As the adage goes, when there’s a will, there’s a way. And when it comes to sex and its many variations, humans are very innovative. As long as there have been phones, there has been phone sex. It may not have started upon the first successful call placed, but, as most humans know, sex is never far from the mind. Even today, with FaceTime, Skype, and a limitless array of messaging apps to substitute face to face contact while apart, phone sex is still a prevalent part of society, both between members of a consenting adult relationship and through the use of phone sex operators. But there’s one very valuable group of people for whom the phone industry isn’t ideal: the deaf community.

While it’s conceivable in modern life, with cell phones and ample means of text and video-based communications, that phone sex could be considered unnecessary, this has not always been the case. Throughout the history of phone sex, since the phone’s rise to universality until the invention of text messaging and video chat, phone sex was the only alternative for individuals looking to enjoy the wonders of long-distance intercourse.

Teletypewriter

As an audio-based method of communication, the phone has long proved to be problematic for those in the deaf community. In order to ensure everyone, even those without the inability to hear normally, could partake in the wonders of the phone, telecommunications devices for the deaf were initially introduced in the mid-1960s.

Also known as teletypewriters, or TTY, textphones, and minicoms, these devices resemble small typewriters that transmit text via a phone line between two individuals with connected TTY devices. Instead of talking into a mouth piece as with a standard phone, users type the words they wish to share, and read type from their partner on a TTY device’s screen.

TTY devices were originally brought to life by Teletype Corporation, a division of American Telephone and Telegraph Company’s Western Electric, as a development of the company’s printing telegraph research. In 1960, American inventor Paul Taylor took Western Electric’s invention and combined it with a modem, creating the first simplistic TTY prototype.

TTY devices are still in use today, especially among older adults with a long history of TTY use. However, they do have some significant downsides; TTY devices are very impersonal, diminishing the intimate nature of phone sex discussions. In addition, typing can be cumbersome, especially for aging adults or those without fast, efficient typing skills who’d rather get lost in the moment instead of stopping to type.

Human Relay Phone Operators

For those who would rather not type, there are alternatives to simplify the process. Human relay operators are key parts of the deaf community, providing necessary services to both speaking and deaf individuals around the world. These services are especially valuable for deaf individuals who wish to speak with those who have normal speech and hearing, and thus do not own TTY devices.

With a human relay operator, the individual wishing to place a phone call can either dial a three digit extension, depending on location and available services, or place a call to a special phone number. In many locations, these services come in two different forms: voice carryover, or VCO, and hearing carryover, or HCO. Voice carryover refers to callers who wish to speak into the phone, and hearing carryover refers to callers who wish to listen through the phone.

When an individual requiring assistance from a human relay phone operator places a call, they are connected with an individual specially trained to relay messages back and forth between callers. In VCO, the caller speaks normally to the operator, who then transcribes the message and sends it to a TTY device. In HCO, the caller enters his or her message through a TTY device, which is then read to the other party.

Due to the ease of use, relay phone operators are extremely common, providing a human quality-control element to a phone sex conversation. While commonplace in standard communications, in phone sex, however, a third party’s involvement can be quite an awkward adjustment. In fact, the hilarity related to the discomfort of using a human operator has been well documented in pop culture, like Amy Schumer’s side-splitting monologue about phone sex with a deaf boyfriend. Despite this, many human relay operators experience phone sex on a regular basis, demonstrating an ease of use worth the awkwardness.

Sign Language Video Relay Service

Best known in pop culture from the iconic scene in 2014’s The Little Death, video relay services, or VRS, provide a video option to the traditional human operator model. In the movie, one of the characters is an operator for a video relay service, translating ASL in an awkward and embarrassing phone sex conversation. An option that allows individuals to communicate using American Sign Language, or ASL, rather than typed text, VRS requires a television or computer screen equipped with a web camera.

As the nature of VRS implies, this is a newer alternative to spoken or typed communication with an operator over a phone line. Instead of dialing a phone or TTY device and calling in, callers connect over the internet using webcam technology. A fairly recent development, VRS first gained traction in Sweden in the 1990s and rose to popularity in the United States in the mid-2000s, with licensing through the FCC approved in 2002.

VRS is widely used among the deaf community, especially between individuals who do not both speak ASL. As a medium for sex chat, it can be slightly uncomfortable – after all, VRS puts an individual face to face with a human operator – but is often employed by those with a high sex drive and urgent needs to fulfill.

