Lessee operating lease, incremental borrowing rate.

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Number of locations.

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Area of land subject to a ground lease.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of operating lease expense. Excludes sublease income.

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Weighted average discount rate for operating lease calculated at point in time.

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Weighted average remaining lease term for operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Cash payments to lessor's for use of assets under operating leases.

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Leases (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands			9 Months Ended
Leases (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands	Jun. 01, 2023 USD ($)	Aug. 12, 2022 USD ($) ft²	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($) Location	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 01, 2022	Jan. 01, 2019
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Number of locations \| Location			4
Lessee operating lease, incremental borrowing rate	7.25%				5.50%	5.25%
Lease expense			$ 600	$ 500
Weighted average remaining lease term			4 years 4 months 24 days
Weighted average discount rate			5.35%
Liberty Industrial Park Llc
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Area of lease \| ft²		6,627
Initial monthly base rent		$ 11,266
Liberty Industrial Park Llc \| Maximum [Member]
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Initial monthly base rent		$ 13,180
Edwardsville office [Member]
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Initial monthly base rent	$ 9,412
Edwardsville office [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Initial monthly base rent	$ 9,914