11-04-2019, 10:36 PM
(11-04-2019, 01:11 PM)BIAD Wrote:(11-04-2019, 12:15 AM)Ninurta Wrote: I think I have an indirect connection to one of those gents - he should have been killed long ago.
You can't leave that one hanging, Sir!
Please -with a sight alteration to personal specifics if you wish, could you elaborate?
Nothing spectacular. I just was acquainted with a young lady (no, not THAT young!) whom I believe he was eyeballing for a "second wife". If it's the same dude, he went to Pakistan during those negotiations and picked up his first wife - while negotiations for his second wife were ongoing! The gent didn't want to waste any time, apparently. I never saw his face, so can't be certain, but the name and age range fit.
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