[AccessD] Hey, it's Friday

Tesiny, Ed EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us
Fri Nov 16 10:43:00 CST 2007


Happy Birthday Arthur!  Years ago we had good friends who lived in
Toronto and we would always eat in Indian restaurants, good authentic
cuisine.

Ed Tesiny
EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com 
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of 
> Arthur Fuller
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 9:24 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: [AccessD] Hey, it's Friday
> 
> Last night was my 60th birthday, and about 25 of my friends 
> had a surprise
> party for me. I was completely clueless about its occurrence. I have a
> favourite Indian restaurant in Toronto called Shalimar, owned 
> and operated
> by a good friend called Khalid, and ironically, I decided 
> that that was
> where I wanted to have dinner last night. So I booked a 
> reservation, little
> knowing that the entire restaurant had already been booked. 
> Khalid managed
> to keep a straight voice when I called. My friend Norma and 
> my sister Clare
> came with me, and there's a great bookstore/recordstore next 
> door which I
> insisted upon visiting, little knowing that there was a party 
> awaiting me
> next door. This is a small restaurant (always a good sign), and when I
> walked in, I saw that the whole place had been re-arranged, a 
> dozen tables
> united into one enormous long table, and as I scanned the occupants I
> realized bit by bit that I knew everyone at the table, and 
> finally it dawned
> on me.
> 
> To break bread with good friends is a good thing. To find 
> oneself as the
> centre of attention, so to speak, surrounded by good friends, is truly
> breathtaking -- and humbling. For some reason or other, I 
> have a collection
> of quality people to call my friends. We had fabulous food, wonderful
> conversation and I even received some cool presents and 
> cards. Forced at one
> point to stand and make a speech, all I could manage was to 
> thank my friends
> for being my friends. I've known almost everyone in 
> attendance for 30 or so
> years, some more. There were even emails from persons who 
> could not attend,
> such as one of my oldest friends, Paul Grenkow, who teaches English in
> Beijing, who could not attend only because his wife was 
> expected to give
> birth on the day.
> 
> I'm a lucky man. I have wonderful friends. But I do caution 
> you to think
> carefully about holding a surprise party for 60yo people. The heart
> palpitations are unbelievable. On the other hand, what better 
> way to go.
> 
> A.
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