Kujo. Uh, so that was really cool. Um, it, that's one of the great things about these conventions is you get to really meet some of the people in the community that you talk to, you know, on, um, on the internets here. Rob says, never know who else might pop up at Joe Fest. Well, maybe you know something. Maybe you know something that the rest of us don't know, huh? Um, but yeah, um, the, uh, so, assembly required, um, in Des Moines, Iowa, uh, it's a, it's a nice show. It is, uh, at least it was a little smaller, but it, but there was still a lot of the, um, a lot of our friends were still there last time I went. And so that's a lot of fun. It's a great interaction. It's a great way to meet and hang out with people. And my intention is to go again this year. I have not yet, um, booked my hotel, but I'm gonna work on that. Um, so, uh, yes, um, assembly required and Ron Wagner, who is a heck of a nice guy and still a really good artist and still my, uh, my favorite Joe artist. Uh, Man of Action says, where's the location for the show? It is in Des Moines, Iowa. Des Moines, Iowa. Um, and I wish I remember the dates right off the top of my head. It's in November. Um, and the venue, they, they got a new one. Um, but if you, if you look for assembly or acquired, uh, you should find it and get the details. I'll try to remember to jot down the details before doing the live show. See show prep is what I need to do. Show prep. Man of Action says, uh, my ma lives there. So ma of action lives near Des Moines. That's really cool. Hello, coffee and shame. Nice to see you. Uh, thank you for joining. Half an hour from there. See, that's convenient. She might go to the show. Uh, New England Joe show in October, uh, October 16th. Now I would love to go to the New England Joe show, especially one in October because it's during the football season. That would be an excellent excuse to do, uh, a two purpose trip to new, uh, to, uh, New England to go to the show and to go to a game at Foxboro would enjoy that very much. Um, but, uh, but my travel is going to be a little bit limited for the rest of the year. I actually did a lot of travel, a lot of travel, um, this summer. I did a, I did a lot of travel this year more than usual. Um, and it's been great. I actually really love to travel. I love it. Um, but, uh, but I, uh, I, I may be traveled out for the year. Other than, than, um, assembly required, I really will try to make it to Des Moines. Um, and uh, let's see, uh, Martin says he's going to make it to the so, so Cal Joe show. That also would be a really good one. Um, uh, combat those mosquitoes. I get a, I get a bat house. That way you don't have to get, uh, pesticides or a bug zapper. Uh, yes. All I need is bats. Also, uh, that might inspire me to put on a costume and fight crime. It is really loud on my end. I hope you can hear me, but the cicadas are being very annoying right now. Uh, Draug says I'd love to take, uh, get back to taking road trips or trips again, mis-traveling and seeing cool things. Yeah, exactly. And, um, that's, uh, why I did it.  Um, and it was nice. It was nice. Um, coffee and shame says we're getting the vipers in O-rings. We may be, but I don't know, because I've been a little behind on the news. Uh, call an ace or an airstrike on the cicadas. Yeah, um, it's, you know, it's, it's not, it's, the weather is more comfortable this time of the year. That's why I'm out here right now, but I never account for all the other stuff that goes on. This is why, this is why I don't like doing, shooting videos outside. There's too much you can't control. Too many things, too much chaos. What was the, uh, the, the, the, um, somebody asking if, if the new O-rings have screws. Yes, they do. If, if that was a question, I missed it. Uh, but if that was the question, yeah, the new O-ring figures do have screws in the back. In fact, um, I opened the Cobra Officer, Cobra Viper on the 12 hour, uh, July 4th live stream. So, you know, Joe, just go back and watch those 12 hours, um, to see that. But I did, I did unscrew them. At least one of them. I unscrewed the screw in the back. So you could still do that. You can still do that. Al cicada, yeah. Uh, we were making cicada jokes.  That, you know, you can ridicule the cicadas all you want. Frankly, um, I, I support that. I, I think they, they deserve it. For all, for all the, the mean things they've done to me. Have you ever, you know, have you ever like seen them other than hearing them like up in the trees, but ever actually seen them around, flying around or seen it like one that has dive bombed a, uh, a window and collided with it and is dead on the floor?  Hey, it's peg warmers. How do you two peg warmers? Uh, connection is really bad, dive warmers, pop in. Well, thank you for, for coming in. It's nice to see you peg warmers. Uh, that's another show. Uh, you should not forget to, um, check out, uh, peg warmers. Uh, has a really nice show and a show where a lot of our friends, uh, have been on it. A lot of our friends have been on the show. So, uh, check out peg warmers and, and thanks to peg warmers for, uh, doing things like being a part of Cobra Convergence. That's very nice. Very nice. And, uh, Kevin, um, another really nice guy. Yeah. Newcombe from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. Yeah. Um, when we were kids, like, so they, the cicadas will shed a, a shell, right? And the, the shells will be stuck on trees and we used to play with those as kids. Um, it's just like a little insect shell without the insect. Um, and, uh, so we'd play like they're aliens and stuff, like attacking the action figures. Um, yeah. Um, Cobra Island says Cobra la la la la. It's not Christmas yet. Um, that's right. You can count me out. Cicada da da da da da. See, Tony's got the idea. Um, yeah, um, they, they, um, I kind of hate them. I kind of hate them. Um, I should have put that, I should have put that as the title of this video. Um, game over, man. Um, hello, Dr. No Good. Uh, nice to see you there. Um, let's see. A peg warmer says, in high school, I was really proud of a photo I took of a cicada shell stuck in a tree branch. Yeah, that, see that, that would be, that would be pretty cool with it because like close up, they look like alien creatures. They're, they're, they're kind of freaky. But that's why, like, it would make, like the perfect, like, uh, evil alien monster attacking your action figures. Yeah, great giant bugs to fight against in the sandbox. Yeah, yeah, exactly, exactly. Um, need to introduce drop bears to the USA to eliminate the cicadas. Yeah, bring them on. But it can't be worse than this. Um, actually, like in, in my, um, old neighborhood, not, not the house that I lived in before I moved here, but the one before that, um, there was, um, we had possums and we had skunks.  Um, I got out of there pretty fast. I don't know if you ever smelled a skunk. It's not pleasant. Um, that's worse than cicadas. Vampel, mobile, jump, flak and ram. That, um, wait, I think, uh, man of action is playing, um, jeopardy. Uh, and I'm going to say, what are vehicles from 1982? Vehicle, what are vehicles from 1982? That's my question to the answer that he provided. Uh, Byron says my uncle had a pet skunk. I hope that, like, they, like, took the, the, the stink out of it.  They're, they're quite unpleasant. Yes, that's right. They, uh, he man had a skunk character. Uh, I believe that was stink or, and the action figure gimmick is that it really did stink. Clever idea, clever idea, really sparkster. That's, that's very interesting. I think, I think I would at least stay a few steps back from him. Stink or he really stank. Yeah, see, skunk vipers. Um, yeah, they, they, so, um, you tuned in for the GI show, but what you didn't know is that you would be getting a conversation about the local wildlife. Yo-jo. Um, what is, is there anything else that I forgot to mention? Um, the IDW series, everybody does know that that's coming to an end. Um, that they are doing a cover for issue number 300 that has like 300 characters on it, which is pretty amazing and would have taken a very long time to draw. Um, but, uh, what I was thinking was 300 characters, you could get more than that. All you have to do is include, for instance, regular grunt and tan grunt, include regular clutch and tan clutch include all of the snake eyes, uh, uniform. You know, just, oh, here's a, here's a great way to get more than 300 characters. You include Zartan and Zartan in all of his disguises. You have Zartan and you have Zartan disguised as all of the other characters. You automatically double the number of characters that you can have on your cover. You're welcome IDW. You, you can steal this idea. I don't mind. Um, anyway, I hope, uh, I didn't miss anybody coming in. Hello, Eric. Uh, hello. If I didn't say, uh, hello to you earlier. Hello, photo viper. Nice to see you there. Stink horse smells like patchouli. Yeah, that's, that's what they use to, uh, uh, to