ONLY FIVE HOURS LATE STOP
FORTUNATELY DELAY WAS IN CHICAGO NOT HALIFAX STOP
TAXI TO AIRPORT WAS SAME DRIVER TOOK BARNSTEAD ON ERRANDS EARLIER IN WEEK STOP WAS DELIGHTED TO HEAR GATHERING HAD GONE WONDERFULLY STOP
VERY AMUSED AT TRAVELER AHEAD OF ME AT HALIFAX AIRPORT WEARING "CALLAHAN" T-SHIRT [although for AUTO REPAIR] GREEN