Her father, however, seemed friendly enough and offered me a beer. Hoping to make a good impression, I told him that I couldn’t drink at that time. ... added that I would be driving with Ann to the A&W, and I didn’t want to get into any trouble. I then told him I’d be happy to have a beer with him when I brought Ann home later, if he still wanted me to. He smiled but said nothing. Ann’s mother asked me a million questions. Her father just continued to smile at Ann and I. He winked as we headed. "You know it was my time of month," she pleaded."Maybe, too much dee lunch," he countered. Gloria thought he gave his Mexican accent a little too much embellishment. He did that when he wanted to be blunt but retain the option of passing it off as a joke if any umbrage arose."Yes, maybe a little," Gloria admitted. She could admit it to Raul without fear. He was her priest; the mini-gym the confessional."Ees okay," he assured her. "I weel help you. Today we weel 'ave a very good workout." He. .. it would be an opportunity for her to spend some time around here with me. Unless you would prefer it if we didn’t, then we won’t do that.”“No, that’s probably a good thing,” he said. “I don’t know what her parent’s view of that is, but if you are going to do things, you know, make love and all that, you might not want to do that outdoors, or any place where you might get caught. The Copley’s may not be as open minded about that as we are. I assume you’re taking precautions? I wouldn’t want. .. well, what was the state of the art then, anyway, not with what they’ve come up with at CIT since the war. Seriously, which thing looks really impressive, something like my Pip-Boy, or this huge wall full of machinery?”“Oui, madam. I am simply disappointed is all.”“Hon, you’ve got the best processing system known to exist in the world now, between your ears. Machines like this can make the calculations faster than we can, but they can’t THINK like we can. That’s one of the reasons I love.