Wedded Bliss

Sister Maria: What should we do for Pete & Irma's upcoming 40th wedding anniversary?

A-L: When is it?

Sister Maria: Forty years to the day after July 7, 1969

A-L: Wow. That's next Tuesday. Good thing we're planning ahead.

Sister Maria: We need a venue.

A-L: Everyone knows 40th anniversary parties take place in the couple's hometown, at the local hall.

Sister Maria: What do you mean by "hometown"?

A-L: The place they're from.

Sister Maria: Do you mean where they live now?

A-L: Or do I mean where they were married?

Sister Maria: Or where they were born?

A-L: Or the town they liked the best?

Sister Maria: Ok, so we've narrowed it down to Laihia, Finland; Compton, Camarillo or Sacramento, California; Las Vegas, Nevada; or Heusenstamm, Germany.

A-L:Who let Sacramento onto the shortlist?

Sister Maria: Public Safety Pete was born there.

A-L: That's ancient history. Can we strike that off the list? No one's going to fly half-way around the world to go to a party in Sacramento. And certainly not in July.

Sister Maria: Who are you planning on inviting?

A-L: Former colleagues, family, old neighbors, teachers, school friends.

Sister Maria: Public Safety Pete has worked at 43 different companies. Are you going to track down all of his former bosses?

A-L: He's worked for his old friend Ed Barker at six different companies, so that cuts it down to 37 bosses. And Don Ford from GE shouldn't be hard to track down. How many Don Fords can there be?

Kitty: 27,300. According to Google.

A-L: Thanks for volunteering to track him down.

Sister Maria: We have to invite the Meyers.

A-L: Who?

Sister Maria: Our old neighbors.

A-L: In Simi Valley, Somis, Heusenstamm, Mission Viejo, Camas or Camarillo?

Sister Maria: Heusenstamm.

A-L: Divorced.

Sister Maria: Ok. How about the Mehers?

A-L: Divorced.

Sister Maria: Doesn't mean we can't invite them.

A-L: Thanks for volunteering to do the seating chart.

Sister Maria: Maybe we should have started planning this last week.