I relentlessly hammered her, reveling in the expressions on her face. I got the distinct impression that nobody had gone that hard that long and not c...me before. I wouldn’t have lasted 10 seconds had I not already knocked one off in the shower. But she didn’t have to know that! I was going to show her the advantages of older men.She came again, eyes wide and then tightly shut. She bit down on my hand so hard I knew it was bruising but I didn’t care. I just kept thumping her as hard as I could.. Actually, it would be significant for any aircraft flying within a zone where anti-aircraft weapons might be launched.I ran the program with tracking three times to see what they had missed. I sensed the problem was with insufficient input variables, so I set the parameters to look at more information and ran it again.It was closer, but still no cigar. I watched as the program used all of the input, then reacted, but it didn't or wouldn't avoid the SAMs. We needed to have more anticipation that. “Come by the store at nine-thirty. I have a surprise for you. I think it will help cure your birthday blues.” “Yeah,” I said. “What else have I got to do?” I went to bed drowning in self-pity that night, but by the time I woke up, I had mostly turned myself around. It was my birthday and I decided that I was going to celebrate. I showered and shaved, and pulled on an outfit Liz had picked out for me. I checked the mirror and grinned. I looked sharp. . "Amanda and Linda dressed me up in some of their clothes for a costumeparty and no one knew it was me. I danced with a lot of the boys andhad a good time, Afterwards, they helped me stay in dresses a lot. Theysteered likely partners my way."Another interruption, "what do you mean likely partners? Boyfriends?" Oh, yes. I had lot of boyfriends in high school. The girls seemed tohave a sense of which boys might like my charms better than theirs.Some of them lasted a lot longer than others. You.