In truth, Dan Hegarty was in his element. He had always been a party animal and exuded the natural aura of someone used to scoring in such an environm...nt. He leaned casually against the door frame, his eyes scanning the room with apparent boredom. He caught the eye of several winsome and interested women before finally spotting his target. Claire Brady was small but, in the words of a similarly vertically challenged well known comedian, perfectly formed. She sported a short bob of bright auburn. Jen only looked at me just before she would take a bite. I would smile and she would go back to her book. After about ten minutes, I had almost finished eat before I asked her what color her underwear was. I decided to break the ice and see how she'd react to an inappropriate question. Jen calmly put down her book, looked at me ( I kept a straight face ...no smile ) then said red. She broke out in a smile and we both started laughing. We ended up chatting for about an hour. Our conversation. " It wouldn't have been nearly as much trouble if you would have put the call button on the side without a cast," I mumbled. "I woke up a couple of times before but there was no way I could let anyone know so I went back to sleep."The doctor looked down at the call button and then at my sling. He then shot a pointed looked at a blushing nurse."How long ago did you awaken?" the doctor asked."How in the hell would I know?" I asked."Of course, of course," the doctor said."If you would have let me. Of course I'd never been around people who basically lived outside during the winter either. None of us actually lived outside now, but it didn't mean a cave couldn't be cold during the winter and the idea of having plenty of firewood must have been attractive.There was also the fact this was a hell of a lot easier way to do things than they'd had before. Chainsaws and steel axes were orders of magnitude better than sharp rocks tied to sticks.Once they were on the job none of them seemed to.