mix in the plastic to make the action figures stink. Who comes up with that? See, this is why, this is why I, I appreciate even though it's about as different from GI Joe as you can possibly yet. Uh, but it is wacky. It has just got some strange and bizarre ideas and I have an appreciation for the strange and bizarre. Um, I can appreciate the special kind of madness that it takes to come up with idea, ideas like making an action figure really stink. Cheers to that guy. So thanks to everyone for joining me for this, uh, relaxing, uh, evening under the, uh, the setting sun. Uh, and now the, uh, the light from the light from inside my place is brighter than the light from the outside. So I'm no longer battle it back late, but I'm like, I'm all lit up from this side. So this is some real professional work here, witnessing here. Make sure. Ba-da-ba-da-ba-ba-ba-ba. Yeah. Um, okay. See, all right. Uh, hello, um, AVL Traho. Nice to see you. Um, and hello, James, aka Rat Face. Uh, how do you do? And, uh, David Sharp, um, and, uh, recenter. So, okay, this thing is doing a thing. Okay. Every once in a while it is, uh, it will stop showing the live chat and I've got a, I have to refresh it. So I apologize if I miss out on some of the messages, but on my screen it just like, it's going, it's going perfectly fine and I don't touch anything and yet it just stops working. Um, yes, I, I am, I am in fact lit in, in a manner of speaking. Just this side though, just this side is lit. Um, um, actually Eric, um, I'm having some high quality H2O here. I haven't, I haven't had alcohol in, um, more than a year and a half. I can't remember exactly. This is why I can't, um, give a different time because I can't remember exactly. Yes, um, the, we've got a backer at Cory that we were smoking. Um, uh, but, um, yeah, I haven't had a drink for, it's got to be at least a year and a half. I, I think it was sometime two Januarys ago that, um, that I, that I stopped drinking. So it's just, it's just high quality H2O for me for right now. Um, Abiel says, what's your favorite G.I. Joe figure? Mine, uh, is Stalker. I usually go with version 1.5 because it has a swivel arm battle grip. Um, it may not be the most detailed figure, but it has a lot of sentimental value for me. Um, uh, go, uh, let's see. Uh, yes, I have tried a Churchill cigar. Let's see. Backrest go good with new, um, dream flavor coat. That's interesting. I've not tried that. Thank you for the recommendation. I'll have to give that a try. Um, it's a, and I'm, I'm trying to be healthier. You know, I don't drink alcohol anymore. This is not healthy. Uh, so I'm trying to not do this too much either. You know, the guy, you got to do things in moderation. But frankly, uh, I survived a Tuesday and I think that's a reason to celebrate. Um, so, um, I am, I am annoyed that I haven't been able to get to the regular reviews lately because I really do want to review the thing that I have queued up. I think it'll be a lot of fun. I don't think it'll get a ton of views, but it'll still be a lot of fun. I think quitting drinking helps do four more shows. See, that's, that's a very healthy attitude, very healthy attitude. Joe themed cigars. You know, Gio didn't have a cigar chomping character like Nick Fury. Did they? I mean, they had characters that, um, with tattoos and stuff like that, but, uh, but they didn't promote smoking. That's, that's interesting because a lot of comic books did. A lot of comic books did. Lots of cigar chomping. You got your J. Jonah Jamison. You got your Nick Fury. Um, but yeah, I can't, I can't think of a, a G. I. Joe character that was a cigar chomper. Who said that? Tony says, uh, Firefly or Destro are favorite characters. Those are good. Yeah. Sergeant Rock, Sergeant Rock. That's, yes, that's, that's another good one. Yeah, Sergeant Rock, Sergeant Rock, Joe Kubrick. Um, the Cobra Island, having drank alcohol in all the 60 years. Good job. Well done. Well done. Um, uh, hold on. Does beer count as alcohol? For me, it does. Uh, that is something that I've thought about because I used to really like beer, at least good beer. Um, but, uh, but I've got a good streak going here, you know, I've got a good streak of like having no alcohol at all for quite some time. Do I really want to break that streak? I don't know. I don't know. Um, I didn't, G. I. Joe is somewhat, uh, promote bars. Um, um, well, in a way, um, if you, well, uh, Shipwreck, in the animated series, the team picked up Shipwreck in a Cobra bar, you know, just the average place where, uh, you know, a kid would, would hang out. Thank you, Thane. Um, yeah, I am trying to be a little bit more health conscious, at least in some way. Um, uh, mcdj, ACDC says, I'll drink to you, keep that streak alive. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. I think, thank you very much. Thank you. Um, yeah, Tony says, uh, Cobra drink, yo-jo cola, and bad guys drink great soda. Yeah, uh, they had Cobra cola, they had yo-jo cola, and then they had the great soda and chocolate covered doughnuts. And that I'm pretty sure was always supposed to be like a euphemism for, uh, for adult beverages, but, uh, uh, but they didn't exactly include those in, uh, in the comic. But, but they did have drugs. They did have drugs in the comics because, um, they had, uh, Drug Elimination Force. Remember they had Drug Elimination Force, uh, for, I don't know, about three issues in the comic book in the nineties. Those were terrible issues. I'm sorry, Larry, I love you. I don't think Larry liked those issues. I think they, he was required to put them in. I don't think those were ever his favorite, but, um, yes, they had DEF. So, so the, I mean, they did, they didn't have beer in the, the comic book, but, but drugs. Yes, absolutely. Breaker's Bubble, Bubblegum was the euphemism for cigarettes. That would also make sense. Um, yeah, I, I can see that as well. Yeah. In the early 1900s, smoking menthol cigarettes was supposed to help asthma and bronchitis. Yeah.  Um, uh, I'm not, I'm sorry if I'm mispronouncing your name, but he, uh, says, uh, who do you think Cobra Commander actually is? Uh, Cobra Commander is your mom, didn't she tell you? Um, seriously though, um, I, I, I like the idea of, of Cobra Commander, um, the identity of Cobra Commander being completely absorbed by the, um, by the character or by the persona. I don't think Cobra Commander as an individual, uh, it really exists anymore. I don't think he is, uh, I don't think he really is a separate person. I think he is Cobra Commander. I think that's the only important thing that exists about his personality anymore. Uh, I'm only the hooded version. Hoody for short. Overlord. Overlord, I did a review on that. That's, it's a, it's at least a somewhat interesting character in that Overlord is an attempt to make yet another challenger to the command of Cobra, but it was one that went absolutely nowhere. The used car salesman version. Um, yeah. Um, well, consider this. Like, I've never been a fan of how they handled Cobra Commander in the, uh, in the movie, the 1987 movie, where he was a Cobra Law mutant. It's just not my thing, but, um, um, but I do kind of like the idea that Cobra Commander is Cobra Commander. He doesn't like have another identity. If he ever did, he, he's long abandoned that. He's just, he, he, he is now his ambition, his ambition to rule the world. That's all he really is anymore. Starscream in disguise. That would be, uh, hilarious. Like Starscream trying to like squeeze himself into this little human size uniform.  The, the, the, the 87 animated movie had some different ideas, we'll say. Different ideas. Baron iron claw. That's a fairly obscure one. Yeah. Um, well, hey, listen guys, we've got about a minute and a half. Um, I am going to wrap this up at eight o'clock. Um, no, wait, no, we don't. Hold on. I jumped the gun. No, we got about seven minutes. Looking at the wrong thing. Uh, so we got about seven minutes. I will wrap this up at eight o'clock. Uh, my time. Uh, I, it's been a long day. Uh, I'm kind of tired, but it has been really nice. It's been really nice to, um, to hang out with you guys. Uh, this is my, uh, uh, my favorite time of the week. I always feel better after hanging out and having this, uh, this chat with you. Um, uh, let's see, uh, my fiance is from England and got a vintage Baron ironblood figure. Now, yeah, Baron ironblood, that is, now that is a good point. I, I, I should say, if you, uh, follow the action force continuity, then Baron ironblood becomes Cobra commander, which is actually a kind of a cool story. I actually do like that. I like that a lot better than the Cobra law origin. Um, but, uh, but yeah, that's, that's a good one. That's, uh, thank you for, for, for pointing that out.  