Until 1980 I-84 was known as 80N. Quarterflash used to be Seafood Mama. I am old enough to remember. Thanks for all the great videos. As a retired long-haul trucker it's great to revisit places I've been.

I love the way Portland have a small beltway around the downtown area which is like 8 to 9 miles going around.

The best Portland driving video I’ve ever seen:()

@Freewayjim

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

This is one of your best videos, great editing, perfect music and amazing road network!

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@daredevilofficial4100

4 жыл бұрын

Guijhuentda I agree, Stylo by Gorillaz fit PERFECTLY for a nighttime urban area! ;)

@ruthcurbello4535

4 жыл бұрын

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@ruthcurbello4535

4 жыл бұрын

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@jonesraval7819

4 жыл бұрын

Great Knowlegable video. You can also visit our hotel video kzread.info/dash/bejne/oY1_mMuroaa1daQ.html

I really really enjoyed this. It's overcast right now in NY and this was just right. Thank you Freeway!

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@connor9216

2 жыл бұрын

He respawn I enjoyed it to

@khagemann7462

2 жыл бұрын

@@connor9216 same

Portland looks so beautiful. So lush and green with all the forested areas sourounding the higways.

@user-fn6pw9bn4v

Күн бұрын

Great song 16:01

@user-fn6pw9bn4v

Күн бұрын

Start 0:32

@user-fn6pw9bn4v

Күн бұрын

Old 9:06

@user-fn6pw9bn4v

Күн бұрын

New 18:40

@user-fn6pw9bn4v

4 сағат бұрын

Pig 18:40

Sir, I LOVE your channel, fully addicted

@Freewayjim

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

I got to come and live up here for a few months from April to November, stayed in Beaverton but was doing some work in Gresham. Nearly everyday i would do the exact route home you did at the beginning of the video and it never got old. Every chance I got I went to go drive a few laps around "the loop" downtown. The hard part was deciding which direction to go because as you just showed you can't go wrong either direction you go! You captured it beautifully. Watching this video just brings back so many memories and transports me back to Portland. Can't wait to go back again this summer

@Freewayjim

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, yeah there all options are great going around that loop, this was the only night I've visited the area so I wanted to make the most of it, neat city.

Driving and jamming to good music, two of some of my favorite things. Add in exploring a beautiful city, and it makes this perfect!

@Freewayjim

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

4:07 wow thats so cool Great editing jim!

@Freewayjim

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I was happy with how that turned out.

Never realized how beautiful Portland is

@thrasherx2k1

2 жыл бұрын

It is until you run into the homeless camps

This is beautiful! Love all the incredible effects just masterful keep it up!!

And also, I am a previous resident of Denver, Co. And I thought Denver was the most beautiful city but I think I need to rethink that!

@nomaderic

2 жыл бұрын

I went from texas to living in denver and I thought the same thing, until I moved to Portland. I've been around most of the country and Denver and Portland are still my top 2 cities in the country

I went to Portland again during the Thanksgiving and your video reminds me of my time there (actually my car was broken in near the 405 in downtown lol)

Great! I really enjoyed this video. Respect and love from the Republic of Estonia!

@Freewayjim

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

I'm a few years late to the party, but never too late to a Big Jim classic!

When I watch this video, it gives me so much deja vu. Especially when you went on I-405 North and South lots of times.

Enjoyed the video and soundtrack, in which both were quite the variety!!! It doesn't matter how many times I will see the Fremont bridge, it amazes me every time! :)

Portland looks so beautiful! I've never been there but I will be there in 20 days! As a child of the 80's, I really loved the musical choices too on the video! Great job!

@Freewayjim

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@thrasherx2k1

2 жыл бұрын

Liberals have destroyed it

It looks good fun burning up and down them roads I wish I was there now

@Freewayjim

3 жыл бұрын

It was :)

Really love ❤️ watching this since I’ve never been to Oregon or anywhere in the west coast for that matter. Thank you so much 😊. Portland is a beautiful city

@Freewayjim

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Masterpiece , I will watch again and again.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you like it!

Loved the video, LOVED the music, just perfect!

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comment and for watching.