Modern Technology

Modern technology has done wonders for the phone sex industry, opening up brand new avenues for those who wish to explore the delights of virtual sex. Applications like Skype, that offer both video and chat options, as well as FaceTime, text messaging apps, image and text apps like Snapchat, and voice recording software can all make communications fast and convenient. With the ability to make connections without a third-party, the world of phone sex is now much broader than ever before.

Despite the road blocks, phone sex is entirely possible within the deaf community. With alternatives like TTY, translators, and video relay service, deaf individuals who wish to recreate the sensation of getting it on over the telephone are more than welcome to do so. However, in today’s world of smart phones, tablets, and laptops, phone sex among the non-hearing isn’t as popular as it used to be. While not as personal and intimate as phone interactions, modern technology has only helped the deaf community, giving individuals with auditory struggles an equal opportunity to share in the joys of simulated sex.

For Sam, being deaf is not a limitation. The young man in this video doesn’t let it keep him from having some down and dirty fun with his favorite paramour. In this hilarious scene from the movie The Little Death, even though the woman on the other end of the phone doesn’t understand sign language and they need an interpreter, nothing can stop this couple from having phone sex in this hilarious phone chat video.

The couple is determined to keep having phone sex despite all obstacles, but the young, nubile female sign language interpreter is a little unnerved about some of the things she has to translate. The deaf man doesn’t want to stop, so he asks her to switch do a different interpreter. But she switches to an buff looking older man, and he doesn’t like the way the man looks when he signs “Your big dick feels so good when you put it in my mouth.” He begs to be switched back and the reluctant female ASL interpreter agrees. The whole scene is full of verbal and physical comedic genius, that will keep you in stitches.

If you’ve ever been in a long distance relationship, you know how hard it is – that’s what she said – to keep the romance going. And by “romance” of course I mean sexual interactions over the phone. Phone sex, as the kids call it these days. You know, when you call that special someone and say things to him or her that you would never, ever do face to face. A phone chat like that can be extremely exciting of course, but at the same time, It can hard (stop it you pervert) as well, certainly if the guy or gal at the other end of the line does not possess the ability to hear you.

Amy Schumer, the arguably little too offensive but definitely brilliant comedian found herself in this conundrum. What do you do when the other person can’t hear you? Phone sex can be awkward if you don’t know what you are doing, but imagine a scenario like this! Well according to Amy, the phone relay service that came to her rescue was not very reliable. Reliable, get it? Tough crowd, I guess. Anyway, when there is a third person acting as the translator, some things you say might be misinterpreted.

By the time a message about your boyfriend’s vagina or girlfriend’s penis reaches you, it will probably be too late to salvage the situation. Amy apparently got so uninterested in his boyfriend’s sudden boost of female reproductive organ that she had no other choice but to dump the poor guy. If you ask me, the moral of the story is pretty straightforward, if you want to enjoy a good phone sex session either find yourself a professional, or at the very least do it with someone who has the ability to hear you… So they can dump you afterwards!

Dirty talk is a delightfully sinful taboo for many people, providing an outlet to express one’s deepest thoughts, darkest desires, and most tantalizing turn-ons. Whether done in person or via another outlet for communication, the ability to explore erotic concepts through the art of language offers an undeniable allure.

Despite the recent rise of sexting, cam girls, and dirty talk apps, sex chat is not a not a new concept. In fact, as long as people have walked the earth, sex has never been far from the mind, leading to a wide and varied history of dirty talk through the ages. From Egyptian wall art to cave paintings demonstrating sexual prowess, humans have always been driven to talk about doing the dirty.

Love letters were among the first options for dirty talk, allowing virile-minded men and women to put pen to paper and let their deepest fantasies out. Private, sealed, and handled responsibly, postal services made communication of these kinds of messages convenient and affordable. With proven roots going back to ancient Egypt, messages delivered by mail have been in the forefront of human society for centuries. Need proof ancient civilizations were just as naughty as we are today? Some of history’s best-known writers and most brilliant minds are guilty of sending coquettish correspondence.

