Hey Andy, always good to hear from you. Sad to hear your stint in Calgary was only a one-year affair. You'll have to tell me more about it via PM sometime.

As far as the state of the hobby, I'd say this year has seen a lot of new product and since it's Panini's first year, you'd have to think they'll be learning and getting better as they go forward. Upper Deck has improved a bit, and I've found the price on their stuff to be more reasonable than in the last two years, but with this new distribution thing they have going on, that could change.

Yeah. Right now I'm really busy but at some point I'll shoot you a message. Nice to hear UD is stepping up at least a little bit. Nice to hear from you too. Looks like I still have quite a few friends left around.