It was bolted onto a wooden plinth which made it about waist height. It was black metal and had sinister looking cuffs at front and back and a mid len...th raised hollow bar with cushioning on it and a bigger metal cuff at head level. There were several leather straps with buckles and lengths of rope around it.I was led to it and told to climb into position, kneeling astride it. So my elbows and knees were resting on the wood and my stomach was supported by the cushioned bar. He quickly folded. "Eventually finding another empty bench, the derelict looked around tomake sure there were no police officers nearby, and then settled into thebench when she saw that the area was clear of law enforcement. She madesure not to rest herself across the length of the wide bench, realizingthat was an invitation to yet another night in a jail cell if she werecaught falling asleep on it.Maintaining a seated position on the bench, she reached over to a half-eaten donut that was atop the junk on her. Sandhiya has come in like a storm and vanished without any sign my wife has gained her place once again. It was a serious business to keep our promises to our beloveds and days went past as i had extra duties to take care of my wife. Six months ran off like a wiz. In the ninth month we have a tradition of Seemantham for the child bearing wife and our house was packed with audience i never knew Sandhiya was invited by my wife as all the purchases and receiving of guest from railways stations bus. Apparently there was a LOT of extra demand, far more than they could accommodate. It was my first 'official' engagement outside my home and it was looking like thousands of people from the local community wanted to come, and God knows how many from the national community.I told him, "Packing a hall with ten thousand people would totally defeat the purpose of my coming. You look after your students and their families, and the unrelated people can wait for another occasion. If it works well I'll.