picking it out I got a chance to to talk to Hank you know he was doing Monday night football and he was Hank is Hank yeah you and I think right now and I talked to him last week he's as popular now I said H how's the touring and stuff going he said Brett I'm doing 30 as many shows as I want he said I'm doing 30 shows roughly a year and he said they're sold out and I couldn't ask for a better response from my fans and I've always loved Han and thank the world of him and uh hated the way the NFL and all that treated him that was pretty crappy you know that's the damn world we live in now unfortunately yeah and that and and that when that happened that was well before all this crap now oh that was I mean God forbid he's singing it now I mean he can ated shows but it's it's ridiculous I don't remember the the day we met for I mean I knew who Hank was long before we we actually met but I don't remember the exact moment that we met and what year it was but it was early on in my career and we struck up the friendship and he would always talk about we offseason when you done we us go hunt together come to some of my shows it it never happened uh he he never had a show close to where I was and when I got done with the season deer hunting was over you know unfortunately you know I'd get done late January well heck deer season was wrapping up uh of North had been done so we never played out so we'd always say when I'm done playing what when I said that I didn't know I'd be playing 18 more years you know and then we we just kind of lost uh touch with each other well let me back up we stayed connected for most of my career and one of my prized gifts that I've ever gotten and I was telling you about this the other day he gave me a pistol in a case Bose seus case super nice case and six silver bullets and I have yet to take that gun out of that case I honestly I don't even know what model of is but it is the finest gun and I've had more people he ain't taking out and shoot it I'm like hell no I'm not taking out and shoot it and I told Hank about it the other day I said I still got the gun in the case I said I don't know if I'm supposed to shoot it I said but I'd rather just stay in that case it looks great right there and he laughed and he said oh I remember giving you that gun that was that was a hell of a gift yeah that and and Richard Petty gave me his hat and signed wow so that's two two of my favorite gifts