Sigatures for Soldiers Tim Virgilio returns E362

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Sports Guarnation. What is up? Everybody? Welcome to episode three

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sixty two, and you know it's Friday. Tuesday was Veterans Day,

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and it was a day where we, you know, think

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about all those who are serving or have served in

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their past to you know, defend our country home and abroad.

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And we're blessed to live in a great country where

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for the most part, we have the freedoms to do

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many things we want to do. So I had a

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day off from school Tuesday, and many people had the

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day off from work. But I hope for most it's

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more than just a day off, right, I mean, that's great,

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and enjoy it right when we get days off, But

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think about those who you know are keeping all our

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freedoms and and you know, risking their own well being

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to do so, you know that's served in the past

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and currently serving. And sometimes I think people get Veterans

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Day Immemorial Day mixed up or you know, interchange right,

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Memorial days where we think about the people we lost

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and we can do that every day. And same thing

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with Veterans Day. Veterans Day is moored like to honor

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just everyone who has served, whether they you know, made

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the ultimate sacrifice or not, right, doesn't matter. Right. So again,

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you know something I think about almost every day, and

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the guests coming back for part two of our conversation,

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I know it's near and dear to his heart as well.

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And that's Timbergillio of Signatures for Soldiers. So he was

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on last week. This is part two of that conversation.

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And I'll be lying if I said I scheduled it

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intentionally like that, because it wouldn't be true. But works

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out that we you know, his two interviews kind of

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sandwich Veterans Day, and check out Signatures for Soldiers and

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what they're doing and if you can make a donation

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or buy some signatures, one hundred percent of the proceeds

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go to the organization to help homeless vets, wounded vets,

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vets that need help, whether it's paying a bill or

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having something built, or they need something medically. That organization

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tries to get it done, not tries, they do get

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it done for those folks and has a hobby, you know,

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relation to it as well. So you can buy some

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hobby stuff and help some great people in the process.

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That's a win win if you ask me so. Enough

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with the intro here, want to thank my sponsors Upper

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Deck Sports Collectors, Digest Iron Sports Cards, Hobby Hotline making

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the show possible. But we're going to get the show

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started and talk with Part two with Timberrgillio of Signatures

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for Soldiers. All right, here is part two of our

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conversation with Timberrgilio of Signatures for Soldiers. I'm going to

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start out kind of leading into like asking him about

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maybe more hobby entity East getting involved with Signature Soldier.

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Now they do have some and that's awesome, but yeah,

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I love to even see more. So that's kind of

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where we're going here when we start out the second

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part coming up right now. I like to see maybe

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some more hobby companies, whether that be supply companies, whether

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that be the big time manufacturers themselves, the fanatics, slashtops,

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Panini and others, uh, you know, sort of get get involved.

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And I don't. I don't want to make it like

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they're doing nothing for charity. They all usually do something, uh,

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but more, maybe more for a charity. That's a sort

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of hobby uh, you know, hobby centered, hobby based. It's

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right in their own backyard, so to speak. Right, Yeah,

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I mean that's something. Is that something you you hope happens.

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Is this something that you that you reach out you know,

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have you have? There's been and I wanted to you know,

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you don't have to give away everything that goes on,

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but is that something you've you've you know, sent feelers

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out there or laid some of the groundwork. Yeah.

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Absolutely, I mean it's you know, that's one thing that

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I've really worked hard at, is the relationship building. You know,

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since probably since twenty eighteen, I've spent very little money

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on hobby supplies because Ultra Pro and BCW have gotten

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behind us and have you know, sent us stuff you

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know as we which has been great, you know because

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obviously that really cuts down on administrative expenses and that

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just means, okay, you know they hypothetically they send me twenty.

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Dollars worth of supplies.

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You know, that's twenty dollars that I can turn around

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and help, you know, get get a gift card for

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for a veteran who's kind of struggling month to month

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just to eat or you know, it's something like that.

