Your 60th?

Hi Jim:

So you are going to be 60! My, my... how fast time flies?

On reflecting on the 35 yrs since we met in the boardroom at Arthur Andersen in Toronto, the following pleasant memories come to mind: the St Charles training School (remember that perfect pass I threw to you); St. JamesTown where I met your charming bride Mary; the dinners at your house and ours, your secret plan to see how drunk you could get the wives at your house; your great Caesar Salads; the Rusty Nail drinking binge with Bob J; the touch football games (you were the star receiver but you didn't want to get into fights), you even tried soccer; our trip to Edmonton to see the Pipe Coating business when you were the Audit Manager on Kendall; the nearly completed mega-million LBO transaction for Kendall when you were with Citibank; the marathon runs (you quit doing marathons way to young); your family trip to Mass to see us (where Matt and Jason went hunting for frogs), your November trips to NYC and our trips to Toronto... and then we lost touch, other than for the Christmas cards.

As your senior citizen, remember I am 3 1/2 yrs older, I can tell you: don't have to worry about hitting the big 60. "It" only gets better with age!

Enjoy you day, Jimmy, and drink one for me.

Best of Health and Happiness!

Sincerely, Gordon