these acquaintances resurfaced, the conversation started again where it left off
Through this forum and via his son, I was able to get in contact with an old colleague from 44 yrs ago. Mrs G and I went to visit them last Tuesday and spent some very pleasant hours discussing our lives at that time (it was an excellent posting to the RMAF). Our joint memory power was able to just about re-call all the good times we had and other people we knew.
You can't put a price on that sort of thing