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So like those two companies and really good you know,

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Heritage auctions. You know, we've gotten into a routine now

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where kind of every August they're running an auction for us,

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where literally they're waiving all the fees for us, so

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all the money comes back to us. You know, We've

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done that the last couple of years, and that alone

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every year raises you know, twenty twenty one thousand dollars

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in and of itself, which is huge. You know, Tops

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has helped us in the past. I'm trying to who else.

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I know, I'm out companies, but yeah, you know, and

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then there's dealers that you know, have helped us, you know,

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you know donating you know, donating product for us to

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either sell or auction off or things like that. So yeah,

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you know, you know, if any of those companies, you know,

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any of the big companies, any of the smaller you know,

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I mean pretty much, anytime anybody approaches me and says, hey,

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you know, how can we help, you know, we want

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to get you know, we definitely start to have some

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conversations that way so that we figure out, you know,

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what works best for everybody involved. You know, here locally

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in Texas, there's a gentleman who puts together a show

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twice a year. He's like ten, He's like, he's like,

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every show, I have two tables set aside for you.

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No charge, just get here and set up in your thing.

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You know, So like even just things like that, and

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you know, the guy's probably I mean, I don't know

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how much he charges with tables, but you know, I mean,

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you know the price of tables at card shows. You

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know they can from seventy five dollars up depending on

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the show.

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So I mean even just yea and there they're they're

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never empties because there's usually a waiting list of dealers

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who want to get in, right, So for that promoter

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to say, hey, Kim, you know you.

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Have to with your name on it, you know, that's

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knowing him that that's something he cares about and knows

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is important. But I just kind of wanted to chime

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in there.

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But yeah, but you know, but yeah, you know, back

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to your point. You know the hobby may it's how

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many billions of dollars in the hobby every year? And

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you know, I I half joke and say, okay, if

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if company A gave us a percent of a percent

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of you know, that would basically basically be pennies on

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the dollar for them, but would be huge we do

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so so yeah, I'm I'm always I'm always trying to

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build those relationships, you know, and and and not that

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this should be the reason they do it, Tim, as

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you well know.

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But it's also a tax right off for their books

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as well. That shouldn't be that shouldn't be the leading factor.

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But it's a it's a benefit helps you know, Yeah,

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it's a it's a it's a fringe benefit, uh for

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them as well as doing something good for for you know,

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the community, the hobby, uh and veterans who served our

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country that we get to enjoy all these freedoms like

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going to a card show or opening a pack of

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cards and that, uh, those sort of things. So uh,

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you know, yeah, so again there's always room for for

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more or even more long term, right Hey, let's we're

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just on board. Uh. And if we don't exist anymore,

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that's one thing. But as long as we exist, this

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is what we're willing to do. Right And uh, you

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mentioned Ultra pro and BCW. You know, anyone that collects

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no supplies can get added up as you need them

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and so that that again helps uh, you know, helps

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you out with with obviously those have to be in

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sleeves and top loaders, uh for presentation purposes. How much

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uh you know obviously, like we talked about, you have

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a nine to five job. What you know? I know

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you probably again not to pat yourself on the back,

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but this needs you know, I'll do it for you

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in a sense by asking you know, how much what

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kind of hours are you putting in you know, outside

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of your your regular job. I guess you know, every

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week's different. Maybe you don't do a show one week,

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you do a show another, But you know, out of average,

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what kind of time are you spending outside of your own,

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you know job with the organization.

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Probably you know, evenings I'm probably doing you know, two

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to three hours a night on average, and then you know,

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weekends obviously depends on what's going on. I mean, you

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know there's some saturdays I could spend it an entire day,

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you know, putting putting in work, you know, and that

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can be lots of an other show or just organizing

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or listing or like you talked about earlier, you know,

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packaging stuff up, getting it all out, you know, thing

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like that. But you know, if I I mean, if

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I had to guess, I mean, I hate to think

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about it this in this way because I've always said,

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you know, I'll do this as long as it's fun.

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When it starts becoming work is calling a day. But

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you know, I mean on average, probably twenty hours minimal

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a week, you know, And I hate to think about

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that because like, cool, well that's kind of a part

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time job.