Um, I have read some of it. I, I do wish that it were more compatible with the, the US GI Joe continuity so that like they could coexist and like be like one big universe, but they actually do have totally different stories. Uh, Cobra commander has a totally different origin. Uh, Destro has a totally different origin. It's, it's just different, but it's still, it's still really good. It's still, um, really interesting. Um, and I think a lot of it is online now. If you want to go back and read, uh, the action force comics or the battle action force comics, um, it's, it's worth checking out if you haven't, it's, it's a different take on GI Joe. And if you're from the States or Canada, you may be less familiar with it. So, uh, if you have a minute and you want to check out something different, uh, check out action force and, um, and just see how they did that little, a little differently. Now, having said that, um, in the aforementioned IDW series, the, the Larry, comma IDW comic book series, he did include some, um, some action force elements. He did include some of the, um, uh, the red shadows and those characters in the main GI Joe storyline. So some of that has been folded into the, um, like the, the US, um, continuity. So that's another thing that Larry has done is that he's brought in some of the international variants into the main story. Yes, the Robo Skull. Um, and speaking of which, um, there was, uh, I mean, everybody here probably already knows that there was the, the Robo Skull, um, Kickstarter project. So at some point, we should be getting a giant frickin' Robo Skull, uh, which is awesome, but I really want to get a vintage Robo Skull, um, at Joe, at Joe Fest, uh, two, three years ago, holy crap, time fly, three years ago, um, uh, who was it? Roma Collectibles brought a bunch of vintage Robo Skulls to sell at the convention. I was there. I was there, but I had a table. I was at the table meeting and greeting people and I didn't have a chance to go onto the dealer floor and check it out until all of the Robo Skulls except for one incomplete one was already gone and I need a complete one in order to do a review of it. So I was kicking myself because I missed out on an opportunity to get a real complete vintage Robo Skull, even though I was there, I was in the building, but I was, I really was incredibly busy. That was a great weekend, by the way. That's a great weekend. I loved that weekend. It was a lot of fun, but it was incredibly busy and yeah, I just didn't have a chance. I didn't, I just didn't have time to check it out. Yeah, Black Major is an interesting character, a character that switched from the good guys to the bad guys. Yeah, that is interesting, but yeah, absolutely do check out the, the Action Force storyline, the comic book. If you have a chance, it's an interesting read. It really is. It is just a different take on the G.I. Joe story that a lot of us would be familiar with and you might like it. I like it and like I said, I kind of wish that it was more compatible with the American storyline because I'd like to see some of those stories merge and included with our version of G.I. Joe because I like them. I like them a lot. Robo Joe was half Robo Skull. That's true, Jeff. Okay, it is about time. This time I really mean it, so I'm gonna wrap it up here and say good night. Thanks for everyone for hanging out with me on this nice casual outdoor hangout and we will do it again next week. Thank you all for your patience as I figure out how my whole life is going to work with recent changes, but we will get there. In the meantime, let's keep hanging out. Thank you, Drawz. Thank you and thank you for being here, Byron. Thank you everyone for being here. It is a really great scene. It is a really great talking with you. I guess I'll see you guys next week. Until then, keep Yo-Joing. Yo-Jo and only Yo-Jo is Yo-Jo. May the Force be with you. See you, everybody. Good night. Night, everybody.


Next we'll present the Mysterious Traveller. This is the Mysterious Traveller inviting you to join me on another journey into the realm of the strains and the terror by. I hope you will enjoy the trip, that it will thrill you a little and chill you a little. So settle back, get a good grip on your nerves and be comfortable if you can. Where are we going? Today we're going to delve into the strange story of a Chinese bell.  As you shall see in the story I call... Death is the judge. Our story begins in a small curio shop in New York's Chinatown. Dr. John Williams, one of the finest brain surgeons in the Middle West and his wife, are celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary by a trip to New York. They have stopped in at this curio shop for sentimental reasons, just as they did on their honeymoon 20 years before. Oh John, it's the same, it's exactly the same as it was. Doesn't look as if a thing had been sold since we were in here last. It doesn't. If it wasn't that old Key Wong is dead now, I'd be tempted to believe we'd gone back 20 years when we came through the door. Even the smell of incense and ginger is the same. We must buy something, John, even if it's only a trinket, just for sentiment's sake. If you want a trinket, how about this statue of booty, huh? It only weighs about three tons. Oh, silly. But what about one of these bells, John? We need it in a bell. How would this one do? That would be better for a temple gong, darling. Better try again. Oh, I have it. This lovely little bell of rose crystal. Why, why, it's the exact color of that rose crystal pendant, old Key Wong sold us on a honeymoon. The lady has found something that pleases her. Yes, this crystal bell. How much is it? And please don't make the price too high. The price is not high, but the lady would not want it. But I do want it. Why should you think I wouldn't? Once it was a most unlucky bell. Now, it is broken. My honored father, Key Wong, broke it to break the evil fortune that followed it. Broken? Where? Looks all right to me. It is broken because it will not ring. The clapper is gone. That's right, Mary. The clapper is missing. But I can easily have a new clapper made. It is not possible. Only the clapper carved when this bell was carved out of the same block of rose crystal will make this bell ring. Well, that's ridiculous. I never heard of such a thing. We can test it easily enough. I suppose I tap it with this silver pencil. I ought to make it ring. I am happy to have you try. That's odd. It won't make anything, but that dead sound. I'll bet I could make it ring. You're welcome to try. No, I don't mean now. I mean, once I got it home. When my honored father took out the clapper, he meant that this bell should never ring again, and it never will. But why, Samki? Because bell was stolen, and so carried evil fortune with it, and because it is a bell of life. It came from a temple in Tibet. Only llamas were permitted to lay hands on it. But obviously someone else did. That is why it is unlucky. When my father received it 20 years ago, he took out the clapper and disposed of it. I do not know where or to whom. Then why? Just what was he afraid of? He dare not risk having this bell ring, for it belonged to the high lama of the tribe that believed the ringing of this bell will bring the dead back to life. You mean this bell? Yes, yes. You look skeptical, but it is true. When someone died whose life was too precious to spare, this sacred bell was rung beside his body and death. Let go his hold. The dead return to life. You mean you really believe that? It is true, but I have not told the whole story. This carving here upon the bell, it is Tibetan. It says, who rings this bell, cheats death. But death will not be cheated. A little cryptic, I'd say. It means that when the bell is used to rescue someone from death, another o' span of life is not yet over, is taken by death instead. You mean that the grim reaper keeps his quota filled, even if he has to take somebody who's not on his list? It is so, Doctor. John, you're talking as if you believe the whole thing. It's just nonsense, of course. But what a lovely topic for conversation it'll make. I just simply won't leave without this bell now. What if it won't ring? What good is it? I'll make it ring. Leave that to me. If the lady wishes the bell, the price is five dollars. Well, the lady wants it, so she'd better have it, I guess. Oh, I don't want to risk breaking it while we're traveling, though. Can you mail it to our home address? Of course. My name is Dr. John Williams 176. A week later, shortly after, Dr. Williams and his wife had returned home. A small package reached them. As he unwrapped it, Dr. Williams' curiosity was stirred again, and in his study, he tried once more to make the strange bell of rose crystal ring. Hmm, curious. It really won't ring, no matter what I tap it with. Hello, John. Oh, hello, Mary. How are you from the hospital early, dear? Yes, I felt a little tired today, but look what just came in the mail. Oh, why is my crystal bell? Oh, John, it's lovely. It's even more beautiful than I remembered it. Yes, but I'm afraid Sam Key was telling the truth when he said only the original clapper