After the post came telegrams, a form of communication that rose to prominence in the mid-1800s. Gone were the days of waiting weeks for a mail carrier to deliver a note; telegrams were fast and efficient, guaranteeing a delightfully prompt way to let your beloved know of your heightened desire whenever the mood struck. Unfortunately, telegrams were more public than standard mail. As messages had to be transposed and delivered by a third party, it was much more likely that private, graphic fantasies could become subject of public gossip fodder.

Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone in 1876 brought communication – and sex chat – into a new and exciting light. Instead of sending a note and hoping your lover felt the same way, the telephone gave eager couples the perfect way to share their feelings both vocally and immediately. Adding a personal touch to previously impersonal methods of correspondence, telephone access catapulted the pleasures of dirty talking to a whole new level.

At the start of phone sex, dirty details were generally exchanged with current lovers, but Gloria Leonard changed that. As the editor of High Society magazine in the 1970s and 80s, she launched the first “900 number,” a term now synonymous with paid phone sex lines, bringing to light a highly desired service for lonely men and women looking to enjoy the pleasures of dirty talk. Still in use today, these lines charge by the minute for the pleasure of expressing one’s deepest fantasies to an anonymous stranger.

The modern day fax machine, which debuted in 1948, provided a better way to get written correspondence from point A to point B. With no middle man for delivery, adults were free to send their prurient fantasies to one another at any time. Despite the speed, however, fax machines weren’t private enough to provide a great medium for regular communication. In addition, most people did not have home fax machines due to expense and lack of necessity, making dirty chat an option in the office and rarely anywhere else.

Phone sex took on a new direction in the 1980s and early 1990s with the debut of phone dating chatlines like Livelinks. With these services, users could pay to be connected with another local single under the guise of innocent communication, although most users paid the per-minute rate for a different purpose entirely. Adding a live, realistic element to the traditional phone chat models, phone dating chatlines created a perfect outlet for frisky and adventurous individuals.

With the inception of the mainstream internet, the 1990s were a wonderful time for lovers of all things naughty. From a bounty of pornography to instant virtual communication, a digital avenue for information sharing opened a whole new world of scandalous opportunities. Email, officially dubbed as such in 1993, was the next great frontier, providing determined chatters with a private, immediate, and easy-to-use outlet for sex chat. While users were limited to those with email access and an available email address, early virtual correspondence was the foundation of modern day sex chats.

After email came chat rooms, a mid-1990s conception that linked strangers around the world. Providing easy and anonymous access to millions of people at the click of a button, AOL chat rooms were a favorite for digitally-inclined dirty talkers. Chat rooms existed based on every topic, theme, fetish, or interest, creating unlimited opportunity for sex chatting. For those not so interested in sex talk with strangers, instant messaging platforms like AIM provided a means for private communications with friends and partners, making sexy conversations fast and convenient.

As web-based video technology improved, so did the options for virtual sex chatting. Sex cams, or live webcam streams, rose to prominence in the early 2000s, giving horny men and women around the country the perfect opportunity to watch and interact with a live person. With chat features in addition to live streaming video, sex cams offer the best of both worlds, providing visual stimuli as well as an opportunity to express desires and fantasies. Some cam sites feature paid models who perform shows for guests, while others match singles together to engage in cybersex. ChatRoulette, a video chat site pairing individuals with strangers, became prevalent in 2009 and, while innocent in nature, often resulted in anonymous sex chatting. Options like Skype also allow for video sex chatting, most often between consenting partners.

With such a rich and varied history, sex chat isn’t going anywhere. The future may take us in some interesting directions, especially as mobile computing and gaming technology continues to evolve. Phone apps are growing in prevalence, and many virtual reality games, like Second Life, already permit simulated sex acts between users. While the next big thing around the corner may not be here quite yet, this we know for sure: after millennia of practice, humans aren’t likely to stop dirty talking any time soon. What innovations do you see on the horizon?

Not too many sex therapists out there boast the kind of resume which Dr. Susan Block does. A Magna Cum Laude graduate of Yale University and a Doctor of Philosophy with a major in Psychology at the California Miramar University, Dr. Suzy, as she is often playfully called is one of the world’s most intriguing and popular sex therapists today.

During her extensive career, Dr. Block has always done exceptionally well at everything from her early years at high school, through the college and doctorate years and into her later years as a professional sex therapist.

Dr. Susan made a name for herself through a variety of publications and TV appearances — all sex related — which made the public both cover their children’s eyes and ear and applaud her for her exceptional liberal views and strong feminist views of the world.