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But unders dad, that's half of that's half of a

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forty hour work.

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Yeah, right, yeah, but but you know, if I'm not

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doing that, then I'm probably doing something I probably should't.

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So and for you, like it's it's a labor of love,

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right yet you're passionate about it, you love doing it,

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you love helping folk, and again that's uh, that's kudos

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uh to you. But I wanted to highlight that because

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I know you don't necessary You're not gonna you know,

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go on the mout top and bring that out, but

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I think you know that's important to note that the

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work you do and the time and the commitment you

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have to it. And you know, I wanted the other thing.

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You know, you're now in Texas as you mentioned, uh,

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you were in Florida and you yourself had a couple

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unfortunate you know, with weather related and flooding and some damage.

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I mean just kind of uh. And yet you're still

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you know, you you you over you got through that,

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and and still you know, someone else might have said,

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you know what I got, I got so much on

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my plate with my own stuff and this, these bad

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things happened. I gotta stop doing it, do it anymore?

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And again estamate to you. You got through some of

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these hardships, if you will. Uh, and signatures for soldiers

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didn't have to suffer, so to speak. Uh uh, you

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know kind of talk about uh some of that with

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with living in Florida at the time and kind of

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the move to Texas. Yeah, you know, I.

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Mean, I'm I'm just like anybody else. I mean, life happens.

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You know, it's you know, I'm like, I think back

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on it, you know, over eleven years, between my wife's

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family and my family and friend, unfortunately, I've lost probably

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a good dozen or so people.

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You know.

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We were living in Florida for seven years and in

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the last four year our house flooded. Retime with the

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last time putting three feet of water in our house,

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so that kind of became the peroreal straw. It was

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just time to move on, so you know, we went.

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So then basically from September to January we were kind

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of nomadic living VRB for thirty days in an apartment

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with the bare minimum and furnishings, you know, the rest

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of the then moving to Texas just to get out

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of the get out of the path of the hurricanes

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game too much. But you know, I've I'm blessed, probably

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more than to be. You know, God's been good in

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my wife, and you know, we just want to continue

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to pay it forward, and this is our way to

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do that. You know, I want for nothing. It's kind

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of like today, you know, doing some stuff and my

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wife was like, you know what would be good. Let's

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let's stop and get a milkshake. I think we deserve

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a milkshake, like, you know, like like I didn't have

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to think about, you know, well could I afford the

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milkshake or you know, anything like that, and so yeah,

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you know, and that was really, you know, I think

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what really, my wife and I have always been on giving,

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not the receiving. This last time when our house flooded

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and basically was a total loss. And we had so

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many people, not just family friends, people that really only

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know me through sending your soldiers to say what can

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we do to help you in your time of I

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mean just you know, just talking about it now, I

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mean I'm tearing up now because I'm just so moved

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by it. So many You've done so much for others

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want to help you. That was just some my wife

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and not so grateful for.

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No, it's it's awesome. I'll give you a second here

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and I'll kind of interject and even here and you

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you know something, if you don't know what kind of

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person Tom is, right, some of the stuff you went through,

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like you said, with losses of flooding not once or twice,

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but three times. And when I saw that, we're Facebook friends,

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so I saw that and I just said, man, like,

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this is horrible, like someone who's so giving of themselves.

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And yet you know, even people of the strongest where

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I'm going with this, even people of the strongest faith,

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and I'm a person of faith, would have like have

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a hard time. Some of that faith will get shaked shocken.

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Let me put it that way. You know, when stuff

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like that happens that often. And yet hearing you say

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like how blessed you are and fortune like that's again

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again that's a testament to who you are, you know,

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and your wife as well, right where someone else would

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maybe even blame God or say like, you know, is

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there a guy like with this stuff? Like you know,

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but yet your your your faith so strong that you

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you find the good even in in in moments like that.

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And that's tough, no doubt. Uh. But I mean that's

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a lot of other people wouldn't wouldn't be like that.

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I guess it's the short way that.

