From: pacbell [gevisser@pacbell.net]
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 8:45 PM
To: Jackson, William
Subject: RE: “Weatherly Capital” [sic].
Dear
Mr. Johnson,
Thank
you for your prompt reply. I am still recovering from "sum" of the
things Mr. Farrakhan had to say on C-SPA-N the other night. And then last night
I got buffeted by non other than Martha Stewart holding a pitched fork. It
occurred at 11:50 PST and I am not sure whether it was on CNN or Fox.
In a
nutshell, I detest those who derive great enjoyment in exceeding the limits of
their small authority, i.e. evil doesn't come with a pointed tail and a pitched
fork.
With
that said, my Dad some 30 plus years ago, fell short of bringing the SPA
grocery chain to our home province of Natal, which as you may know was one of
the last colonial outposts on the African continent. A crooked accountant
tripped him up at the goal line.
I
continue to work through my backlog but I am pulling out all stops to get this
matter taken care. For me to be typing away after 3pm in the afternoon should
tell you my commitment to make things happen. VS, though, will also reassure
you how it takes special circumstances for me to interrupt my daily exercise
routine.
Most
importantly, I am quite concerned that time is running out even faster than the
genius Warren Buffet suggests. How accurate do you think Mr. Buffet was when he
said "there is the certainty of a nuclear-biological attack on one of our
major cities between the next 10 minutes and 50 years from now"? This past
weekend my Dad had it a little rough, wasn't able to make it on to the golf
course butt he is resting up now in Cape Town AND seems chirpy, bunker
mentality to boot.
My Dad
is quite something, a veteran extraordinaire and deserves only the best. From
his place one can see Robin Island where the former Nazi Government wrecked
havoc on the minds of many of the current leaders of the country to mention
just in passing the irreversible damage to their eyesight. I don't think though
that Thabo Mbeki spent time much time on Robin Island. I come from a
relatively-pretty-liberal family and in fact my first cousin who is a renowned
author and journalist is currently writing the autobiography of Mr. Mbeki who I
understand is a well educated individual and it seems he would be more than
able to write his own book.
On the
other hand I have been asked to ghost write the autobiography of a rather
impressive individual whose letter writing skills alone demonstrate that he
could do it all on his own but yet he wants to investigate retaining my
services, you figure that one out? And this man knows just like VS knows I am
not cheap. The last person who called me cheap, though, continues to feel my
presents daily. This “jockey cum entrepreneur extraordinaire" who has a
record even more impressive than his father who took on Standard Oil and won,
wrote to me over a month ago and I have yet to follow up. Priorities,
Priorities, what I can I tell you?
I must
tell you, though, my eyes, ears and throat were acting up by the time I got
through reading both the fax as well as what you sent in the FEDEX package. It
seemed like TNT and I don't even carry insurance to see an ENT although I have
a website Ntry. You may not have realized this butt there were two words in the
fax that were repeated twice in the second sentence of the first paragraph,
“unspecified services.” Given the tone of the rest of the communication I felt
it necessary to check each and every word. This was very time consuming. I
spent at least 2 hours on this project alone.
Why you
would fax me a document and then send me a FEDEX overnight package the very
next day seems a little "overbored" as well as a little presumptuous,
wouldn’t you agree? I just hate to see paper wasted=better we chew on our words
before uttering a sound and be prepared to put them down on paper otherwise to
toss them in the waste paper basket. I guess this could explain why I haven’t
heard from VS in a while?
My
cousin’s father was the chief executor of Charles Englehard’s estate. They came
together when Engelhard was looking into expanding his business interests in
Southern Africa and my uncle was a natural candidate. He was one of the first
if not the first English-speaking individuals to graduate from Stellenbosch
University with a degree in forestry. It has always bothered me how foreigners,
“interlopers,” come in from the outside and wreck havoc on the indigenous
peoples, grab their wood, their women and make out like bandids with riches up
the kazoo and it keeps repeating itself time and again; Hitler, who was
Austrian, Verwoed, the architect of Apartheid, was from Holland, Mr. Fugimaro
of Peru. Even though Mr. Fugimaro may have been born in Peru when it came time
for him to flea the country his Japanese passport stood him in good stead.
It just
seems amazing to me that in this day and age we can have a despot raping and pillaging
a country and then living out the high life not in some 3rd World country but
in luxury in one a country that is one of our largest trading partners? Do you
ever remember reading anything in the press about this injustice?
