Another improvement would be the addition of Dolby A or Dolby B circuits that would process out most of the hiss. Putting simple circuits in with tran...istors and powered by batteries would spark a revolution in listening but only if other factors were right. More people had to want to have pre-recorded music and then they would buy the portable units. A unit could be put into a car but the car companies could get this made themselves.I had worked on some equipment from commercial television. Another thing that was with Fort Adams, Fort Polo, and Fort Dean, the number of people coming here for recurrent training could be reduced dramatically. It was far cheaper and easier to add trainers as a permanent part of the staffing at those sites or fly them in for a month at a time and adding the equipment as part of the permanent fixture.Another thing Andy and I needed to do was find a jumping off point close to the pipeline where it crossed the US border.I wanted to have a basic plan in. The building there took up the whole block and had a number of stores on the ground floor with living quarters above. Most of the stores were either closed or closing by now. The storefront in the center of the block was an empty space. Lights were on there and the back was open to a courtyard behind it. We passed through this space and entered the courtyard.The club was on the opposite side of the courtyard and there were stairs from the courtyard leading to the living quarters above. There. Well, this might be your lucky day, or unlucky day, it is up to you. I am not going to kill you, but, your life is going to change. While you were out, I made a few calls, and you have “disappeared". No one is going to miss Nicky, your old life is over. Your apartment has been emptied and all of your belongings have been sold off, including that crappy car of yours." Nicky gulped as he realized he was fucked. That car, and the stuff in his apartment was everything he had in the world. Gina.