I didn't say you were lying, Johnny. Only the truth often looks different, depending on our point of view. Gun will travel, starring Mr. John Daener as Paladin. San Francisco, 1875. The Carlton Hotel, headquarters of a man called Paladin. Ah, an excellent breakfast, hey boy. My compliments to the chef. Oh, you saw it. Thank you very much. He's shown great improvement. The coffee is both black and hot. The eggs? Perfect. Oh, not the same chef improving, Mr. Paladin. New chef. Oh, who? Hey boy. You? You saw Mr. Paladin say, only way to get things done right is do them yourself. Hey boy, take advice. Do breakfast himself. And with splendid results. Thank you, hey boy. My compliments to you. Now, if you'll clear these dishes away, I have some letters to answer, hey boy. And I want to be left alone. Oh, he saw Mr. Paladin. Oh, my, oh, my. Alone, hey boy. He's alone. Alone, and in peace and quiet. Oh, oh, I go. I live peace and quiet. Oh, somebody at door. Whoever it is, get rid of them. Yes, sir. I want to talk to Mr. Paladin. Oh, Mr. Paladin say, he not in. I got to talk to him, it's important. Oh, sorry. Mr. Paladin very busy. Listen, tell him Nellie Watson's boy wants to see you. Nellie what? Hey, boy, let him in. But you say. I know what I said. Now I say, let him in. Please do enter. Thank you. You, Mr. Palagin? That's right. I'm Johnny, Nellie Watson's boy. Yes. Yes, I can see the resemblance. That's what mother said to say. How is your mother? She's dead, Mr. Palagin. Oh, I'm sorry. She always told me, Johnny, if you're ever in trouble, if you ever need anything, you go find Mr. Palagin. So here I am. Constipation is something people don't talk about much, but it can be a problem for anyone, even doctors. And when constipation occurs, it's interesting to see just what doctors consider important about a laxative they might use or recommend. Well, a majority of the doctors we heard from had this to say. A laxative should be effective, gentle, close to natural acting. A medicine that can be used with complete confidence. Now, x-lax has been popular with many doctors and millions of people over the years because pleasant tasting chocolatey x-lax is effective. Overnight, it helps you toward your normal regularity. X-lax is so gentle, so close to natural acting, there's no upset. That's why many doctors and millions of people use x-lax with complete confidence. X-lax, the laxative that helps you toward your normal regularity, gently overnight. 18 years had not marred my memory of Nellie Watson, one of those rare individuals you never forget. We had been close friends in Illinois during the years before the war. It was difficult to believe that she was dead. Now, this was her son sitting in my room, no longer a child, not yet a man, awkward, uncertain. And no matter what I do, I don't seem to be able to please him, Mr. Paladin. Well, stepfathers are like that sometimes, Johnny. Man, fathers too, I suppose. It wasn't so bad while mother was alive, but after she died. When did she die? A couple of months ago. What was the matter with her? The doctor said consumption. But I think it was a broken heart, Mr. Paladin. Broken heart? Yeah, from trying to please him. She tried and tried, but she couldn't. She died, and then I decided to run away. Johnny, you never solve a problem by running. Are you saying I should go back? He's your legal guardian until you're of age. I don't care. I won't do it. I don't have to. No, Johnny, you can keep on running if you want to. Lots of people do. Keep on running all their lives. Then you won't help me. I didn't say that, no. But the only way I can really help you is to take you back to your stepfather where you belong. Take me back? You'll come with me? If you want me to. All right, then you'll see for yourself. You'll see I'm not lying. Why, don't think you are, Johnny, only the truth often looks different depending on our point of view. Let's go see what your stepfather's point of view is. The ranch house is just over the next rise, Mr. Paladin. Nice spread. Your dad homestead all of this? Yes. Mother had a hard time making it run after he died until George came. George? My stepfather. Mother took him on as foreman. And before he was here a year, he made her marry him. Made her? Well, I can't see why she'd want to. He must have forced her. Oh, there's the ranch house down there. Corral's over to the left. Wait a minute. Seems to be some trouble over there. Yeah, that's George. What's he doing, beating that horse? Yeah, he threatened to get even with him. Get even? Why? Well, that horse told him a while back. It broke his arm. Oh, the horse doesn't know why it's being beaten. I know. That's the way George is. Come on, Johnny. Yeah. Come on, honey. Good. Well, they could solve it. Just a minute, mister. What are you? It isn't a prodigal son come home. I brought you back. I didn't want to come back. He made me. Oh, who are you? This here is Mr. Paladin. He was a friend of mother's. Ah, dare say. Long time ago. Must have been. Don't ever remember hearing her speak of you. Hey, aren't you afraid you'll turn that horse into a killer?  I'm gentlin' him. With a bull whip? Look here, Paladin, or whatever your name is. This is my property, and it don't pleasure me none to have my actions questioned. To make myself plain. Yes, quite plain. Well, now that we understand each other, I suppose I should thank you for bringing the boy back. But I didn't ask you to. Well, this is his home. He belongs here. Well, well, not you here. Might as well put you up for the night. Too far to ride into town. I wouldn't want to put you in any trouble. No trouble for me. The boy does the cooking. Help yourself to some more, Mr. Paladin. Oh, no, thanks, Johnny. That was an excellent dinner. His mother taught him how to cook. Pity wasn't a girl. Make a good wife for somebody. All right, George, cut it out. I'll raise your voice to me, young man. Well, stop pickin' on me. You do your own cookin'.  Oh!   You see what I mean, Mr. Paladin? You see what I mean? You goin'? Do I have to take the razor-strap to you? I'll get even with you someday, George. I'll get even with you.  How am I going to make a man out of him? He's just starting. Give him time. Time? Time to listen to his complaints and his back talk? Well, maybe you don't understand him. He's still a boy. Guess I do as well as the next man. What's your interest in him? His mother was my friend, remember? Yeah. Paladin, ain't I heard of you? Maybe. Yeah, I know.  A hired gun. You could say that.  He was kind of peaceful while he was gone. Maybe he would be better off somewhere else. Yeah. But Paladin, I'm not making any secret of the fact that I don't like him. I never did. Nevertheless, you are responsible for him. Not the way I look at it. Got too big for his britches and walked off the property.  But this is his ranch, isn't it, legally? Now, Paladin, what's legal? I worked this place. I keep it up. I was his mother's husband. Once she died, this place became mine as far as I'm concerned. There's no question about that. Yeah, well, the law might have a different point of view.  And I don't appreciate somebody like you coming around, sticking his nose into my affairs. What are you getting out of this anyway? Nothing. Nothing more than the satisfaction that Nellie Watson's boy is getting a fair deal.  You work for a price, don't you? All depends. Let me hire you. What for? Take that kid off my hands for good. I'd be willing to pay whatever you thought was fair. It's getting late. I'm going to turn in. Morning. Did you sleep on that offer I made you last night? I slept on it. Going to accept it? Where's the kid? Down at the corral, I reckon. He was up before me. There's some scrambled eggs in the skillet. Help yourself. Thanks. I asked you if you were going to accept my offer. I can't understand why you don't want them around, George. It's a big help to you. There's a nice home for them. All you have to do is make up your mind to be nice to the kid. It'll be good for both of you. I've tried to be good to him. Don't work. I'm giving up. Morning, Paladin. Morning, Johnny. That horse has got a real bad cut on his withers, George. Don't come crying to me about it. Well, you did it. Maybe I did. Maybe I didn't. We saw you take a whip to him.  Don't try it, George. Why you? Stand back here. You come one step further and I'll run this bread knife through your ribs. All right, Johnny. Drop it. No, he's got no calling. I said drop it. Sit down. Eat your breakfast. With me. You too, George. Get pretty brave with a knife in your hand. But don't think I can't still whip you the way I used to. The day I'll come when you'll come. The day will never come when I can't whip you because you're yell a clean throat. Let's go. Sit down. Sit down, Johnny. Eat your breakfast. Well, Johnny, I guess you weren't exaggerating. I guess there's no pleasing him. Well, I told you, didn't I? The kid's big enough.  George doesn't want you here, Johnny. That's clear. And it's just as clear that I don't want to be here. Well then, I guess there's no point in insisting that you stay. You mean it? Well, if you did, one or the other of you would probably be dead the way you're at each other's throats. Well, I guess that means you'll be going back to San Francisco with Mr. Paladin, huh, kid? If he don't mind taking me. Not at all, Johnny. How soon you figure to get started, Paladin? Well, there's no reason why we can't pull out this morning. Well, now we've got everything settled. I've got to be going. Uh, where are you going? I've got some business in town. I'll be away most of the day.  Probably. Good. About that offer, Paladin. You'll be hearing from me. So long, kid. Good luck. Yeah. Well, Mr. Paladin, that's that. Let's go. No. No, Johnny, that's not quite that. What do you mean? That's exactly what your stepfather wants us to do. He's too eager to get us off the place. He's too eager to get rid of you. He even offered to pay me to take you off his hands. He did? Why? I don't know, Johnny, but I think we better find out. How? Weight. Weight? Yeah, weight for him to show his hand. All right. Wherever you say. So I might as well finish cleaning up the breakfast dishes.  Funny? How? Well, you don't find many ranch kids who care whether the dishes are done or not. Well, there's nothing wrong with it, is there? Oh, no, no, of course not. Here, I'll help you. You don't have to do that. Makes it go faster. But there used to be some soap in a can on this shelf. I wonder if it's clear. Rocks. Now, what's he keeping rocks in a can over the sink? Let me see one of those. They aren't exactly rocks, Johnny. Hey, there's a letter in here with them. Let me see it. Our independent assay verifies your figure of $500 to the ton. Our representative will meet you on the morning of the 24th unless today to close the deal. $500 a ton on this, Lynn? Yeah. Come on, Johnny. Where? We're going to leave or appear to. I don't imagine George will feel free to show the property until he's sure we've left the premises. So that's just what we'll do. The bug looks like new. Shampooed it myself right on the floor. And you said impossible. That's when I was all tired out with nagging backache. And muscular aches and pains. And am I glad I took your tip about that? You said try Dones pills. Good advice. That's Dones pills, an analgesic and mild diuretic to the kidneys. Nagging backache, also headache, dizziness, and muscular aches and pains, may come on with overexertion, emotional upsets, or everyday stress and strain. Dones pain-relieving action is often the answer. And they also offer mild diuretic action through the kidneys. So if nagging backache is making you feel worn out, tired, and miserable with restless sleepless nights, don't wait. Try Dones pills. Use successfully by millions for over 60 years. See if they don't bring you the same welcome relief. Get Dones pills today to save money by Dones big economy size. We saddle our horses out in the open so that anyone who might be watching could