.. Jessie got absolutely nowhere with the little pile of emails, text messages and voice mail messages she sent off to some of the organisers of the T...en Beauty Pageant that were listed on that sheet of paper given to her by Arnold Berridge. She did end up getting more than just one automated reply but they were all in the negative domain. Oh, they all wished her the very best but were unable to do anything for her because of the strict entry requirements - the registration cut off date being. " Little did I realize that liberal often meant being gay in the personals scene. The call that stuck out the most however was the one that made me sit down and share this with you."Good evening sir. I do not wish to bother you but are you the gentleman looking for somebody to come and live with you?" A shy timid female voice asked politely.I was having quite a day and so my response was swift. "Why yes I am but unfortunately I do not have much time right now to discuss it but if you'd like to. You're the chap who set off from here to sail round the world. I've been following your journey in 'Cruising Sailor'. You were alone and picked up a crew in Manila?" He didn't wait for me to answer, but looked at Simone, "Seems you've picked up another since."Simone held out her passport. "Simone Lefebre. The skipper was kind enough to take me aboard to sail back from Canada so I avoided the flight. I'll do almost anything to avoid flying." He inspected the document quickly and handed it back.. ” Without time to chat, I simply said, “Get me the Secretary of State.”It seemed like less than three seconds and my phone rang, indicating the Secretary was free to receive my call. The Secretary of State was a holdover from Sam and I just didn’t feel all that comfortable with him in charge. Here I was giving him orders to do simple things that any good leader would be all over, but this guy was sitting around waiting to be told. It just hit me the wrong way.“Have your Mid-East people get on.