bill stone joins me, with bill smeed. so really i appreciate you both joining us. bill stone, what are your thoughts? >> well, obviously it's sad and i will certainly, as i go to the meeting again next year, miss his wit. i think even more, maybe his candor. i always think of the differences, you know, you really always knew where charlie stood on things and obviously a brilliant mind, as well. because just blathering out something is not great, but he knew what he was talking about. whereas, you know, with warren, you have to listen a little closer, because he's usually going to wrap it into a story or a much nicer kind of analogy to take the edge off a little bit, but i kind of enjoyed the little more edgy part that he made it fun. >> any concerns, bill stone, about being a berkshire holder with his passing? >> no, obviously when you lose one of the two greatest investors of all time, that's not the good thing. i think the thing that -- the consolation is, maybe two parts. one is, you know, buffet even said he worked with charlie so long he knew what he was going