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To: Big Dog who wrote (66580)	5/18/2000 8:39:00 PM
From: jim_p	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95453

Paul is a great guy, he also had a great wife named Sussie, but he is now divorced. I will never understand how he could have let her go. I was the one who financed the start up of both Jerry Chiles in Chiles Offshore (can't take credit for Clay Chiles) and the start up of Griffin & Alexander. Griffin & Alexander was the last oil loan I made before I left banking. Griffin & Alexander didn't turn out very well for the bank. Alexander turned out to have a serious drinking problem and died shortly thereafter. Both of those deals and many others were done by Jones Loyd and Webster. Those were fun days. Jim

To: Big Dog who wrote (66580)	5/19/2000 9:22:00 AM
From: Tomas	Respond to of 95453

Oil drilling contractor's shareholder meeting almost a blast The Globe & Mail, Friday May 19 Compiled by Samer Muscati Aman wielding a dud hand grenade brought a sudden halt to a stockholders' meeting in Houston this week, sending horrified investors rushing for the exit, but the device did not explode and nobody was hurt. Police arrested the man, identified as Andr‚ Piazza, a 72-year-old Houston resident and former employee of R&B Falcon, and said he would be charged with making a terroristic threat. As the meeting opened, Mr. Piazza -- a well-known figure at the oil drilling contractor's shareholder meetings -- started arguing with chairman Paul Lloyd about the company's finances. Ignoring requests to save his remarks until later, Mr. Piazza rose to his feet and drew the grenade from a bag. "Do you know what this is? This saved my life in Vietnam." About 60 stockholders ran for the doors after Mr. Piazza pulled out the grenade. Mr. Piazza then removed the safety pin but there was no explosion and he was overpowered by company officials who called police. After the meeting resumed, Mr. Lloyd told stockholders that Mr. Piazza was a former employee who had been laid off from one of the company's drilling rigs in the 1970s. Mr. Piazza had voiced dissent at previous stockholder meetings but had not previously made any threats, Mr. Lloyd said.