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arry Penner had news so he cut down on the small talk.

“Okay” he said for the second time “listen up gentlemen.”

Later he would complain to his wife Devorah that he sometimes felt like the other board members came to these meetings to socialize and get out of the office a bit. He’d already cut out the complimentary sushi and iced coffee but he still had trouble getting down to business. For some reason Frankel thought his new lawn mower was more interesting than anything on the agenda.

“Yeah so I took the bull by the horns and I went to visit Hershel myself. I can’t make decisions without facts” Penner burst out.