<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Yes, great season!<div><br></div><div>Congrats to Jeff on the come-from-behind win.</div><div><br></div><div>- Frank<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Sep 28, 2025, at 10:28\u202fAM, JOHN FRUIT <jtfruit@msn.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div class="elementToProof" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Win, lose or draw, was an entertaining year. Good luck to you, Kerbs and Mark B. today.</div><div id="appendonsend" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"></div><hr tabindex="-1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; width: 518.40625px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;"></span><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Announce <announce-bounces@usml.net> on behalf of Jeffrey Winick <jwinick@hwhlegal.com><br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sunday, September 28, 2025 9:27 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>USML Announcements <announce@usml.net><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [USML Announce] Not All Dead</font><div> </div></div><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="x_WordSection1"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">John,</div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Don\u2019t give up just yet. You\u2019re not out of this either. There remain all kinds of interesting (and, at least for me, horrific) possibilities.</div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Good luck today.</div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Jeff</div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(225, 225, 225) currentcolor currentcolor; border-image: none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Announce <announce-bounces@usml.net><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>JOHN FRUIT<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sunday, September 28, 2025 9:25 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>USML Announcements <announce@usml.net><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [USML Announce] Not All Dead</span></div></div></div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">The real race is the battle for 3rd place!</div></div><div id="x_ms-outlook-mobile-body-separator-line"><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p></div></div><div id="x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone<br>Get<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Outlook for Android</a></div></div><div class="x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><hr size="2" width="98%" align="center"></div><div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Announce <<a href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">announce-bounces@usml.net</a>> on behalf of Jeffrey Winick <<a href="mailto:jwinick@hwhlegal.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">jwinick@hwhlegal.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sunday, September 28, 2025 8:46:21 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>USML Announcements <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">announce@usml.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [USML Announce] Not All Dead</span></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p></div></div><div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">That made me do a spit take with my morning coffee. If I\u2019m going to be a villain though, I\u2019d rather be the six fingered man.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif;">\U0001f609</span></div></div></div><div id="x_x_ms-outlook-mobile-body-separator-line"><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div id="x_x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature"><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Jeffrey H. Winick</div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Harris Winick Harris LLP</div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">333 West Wacker Drive</div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Suite 2060</div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Chicago, Illinois 60606</div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Tel: 312-662-4600 | Fax: 312-662-4599</div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Direct: 312-62-4602 | Cell: 312-841-2817</div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hwhlegal.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">www.hwhlegal.com</a> |<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:jwinick@hwhlegal.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">jwinick@hwhlegal.com</a> </div></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p></div></div></div><div class="x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><hr size="2" width="98%" align="center"></div><div id="x_x_divRplyFwdMsg"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Announce <<a href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">announce-bounces@usml.net</a>> on behalf of MARK KERBER via Announce <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">announce@usml.net</a>><br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sunday, September 28, 2025 8:40:55 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Announcements USML <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">announce@usml.net</a>><br><b>Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>MARK KERBER <<a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">springkerb@aol.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [USML Announce] Not All Dead</span></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p></div></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">It \u201ccasts\u201d Jeff as . . .<br><br>Sent from my iPhone<br><br>> On Sep 28, 2025, at 8:22</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">\u202f</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">AM, MARK KERBER <<a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">springkerb@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">\ufeff</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Like Wesley in The Princess Bride, the Nukes are not all dead\u2014only mostly dead. So I\u2019ll hold off on the concession email. And who knows, perhaps like Wesley, they\u2019ll rise up to defeat the forces of evil in the end. (I like this analogy\u2014particularly because it vasts Jeff as Prince Humperdinck.)<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Mark K<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Sent from my iPhone<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Announce mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Announce@usml.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Announce@usml.net</a><br><a href="http://usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce_usml.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce_usml.net</a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;">_______________________________________________</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;">Announce mailing list</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;">Announce@usml.net</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;">http://usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce_usml.net</span></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>