Pleasant Memories of Days Gone By!

I was very saddened to learn of Danny Rotman’s recent death.  We shared many laughs together.

It immediately called to mind our joint desire starting in the late sixties at a National or international venue to locate the nearest deli.  Whoever found it first shared it with the other.   I remember while overseas (not sure exactly where or when) Danny was the first to spot one and Norman and I were forever indebted as neither of us (especially Norman – who was a very finicky eater) looked forward to foreign cuisine. Norman’s partner, Edgar Kaplan, picked up on that and used it to good advantage.  He went to the deli for a roll of salami.  Every time Norman made a particularly good play or bid, Edgar would reach into his pocket, remove a plastic bag with sliced meat and toss a slab of salami across the table to Norman as a reward.   From that time on, Norman never went hungry. We all joked about it for years.  Funny how certain memories never die.