.. coffee cups. Natural gas stoves with teflon pans. Electrical outlets on all the walls ... three prong too. Some special kind of thin television hoo...ed up to a tiny radar dish on the roofs."The whole village looked like it had been deserted in minutes ... maybe even seconds. There were vehicles in some garages and Bill couldn't move them ... You know Bill can drive anything. We came straight back. You need to see it," Cheese tossed a toaster on the ground in front of the scientist. "Spooky,. The first thing we discovered was that they had television. Hopefully, it hadn't degraded their intelligence too much, yet. It gave us some benefit, so it wasn't all bad. Their programming covered a broad spectrum, from mindless to educational. The language was different, of course, but the AI was able to provide translation after studying the problem for a couple of days.Appearance wise, they weren't too much of a shock. They were relatively humanoid, and were all amazingly similar. They all. 'Everything' is good."He smiled back. "Would you walk with me?" Of course, I'm wearing walking shoes. They ought to be used."He grinned. "They will." Lead on, Freeman. I can and will keep up."I looked over at Beth and Amos. They had their heads together and seemed lost to anyone else in the world. I didn't have a purse. I had a wallet that Brian had given me. It held my phone, driver's license, a few bills, and a credit card. It was handy and practical. I jumped up which made Beth give a start.. You have alot to learn and you will have to practice and practice because I amsure that you have no idea how to sew." None at all," said Carrie."Good," replied Jess, "you will not have developed any bad habits."For the next half hour Jess ran through some basic instruction in howa sewing machine worked and some of the other tools a dressmaker uses."Now let's have you make your first dress; don't worry I will be doingmost of it but you can certainly help." Jess selected a large bolt ofcloth in a.