The Proposition
Helping out an old colleague proved very fruitfulThe text, when it came, was unusual. She wanted to meet and had something she wanted to discuss. I had worked with Jean when we were both at the same place. She retired a number of years before me and was sadly widowed within a few years of it. When the fuss of the funeral was over I telephoned her to offer my condolences. She gratefully accepted them and asked if I knew much about computers. She apparently wanted to get...