I remember one night I want from Beaverton to Vancouver. When I was on I-405 near Everett/Glisan, it was so foggy I could barely see street lights from 100 feet away. When I was on the lower deck of the bridge about where the land meets the water, I could see perfectly. I was very relieved... until I hit the dense fog on the other side of the bridge. I started grumbling until I realized what had happened. I just had to get off at Going Way and turn around. I got on the upper deck. What a view! I could see the West Hills, Mount Hood, the Koin Tower, US Bancorp tower, a couple of buildings in the Lloyd District, and that's all. Everything else was sleeping under the fog. That was 17 years ago, but I'll never forget that view.

@zkittlezthabanditt604

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds awesome

This is one of your BEST videos. Portland looks absolutely beautiful and the music and editing was *chefs kiss* 🤌🏽🤌🏽

@Freewayjim

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, I was pretty happy with how it turned out :)

This lamb enjoyed the views of the city. The flock all were wondering why speed limits seemed to be so low.

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

The roads are kind of tight and curvy, the speed limits are actually reasonable, plus the limits on the west coast are always a little on the low side, go inland to the next state and it's 80 MPH..

Great video again as always! Also great music, I love hearing muse again!

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Joe, got two more videos with Muse still to come, my son turned me on to them during this trip.

I just watched this again, this time on the big screen with 300 watts of 5.1 surround, a truly awesome video!

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it again, it's one of my favorites from the trip.

I really appreciate all the work and effort you put in every video ,Jim. US is a place worth visiting at least once in a lifetime. Love the roads

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

You truly create some great videos with excellent music and graphics! I can't wait for the day I can go to all of the places you've been.

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I hope you get to all those places, they are even better in person.

That was a smooth great ride through Portland at night!

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Portland has some really cool freeways. Very nice scenery as well! Great video Jim!

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you and the freeways really are cool there, fun to drive in minimal traffic.

Good video.. but my thing is when you was on the freeway heading to Beaverton you just should of stayed on it.. Beaverton, Troutdale, Tigard, Tuallitan, all of that is part of Portland.. Gresham. You know. You could of the freeway all around the city of Portland. Into Vancouver,Wa also.. ijs sir. Great video though..

@Freewayjim

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I was staying in the Portland area that night, don't have time to get everything.

Very nice ride through Portland! Have always wanted to check out the city for it's quirkiness and it's freeways as well! Very well-done and well worth waiting for a time to sit, relax and enjoy your video! Also, cool effects at points, very cool factoids- and a great soundtrack too!

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Portland is a VERY COOL freeway city, glad you enjoyed it.

Wow fun video, good music thanks to you also music group from Portland w/dates of highways a great package to share

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

It's a good thing you added two one-hit wonders of Portland, OR based artists in this drive video around Portland, OR. Both songs did peak at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. "I Can't Wait" was at #3 for a week on June 14, 1986, losing to "Live to Tell" by Madonna which falls to #2 and "On My Own" by Patti Labelle, and Michael McDonald which climbs to #1. "Harden My Heart" was at #3 for two weeks between February 13 to 20, 1982, losing to "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" by Daryl Hall & John Oates at #2 and "Centerfold" by The J. Geils Band at its peak at #1.

Wow, great tour of the downtown hub and "spokes"! Definitely agree about that northern I-5/I-405 interchange: it's great from all angles

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Kind of reminds me of Pittsburgh. Weather and all. Thank you for the video Jim.

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

That's a very good comparison, although the roads are in much better shape in Portland :) thanks for watching.

I wanna move here when I’m older

@itsnoneofyourbusinessbigch5607

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@DashBorad_P

4 жыл бұрын

4LIVE FH4 to Portland?? You’ll love here.. move here almost 13 years ago. And I love it here.. it’s expensive though. And getting over crowded. Beside that. Excellent city..

@taste_trail_reviews

4 ай бұрын

I would be careful because it’s getting dangerous because of all the homeless people and drug addicts there! But you can still find some safe neighborhoods if you do research! Generally I avoid downtown

@InkaBall

4 ай бұрын

I would just stay at the suburbs, be careful.

@WrapperPresidentsShow

4 ай бұрын

@@InkaBall: because they passed Measure 110 which legalized drugs! I wouldn’t go to Portland ever! It’s a crime ridden homeless dump! It used to be cheap and beautiful to live but it’s gotten expensive just like Liberal cities like Los Angeles, California

I love to watch these videos!!!! the music fits perfectly. wesome!!

