They'd been there; it was not new country to them, but some place he'd never been, and likely never would be. Jason had known that this hike would jus... add to the degree of separation he felt from his son; again, Duane'd had experiences they couldn't really share, much though he'd like to. It was more than just mountains climbed, trails walked, sunsets seen; it was the inevitable growing apart of two lives that had once been very close and interdependent.Another degree of separation was. Or if you do, and you admit it, that there's something wrong with you." Instead we have to keep up the Double-Standard. I think it's because sex leads to babies, and a "true" woman only does it out of duty, and to make the next generation." Effective birth control has changed everything," Terri said. "It's just that society is way behind on the whole subject."Still, society being what it was, I showed pictures of us horseback riding, Mom and me riding the roller coaster at Circus Circus, and so. Mr. Parsons was leaving for the west coast early the next day for two days of meetings with some distributors for Consolidated Food products. He was going to show them the company line of products, and take preliminary first orders for their region. I could tell that he was excited about expanding the distribution for the company line. He said he'd need to leave the house at four thirty in the morning."Did they go up to their room already, Kenny?" Bea came in and sat down in her regular place. I couldn't tell you why now, but at the time, I enjoyed being involved that way."Thinking back, perhaps it was my way to be seen as socially acceptable, or possibly socially responsible, for my father was a working man, not from the upper echelons of society. Maybe it was just my own personal makeup, wanting to do such things. As it happened, it has led to me being a capable administrator, which ended up with me being appointed as Governor of this colony. I did a management degree at.