As I read Jim Humphrey's life history in laughter, I realized that he cleverly disproved the old adage that you can never go home. Thirty-eight years is indeed a very long time. I will attempt to give you the 2 minute run-down of what I have been up to.

Let's see...I managed to graduate from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1967. Went into the Army and then on to Viet Nam in 1968. After returning from Nam, I went to the University of Wisconsin in Madison where I studied real estate investment analysis. Got married in Wisconsin. Then returned to Buffalo, NY to find a job.

After a couple of years, we moved to Springfield, Ohio and later Cleveland, Ohio to work for a savings & loan. It is since defunct. I moved to Tampa, FL in 1981 as a 'work-out' officer for a small bank that bit the dust 6 months later. Went to work for Atlantic Bank in Tampa. First Union bought Atlantic in 1985. Following a divorce in 1993, I moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where I still live.

I have two (2) grown children, Kristina and Karl. Kristina is an attorney who very recently moved to Washington, DC. Karl is a post production recording engineer. In 1996 I told Karl that he could come stay with me for a year. It's been a long year - he's still here! Of course there is an advantage in having a computer literate son, who can show old Dad how to hook up e-mail (on son's computer). This may be the year that I finally become an empty nester!

I think that about covers it, except to say that I appreciate the initiative that has made this electronic reunion possible. Through it I have rediscovered old friends. Turns out that Chuck Danner has been here in Atlanta for more than 10 years! Sometimes it's a small world. Chuck and I had dinner a week ago and had a great time reminiscing about the old days. I hope to hear from all of you.

Chuck and Larry enjoying the fruits of their labor after a recent trout fishing expedition on the Chattahoochie River