The morning we were gonna leave,

for Europe, we got a call from Skip (Mashaan Guy, above, ordering dinner, in French), saying that he had been been talking to Tammie, and that we might be in Paris at the same time, as he and his wife Jackie, were going to the south of France for a wedding. Well, seems we WERE there at the same time and, after a few texts, we managed to get together for dinner one evening near the Sorbonne, where it was great to hear his fluent French, dealing with the waiter. Skip, with whom we used to play volleyball, softball and party, and was real close with our kids, had taken a couple months off for a trip, about 25 years ago, which had taken 19 months, and he went around the world. We'd stayed in touch, but hadn't seen him very often, in the interim, although he had stayed with us, when he came through Denver, and did come back for Tammie's 50th. Long story short(er), he'd married Jackie, a lovely banker, and they had two boys, just now becoming teenagers, AND, he'd been involved in suing his company for wrongful termination and defamation of chacter, that involved the boss's girlfriend, (who the boss wanted Skip to TRAIN, to take Skips' job) and when he'd refused,  and some trumped up charges against Skip for cheating on an expense account. Right before it went to trial, Skip settled out of court, with the drug company (Astra) based in Miami, where he was a saleman covering the Caribbean, and he took home a check for over $750,000. Great story, with some juicy details, but bottom line, they tried to screw him, with false charges and he hired a lawyer and private detective and turned the tables. Don't mess with Skip (Mashaan), he's WAY too smart. Was kinda surprised to see his LONG hair, but we had a great time over a LONG dinner, and some bottles of wine.