Susan is the founder of Dr. Susan Block Institute for the Erotic Arts and Sciences which offers a wide variety of services to its clients including possibly the world’s best phone sex therapy services available. Phone sex with Dr. Susan is not just about what you might think, as the therapy is specifically designed to understand the needs and desires of every particular client and help them understand their own fetishes, fantasies and desires and then release them with the help of the experienced expert.

Dr. Block was one of the pioneers of the industry and back in the 1980s she was one of the first individuals who started telephone dating and fantasy phone lines in America. Starting these lines quickly led her to a fully-fledged career as a sexologists and phone therapist who was respected and accepted as an authority by the majority.

The kind of therapy Dr. Susan offered her clients was especially unique for the time she started it in. Back in the 1980s it was a taboo to talk about sex too much and delving into the deep fantasies and fetishes of individuals was absolutely unacceptable to most people. This is where Susan came in with her feminist standpoint and soon showed the world that there is absolutely nothing to be ashamed of.

Susan’s sexual therapy comes in many forms, with phone sex therapy being among the most popular forms. The therapy does not only revolve around sex, but also helps the client feel love, understanding, passion, intimacy, fulfillment, peace and finally the satisfaction that comes from an orgasm, much more powerful in combination with the other elements.

The phone chat therapy was introduced by the Institute itself in 1992 and has since been one of the most used phone sex services, mostly due to the discretion and cost efficiency it provides. The first several sessions of therapy with all clients are performed over the telephone and many clients choose to remain loyal to this medium, most finding the intimacy of phone sex to be quite close to the real thing.

The popular sex therapy hotline of the Dr. Susan Block Institute is open 24/7 for clients, who can simply give the institute a call and get into a therapy session at any time of their choosing. Susan recognized this need for people to get the therapy at the time of their choosing and using the phone therapy she is able to provide it to them without them having to come to her in person.

When talking to Dr. Susan people have described how she does it. The therapy will consist of analysis, technique and adventure. The conversation will start with the client divulging their fears or secrets, little by little, telling Susan their deepest and most intimate desires, fetishes and fantasies and no matter what they are and how perverted you may think them to be, Susan will go into exploring them with you and leading you on an adventure to all the senses.

While the Institute offers a number of well-trained therapists, you can still to date request to speak to Dr. Suzy herself and she will answer whenever possible, providing you with the best possible phone sex therapy you could ever imagine. Dr. Susan also offers her clients face to face alternative to phone sex, but the tone of her voice and her knowledge of human sexuality are sufficient for most.

We all knew Lois Griffin was a capable gal. Handling the infamous Peter Griffin 24/7? That cannot be an easy thing to do, yet she is passing that test with flying colors every time. Sure, a couple of times she left the man, but she always came back, didn’t she? A mother, a lover and the glue that’s keeping that dysfunctional family from falling apart, Lois is truly a marvel. It turns out she is all that and then some…

In this episode of Family Guy, Lois Griffin inadvertently lands a job working as a PSO for a phone sex company.

Who would have thought that she will feel rather comfortable working as a phone sex operator? Maybe even a little bit too enthusiastic, if you ask me. I mean, let’s face it, Glenn Quagmire is one sick man, but who knew that Lois will just follow his lead and shove everything in her mouth? Come on girl, you are better than that. Thankfully we did not have to watch the conclusion after Quag’s last request.

Also check out this funny party line commercial parody starring Lois’ husband Peter Griffin.

Needless to say, phone sex isn’t what it used to be. In “The Origins of Phone Sex”, a video parody produced by KYS Realm for The Elements Club, we can see how two classic British characters, namely, Lord Sebastian Longberry (Richard Halverson) and Lord Edward Gelson (Matt Musgrove) try to implement what it seems newly invented pick-up-artist techniques with female telephone operators. Yep, the multi-million dollar phone sex services didn’t exist back then so it took more than a few dollars to start a hot conversation with an “accommodating lady”.

Lord Longberry, the self-proclaimed “Master” of phone line seduction gives us a few tips on how to hook up with a telephone operator. First, don’t be boring. Second, don’t give up. And third, make sure that you actually want to have phone sex in case you actually succeed at your endeavor. If your manners and “core values” are against it you will end up sabotaging the whole move!

