But within a couple of minutes they started to fade. I then attached the wires to the four-battery bank and left the solar panels to do their job.If I...manage to get this working, I would collect all the batteries in the other vehicles and make as big a bank of 12 volt that I can. Meanwhile I will see how the four-unit bank would work.I then went and had a good rummage on the wrecked truck, as there was quite a lot of stuff loaded on to it, and I just had to see what was there.To really get to. The men looked cool, calm, collected, suave, and handsome. The Op Ed page contained several long pieces about citizen responsibilities and action, responding to emergencies, and the heroics of Saddler and Pocher. Other pictures of the two men at the scene were on inside pages, including one with Nathan holding the baseball bat he’d ‘borrowed’ as he talked to a police detective.The landline into the house started to ring about seven o’clock in the morning. Other newspapers as well as The Courier. I wondered how I would feel if I had to goupstairs in this dress. I wondered - immodest thought - how I wouldmanage if nature called. But then I caught a glimpse of myself in oneof the many mirrors in the shop and stopped short. I lookedmagnificent, regal even. Of my feet there was no sign, just a greatbillowing skirt that glided over the floor as I walked. I feltcompletely unreal, a girl in a fantastic dream, not that I minded andnot that I wanted to wake up. The skirt of the dress trailed. Karly had just come come home from working her part-time job, and told me she was going to take a shower. My sarcastic humor made it necessary to joke, and say, "You want some company?" leading her to look at me, her face all red, blushing. "Uh, well, thanks for the offer, but uh, well, I think I gotta pass." I just laughed and said, "See you when you're done." Karly looked at me, giggled, and said, "You're such a perv," before walking into the other room.I was on the couch when I saw her.