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Okay, Tom, well I would love to have gone, but we are, like I say, it costs us a thousand miles at least to add that to our route. And the expense and the time and is it, I don't know if we would have made it or not, because when we got up in Michigan we had a problem on the road. And we had to wind up in a shop. So we probably would have missed it anyway. But we would have had to change all of our time schedule anyway at the least. So I've been to Texas a few times. There used to be a couple in the club that had a place down in Palacios, Texas, down on the Gulf Coast that they went to every year. And spent the winter just down there. And we used to have our spring value on our quite open. And I went down there once. Turned out that was the last time we had it down there. That's a long time ago now. But they actually lived up in Wisconsin. And they wintered down there. It was a nice, nice outing. We had a good time with that rally. Had a crowd and had a lot of activities. I wound up, went in there with lamb disease. And it was before we were full time. Somehow at the house we lived in was a lot of trees and a lot of deer. And I remember pulling around. Somehow I got a tick bite on my shoulder. Didn't really, well I remember it after the fact. But then we got down there and somebody saw the shoulder had this big circle on it. Had to go to the doctor. He said, you didn't get that down here. Anyway, like I say, it was just not going to work out for us this year. All right. What else have you got to say, George? 84IH, K4HM. 82IH here. All righty. You know, it's funny. You always talk about, oh, this is going to be a short net. You know, there aren't many people. And then as you try to sign off, more and more people show up. But I think that you actually will have a short net. That this is the first time I've ever been here where it's been this short. Because toward the end of the net, people start showing up all over the place. And we end up being here until like after at least Eastern time, 10 o'clock. But I think tonight, for whatever reason, is actually going to be a short one. And I wanted to say to Tom, KI5ECE, thanks for the update. Because, you know, it's good to hear the news on what was going on in Texas and all. So that was good to fit that in there. And let's see, we heard from Charles and Dave. And both, you know, with, you know, I'm an HF guy. So you don't always get to hear who you're talking to. A lot of people are down in the noise level in what you call a voice print. But here on Echo Link, it just works. And the sound quality is wonderful. So whatever you guys say, I get to hear perfectly. And I really appreciate that. That's why my once a week Echo Link with Hank is pretty cool. So anyway, and also before I time out, if I haven't already, Hank, thanks for running the Echo Link. And thanks for all the stuff you did for RVRN way before us new guys came. Because there was a lot of groundwork that had to be done and a lot of difficult changes over the decades. And we're still here today, a little different but still functioning. And if it wasn't for guys like you that did the heavy lifting, it would never exist. So before I time out, back to Hank. And it's been a pretty good night. 82 IH, back to you.