Happy Christmas one and all, and best for the New Year.
Donal
On Tuesday, 25 December 2018, 01:05:09 GMT, david ritchie
<profdritchie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The football game in Madrid was won by one team and some manager was fired as
a result. All this was duly reported, but no follow-up story on the money and
cures for all that ails.
I was thinking of Walter yesterday evening. Years ago I reported that I had
found an old bottle of single malt in my father’s attic and that I proposed to
drink it with friends. I recall Walter reminding me how valuable the bottle
might be. I thought my solution was fine and, miracle of miracles, I still
have some left for when you all pop over. ( Obviously I don’t have a
sufficiency of chums or special occasions.) But the reason I was thinking
these thoughts was not simply recalling that bottle; we opened a different
bottle, Laphroiag quarter cask, a bottle that had been given to me when I
helped someone out of a jam. As I tried to pull the stopper I thought, “I
wonder how long ago that was?” When the cork crumbled to nothing I added,
“Maybe it’s been a while.” I am the absolute worst historian of my own life.
Merry Cod, Pasta, Bread Season to you all. Also all the other holidays.
Good wishes to Walter and Robert, and to the horde of old timers who usually
remain quiet. Also a toast to Geary, Straker and other Absent Friends.
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon
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