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Social Life
I formed an early friendship with Derek Bowers whose outlook
on life seemed identical to my own. Is it possible to make a laugh out of any
situation? If so, then lets. Born three days before me Derek is also a Virgoan
and I think this is a strong characteristic of this sign of the horoscope. Derek's
wit was always much faster than mine and his retorts were instantaneous. I remember
at Raymonds Review Bar, he capped the comic's line. The comic tried his drop
dead routine, but Derek captured the entire audience until, after a row of Derek'
ripostes the comic had to capitulate. I am not sure that others agreed but we
used to thinkthat dropping our trousers was funny. Perhaps the most unfunny
thing was at an International 505 class sailing dingy open meeting at Hastings,
chaired by the Mayor. The tables were assembled in U fashion with the Mayor
seated in a grand chair with gaily painted mayoral canopy at the head of the
U. Drink flowed well and streamers abounded. Derek collected armfuls of the
streamers which he stuffed under the chair of the incredulous Mayor. The Mayor
departed his seat with alacrity once Derek put a match to the streamers (I think
this brought about the banning of the class from Hastings).