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It doesn't sound like Ralph's still around. He's on the list, so we'll keep trying him. Um, Steve, you just joined our list here, N0BF. Something that you were paired or restored, that you're particularly proud of. Over to you, Steve, and tell us how your weekend was. N0BF, this is KC2PPG. This is N0BF. Checking in Cleveland, Ohio, and I'm glad you picked me up. They're great. Been out here. I got here by the train, went to New York, Buffalo, New York, and then got a car, drove back to Cleveland. Had a big birthday party here. Some family, and then we are gonna head back with the cousins here at Buffalo and hit the train back next week. So that's what's going on here. That's how the, I guess, weekends slash weeks slash days, whatever, it's going that way. Great. You want to know the accomplishment. Wow, I don't know. I'm thinking over my past 80-some years, and one of my, I guess, the first thing that came to my mind is I was so happy. I've ruined a lot of things, fixing them, but that's how you learn how it works. And I'm so happy. I'm so happy to learn how it works. Anyway, I bought a little 56 Chevy when I was a kid, a high school kid. I rented a Shilton's manual out of the library. Check it out. And I read through that thing over the winter, and I rebuilt that car, engine and all, with pistons, oversize pistons, rings, and bearings, all kinds of stuff. Anyway, I didn't know what I was doing, but I took screwdrivers and pulleys and stuff, pulled it apart, and put it back together, and I'll be danged if I didn't have a car for high school. Anyway, this is M0BF. Back to that. M0BF, that's pretty good. That is pretty good. Wow. And it actually ran. You rebuilt the engine. Yeah, the Shilton guides. My god. I was always thumbing my way through a Shilton guide. And they're good. They really are very good. There was a garage in Boston, in Harvard Square. And it was run by two brothers. And they finally got on the radio. And they were on NPR for the longest time. What were they called? I can't remember. Click and Clack the Capit Brothers, they call themselves. And you could go to this garage, and you'd have a full garage with a lift and tools and all that stuff. And they would just rent you that space. Plus, there would always be someone there who knew a lot more than you did about how to do something. So I did replace headlights. I brought it over there and parked it in there, and raised it up a couple of inches so it was easier to work on. And I went through and replaced all the headlights with, well, Krypton bulbs, I believe is what they were. And it was cool. It was like having a brand new car. Although I got stopped by a cop who said I needed to put American lights in it. And I was like, really? So I had to take them out. But they weren't very cool. They were hella halogen. That's what it was. They were hella halogen bulbs. All right, we got down to the bottom of the list. If anybody else wants to get in on the conversation or somebody feels left out, should shout out right now. This is KC2PKG. You are listening to the Saturday, the Monday morning cowabunga net. And we're waiting to hear from you. So come now with your call sign. W0TL, with a comment.