not help notice our leave-taking. Once out of sight of the ranch, we doubled back through the woods and left the horses tied in some underbrush. We had no difficulty making our way unseen back to the barn where we spent the hot and dusty afternoon waiting. Finally, George and another man pulled up at the corral. Who's that man with him, Mr. Bowen? Just keep your voice down. Well, there she is, Mr. Roberts. She's all yours, lock, stock, and barrel, bought and paid for. You'll find some grub in the kitchen and blankets on the beds. Enough for you until your outfit moves in. All right, come on, Johnny. There we are. You going on tonight? Yes, sir. Ain't aimin' to spend another night in that place. Got your land, I've got my money. I'm headin' for the low lands to spend it. I wouldn't be too sure about that, George. I'll let it. I thought you'd- Yeah, I know what you thought. Mr. Roberts, are you in the habit of buying property under false pretenses? Now, what are you inferred? That it doesn't belong to this gentleman. But what is the meaning of this? Look, Mr. Roberts, I'm sure it can all be explained. I don't think so, George. So just give Mr. Roberts back his money. Won't somebody explain this to me? Gladly. George has attempted to dispose of the property of a miner without the miner's consent or knowledge. But I don't understand- This young man, Mr. Roberts. This young man is the rightful owner of this property. And I'm sure that he will be willing to make a satisfactory leasing arrangement with you. But as to an outright sale of this property, I would advise against it. All right, Paladin, hold it. All of you, stay put. I've got his money in my saddlebag, and I don't aim to give it back. Mr. Paladin, the horse has stopped me. The horse has stopped me. I'm going out of here, a rich man.  Look out, George, that horse is coming for you. What?  Mr. Paladin, he shot the horse. All right, George, drop your gun. No, you don't. And the horse is, too. Mr. Roberts, as I said before, this young man is the rightful owner of this property. There should be no question about that now. Yes, come in. Well, well, Ms. Wong, Ms. Wong, how are you this morning? My son. Hey, man, now you have been grown. I mean, Johnny. How do you do that? All of a sudden have grown up child? Well, it's a part of the inscrutable accident, Ms. Wong. Inscrutable accident? No, no, I think not. Johnny will be in the east at school most of the time. He won't need a father. No, Ms. Wong, I have no intention of becoming respectable. Well, Lucy, chicken's got to be just the right distance from the charcoal. Yeah, that's got it. Everybody looks good and hungry, don't they? Hand me that French's Worcestershire, Lucy. Yeah, folks still pestering to get the secret of my barbecue sauce. God admit, never tasted any better. Tween you and me, Lucy, the credits as much French's as mine. There's a combination of 15 spices and other ingredients in French's Worcestershire. All the right things to bring out the flavor in hot or sweet barbecue sauce. French's Worcestershire really sparks it up. Or two, it's made by the French's mustard people. Yeah, all ready now? Bye. Folks, here's a special recipe offer. Get 12 delicious new barbecue sauce recipes. Just right, barbecue book, Box 56. That's Box 56, Rochester, New York. A gun will travel. Created by Herb Meadow and Sam Roth is produced and directed in Hollywood by Frank Parris and stars John Daener as Paladin, with Ben Wright as Hayboy and Virginia Greg as Miss Wong. Tonight's story was specially written for Have Gun Will Travel by William N. Robeson, featured in the cast were Ken Lynch and Sam Edwards. And now, here's our star, John Daener. We have the cast and the production staff of Have Gun Will Travel. Send our sincere congratulations to the management and staff of KNX Radio, the CBS radio station in Los Angeles, which this week celebrates its 40th anniversary. And we're mighty happy KNX is one of the CBS radio stations that carries our program every Sunday. Congratulations and best wishes. This is Hugh Douglas inviting you to join us again next week when CBS Radio presents Have Gun Will Travel.


The hooded Cobra Commander YouTube channel is proud to bring you a review of G.I. Joe, not a G.I. Joe, but the G.I. Joe, also known as Joe Colton. I'm here. Hi. I'm Joe Colton. How did you get on the show? I am Joe Colton. We're reviewing a Joe Colton figure. But I'm Joe Colton. I'm supposed to be doing the review. At least I think I'm supposed to be doing the review. Who is better qualified to do the review than me? I'm Joe Colton. I don't know how people keep hacking into the super secret G.I. Joe communications network, but never mind that. I'm glad you're here. I can't talk about Joe Colton without talking about Joe Khan. And that's something you can help with. Joe, is that you? Beachhead Mike? Brian, what are you doing here?  I've lost control of my own show. How did you get on the super secret comms network? How did I get on it? Gary and Greg invented the G.I. Joe communications network before I was even a part of what's on Joe's mind. How did you get on it? Ah, I just saw it lying around. Didn't see anyone using it at the time. Well, fine. Just don't break it. I need to check these channels more often.  Plug the Damn Show. Okay, okay, Mike.   If you want to listen in to Mike making fun of me, me making fun of Mike, or our guests, no, we don't want you to make fun of us. Guess make fun of us. Ah, we review Joe's figures, vehicles, make fun of each other, little banter. You want to listen in? Listen into what's on Joe's mind. Commander 788 here. It's time for a special vintage G.I. Joe toy review. When is an action figure more than an action figure? When it represents a convergence of nearly every branch of G.I. Joe history, including the toys, the company that produced them, and the community of fans that emerged around them. This episode is more than a review of an action figure. It's also a brief history of the G.I. Joe fan community and the annual International G.I. Joe convention, commonly known as JoeCon. I'm proud to have two guests who have a greater perspective on that history than I do, Joe Colton, a cosplayer and a leader in our fan community, and Mike Irizari, host of the long running podcast, What's on Joe Minds. They will share their JoeCon memories later in this video. G.I. Joe has been around for 50 years. That's a lot of ground to cover, so let's get started. HCC 788 presents Joe Colton, also known as G.I. Joe. This is G.I. Joe. G.I. Joe's G.I. Joe from 1994. This figure was available only in 1994. 1994 was the final year of the vintage G.I. Joe toy line. It was the first three and three-quarter inch figure to be named G.I. Joe. Collectors often identify him as Joe Colton. I have the figure both loose and in the original mail-away polybag. The bagged figure was sent to me by Jeff Adams. Thank you very much, Jeff. This figure was available two ways. One as a mail-away offer, and two as a convention exclusive for the 1994 G.I. Joe convention. The mail-away offer was redeemable through one of these catalogs that was included with some 1994 G.I. Joe action figures. The figure was available in two scales in the three and three-quarter inch scale as seen here, and you can see he was advertised as coming with a different accessory than what was packaged with the figure. It was also available in 12 inch scale like the classic G.I. Joe from the 1960s and 70s. This is for serious G.I. Joe collectors only, so anyone having fun can just back off. The three and three-quarter inch figure required five UPC proofs of purchase plus a dollar shipping and handling. The 12 inch figure required 20 proofs of purchase and a dollar shipping and handling. The figure is meant to embody the full history of G.I. Joe, including his origin in the 1960s. There is more history in this one figure than in any other figure in any era. The style and name of the figure is an allusion to the first G.I. Joe when introduced as 12 inch poseable toy soldiers, they were all called G.I. Joe. They weren't given individual names and backgrounds until the relaunch of the line in 1982 as G.I. Joe a real American hero. Four basic G.I. Joe figures were released in 1964, the action soldier, the action sailor, the action marine and the action pilot. The toy line was a big hit and continued producing figures, accessories and vehicles deep into the 1970s. The line ran out of steam and was canceled in 1976. There was an attempt to revitalize the line with Super Joe, but it failed to renew interest. Joe Colton's uniform is meant to look like the 1964 action soldier with the beret that was included in the 1966 Green Beret and Special Forces sets. This Joe Colton G.I. Joe figure was part of the 30th anniversary celebration of G.I. Joe from 1964 to 1994. In 1994, Hasbro released a set of special 30th anniversary boxed figures to commemorate the 1964 series. It included three and three quarter inch versions of the action soldier, action marine, action sailor and action pilot in a variety of different uniforms. 1994 was a milestone year for G.I. Joe. It was a year of beginnings and endings. It was the 30th anniversary of G.I. Joe, which Hasbro celebrated with its 30th salute. The celebration included a G.I. Joe convention, which we have come to call Joe Con. It was not the first G.I. Joe convention. In a letter to the G.I. Joe Collector's Club of Members by James Desimone, he notes that there were seven consecutive conventions up to that year, with the first one being in Dallas. Incidentally, my first Joe Con was in Dallas in 2014. The 1994 Joe Con was held aboard the USS Intrepid, a decommissioned U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that has been converted into a museum docked in New York City. The Intrepid was the inspiration for the USS flag, G.I. Joe's legendary toy aircraft carrier from 1985. Tullmart's action figure digest issues 19 and 20 have coverage of that convention, including the convention program and photos. That Joe Con celebrated the history of G.I. Joe with guests that included Don Levine, who showed off the original prototypes for 12 inch G.I. Joe. Convention exclusives included a 12 inch MP, a 12 inch action pilot, and of course a three and three quarter inch Joe Colton. The G.I. Joe's of my generation, the small Joe's, were present at the convention, but the focus was clearly on the collectors of classic 12 inch figures. Fans of G.I. Joe, a real American hero, got some shattering news at that convention. That's when they learned that their line was going away. It was to be replaced by something new, Sergeant Savage. I have covered Sergeant Savage before on this show. I don't have any problem with Sergeant Savage toys. I like them. I think they're fine. The storyline for Sergeant Savage has some serious problems, but the toys are good. For G.I. Joe fans in the 1990s, this was a shock. Sergeant Savage, for all its merits, wasn't a continuation of our beloved toy line. It was a break and a new start. It was in a different scale. It was in a different style. There were some attempts to connect it to a real American hero, but it still went in a very different direction. That direction apparently didn't resonate with kids and collectors because Sergeant Savage didn't last long. It was quickly replaced by G.I. Joe Extreme, which was also canceled. Soon, G.I. Joe in any form would be off the shelves. That's a very familiar feeling for today's G.I. Joe fans. But the annual G.I. Joe convention continued. Fun Publications was the official Hasbro licensee for the convention and the collectors club. The chain was unbroken until Hasbro decided not to renew the license with Fun Publications and discontinue the show. Hasbro was launching its own all-inclusive Hascon, and the individual brand conventions didn't fit in the equation. We expected the convention to end in 2016, but Hasbro extended the license to more years. The final Joe Con was in Chattanooga, Tennessee in June 2018. Please welcome Joe Colton, the real Joe Colton, as she shares her Joe Con experiences. It's Joe Con cosplay. I have been asked by Brian to say a few words about Joe Con and what it means to me or what it meant to me. My first Joe Con was Rhode Island. I was so nervous to go. It was wonderful. It was exhilarating. I was very excited, but I was also nervous because back then I didn't know that there were a lot of female collectors and I didn't know a lot of girls would dress up. And I didn't know what to expect, but that Con probably opened up my world. So I think I have a lot of thanks. Thanks to the club. I got to meet Ron Rudat. I got to meet Larry Hamma. I made lifelong friends and then that I still have today. And at every Joe Con that I would go to, I would meet more and more people each year. And eventually, thought of everybody as family, got to see everybody once or twice a year, and kept up with them on Facebook. And then years later, I got to meet Gary and Mike and I joined the cast of What's on Joe Mind. And then again, my world changed and I got to be a podcaster. And drink wine, of course. One of my most memorable interviews was with Mark Weber and Daryl DePriest. And all I could think of is, oh my God, they've heard the show and I am drinking wine on it and saying ridiculous things.  