To show you how little I know about famous people at the Spirit of the City dinner one year I sat down with my glass of wine at a table of some nicely dressed people to talk about the Stone mason program at the Cathedral St,John. Well we all got talking story ; laughing with carry on and then parted when the MC got up and after a brief mono introduced Billy Joel and Christie Brinkly the very people I was talking to ; duh....and that ain't all A year later at the same event I sat at a table in tux talking with an elegant black man of I guess late 60's . He were talking Harlem ; the old days and on and on then the lights got dim and he excused himself because "he had to go do his thing" next thing I know this guy gets up and sings "Stormy Weather" turns out it was Cab Calloway(now deceased).....and that aint all Working on a elegant pre war across from central park I needed access to certain apartments I went into one apartment and there was a secretary (female body guard) also a woman and a baby in the bed room ; I had to go through the bed room to get at my rig Again we talked story about kid s and hows the job going ;I guess foe 15 mins or so .when I got down from the rig ; the architect and building super was there ;seems I supposed to tell them first if I was going to Maddonas apartment...... What I gained for being a dunderhead was that all these people immediately know if they are "recognized "and it must be a breath of fresh air to be treated well normal thats my two cent anyway Michael. -- To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>