Just got back from the meeting with the lawyer. It went much better than I had feared. The man was competent, equally fluent in French and English, and was more than capable of analyzing a contract from the point of view of any of the affected parties. AND he was willing to give me clause-by-clause translations if I wanted them. All in all he went a long way to convince me that I should sign the thing. Which pleased my ex-boss immensely no doubt.

I had rather hoped to have lunch with the _sps_ but he has apparently misplaced one of his big toes and isn't going anywhere till he finds it again. Lets all hope that happens soon.