Check it out below and let us know your reaction on the comments below:

Blacklisted and then lost for more than 80 years, this silent film depicts a young couple having naughty phone sex during the prohibition era was recently discovered.

Back then, having phone sex was considered an act of indecency by the federal government, a crime which was punishable with up to $50,000 in 1932 dollar fines. The 4-minute short was supposedly banned by President Herbert Hoover in 1932 and haven’t been released until now.

The young couple in the video is trying to spice up their sex life and keep it intimate despite the fact that they are not quite so close physically. The guy doesn’t know exactly what to do, because like many young men of the era, he is a little inexperienced it the art of of seduction.

Like many young men he turns to trusty, reliable internet porn for inspiration. Unfortunately for the guy in the video, the Internet of 1932 was not as reliable in as it is today. His video starts to buffer because he loses his internet connection. Hilarity ensues as he tries to keep his lady satisfied and fix his internet connection problems at the same time. This historic phone sex silent film parody is a hilarious reminder that times haven’t changed all that much.

Phone sex can and should be like real sex, amazing. Sex comes easy to men and women, at least most men and women. Okay, maybe not all of us are ready to star in the next celebrity sex-tape, but so what. The point is, most people understand what good sex is and how to have it. While phone sex may require a bit more wit and charm than the average session, the rewards to pleasing a woman as she sits on the other side of the Atlantic ocean can be greater than you ever anticipated.

The only thing that could stand between you and a hot hour-long ‘date’ on the phone is you. Don’t waste much time over thinking or putting preparation into something like getting off on the phone, it is a waste of time and will not satisfy anyone, not even yourself. The idea is simple; phone sex should be as spontaneous and heated as any live sexual encounter.

Reasons for getting intimate over the phone vary, whether it is to release some steam on your favorite hotline, to keep things hot between you and your long distance sweetheart or to initiate things with the part-time stripper you met last Tuesday night. There is one piece of information that all men can benefit from and that is the fact that the person on the other end of the line is a woman. This alone tells you just about everything you need to know. So here it goes, the complete guide to initiating, performing and wrapping up a successful evening love call like a certified stud.

Plant thoughts – Remember that old saying, “Men fall in love with their eyes and women fall in love with their ears”? This is nonsense if you take the word love in this context seriously, substitute it with the word lust instead and you have some valuable information, especially for phone sex.

Phone sex should be seen as an opportunity to take advantage of the power words hold over women. Understanding this truth will give you all the confidence you need to not only say the right things, but to say them in the right way, with confidence.

Avoid pushing a structure or agenda such as “We’re going to have phone sex now, baby”, or “Those clothes better be off by the time I get home for our evening call”. Although anticipation can often work in your favor, it is better to build that up with indirect language that plants the idea in her head without saying it explicitly. Drop hints by admitting over text how hot you’ve been for her since last seeing her, saying “I’ve been having some issues at work with you on my mind, good issues” and “I think we need to do something about these issues a bit sooner than distance would allow”. It should be playful and not too serious, but straightforward enough to let her know that there is more than the standard how are you that needs to get done over the phone.

Initiate Intimacy

Never forget the crucial detail about not actually being there physically. This means that if you expect to go straight from “hello, how are you?” to “Let’s fuck” with success, don’t be surprised to either be laughed, hung up on, or hear your favorite pornhub video in the background after she chooses the only option left for the rest of her night.

Remember the importance of intimacy. According to an article by Psychology Today, “women seek and place a premium on a sense of intimacy and emotional closeness with their sexual partners”, so no matter how well you know her you should say things that make her feel like you’re right there with her. This doesn’t mean that you need to make her fall in love and get to know you over the phone, rather, it is about knowing how to use the fact that intimacy will turn her on. Yes, the point is to turn her on. This means asking questions that show a sincere interest in how she is. Hopefully you don’t need any examples of what to say to show this.

Leading Questions

After enough chit chat that is normal for any date, move on to more suggestive things. Chances are that you need no help getting turned on, so channel your libido into a more seductive voice. Keep it simple in the beginning with, “What are you wearing” or “Are you in bed wearing that?”. These are harmless yet suggestive questions that she won’t feel too much pressure from. However, women have the gift of intuition, so she’ll know you’re not interested in what store she got the lingerie from.

