He cranked it on to max and the ancient unit rumbled to life, sending a puff of dust straight into his face."You guys owe me big for this." He said as...he wiped the grime from his sweaty face, the cold air felt good, though it carried an odor of stagnat water.He continued to paw through tool boxes and under tables until he found a set of sockets and a ratchet and an oil filter wrench. There was one thing he wasn't finding, however."I don't see a jack anywhere." He said. Tim had to have one, this. He had left Portland to come to this small coast town to ponder what to do next. If people loved a product, or hated it, you had no problem. You sold it, or junked it. What did you do when they merely LIKED it?The redhead raised her glass of wine and toasted him. Cord nodded and smiled briefly, while her husband glared and said something to her. Cord's mind was off and spinning again.Nancy with her robots would have her problems, plenty of them. But she rode the crest of robot popularity -. 'This story contains adult themes. Please respect yourlocal laws.THE LONG WEEKENDBy Marianne Nettes CHAPTER 1'Hi Mike, it's me.'I was surprised. Sue had a pretty frantic job as aPersonal Assistant to the MD of a marketing company,and she rarely had time to call me at home during theday.'Hi, darling. How are things?''I just won a short break in Scotland, for thisweekend. Do you fancy going?''Are you sure it's not one of these tricks? You know,you get there and then find you've got. A guy believed that his wife is cheating on him, so he hired a private investigator. The cheapest he could find was a Chinese man. This was the Chinese PI’s report about what he found:“Most honourable, sir. You leave house. I watch house. He come to house. I watch. He and she leave house. I follow. He and she go in hotel. I climb tree. I look in window. He kiss she. He strip she. She strip he. He play with she. She play with he. I play with me. I fall out tree. I not see. No fee. Cheng Lee.”One.