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Well, I was just going to listen, but the topic, I have to share my life changing event. And I don't know about broken bones, but if I tell a story to younger people, they don't understand because it's not made anymore. So in 1978, I had just turned, it was March and my birthday's in January, I just turned 22 and I was dry. Somehow I ended up in the Vallejo Highway in my MG Midget convertible. I don't know if you remember the British MG Midget, they're sports cars, two-seaters, I had no roll bar and they had no seat belts. And I hit a raised pavement, seven signs, flipped end over end several times and struck a truck. And apparently I was on the Vallejo Highway too. And apparently I flew out right before it went over because somebody was waiting for me to pass and they saw it all. And luckily I did, I had no seat belt. And I ended up with major head, face and both legs injuries, but I'm not sure about broken bones. I guess I fractured the bones in my head and face, but they removed what they did back in 1978. They didn't know what the meniscus did and I had major injuries and I ended up with surgery for the muscle limbs that were torn and I had casts on both legs when I sort of woke up. I was not really there for a while. But they removed the meniscus. I didn't know what it did in 1978. In 1979 they decided, oops, we need to keep the meniscus, but they removed my meniscus. That's why I have replaced knees. And it was a life-changing event because I was working at, and I had been at the bar with my boss because I was working a good paying job at the state hospital in the back units and then it was difficult for me to work there because I had bad legs. It was a life-changing event. And in good ways too. I mean a lot of good ways too. But it's been a struggle because of my legs over the years. And that's pretty much it. You know we have a big fire here. It's not near me. I'm totally safe. I live in Napa, but it's in Calistoga. And it has blown, it started Thursday and it's 3,000 acres. And it's sort of more in the rural areas, but there is some threat to the Calistoga up there. So it's been a, and they've been fighting it for, again they've had helicopters and it's just been horrific. So it just exploded. Another one, you know we had a big one here in Napa and now it's, but anyway. So anyway I hope everybody is fine and I'm glad I could tell your story. And I know you guys know the British MG Midgets, some of you. So anyway, take care. Back to you. X at 73, KG 6, WKO, Kathy.