will make it ring. I've tried everything I can think of. The trouble with men, darling, is that they're not logical. What do you mean? Well, if the ball is of rose crystal, a rose crystal clapper should make it ring. Shouldn't it? The logic is perfect, but how can we test it? By using my rose crystal pendant, of course. I'm wearing it this afternoon, so we can try it out right away. Here. See? Hmm, now what? You hold the bell, and I'll tap it with a pendant. All right, tap away, but I bet it doesn't ring. Here, see. Now listen. There. What did I tell you? It did ring. Of course it did. I was sure it would, even if Sam Key's story was true. John, don't you see? Don't I see what? Well, my crystal pendant is the bell's missing clapper. The missing clapper? Good heavens, I almost believe you're right. Well, I am right. As soon as Sam Key told us how his father took the clapper out of the bell and sold it 20 years ago, well, I was positive he'd made it into the pendant that he sold us 20 years ago. It should be impossible, but it certainly looks as if it must be true. After all these years, the bell and the clapper have come back together again. You know, I knew there was something clear about that bell. The minute I saw it, the clearest feeling came over me that I just must have it. I'm not sure that I like that song, Mary. Oh, silly. I know you have believed that story Sam Key told us, but I didn't. Now, I have my bell complete. Now, all I have to do is unfasten the pendant and attach it to the bell again. But, Mary... Help me do it, John. Look, the pendant's loose. It'll come off the chain if I twist it. Yes. Here it is. Mary, are you sure this is wise? Now, if I tie it inside the bell with this thread, darling, please hold it so I can see what I'm doing. There. Now, it's as good as new again. Listen. Mary, I... John. John, what is it? I don't know. I don't feel well. Oh, you're tired, darling. Now, please sit down. Sit down here. I will. I feel better now. It was just a moment's dizziness. You're working too hard at the hospital. That's with the trouble. Well, maybe.   A splendid boy. He looked a lot like our David. But he'll be good for another 50 years now. With luck. Just the same. You must take it easier, John.  Well, that's probably for me, I'll admit.  I'll answer. Hello? Yes, Dr. Williams is here. Who's calling, please? The hospital? Yes, I'll tell him. Goodbye. Mary, what's happened at the hospital? It's an emergency case, John. Another brain operation.  Can't be helped. I'm the only brain surgeon in town these days. Help me get into my coat, will you? Where's my hat? You are here. Now, let me straighten your tie. There, you're ready. I'm going to drive you over and you can relax until we get there. All right, then, but let's get going the almost five miles to the hospital. Nurse, another sponge, please. Here, Doctor. Dr. Williams, the pulse is very faint. The breathing has become dangerously weak. I'll have to try adrenaline. The hypodermic nurse. Yes, Doctor. I'll get it ready. The patient has stopped breathing, Doctor. And there's no pulse. Quick with that adrenaline. We've got to get the pulse started again. Here, Doctor. That ought to start the heart action again. There's still no pulse, Doctor. We'll try artificial respiration. Yes, Doctor. Oxygen, Nurse, quickly. Keep the pressure steady, Nurse. Johnson, any pulse yet? Not yet, Doctor. The adrenaline doesn't seem to have taken effect. Oh, it must. Nurse, give me more oxygen. I'm going to continue the artificial respiration as long as there's a single chance. I'm afraid it's no use, Doctor. No sign of a pulse at all. Doctor Williams, please rest now. You've done everything that anyone could. But he hasn't shown a sign of life, not for half an hour. Yes, I'm afraid we're beaten. If anyone could have saved him, you'd have done it. But Death had, well, too strong a grip on him for anyone to bring him back. Too strong a grip. Yes, I do rather feel as if I'd been wrestling with someone for this poor fellow's life. And lost. Well, Doctor, don't feel too badly. In Room 8, there's a boy who has a full life ahead of him, thanks to you. I suppose I have to look at it that way. Now, help me off with these things, will you, Nurse? There's the gloves and the jacket. Now, what did I do with my coat? I just threw it down somewhere. When I arrived here, I was in such a hurry. I've got it, Doctor. Let me help you. Oh, thanks, Johnson. What the deuce have I got in this pocket? It's that bell I must have jammed it into my coat without thinking in the rush to get here. Oh, look out. Catch it. I have it. Ooh, that was close. It might have smacked on the floor. You are, Doctor. Thanks. I almost wish it had broken, though. For some reason, I hate the sound of it. But my wife... Dr. Williams. Yes, Nurse? The patient. The color's coming back in his face. And I can feel a pulse now. What? Now, let me see. Yes, you're right. His heart's beating again. Look, he's beginning to breathe. Quick, start the oxygen again. Yes, Doctor. I'm going to give him an injection of plasma. Make the preparation, please, Johnson. Yes, Doctor Williams. How is the pulse now, Nurse? It's getting stronger, Doctor. His respiration is gaining, too. Yes, Doctor. What? I've never seen anything like it. It's almost a miracle. Now, where's that plasma? Here, Doctor. I have everything ready. Go ahead. Nurse, disinfect the arm, please. Right away, Doctor Williams. Oh! Here comes Dr. Brunson. How's it going, Williams? Been having trouble? Oh, hello, Brunson. Yes, a little trouble, but I think we're in the clear now. For a while, I thought the patient was gone, but... Now, he's going to pull through, I'm sure of it. Good. Doctor, I'm afraid I have bad news for you about your other patient, though. What do you mean? The boy in room H. When you operated on this afternoon, he died suddenly just a couple of minutes ago, just went like that for no reason at all. Dr. Williams' second patient, who had come back seemingly from death itself, did live. But when the operation was over, and Dr. Williams was driving back to his home with his wife, he was strangely silent and preoccupied, so that when his wife spoke to him, he did not seem to hear a... Don't you want me to drive, John? John, I'm speaking to you. Oh, what, Mary? I said, don't you want me to drive? Oh, no, thanks, Mary. I'm perfectly all right. It's just that I was stinking. About that operation? Yes, the nurse told me about it. It was wonderful that you saved him. That's just it. I didn't save him. He was dead. Dead, do you hear? Then for no reason, whatever, he came back to life. But you injected adrenaline... I injected adrenaline half an hour before he showed signs of life. Then he revived for no apparent reason, whatever. Well, perhaps the adrenaline took a delayed effect. Perhaps. But there was no more reason for it than there was for the boy and roommate to die suddenly, as he did. But you've said yourself, John, that in medicine, nothing is ever absolutely certain. That's true, but just the same, that boy's sudden death bothers me. I want to know why he died. Well, and autopsy would tell you wouldn't it? Autopsy. Yes. Mary, I'm going to turn around and go back to the hospital right now. I'm going to perform that. I'll see myself. But, John, you mustn't turn here. There's too much traffic here. There's nothing coming now. I'll just swing around. John! John, look out! A car coming around the curb! Look out! I think this will make you feel better. Thank you, officer. You were in an accident and knocked out for a couple of minutes. Let's you're coming around all right. Just drink this and lie quiet. An accident? Yes. My husband. Where is he? I'm sorry, ma'am. Oh, he's hurt. Where is he? I must go to him. He's right here, ma'am. When I come along on my motorcycle after it happened, I pulled you both out. But he wasn't breathing. John. John, speak to me. It's no use, ma'am. I'm afraid he's gone. John. John. Sure, I'll get back all of it. Get back, I say. Ma'am, the ambulance will be here in a minute. If there's anything to be done, they'll do it. There's nothing. I've been a doctor's wife long enough not to know death when I see it. Just let me sit here. I can see it.  But if you could just tell me how it happened from my report. You see, the other driver says... It wasn't my fault. I couldn't help it. He pulled right out in front of me. He didn't even signal. Now take it easy, mister.  