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I you know.

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I mean, you know, we've we've come out on the

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other side of the storm literally and figured we're stronger

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and we're better for it. You know, my wife, you know,

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my wife and I. Anytime we really start to get

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into a funk, you know, we we remind each other.

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You know, there's people out there that would trade their

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problems for ours and a heartbeat, you know that our

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problems are not are not as bad, you know, like

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talking about you know, homeless veterans tonight, you know I

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have I'm not even thinking about where I'm laying my

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head because I know it's going to be in my bed,

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on my pillow under my roof. Life isn't that bad,

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you know, I'm pretty darn blessed. So it's yeah, a

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lot of a lot of things are perspective, you know.

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You know, it's easy to it's very easy to get dragged.

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It's hard to pull pull yourself, and you know, but

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you become stronger for it. I think just to see

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the hobby can be rallied behind my wife and I

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that did more forever now and I almost feel like

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I owe it to everybody else to keep going.

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You know, I owe it to everybody in the.

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Hobby to keep this thing going because there were so

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many people that just I mean I had people that

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were into Florida drinking two three hours just to help

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my wife come and clean up our house. And you know,

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and I mean you know, I've I never met them

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prior to that, and they're like, you need help, I'm here,

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you know, what do you need to do? You know,

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it's just such a blessings. You know, this is what

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I'm talking about, how this has just become a community which.

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Cares about one. Yeah, there's never enough, even though there's

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a lot there's there's never enough. And I think you're

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you're you know, you're a great spokesman for that with

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what you're doing with Signature Soldiers. And I don't you know,

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I know you said, well, people may be helping you

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for I think people, I think humans, human nature at

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least for most is to you know, try to help,

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try to help others. But sometimes it's easier said than done, right,

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or people will talk sometimes a good game, but when

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it comes to action, you know, it's a different story.

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So the fact that, like you said, people will drive

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a couple hours to help out never met you in person,

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per se again, that's a testament to human goodness and

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and that there's people are are real like yourself and

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that's important. Uh. I think that's important, And like you said,

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kind of helps you to keep going as well. Right,

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that stuff is you know, it can be inspired, You

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can inspire others and you can be inspired yourself all

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at the same time. And I know that I speak

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to that myself. It's important, right, we need those we

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need that in our lives. Should be no shortage of

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people willing to do that.

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As the organization has grown, as you has the like

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the space that you that of all this stuff. You know,

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talk about the space when you and I guess the

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space eleven years in.

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Yeah, you know, the space I guess when I started

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was you know, a handful of five thousand count boxes

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and in a spare closet.

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You know.

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Now, you know we have to rent a ten by

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ten storage unit to keep overflow of stuff.

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You know.

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I have one room in our house that's dedicated to

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just signatures for soldiers. You know, it's it's kind of

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my own little mini man cave, kind of like your

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worst there. You know, I've got the TV set up

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so I can listen to music or watch a game

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and stuff. You know, I've got two or three desks

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in there for all the all the space that I need,

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you know, the closets full of cards that are signed

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and unsigned, stuff that needs to be sorted, and all

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the supplies and so yeah, it's become quite a production.

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Like you said, this was not what I envisioned.

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You know, that's not a mad thing.

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I mean, you know, I used to get stuff together

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and then I'd have to go to the post office.

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Way it pay for it. Now I've now I've got

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the online account, I've got my own scale. You know,

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I'm going to the post office just to drop stuff

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off at you know. Yeah, it's like I said, it's

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just while they stopping. Just how much in it?

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Yeah, well listen, it's amazing, uh, you know, because you're

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you're doing you know, the omen's work and putting in,

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like you said, twenty hours in addition to your regular job.

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And and not a lot of people you know, can

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keep up to maybe they could start it right, but

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to keep up that sort of pace and to do

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it for as long as you do it and continuing

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to do it right. That my hat's off. I'm not

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wearing a hat, but my hat's off to you, Tim.

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And I know I've said that to you before, but

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I don't think it can be said enough, you know

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how you know, you talked about setting up at shows.