Now I
don’t know for certain my uncle’s qualifications or even in fact whether he
went to Stellenbosch although I probably got that right. Remember it is rather
late in the day for me and I just want to get this out of the way. I understand
though that Mr. Engelhard died from drinking too much coca cola. Apparently he
used to travel with cases of the stuff and who knows what the formula of coke
contained back then. Do you think it is possible that Warren Buffet with his
coca cola holdings might have some of his own private stash?
I
really do try very hard not to let my work
interfere with my other important activities including preparing my dog
Pypeetoe for the next Iron Man Competition which takes place in Hawaii in
October around the time of my Dad's next birthday.
For his 77th birthday I gave him Perspective One. I am now working on
Perspective tTOo. I am also writing a book, Manager Minute One ++++++++++EmanANDdog+.
I am
assuming you have checked out at least one of my websites,
www.Nextraterrestrial.com. You may have noticed that I was a little upset with
Stanford Professor Klein and his findings on the 77,000 year old stone found in
my backyard. In fact I understand that Mr. Mbeki was so proud of this find that
he brought the rock into the Houses of Parliament to begin setting the stage
for getting the history records right. What I cannot get over is the number of
hits we have got on this site. Only butt a handful of folks know about it,
although it is possible that one member of the family could be just hitting
refresh, time and again, saying to him or herself, "Whatever,
whoever." Butt even if it is a family member then at least I am reaching
one person. You know the old expression, “you save one person, you save the
world”; certainly you know the expression, "you take one small step and
then a giant one?"
I had
hoped to make it in time for the last Iron Man competition back in late May
which was held in Florianopolis, Brazil; but I got all banged up doing the Inka
trails to Machu Picchu. I didn't lose my mind altogether though and kept
thinking positive thoughts about my companion's brother a member of Canada's
finest, as in RCMP, although I think he does counterterroism work as well;
certainly he checks to see that everyone boarding the planes is properly
dressed. His friend Pierre who came in 10th out of God knows how many “is”
[sic] another French Canadian friend who hangs out at my companion's house
“DNA” [sic] competes in triathlons.
On July
4th he, “Saul” [sic] came 9th out of around 850 contestants and a couple of
weekends ago while my “travel companion’s friend” [sic] was visiting her family
in Montreal he came 26th out of more than 1200 entrants. I think he [Paul] is
only about 5’5” but he is rock solid. He was living out of his car when we
first met him which was just a few months back. Today he has got himself an
engineering position with one of the top engineering research firms in the area.
We are very proud of him.
As you
know we can always make money but it seems rather difficult, not perhaps
altogether impossible though, to make up for lost time. I am not, however, that
smart to know for certain even where to begin looking although I have some
ideas. I prefer to be fully retired. I've done my thing.
I reilly
do want to get this behind us and God knows I could do with the money. Right
now I am even prepared to put aside having had to spend the two hours reading
your diatribe. However, before going any further please tell me precisely how
much money are we talking about?
If in
fact I was terminated on January 15th, “out of an abundance of caution” despite
“there was never any agreement” how should I be compensated for the half hour
of my time back on February 8th, which does not include any travel time between
Del Mar and The "Word Savings Center" [sic] or the time Drew and I
spent discussing his boomerang which seemed the only thing left hanging
on the wall behind his desk? Although Drew may disagree I was all business with
him although I would guess he could be fun to hang out with at a bar.
What if
this world doesn't work out all its problems, do you think we would be given a
second chance to beat out the apes? Certainly, they would have more space to
hang out together and party until of course the cows come home to roost. Nobody
likes to get a roasting, wouldn't you agree?
Do you
think it is possible that someone is really looking over our shoulders? There
is this old Jewish saying, "The only person/s who know who you really are
your spouse and God." I wonder though whether any of us really know who we
are, especially those of us that keep changing
hats. There was an article about my mother and stepfather who live most of
the year in England titled, The Mad Hatters. Perhaps, by keeping homes in
different parts of the world it keeps everyone guessing what's really going on,
butt I know differently because I think differently, not that I am smarter than
you. Perhaps, though the main difference between you and I is that I never let
my formal education interfere with my learning. Just ask your former client
Alisa.
I don’t
know if you know this but at one point Drew handed me his business card with
his home telephone number on it butt by the time the conversation ended he
asked for it back. We did not meet for drinks the following Monday evening.
