[Randy Klein]

Happy New Year, Brent!

First, here's wishing you a rapid recovery and quick seating back into your Cobra with your wife at your side.

Being one of the early members of Club Cobra is a truly felt "honor." Why an honor? Well, many of those who responded earlier than I to this thread have already said it. But it bears repeating; so I will... The people, like yourself, are some of the best examples of human beings that I have ever had the pleasure...and honor, to meet, drive and hang out with.

In 2001, I took my 88 year old, Pearl Harbor Survivor, father with a bunch of Cobra friends, around Lake Tahoe to Reno Nevada for my first, and so far only, excursion to "Hot August Nights." Needless to say, this one has stayed permanently, in my memory banks because my father was with me, loved it and continued to talk about it to the end of his life, in February 2008.

It might go without saying, but I will anyway, that without Club Cobra, this event in our lives would probably not have happened. But because it did, life is much richer than it might have been..and it continues.

So thanks again for the 10 years, Brent. I'm looking forward to many more decades of sharing experiences with you and the other great human beings on CC.

Randy Klein