.. ouch! It feels like it is jabbing her insides with sharp skewers! She shifts to one foot, and the sharp points retract again, but slowly.He grins. ...Yes, you've discovered another of it's features, sort of. Actually, it is quite capable of perforating your sheath, and then out here, without medical aid, you'll die of peritonitis. Better listen carefully. What happens, is that there are little one-way valves, so the water goes _up_ easily, but _down_ only slowly. Now, if you were to try. I made my way to the facilities and then poked around the little apartment looking for Meg."She's gone," said the teenager sitting in the kitchen eating a bowl of cereal."Gone?" Yeah, better check your wallet," she replied. Taking her advice, I opened up the billfold and found it empty. I must of had $150 in there still when we left the bar last night. I was silently kicking myself for being so guilible and praising myself for wearing the condom, the skank."She's a drug addict, you know," said. "Terri, I believe you were drinking a White Russian. Becky, you had a Slow Gin Fizz, correct?" "That's right, thank you," she said. We sat there enjoying our drink and talking. I told them about the article I was writing and the direction I was going with it. I let them read some of the other interviews I had conducted so they would have an idea of what I was after. I hadn't used any names in the article so there was no worry there. They seemed pretty open to the idea, so I wouldn't have to. .. well ... not as much.All deck hardware holes were drilled out oversize, epoxied and re-drilled ... IF they leak the holes won’t weaken the plywood. The cabin sole was still mahogany and holly.A little exploration by Zo discovered the fuel, holding and water tanks were considerably smaller than the space provided. Whee ... new tanks ... our range at six knots has been increased to 2500 miles with internal bunkerage ... deck jerrycans have added almost 500 miles.By replacing the water soaked.