That is so cool. Those two guys really supported the community more than many of you will probably ever know. And I told Ryan I was going to tear up. The club tried a lot and did a lot for our community, but Daryl and Mark are some of the best men I know. Other things that I remember of Joe Kahn were the panels that I got to do and the cosplays that I got to create and see fans of the line enjoy and then get in the spirit of doing as well. And just becoming a family and we came together as a community all the time. When it was announced that there would be no Joe Kahn anymore, my heart sank. And we got to do a petition and our voices were heard and we got two more years. And Hasbro and the club gave the fans two more years. And I thank both of them for that because we got to see each other regularly again for two more years. And then that was a lot of emotions. When Joe Kahn finally ended and the club asked me to say a few words, it was really difficult because how do you put a decade of memories and friendships and family into a few words? Because you can't. I guess it's possible, but for me it's a feeling and it's inexplainable. How welcoming, how caring, how we come together, how our love of a line connects us. And for so many years like we've seen people get married, have children, those children grow up and us growing old. More Mike than anybody else. But that convention was a place for us to have basically a family reunion. And that feeling was not explainable. We went for, we all came together and each year I think we started coming in a day or two even earlier than the Kahn started. We had to hang out and have drinks and catch up and trade toys and talk about what we liked and didn't like and how people's families were and how they were. So it was fun. It was a lot of fun. Joe Kahn was also a place where we got to grow the finest. Because without the community we could not have helped so many vets and without the club and Hasbro supporting us we couldn't collect money at the Kahn and do the calendars and give back to a community who does so much for us as people. Also it gave the finest an opportunity to help create an environment of fun and nostalgia of our childhood. And that's what I take from Joe Kahn and yeah I miss it but I also get to have lifelong friends that I wouldn't have had otherwise. So thank you to everybody and I'm hoping that I will see everybody at Joe Fest. And we continue the tradition of having a family come together and hang out and do drinks and talk about our kids or your kids or family or friends or the line or toys, new sculpts, new vehicles, old vehicles, anything. So I look forward to seeing you all. I love you guys. Bye. Now I turn it over to Mike Irizieri also known as Beachhead Mike also known as Free Trip Mike and possibly other aliases as he shares his Joe Kahn memories. Hey everybody and you'll have to excuse the faint hum in the background tonight. It's a much nicer night recording this segment than when we were doing our scripted ones a few days ago. Most of you in the Midwest I'm sure have been dealing with the same heat that I was and that finally broke today in St. Louis, Missouri. So the windows are open and the fans are on and I'm just not undoing that because it's the first day out. Of a long and hot summer and so you have to excuse any background noise that might be in this part of the recording. But Brian asked to share some memories on Joe Kahn and it's difficult to do that and keep it in, you know, under three, four minutes. I got to seven of them, all told. The first one was in Atlanta in 2007. It was in a car with Scott McAllister, Fred Meyer and Eric Brackert and it was like your classic road trip. We were so fired up coming out of there that we hit every stop back from Atlanta to Indianapolis. Looking for what was at the time was wave two of the 25th anniversary line. So we were that fired up after five days of being in nothing but G.I. Joe to stop at every Walmart and Target we could find off at a highway and look for some more. After that came a string of I went to five in a row from it would have been from 12 to 16. And really the best parts of those were we're getting out and we were doing the show by that point we're doing what's on Joe mine. And we would meet fans of the program who would recognize me and Justin and Gary just from our voices. And you could see them they turn around real quick and and they try to listen again and put the voice they were hearing to the face that they could see saying those same words. And so it was always kind of entertaining to to spot the super fans before they spotted us. It was it was really neat and it was always very flattering. You know we don't you don't do a G.I. Joe podcast expecting to be you know the idol of millions or anything like that. But just to get a few kind words from people who listen and enjoy the effort that you put into it is really it helps make it all worth it. It was a lot of fun being involved with panels at Joe con. We got to share the stage with some some other great podcasts we got to do one year with the regular Joe's and we regularly had our friends from the full force on stage with us. And those were always it was always neat to be a part of it and always have a great deal of gratitude for for Brian and Lanny and the rest of the club. That's valuable time for their biggest event of the year and they certainly didn't have to share it with us. We weren't really making them any money so we really appreciated the time and the platform and and it was fun sharing the stage with them too. They were always in on the joke and I remember in 2016 when the announcement came through that there would be two more Joe cons.  And so that was a joke that I borrowed from from a friend Tom and but but a wonderful one just to get the looks on their faces after it was said that one would win over pretty good. And again I'm trying to keep this under three four five minutes. So really the best thing I can tell you is there isn't an official GI Joe con anymore. And that's really too bad because there aren't too many fandoms that get out and support official conventions like that. So what I would say is get out to your your local show your regional show whether that's the so Cal Joe show whether it's Joe Fest whether it's coil con whether it's the one they have in Dallas every year whether it's Joe Lanta. There's any number of regional shows and you're going to be close to one of them. And if none of those ring a bell there's going to be some kind of local collector group around you.  And because community is one of the great things about our hobby and that's been proven time and time again. So long live Joe con. Sorry to see it go. Looking forward to what comes next for us. And by all means get out and and support the hobby support your brand show your love for for GI Joe. It's been good to me and I hope to see it some of these shows later on. You have a good rest of the night. Thank you Joe and Mike. I don't have as much experience with Joe con as either of you but I can share some of my memories. It was my privilege to attend five Joe cons starting in 2014. I regret missing the earlier ones. I missed out on a lot of history and a lot of opportunities to make friends with people who shared this hobby. I learned about Joe con because form BX 257 put a little tag about it at the end of one of his reviews. I didn't even know the thing was going on. And it was in Dallas, Texas. That's what then driving distance of where I lived. So I decided to go and I didn't miss a single one after that. The 2014 convention was another milestone. It was the 50th anniversary of GI Joe and it was in Dallas, Texas. The city where James de Simone said the very first convention was held. It's also where I became aware of a podcast called Watson Joe mind. I attended a panel they did with the hosts of another podcast, regular Joe's. As soon as I got home, I looked up the podcast and I started listening. I listened to every single episode. It opened me up to a fan community that I didn't know about. I learned there are a lot of people all around the world who share the same enthusiasm for GI Joe that I do. And I wanted to be in that community and maybe contribute something. For that, I will always feel indebted to Watson Joe mind and Joe con. Let's take a brief look at the bagged figure. This is the male away figure as seen in the catalog. It included in the poly bag, the figure, the weapon and the file card. The file card is read on the back and the figure was placed in the bag behind the file card. The figure is inside an unsealed bag inside the sealed bag printed on the outline. Outside of the poly bag is a choking hazard warning and the country of origin made in China. When you open that bag, this is what you would get, your figure, his weapon and the file card. Let's look at GI Joe's accessory, his only accessory, which is an M60 machine gun. It is in black plastic. It is a reasonable representation of an M60, not perfect. It is also very oversized for the figure. As we saw in the catalog, it looks like he was originally intended to come with an M16 accessory, but at some point they changed it to this oversized M60. This same accessory was included with Gung Ho version 3 and version 4 from 1992 and 1993. So already we have some of Hasbro's famous frugality with a commemorative figure that includes a reissued older accessory. If Hasbro wanted to reuse an old accessory, there was a better M60 to use. 1990's Sub-Zero had an M60 accessory and it was much nicer than the one that comes with Joe Colton here. It's well detailed, probably the best M60 they did in the entire line, and it is in scale. Let's take a look at the articulation on GI Joe. He had the articulation that was standard for GI Joe figures well before 1994. So he had a ball-jointed neck. He could turn his head from left to right and look up and down. He could swing his arm up the shoulder and swivel at the shoulder all the way around. He had a hinge at the elbow that allowed him to bend his arm at the elbow about 90 degrees. He had a swivel at the bicep that allowed him to swivel his arm all the way around. The figure was held together with a rubber O-ring that looped around the inside. That allowed him to move at the torso a bit. He could move his legs apart about so far. He could bend his leg at the hip about 90 degrees and bend at the knee about 90 degrees. Let's look at the sculpt design and color of GI Joe and this figure continues Hasbro's tradition of reusing parts for different GI Joe figures. In this case it is the action marine from the commemorative figure line. If we open this panel up and look at the figure he has the same torso and arms as GI