Nov. 14, 2025

Sigatures for Soldiers Tim Virgilio returns E362

Sigatures for Soldiers Tim Virgilio returns E362
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Tim Virgilio does yeomans work for the hobby charity "Signatures for Soldiers", it's been double digit years and he's shattered his own goals for the organization which helps wounded and disabled veterans. 

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It's yon number one song Sportscarnations.

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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,

469
00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:50.200
really pat myself on the back, you know, And I've

470
00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:54.279
said this to you on air off air. You always

471
00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:58.039
have a place on this podcast, on this show anything,

472
00:27:58.079 --> 00:28:01.480
and I don't even make it just like and anything

473
00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:04.279
we can do, I can do. It doesn't even have

474
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to be like you said in view, we don't have

475
00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:11.079
to do you know. That's nice too, but that's not

476
00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:14.160
why you should do it. You should do it because

477
00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:17.960
you care. And again I'm not saying I care just

478
00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:21.519
because of this. I care regardless of this fact. But

479
00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:24.880
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
00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:37.880
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
00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:43.680
and you know, I think a lot of people there's

485
00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:49.079
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
00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:36.000
again is a testament to signatures for soldiers to Virgilio

497
00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:38.680
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,

512
00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:30.200
that young man that gave a buck, I mean, it

513
00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:34.039
don't matter how old you are, you you know how important, Uh,

514
00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:38.240
you know this this is. And so even some of

515
00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:41.880
these other companies, right, and the hobby is so big

516
00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:46.799
and yet so small. Right with social media, you know,

517
00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:51.039
people are in other countries communicating and dealing and wheeling

518
00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:54.079
and and all that stuff. So even eleven years in,

519
00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:57.759
as much as you've grown over the like, there's more

520
00:30:58.240 --> 00:31:00.920
as long as you're willing to to keep doing it

521
00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:04.160
and keep going, right, that that's you're gonna get bigger

522
00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:07.519
and better. And again, I know you don't give yourself credit,

523
00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:11.039
but uh, I'll give you. I'll give you that. And

524
00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:14.920
in the hobby too, right, we're all trying to to

525
00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:17.640
do you know, or majority of us are trying to

526
00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:20.920
do good things and and you know, like you said,

527
00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:24.680
to to get to enjoy this great hobby and help

528
00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:27.240
others at the same time. I mean, what else do

529
00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:29.480
you need to say? Like, you can't get behind that

530
00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:33.640
and I can't get you problem that's them? Are you

531
00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:35.359
problem that don't? Right? Yeah?

532
00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:37.720
And you know, and I can't get in trouble with

533
00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:39.720
my wife when stuff shows up at the house because

534
00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:40.880
I go it's for.

535
00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:48.880
The charity, you know there you go to burns exactly exactly. Yeah,

536
00:31:49.599 --> 00:31:53.839
Well listen again, you know, we know how busy you

537
00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:56.759
are and you make some time. And I know I've

538
00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:59.799
said it before, but uh, you're just this door is

539
00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:03.039
always open. You just say when and what you want

540
00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:06.559
to do, We'll get behind it. And easy to do

541
00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:11.440
that again, you know, easy uh and as it should be.

542
00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:14.559
And we need more of that. So, uh, you know,

543
00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:18.359
for those who were interested, kind of give out websites,

544
00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:21.559
social media, anything you want to share. For those who

545
00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:25.359
maybe want to jump on board, uh yeah, do their part.

546
00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:30.759
Yeah, definitely check us out more. Our website signatures the

547
00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:35.240
number four Soldiers dot Com is our website. You can

548
00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:37.319
kind to read up more about what we're doing and

549
00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:41.880
all of that. I put out a monthly uh email

550
00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:45.480
with updates of kind of what's happening things like that,

551
00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:48.519
so you always sign up for that. Through the website

552
00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:56.200
social media, Facebook, Instagram and x you can find us there,

553
00:32:56.880 --> 00:33:01.640
you know, just search signatures for Soldiers f R Soldiers

554
00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:04.400
and you can, you know, follow, give us a like,

555
00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:08.119
give us a follow, and then you know, if you

556
00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:11.200
want to reach out to me via email, it's Signatures

557
00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:14.440
for f O R Soldiers at yahoo dot com. You know,

558
00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:17.519
feel free to email me, and you know, let me

559
00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:19.160
know your thoughts, let me know what you'd like to

560
00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:21.799
see us do, let me know if you help get involved.

