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TI: So that's, so I finished all my questions. Is there anything else that I didn't ask you or cover that you'd like to, to mention?

TM: I think you covered everything. [Laughs]

TI: [Laughs] No, it was really interesting. I really learned a lot, not only about the sports, but just the farming business was really interesting to me.

TM: Well, there isn't too much to farming, just a lot of work, time, patience.

TI: Yeah, but over time, you have this interesting story.

TM: Just, you know, hoping for the good weather come.

TI: Well, you've been very successful.

TM: Yeah, I've been lucky.

TI: What do you attribute your success to? You said luck, but there must be, is there something else that you think is important?

TM: Well, I would think, luckily I was lucky. [Laughs] I had just the right acreage, like lettuce, it don't come out all at one time. We had different acreage, in other words, I had about seven or eight blocks of twenty-acre blocks, and I was able to lease other property, adjoining property and come out at the same time. And I was with a good firm that handled markets and commodities. So that way, I give them more credit than my luck, too. Luck goes along with it, but farming is a gamble.

TI: Good. Well, so Tom, thank you so much for doing this interview. I really, really enjoyed it. Thank you.

TM: Thank you.

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