Dinner finished and I decided to go next door with Bill. My friend Michelle went over to the bar with me and Bill was there with one of our VPs. He sa... us and waved us over to the bar with him and Kathy. We ordered a round of drinks and we all talked. Kathy and Michelle had to leave, so I thought I should go too. However, Bill asked if I would stay for one more drink. I agreed and Bill and I started chatting. When the second glass of wine came, I realized he was drinking only soda water. I. They ignored her complaints, continuing their unhurried, ground eating pace for long hours.Mandy gradually lost the feeling in her wrists and ankles and a numbness set in around them. He head bounced and jerked as she moved through the grasses, her tangled hair sometimes covering her face completely. She fell in and out of consciousness, her body utterly drained by the day's events.Then the natives cut across a miles wide grassland. Mandy's body, carried along only a foot or so above the. I'm not just making shit up, I'm telling you things that happened. In my 52 years, I've had things happen that would curl your hair, as they used to say. Just as many of you have had, I'd imagine.Sure, the dialogue might be a little too pat, or perfect, or whatever. But, I AM working from memory. None of us here would be able to remember things "note for note" as they say in music, but trust me, it's close, it's damn close.So, why would I stop things where I did and have a talk with Adrian (not. *Youre wrong* I said/ shaking my head. *Its the room thats upside down.* *Too many drugs my dear* he said/ shaking a stern finger at me. I picked up the rectangular clock from the the mantle-piece and turned it upside down. My new friend grinned and nodded. *Actually youre probably right. Its the room thats wonky.* He proceeded to accompany me on a tour of the house during which we turned a television/ a radio/ several cups and a small coffee table upside down. When we returned to the sitting.