They were about to grab the barmaid, when Margaret stepped in."What's wrong you swabs? Can't you even hold your drinks? The Sailors all started talkin... at once and all she could understand was 'She gave us water!' Margaret took a sip from a mug and remarked, "Yes she did." She licked her lips. "And mighty tasty water too. Now, back your mainsails and let me handle this." The Sailors grumbled, but sat down. Some even forgot themselves and took another drink out of their tankard.Margaret bellied. He became a safe companion to give you unthreatening company so you wouldn't feel lonely. But he's becoming dangerously more than that, and you've got to nip this in the bud before it gets any worse.This is my fresh start.This is my fresh start.This is my fresh start.And it's high time I got real serious about it.-- NOVEMBER 7 --NOW you've done it. Stupid, emotional, irrational woman. Why the hell did you go and pick a fight with him?Because he's being a blockhead!About what? Making the best of. I did ply my trade all over the western United States until I realized that Nevada was the Promised Land. Now how can you argue with a state that understands human nature so well that gambling and prostitution is legal throughout most of the state. Their politicians are smart too, because they passed laws to ensure the public safety (regular medical check ups for working girls), and they taxed the receipts. This adds to the public coffers immensely and allows many public services to be funded. We found the driveway and pulled in. This wasn’t the first time we had been there. We had worked for Alice for so long, whenever her car was being worked on and she needed a ride or if she was sick and needed paperwork to be ferried to her, we were her chosen ones to call. We slowly made our way down her long winding gravel driveway until we got to the house. I got out and then helped Joyce from her seat, holding her door and offering my hand. Her radiant smile reassured me that she had.