Back in the day when one could build stuff like this in the United States.

THE DOG!!....A 1960 Mack B61 model. As a little boy in 1963 growing up in Seattle Wa that was the FIRST truck I feel in LOVE with..... that's right it was MY FIRST LOVE. Years later it would lead me into the trucking industry which led me to the door steps of Inco Express. While there, I met some of the FINEST professional truck drivers with a GOOD supporting staff of office personel, safety director, shop mechanics and the owner himself, Victor Dipietro........RIP.

@csn6234

2 жыл бұрын

You named a truck "the dog," and you fell in love with it? The way you talk, it's like you popped a boner over this. What a dumbass.

@mrlaw711

2 жыл бұрын

Fond memory, and a great life experience you must have had to speak so well of your peers and friends.

This is without a doubt the best dam video I’ve ever seen!

@PatrickWagz

2 жыл бұрын

It was really dam good!!

@ProvidingSpam

2 жыл бұрын

Holy shit. The more I wat h the more I'm like WTF when he tossed the glowing white bolt I was like nahhh this a classico

@god-tx4xz

2 жыл бұрын

dam

@IEchuckie

Жыл бұрын

You're dam right! When men were men.

What a wonderful documentary. Brave men working in extreme conditions. I love old vids from the 40s onward steam locomotives,building super structures, etc. Thank you for the upload.

@jamescobb8768

2 жыл бұрын

That's for the history

@harolddalesr8365

2 жыл бұрын

Remember , there was no air conditioner.

@peterking3250

2 жыл бұрын

B$. .r

I love the sound of the old trucks. 2stroke Detriot V8’s.

Really like these old films. Thanks for making it available. I liked the lake and boated on its waters for 20 years. But I also like the idea of it reverting back to its natural state. It almost happened when the lake came close to overtopping the dam. Now it’s drying up and reverting back to the way it was, almost back to before the dam. I know I am planning on exploring what I can of the newly exposed canyons to get some idea of what it was like before the dam. Also will be a lot more peaceful then having dozens of jet ski operators buzzing around.

@harolddalesr8365

2 жыл бұрын

And I saved the dam from washing away !!!

@Species5008

2 жыл бұрын

@@harolddalesr8365 and exactly how did lil ol you accomplish this great feat?

Bro just casually tossed a glowing white bolt and was caught just as casually. Wtf. This video is a hidden banger

@raypitts4880

2 жыл бұрын

try a rivet olly bolts no good being white hot.

Thank you Mark and SNWA team!

Its an incredible sight to see... the difference in mindset in the comments section. Those who understand that man has the RIGHT and is EMPOWERED to create a better future while balancing what nature can provide and what nature demands, with what civilization needs... and those who just blindly hate the idea that MEN might dare strive for better... even IF the dam is the worst thing to ever happen to the canyon; its presence is but a blink of the eye on natures time scale... yet it has yielded thousands of years worth of civilizational development. The irony... the very electrons that are created in the power house there to this day help carry the message of those who would rather see the dam and by extension all it supports, disappear forever.

@bacilluscereus1299

2 жыл бұрын

Overpopulation and wasteful practices are a thing. Moderation and self-critique are good habits.

@bertgrau3934

2 жыл бұрын

@@bacilluscereus1299 You obviously have never visited the Glen Canyon Dam, it's far from being over populated. Most parts of the world that are over populated are outside the United States

@smokingstoking7357

2 жыл бұрын

The power of the west, it's the reason the light's are on

@smokingstoking7357

2 жыл бұрын

@@bertgrau3934 these guys are called armchair quarterbacks they never even stepped outside , or been to the damn

@bertgrau3934

2 жыл бұрын

@@smokingstoking7357 Agreed

Excellent video and a reminder of what the previous generations accomplished. I visited GCD as a kid in the early 80s and became obsessed with dams (which hasn't stopped). In college I took a roadtrip to the area with my girlfriend at the time, and we had just missed the last tour of the day. We walked out on the dam, snuck our way into an elevator, and headed all the way down to the power generators for our own tour. Not a good idea, but I will never forget it :-)

The Glen Canyon Bridge was open for traffic in 1955. I was there.

@Species5008

2 жыл бұрын

Holy cow, that means.....you are OLD!

