A Public thank you for a member here who foolishly agreed to put up with my Son and 3 of his buddies during their post degree World Tour, and gave them a time they will NEVER forget.
In their words:

"Pat is AWESOME"

Cheers buddy

Paul

Hey Paul,

It was my pleasure to have your son and his friends over to my house in beautiful Canada. Let me tell you that they had a wild time. My best friend and next door neighbor has 2 gorgeous teen girls and they took the UK boys for a night out, they all came home at 4 AM, they just couldn't believe all the beautiful girls they were seeing.
Your son Paul must've at least 5 beauties around his neck at one time and my friend my kind enought to treat them well with plenty of free drinks.

Here are some pictures that I took on the first night, had BBQ and plenty of great wines.

Paul, looking forward to see you next spring in Normandy.

Here are the UK boys.

Cheers mate

Pat

Here's Bobby

Oliver

Jonathan, Paul's son and myself.

My best friend Chipper, he took the boys out till 4 AM, really bad influence on those young lads but no one complainted, haaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

The UK gang and myself.

They really loved the Great White North.

Great stuff

You are a good man, Charlie Brown.

But, then, any excuse for drinking wine, n'est-ca pas?

John

John,

One of the nice thing about this hobby is meeting people from all over the world, of different cultures and exchanging ideas.
I met Paul in 2006 while I was in London and we always kept in touch since then and hopefully, will see each other once again next spring in Nornamdy.
Also had the great fortune of meeting Gustavo in Madrid, Janos in Budapest and Sam in Stockholm.

Wheres the teen girl pics ??
No I'm joking, I'm probably old enough to be their ,,, Older brother !
Pat is indeed a stand up guy, he once sent me a $1,000+ mint dagger - Before I even paid for it !

Not the first time Pat has been a host to collectors!!
A fine gentleman with a beautiful wife!
A some nice wines!