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How many on average now per year? Like how many

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shows do you get to part of signet? So yeah,

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probably doing.

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Like six shows a year now, counting the National Obviously,

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the Nationals is the show for us, that's our that's

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our biggest fundraiser every year. You know, the last couple

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of years we're bringing in you know, fifty to sixty

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thousand dollars, which is probably about two thirds of our

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fundraising every year, and so that that's far the biggest.

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But otherwise, you know, the shows are just local shows,

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you know, I mean Florida local shows. We're here Texas

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and kind of getting settled in. Talked about the one

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the Texas Sports Hall of Waco that looking to get

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connected with someone Gonna loved to possibly trying to get

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connected the Dallas show only a couple hours from there's

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a big one in Austin or so, you know, So

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there's definitely there's definitely kind of local show that I

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can do on weekend, having to take time off and

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travel the country and that type of thing. Definitely, there's

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definitely big show at some point you just have to

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logistics on that.

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So yeah, no, and and letting you're in you know,

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you don't need me to tell you this. With Texas,

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you know, there's a lot of hobby you know, I

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know you're not in Dallas, but at least the same

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state Dallas as a hobby hot bed. You mentioned the

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Dallas Card Show. That's a lot of people who argue

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it's the second biggest show or in you know, arguably

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the second biggest show after the National or in you know,

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one of the biggest shows in the country, you see,

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you know, but the nash being sort of the super Bowl,

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the hobby you take that out. The Dallas is a

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huge show, uh in its own right.

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So there's so many great regional shows now. But I

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don't ever remember a time like this, you know, you know,

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the Anaheim Show, the Las Vegas show, you know, there's

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just so many.

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Yeah, and even in cities, small little cities and towns

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that never had shows before. I can tell you here

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in New York. I'm in Central New York and we're

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getting shows and cities you would have never even thought

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about there being a show there.

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So yeah, yeah, I definite mean that's just that's just

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that's just a testament to how how the hobby has

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grown in popularity. And you know it's yeah, you find

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shows all over the large and sometimes sometimes smaller shows

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are some of the best shows.

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Yeah, I agree with you so well, Tim, I appreciate you.

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You know, you're working c Sixty hours a week. You

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make some time for us. I know that's not always easy.

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And you know you already know how I feel about

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you and and signatures for soldiers, and you know I

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look forward to the National myself for obvious reasons, but

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also getting to see giving you a hug and talking

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with you in person as well, and you know, it's just,

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you know, it's it's one of those inspiring hobby stories

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that sometimes we don't talk again, we don't talk enough

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about them. So anytime, you know, I've tried to have

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those kind of folks on to highlight them, highlight what

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they're doing because it's so important and just it's not

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even necessary a hobby thing. I know, it's hobby based,

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but just important to humans, right, you know, the human community,

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not just they, but us as a whole, and especially

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when it comes to people who have you know, given

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to this country in more ways than one. And you know,

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we talk about some of the physical stuff, but it's

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even more than physical. You know, people who have served

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some of the things they may have seen or you know,

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coming back to society and it's difficult. Sometimes it's easier

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said than done. And so the fact that your organization

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can help those folks, you know, like you talk about

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having a roof over your head and hearing someone, you know,

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someone who served this country not having one of those

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for twenty five years. That shouldn't happen. It's it's yeah.

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I just I think in doing this, the one thing

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I've heard that has moved most, and both in good

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and bad sense of that phrase, is when a veteran

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says to I didn't I thought nobody. I didn't I

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didn't think anybody, And you know that.

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I mean that.

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That just kind of sums up how some of these

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women feel after they get out of the service. You know,

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they're just tossed aside and nobody cares about it. You know,

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I've talked about signature for soldiers a community, John, You've

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been a huge part of them for seven years. You

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know from day one, you and I that I'm just

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I'm very grateful for your support and you continue to

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help us get the word out there, and I'm blessed to.

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Be with call you.

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I will always make time for you.