Wow, My best friend, I liked the video very much, thanks you for sharing, stay safe, stay blessed

Thanks for the dam video!

A very informative and enjoyable picture show.

My grandpa was a Blaster on that job

It's crazy, I see old vids like this and it's just this longing feeling of "That's where I belong"...sometimes it's a really powerful, not sad, but more like I miss it.... I've never been there so how could I miss it? Just something about that time of history is so damn appealing to me, yet here we are in 2021 lol.

@gornoman

2 жыл бұрын

Calendar check!!!

@bacilluscereus1299

2 жыл бұрын

smallpox, polio and segregation. sign me up!!

@kenmows4u338

2 жыл бұрын

@@bacilluscereus1299 Covid Abortion and 6 dollar gas, sign me up. (Thanks for the gas prices Joe voters.)

No DEF or particulate filters in sight, love them old solid rigs

Thank you for putting this video up Wonderful documentary

I ran the dragline crane at 15:54 for good money. I did a good job too. Well enough they put me in this documentary for you to watch.

@thankswillie

2 жыл бұрын

please tell us more,love those old b model macks,,,not really i drove one in the 1970s

@harolddalesr8365

2 жыл бұрын

Gee, you must be 130 years old. !!??

@coloradostrong

2 жыл бұрын

@@harolddalesr8365 I ate a lot of spinach. 🥬 Before this job, I helped dig the foundation at the Empire State Building.

@harolddalesr8365

2 жыл бұрын

You are funny. Good sense of humor.

@Species5008

2 жыл бұрын

We're you also a highway man back in the 1600s? Will you also fly a starship across the universe divine?

There's a fantastic episode of the 1960s tv show "Route 66" titled Layout at Glen Canyon that was filmed entirely on location at the dam and in Page during construction. The episode also features Donna Douglas (aka Elly Mae Clampett), Charles McGraw, and some great shots of a Douglas DC 3.

@johnchildress6717

2 жыл бұрын

Cool I plan to watch it.Thanks

Thank you 👍

A great documentary it was incredible how they tamed the Colorado River and tunneled thru the rock to divert the river what a accomplishment for that time in history

Great old video. Thanks

@enrijuan96

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah glad to see how people in the past messed up the environment for future generations

@interman7715

2 жыл бұрын

@@enrijuan96 How ?

@enrijuan96

2 жыл бұрын

@@interman7715 look up lake Powell

Man ! Those conveyor belts are hauling ass !!

@kenmows4u338

2 жыл бұрын

400 thousand 12 yard buckets of concrete dropped on site from 1960 to 63, amazing!

What a feat of engineering marvel! Those men had nerves of steel!👌😳👍amazing!

Did anyone notice they used Mack's for the heavy duty off road work ? I was there last May, my wife and I stopped there while on vacation. Very interesting place. Seems to be very useful as well.

@farmalmta

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! What mighty trucks! Love those widowmaker split rim Daytons on the steer axle, drive axles, and semi trailer axles, too. Looks rugged like a truck ought to look!

@katedaphne4495

2 жыл бұрын

They are called big rigs and are much larger today.

@bertgrau3934

2 жыл бұрын

@@katedaphne4495 Yes, they are a little bigger today because we have higher horsepower engines to handle bigger loads. Being off road, though they were probably carrying some heavy loads, more than allowed for on highway use.

Just a rolling to the sea.NOT ANY MORE !Damn that damn dam !Oh and I believe that is Victor Jory narrating?GOD BLESS 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 AMERICA !!!

Man j love these oldé Yankee 50's Documentaries Thé Narrator evén soundś Lyké Robbié thé Rôbót ¡¡¡¡

Amazing,awesome ! what else can I say?

Interesting!

That’s the best damn site I’ve ever seen.

The engineering and organisational skills of the White man are truly amazing.

@RandomRetallingsofRiggins

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of dams were constructed in ways not to be proud of like the dam in the video not only is it covering a beautiful canyon its also flooded thousands of native structures that have been lost under the water. Also, why are you saying the "skills of the white man are truly amazing".