Joe. On his head he has a green beret. He has black hair. He has a Caucasian skin tone. That hair has no detail at all. It is just paint on smooth plastic. A little more effort would have been welcome. There was some effort on the eyes though. He has black eyebrows and brown eyes. Normally those would both be painted the same color. He has a scar on his right cheek and this is a throwback to the old 12 inch GI Joe from the 60s and 70s which also had a scar on his right cheek. This was actually an effort by Hasbro to protect their intellectual property. I like the beret. I'm a fan of green berets but unfortunately it does not have the red beret flash as seen on the file card. On his chest he has a camouflage undershirt or bandana that can be seen just behind his collar. It looks like a tiger stripe camouflage with brown over light green. On his chest and back he has a green fatigue shirt with pockets and a collar and epaulets. It is otherwise pretty plain. There is no rank and signia on the shoulder and that kind of detail would have been welcome. On his arms he has long green sleeves. They are pretty plain. No patches or anything like that. He has bare hands and on his right hand he has an extended index finger and that's a bit different. We did not get that on standard GI Joe figures. I have a problem with this figure related to the arms. The arms connect too low on the torso. The hinge is well below the shoulder closer to where his rib cage would be. This happened on some other 1990s GI Joe figures like 1993 Ninja Force Snake Eyes. But Ninja Force Snake Eyes had an action feature and the chest had to accommodate that so the proportions were a little wonky. There is no action feature on Joe Colton. Some of the other 30th anniversary commemorative figures had the same problem but the action soldier was better. Proportion more like a normal GI Joe figure. He also had a more detailed chest so it would have been a nice one to use for this figure. On his waist piece he has a brown belt with some pouches on the sides and some silver pineapple grenades. It's enough detail without being exceptional. On his legs he has plain green trousers with a black pistol holster on his right leg and a thin black strap that goes around the leg. The holster does not connect to the belt so that little black strap is the only thing holding this thing on his leg. His left leg is plain and we seem to have a bit of errant paint here. There is a strip of brown paint on his left knee. That's not supposed to be there. That's a quality control issue. We finish up with a pair of tall brown boots. These brown boots are sculpted to look like the brown boots that came with early 1960s GI Joe figures and that's a great callback. The boots themselves are not detailed but that is a great attention to detail. The figure is admittedly very plain but I think that was the point. The original 1964 action soldier figure included the uniform and not much else. This probably would have felt familiar to Joe fans from the 60s. The 12 inch Joe probably would have wanted to see dog tags. That was a hallmark of 12 inch GI Joe in the 60s and 70s. Sculpted silver dog tags would have made this figure complete. I don't usually cover modern figures but it's worth noting Joe Colton did appear in the modern era. Version 2 was introduced in 2006 as part of the Viper Lockdown set. In the movie GI Joe Retaliation, Joe Colton was portrayed by Bruce Willis as the original GI Joe. An action figure of the character was produced in Bruce Willis' likeness. It looks nothing like the vintage 1994 figure. There was a fourth version of the figure that was a 2014 convention exclusive and that was done in the style of Joe as he appeared in the GI Joe comic book. Comparing this GI Joe figure to another one of GI Joe's Green Berets Falcon from 1987, there is no comparison. Falcon has more accessories, better accessories, more detail, more paint. It's a beautiful figure. The style of this GI Joe figure reminds me more of Sergeant Savage Hasbro's attempt to reboot GI Joe in 1994. And like on the Joe Colton figure, Sergeant Savage's details are softer, they are adequate without being exceptional. Let's look at GI Joe's file card. This file card is not cut out. This is exactly as it would have come out of the polybag. It is read on the back as mail away file cards often were. The dotted line for the cut out section is in a file folder shape and that is in the style of 1980s GI Joe file cards. By the 1990s, file cards had just become rectangular with rounded corners. And even in 1994, they had started issuing some file cards that were baseball card size. It has his faction as GI Joe and they made sure to include a real American hero in fine print. There is a portrait of GI Joe here and in the artwork it does have an M16 and not an M60, a plain white background. Up at the top in bold letters it just says GI Joe. That's what you call them, just call them GI Joe. Copyright 1993 Hasbro, I'm sure they were planning this figure in 1993 but it was not released until 1994. His file name is Joseph B. Colton. His birthplace is Central Falls, Rhode Island. Hasbro's headquarters is in Rhode Island so I think this is a reference to Hasbro's home base. His grade was 02 First Lieutenant in 1964. His current grade is 010 Four Star General. A Four Star General also called a Full General is the highest achievable rank in the U.S. Army except under special circumstances in times of war. The rank of General of the Army or Five Star General is reserved for wartime purposes and is not currently in use. Wait, I'm confused about something. Is this figure supposed to represent young Lieutenant Joe Colton or old General Joe Colton? Because by 1994 this guy is at least in his 60s. I'm not going to guess at what all of this serial number is a reference to but HAS 93, Hasbro 1993, I think that's easy enough to figure out. Primary military specialty is GI Joe XO. In parentheses executive officer. Secondary military specialty is combat infantry. In parentheses training and intelligence. We have a quote, duty, honor, country. Not just words, a way to live your life. Duty, honor, country is taken from a speech by General Douglas MacArthur at West Point in 1962. It echoes GI Joe's motto, which is honor, duty, courage, as seen on GI Joe's coat of arms. This very dense paragraph says GI Joe in parentheses, a.k.a. Joseph B Colton, graduated in 1960 from the United States Military Academy at West Point, receiving the Academy's highest possible honors. An expert marksman, he is proficient with all military weaponry, from M60 machine guns to attack helicopters to laws in parentheses, light armored weapons. Recruited by special forces, Colton was destined for military glory, quickly distinguishing himself as an outstanding Green Beret. In 1963, after participating in ultra top secret combat operations, not your garden variety top secret operations, but ultra top secret operations and extensive tours of duty and trouble spots around the world, first Lieutenant Joseph B Colton became the most decorated and most feared battlefield soldier the world has ever known. Without mentioning it by name, this has to be referring to the Vietnam conflict. The Vietnam conflict had intensified by 1963, the year Joseph Colton became GI Joe. In July 1958, the first two Americans were killed in Vietnam. Based on the file card, Colton must have been involved in the conflict since 1960 when he graduated West Point. He would have been a U.S. advisor to South Vietnam. In 1962, Operation Ranch Hand had begun. It involved spraying a chemical called Agent Orange to defoliate the jungles of Vietnam. It was not a shining moment in U.S. history. The Battle of Op Bac occurred in January 1963. Americans were still advisors at that point, but they were caught up in the battle in which Viet Cong Gorillas defeated a South Vietnamese Army contingent. In November 1963, South Vietnamese President Diem was overthrown and assassinated. That was the environment in which Joseph Colton became, quote, the most decorated and most feared battle soldier the world has ever known. Recognizing Colton's innate combat skills and his warrior heart pumping courage through his veins, very subtle. Then President John F. Kennedy secretly selected him to create and command the ultimate all-caps freedom fighting force. Higher ranking soldiers had been passed over for this elite presidential appointment. Colton was given his name GI Joe and began building his team with the toughest men the armed forces could muster. From there, GI Joe would change the course of military history and redefine the word hero. And they don't even mention his legendary modesty. He was recruited by John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in November 1963. Based on the timeline, Kennedy's selection of Joseph Colton as GI Joe was one of his last acts as president. Colton built his team, which evolved into the GI Joe we knew from the 1980s and 90s, which would be led by another legendary general, Hawk. This file card is replete with history, real world references, and GI Joe lore. It tries to tie together two distinct eras of GI Joe, the classic 12 inch toys and the real American hero toys. It is hagiographic, which I understand. This is the GI Joe. He has to be the best of the best. But I don't think it was written by Larry Hama. Larry tended to be a bit more subtle and didn't usually deify military glory. Looking at how Joe Colton was used in GI Joe media, he was never animated, no appearances in the cartoon series. In the comic book series published by Marvel Comics, Joe Colton first appeared in issue number 86. He referred to himself as just another guy named Joe. At the end of the issue, it is revealed that he was the original GI Joe. He was retired and had gotten a doctorate in physics. He was bearded, looking more like 1970s adventure team GI Joe. Notably, the issue marks 1963 as the origin year for GI Joe, the same year noted on the file card. In 1963, the concept that would eventually become GI Joe was pitched by Stan Weston to Hasbro. It was further developed and given a name by Hasbro executive Donald Levine. The figures hit the market in 1964. He reappeared in issue number 127 and his background was filled in a bit more. The characters history tracks the history of the GI Joe toy line. He says, I was an adventurer for a while back when the army was out of vogue. Obviously a reference to the adventure team of the 1970s. His final appearance was in issue number 152. That issue was a tie-in with the 30th anniversary salute. In a flashback, it told the story of GI Joe more or less as described on the file card. We see Joe as a blood and guts soldier in Vietnam. We are there when President Kennedy gives him the code name GI Joe. The president is interrupted by an aide who tells him they have a busy schedule in Dallas. It's one week before Thanksgiving 1963. Kennedy was killed on November 27th. Thanksgiving was November 28th. His very last official act is to create GI Joe. It is a charming alternative history. It links GI Joe to an important moment in history. It also links two different eras of GI Joe. I have to say, I think Phil Gossier's artwork does not do the story justice. It doesn't convey the gravity and seriousness of the subject matter. The GI Joe comic book would be canceled three issues later. Looking at GI Joe overall, this toy is virtually review proof. The figure itself is kind of plain with a single accessory. It isn't especially rare except in the convention box. It doesn't really matter how I rate it because it's more than an action figure. This is a simulacrum of the spirit of GI Joe. This figure represents the beginning of GI Joe, a throwback to the action soldier of 1964. It represents the end of GI Joe when the line was canceled and replaced with Sergeant Savage. It represents GI Joe before it was a toy. American infantry soldiers were called GI Joe long before that name was given to toys. It represents the early days of JoeCon, the annual convention where GI Joe fans would get together and form friendships and bonds and share experiences. If a figure represents all of that, does the physical form it takes really matter? All of the historical connections make this figure special. And I'm proud to have it in my collection. And I'm proud to be a part of the GI Joe fan community. That was my review of Joe Colton. Thank you Joe Colton and Mike Irizieri for helping with this video. Please support what these guys do. They do so much for the GI Joe community. They deserve to be recognized for that. 