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Well, I appreciate that. Likewise, I'm not gonna take a

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lot of credit for that, because here's here's why, Tim,

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Because I think it's easy to get behind something that's

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so great, right, That's that's easy, and I think more

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people should do it. So I'm not gonna, you know,

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really pat myself on the back, you know, And I've

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said this to you on air off air. You always

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have a place on this podcast, on this show anything,

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and I don't even make it just like and anything

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we can do, I can do. It doesn't even have

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to be like you said in view, we don't have

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to do you know. That's nice too, but that's not

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why you should do it. You should do it because

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you care. And again I'm not saying I care just

478
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because of this. I care regardless of this fact. But

479
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coming from a family that's had a lot of military

480
00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:30.279
personnel who have served current and past, you know, I

481
00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:33.599
think it's important and I think you know, you mentioned

482
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how the one soldiers says like they felt forgotten, right first,

483
00:28:37.880 --> 00:28:41.359
of all shouldn't be the case. But I get that,

484
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and you know, I think a lot of people there's

485
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a misperception that when a soldier retires or is out

486
00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:53.000
of the military, they're taken care of, and that's not

487
00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:56.559
not the way people think. And there's there's people fall

488
00:28:56.680 --> 00:29:00.680
through gaps. Some of the funds that you think they're getting,

489
00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:03.960
they're not getting or not enough or not what they're

490
00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:07.319
entitled to. And that's a whole show in itself. But

491
00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:13.160
you know, so it's it's not easy that transition post

492
00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:17.680
service career, even even when there's not injuries or or

493
00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:21.359
stresses or trauma involved. And then you add in those

494
00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:25.799
factors even even more so, and the fact that you're

495
00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:30.359
there for those people so they're not forgotten like that

496
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again is a testament to signatures for soldiers to Virgilio

497
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and what you guys do. So it's easy for me

498
00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:42.240
to say, you know, what can we do or come

499
00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:44.759
on whenever you want to. That's what I should be

500
00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:48.000
saying that I'm not you know, I'm not gonna do

501
00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:51.599
any credit. I appreciate you saying that and saying thank you,

502
00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:55.440
but that's what we we I should be doing and

503
00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:58.319
it's easy to do. It's not hard for me to

504
00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:59.880
do so and you.

505
00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:04.240
Know what's what's really cool, you know, really pause and

506
00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:08.119
think about that. We're literally changing lives for the better

507
00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:11.720
by using the pieces of cardbo. I mean, how how

508
00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:16.200
crazy is that? And you know, and it.

509
00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:18.720
Can get and it can get bigger and better, and

510
00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:23.039
we can get more people hopefully involved. And like you said,

511
00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:26.640
even you know, when you think even like even a dollar, right,51200:30:26.720 --> 00:30:30.200



that young man that gave a buck, I mean, it51300:30:30.200 --> 00:30:34.039



don't matter how old you are, you you know how important, Uh,51400:30:34.119 --> 00:30:38.240



you know this this is. And so even some of51500:30:38.279 --> 00:30:41.880



these other companies, right, and the hobby is so big51600:30:41.960 --> 00:30:46.799



and yet so small. Right with social media, you know,51700:30:46.960 --> 00:30:51.039



people are in other countries communicating and dealing and wheeling51800:30:51.160 --> 00:30:54.079



and and all that stuff. So even eleven years in,51900:30:54.240 --> 00:30:57.759



as much as you've grown over the like, there's more52000:30:58.240 --> 00:31:00.920



as long as you're willing to to keep doing it52100:31:00.960 --> 00:31:04.160



and keep going, right, that that's you're gonna get bigger52200:31:04.759 --> 00:31:07.519



and better. And again, I know you don't give yourself credit,52300:31:08.279 --> 00:31:11.039