@interman7715

2 жыл бұрын

@@RandomRetallingsofRiggins This generation always has some ill informed comments about the so called problems the last generation caused. Without the engineering efforts put in last century you wouldn't have cheap food ,good highways, electricity ,well organised infrastructure and development in the west .The achievements of the people in America last century were phenomenol, now Amerecans can't even decide what sign to put on a bathroom without insulting someone. And I did say the engineering and organisational skills of the White man are amazing because they are. If I was watching a basketball game I would say the ball skills of the blacks are amazing. If you don't like it ,tough!

@cpcattin

2 жыл бұрын

@@RandomRetallingsofRiggins . Let me respond. Review the film of the construction. How many white men do you see ? In congress (that had to pay for this project) how many of the congress were white men in the 1950’s. Why aren’t you proud of the way the dam was built ?

@johnallen5996

2 жыл бұрын

@@RandomRetallingsofRiggins because they are

@coloradostrong

2 жыл бұрын

_White_ man, with a capital *W*

Roughly 30 years separate Hoover Dam & Glen Canyon Dam. The safety and construction techniques are night and day comparing the two

@fowletm1992

2 жыл бұрын

I guess hoover dam was one of the early truly mega projects, 30yrs they're just like here we go again is ust another big wall And of course nothing accelerates development amd industry like a world war

@fowletm1992

2 жыл бұрын

Also hoover for what's its worth was a bit of an arsehole to workers, he knew how to get it done on time and for cheap but it came at a cost He managed a big gold mine here in west Australia before he managed the hoover dam He was ruthless, paid well below the standard wage and imported immigrant workers to avoid paying them at all, wouldn't spend any mony on safety even for the time it was noted But the mine and it's investors prospered It's call gwalia, it's still running today but t has a museum as well avd well woth a visit

@billmcdonald9115

2 жыл бұрын

@@fowletm1992 Wow! Former Pres Hoover ran the Glen Canyon dam project ? He was dead three years when the dam was finished . Quite a feat!

@bennichols561

2 жыл бұрын

@@billmcdonald9115 that claim was never made. Might want to read it again.

@billmcdonald9115

2 жыл бұрын

@@bennichols561 To quote fowletm1992 "before he managed the hoover dam". You may want to read fowletm1992 again.

Take note KZreadrs, that's how a documentary is done.

God bless these men they build the beauty for many generations to come, God bless America.

You couldn’t be more wrong. The dam is doing its critical job. There were many reasons the dam was built. Water storage, flood control, irrigation, power generation and recreation. Every one of these duties is still 100% being performed. As you said the reservoir is still holding significant amounts of water. When the Colorado River floods (and it’s floods are spectacular) the Glenn Canyon Dam is there to hold the huge and deadly water. The Colorado could never support the levels of irrigation it does without its dams. The dam has generated years and years of cheap hydroelectric power. It may be paused until the river cycles through another period of floods. While the pool is currently greatly reduced, the recreation opportunities are fabulous as there are many canyons to discover that have been invisible for more than 40 years. No, Glenn Canyon is still doing the job it was built to do, and the Southwest is still benefiting. . The Colorado goes through incredible cycles. It has done this for millions if not billions of years. Nature doesn’t perform on man’s clock. Nature does what it does. This is the reason behind the planning of a dam that will hold over two years of river flow. (See ? Those old engineers were very smart) They anticipated these cycles. They only had 20% of the flow data we have now. And we only have a pinpoint on a chart of the lifespan of the river. This is a classic human problem seeing something in nature and having no ability to control it. Ask yourself; is Lake Powell 75% empty or 25% full ? The answer defines you.

@smokingstoking7357

2 жыл бұрын

You weren't here a billion years ago, Arizona is a new state, it's after California, California is reason the West is populated,not Arizona.

@cpcattin

2 жыл бұрын

@@smokingstoking7357 And your post makes no (dam) sense.

@mattsprayberry0

2 жыл бұрын

@@smokingstoking7357 I would rather live in Arizona than Communistfornia any day

@smokingstoking7357

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattsprayberry0 you are full of crap, the governor was your hero Ronald Reagan, so just shut up.

@smokingstoking7357

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattsprayberry0 you should move to Alabama with Vicky White and Casey White, a bunch of inbred Republican moron festival State.

Man , the infrastructure just to build this damn is crazy.

Anyone here who lived in Page during the years the dam was being constructed? What are your recollections of that time?

