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The Special One

His name was, Riccardo. He sat in front of me at the Kate Bush concert. I know his name because he seemed intent on introducing himself to both the women sitting on either side of him. He was American, he was gregarious.  After he had sat down and spoken to the women next to him for about 10 minutes I now knew that this was his second night at the concert & he was, the following day, travelling to Italy to spend time with someone he met on his holidays who had invited him to his Italian farm if he should ever find himself in Italy. First clue, Riccardo. When people say to you, 'Oh, whenever you are next over in a country 4000 miles away from your home, you must come to mine and we shall spent some time together'. THIS IS NOT TRUE. it means the opposite. Translated, it actually means. 'If you ever somehow find your way across 4000 miles of world, away from your home. Never, ever darken my door. I am saying this just to be polite knowing that 4000 miles is quite a