but uh, I'll give you. I'll give you that. And52400:31:11.920 --> 00:31:14.920



in the hobby too, right, we're all trying to to52500:31:14.960 --> 00:31:17.640



do you know, or majority of us are trying to52600:31:17.680 --> 00:31:20.920



do good things and and you know, like you said,52700:31:20.960 --> 00:31:24.680



to to get to enjoy this great hobby and help52800:31:24.759 --> 00:31:27.240



others at the same time. I mean, what else do52900:31:27.240 --> 00:31:29.480



you need to say? Like, you can't get behind that53000:31:30.920 --> 00:31:33.640



and I can't get you problem that's them? Are you53100:31:33.799 --> 00:31:35.359



problem that don't? Right? Yeah?53200:31:35.880 --> 00:31:37.720



And you know, and I can't get in trouble with53300:31:37.720 --> 00:31:39.720



my wife when stuff shows up at the house because53400:31:39.759 --> 00:31:40.880



I go it's for.53500:31:40.920 --> 00:31:48.880



The charity, you know there you go to burns exactly exactly. Yeah,53600:31:49.599 --> 00:31:53.839



Well listen again, you know, we know how busy you53700:31:53.880 --> 00:31:56.759



are and you make some time. And I know I've53800:31:56.799 --> 00:31:59.799



said it before, but uh, you're just this door is53900:31:59.839 --> 00:32:03.039



always open. You just say when and what you want54000:32:03.119 --> 00:32:06.559



to do, We'll get behind it. And easy to do54100:32:06.920 --> 00:32:11.440



that again, you know, easy uh and as it should be.54200:32:11.920 --> 00:32:14.559



And we need more of that. So, uh, you know,54300:32:14.680 --> 00:32:18.359



for those who were interested, kind of give out websites,54400:32:18.519 --> 00:32:21.559



social media, anything you want to share. For those who54500:32:21.559 --> 00:32:25.359



maybe want to jump on board, uh yeah, do their part.54600:32:25.759 --> 00:32:30.759



Yeah, definitely check us out more. Our website signatures the54700:32:30.880 --> 00:32:35.240



number four Soldiers dot Com is our website. You can54800:32:35.319 --> 00:32:37.319



kind to read up more about what we're doing and54900:32:37.400 --> 00:32:41.880



all of that. I put out a monthly uh email55000:32:42.519 --> 00:32:45.480



with updates of kind of what's happening things like that,55100:32:45.960 --> 00:32:48.519



so you always sign up for that. Through the website55200:32:49.680 --> 00:32:56.200



social media, Facebook, Instagram and x you can find us there,55300:32:56.880 --> 00:33:01.640



you know, just search signatures for Soldiers f R Soldiers55400:33:02.079 --> 00:33:04.400



and you can, you know, follow, give us a like,55500:33:04.440 --> 00:33:08.119



give us a follow, and then you know, if you55600:33:08.160 --> 00:33:11.200



want to reach out to me via email, it's Signatures55700:33:11.240 --> 00:33:14.440



for f O R Soldiers at yahoo dot com. You know,55800:33:14.480 --> 00:33:17.519



feel free to email me, and you know, let me55900:33:17.559 --> 00:33:19.160



know your thoughts, let me know what you'd like to56000:33:19.160 --> 00:33:21.799



see us do, let me know if you help get involved.56100:33:21.920 --> 00:33:25.720



Eight donations of any kind monetary and verry. I don't56200:33:25.720 --> 00:33:27.119



know if you have. You know, if you're one of56300:33:27.119 --> 00:33:29.640



these people that just breaks packs after packs and you56400:33:29.720 --> 00:33:32.079



have a bunch of base cards that you're not really56500:33:32.119 --> 00:33:34.440



sure what to do with, wee that and either get56600:33:34.440 --> 00:33:36.599



them signed or turn them into money they used to56700:33:36.599 --> 00:33:38.960



help homeless, and so lots of different ways.56800:33:38.759 --> 00:33:40.920



To get Yeah, and I'll put a lot of that56900:33:40.960 --> 00:33:44.400



stuff in the show notes, folks, So even if you57000:33:44.400 --> 00:33:46.960



you know, if you'll be there, just check out the57100:33:47.039 --> 00:33:50.759



episode notes get redirected there, so we'll make sure to57200:33:50.799 --> 00:33:53.240



get that in the show notes as well, Tim, So57300:33:53.440 --> 00:33:56.440



easy easy to do and easy to click, and then57400:33:56.880 --> 00:33:59.799



get to where they need to go and be a57500:33:59.839 --> 00:34:05.000



part of a growing community and an important community helping.57600:34:05.559 --> 00:34:09.400



