Andy, when Ben was Ambassador to France, he was in his 70's! There's a story Ben himself wrote about his aledged affairs d'amour in France: his favorite method of transportation, due to the ravages of gout, was a sedan chair carried by four strong young men. If they did happen to meet a fair, young, and willing, lass, not only would he (Ben) be 5th in line, but by the time it got around to him, he would forget why he was there!
However, in his younger years, if it walked, crawled, flew, or slithered, and had a pulse, Ben was there! OK, maybe it didn't have to have a pulse.
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