Goodbye
128 words
So goodbye then, Mark — for whom the giant screen in Breeze displayed
in dazzling moving text “BIG UP TO” … “BAD” … “BAD BAD MARK BROWN” … “ON
YOUR LEAVING DO”.
Also, goodbye to Tom, in a way — although his leaving IBM only means he’ll
be on one Instant Message service rather than two.
Yesterday, we attented a lunch to mark Tom’s leaving, ably organised by his
resource manager Dave. We balked at spending all afternoon at the pub, and
instead I picked up Tom and Abbi in the evening, bagging a photo of the
Coventry Arms
on the way. 57. We played some Wario Ware Inc., some Mario Golf and a very
little Singstar before moving on to TJ’s (ruined by its dreadful sound system, turned up too
loud) and The Jug.
We’re off to Monmouth now.