Uh great people who you know, help this great country. Right,57700:34:09.480 --> 00:34:13.280



and it's our turn to to you know, reciprocate that,57800:34:13.719 --> 00:34:19.000



uh love for for country, love for them, right. You know.57900:34:19.079 --> 00:34:21.840



Sometimes you know, I get it that they feel. I58000:34:21.840 --> 00:34:25.039



think sometimes certain people we kind of take for granted58100:34:25.679 --> 00:34:28.480



some of that stuff. Sometimes I think we're all at58200:34:28.480 --> 00:34:32.320



some point or another can can fall into that category.58300:34:32.400 --> 00:34:36.239



But uh, uh you can always do something like you said,58400:34:36.639 --> 00:34:39.639



even even a dollar. All those add up a dollar here,58500:34:39.800 --> 00:34:44.119



dollar there. Together as a community, that number gets big.58600:34:44.159 --> 00:34:47.559



And here you are, like that's even thinking about it.58700:34:48.119 --> 00:34:53.440



Half almost half a million dollars. Uh, you know that's58800:34:53.559 --> 00:34:57.280



awesome and uh again, uh you deserve a lot of58900:34:57.679 --> 00:35:00.679



I know you're not doing it for this reason, but59000:35:01.000 --> 00:35:03.519



you deserve a lot of a lot of that credit.59100:35:03.679 --> 00:35:07.480



So you know. So all right, thanks Tim, Well again,59200:35:07.559 --> 00:35:11.239



we'll do it again. But yes, sir, I appreciate it.59300:35:11.400 --> 00:35:13.800



All right, Thanks John, Thanks for having me On, appreciate you.59400:35:14.400 --> 00:35:17.760



Always great having Tim back on the show, doing great59500:35:17.800 --> 00:35:23.719



work obviously with signatures for soldiers and great great organization.59600:35:23.800 --> 00:35:30.880



One of any donations go to wounded, wounded, homeless, vets,59700:35:30.960 --> 00:35:35.440



people veterans who need need our help right need things,59800:35:36.000 --> 00:35:38.400



whether that's to pay a bill so they don't lose59900:35:38.440 --> 00:35:43.599



their their home or shelter, wheelchair ramp, whatever the medical bill,60000:35:43.679 --> 00:35:47.719



whatever the case may be. And Tim does it out60100:35:47.760 --> 00:35:50.639



of the kindness of his heart. Now all these years and60200:35:51.639 --> 00:35:56.239



almost up to half a million dollars. They started with60300:35:56.360 --> 00:35:59.840



a five hundred dollars goal and they're almost at five60400:36:00.079 --> 00:36:06.239



hundred thousand dollars. That's just amazing. No other word can60500:36:06.440 --> 00:36:10.239



can fit that description. And we'll have always have Tim60600:36:10.239 --> 00:36:13.079



on and like he you know, I don't tell this60700:36:13.239 --> 00:36:16.480



to every guest, quite frankly, but I tell it to60800:36:16.519 --> 00:36:20.199



Tim anytime he wants to come on to promote something,60900:36:20.760 --> 00:36:24.719



talk about an event or an appearance. He has that61000:36:25.360 --> 00:36:29.400



Carte Bloch show uh and uh, and he knows it.61100:36:29.559 --> 00:36:33.079



So thanks everybody. We're going to wrap up the show61200:36:33.159 --> 00:36:36.159



with the Hobbies the People announcer of the week, and61300:36:37.760 --> 00:36:39.000



we'll see you next week.61400:36:40.400 --> 00:36:44.280



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If you'd like to be the hobby is the People61900:37:02.440 --> 00:37:05.639



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