Well, a picture is worth a thousand words, so you've got two thousand words there. The photo was taken by a Bank of America employee, at a private reception before a speaking tour in which former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was to appear. At the time, I was wearing several hats - one of a CEO of a tax exempt revenue bonding authority that was routinely depositing millions of dollars a year into and through accounts at Bank of America, and my other hat was Mayor of a St. Louis suburb. My friends at the bank had offered me tickets to the actual speech, but more importantly the dinner at the adjacent dining club with the guest of honor. I was the closest to an "elected official" in the crowd, so I was asked to dine to the left of Lady Thatcher. Now, most of my friends find me to the right of almost all of them, but I do assure you I was in the company of a complete conservative. I added this fascinating individual to my bucket list, which also included three U.S. Presidents - Ford, Reagan and Bush (41). For a guy with a degree in Political Science, I could not have asked for more.
Oh, the bank was also gracious to provide two of the books of Margaret Thatcher, autographed of course. They sit in a bookcase next to my Ronald Reagan autobiography. This week, I'll be packing them in boxes to move them to my new library in Florida. What? You've never heard of a Residential Library?
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