.. I’m close,” I agreed, “but only if you’ll give me a real name to call you with, other than Wings. I think we’re all a little too far past...acting all formal together.”“It’s Bryce ... Bryce Payne.”So that’s why I recognized her face! Yeah, one of those Payne’s. Supposedly, she kept a billion or two just lying around for walking about money. When her parents were murdered she inherited what must have been the largest industrial fortune on record. The Carnage’s and Rockefeller’s? Skint pikers,. " This sounded a bit weird to Mike. "For a whole month?" Uh huh." Sounds OK to me" Mike was already revelling in the fact that in onemonth Suzie would stop nagging him on that subject. "I agree." Suzieindulged in that rather bizarre habit of spitting on her hand and thenshaking his, after which they agreed the bet was sealed.Mike blew it. It didn't take long. The bet was made on a Thursday night,on Friday they went to dinner, it was their seventh month anniversary,Suzie plied Mike with wine and. It lies nestled in the heartland of the original lower 48 like a beacon of reason in a convoluted world.The East Coast was another story entirely with constant struggles to contain urban unrest and dwindling white populations all heading west to the heartland and M.O.A.The old U.S.A. structure was still hanging on in Washington D.C. like some zombie entity refusing to die. Representatives and Senators no longer even attempted to go there any longer preferring to stay close to their local bases. ” So St. Peter gives him a Rolls Royce.The next man comes up and says, “I cheated on my wife a little but I still love her.” He gets a mustang and drives off into heaven.The next guy came up and said, “I cheated on my wife a lot.” He gets a scooter.Next day the guy that got the scooter was riding along and he saw the guy who owned the Rolls Royce crying.He asked, “Why are you crying you have such a nice car?” and the man sobbed, “My wife just went by on roller skates.”Phone Operator: “G’day.