"She sighed with contentment.They lay upon the soft carpet of grasses, making love until the moon nolonger possessed the sky. Her passion for him had ...et to erode, stillneither of them had experienced the bliss that they so desired. "I thinkyour evil captor has thwarted our advances upon one another, my lovelymaiden." He sighed, "I am filled to the brim with so much passion that Ifeel I could explode, and yet, am unable to spew forth my seed in sweetrelease!"Gwendolyn frowned, "I too am unable. Adam came over and attached a lead to my collar, and at the other end was a doggie chew ring. When told to go to bed, Oscar just picked up the chew ring and started walking, and I had no choice but to follow. We padded away, out of the house, across the yard, and round the corner to the kennels. There's a push button thing that lets dogs get in, but not out, and I followed him into the kennel yard, where all the dogs gathered round to congratulate Oscar and sample his new bride. They were all. There was a bank of switches on the dash that didn't do anything. The siren and lights had been pulled. Rats. No scaring the hell out of little old ladies. The good thing was all the mounts were still there for a short wave radio. I took advantage of this and installed a 7-watt Icom 2 Meter transceiver with a big whip antenna. I loved that car. It had a 455 cubic inch engine, a racing suspension and a slap shifter. I spent the money for a high speed persuit and defensive driving training course. The people in accounting who balance our bank statements never look at the absolute numbers, they just reconcile them. Our typical store does about $50,000 a week in volume but we only clean out the accounts and bring the money in once a month. Assuming four-week months — and there are 4.3 weeks, actually — an account with a nominal $2,000 has about $200,000 at the end of the month.“Then with the usual accounting delays, it’s probably mid-month in the following month before a check is written.