<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">On Friday past,Gotham HAPPY HOUR was happy indeed. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Paula Oleska(Natural Intelligence Systems)demonstrated her skills as both chanteuse and lyricist. It was great to have Rita Sue Siegel with us for the entire time! </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Norman Spizz (SPN Music and Entertainment) started off a round of stories that covered decades of combined experiences involving:</div><div class=""><ul class=""><li class="">purloined hotel room keys - one involving Jayne Mansfield; </li><li class="">amazing road trips; a performance by Sinatra for $5 bucks; more about Sinatra having his teeth knocked out;</li><li class="">a politician with a sense of propriety (thank you Government Affairs Counsel Corey Bearak for that one); </li><li class="">an impertinent youngster\u2019s encounter with Margaret Thatcher - not sure what Raj Goel (Brainlink) was going to do with her Spy Files. </li><li class="">and Walter Cronkite\u2019s endoscopy - apparently his calm and steady demeanor was reserved for television cameras only.</li></ul></div><div class="">Just between us, our Delegator in Chief, Fred Klein (Klein Zelman Rothermel Jacobs and Schess) didn\u2019t delegate shenanigans back in the day. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This was a tough one to capture \u2026 the stories were stirring, hilarious and if one didn\u2019t know these folks, unbelievable. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">This reporter has heard it said, "you never know how soon it will be too late.\u201d </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">With Christmas this Friday, there is no official Gotham Happy Hour and no word from the powers over such things as to whether there will be Gotham Happy Hour on New Years Day. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thus, if you haven\u2019t been to a Happy Hour opportunity in 2020, it might be too late. Alas, all is not lost. We will resume officially for sure in 2021, so stay tuned.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Until then, on behalf of me and the rest of the Happy Hour Crew, have a healthy, happy and joy-filled holiday and a prosperous New Year. </div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Oh, and one more thing \u2026 Last week I wrote about Raj being back in his home after extensive fire repairs \u2026 we had a bit of show (mercifully not too much) and tell\u2026 </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="A0B245BC-3378-4FF5-A5B4-67D49C807D40" src="cid:B8A94194-E93B-405B-A98D-711B344856EC" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">shelleygram\u2122</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Be Well! </div><br class=""><div class="">
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