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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2961704, member: 10461&quot;]Irrelevant anecdote: during the 2004 G8 summit here, there were heads of state of some of the guest nations staying in the hotel where I worked, and I served room service to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdelaziz_Bouteflika" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdelaziz_Bouteflika" rel="nofollow">Abdelaziz Bouteflika</a>, the president of Algeria, then and now. </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">(No, I did not speak to him.&nbsp; He was on the phone with his back turned to me as I set the table at the direction of his personal butler.&nbsp; On my way into the room, the US Secret Service detail checked under all the plate covers to be sure I wasn&#039;t bringing in a bomb.&nbsp; The food included some rather reeky sardines or anchovies, as I recall.&nbsp; And there was more food served to that one man than <i>eight</i> people could have possibly eaten.)</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Wow!&nbsp; Quite the interesting thread.&nbsp; Geographically educational, too.&nbsp; I always figured I had a pretty good head for geography, but several times I&#039;ve had to check a map to be sure one of my plays was legitimate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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