I bet nobody would ever have thought that all that water would be almost gone

@raypitts4880

2 жыл бұрын

it goes all the time only thing it is becoming less from the hills

I wish I’d work on that project

' what year was this old film and build the bridge... how long build the bridge to completely

very cool ty

I had that same band and ribbon cutting ceremony when I finally got my fucking driveway poured after the great cement powder shortage of 2022...

wow

in the credits is one named MAYER now part of MGM Metro Goldwyn & Meyer film makers.

at 15.04 rolling coal brill cream and cigarettes' and guts that's it an era long gone my friends

@AmishEcstasy

2 жыл бұрын

In a B 61 Mack!

@Species5008

2 жыл бұрын

You did what to who for how many jellybeans????

НУ ДА ГРАНД КАНЬЕН ДА ТАМ КРАСИВО В ОСОБЕНОСТИ НОЧЬЮ И ПРИ ХОРОШЕЙ ПОГОДЕ БЕЗ ОБЛАЧНОСТИ ТАМ КЛАСС НЕБО ВСЕ В СОЗВЕЗДИЯХ ПРЕКРАСНО ВИДНО ХОТЯ ЕГО ВЕЗДЕ ХОРОШО ВИДНО ЗВЕЗДЫ И СОЗВЕЗДИИ НО ТАМ В ОСОБЕНОСТИ КЛЕВО НО ЖАРКО ДЛЯ ТЕХ КТО ЛЮБИТ ЖАРУ ПОНРАВИТСЯ ТАМ

And almost 60 years later ?

What a beautiful structure

@enrijuan96

2 жыл бұрын

Too bad it’s gonna fuck the environment and drinkable water

@daffyduck9901

2 жыл бұрын

@@enrijuan96 Ah you Liberals are too much. Go have your mommy make you another Hot Pocket.

@interman7715

2 жыл бұрын

@@enrijuan96 Why?

@RandomRetallingsofRiggins

2 жыл бұрын

@@interman7715 damages the environment in the canyon and the grand canyons beaches and bars and with continuing drought conditions it loses a lot of the water it holds so its value is decreasing if water flow decreases which is damaging the water ability.

@daffyduck9901

2 жыл бұрын

@@enrijuan96 you know what go grab your backpack and a tent hike out in the woods and see how long you last you stupid son of a b****

Mi padre era un de los mineros que cavaba los túneles en 1958.

@markcantemail8018

2 жыл бұрын

Pez Gallo The both of us are Proud of Your Dad .

Those concrete guys. "Yup put the sign on it that's the last bucket we need." 10 minutes later...."We need one more bucket."

@raypitts4880

2 жыл бұрын

usually the way finish off when big bugs gone

They need bigger buckets.

And they had a band playing?

Talk about flying low!

How’s the water in Tahoe lately. Powell and Mead are going dry

@mrlaw711

2 жыл бұрын

Tahoe is full.

@zoeyshoots

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrlaw711 can’t take the water away from the elite!!!

Why is dangling rope closed

@cpcattin

2 жыл бұрын

Currently you would be dangling over a dry canyon. The water level has dropped below the level of the marina.

No profane language was used in the making of this film, damnit!

@hamaljay

2 жыл бұрын

Do you have to use so many durned curse words?

Back when the rich paid their fair share share of taxes there was money left over for massive projects like this.

8:48 anyone knows the model of this machine ? please

@rsmith3033

2 жыл бұрын

no clue ? i just wondered if anybody else noticed it . i bet it was a hoot to operate

@1tulip

2 жыл бұрын

In the mining industry, I believe it's called a "mucker".

@gfr2023

2 жыл бұрын

@@1tulip yes it is, unfortunately i can't find the model

Theres a little beaver in all of us.

I would love to live in this Era of massive public works programs without a bunch of govt red tape

@csn6234

2 жыл бұрын

Actually government regulations were stronger then than they are now. Nice try, dummy.

@cthunter41

2 жыл бұрын

@@csn6234 how so?

@markoconner1975

2 жыл бұрын

@@csn6234 oh ya?? dummy. What have you ever built in your life that required dealing w/ the b.s. of todays environmental wack jobs?