Oh, sir. Where's my bag? There's some smelling salt in it. I feel faint. Well, here's your bag. I took care of it. Thank you. I'll feel better in a minute. And here's something that was in the bag, ma'am. Well, I'll put it in my pocket. It's a bell. I'll put it in your bag, if you like. Mary. Thank you so much. Oh, Mary. All right. John. Was that a bell ringing? It seemed so loud and clear. Like an alarm waking me up. What's happened, Mary? There was an accident, John. But you're all right. An accident? Are you hurt? No, John, no. Please, please, life to you. He's trying to sit up. Only a moment ago, he was dead. I'm glad he's okay. Even on the accident wasn't my fault. He missed. I'll give you a hand. Officer. Officer. What's wrong? I told you to be careful. You've got quite a bump on the head. I feel... I feel so weak, so dizzy. He's keeled over. Where are those smelling salts? Here, let me look at him. I'm a doctor. John, you should exert yourself. How is he, Doc? This man is dead. Though Dr. Wilson protested that his injuries were not serious, he returned to the hospital where Dr. Brunson treated him. Finding nothing wrong, save a slight concussion. His wife took him home in a taxi cab, promising to see that he stayed in bed for a day or two. That night, however, neither Dr. Williams nor his wife could sleep, though they remained awake for different reasons. Never. Mary, is that you? I... I was counting the strokes. It's midnight. You should be asleep. Can't go to sleep. Not until David gets home. David? Where is he? The movie? No. He came to me this afternoon, said there was a party at his fraternity tonight. He asked me if he could borrow the old car for the evening, and I let him have it. But he's not back yet, John. I can't help worrying. Especially after what happened to us. I'll give him a talking to in the morning. A boy of 17 isn't old enough to be out until all hours. You ought to be asleep yourself, John. How's your head? I just trobs a little. All I had was a slight concussion. John, are you sure? Of course I am. Didn't you hear Bronson say so? What are you getting at? The bell. The crystal bell. What about the bell? Your first words were about hearing it ring, like an alarm wakening you. And it... it had just rung. Well, whatever. It rang and I heard it as I was regaining consciousness. But at the hospital, the bell rang in the operating room, and your patient came back to life. He... he heard the bell ring, too. The patient revived for natural reasons. As for me, I was just knocked out. But both times, somebody else died, John. At the hospital, the boy in room 8. And after you... returned, the driver in the other car died. Pure coincidence. The boy probably had a blood clot on his heart. The driver had a fractured skull. It's a common occurrence for men with fractured skulls to keel over without even realizing their hurt. But Sam Key told us that when the bell rang, the dead would return to life. And someone living would die. Oh, stuff and nonsense, Mary. You've been a doctor's wife long enough to know that such thing isn't possible. But, John, I... No, buts about it. It's impossible to hear. Yes, John. Of course it's impossible. Oh, I do wish David would get home. I feel so uneasy about him. You'll be home any minute now. He knows that he's supposed... Oh, it's the telephone. Well, I'll answer it. No. No, let me... No, stay in bed. I'll answer it. Oh, all right, John. It'll only be a moment. Hello, Dr. Williams speaking. The police? What is it? What's happened? An accident. My son... Where is he? Is he badly hurt? The car turned over and... burned. And my son... I see... the Rockford Village mooring. Yes, I'll... come at once. What was it? Mary, I told you to stay in bed. It was just an emergency call. David, isn't it? Yes, it is, David. I can tell by your face. Where is he? What's happened to him? He's been in an accident, Mary. He... David is dead. Is that it, John? Yes, Mary. Take me to him. Oh, John, you've got to take me to him. Please, mister. The Rockford Village mooring. Cross the pavement, get down those steps. Then along the walk, where you see that little light over the door. Thank you. Mary, you must wait in the car for me. I want to come with you. You mustn't. Promise me you'll wait here. I want to come with you. I want to see my son. Not yet. Promise you'll wait for me. All right, John. I'll wait. Be careful of those steps, mister. They're pretty steep and it's awful dark. I'll be careful. I'll only be five minutes or so, Mary. Here comes your husband back now, ma'am. Oh, John, was it David? Please get back in the cabin. No, John, I must know was it David? Yes, Mary, it was David. Oh, I have to go to him. Mary, stop. No, let go of me. I'm going to David. Mary, stop struggling. You can't go. I must. I must.  You mustn't see him. I'm going, John. What have you got in your hand? It's the bell, the crystal bell. What are you doing with it? Here, give it to me. No, I'm going to ring it. Oh, give me that bell. No, I won't. I'm going to ring it. I'll tell you. There. There, I've rung it. I've rung it. David. Mary, you're out of your mind. I'm not. I know what I'm doing. David, can you hear me? Give me that bell. There. In heaven's name, what are you trying to do?  Mary, come to your senses. It's just a bell. Not. I know it's not.  You mustn't believe that. And even if the bell were more than a bell, don't you understand? The car turned over and burned. I had to identify David by his fraternity ring and the driver's license in his wallet. I don't care. He's my son. Mary, get into the car. I won't. Not until I have my son back. David! Mary, won't you please understand? He was burned, burned horribly. Mary, don't go down those steps to the morgue. Daddy! Mary, come back. Come back. Hey, mister, watch yourself. Look out for them steps. Mary! Mary, stop! Mister, are you all right? Yeah. Let me help you. The car and all, it was one of my fraternity brothers. I lent him my driver's license and... Dad. Dad, what is it? What's wrong? He started this way and fell down these steps. But why is he so still? Dad. Dad, speak to me. John, John, speak to us. David's all right, dear, here. David's come back to us. He's come back from the dead. He doesn't answer. He isn't breathing. David, he's dead. Yeah, lady. I guess he is. You see this glass bell he was holding when he fell down and broke. Looks like one of the pieces of it went straight into his heart. The bell killed him. Dr. Williams was dead, but his son is alive and well, even today. Although it wasn't because the bell rang. Of course not. Anyhow, the bell is broken, so there's no way of proving whether or not it had strange powers of life and death. Or whether it was just a coincidence that each time it rang, one of the dead lived and the living died.  Don't answer it. It might be ringing. Oh, you have to get off here. I'm sorry. But I'm sure we'll meet again. I take this same train each week at this time. You have just heard The Mysterious Traveler, a series of dramas of the strange and terrifying. In tonight's cast were Maurice Toplin, Cameron Food Home, Eleanor Phelps, Donald Bucher, Juan Anandes, and Mort Lawrence. Original music was played by Charles Paul. The Mysterious Traveler is written, produced and directed by Bob Arthur and David Cogan. Listen next week to a tale titled, Meet Me at the Mall, another strange and shivery tale of The Mysterious Traveler. The Mysterious Traveler has come to you from our New York studios. Ralph Paul speaking, this is the mutual broadcasting system.


QuickBooks Desktop 2024 unearned revenue monthly invoicing. Get ready and some coffee because we're locking into some non-stop QuickBooks Desktop 2024. Here we are in our QuickBooks Desktop sample company file. We set up in a prior presentation using the enterprise version of QuickBooks Desktop so we can focus in on the new unearned revenue feature. Under the view dropdown we have the hide icon bars selected and the open windows list selected. Open windows open on the left hand side and the company dropdown. We've got the home page open as well. Going to the reports dropdown as we do every time company and financial looking at that balance sheet standard. The balance sheet standard is going to be customized for the date range change. 010127 tab, 123127 tab. Let's go to those fonts, those numbers and change them. Bringing it up to 14 for a little bit more visibility. Is that okay? Yes. All right then. Let's do it. Going to the reports dropdown again. This time company and financial for the profit and loss otherwise known as the P&L. We're going to then change the range 010127. Let's go this time out to, let's go to, I think we're going to 103127. I think that'll be far enough because I want to see this one on a month by month breakout because we've been running our scenarios on a month by month. The current scenario was in June and then we'll do some of the payments going forward. So it'll be a few months out as I see it now. So we're going to customize this fonts and numbers. Let's bring it on up to 14 as well so it matches the balance sheet. We need matching reports. You can't be uneven.  So there we have it. Let's go back to the homepage and recall what we did last time. We've been thinking about the new unearned revenue feature for a subscription type business with this type scenario. That being a magazine type of business or a newspaper or more likely these days some online software business where we get paid upfront for like an annual service. In our case, we just did five months out because that's, we don't want to take too much of our time here in the example problem to get the concept.  