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Yeah, KB0MAI. George, Bill, and Dee. I think you said that last time and I took it back to you. I'm sorry about that, Kevin. Shows how much I'm paying attention to things. All right. So my friend texted me this morning. I was kind of surprised he didn't text me yesterday, but he says, do you want breakfast this morning? Yeah. I want breakfast this morning. I'm kind of hungry. I'll check my A1C real quick and see what I can eat. Can I have pancakes or am I going to have to stick with an omelet with no fries, no toast? Maybe some tomatoes on the side and you can pour a little Tabasco sauce on them. But I'm still working on these. You hear that? My little baa. Still working on these pictures. I'm having a hard time. I don't know if I want to stick with the colors and the presets I found or go strictly back black and white. I've done about half and half right now. Color, you know, you see everything and you kind of have a broader view. But black and white, you see more of the detail. You're focusing on the people and not so much the colors. Then you have camera lights. Camera, oh, speech. That's what you're talking about, right? Cameras, intersections of lights. You know, that is I can't tell you how many times, like in our city, they have been put in and taken out so many times you can shake a stick at. So They put them in and they make lots of money. And then people get really ticked off. And then they take them to court. And they find it is unconstitutional. And then they take it out. And then they're gone for a year or two. I think last time it's been like 10 years. I haven't seen a light up here anywhere, a camera light anywhere. And now they're putting them back in down in Kansas City again. So it's kind of like they've learned their lesson. They've come up with some other kind of definition to circumvent state constitutional law. And they do it again. And they make money. And then they have to take them out again, that kind of thing. I think that if it's not a cop watching you, then who actually sees it and pulls you over? Kind of, eh, I don't think that should be happening. I mean, I don't know how you guys deal with it. I've literally seen people come up on the light. And they're OK to go, even though it turned yellow or red. But they just weren't paying attention. But yet they're clear. But once they know that that camera's there, I have seen people literally slam on their brakes and cause skid marks on the road. And of course, the person behind them is, you know, usually they're falling too close. And bam, you know, they hit each other. I've seen that happen several times. That has happened to me. I went coming up to the light. Something was in my eyes or something was going on. And then I see that light. And I hit the brakes. Because you do not want to get caught running a red light in a truck, be it the camera there or not. That's called a major offense. And you get two of them. And you lose your license for like five years. But it also does cause problems. Now, if somebody's going through the light and there's nobody going around, is around and still clear, and they did it by mistake, I don't think they should. Actually, I think they did the safe thing. Instead of slamming on the brakes, they continued through the light because they were OK. But that's just my opinion. I'm sure there's all kinds of other people out here that have completely different takes on that. But if it was just a police officer and he was watching the light, which that's part of the damn job anyways, make sure that we're obeying the laws. Instead of him slamming on his brakes, he goes through. The cop falls after him, pulls him over a safe location, gives him a ticket, an eyewitness view. The ticket's here in Missouri and also in Iowa and so forth like that. When they give you that type of ticket, a traffic light ticket, camera ticket, whatever, generally there's another thing that goes along with that. They want you to send them the money, but they don't want you dead in court. And you get to go to court if you want to, but it's just a moneymaker. It's nothing more than a moneymaker. I don't believe safety's involved in this at all. I think injury and accident are the highlight of these lessons that they've learned over the years, and it hasn't changed. So stop putting these cameras up. Get the cops on the street corners to do the damn job. Anyhow, back to you KB-0. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. I apologize. I was going to do it again. It's over to Bill. I'm sure he has a totally different opinion in mind because usually he does. Take it away, Bill.