@butterflies9383

7 жыл бұрын

I meant awesome lol

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, much appreciated :)

Great video. I recently visited. Traffic is variable. I couldn’t live there unless I got a handsome salary. It’s pretty. I would visit again.

@Freewayjim

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Jim, you've eradicated a bit of my ignorance. Having lived and spent time in Seattle, Portland was generally viewed as Seattle's "baby brother" in a less than endearing connotation. I've never been to Portland, but your video cleared up whatever misconceptions I may have had about the city, as it is absolutely beautiful, unique and happens to have some awesome architecture (buildings and highway infrastructure). Thanks for the Vid!

@zkittlezthabanditt604

2 жыл бұрын

This is the exact type of comment I was looking for. I've lived in west Gresham all my life (what everyone considers the main ghetto of the Portland area), but I've spent lots of time in Portland of course. I'm glad that this video was able to shed light on our city more, many seem to think its small and I hate seeing maps that show the major cities and they put Seattle but not Portland on it :( The city is big and it is very nice, and as for the baby brother thing, I think a more realistic way of putting it would be the less successful but older brother (we once were greater than Seattle, until about the turn of the 20th century).

This feels strange to watch. I've been to the states once in my life in 2005 (I was 17 at that time) and that was a three weeks' stay in Salem, OR. We made many trips to Portland back then, but at that time I was not yet interested in maps and geography OR road structures. So when I watched this, I hoped that I would recall an intersection or such, but there is nothing. I am astonished about how beautiful Portland is, though. Wish I had realized it at that time already.

Awesome! You made it to my neck of the woods. I live in Salem, Oregon. I've actually driven every highway In your video pretty awesome.

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, enjoyed it too!

Portland is beautiful!

@RustInPeace2490

4 жыл бұрын

Charlie ND ikr I live in SF

@WrapperPresidentsShow

5 ай бұрын

No more it’s got ruined since they decriminalized drugs, homeless people everywhere now

Wow, Portland is quite a city. my cousin actually lives there right now.

@faizakhalid4796

5 жыл бұрын

David Carson b

Cool video. My late great uncle did a lot of electrical work for ODOT around Portland when these freeways were first being built.

Wow, you're right. Boise doesn't give off this same vibe at all! I always thought that the PNW would be similar, or all the same and included Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Buy each one is uniquely different!

@Freewayjim

3 жыл бұрын

Portland is more like (not exactly like) Pittsburgh than any other city in the US IMO. The rivers, bridges, hills, size, several similarities.

@carriekay5987

3 жыл бұрын

@@Freewayjim Wow, thanks for pointing this out! I've been to Pittsburgh and loved it (back in the mid 70's). In your opinion. what city does the Seattle area resemble? The first time I saw Portland I thought it was a mini version of San Francisco and it seemed dirty to me. I didn't like it at all. And now with all the riots and destruction that's being allowed to overtake it, it's just a matter of time before it's another version of California -- the seedier parts. Sad to see such beauty being mutilated.

@Freewayjim

3 жыл бұрын

@@carriekay5987 Seattle is highly unique (and one of my favorite cities), not sure there is anything in the US to compare it to. Yeah, I can see where it would be seen as a bigger Portland. Pittsburgh has changed drastically since the 1970s, the skyline is beautiful and the city has really been cleaned up....many of the roads still date back to the 1950s though, and look it. This is the best Pittsburgh video I have, from 2014. kzread.info/dash/bejne/a4J-zq6sl7yTmsY.html

Hi Jim! Awesome highway trip video! Highways are the best just like you! Keep up the awesomeness work

@Freewayjim

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Amazing video as usual!! Great music choices, love the lights, just awesome! I hope you got a chance to explore the city, I hear that it is a unique place!

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, we did go through downtown and visited Powell's Bookstore (no filming), which was awesome, neat city indeed.

@amtrak49

7 жыл бұрын

That's great! Glad you had a good time. :)

I loved this ride, especially on US 26. When you were along I-84, to the right was the Portland MAX, one of the first modern Light Rail systems ever built in the United States.

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I could totally feel your excitement of driving around Portland in this video, simply by the number of times you kept passing through, over and over, lol. Same feeling I had, the first few times I visited Portland and drove its freeways. Awesome video from start to finish.

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, yeah I wanted to see everything in every direction for sure.