So the sales order and the estimate aren't going to be recording anything from a financial statement perspective, the estimate being an estimate of like a job or whether we want to take the subscription, the sales order basically finalizing that. We didn't have to go up to the vendor side because we're not going to be buying any inventory but we want to get paid upfront in our case for five months of a service like an application we're going to be providing if it was software. So we skipped over to the receive payment. Now normally when we enter a receive payment and would be the case under the old method under the negative receivable method this would then create a negative receivable because we don't have an invoice to tie it out to but under the new method we basically tied out the receive payment to the sales order which is strange from a financial reporting purpose because the sales order doesn't record anything to the financial statements but it's a nice tool internally to then record the receive payment. First a word from our sponsor.  Like our CPA six pack shirts a must have for any pool or beach time mixing money with muscle always sure to attract attention. 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If you would like a commercial free experience consider subscribing to our website at accountinginstruction.com or accountinginstruction.thinkific.com not to a negative receivable but rather to a positive liability now we did that for five months of our service that's going to be whatever our subscription is software let's say and then each month that passes we can now create the invoice the invoice now recording the revenue as we earn it as time passes and reducing the liability of the of the unearned revenue that's the classic journal entry notice the other thing that we kind of want to see however is this information on the back end in the sub ledgers which we usually see in the sub ledger related to the accounts receivable which is a reason I think that our QuickBooks uses a journal entry which will be an added thing so let's go to the balance sheet and check it out here just so we can see what's going on here's the AR if I go to the reports to see the report related to the AR customers and receivable let's go to that customer balance detail report and let's customize it so it's a little bit larger a little bit larger if we could fonts and numbers let's bring it up to 12 14 is a little too big for this one let's go on up to 12 now notice this new one isn't here yet because we didn't do anything for the receivable side instead we created the new liability account which is down here under the liabilities unearned revenue so there's going to be a separate report now related to unearned revenue for a liability even though it's a customer which is usually tied out to an asset of accounts receivable so if I go to the customers in receivable and I look at the open prepayments by customer we can customize that report we can bring it up to 12 let's say okay okay okay so there it is the whole amount is in there as of this point in time two sub-ludgers a little bit more complicated but on the plus side there's going to be a liability as opposed to an asset if I go into the company drop down or customers drop down and we go into the customer center where our customers hang out we see that here we're working on this five unearned revenue and we called from last time everything looks pretty much the same as the old method from an internal bookkeeping standpoint and the internal bookkeeping if you used a negative receivable was quite fine because you can facilitate the transactions quite clearly in here here's the estimate then we have the sales order and now the payment the only difference is when I go into this payment here it's a fancy payment because payment usually means it's decreasing the accounts receivable but it's not here because it says prepayment which means it's going to be doing something to the unearned revenue being tied not to an invoice but a sales order so it's a little bit tricky but if that's your business model because all of your stuff is subscription based then you know that'll become fairly clear you might not even use the other payment format in any case so if I go to this other one this negative AR same kind of concept we have the estimate we have the sales order and then the payment but this payment was a normal payment without that added little tag which meant that it made a negative receivable instead of a positive liability but from an internal perspective looks pretty much the same and so if I go up top the next thing that's going to happen is we want to make the invoices as time passes so a month has passed we've done whatever we're supposed to do subscription model let's go into the sales order and the beauty of breaking out our sales order for five separate months is that now we can create invoices from it so let's create an invoice but I want to create the invoice for selected items not the entire thing so I'm going to go to this one and say and then I'm just going to say one month has passed and so let's just do that first month has passed boom and so there it is let's tab it out this is going to go into 080127 let's say and so one month has now passed for the invoice what is this going to do it's an invoice so you would think it would increase the accounts receivable and then the other side is going to go to income for the 35 increase accounts receivable 3771 35 going to income and the 271 going to the payable but remember that we had that unearned revenue there as well so the invoice we would like to actually decrease the unearned revenue but the invoice is usually tied to the accounts receivable so you see the problem with these sub ledgers so QuickBooks is going to create another clear account to facilitate this transaction so let's see it over here if I say now we're going to create the invoice what would typically happen normally what happens is accounts receivable goes up but this is kind of the weird one right here because now you would think it's not how we have it in a liability account so you would think that the unearned revenue here could be going down by that amount right so that's where but we're still going to say accounts receivable is going to go up because we're going to do another journal entry to kind of compensate for it so this is what's actually happening so we're going to say the accounts receivable is going to go up and then we're going to have the sales is going to go up the sales is going to go up because we said it was I think equals 175 divided by five months and I'll make that negative so for that amount and then we have the sales tax payable which we're going to imagine we have to deal with just to make things more complicated which was at 0.0775 so this equals this times 0.0775 and then the receivable would be this let's say negative sum of that right so 0.071 0.071 so if I record that now the accounts receivable is going to go up by that 0.3771 income is going to go up by the 35 and that liability of sales tax is going up but note that this shouldn't really be going up to accounts receivable what should be happening instead is it should be going to unearned revenue down but the invoice form usually goes to accounts receivable right so what's going to happen is we're going to end up with another journal entry to do that instead of just fixing it right here we're going to do another journal entry that's going to be saying okay let's take the unearned revenue down and then accounts receivable is going to go back down and then we'll be able to see it in the sub ledger the accounts receivable is going up by that I'm sorry accounts receivable unearned revenue and then accounts receivable so if I record this now accounts receivable is going to go back down that's the wrong one sorry and it's going to go back down and then unearned revenue is going to go down on the credit side leaving us with the five months receivable needed so then even looking at that I've kind of added another journal entry so that I can get my sub ledgers to work and then QuickBooks actually adds another basically clearing account and doing this journal entry so that's where you get a little bit more messiness happening over here so let's record it and see what happens so I'm going to say save it and close it yeah let's do it this customer has available credits now I should have applied this out already but I'm going to say ok yes apply out the credit so here's the credit credits available prepayments so it's a similar process as if I had a negative receivable but now I've got these three boxes so I'm going to apply out the prepayments 73 71 of the total 188 because that's the amount of the invoice let's say done and then ok I think