Kimberly joined the men in the bar, ordered one drink for forms sake, made her excuses and left. She had expressed an interest in visiting the Zilker ...otanical Gardens, but that was really an excuse. Had the epoch been later she would probably have returned to the hotel to work on her laptop but at the time portable computers were still rare and without a network to connect to of limited use. The manager had one of course, but like the cell phone the company paid for, it was for status rather. Then on another occasion, we spend the night farther South in The Ozarks with a couple in their home, visiting with both he and she, but only the guy played. It was a good time until the next morning, when right in front of his lady, he's clinging to mine. Something none except him enjoyed. Needless to say, we are no longer in touch with him. A couple years ago, my gal hooks up with another married guy, and really enjoyed herself. But in every situation, each of these guys were white. Then. . what is happening?" Ithought.I pushed my way into the bathroom and sat my purse on the counter,reaching up I pulled out my toothbrush. I washed my brush off and openedthe toothpaste that I just noticed was in my hand, again with the Prettyin Pink label. "When did I pick that up?" The toothpaste was a gel typebut in a clear pink. I scrubbed at my teeth for about 7 minutes insteadof my normal 2 or 3, then rinsed. It wasn't too bad... sort of a hotmint taste that made me suck air into my mouth. So we have been proceeding that directions for no other reason than that it is the nearest solar object to our exit point. We're moving on what Ensign O'Mally terms 'impulse power' though he says he isn't sure that it is analogous to what the creators of Star Trek imagined. Still the term is good enough to use in this case. That is we are accelerating and moving purposefully in a particular direction at speeds and powers less than necessary to make a hyperspace jump.There doesn't seem to be.