Certainly,
I feel it is okay to deduct the cost of the bottle of water
I drank at the meeting where things got a little heated up, ipsofacto why I
excused myself to hang out with Drew, butt please don’t push me against the
wall. See me as Spiderman. One of the things I kinda fancy about certain types
of spiders is their ability to create a “firehouse pole” escape. Ask your buddy
VS about the webs in The Cave and while you are at it, ask her where my monthly
checks are.
I have
had a few problems over here lately including mail that got
"hijacked" to mention little of finding a bird's nest greeting me on
my arrival back from South America, right on my doorstep. There is, however, a
massive tree over the property and it was spring. In fact my companion had a
couple of doves over at her house nesting and she doesn't even have such a big
tree. I love nature and I took both signs as a very positive omen. I also
though had a visitor/s who made off with a whole bunch of documents, mostly
though receipts that go back several years.
Fortunately,
all the important stuff had been scanned into my computer and deposited in just
about every corner of the world, although I could be off by butt no more 15
degrees.
There
is a great book out called Bell Curve. I have not read it "byte" I
listened on CSPAN several weeks back to the co-author who was protesting that
the “liberal elite critics” had misconstrued their findings. This gentleman
certainly sounded convincing to me. I would love to hear your opinion. His
numbers, I must tell you, seem to make perfect sense and when folks start
talking numbers then I really start paying attention. Pretty much anyone within
15 standard deviation points off the average is okay, at least that is what I
picked up and consequently breathed a sigh of relief. Both of us I would think
are on a par. So what could possibly separate us? According to VS you are one
of the smartest lawyers she has ever worked with and God knows she knows about
spending time with lawyers, certainly she pays the bucks. I doubt she has ever
stiffed any lawyer which makes me wonder why she would want to stiff me?
I hope
to live out my retirement in health and happiness and to bring a smile to this
world. However, I don’t expect to live forever and consequently I have
appointed Devin Standard as executor of my estate. In the event that I were to
be incapacitated he will handle all matters pertaining to my estate. You can
reach him at http://quasark.com/
It is
time for us both to get down to business. Lets keep it short and sweet and lets
not sweat bullets. I have no fear since I always tell the truth + I have a good
memory.
Sincerely,
Gary S.
Gevisser
ps -
Please make no mistake if I were to leave town it is not that I plan to flea,
on the contrary I feel so positive about things these days that I just want to
visit all the other places in the world I haven't been to and if by chance Mr.
Buffet is wrong, God help us all if he is, then there is no time to waste.
The
last I remember of my Dad's sister who recently passed away were her and my dad
singing one of their favorite "Zulu alibis."
One two
three
Mother
caught a flea.
Flea
died,
Mother
cried,
One two
three.
I have
been trying to teach this in Zulu to my companion's kids who are one step ahead
of us all. I only win at chess and when we play tackle rugby, never though do I
tolerate sweeping stuff under the rug.
Monya
mabele matatTOo
Mama
bambele zenzi
Zenzi
efele
Mama
kalele
Monya
mabele matatTOo who?
Come to
think of it it has been a while since we have had a major earthquake in this
region. Can you imagine if a quake were to hit one of the Indian reservations,
where would all the gamblers get their drinking water?
From: Jackson, William
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 5:30 PM
To: Gary Gevisser (E-mail)
Subject: RE: Weatherly Capital
Dear
Mr. Gevisser,
In
response to your message, I think that the fax and the Fedex both contained the
same cover transmittal and agreement (i.e., a Settlement and Release
Agreement). I have been awaiting your response and would prefer to finalize the
Settlement and Release Agreement (and have any corresponding payment made) as
quickly as possible.
Please
execute the Settlement and Release Agreement as indicated in the cover
transmittal and return it to my attention in accordance with the directions set
forth in the cover transmittal (and upon my receipt of the executed Settlement
and Release Agreement I will arrange for execution by my client and arrange to
have any corresponding payment made). Please let me know if you have any
questions regarding the Settlement and Release Agreement or this message...WHJ
From: pacbell
[mailto:gevisser@pacbell.net]
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 02:25 PM
To: Jackson, William
Subject: Weatherly Capital
Dear
Mr. Jackson,
I have
been traveling to hell and gone. I am only now starting to get caught
up on
my backlog. I received a fax from you which was followed up by a FEDEX
package
which I believed I received the day following the fax which is
stamped
Apr-03-2002 12:35pm. I just want to make sure I'm operating from the
right
documents. Should I be paying attention to the fax or to the documents
contained
in the Fedex package?
Also is
there a time limit by which I should respond? I have a lot of irons
in the
fire right and I need to prioritize.
Sincerely,
Gary S.
Gevisser
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