Likely, the response will be one of two things like:

1. She answers with a smile, “Hmmmm, I’m in bed now, I’m wearing pajama bottoms and a shirt”
2. She plays with you, almost teasing you and pretending not to understand, saying “Well, why would you want to know that?”

Either answer puts you in a position to then say, “I’m imagining what that looks like on you”. She’ll hear you smiling through the phone and she will get more turned on. Usually by now she is excited enough to ask you to prove to her just how good your imagination is by saying, “Oh yeah, well then tell me how I look”.

Now is when you really heat up the session by describing her features and asking, “Where exactly are your hands?”. Remember to firmly hold your ground no matter how sassy her response may be. No matter what she says respond with “I want to tell you how to use them”. Once she tells you where her hands are, her mind is now officially in sex mode and it is time for you to take control fully.

Women will often try to tease a guy when he moves forward with phone sex, don’t let this intimidate you. Tease her back, but do it briefly. Control the conversation and work to keep the attention focused on her in a sexual way. Try something “I’m going to need to you stop that and listen to me closely”. She will love the dominance.

Remember, humor is good. But too much when things are supposed to be getting steamy can spoil the mood, so be careful.

Taking control

The term alpha male may seem overused today, but there is simply no escaping the truth that women love these traits, especially during sex. Unfortunately there is little room for a firm spanking during phone sex, however, you are free to try it and let us all know how it goes in the comment section. According to Jeff Wise, a psychologist with Psychology Today, “testosterone, the hormone of aggression and dominance” is one of the more important parts of demonstrating alpha male traits. Achieve this through an authoritative tone of voice and word choice. For example, when she tells you where her hands are, say something like “Move your finger tips closer to your inner thigh” and follow up with, “Don’t move them without telling me”. Now you begin to establish a tone of dominance over her and the session itself.

The idea is to maintain this control and continue escalating what you say as she starts moaning your name, breathing uncontrollably and of course, doing the work herself. Tell her to rub her clit the way you would if you were there.

Never apologize for what you say during phone sex, it is a turn off and women can sense insecurity over the phone. At this point you should be enjoying yourself so much that second-guessing is nearly impossible anyways.

Compliment

We are not looking for “You are the most beautiful thing i’ve ever seen”, save that for when you can actually see her.

To keep the tempo you established going as she has an incredible time playing with herself, say some things like:

• “I can’t even handle the sound of you moaning right now”
• “I can see how hot you look fingering yourself”
• “That is the sexiest voice I’ve ever heard”

This helps her feel more free from judgment and other worries. Doing this in person is usally far easier, as physical contact can relieve tension. With phone sex, you can achieve the same thing by saying things that make her feel desired and admired.

Expose her naughtier side

One of the perks to having good phone sex is that there is more motivation to make things interesting by pushing boundaries you may not have considered in person. Take advantage of how comfortable and horny she has become and have her tell you just how much she is loving the idea of having real sex with you.

• “Would you like it more if I was there doing it for you?”
• “I want to know just how much you want me to fuck you”.
• “How bad do you want me inside you right now?”

Good phone sex can reap huge benefits whether you have been dating and having sex with a woman for years, or if you have never actually had sex with her yet. When she admits to you what she really wants, she knows the truth about her feelings for you just as much as you do now. For early stagers, you have crossed a threshold where the romance is almost guaranteed to carry over in-person. For the long term relationship, this means more happy times together.

The Finish Line

After openly expressing a desire to be physically intimate with you, there is little room for things to go wrong. But cumming loudly before she has a chance is a little embarrassing, and no one deserves to get left behind, so slow down.

Sometimes you will be lucky enough for her to tell you that she is coming, and in that case just say or do all the things you normally would when climaxing during sex.

Other times, women need more stimulation before they are ready to finish. They love to hear you express a desire to finish with them, so say exactly what you want, “I want to come when you do”.

Other times, women may not be able to finish, and this is normal. She enjoyed it atleast half as much as you did, so relax.

Saying Goodbye

Be sure to continue treating the session like real sex in every way. Hopefully, this means staying around afterwards to talk. Sometimes there may not be much to say, but it doesn’t matter. Talking for just a few minutes can achieve the level of comfort needed to move forward naturally.

If you are in a long-distance relationship, congratulations, you just helped make both of your lives less miserable. If you just met this woman, congratulations to you too, there may be some more good things to come.