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Well, the translation application is what I would be interested in. And I run into foreigners all the time. They're everywhere. So, I mean, yeah, that's just concerning, but people come here, they speak their language. It seems to be okay. So, it looks like, you know, we're kind of placed in a position to sort of make an adjustment for it, right? So, I, you know, because, well, I mean, the same thing that people are intolerant about it, they can treat my father about the same thing, and a majority of a lot of my fights on the street car, because I don't ride the street car with him, it's kind of a similar reason, because he gets picked on for his lack of English. And usually I got to step up and, well, I usually have to sort of have these silent cues, you know, you want me to roll on this fool or what, and you don't really get a chance to ask in a serious situation. So, there's been times that I've had to scrap it out for a first, just because you get the little kids that imitate and they make fun, and I have to kind of smash them through the wall. I mean, I smashed a kid through the sheetrock outside in the park, because he was kind of like clowning on my dad. So, sometimes, you know, it's a scrap situation, and I have to always say the same thing, because they'll usually say, Hey, look, you're in this country, why don't you speak this language? Now, I mean, everyone, as far as I know, is allowed to do that. So, you know, I have my little internal struggles with dad in terms of he never learned a goddamn thing when he got here, but, you know, that's neither here nor there. But somebody bullying and picking on isn't going to fly with me. So, there's been a lot of times I've had to scrap it out with, you know, with the little punks, send them off of the bus, eject them off of the bus crying, just because of those situations. I won't put up with it for a second. Matter of fact, now, I heard about the iPhone 17 being tiny. You know, I would like something tiny, just because there's a real threat of when I'm in a scrap, of me suddenly making a sudden move from the left side, and there is that chance of the phone flying right out of my pocket, you know, while I'm trying to smash somebody against the wall. So, a lot of times, I have to choose, and I can't always just scrap it out, because I got my phone with me. So, the more invisible they come, the better. I'm hoping at some point the translator app or whatever will make it to the blind shell. Yeah, I wondered just like you did about the two-way exchange, right? I mean, it wouldn't work with me. I can't read somebody's phone display. So, yeah, once they fix that A and B situation, then that will help lots of people. It will help my dad. You know, one thing I'm also wondering about is if it will help with somebody that just isn't speaking good English, right? Like a foreign cab driver or a foreign gas station person or somebody at the convenience store or somebody at the mall, because, I mean, pretty much that's what you run into on a constant basis. I think it's kind of what makes people intolerant of foreign languages, because you can't get someone to speak English. I call the bakery. I can't find someone to talk to me. I call a couple of restaurants that I make my reservations with. I barely understand the people. So, yeah, I mean, you're kind of surrounded by that. You kind of forget where you are, right? You go to certain parts of California, you think you're in Bombay. You're somewhere in India, right? So, you know, so there is that frustration of it. But, I'm getting so, I don't like going anywhere with my dad, because he can't agree to just not speak, because that would be a solution. If we get on the 506, because there's punks riding all the time, how about you just don't speak? Because, like me, I mean, I only pretend to be social. At points, I'm actually quite anti-social. I like to just, you know, put my headphones on. I don't want anyone bothering me. So, I don't know how my dad manages to speak so much, when when I ride those things, I don't want to talk to anybody, because I think I just kind of know how the atmosphere is. I'm in no mood for anyone, essentially. But he manages to somehow say a lot of things. It's like, how do you have so much to talk about? I barely even say anything to you. But he manages to say a lot. And it's in that process, you know, all the little punks are going to start up, you know, and they do, and then it puts me in a situation. And you can't just scrap it out with everybody you see. You never know if someone's going to bust out a knife, or if they have a posse. So, there's always that fear, I've been lucky, right? But I never know, right? I could roll up on somebody, I don't have weapons, they could have a shank or something, and then I'll be in trouble. So, more and more, I just hate being on the 506. Pretty much I can name the exact cars. That long bus, like all the long routes, and the 504 as well. So, they're really long routes, and there's plenty of chances for trouble. Because one of the first indications you'll see, the young punks will get on and just go to the back right away, right? Whereas the elderly usually sit up in the front. My dad just sits wherever he wants. So, a lot of times they're around where he is. And then some way, somehow, he pipes up. See, because usually I'm like, don't say anything, I'm thinking to myself, don't say anything to these punks. They won't say anything to you. We get off the ride, and then you can be Mr. Talkative. He just doesn't do it that way. And then it just becomes a whole thing, because then I'm just like, what's that? Would you say N? And then something starts. Because I'll have none of it. And my brother won't either. But he doesn't ride the 506 anymore. I have to. Okay, hey look, I'm going to get up out of here. I've got to get working. And I just barely woke up to kind of catch you starting and doing your net. I wanted to do a little one none. It looks like I could have stayed for two rounds. Look at what it is. It's like 756. So back to you, Daryl. And, yup, the news mentioned about the Apple convention. I did hear the highlights from that. Alright, so take care, and have a good day. VA3KKY, back to net.