@Drewsky840

Жыл бұрын

@@csn6234 no they weren't

If the Native Americans who inhabited the area had stayed there close enough to see this, to see the demolition, they would have keeled over and died . Edit … (But I’ve never seen a Dam as massive as this made by Indians using primitive tools …. So … hats off to the great men who participated in this incredible feat.)

@wildone505

Жыл бұрын

they did stayed closed , few miles up the road is a part of native American lands

And what do we do now that this wasn't even enough

I read all the boo hoo hoo’s. When it snows from October thru February and starts to rain for 3 months nonstop. All y’all protesting, flag waving mask wearing cry cry’s will be painting a rainbow on that damn and holding hands singing songs about that it’s the best damn dam ever .

@michaelkoppenhoefer5910

2 жыл бұрын

What are you trying to say?

@bradleymorris8875

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelkoppenhoefer5910 I already said it.

@michaelkoppenhoefer5910

2 жыл бұрын

@@bradleymorris8875 you do know that the glen canyon dam was not built to stop flooding. No one lives and there are on towns on the river for 300 miles.

@999pr1

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Bud, about when do you think that will be happening? It was a waste of our tax money then and a gift of cheap water and power to influential developers and did nothing for the native population.

@bradleymorris8875

2 жыл бұрын

@@999pr1 Bud weis eeeeeeeeeeeer.

I cleaned port-a-pottys at the construction site of the dam. There was a lot of shit going on.

@Species5008

2 жыл бұрын

Wow. Dude, that was stupid.

@rodneycody8746

8 ай бұрын

Still is some things don't change

Just imagine the amount of precious minerals and fossils that where unfortunately discarded.

@stewtheman

2 жыл бұрын

Discarded? They simply moved piles of earth around. Nothing unfortunate about that.

@raypitts4880

2 жыл бұрын

@@stewtheman what was dug out was reused to build the bridge and the dam like motor ways the surveyor looks at high places and works that to the low places did that 150 years ago for the railways. go learn something

This was back in the day when the dam actually cost more to build than the cost of fuel to power the trucks and cranes. If we don’t get control over the cost of fuel America will fall behind in construction and farming.

@Drewsky840

Жыл бұрын

That's already happening sadly

Nothing and I mean nothing happens like this in USA no more...We cant do anything right...I mena California shoud be bulilding 3-5 small reservoirs every year..Havent nuilt one in 30 years..SMH

@999pr1

2 жыл бұрын

And where should the land come from for these projects? And who should pay? If people in the west paid the true cost of these projects they might less inclined to overpopulate and overconsume in a desert.

@Species5008

2 жыл бұрын

That's because commiefornia is 98% filled with microbrained dimwitts, who can't wipe their own behinds without help anymore. Let alone build something useful.

This is activity of a species dooming itself to extinction.

Back when the government actually fucking did something...

LOL...now the hydro plant may soon be shut down since the water level is soo low.

АГА КОЛОРАДО СПРИНГС

Ah, the Bureau of Wreclamation. Somebody had to have stood back and said, "that dam will be there forever!". Too bad the lake might not be. 😁😁😁

Not doing much these days then.

I'm 78 yrs young, thankful for my right of free speech ! Personally the politicians of that era should have listened to the Sierra Club a little more !!

I built the whole dam by myself

@Species5008

2 жыл бұрын

Oh aren't you a funny one?

@raypitts4880

2 жыл бұрын

DAMn GOOD JOB THEN

@navajorezathlete1202

2 жыл бұрын

@@raypitts4880 thank you

So many diversions for this once great river that it is now dead.

I’m sure the Navajo Indians were thrilled

Man has to decide when it comes to the last drop of diesel , nascar or wheat?

Keep the dam. Reroute water if necessary or use pumps, because the dam maybe needed someday. Put up a sign "pray for water" LOL obviously doesn't work.

and now the mega drought

Sad most natives still don't have running water safe to drink in northern Arizona

@electrolytics

2 жыл бұрын

Why don't they fix that? Or are they waiting for the government to do it for them?

@raypitts4880

2 жыл бұрын

@@electrolytics money thats why.

The Colorado flowed to the ocean. Now there is no good water in California except bottled water.

I didn't realize the amount of B.S. drama they wrote in to this stuff till now.

If it hits Deadpool , Then What?