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And welcome to today's show, the state of the state of Hawaii on Think Tech Hawaii's live streaming network series. Think Tech Hawaii broadcasts from our studio and 1164 Bishop Street in the heart of downtown Honolulu, as well as through remote connection and these days mostly remote connection. So I'm your show host, I'm Stephanie Stoll Dalton. In this election year, office seekers are campaigning to replace the current Honolulu mayor Caldwell. This show, the state of the state of Hawaii, is interviewing the mayoral candidates to inform the public about how they will tackle major issues such as rail, crime, climate housing, homelessness, and especially responding to COVID-19, the virus infection. Then there are, of course, many more minor mayoral duties that hugely affect government decisions and certainly budgeting. So how forthcoming are the candidates about their plans for tackling this full list of governing duties, and especially now, how are they thinking about it in the age or certainly the aftermath of COVID-19. Today, my guest is Professor Neil Milner from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where he directs the Public Policy Center. His scholarly expertise informs his comments today on politics and governing Honolulu City and County. Welcome, Dr. Milner. Thank you. I just want to say that I'm retired, so I don't direct anything that you reach anymore. So I'm, yeah, but I'm still, to me, a professor there, at least emeritus. Oh, yes. Okay, emeritus professor, certainly. And yes, I'm sure your influence lives on and pressures for change and influence. Well, yeah, well, thank you so much for joining us today and clarifying that status of yours. That's a wonderful connection, and I'm sure that work is good because of your involvement with it. But I'm really pleased to have you today for this interview conversation. So I like to say that Honolulu, as you know, and we're all thinking about and overwhelmed by but Honolulu faces that the aftermath, if not a new age I've been thinking of COVID-19 effects. I wanted to ask, start out talking about what do you see that the mayor must immediately address? And that would be the new mayor once elected. What would that mayor most immediately address on behalf of Citizens Welfare in this community? Well, you know, it's easier to answer a question like that under normal circumstances. You're still guessing, but under normal circumstances, you'd make a list of things that bother people the most or challenge people the most and you put on their homeless, you put on their maybe rail, although the mayor isn't directly involved. But I think the question has to be looked at in a different sort of way now because of the pandemic. And the first question really is, how do you get the message out to the voters about what you would do first. Now, you know, they've had these statements put on about how they were governed, but this is so fluid. And this election is so, what's the word fragile, I guess, that you really hit that the first question is, how are you going to know what they want to do if it's so hard for them to be able to tell you. So that's really the starting point, which is you can't consider this mayoral election without considering the nature of what an election is like under these circumstances. Well, I think that's really an important set of points. And the first one being, how do they get the information out if they're going to do any pivoting from what it is they're already talking about. And certainly it would seem that pivots are due, given the intensity of this aftermath. So, because the pall of reduced revenues from the whatever surviving businesses are left. Won't they dramatically change the mayor's priorities for funding and support. Undoubtedly, you know, you have a property tax issue, you have all kinds of other issues, it certainly is going to change them whether it changes them as much as the state is another question. But for sure, you're not going to be able to proceed with the same kind of openness and originality at least in the usual sort of way you can't just say more for this and more for that. Again, that's such a fluid situation right now that the mayor even our mayor is not talking about that so much right now he's talking about what to do from day to day and from month to month about the Coronavirus. So the answer to your question is, yeah, it's certainly excuse me it's certainly going to make a difference we know more about how it's going to make a difference in the state. But the fact of the matter is that again, this is such a fluid kind of situation, whether we're back at work, whether more people are back at work in the city is going to make a difference, whether the Coronavirus comes back after we start to loosen up a little bit. That's going to make a difference. I think what what it's going to involve is a kind of leadership skill that I'm not really happy that the state has to offer the year, you're going to have to figure out two very different things. One of which is working with the state, which is always an issue for a mayor remember that a city is actually the creation of a state, which means that the state can do a lot of things to tell a mayor what to do. That's one kind of negotiating thing and you see our present mayor having to work with that all the time on the virus which is just a more visible example. But the other thing is, what is it that you can do to convince people to behave in a certain way what is it that you can do to instill hope, or, and what is it you can do to instill realism. We're not loaded with people here who are very good at that and I'm not sure. Yeah, that's getting to the next, the next piece of this but yes I think you're you're showing the way here that people need to start thinking about what they're saying now and what they're going to have to do even to the point of understanding, Well, what, what is a recovery and what is the meaning of recovery for Honolulu in the circumstances that we have. I mean somebody's going to have to define what that is because we're not going to be back to a full up Ilikai hotel situation pink palace down there.  But what do you think about that or not, not unless we figure out how to do it. Well, this is the problem. Right. This is essentially a state of local decision right now for two reasons. One of which is that we're in a federal system which means that these kinds of matters on health matters. It's always a lot about state and local. The second is that nationally. Trump and the National Administration is pretty much forfeited a productive role in playing this now I know there's a big partisan difference on this but so the mayors are caught again in this in this kind of a vacuum here. You're not going to get good guidance from the federal government on how to do this. You're going to get guidance from the health side from the CDC, although a lot of that thing is not very much. We have a state health department here that is very cautious and conservative about how to move, all of which by saying the mayor may very well be out there on a limb where we're not used to having politicians and how they handle that kind of thing. Now, let me just say what, you know, we're not talking about specific candidates here, but it's not without saying, you know, actually I think the overall it's a pretty good list of candidates, but there's certainly nobody on that list that jumps out. With this kind of bully pulpit unifying people together definitive decision making skill that you know that would make a choice so obvious. You mentioned originality. I mean, certainly there's a script, you know that's been going on for decades along with the corruption and all the rest of it but but the origin, the originality, or what it is that they're used to doing is what I think you meant by as leaders because it is a cadre of pretty strong folk that are running. So what is it now that they're doing to move from being able to say a lot of stuff that they could do and worked in the past, not only here and in their other work and in federal work, but don't they have to be innovative. I mean doesn't this get us into an entirely different category of thinking about the political challenges and the governing challenges is what I mean. Yeah, the short answer is yes, innovative in the sense that we've this is an unprecedented precedent that kind of crisis that we have to deal with with a limited kind of guidance, and that we have to make some very subtle guesswork about the right combination between health, a healthy person and a healthy economy. So, so that's for sure. The difficulty for politicians to be innovative and it's true generally, and it's certainly true in this state, that is in times of crisis, you tend to fall back on what you know best, and how you know best to do it. That's what I think the state is really doing right now the lip service otherwise. So, when you say they have to be innovative, you're asking people to essentially move away. I think especially in this situation from a lot of the ways that they think about things sure some of the skills are still there. That's, that's another one of those areas of innovation that that is hard to deal with. A lot of what the mayor has had to do in this city in the last four, maybe eight years is essentially manage failure. You know, the failure of rail to get done on time, the failure of the homelessness issue to get much better and managing failure. Good, good management, bad management, it's very different from what the kind of management is going to have to be in the next four years. Have you heard anything from them, or seen anything on their websites, I mean they just gotten to. Well, until recently you know that they all were kind of saying the same thing same list same priority list, etc, with tweaks but, but as far as innovative as far as you know getting into the recovery from a deep difficulty here. What are you hearing them say anything like that could address this issue of how to think in another zone. Oh, I don't think so yet I think that the more important question is not how I think about it because I'm fairly attuned into politics right I mean that's what I do. That's how the average person what the average person thinks and I don't think the average person the average person may not even be aware that there's going to be a primary election for me or an August that the first thing you have to do. Before you can convince people that you have some good ideas let's say for the coronavirus is to get people even to know one that there's a race and that to who you are. It's very hard so if theoretically someone right now, if your candidate had a really elegant way to deal with the coronavirus I said, hypothetically, who would know about it.   