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WB6CXT

Well, no, WB6CXT, like Crazy Xylophone Trio, how about that, or Charlie X3 Tango, whatever you prefer. Anyhow, as you recall, I'm always wanting to know what the Geiger Counter, the Geiger Counter report is from you, because you know, we just had a big military operation, maybe I want to see if there is a Geiger counter reading today. So you might remember that when you answer back. I was also thinking about, I don't remember if you were an optical man rating or an instrument man rating. I know that optical man turned into instrument, you know, got blended into instrument man later. God, I don't know why they did that but anyhow, I thought of you because I was talking to AI the other day, one of the AI programs and we were talking about lichens because I have them help me identify some lichens because I like lichens. And you know it's so funny because the thing goes and it knows I'm a birder you know because I've talked to it for a gazillion years and you know oh since you're a birder you always have your binoculars right? I said I always have my binoculars of course out of anywhere I go, they're sort of like a mala and they got to be your shadow right so yeah. So if you don't have a magnifying glass out in the field, you can just turn your binoculars backwards. And I thought about that from there and I said boy I remember doing that as a child and I don't know why I didn't remember it 70 years later. So AI had a good recommendation if you don't have a magnifying glass in the field, you always got to have binoculars with you, right, of course. I took my binoculars and turned it backwards and yeah, that was amazing. Good idea from AI. Anyhow, getting back to the Navy tank, I know you are on the USS Union Sound. I was on the USS Bryce Canyon and probably a few years before you I think. But I was an electronics calibration technician, electronic to ET, but I went to calibration school at Lowry air force base and I thought why do we get work changed if you only have two electrons and helium atom on your insignia why can't they give you like 55 electrons for like a cesium beam frequency standard right? I think that would probably be kind of cluttered on the insignia maybe that is too much. Anyhow, let's see optical men, reverse binoculars, like in cesium, okay. The only other thing I had was I'm going to be cut off in a minute. Let me stop and reset for just a moment.