Hello. Hi John.

Hi John.

Hi, John. Hi Merlin.

How are you?

Well I have a little bit of a scratchy voice. Yeah, I can tell it because when we start you say Berlin.

Berlin, hi Berlin. Hi Berlin. Hi Berlin. Hello, Berlin.

I don't, you know, this is the kind of scratchy voice that, boy, Dan Benjamin would cancel

a show in a heartbeat.

Okay.

With a scratchy voice like that's one.

I guess we're fortunate we can,

we'll edit around him for this one.

Okay, okay, good.

But I don't know what last night,

yeah, I was like,

hmm, my voice was a little scratchy.

And then I thought, oh no, no, no, no, I can't be getting sick.

I hate getting sick.

You are, if I may say, and listen, I've known you You are a pillar of the community in so many ways for so many things. You're always putting

it on the line for everybody but when you get sick you become like a big baby

man. Well I just don't want... It hits you hard you're a big man you get big sick. I get big sick and I don't want to you hard you're a big man you get big sick I get big sick and I don't

want anybody to see me when I'm sick I go into my little dark room and I say listen I'm

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