American International Group, Inc. (AIG)

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Yes the giant sea turtles of the Caribbean have led quite an incredible life. They also have wild parrots than can live up to 150 years and in captavity of course they talk and mimic their owners.

I think my favorite Amazon Parrot was Panama. He was purchased by Joe and Vivie Bradshaw and they were great friends of mine in Souther Oregon. I spent countless evenings with them before they passed into a Fuller Life in their 80's.
Joe was retired by the time I met him and an incredible character. He was about 5 feet 8 inches and carrying a few pounds and he was as sharp as a tack. His family were once big time stock brokers on Wall Street before the crash of 1929.
Later he was recruited by General Wild Bill Donnovan to join the OSS (Office of Strategic Services which after WWII became
the CIA). He led one incredible adventure after another and
he was burdened with the memories of what he had, had to do
during the war.

Vivie was a former Red Cross executive during the war. They were married before the USA entered the war and did not see
one another for 5 years until the WAR was over.

Panama the parrot lived in the 1880's resurrected house built around an old log cabin. His cage was prominent in their glass surrounded living room which overlooked Beaver Creek.
When I would arrive in the evening for dinner Panama would
generally call out. "JOE JOE WHERE ARE YOU JOE." And it
mimicked Vivies voice perfectly and Joe would get up from whatever he was doing and answer the door. Then he would realize it wasn't Vivie after all but rather Panama again.
He would invariably say, "DAMN ITS THAT PARROT AGAIN" and
laugh. Then we would start our evening with cocktails. They had a TV but we never turned it on. Panama the Parrot is now the property of their Daughter Gay and her husband both former professors who now reside in that 5 acre spread.

Joe's ashes are buried near the horse corral and when I have gone back to visit....I would cry before his marker. He was
simply a great human being who could be provoked to tears by
his incredible stories of WWII. He was frequently parachuted behind German lines into Austria and Yougoslavia but those stories must wait for another day while we observe the goings on of AIG.

I remain as I am also, A Keeper of the Flame.