Raynoor and the three Earth women, their mouths agape, turned to see Admiral Garmov Ensidor stride through the door, Cylenium rifle still in his hands... Standing almost a head taller than his First officer, the Admiral was an imposing figure indeed, huge, confident and ugly where there had been a trace of nobility in Raynoor."Nice work, Raynoor, you distracted him just long enough. Perhaps there is something to be said for this..."negotiation" after all!" Sir, I was not trying to distract him. I. Local Vineyard Celebrates Pinot Harvest6 Oct 1991, Marin Co., CA - With a large crowd of friends and relatives on hand, the Collins family, owners of the Corbeau-Roux Vineyard, harvested their first crop of Pinot.The Collinses recently purchased the 50-ish acre vineyard with vines already established. Though this year they were occupied with the purchase of the property and the sale of this year's crush, the term for a wine-grape crop, next year Kate Collins has plans for bottling some of her. "Warren sighed. "Well, you know Sophia's pregnant." Yeah, but, I thought you were going to shoot for Nationals. If you take the whole year off, it could damage your standing," Curtis pointed out."Oh, Curtis, if we take next year off, that would be it for us, for eligible competition. We'd just go to school. Or, we could go to Stars on Ice--we've already had an offer."Curtis didn't say anything for a minute. "Wait a minute... you're thinking retirement? I thought you had already decided to stay. ’ ‘Well, actually there is, now that you mention it,’ Jan said casually. ‘What’s that?’ Jan noticed there was a bit of tension around Alex’s eyes as he said that. ‘I’m trying to get wi-fi in my house, and the darn thing’s just not working. I could trade you a proper home-cooked meal,’ she entreated. The tension vanished. ‘Sure, I can do that. Tomorrow’s Saturday, is that a good day?’ ‘Let me write down my address.’ ‘So cooking is your mad skill?’ Alex wondered. ‘No, that’s not it,’ Jan.