The upright was itself made of two tubes, one of which fitted into the other, allowing the height to be adjusted and locked off at any height from abo...t three and a half feet to just under six feet. Near the base a pair of locking rings attached to the central post by metal bars let the feet be similarly confined. Like most of their toys Master had made it in the garage workshop, and it was massively stronger than it needed to be to hold a person.I put my head and wrists into the stocks and. As a matter of fact he was sogood looking it made me wonder why he needed to be set up to get a date. He kept me from following that line of thought any further when he said,"So are you ready?" Let me get my coat and I will be," I replied. We walked over to his car and he held the door for while I got in. On theway to Antonio's we chit chatted about nothing much. I learned he wasfrom Wisconsin and that he'd only been living here for about six months.He was a big Packers fan (Well anyone that. I ordered fish. It must have been the Baja version of Veracruz, since it was a lot of the same stuff and it was delicious. The waitress also brought cactus. Yep, cactus. I had seen these in small markets before, so I knew it was edible. But it was new to me. I have had lots of strange foods before, eel, octopus, alligator, and horse so I wasn't put off. I asked and the girl showed me how to eat it. It wasn't half bad. I tell you what; it was a hundred times better than some stuff Americans eat. Conversely he did feel her absence on the days she was not at the flat.Two triple whiskies later, one would have expected him to commit more fully to asking her back, but the reality was the reverse.Something was holding him back, something was telling him to wait a little longer, that he was not totally confident in their future together, for he thought that if she returned they would marry in short order and have a family, and then there would be no going back. He was certain, and it was a.