Another knot. Then the rope went over one shoulder, around her neck,back over the other shoulder and down to tie in the knot at her elbows. Not too un...omfortable but very controlling.I figured we'd dwaddled long enough. I told her to stand up and wait for me. I went out the back door for a few moments. There were a lot of shrubs in the back yard, excellent for switches. I cut several and stripped the leaves. Excellent attention getters. Ardy's eyes got big when she saw them. I had her stand in. ”“Just divorce Judy and move on with your life,” Bert said although it pained him to say it.“No. I’m not divorcing her. I imagine she’ll file for divorce one day on the grounds of abandonment or even without cause. I will counter sue on the grounds of mental cruelty. I’ve got a case for mental cruelty well documented according to my attorney. I’m going to drag the process out for as long as possible. I figure I can keep it up for a couple of years,” Paul said proudly.“That sounds cruel,” Bert. It will be 5 weeks long, and the Advanced Course is 18 weeks long. Following that, I’ll be joining all of you for the origination of the First Special Operations Mobile Headquarters Team. I was told that they are looking at six months for it to become operational,” I told them.“What about your Partners?” the Colonel asked.“A representative of the Partners Training School is scheduled to arrive tomorrow to discuss the Partners and their training. From what Joel said, it appears that he will be. The first book I came across was "Time Enough for Love." It started me on a completely new Heinlein journey.I'd read "Methuselah's Children" many, many times. The main character in the book was Lazarus Long, a man who had happened to live several "normal' lifespans and the head of a family of long lived people who ended up being persecuted for their "secret" to long life.My old friend was thousands of years old in this one, thought he had done all there was to do and had given up. He was.