I'm not even sure if they're doing any significant polling, you know, some fairly sophisticated sophisticated kind of ways to the polling on this. Don't know if it's being done they're not going to tell you but it's much harder to do some of these. Some of the polls actually involve follow ups that are door to door. So, so I keep coming back to, man, if I were running for mayor, it's really hard to figure out what to do. It's the Joe Biden problem in lots of ways, where he's got to sit in his, he puts a suit and tie on and sits in where in his basement I don't even know where he sits. I mean, that's why we're here. Yeah. If I were running for mayor, this would not want I would not want this to be the only platform that I could. I don't know who watches and social, you know, I mean social. I don't know who watches. The other thing about mayor's elections, this is a national phenomenon, and it's sort of sad. Local elections have become nationalized that that means two things. People turn out for local elections, like mayors are lower on average across the country. That's the first thing. Secondly, it's much more likely that people make a decision about whom to vote for, for let's say mayor, on the basis of the cues they get from the national party that they this that they agree with. So, so that local issues just to find locally have become less important over time. So all of that plays into how difficult it is to get across the idea that I'm different. And most of the time when you see ads for whatever candidates, they're kind of platitudinous in the sense of, as you said, describing general things in general. And that's okay, because you usually have a way of following up. That's different. I don't know enough about their social media campaigns specifically the nuts and bolts to know if they're getting the hits that they want.  Well, there you go. That's that's expensive. And I mean, they, they do pump up their websites but whether they have those other services. I don't know but if somebody really wants it, you would think some of these people are pretty experienced and they would know to do that and since it is a strong group. I mean, I think you do have the talent and the capacity there to do some of this kind of thinking in fact some of them may find it a pleasant challenge to the ordinary campaign routine. I mean, I'm just speculating that. I mean, if you don't know how to do it, you don't know to get other people to do it, and you don't realize how limited the alternatives are and you can't afford it. That puts you way down on the on the list in terms of the odds in your favor of getting election. So the first thing you look at is who's got, you know, who's got money and who's got capacity but I can't imagine under any circumstances now running any kind of campaign without a strong social media presence. But certainly in this kind of situation you got nothing. I mean you got nothing else already going to stand at Safeway six feet apart with a mask on and say well I'd be pressing the flesh, if I could touch your hand. Yeah, well, I mean they are still going out. I mean, why is note noted for for doing that. But I mean, to get down to to then back to the crisis and the and the and the press of the revenue shortfall. How are they going to. I mean, why aren't they wanting to talk about how they're going to maintain this, the, well they're going to resist the urge to increase taxation.  Only other thing might be, do you think the hotel industry and like key key I mean these are mostly big, big brother things from the mainland so I mean why can't they kick in a little later any potential and what do you see about the revenue picture. You start with the simple thing if you need, if you're, if you have a revenue deficit compared to where you were, you either have to make cuts, or you have to raise taxes you have to do a combination of both candidates don't like to talk about that things and that sort of way not it's not just in this campaign but generally campaign though, if governing or campaigning is easier than governing there's the old phrase, campaigning is poetry governing is pros. What that means is that it's a really dangerous time for a politician to come up with a precise plan, and not just because not just because they're chicken. It's not that so much. You can say at this, at this time, I don't know, I mean, I don't really know how much the, how much the private capital is willing to help us how much the, the, it's mainly the other way around what can government do for for tourism. Look, the whole tourism thing is is a huge elephant in the room because any other kind of transformation and there could be lots of changes as a result of that. I don't think anything will happen along those lines unless we figure out what to do about about the tourism and I don't think any candidate right now is going to be all that comfortable saying this is what we should do. Frankly, because if they say this is what we should do. I wouldn't believe him because that's a kind to me that's a sort of false confidence. And I mean, I've been around political campaigns enough to know you always have to appear confident.  And that's that to me is the real what's the word the real knob of how hard it's going to be to be mayor, because you've got to get. There's gonna be a lot of bad news. I mean, and they're into a lot of destiny, a lot of hard things. Yeah. Yeah, and a lot of misrepresentation. Yeah. So, um, what now with why key key, I have to admit, I, I haven't ever done anything but assume that that was a big golden duck or chicken or the golden egg, the goose, the golden goose, right. The golden goose for Honolulu. I mean, you don't hear much about it. They do get their pampering. I think Calico was a little bit better shape and coheal than, than Kabilani, but what what do you know about how that works. Well, it is starting to get a whole lot of attention. The, the, all of these kind of task forces that are forming the primary question is what do we do about it. The golden goose thing is an interesting metaphor here because on the one hand, it's, it drives this pandemic for sure. And that's, that it, and that's a problem. On the other hand, the golden goose has produced so many tourists here per day that there is at least a count there's always been complaining about that but a kind of counter movement saying, we can't go any further, but at this time it would be nice to figure out a way to, to change the tourist volume. So you start hearing stuff that's coming up right now that to try to cater to a smaller clientele that spends more money. But again, the first thing about tourism that people have to figure out and the mayors are a little bit involved in this decision but we're reading right now is what makes it safe enough to allow tourists back into this back into Hawaii, the combination of testing and contact tracing and there's some, there's some big differences in how the state level people are thinking about this but the more important thing is that it's, it's an answer that I think is going to be pretty dramatic and pretty drastic for, you know, for anybody to say, because we depend on we're not a diversified economy and that's not going to go away and the mayors can't make that go away and the mayors will become players if not victims in that. Well, you know, I mean business is the, is the other deep pockets right you have the government and then you've got business who has comparably well probably not totally but comparable big pockets and one of the problems with these more tourists coming in and whatever regulations or rules that they're going to try and lay on. I put the entire Honolulu police force down there to make sure that Joe Smith from Arkansas stays in his room for X whatever's quarantine. So I mean there's another point about the cooperation of, you know, the hotels with some of the duties that Honolulu is going to have imposed upon it to keep people alive here. So I mean I'm just wondering is there any, do you believe there can be any character in these any moral compulsion among these people to keep this place from just becoming a, you know, it could be one of those islands with nothing but empty buildings. Well, there is the response to this virus in this town has shown a great deal of what I guess I would call moral strength in lots of ways in terms of cooperation and so on. But moral strength, if moral strength was all you needed to run a society, you wouldn't need laws right so we see right now this kind of reliance on moose surveillance, when people come in, and some kind of moral strength is only working in a kind of cathartic sort of way and you can't rely on that for the masses. So the real question, the real question is not, well I guess he'd come back to that same question again. What makes, what will make it safe to bring back tourism under any circumstances. People can have their, people can have their ideas about whether there's ways to cut it back to make it more sustainable all those things. But the first thing is, when can you open it. And how do you open it before you can even start making definitive decisions about whether you want to make it smaller. And there are other places in the country that are wrestling with this. You know New York City, for example, which is as better as it is there is still a huge the pandemic is still huge there. They're now starting to do long range discussions about what do you do about tourism in New York. One is a big New York City is a big tourist place and to isolate it's not like we, we got lucky here because we're an island. Well, yeah, and we didn't, we didn't capitalize on that. We should have that shark net out there that nothing could get through. Well, that's right. We, it turns out we did. We were either luckier than we thought or we did better than we thought. So did you think that car Lulu will remain prosperous in the short term, or is our prosperity, which I think there's a rather general opinion that it is prosperous. Do you think that's off in the future again and we're going to go through a period of time where we're not. Well, I don't consider how a little prosperous and here's why 50% of the people in in on the island on the island of Oahu are one paycheck away from having no money at all. This is before the pandemic. That people have no savings people are one check away. When you get older it's very expensive. So the word I like to use is that Honolulu is surviving and it survives because of the kind of people who are here. And because a lot of them are willing to put up with with economic sacrifices because they want to live here, smaller houses more crowding and so on. Honolulu is certainly going to be less of all of the even whatever you call it. And that's what I just called it. There's no reason to think in the short run that that's going to get any better people get their jobs back, but their jobs that paid the average salary here. The average hourly wage is about 15 bucks an hour, the average market apartment two bedroom apartment rents for $35 an hour. And that's not going to change in any kind of dramatic way in the short run and the state has been talking for years about me, you know, basically changing that which I've always been skeptical about, but never mind it's it's a it's a good it's a good aspiration. So we're going to we're a we're a fragile place. I'm not fragile I have a nice pension I'm retired I'm doing fine. But for most people for half the people for sure and probably more. This is a fragile place. That's going to be more fragile. Well, this is interesting. I was I was my last question had to do with what was going to be the, what was going to become the notion for an ideal Honolulu City County County Mayor, and playing around with that would be really maybe we can do it again. But you know, we have so much experience coming through in this group of competitive of campaigners that you know, and I think they're perfectly capable, hopefully agree that they could actually make. It's a pretty good list. It's a very diverse and an interesting and pretty good list of mayoral candidates to put our hopes in. Well, we're out of time and we'll have to wrap it up and I'm 70 so Dalton and this is the state of the state of Hawaii on the think tech Hawaii live streaming network series. We've been talking remotely with Dr Neil Milner about what leadership role current mayor candidates must offer voters to competently serve as mayor in the aftermath of COVID-19. There's more to talk about with this and I will see you all again in two weeks on the next state of the state of Hawaii. Mahalo and Aloha everybody.


