Back in 1985, my buddy and I were working on TDY at the U.S. Embassy in Salisbury (Harare), Rhodesia ( Zimbabwe). We decided to take a long weekend trip to Wankie (Whange) for a photo safari. Herbert Lom was sitting in the row in front of us on the Air Zimbabwe plane. He was singularly unimpressed by our presence. Later that month said buddy and I were invited to participate as judges in a chili cook off at the Marine House. One of the other judges was Richard Chamberlain, who was there making “King Solomon’s Mines.” He was a nice enough guy but we were more interested in his co-star, Sharon Stone. Herbert Lom declined the invitation.