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[shanahan]

JB - how in fact do you know which of us are users are in the contest?  Do we e-mail you, or do you just know from the on-line orders?  Should we notify you in advace?

[TGJB]

We match our list of customers with the list of qualifiers, and send out two emails-- one to people on the list, the other saying if you qualified and we didn\'t send you the first one, contact us. I think we\'ve had 199 qualifiers, don\'t remember over how many years.

[shanahan]

gracias

[Mall]

I meant to mention in my previous post that I enjoyed seeing and talking to both Roger and Bill.

In addition to Bryan Wagner having the best contest year anyone's ever had, I doubt anyone will disagree with my assessment that one of your other good customers, who never seems to get mentioned in these discussions, has the best overall contest record over the last 11 years. In addition to qualifying nine times and finishing third last year, Committee member Paul Shurman qualified twice on the same day, which to my way of thinking is akin to hitting for the cycle where the final hit is a walk off grand slam. And, as you know, Paul also has an excellent cash game.

You had no way of knowing this, but while I'm still on the Committee, I stepped down as Chairman in early December. Coincidentally, it was right after our discussion with Brian and Judy at the BC that I asked Mike Mayo if he would be willing to take over, since after many years of doing almost all of my volunteer work in this industry I reached the conclusion that perhaps whatever meager talents I do have might be put to use by an organization trying to help the less fortunate.

So far so good, as I'm very excited about and can't wait to start the new gig I landed yesterday reading newspaper and magazine articles on a radio station for blind people, even though the operator seemed somewhat vague and non-committal when I suggested the possibility of spicing things up a bit by adding racing news and publications to the broadcast.

[TGJB]

Mel-- not to put too fine a point on it, but if you wanted to work with blind people you should have stayed in racing. And unlike the ones that you will be working with, ours are the none-are-so-blind-as-those-that-will-not-see kind.

[shanahan]

Hey, Mall...that is pretty cool.  I applaud you and wish you the best...I am certain that a great horse racing call from Durkin or other great ones would spur the imagination of those who cannot see.  Even I prefer baseball on the radio.

[Silver Charm]

Did you ever stand in OTB and hear Marshall Cassidy??

Good Deed Mall.