561
00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:25.720
Eight donations of any kind monetary and verry. I don't

562
00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:27.119
know if you have. You know, if you're one of

563
00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:29.640
these people that just breaks packs after packs and you

564
00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:32.079
have a bunch of base cards that you're not really

565
00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:34.440
sure what to do with, wee that and either get

566
00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:36.599
them signed or turn them into money they used to

567
00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:38.960
help homeless, and so lots of different ways.

568
00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:40.920
To get Yeah, and I'll put a lot of that

569
00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:44.400
stuff in the show notes, folks, So even if you

570
00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:46.960
you know, if you'll be there, just check out the

571
00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:50.759
episode notes get redirected there, so we'll make sure to

572
00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:53.240
get that in the show notes as well, Tim, So

573
00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:56.440
easy easy to do and easy to click, and then

574
00:33:56.880 --> 00:33:59.799
get to where they need to go and be a

575
00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:05.000
part of a growing community and an important community helping.

576
00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:09.400
Uh great people who you know, help this great country. Right,

577
00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:13.280
and it's our turn to to you know, reciprocate that,

578
00:34:13.719 --> 00:34:19.000
uh love for for country, love for them, right. You know.

579
00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:21.840
Sometimes you know, I get it that they feel. I

580
00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:25.039
think sometimes certain people we kind of take for granted

581
00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:28.480
some of that stuff. Sometimes I think we're all at

582
00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:32.320
some point or another can can fall into that category.

583
00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:36.239
But uh, uh you can always do something like you said,

584
00:34:36.639 --> 00:34:39.639
even even a dollar. All those add up a dollar here,

585
00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:44.119
dollar there. Together as a community, that number gets big.

586
00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:47.559
And here you are, like that's even thinking about it.

587
00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:53.440
Half almost half a million dollars. Uh, you know that's

588
00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:57.280
awesome and uh again, uh you deserve a lot of

589
00:34:57.679 --> 00:35:00.679
I know you're not doing it for this reason, but

590
00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:03.519
you deserve a lot of a lot of that credit.

591
00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:07.480
So you know. So all right, thanks Tim, Well again,

592
00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:11.239
we'll do it again. But yes, sir, I appreciate it.

593
00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:13.800
All right, Thanks John, Thanks for having me On, appreciate you.

594
00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:17.760
Always great having Tim back on the show, doing great

595
00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:23.719
work obviously with signatures for soldiers and great great organization.

596
00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:30.880
One of any donations go to wounded, wounded, homeless, vets,

597
00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:35.440
people veterans who need need our help right need things,

598
00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:38.400
whether that's to pay a bill so they don't lose

599
00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:43.599
their their home or shelter, wheelchair ramp, whatever the medical bill,

600
00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:47.719
whatever the case may be. And Tim does it out

601
00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:50.639
of the kindness of his heart. Now all these years and

602
00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:56.239
almost up to half a million dollars. They started with

603
00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:59.840
a five hundred dollars goal and they're almost at five

604
00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:06.239
hundred thousand dollars. That's just amazing. No other word can

605
00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:10.239
can fit that description. And we'll have always have Tim

606
00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:13.079
on and like he you know, I don't tell this

607
00:36:13.239 --> 00:36:16.480
to every guest, quite frankly, but I tell it to

608
00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:20.199
Tim anytime he wants to come on to promote something,

609
00:36:20.760 --> 00:36:24.719
talk about an event or an appearance. He has that

610
00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:29.400
Carte Bloch show uh and uh, and he knows it.

611
00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:33.079
So thanks everybody. We're going to wrap up the show

612
00:36:33.159 --> 00:36:36.159
with the Hobbies the People announcer of the week, and

613
00:36:37.760 --> 00:36:39.000
we'll see you next week.

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And we are like collectable.

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