Ballard and Delta have been working together collaboratively for the last two years to look at the Indian marketplace to see if the British Columbia made solution fuel cells can be deployed in the Indian marketplace. And we have a large market share in the telecom market and that we found an interesting application to deploy fuel cells in and especially with the growing concern about the environmental issues so the telecom finds a fuel cell quite interesting application to deploy for powering the BDS. Delta becomes the key channel partner for BC technology and BC solutions to get deployed through Delta into the market and Delta provides the infrastructure around that, the service, the support and the strong local presence that they have which is a huge asset to Ballard. When you look at the Indian market today one of the greatest issues that India faces is grid outages and today those backup powers being provided by dirty diesel generators. Fuel cells offer a unique clean power solution where effectively we can come into the marketplace, remove dirty diesel and put in clean, quiet power which can run effectively and provide zero emission into the marketplace and Delta is uniquely stationed in the Indian marketplace to provide that solution to its customers here and globally. Congratulations. Well done. Well done. Well done. Well done. Well done. Well done. Well done. Well done. Well done. Well done. Well done. Well done. Well done.


Hello and welcome to the Gary Stewart show presented by Buffalo Wildlings. I'm Greg Royce joined by Stevenson men's basketball coach Gary Stewart and coach we haven't talked for a couple weeks but you've been pretty busy but pretty successful 4-0 over the last few weeks kind of around the break. So can I talk just in general how things have gone for you guys over the last couple weeks? Well we played some good basketball. We went on the road and played at Mount Aloysius and and I thought for 15 minutes we were as good as we've been all year and then came back and played played goucher prior to Christmas and and and they're a team that's been tough for us to handle the last couple years and we were fortunate to to get off to a good start there and and and beat them and then out of the the Christmas break we had our first ever Buffalo Wildlings classic tournament and good competition different styles of play which was good for us we had to execute both man-to-man and in zone offense and and and they presented different challenges one really good off the dribble and then another opponent that was tough to handle from the perimeter. So all in all it's been a good couple weeks. Yeah kind of going through the Buffalo Wildlings classic this past week and you beat Merchant Marine the championship game kind of weird game you were up 13 a halftime or up 15 a second half and they were able to came to come back and actually take the lead and then he traded back and forth you were able to stand that and and eventually pick up the victory there.  Yeah yeah that was important for us and another way to win a game and and you spoke to it obviously you want to sustain that lead and grow it and hopefully get it to a workable number where you can go into your bench. We weren't able to do that they caught fire from the perimeter and knocked down some shots that they weren't getting in the first half and to our guys credit we were able to get some stops we got out in transition we got some offensive rebounds we put the ball in the interior and we got contributions from a lot of different people. Yeah a couple people in particular obviously you know Denzel and Jalen they've kind of done their thing what is Marcus Dentley named the all tournament team had a pair of double doubles speak to his effort during the tournament. Well Denzel is the tournament most viable player has the 27 point outing against Merchant Marine and so that'll give you an indicator as to how well he played and yet I thought Marcus Dentley was the best player we had throughout the weekend he has double doubles in both games he's shooting a high percentage from the field he's defending really well and and I love his energy and he's a guy that we we expected great things from and he seems to be getting better and better with each outing and that that bodes well for us moving forward. Yeah another guy we've kind of seen flashes from starting on Saturday was Mark Terrell off the bench have 11 points grab some rebounds at key spots. Yeah he did and Mark is a guy that gives us another dimension he is tough to handle down there one-on-one on the block he can step out and make a shot in the perimeter he's a very good passer so he gives us another person in another area that we can be really good in. Yeah all right shifting gears a little bit you're done with the non-conference now you move back to the conference play this week tomorrow night Wednesday you're home against Messiah always a tough battle and then Saturday you go to like homing who's you know the top 10 nationally and you know played pretty well so obviously key week getting back to conference play you kind of want to keep that momentum going. Most certainly do and Messiah is a difficult opponent extremely well coached they got some really good players and really good young players and they can do a lot of different things they they put the ball on the floor and can cross havoc on your defense if you don't keep them out of the interior they have some people that spot up that are excellent excellent shooters and that comes from a multitude of different positions they can get those opportunities from guards but they can also get those from the front court and then I think they have one of the better freshmen I've seen since I've taken this job so they're gonna be handful. And talk a little bit about like homing on Saturday going up and making that trip obviously a long trip and then you know play a game after making that trip. Yeah long trips are only difficult when opponents really really challenging and obviously in like homing it's top of the food chain they've had an excellent season to date and one of the top teams in the country when the new pole comes out I think and one of the few teams that's undefeated so you know that match up there warned special attention and and they've got a great outfit they are they relentless in what they do and and again presents a lot of challenges for you on both ends of the floor so we're gonna certainly have our hands full but obviously our full concentration right now is on the side. Absolutely all right coach well thanks for your time I wish you the best of luck this week for Gary Stewart I'm Greg Royce this has been the Gary Stewart show.


Minister of Defense Mohamed Badarou has pledged that soldiers killed in Okwama and abducted children in Curiga will receive justice. Badarou visited troops of one division of the Nigerian Army in Cardinata to discourse the abduction of two eight seven children and the marchers taken to rescue them. Here acknowledge the military sacrifices and extended condolences to the Nigerian Army. If we don't kill our men and go squad free, we'll find them, we'll deal with them, and we'll deal with them squarely. The fact that it's going on, I want to thank you for all the efforts we've guaranteed. What you have been doing to secure our nation, we thank you most sincerely. You know, most of you have just returned from the field, and your brothers are there. And soon you will rotate also. We will, by special grace of Allah, we will end the insecurity situation in this country. And with whom, we will defeat them. We have the power, we have the will. The minister confirmed that the strategy for rescuing abducted Curiga community children will yield positive results while also ensuring the military receives the necessary support to effectively fulfill its constitutional responsibilities. As you have seen, I come here also for the briefing, and I'm briefed fully well. The military in coordination with other security agencies are doing their best, and we are seeing the possibility of releasing them in sight. And I'm sure we'll hear good news.


What's up everybody Jason for jazby's case base calm 2022 tops gypsy queen baseball just sold out guys This is a five box half case break three rounds seems each number three And again guys two autographs per box over no veteran common ship anything insert rookie short print variation Autographs relics everything else will ship but veteran base All right, so here you go dice roller is the cause brands who tripled up your names There's the teams. Let's dice roll it Three no one four times. Good luck one two three and four Four times Adrienne down to Adrienne four times One two three four Giants down to the Oakland A's All right, so Adrienne the Giants Lonnie with the d-backs twins Yankees braze Michael the angels Adrian with the white socks on with the royal Padres Michael Doris line of the Astros Pirates Rangers Michael the Cubs Lonnie with the Mariners Phillies Yank Mets Tigers Michael the Luchy have the race Adrian with the Nationals and Rockies Lonnie with the Guardians Michael with the Cardinals Lonnie with the Reds Michael the Dodgers Adrian with the Blue Jays Lonnie with the Red Sox Brewers and Marlins and Adrian with the Oakland A's All right, any trades guys any trades if not I'll close it in about like 30 seconds Nice, you had a 70 egg. That's 16 17 Excuse me. No trades. See the one thing about the Oilers man is that Even with McDavid the Oilers are beatable. That's the crazy part.  I mean, it's not on him to win you every game Obviously, the one of their biggest things has always been like goal tending you know and Their defense minus like nurse, you know, Duncan Keats a little bit on the older side now but You know, the Oilers are always gonna score goals and and give it a lot of assists But it's like my Kings actually had a really good chance to beat them and you know, they didn't but they could have That first series Calgary's good though, man if Calgary were to win game two and go up to oh Yeah, I think it's the block what happened to a different block I changed the block one of them There was another block. I feel like the white one is not for the right wire Yeah, I would we should get a better block probably maybe tell Nick or something Or if there's another one laying around, but I think it's the block that makes it die really fast either that because what it is too is that I think it disconnects from the The what is it called the strip the strip and I feel like any little tick any little like kick on it Yeah, but it's showing that it's charged. Yeah, when I was on break. I shut the phone off Uh-huh, and it didn't really get much higher. You know, yeah, I think it might be the block though But I mean Come on stuck boxes. Jesus Wrestling with the boxes here All right, so five boxes to the left five boxes to the right. Let's see what we can do again here One two three for the left four five six for the right Three One two three four five six. So this right here will be for the next case. Oh, that's right I see that Steve congrats first of all Last time I checked an impeccable box of that year is probably well over two thousand I assume I think 2021 impeccable was over two thousand.  I mean probably ever My question is that like, you know, obviously if you can use the funds sell it right use that turn that into a specific card player you're chasing or potentially, you know use that in for some more breaks but It's a box that you you like and maybe you probably wouldn't have the guts to buy a full box for yourself Why not, right? I Have to assume that box is a couple thousand if not more 1920s obviously John Morant Zion year and I had Jordan pool emerging in that you're now to and I Don't think Kobe's in that set, but I know Kobe obviously the last year he signed was in 1920 But I believe his last product is prism. I want to say I don't think you would have made that cut. Yeah, that is true Terry It is free money no matter what. Yeah, I just think of it like I know people have a hard decision tough decision because it's a lot of money Sometimes right, but it's like all right. Well, if you rather have the money then then sell it, you know you shouldn't be upset with You know getting a couple thousand back right for a free giveaway, but My thing is I know a lot of us have the itch to rip anything we get whether it's free or we buy so it's like You're really never gonna buy a box of that price And when can you say that you over when are you gonna go to say again that you got that a box like that at that price for free? All right. Good luck guys. So I'll try my best obviously to catch any visible short prints Fremdell Reyes to 199 JT realm Luto. I've got a lot of Dalton Varsh on this product so far Lonnie with the diamond back. That's like our third autograph for that dude And I've only done two breaks so far. This is our third one. So he definitely must be a common autograph No, so that's what someone was telling me because I checked my first two boxes and personals the other day And they were like, why are you checking for bazooka bags? There's none this year. So I mean, I haven't checked Sunel 250 That was like the first thing I did was like to check for bazooka backs. But Someone's like, don't waste your time. I was like, all right then Like it's been a staple for like their products all these years and told me they don't have it this year One Wonderfranco. Yeah, I do like that. I think I think Joe Pizzles right though I get the design though and why there's like a line going across but I Don't know. Does the line kind of mess you up on the name or is it not really a big of a deal? I Don't for some people is very technical.  