158 mails sent, and probably two times more to make sure every recipients would read it...

Yesterday, we (I and one my colleague, actually my former and soon-again-to-be boss) invited our beloved co-workers and pro. favored contacts for a leaving drinks. So many people, reflections of finally not so many years. But what years ! Man !
Paris, Tokyo, London ,and then the merger between Credit Lyonnais and Credit Agricole, back to Paris. So many people left (for as many different destinations !) and so many new hired to compensate or launch our lastest critical P-1 project (no, not this one, THIS one. Stop being silly ;o)  ).
So this was probably the last time so many people from here will have to actually LISTEN to what I had to say.
In two days from now, I'll bid all of them farewell. Oh, my sinking heart... When I dreamt it would be a life-long experience...
For the best or the worst, as in any union and split-up, Calyon will have an opportunity to draw the cards again. I sincerely wish them a good game. As for me, 'Aux Champs Elysees !'
It felt very good to have this out-of-office time with all those people. Last evening, I felt happy and proud to work in the financial market business. Wherever I looked, I kept seeing bright minds. There always will be leaders and sheeps. But some of us sometimes forget how lucky we are. Money can buy so much...

I want to thank once more those who came, those who wanted to but finally could not... And those who didn't come, or even did not want to. That help to separate the wheat from the chaff...