”I sat back down and tried to smile. “No problem.”She tilted her head and studied me. “You okay?”“Definitely.” I cut into my steak and w...acked my brain for something interesting to say. Luckily, Kit was eager to be playful.“I’m curious. What’s your astrological sign?”A real laugh burst from me. “Oh, boy. Don’t tell me you believe in that shit.”“Sure, I do, to a certain extent. Let me guess. You’re a ... Capricorn.” Her grin brightened. “I’m so right, aren’t I?”I sipped my beer and waited a. .H A L T !............Ich bin doch ein Mann!Aufh?ren, ich will das nicht! Ich kann doch so etwas nicht als Mann!Angst, gepaart mit Wut steigt in mir hoch.Mein K?rper b?umt sich auf.Mein K?rper ist immer noch irgendwie festgebunden."Rrrroooow!"Das Fauchen und Br?llen einer w?tenden Raubkatze ist wieder zu h?ren.Es kommt aus meinem Mund.Warum?Das Gespenst auf mir macht noch immer auf mir seine Liegest?tze. Das harte, warme Teil bewegt sich immer noch in mir vor und zur?ck. Mein Schoss steht in. "He looks concerned and says, "What the hell? Did they shoot you?"I'm taking off my tactical rig to get to the wound and explain, "One of the bastards got in a lucky shot and hit my body armor. I'm not sure what the hell he was firing but it shattered the ceramic plate and some of the pieces cut me up a little."He jumps out of the truck with a first aid kit in his hand and offers, "Let me help."Taking off tactical gear is like peeling an onion - there's layer after layer after layer. We take. The German Wehrmacht was forced to retreat from the Siegfried Line because they lacked logistical support to sustain it. Short on both ammo and fuel the war-weary German soldiers drew back on the city of Berlin for a last ditch effort to defend the Fuhrer and the Thousand Year Reich.The final analysis indicates that the much-vaunted Siegfried Line was a paper tiger identical to the French Maginot Line that consumed lots of construction material and countless thousands of man-hours of labor to.