" Go bugger yourself. And your friends." Done that. Which is why I'm buying them a girl. Twelve-steps and allthat crap." He raised his cup and saluted... "Making direct amends,wherever possible."********At five minutes to twelve, Kinny's relief showed up. "You're late,"Kinny said."I'm early." Orders in for four customers," Kinny said. "I can't zero the till. Ihave sandwiches in each of the warmers, coffee in both makers, anda...." Kinny reached down and pulled up a Happy Cola. "Inventory. Over time we'd chat and due to her being 10 years older then myself, she had taken on a sort of motherly role in my online chats. I would confide in her with my issues and she would help me with them. Over time, she would begin to share with me her problems. She started talking about her husband of 26 years and how there was no love there in their relationship and that at best, they were roommates who stayed together for the kids.I asked her if she had a webcam and after a week of convincing. “The surprise is in my bathtub.” she said, takingme by the hand. I detected a sweet odor as we went intothe bathroom.The bathtub was full of a brown liquid. “Maple syrup.”Cheryl said as she saw the perplexed look on my face.The shower was separate from the bathtub, and a sheet ofplastic was on the floor next to the tub. Another sheetof plastic lead from the tub to the shower.Cheryl led me to the tub and held my arm for support asshe stuck the toe of her pump into the. Those in the group will beat the hell out of him if he tries anything that they don’t permit him to do. I expect that it won’t take long finding that there is only one in their group that knows how to do what they need to eat, deal with the constantly clogging, low-flow water use toilet, and the other things that will make their time together miserable if they don’t work together. We knew that the floor got designed to be uncomfortable to sleep on, and the chairs aren’t much better to sit in.