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BA3KKY KC2PKG

All right, BA3KKY, this is KC2PKG out of East Machias, Maine. We're all going to have a sunny day, yet another sunny day, and it's about six degrees outside. So that's kind of nice, you know, listening to people. And my comment on, you know, whether organized solution or whether there's a God or not, stuff like that. I used to tell everybody when I was in high school, I would tell them that I was agnostic my mind was open but I was just kidding myself I didn't believe it it's probably flipped a switch in college and said no I'm not agnostic I am an unbeliever but that's not the a big thing I changed my mind about because that was always there the big thing I changed my mind about was you know as I was growing up and I don't think even as political as you want but until you're like 17 18 you don't really have a party or something like that mine was the Republican Party you know for I don't know the end of the 70s to the 90s I'm very staunch Republican I really liked the way that they did things they were you know very serious they always played as a team even if they didn't always agree and give them a lot of power and I thought that was a very cool thing and then along comes guy Newt Gingrich and his philosophy was you know you can't just go and have lunch with the Democrats and you can't have a discussion in the back room with them and then come up with a solution and propose that you've got to fight you've got to fight you've got to fight them and tell them how much you hate them and you know how awful they are and this is the father of the division we're living with now. This guy, Newt Gingrich, the Speaker of the House, and he was adamant about that and the rhetoric that came out of his mouth first it was a little shocking and then it was a little exhilarating and then I got embarrassed. Let me drop you for a second. Yeah, I got a little embarrassed by the whole thing. I said, I can't believe that we're talking about Democrats this way. And as I started to really question that, I started looking at what the Democrats stood for, liberals and progressives. And I guess I've always been a very liberal Republican, a very progressive Republican. And I said, well, it doesn't seem like there's a lot of those left. And then the Tea Party came in, and they were, they were something else. They really were. And so I changed my mind about that. I said, no, I'm sick of the Democrats. I may not like them all. I may not vote for them every time. But I definitely do not want to be associated with the Republican Party. That's what I changed my mind about. So it's back to you, Kevin. B-A-2-K-K-Y. This is K-C-2-P-K-G. OK. And I put the next question on the list, and I took one off the list. If you're If you're not really serious about checking in, then you're an I.O. to me. Okay, so, I will read the question that I just put on the screen, which is basically, when it comes to reading, do you have a specific reading night ritual? Same chair, same drink, or time, or do you just read whenever you can? And then let's see, is there anyone else? Is anyone else on here? Okay, I only added Gray this time, so anyone else that would like to check in, come down with whatever, I.O. or whatever you want, go ahead. Yeah, keep me on the list Kevin, I'll be here.