 thanks for good to be back on great i want to ask your indulgence for a moment because i'm gonna mention this peter courtney who was a long time the state's longest-serving lawmaker in oregon not washington and he was the senate president he has passed away from complications to cancer i used to work in a td newsroom or peter courtney was the uh... political on a political commentators uh... and and i enjoyed working for with peter he was often uh... grouchy and irascible but he was a and a very nice guy