Great video! I've never seen much of Portland the two or three times I've been there (had a strong focus and schedule of things to do and only for a couple of days) so it's nice to see this much of it. I instantly recognized Nu Shooz and knew they were from Portland, so I thought "Nice touch." :-D

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I thought it was a pretty neat city, wish I had more time there.

Very good music sync!

@Freewayjim

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Hi from Portland. Great video.

@Freewayjim

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Nicely done!! 😃

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I had no idea Nu Shooz was from Portland, and I grew up there. I have so many memories with these roads, especially the tunnels on Sunset, since I lived in Beaverton

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Beautiful city.

when i saw the map of your 2016 vacation, i was very happy that you would be going through my original home town of portland, and i've been eagerly anticipating your videos from there. this one did not disappoint! it brought back a lot of memories. i'm looking forward to next week's as well. i'm hoping as well that you will post some video of going east on interstate 84, especially through the columbia river gorge and going up cabbage hill just east of pendleton. that's another freeway i remember very very well.

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you, yes we filmed a good chunk of I-84 through the Columbia River Gorge, wish the lighting was better but I think it came out OK all things considered (coming a week from Monday) and Cabbage Hill is the next video after that.

Absolutely stunning! I love seeing a video of the city I'm from (well, Gresham, but still Portland), I love the few times I get to drive around the loop and see downtown... I like to put on "I like the way you move" when driving on the freeway near downtown, just gives the best vibes... Thank you for enlightening more people on the true beauty of this city, many ignore us and many even say we're a small city! With 2.4 million in the metro area and 660k in the city alone, I don't at all consider my city small.

@Freewayjim

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! That was my only time in Portland and was really impressed, what a neat place!

@zkittlezthabanditt604

2 жыл бұрын

@@Freewayjim You should visit again! And thank you, I've actually never been far out of the Portland area (no more than 80 miles east west or south of the city), but I explore the world by looking through things like this, even though its not as good as the real thing. Its interesting to know how good our freeways look and everything, as I said, I've not been far out so I didn't know that other freeways tend to look worse. Your channel is quite interesting, ill be watching more of it!

@Freewayjim

2 жыл бұрын

@@zkittlezthabanditt604 Thank you, I'd love to get back out there someday but I live in the Atlanta area, not an easy task. I have a friend who knows Portland well and he compares it to Pittsburgh, PA, which si a good comparison (Pittsburgh's roads and bridges are a lot older) you might want to look around that city some.

@zkittlezthabanditt604

2 жыл бұрын

@@Freewayjim Actually i did start to watch your Pittsburgh trip, it seems interesting, I've never really investigated Pittsburgh much but after seeing how cool the city looks, I think I might visit there one day. In fact, when I grow older maybe I'll travel the freeways like you do! That would be awesome

@Freewayjim

2 жыл бұрын

@@zkittlezthabanditt604 Travelling is a blast! I hope you get to go everywhere you want to someday.

Thumbs up for the music alone!

@Freewayjim

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that, thank you!

Great video & soundtrack. Nice job !

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

very enjoyable ride on some awesome freeways

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you and they are very cool freeways to drive.

that was quite the tour de force. Great production on this one Jim. I was there once in 1984. Didn't see much other than the ship yard I was at.

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks John, it's a really neat place.

That was really awesome Jim !

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Good song selection! I like Nu Shooz A lot!

@Freewayjim

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

The video thumbnail, it reminds me Japanese Expressway.... maybe because it has fences on the side. But as always, great video Jim! Keep it up!

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, it kind of does.

Fantastic!

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Give a big hell yeah if you from Portland and speak English with the Squawmie accent!!!

Where do I begin? Another video that has shot up to the top of my favorites list. A Gondola right over the freeway! Funny thing about No Shooz, I made a mix tape for a young lady in Colorado Springs back in '87, and "I can't wait" was part of it. I recognized it with the first few notes. It sure brought back a few memories! We love your Dusk-to-Dark videos, Jim!

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words, always appreciate your input, glad you liked this one....has not heard that song in a while until I started with his video and found out they were from Portland, had to use it.

Hi FreewayJim i feel like Your passenger Enjoying the Drive & Music while driving through Portland lol and Great Video!

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

As of 2023 I-405 & The Fremont Bridge is Now 50 Years Old

This dusk to night video border's on LEGENDARY!! I had no idea Portland had such scenic views. And the music threaded the eye candy into a symphony of beautiful views....nicely executed!

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for that! glad you enjoyed it.

