"I slipped on ice, banged my head and spilled diesel all over myself, " he recalls.

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Then the finger joined the girl, the tray banged shut, I was standing by my shopping cart, studying the mesh pattern of the collapsible wire basket, trying to recall what was already slipping away.

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"I banged out a few ideas when I landed in Singapore, I sent emails to about 10 people sharing my ideas and when I got to Sydney eight hours later they had all reacted and all very favorably, " recalled Bakker.

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