Most are just long enough that the excess may be wrapped around your hand as a handle. As you can imagine the wider strap is much like a leather paddl..., but more flexible. The narrow ones will cut in more and produce a sharp burning sting when they strike, but can also wrap around the body. With any of these - straps or whips - the most painful point is where the end of the lash strikes. You notice some of these split into smaller, pointed ends and others have small knots to add mass. The pain. There were a few "disappearances," but fewer than had been expected. Maria was keeping an eye on her youngest, but when she got distracted, SHE came up missing. When Maria saw her, again, her hair was wet, and she was holding a cold pop in her hand. "Albert took me down to see the swimming hole." she explained. "It's so nice. We went for a dip while we were there. It wasn't as if I had to hide anything from him. He's been looking at me all morning. He'll be a Senior when school starts, and I'll. Anyways we finished talking and said goodbye and off we went. About an hour later i had finished shopping and was waiting at the bus stop when she pulled up in her car and asked me if i needed a lift home, of course i said yes, we live about 30 minutes away from are shopping center and it was pretty cold. When i got in the car the first thing she told me was the heater was broke hence the reason she still had her jacket and gloves on , i was beginning to think this was my lucky day as leather. We diiverted the cab to her apartment. I didn't know New York very well at the time, but I began to suspect that her life must be pretty different from mine when we pulled up to the Riverside Terrace apartments that overlook Rockefeller park. She took me to the solarium to show me the view of the Chrysler building, etc. etc. and started talking about why she loved New York so much. I grabbed her shoulder, turned her towards me and started kissing her again. I'll never forget how she put.