i like to quote david osmond, many of you know, when he retired. he said something to the effect that he had worked his entire life in the environment. he just wanted a little time to enjoy it. that's truly how i feel. i'm still in the bay area. i'm just looking forward to new adventures and enjoying it every day. so thank you for this recognition. i greatly appreciate it. >> thank you. [ applause >> good evening. i'm robert hailey, the manager with sf environment. back in 1993, two jobs were simultaneously announced at the san francisco recycling program. kathleen came from the northeast, and i came from the southwest. she became the commercial person. i became the residential person. it's been a great adventure ever since. we had crazy political times together. kathleen went to smg. i stayed with the san francisco recycling program, which then with the solid waste management program merged into the fledgling department of environment. jack macy came over at the time. kathleen was at mosconian for 20 years and did a lot of amazing things there. a

well, the osmonds, that is how you pronounce it, some who -- quite a story in history commit9 days distant relatives appeared on david letterman show in 1995. and something of a local celebrity. watch. >> we were kind of taken by the man's name as man. i don't know that i've ever met a guy named as man. and just spend a minute or two getting to know asman, hello, who is this? >> okay, first of all i missed that favor -- david letterman. but this barks something called and his relative dave cannot get local authorities to put his family name on his license and they claim, the committee must abide by a set of guidelinesf regardless if the word in someone's name is pronouncedrs differently than the offensive version so because aes a -- it appears offensive to people they will not put on the license but i'm deeply offended for misters asman because what if your name is buba man. you can't have a license? b1 apparently, you know what i'm offended by? i'm offended by, well, offended by people who do vanity plates at old. >> raymond: seinfeld had a similar episode in effect the same asman reference. >> asman, these don't be