Has your life been changed by a chance comment or apparently casual comment? Did you realise the possible consequences of the comment at the time?
"Can Lisa come along too"
By a friend asking if her chum Lisa could come along on a boat trip. Lisa and I are now married.
"Do you know of an Internet cafe in Melksham?"
By email, from a gentleman in South Africa. His daughter is now my daughter-in-law
"Sadly still not sold"
To Lisa and me in reply to a survey of local accommodation earlier this Autumn. Watch this space to learn more about the "Well House Manor" project under which we'll be providing accommodation for business visitors to Melksham (and our own trainees) from next summer.
(written 2005-12-07, updated 2006-06-09)
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