Hi Jim I really enjoyed your video!!! 😊

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it, thank you!

Hey Jim, I absolutely enjoyed that ride, and did I detect a little music editing, great job! It was a good idea to allow the police officer to merge over into the left lane in front of you, better in front than behind you.(Lol), I love the scenery of the Ferris wheel at (18:40) as you stated there was so much going on in the foreground.. Love the old school classics!

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you James and yes, from time to time I will take liberties and edit parts of songs in or out of the video, gotta make it all come together :)

@MrJamesgrate

6 жыл бұрын

Your a multi-talented man!!!!! Great job!!! Coming from a retired DJ....

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

I just love western and pac. NW freeways. They're so modern and complex.

love the soundtrack :)

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Love those night time views

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks

That bridge ramp is like hotwheels

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

It is and it is awesome!

Used to live in Hillsboro back in 1986-98 back before it got all built up 'n' shit. When I worked in SE Portland that ride on the Sunset Highway to the Banfield via the Marquam Bridge was my daily commute! I see the Ferris wheel was set up in Waterfront Park. Must have been Rose Festival time.

I’m an Uber driver in Portland who obviously cannot go to work during this quarantine, so this video is a pretty excellent representation of my typical night and really makes me feel like I’m out and about working again. Thanks for the upload! Also, what dashcam are you using that looks this good during the dark hours?

@Freewayjim

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and for the comment, my gear is listed in the closing credits, I use a Sony HDR-PJ710 video camera, no dashcam.

@Bigben2u

Жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

@Bigben2u

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😆. Song funny for you

@xALTIMETERx

Жыл бұрын

@@Bigben2u can you repeat that in english

@Bigben2u

Жыл бұрын

さぁかについてでしょうかです～っとしましたなねとはできませんですけどできますよねとは. And . Salem oregon was better than Portland oregon

Great video🛣🚘🏙😀👌

@Freewayjim

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

WOW the expressway infrastructure in Portland is beautiful. It’s like work of arts out there and not an eyesore like most of the urban interstates were when they were built. I’m sure the community was heavily involved with this because of local opposition. At least that is what I could assume haha

@zkittlezthabanditt604

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, people here were arguably more protestant against these than in the notorious San Francisco, which led to more carefully built freeways and less destruction :)

Very cool video, it was nice to come back to after my honeymoon!

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you and congratulations!

the sound track is on point

@Freewayjim

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

This is the best night tour you've ever done. IMO Portland looks a lot like Milwaukee except without the hills

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It's more like Pittsburgh than anything. The upcoming Las Vegas dusk to dark video is on the level with this one.

Hopefully, one day, you'll be able to visit the Rose City of Ontario: My hometown of Welland in Niagara. Nice choice for music, BTW.

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@justinhundley2456

7 жыл бұрын

Loved the music and the video. Have a blessed day Freewayjim! Also my birthday is on Friday

@Pyeknu

7 жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday, Justin! Many happy returns of the day!

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks and Happy Birthday.

Great ride Jim! You kinda brought it there.

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, yeah I was feeling it :)

Great music choice!!

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you

awesome video

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Portland is quite a city. Just about an unknown to us easterners.

Thanks for making this. I'm from Portland and I always loved the view of Portland at night from the Marquam and Fremont Bridge and the tunnel is nice two. I swear they should race an f1 circuit around it. Hey you should check out the Micheal Jackson "Speed Demon" music video. It was filmed in Portland on these very bridges.

@Freewayjim

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and for the tip, I will check that out.

Now that's some Muse-ic right there! :-)

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Thinking back on your Pittsburgh video, the freeways and so on, with the greenery around and the fact that it's also on a river, makes me think these two cities look very similar! Do you see that and agree with it?

My city!

thanks freewayjim!

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

That was fun, except I would have preferred Everclear to Quartflash.

@Freewayjim

5 ай бұрын

Thanks, I used Evereclear in the next video the following morning kzread.info/dash/bejne/n4ilmbyGh7uXisY.html To me, Quarterflash fit the mood better on this video than Everclear would have, a lot of thought goes into the soundtracks from a variety of factors.

4:09 thats a nice song

@Freewayjim

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

wow just lovely... that was a fly ass flyover

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Excellent! interesting that most of freeways in the Portland area are no more than 3 lanes in each direction.

@Freewayjim

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks and good observation.