August 16, 2004 5:41 AM BST
Yesterday I happened to pop in a wine tasting tent in the street some wine importers had set up. I sat down to taste some south american and italian wines as I heard that someone called "Laura". There was a lady in the next table smiling at me and she turned out to be from the city environment center, working in the same building as I do. So she joined me and we had a nice chat while tasting the wines. She was a very sporty lady, she said she swims every morning in the sea (+15 centigrades ). And now she was on her way on bicycle.
It is so nice to be recognized as Laura. That is a sign of the ever growing group number three, those who know me just as Laura and nothing else.
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Laura