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Yeah, one thing, Darryl, I don't want anymore to be in a leadership position or be in charge of anything anymore or work for anybody. You know, it's basically a real fragile thing. You're there because there's basically nobody that's around that could do a better job than you. And if it was, you'd probably be out and that other person would take over with better pay. The point I'm trying to make is I'm a lot frailer than I used to be. I can't fight anymore physically. I still have my mind and I have a lot of wisdom that I try to bring out on this net. You've had a physician, retired physician jump in there to try to tell you and you took it as an attack. I have another friend who is a retired physicist and he listened to this net and he said, no, I don't think that I want to get in a confrontation with anybody there. In spite of the fact that we share a lot of our points of view. I can prove things and it doesn't seem to matter. You want to feel the way you want to feel no matter how much proof I can show you and you'll find something that you know damn well that I can't produce that as proof also. But if that wasn't enough, I even got more proof but you'll still want this thing that you know and I explained why you can't have that because that's not available right at the present time. Well then you go off and start bashing the very essence of why we need to fight so hard to make our country stronger again because it's basically been contracting and they've been trying to destroy it, Darryl. I take that personally. AA-48 show run, you're on my flight, back to you, Darryl. Oh man, oh man, listen, if someone else can come out here and do what I do on the system, you're more than welcome. And for better pay too. Get ready, Bill, because... Ron, I don't have pay, bud. I do this for free, it's voluntary. There's no pay, there's no nothing. I do it because I love to drop in. I always have. I love the people. I love the experience of the fact of getting to help other people. Man, I wouldn't be able to count on two hands the number of times I've done remote logins for people here on the system, helped them set up radios or repeaters or hotspots or anything. And I do the best I can, you know. It's a lot sometimes, and you know, sometimes I've been pushed to the brink. But, bud, it's going to take someone a lot stronger than you to push me to the brink out here. And I've encountered those people, you know what I mean? When I compare it, when I compare it, you know... Oh, that was fantastic. That was fantastic. Oh, I'm not going to repeat that one on the air, but I just read a text and it was cool. And you're right, Bill. Anyway, I wasn't even going to say who that's from, I'm sorry. But I do the best I can. And like you say, it takes a bit of technological experience to keep these systems going. You guys come out in the morning, you key up your mic, you have a chat, right? The reason that's able to happen is because there's multiple servers, multiple computers, multiple systems, multiple logins, you know, all kinds of different stuff that happens in the background out here. And to be able to do all of that, you need a certain level of knowledge. And I've got a background in computer science and network engineering, probably doesn't show a lot of the times, but I do. I got six years after high school of formal education in IT and whatnot. It's something I love, it's something I really enjoy, I've always enjoyed it. So when I found the ability to incorporate my love of information technology and radio together, this is just something I really love. And I do it for free for 100 years without being paid. That's not why any of us come out here. We've got people that help out with the website, we've got people that let me know anytime there's a system issue, very quickly, and teamwork is the dream work. It's not just me, it's not just Bill, it's everyone out here that does anything at all to keep this thing running as smooth as it does, and it's a team effort, right? I include other people in our decisions, you know, we just...