Gary came over to Iain and said, “You’re a bloody numpty.” Iain was both affronted and worried about what he had done wrong. Gary continued, “...hy the bloody hell, didn’t you tell me you had these boys? I could have put them to work weeks ago. Have you got any more?” Gary grinned at the stunned man.Everyone laughed, and Iain said he had some cousins that might be interested. Gary told him if they worked as hard as his boys did, he would take half a dozen. Iain with a big grin said he would see. . maybe not," I conceded. "But it still doesn't feel quite right." Come on, Porter," said Eric. "You remember fifteen, don't you? Tell me you wasn't chasin' it down whenever you could." Shit, I was just fooling around in a basement when I was fifteen," I said. "I didn't know what the hell I was doing." Seems to me it was my basement, too," rumbled Jake.I glanced over to see if he was mad or not, but he was smiling. "Yeah, it was, wasn't it?" I admitted. "I seem to recall another couple down. "Most of it," she said proudly. 'I haven't learned how to fit and tuck to do the bodice right. I'm learning." Are you happy?"She nodded.We ate and drank and enjoyed the warmth and smell of the place."Has that big man bothered you?" I asked. I worried up his name: "Tolliver?"She shook her head."Anybody else?"She shook her head again with a grin. "And I haven't swived a man since you left town either," she said. "Nary a one, for fun or profit." Well, then," I suggested, smiling back, "maybe it's. I intended to apply more pressure on the Russians and Chinese to work with us to eliminate the terrorist cells in Africa. The attacks were growing there.I got an update on the progress by the Navy. Another carrier was scheduled for end of maintenance sea trials the end of this week and another by the end of next week.The Air Force update was good news! Twenty one B21 bombers had been recertified for flight again. They were out of service more than they were in service. That only left twenty.