if you can get 5% growth, you have a nice return at kmi. we've got 8% growth and a 5% yield.hink we're a compelling story and we've reaffirmed our guidance for the year. furthermost we said if you use 13 for a base year for the next three years, we will average 5% growth at kmp and 8% compound growth at kmi. to me as a simple old pipeliners those are pretty good figures. i own 23% of the company and i'm very happy. as you know, i've bought more over the last few months. >> one last question on just trying to get at -- i know it sounds like i'm the devil's advocate. do you feel you have enough coverage. a couple quarters we do not necessarily have as much coverage as other companies in user industry. >> i think it depends on the mix of assets. we will always cover or distribution and then some. in fact this year our coverage is running very strong, as you know, in the first quarter, and first quarter is always strong for us, but we had $75 million of coverage, or as you put it, we had $1.55 of distributed cash flow for per unit. so we will have excess coverage. i think that a

watching the show a long time and followed the natural gas plays and base of you i'm in kinder morgan and kmi, specifically and i wanted your opinions on tomorrow and keeping the stock going forward. >> the problem with this company and let me just tell you what people are saying and they're saying it's too big and it can't grow the way it used to and they can't maintain the distributions they used to. i believe in rich kinder. i think the company will be fine and i don't think they need to do equity offerings. how about colin in texas, please? colin. >> boo-yah, jim! >> boo-yah, colin. >> yeah. i'm calling about i particular e. should i continue to hold the stock? >> as long as interest rates keep going lower itc is doing well and it is atypical. i have to tell you, i look at it and i see the little yield and i tell myself if i had some i'd ring the register and half tomorrow. okay. until we revert to the old familiar patterns we're going to keep see this fear and loathing pressuring the market, and as always, you and me will get through it together. up, in, it's what google, facebook and ya