Klempner - Twenty-Six Years Ago
A TV plays in the reception area. I’ve pretty much ignored it the last several days. Most of the time it displays ice-hockey but something on the screen catches my eye and I turn to see what.
It’s displaying CNN.
Christ!
I watch the report, follow the ticker-tape headlines scrolling across the bottom….
Soviet empire collapsed….
Gorbachev resigned….
…. When the f**k did this happen?
While I’ve been living in a bubble, the world has moved on and….
Opportunities….
The reception calls across. “Can I help you, sir?”
“Do you have a newspaper?”
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The usual morning buffet is laid out; cereals, fruit, yoghurt, Mitch’s favourite, the porridge, and of course the smörgåsbord of cheeses, herring, salmon and… hmmm….
I look closer…
Eel?
Not had that bef
