When I arrived yesterday I would never have guessed that the Laptop Institute was starting today. In fact, if I hadn’t run into Scott from Selwyn House in Montreal, who I met at last years LI, on the flight from Chicago, I might have been checking dates to make sure I was in the right place and the right time.

The hotel is currently full of retired naval servicemen, all with a connection. They have all served, at one time or another, on a USS Boston. I say “a”, because it appears that the name Boston has been associated with no less than eight warships over the years, the latest a submarine that was retired in the 90’s. Some of these servicemen are well on in years, but apparently they get together each year in some place across the US to renew their friendship. Next year they are apparently in my province’s next door neighbor – Maine!

This morning, this sign was in the lobby of the hotel. Guess this is the right spot after all!

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