@Species5008

2 жыл бұрын

No more water or power for commiefornia. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Narrated by George Washington

No 3d plans. No computers we're used to..they (to me) are far better than now engineers .more grey matter..elbow grease.. the men who worked..no women. Would she step up equally??

Just read 'The Emerald Mile' and you will discover just how bad damming up the Colorado really is. The construction of the dam is qute amazing, proving how man will rule the earth, until he drives mankind to extinction.. Great effort, too bad the result was not worth it.

@Species5008

2 жыл бұрын

It's ok punkin. Send me your address and I will send you your very own cry closet.

Awesome. Unfortunately it’s time to remove the Glen Canyon Dam.

Wow now its almost empty.

It's wasn't good while it lasted, so let me tell you the rest of the story.

BREAK THE DAM release the river

Glen canyon is feked boiiiiiii

@Species5008

2 жыл бұрын

Go back to commiefornia and rant all you want. Oh, learn how to spell, princess

These people make me sick! Destroying mother Earth they ought to be ashamed of themselves. Everybody with their swimming pools and fancy cars.

@GlobalistJuice

2 жыл бұрын

Yet here you are, on a computer watching KZread, inside a climate controlled home with streets and shopping centers, refrigeration for your food, and heat to warm your hands, an automobile to take you places, and trucks to bring everything you could ever want right to your door, planes and trains to transport you anywhere on earth, hairdryers and lawnmowers, swing-sets and doll carriages, everything your heart desires is right there for you, you just have to reach out and pluck it off a shelf, and you didn't even have to ask, man gave it all to you out of the goodness of his heart and the intellect of his brain, all the while as you sit there telling us just how awful man is, for building all the stuff that you take for granted.

@chilblain1

6 ай бұрын

💫@@GlobalistJuice

The first sentence is not exactly true. Does the Colorado even make it to the sea anymore? Nope. Any purpose that this dam had is no longer.

Very disappointing

@harolddalesr8365

2 жыл бұрын

Not to worry , Earth is a cyclical event. The rains will come when American gets on the righteous trail.

Time to dismantle this behemoth mess.

@Species5008

2 жыл бұрын

And PAST time for the big quake that gets us rid of socal as part of the continental US. Ya gonna cry about that also?

@lc285

2 жыл бұрын

@@Species5008 - No.

Does this man made wonder really improve the quality of life in the great Southwest? Look at how the Earth Mother has responded. The modern marvel is drying up. No longer will it be able to sustain the greed and misuse of our water resources. Not such a great idea on how to manage this.

@cpcattin

2 жыл бұрын

BTW, Please explain how “Earth Mother” has responded. Your vacuous argument is an uninformed emotional emission. Your idea of the river “drying up” argues against all scientific work that tells us the river has been right where it is for millions of years. No, it’s you and me that will soon be gone.

@smokingstoking7357

2 жыл бұрын

I would normally agree with you, although I visited the site in 1978 and I was impressed,by the building and it has built phoenix and Tucson and all the cities around plus farming and etc so to answer your question yes it helped the west, but now I believe we need a new approach with water like recycling waste water like our bathroom water can and should be pumped into the ground water which is what Santa Clara county California does and it helps with the water in the ground.most of the drinking water is groundwater or else it evaporates in the hot sun.

@hiitsrudd8567

2 жыл бұрын

"The earth is not a mechanism but an organism, a being with its own life and its own reasons, where the support and sustenance of the human animal is incidental. If man in his newfound power and vanity persists in the attempt to remake the planet in his image, he will succeed only in destroying himself - not the planet. The earth will survive our most ingenious folly." ~ Edward Abbey

@paulhare662

2 жыл бұрын

You wear a "Billy Jack" hat?

@smokingstoking7357

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulhare662 no, but I remember billy jack

Time to dismantle this dam. It is an abomination.

@Species5008

2 жыл бұрын

So is your face. Should it be dismantled as well?

Should of never of been built.

@harolddalesr8365

2 жыл бұрын

Then stop drinking water .

@999pr1

2 жыл бұрын

@@harolddalesr8365 Why? My water come from a well that I, not the taxpayers of the US, paid for. It is pumped by unsubsidized power that I pay for.

@Species5008

2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps it NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUILT, but guess what, IT WAS. It provided jobs to folks for several years. Tell us, guru magoo, what benefit has your existence provided?