I N C I D E N T A L L Y:
Please, please don”t send us any more jokes about a certain Irish airline renaming Saddam International Airport, Baghdad (O'Leary) Regional and moving it to Basra.
The editor hosted an important family affair the weekend before last which went off extremely well. Sadly one of the guests failed to attend, a distinguished senior aviation industry friend of long standing now in his eighties. There was concern and after a phone call on the Monday morning the following appeared on the fax.
Remember that older folk are worth a fortune
With silver in their hair, gold in their teeth
Stones in their kidneys
Lead in their feet and gas in their tummies
Although I am getting older I have two gentlemen with me always
Will Power helps me get out of bed
And Arthur Ritis never leaves me alone
The Minister says that at my age
I should be thinking about a ”Here After”.
I do that all the time no matter when I am
In the lounge, study, kitchen or upstairs
I am always asking myself
What am I here, after?