{"id":540,"date":"2018-07-19T18:05:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T18:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottysblog.com\/meeting-marks-man\/"},"modified":"2018-07-19T18:05:50","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T18:05:50","slug":"meeting-marks-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottysblog.com\/home\/meeting-marks-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting Mark\u2019s Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Had my uni chum Mark Warshaw over for supper and to see the new house &#0160;last night, giving us the long awaited opportunity to meet his not-so-new man, Charlie.<\/p>\n<p>He managed to floor me on arrival when I was asking what he\u2019d like to drink and he drily rolled out the words \u2018I don\u2019t drink, I\u2019m three years sober\u2019 giving me just about enough time to pick my chin off the deck before asking for a gin and tonic&#8230;. Phew!<\/p>\n<p>H got him to carve the chicken, think it\u2019s a first for someone to ask for an apron to keep him clean while doing it. 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