that's good hopefully that's good and if I go back into the invoice we can see now that the payment has been applied out that payment isn't changing the journal entry it's just an information information so that I can give this to the client if we needed to the journal entry would still be affected by that 37 on the accounts receivable or decreasing under revenue there's going to be a journal entry increase to sales 35 and this to 71 now if you wanted to apply that out before you record it I think you can still have going to apply credits up top we'll test that out again next time for the next month let's go ahead and close it and check it out if I go to the balance sheet and let's see what's what's happening what's happening over in balance area we're going to say then there's the invoice for the 37 71 see even though it's down to zero here it's still up going for the 37 71 the invoice increase in the accounts receivable even though it's not like decreasing the liability of under revenue it's going to happen basically with the journal entry over there so then the other side is going to go to the profit and loss the P in the L so profit and loss in August there's the 35 just for the revenue side and then back to the balance sheet we also have then the the liability of the sales tax the sales tax where there it is I see it you don't have to point it out to me I can find it myself so there it is and then if we go into the under revenue here's the under revenue what happened there because it went down if I go into it and then I'm going to say okay let's look at the date up top to bring it back and so there's the journal entry now notice what it did here it put the journal entry in as of the day that QuickBooks thinks it is right now because because we're working in the future so that's why the date is messed up but let's look at it conceptually right now we're going to say okay what it did is it then took the amount out of revenue with a journal entry and if I go into that journal entry I could change the date let's actually do that I'm going to say let's change the date here to make it what was it 07 07 let's just say 1527 let's say and then I'm going to say okay record it you can't edit the journal entry as it's linked to a prepayment okay whatever I'm going to close this okay I don't want to do it restore it then if you're going to be like that okay so then in any case the other side we went to was this this account for prepayment transfer which is a clearing account so now you've got kind of another clearing account that's in the middle here so I'm going to close that out and then if I go back on up to the accounts receivable up top accounts receivable we're going to say then let's bring this back to 26 so to make sure I see the whole thing here and wow there's a lot going on in 26 let's try filtering it I'm going to customize the report filters and I'm going to filter by type transaction type so we'll go down here and say we want to filter by there it is transaction type and then by journal I want to see the journal okay so there we have our journal and again I put it in there on 1215 but there's the transaction the 3771 and it's trying to put that in the date that it thinks it is at this point in time so there we have that and the other side once again if I go in there is going to it's going to be going to that clearing account I believe so if I go into the journal entry so accounts receivable account for prepayment transfer so I'm going to close this back out close this back out close this back out so we see that there if I look at my customer balance detail I can see now there's my customer so see I can see why they would want to do that to use the accounts receivable which would be this added step right here right which would be putting the invoice into accounts receivable instead of going to unearned revenue and then doing this transaction right here so that you can see it going in and out of accounts receivable so that you have the sub ledger record here notice what you don't see in here as you did with the negative receivable with the negative receivable it's actually easier to see because now you have the payment which is negative and then the invoice is applied out to show the amount of the invoice that has not yet still been applied out see so even though this is wrong that it's a negative receivable it's actually kind of easier to see then up here then up here right that's kind of one of the problems with these with the sub ledgers and if I go into the sub ledger for the open prepayments you can see now here's where you have the detail right so on the unearned revenue there's the 188.56 and then it went down by that 37.71 we do have this issue with the date which probably wouldn't be an issue if you were working in real time but I can see that could cause you problems if you can't change that date if you're going back and trying to fix something or something like that because it's locked in so let's do it and if I go internally if I go into my customer center internally it looks pretty straight forward because now we still have the estimate to the sales order and then the payment and then the invoice being applied out looks great but then again we have these two journal entries down and again I would think maybe the reason they wanted two journal entries and a clearing account is that you can see them both down here so in other words why do they need a clearing account instead of just doing this right they added another journal entry in there which you wouldn't need from a debit and credit standpoint I think it has something to do of course with the sub ledgers and to be able to track this information out internally so you can see those two journal entries net out it's bothersome to look at it looks less clean than over here this method where you don't have those journal entries we have these three payments that were tied out but it's not too bad because they knit out against each other also if I go to my lists drop down and I go into my chart of accounts and I look at my include inactive accounts here's that clearing account that they set up the account for so if I go into that there you have the transfers and again the thing that's kind of annoying is it's not allowing me when it makes that journal entry to change the date that date is being tied into the current date that the transactions happening rather than the date that we made the invoice which seems kind of weird to me I would think that would be a kind of an issue I don't think that's exact but it is right now so they might change I think they might change that because I think that feel like that's something's wrong with that but in case if I go back to usually we would be working in real time right so that's how it would be so let's go back to the customer center and we could do this again so let's imagine another month passes and we go back into the sales order and we're like okay now let's make another invoice just for the selected items the second one so boom boom boom just that one okay and so this is going to happen on 09 uh 0901 whatever 2-7 so and so this is going to do the same thing so if I look at the journal entry we're just going to do the same thing again this is the second invoice invoice let's say this was month one month one and month and this is going to be month invoice invoice voice month two and so then once we'd have the same journal entry accounts receivable for the same amount 3771 income sales tax same thing same oh same oh 35 and I'm going to say we'll just say this is the same thing negative sum of that and then so if I record that bit then we've got the accounts receivable going up which is the controversial thing here because really under and revenue should be going down from just a debit and credit standpoint but we'll add another journal entry to fix that and then income is going up for the next month that has passed and then sales tax the liability is going to go up and then we're going to add another journal entry to fix the fact that the accounts receivable it should have decreased under and revenue so I'm going to say under and revenue is going to be debited and then the A to the R is going to be credited so that allows it to go in and out of the sub ledger for accounts receivable for the 71 3771 3770 fund double clicking the unearned rev and picking up that so now I've got five I think we have five months four three months left in there and then accounts receivable goes back down accounts receivable going up and down makes sense because then you would be able to see it going in and out on the sub ledger at that time although again they add another account over here when they do it so what's this going to do that'll increase the accounts receivable 3771 the other side is going to go to income 35 and then sales tax for the amount of 901 then it's going to make that journal entry to decrease the unearned to decrease the liability and the other side going