Benedict Arnold's family was familiar with West Point and the general area because of business dealings involving the transport of goods on the river ...n both directions. Arnold spent time in the area when he was moving from battlefield to battlefield in the French and Indian Wars. At that time his loyalty was to the British Army and the enemy was the nation of France and their savage Indian allies. That was not at all unusual because a number of high ranking officers in the Continental Army. He actually is a nice guy, and I think he is happy for me, even if that means I’ll never give him a special date ever again.”I kissed her neck, and told me it was alright, and I was not going to hold her past against her. “After all, there are bound to be times in the future when we are going to run into guys you dated before me. Heck, if you ever went to Idaho you probably could not but help running into gals I dated before I moved here. Not that there were very many of them, it is just that. Bea thought it was an accomplishment for us to manage to win even one match, but Mr. Parsons said he knew the Lowensteins, laughing at me when I expressed my surprise at beating them."Hy and Ethel would have been more surprised if they had won. He's decrepit, and she's slow, slow of foot and brain both. Who did you have in the second round?" Mr. and Mrs. Landis." They are good. Did you put up a fight, or did they steamroller you two?" We lost 6-4, but Brenda played really well. All I did was. An occasional attractive mall-dad too.Anyway, I went into one of the jewelry/accessory stories for girls from 12-16 or so to grab a few stocking stuffers for various people in my life. I've gone to this store and others like it with my daughter a million times. After school or on weekends the stores are full of extremely cute girls and again, some adorable moms and dads. The store employees are a mixed bag, as they are with other stores in the mall. But I can always find one or two that are.