It'sabout time that real women start being appreciated openly."I mean, look at how they treated Anna Nicole Smith once she put on thepounds; they coul...n't appreciate just how gorgeous she was. They madefun of her, they called her ugly, and look what they drove her to! Afterthat TrimSpa stuff, she's just another blonde twig, no curves besidesthe fake ones they slap on her chest. But I bet you anything that therewere sooo many guys out there who probably thought she was more gorgeousthan she had. She spent a second looking Jake over and then turning to me. She was an attractive woman, mid-forties, well-built and had smile lines around her mouth and eyes, but no gray and no settling you sometimes see. Right now, she looked pleased.“I think I would like that. Billy said you would offer, but I wasn’t so sure.”“Well, you sure know your way around the building! I doubt anything slips by you here, so who better to run the whole thing?” I said quietly.“Good. I started dating a fellow a couple. ...." "Well, I guess I'm just not used to getting jumped on right out of the starting block," I told her. "LuAnn told me to be aggressive. Did I overdo it?" I could see a sadness descend on her, so I took her hand in mine and said, "I love aggressive women, so don't get me wrong. I was just taken back a little by the approach, that's all." The sadness was still there as she looked me right in the eyes and said, "Don't you like me?" I decided to be blunt with my reply and hoped and prayed that. .. that wasn’t bad. He presented her with a check that was bigger than she was.She had all her talking points covered. Tires, Pit Crew, tool maker, car builder, the Driving School ... she thanked them all. Never mentioned me ... Why would she mention me ... I showed no interest ... I was just ner boss. No biggie. Thank God.Then the Local Affiliate (telly) got her aside and did their own interview ... which went sorta like this:TV: First female win in years. How does it feel?Abbie: I knew it was.