 Ah, Vicki! If she's breathing, she's smiling.
|  Two very talented women. Olive on left, retired from claims management, while Chris rose from claims clerk, to lawyer, to state department head.
|  The "don't mess with Texas" girls. Nursing school classmates from UT in Galveston.
|  Every morning some 10 to 20 local friends meet @ Starbucks to start the day and argue current issues. Photo converted to poster art in Photoshop.
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 So many experts, so many issues, so little time.
|  Ted addresses a rapt audience at Starbucks.
|  The group was a little smaller this lazy Sunday morning.
|  Tim, a really nice fellow even though a hard core UCLA fan.
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 Fred, long time local and retired Division Fire Chief.
|  Harry, "Mr. BMW." One of the few in our group who still works.
|  One gets the impression that we really don't have John's attention this morning.
|  Chris tells us she is from Turkey, but she seems more a native of Nordstrom's and Saks 5th Ave., always in high style.
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 We understand that it took Pete & Carol about 25 minutes to get used to California after leaving their native Chicago.
|  Craig, West Point alum and former Army officer always has a theory to argue that the Army is superior to the Marine Corps.
|  The "Ray Man" drops in every now and then from trips all over the globe. Don't have the least idea what he does.
|  Jim kept Huntington Beach safe until retirement as a top officer of the fire department and former Fire Marshal.
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 Ted came to the USA from Holland as a teenager. His favorite barb is "If you ain't Dutch, you ain't much."
|  Manny dubbed our group "Gringo Gulch" and incites lively discussions by pushing somebody's hot button every morning.
|  Larry, a retired Air Force Colonel and pilot, still makes Starbucks now and then since moving to the Washington, D.C. area.
|  Lea with neighbors Branco and Angie.
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 I get to share the camera with Lea & Angie.
|  Visiting the oh so proper English gentleman, Peter, in Villanova, PA
|  Peter's Australian wife, Alexa, and Lea walk in the beautiful village of Villanova, PA.
|  Alexa offers coffee, we hope food is also on the schedule during our visit.
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 Peter risks life and property to show off his banana flambe.
|  Peter does his "007" bit with "shaken, not stirred" martinis.
|  Old friends Jack and Jim at annual golf reunion in CT, October 2002.
|  Mike Finale found somebody's golf balls and he looks happy.
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 Cris, #2 son, instructs Dad on use of his lawn tractor in New Britain, CT.
|  Cris and wife, Mariann, at Stanley Sq Park in CT. I think she filched my old Marine Corps jacket!
|  Mariann on a winter day in CT. Love the hat! Photo by Cris.
|  Carolyn always generous with invitations for cocktails and dinner when we visit CT. Sorry husband Pete not in photo.
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 John & Sharon visited us at Cris and Mariann's house October 2002.
|  Frank and Marian also joined the party, with Cris, Lea and I.
|  Todd and Mary were friends years ago in CA, now live in CT and joined our party.
|  Paul, our #3 son, lives in Aurora, CO in the Denver area.
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