Yeah, so I think as Terry said open it man, you know Have fun with it something you want as a little extra prize for buying here with us. So, you know, enjoy Hopefully yours has the metal card. I believe the box that you're getting is coming from a fresh case, too so Hopefully if you have if you don't have the metal car, ooh nice much Cedric Mons, you know the metal card obviously that could be a big big rookie autograph to 50 That's for the Orioles Cabrera it looks like a red actually doesn't it out of five. There you go. Edward Cabrera Miami out of five data This big computer is blocking the the TV so I can't really hear it. I can't really see it, but I can hear it I need to tell boss my mic to finally put this TV up on the wall Just sold everybody's problems. I did a couple more packs guys, and then we'll start ripping through the second box Like I said, this should pretty much bring me to about 945 or so guys We'll do the pack filler and then we'll do the RMB And then pretty much bring us to NT first off the line. I don't know if it's a fresh case I assume it is but they do come in loose boxes a lot too so I guess I'll find out Tim Anderson on a sharper and that is a Anthony Rindo Wander Franco cause Schwerber snow globe Not snow globe. I'm sorry Looking into the future no name autograph Mark Kanha For the Mets going to Lonnie Fairchild, I could I could see that happening man. I mean I thought When I tuned in same day with Terry we were paying attention. I guess right and Second quarter Dallas up by 20. I'm like man. They're gonna roll tonight. You know, they're shooting well, but somehow That Golden State Warriors team at is deep. They they're able to Get some stops and obviously make some take some shots for themselves, but I'm not doubting the Mavericks out just yet because they were down 2-0 against the Suns too and took it back home and they won their two games, but If they lose one of their next two games and they go down 3-1 or 3-0 it's over I think for them to really potentially come back is gonna have to be like the Sun series where they come back and win Their next two home games and tie it up. If somehow Golden State wins It's over one of those home games before coming back to San Francisco And yeah, I mean I I feel like that Celtic series can go seven games, but I guess it just looks a little bit more Bad on the heat because you know, obviously they took advantage of smart and how for for not playing game one, right? And then they play the next game and then all of a sudden they just destroyed it them by like, you know, 30 20 plus points whatever it was wasn't even a game after the second house, so it's like I Could see the Celtics rolling to I know Laker fans don't want to see the Celtics win So they're definitely gonna be rooting for like the Warriors that they have to They scored with one second left on the first penalty, so that means they're gonna have another power play Wow, they scored with two minutes and one seconds left So that means that they should have another power play. Oh, man. They got so lucky They weren't doing squad in the first minute and 59 seconds Dude, I mean, that's the crazy thing. Okay, Terry, right? This is what I was talking about my king or my king's ended up winning game five and they were up three two At the end of game five really for them to come back and almost beat the Kings They double shifted McDavid with dry side. Oh, right So it's like they went desperation mode and they were gonna double shift McDavid So what are they gonna double shift McDavid and dry side on the same line every game now? Like obviously throughout the playoffs. They'll probably do that But that's what I'm saying like what they're gonna do that for the rest of McDavid's career Dude McDavid's gonna at some point gonna gas out. I mean, he's only gonna get older, right? so it's like if you can just contain them for just a little bit I mean, I said you won't be able to stop them from scoring goals, but That's the only line that's gonna produce goals for them. Basically So it's like you stop that line then they have they have no depth. So it's like Playoffs I get he's gonna play like every every minute of the power play. He's gonna play the whole playoffs, but I mean, you can't do that forever But it looks fun though, right? I'm sure make David's up for the challenge.  Yeah Abraham Thorough. Wow. He's not on the Astros no more Seattle with that one Nooth bar Castro to 1.99. I didn't see it, but I think they were trying to review it to see who it was, right or They were trying to see if Feels like incidental or something, but I mean, I guess if you high stick you high stick I guess it doesn't really matter if it was on purpose or not. I don't know man Tampa Bay got really lucky yesterday and scored with like two seconds left, but man like Tampa Bay is looking good right now, too AJ Alexi to 99 Jill Yeah, cuz I don't know if I really want to see Tampa Bay be a three-peat because I don't know I don't really agree with last year's playoffs scenarios like you had Montreal against Tampa Bay in the finals, you know that team from Not saying much other than have a great season, but like you know Kind of a weird ear, but I guess it would be cool to see like a history of like a three-peat I mean, I don't think there's been any three-peats in sports since like The Lakers, I believe I think the Lakers is the last three-peat and Then in hockey, I don't think it's been since like the 80s Either the Oilers or like the Islanders, I believe. I mean, it's really the avalanches I think it's the really the avalanches like cup to lose, right? I mean They were there like The lightning a couple years ago when they were like the number one team in their division and their league and then Just got upset every single playoffs, you know but St. Louis has played really well these two games and they finally picked up a win in Colorado yesterday, which Now St. Louis has home lies St. Louis is just such that gritty that gritty playoff team and They just play really well in the playoffs. They're built for the playoffs That's what I'm saying Terry. Yeah, that's exactly how the bolts were I mean, I remember when the bolts got upset by care Columbus a few years back. It was embarrassing But and they got swept at that too, but yeah, so it's like until they win It'd be nice to see them win. I know a lot of people are all up on them, too, but I Don't know Yes, I mean if they face the lightning the way the lightning is playing I mean, it's gonna be a great series. I can't say for sure that they would even go to the static up finals because I'm sure time today will have something to say about that But yeah, I would probably rather look for like Carolina to go to the static up finals over like the bolts like I was saying Yeah, Calgary was a good playoff a good regular season team, too I mean, they've got a little shaky series of Dallas, but they ended up still winning the series beautiful goal by Johnny hockey as well and overtime, but I Think Calgary could take care of Edmonton. I don't think that's gonna be their problem I think it's gonna be in the next round against either St. Louis or Colorado But we'll see I guess we'll figure it out once these Once these semi-final games are over with Yeah, Jay Godinger had a great playoff series man that game the goals that they scored on it I mean, how could you stop that like That Johnny hockey going overtime was like amazing. It's like it shouldn't have went in first of all That's like a bad goal, but it's such a perfect shot Like Jay Godinger not playing the way he did. They probably scored like a thousand goals All right, here we go guys fourth box And nothing like hockey playoffs guys something else if you ever get to go to a hockey playoff game live Definitely do it such a fun experience But watching it on TV is probably definitely one of the most exciting Gold Freddie Freeman Braves edition Tyler steve isn't for the Reds Ronnie Lani Yuli Jury L Brandon Nemo. Wow. No way Can't see what I've been Cal Rayleigh Ruhon and That Kevin Smith Yeah, Blue Jays Kevin Smith for Adrian Max Fried That's right, Dan Like a fly baby. Nice. Well, Steve if you ever get too many definitely ship any playoff series obviously in person is great Especially basketball Yeah, they're talking eagles have enough salary cap room to trade for potentially that uh That bangle I forget his name. I think he's also safety or the DB But I mean honestly, I think we've done more than enough this offseason to have a great team a Lot of holes last year and we played pretty decent on the defensive side So, I mean I'm pretty pretty happy with what they've done. Anyways Having a couple DB's linebackers and all line will make up for the safeties, you know So it's like I'm okay with that. They have solid linebackers now Kaiser from the charge is gonna be pretty good.  I think he can I think he can He's a player though, regardless has went through a lot of adversity And has you know Really only got him better got him better, you know Even from those Alabama days You know Comes that back of one year, you know Comes in for two it when he's injured plays well moves on to Oklahoma Has a Heisman type year Obviously really last year was his first full starting year Not the most perfect, but stat wise he played great So I think he can I mean his arm strength is really the only question here obviously decision making because he's still young but I think for the most part he got better and better as the year went on Obviously the Eagles just weren't ready for a team like Tampa Bay, but yeah I mean obviously coming into the offseason everybody should be relatively healthy, right? Should have your linebackers should have some o-line Receivers shouldn't be a problem, right? No excuse Titan got her to beasts So we should be good quest should have a good year too quest Brown and Smith. I like that trio throwing Goddard in there Sanders Kenny gang well We should be good, man All right last box Sam Yuzo JD Martinez Ryan Jeffers Minnesota Twins Lonnie with that one And wonder Franco I no problem. Yeah. Have a good night, man Stay safe out there. No name short print Seth beer beer our last Stack here. Good luck guys and a no-name rookie autograph of Greg Deichmann for the Chicago Cubs Cubs is Michael Guluchi Josiah Gray Really Steve if you're interested in selling some of them, I wouldn't mind taking a look I don't know if you have Instagram, but I can send you my uh My uh my email if you want send me some photos I'm always looking for Devontae cards and occasional jailing hurts that I could afford You can always make some trades too If you'd like All right, so there you go guys Yeah, Terry will honestly they ESPN knows that they do not advertise hockey But hockey is so popular that they just threw money at the NHL to get the exclusive ride So they're trying to build their hockey clientele. So they're just trying to say like look at this means amazing guy You know If you never heard of hockey Like David So they're just trying to get some new fans that don't watch hockey but watch ESPN to Continue to watch hockey for them That's the funny thing is that it was hilarious that they actually got the rights to hockey when like they barely even talk about hockey at all It's a joke All right guys, well there you go. That was the break So we had a red out of five and some nice autographs second half should be in the store If not, I'll post it up jaspyscasebrace.com. Thanks guys