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Good morning Bill, yes you did. You guys are talking about all my subjects today. Salmon Run was a blast, always is. I, up until the last 15 minutes I was missing one county and I finally got it. Within the last 15 minutes I was pondering. So I managed to squeak out a clean sweep this year. But like I said, it's all in the hunt. That was the fun part of it. And Bill, I want to extend my thanks too for all your time running the net. You have one of those voices and demeanors that is perfect for the job. You could be sorely missed but I hope to hear you on the air regardless of whether it's in a contest or here on the repeater. And the other topic, so lots of flowers in your direction sir, but the other topic, someone mentioned cabbage soup. My wife and I just discussed that yesterday. I make a mean cabbage soup and we're talking about, we just had, she calls it a soup, it was a stew. There were too many things in there to qualify as a soup and it ended up being really thick on the second day. So I call it a stew. But we just had that. So in about a week we were planning on doing cabbage soup and it's perfect for the weather. I'm Polish, I love cabbage and it's a toss up between putting kielbasa in it or short ribs. But it will be one and it will be delicious. They always are. I'm about to put in for a call sign change. And I have it all filled out. I'm having a lot of consternations. I'm actually pushing the button. I've had this call sign since 1983, 84 I think. It was my second call sign. I upgraded from novice which was KA7RCE which was a perfectly fine call sign. I should have never changed it but I did. But this is like the worst call sign for CW. All you CW operators can probably appreciate that. And it's horrible for contests. Even checking in here, Bill. I don't know what it is about the, I do it myself. JVJ, I get dyslexic suddenly and so do all the DX contacts I try to relay my call sign to. And I spend more time correcting them with the letters than I do actually have a quick exchange QSO with them. So I'm about to do it but that means new QSO cards, changing my call sign with all the clubs I'm affiliated with. I belong to too many like most of you probably. But there you go. Yeah, about to push the button. But other than that I want to wish everyone a wonderful day. And real quick, yesterday was a horrible day for ham radio for me. I ended up having to repair a linear amplifier which I finally fixed. There was a microphone mount with a high old desk base, an inch and a half. And I went to cut it down because it was too low. And I didn't realize it was solid aluminum all the way through. And if I had a band saw it would have gone quickly but I ended up doing it with a hacksaw and a dremel tool. Persistence is always the key. But before I time out I want to wish everyone best of the three and I'm just going to listen in. And again Bill thank you for all you do. And have done Whiskey 7 Zulu Alpha Sierra November 7 Juliet Picture Juliet.