to accounts receivable which you would think would be happening on 91 but it seems to be doing that not at the date of the invoice but at the date of the current day it thinks it is which is kind of an issue let's save it and close it and check it out so the customer has available credits credits would you like to apply those credits I'm going to say yes again so I'm going to apply the credit out here so we're going to apply the credit so there it is is there anything I can change with the date date 9127 so here's the date 73 so we're applying out that 37 prepayment ok I'm going to say ok once you apply the available prepayment you won't be able to we'll create a journal entry for this transaction do not display this page I'm going to say ok so now when you're in there I'm going to say invoice it applied out the prepayment and so it says it's paid that looks good and we could have applied it out by saying apply prepayment I don't see any way to change the date of the journal entry as we do the transaction though that's kind of an issue or it could be if you're not working in real time or if you need to go back and if you're working in real time that isn't going to be an issue but I would think they would tie the journal entry date to the date of the invoice not the current date that the software thinks it's at I'm thinking they might pick up on that at some point and fix that because I would think that would be the case unless I'm missing something but this would work if you're doing it in real time it wouldn't be an issue if we weren't working in the future so in any case if I go back on over here and I go into the A to the R we see the invoice going up 3771 we see the other side going to the P and the L the profit and the loss so now in September there's the 35 that looks good the other side the sales tax going into the liability account sales tax payable sales tax payable that looks and then we have the liability account going down this added journal entry to do the liability account going down so where's that of my unearned revenue you did not earn that revenue you did not earn that revenue but see the dates are messed up here see which is annoying I'm a little frustrated by that so then they're going but it's going down you can see the process and again if we were in real time it's picking up the current date and it won't let me change it to what would it be I would think this should be happening as the invoice date which I said was what<PHONE_NUMBER>27 it's doing all this stuff down here save it and close it you can't do it so annoying annoying so I feel like they should adjust the date to the journal entry date but maybe they'll pick up on that or maybe I'm missing something so but in any case the transaction makes sense and then it's going to go up top to then the accounts receivable if I go to the AR and so the other side would be in here if I brought the date back and then that looks good and then if I go into my customer balance detail report we can see it going in and out to the receivable that's the point of this added journal entry in my estimation so you can see it going in and out of accounts receivable cutting accounts receivable out entirely so it's in the detail report but if you go to the customer the customer where's the balance detail the customer center where's the other report the customer's receivable customer prepayment report now you see the detail here the start and it's decreasing by those two leaving in here the customer balance detail we see the customer center so now we can see this one and again it gets quite convoluted with all these journal entries because you're going to get two journal entries every time an invoice happens let's do one more just to round it out to what we did in the last problem sales order one more time I didn't hear no bell I only stopped doing stuff when I hear a bell because that means food is happening usually we're going to create an invoice for selected items and then we'll uncheck those one more month and then I think I'm on what month are we on does anybody know October October invoice 10 0127 and so this is going to do the same thing let's run the journal entry over here do it fast because people are getting bored invoice month 3 I don't know why we even have to do this one after what you need to do another one we have to make it match we have to make it match what we did in the other problem so I'll just copy these down and so this is going to be the AR same journal entry same thing and then accounts receivable is going to go up on the A to the R the income double clicking on it it's going to go up and then the sales tax it's going to go up and then we've got this stuff is in the AR we're going to take it out of the AR so now it went in and out of the AR so we can see it in the sub ledger and then the unearned revenue is going down boom so I think that's right I think we did that right let's see that's what should happen over here so it should increase the accounts receivable by 3771 because it's an invoice other side should go to the income should have sales tax payable 271 but it shouldn't have gone to AR it should have gone to decrease the liability so it's going to make another journal entry taking it out of the liability account and netting it out against the AR but give us a weird date before I forget let's apply the credit out this way the changes to this transaction so I'm going to save the changes there I can apply it out that way so there it is and there's no way I can change to stop with this weird thing do that with the journal entry I don't see how to do it and then won't let me do that MUI enterisante okay let's go ahead and save it and close it and check it out if we if we could go into the balance sheet one more time we're going to say that the A to the AR has the 3771 the other side going to the P the L the income statement for October there's the 35 there then back to the balance sheet back to the basics and the balance sheet we're going down to the sales tax payable sales tax payable right there double clicking on it it's been impacted and then we know there's a decrease to the liability account the liability account the revenue down to the 75 is that what I have here 7542 it is indeed what I have but they did the crazy date thing because it's doing the journal entries as of that date there's the journal it's also taking it in and out of the clearing account and the other side would go to the AR on the balance sheet which we won't check out because again it's going to be hidden in the prior and then the sub ledger for my customer balance detail we can see it going in and out with the journal entry and then the invoices again the journal entries having the date issue which I think should be tied to the invoice date as far as I can tell and then but we at least see the detail conceptually that looks good from that standpoint open prepayments we can see the activity here and the detail in here which looks good although the journal entry is not exactly specific and again the dates are kind of an issue but we're working in the future so that is what it is customer center over here looks everything looks pretty clear for all the stuff that makes that we're concentrating in on from a bookkeeping standpoint except that we have all these other journal entries that are going to cloud things up in here so that's kind of annoying but from a bookkeeping standpoint we would be saying I'm just going to ignore the journal entries because that's just the weird bookkeeping stuff or weird quick book stuff and I'm just going to focus on this and that stuff is following as it should so if I compare this process to this process with the negative AR looks very similar in the forms that we're actually dealing with although the negative AR doesn't have all those journal entries doesn't have two sub ledgers when you're looking at the balance sheet for the sub ledgers doesn't have a clearing account and it doesn't have this extra journal entry in and of itself right here and it doesn't have the added clearing account that QuickBooks is putting in to do that and it doesn't show those transactions down here which I'll add some room for problems to happen so again it works pretty good there's no way to eliminate all those added little intricacies that I can see so that's some of the pros and cons or if I go back to the chart of the accounts lists chart of the accounts it's going in and out of this account which you can only see if it was include active sale so it made it inactive, QuickBooks did so that you don't see the detail of it going in and out of here but there it is and so it put them all in as of 1215 because that's what QuickBooks is seeing as the current date so those are kind of the pros and cons if we're looking at it from the subscription model side of things so we've kind of went over it in terms of a deposit type of format pros and cons between the two methods and with the subscription