You might only be able to manage links to two or three of them at a time, but in some existential sense you might think it's better to have the Vaness...s enjoy themselves on a big job than have the house do it instantly, even if the Vanessas get canceled later in the day. -- "Another thing you might want to do is when you're in DC and you're feeling office bound, ask your bodyguard to create a linked duplicate of yourself in your Refuge garden so you can vicariously enjoy its gardening. Or you. "I walked away from her words with hard reality setting in. I suddenlybecame aware that I was still calling her "Stepmother" and that I couldregain some pride if I went back to calling her "Molly". However, thefutility of that gesture was fairly obvious, she was a Stepmother now inevery sense of the word, she had the power, although she was my own ageit didn't matter, she held the superior position in our relationship.And it was of no use for me to think about trying to move out and escapefrom. The bridge crew ducked instinctively. The forward gun crew of their vessel couldn't contain themselves. With a whoomph they fired at the distant German. Krusenbourg thought they seemed bemused, as if they were surprised the ancient gun fired. Suffice to say, the French shell landed well-short of the German ship.The Seeteufel continued to circle the Frenchman. The Chasseur tried to keep end on to the sailing ship, to present as smaller target as possible. Krusenbourg threw away his service cap. She started laughing out loud and some of the other girls gathered around to find out what was so funny. "Billy thinks he can join the girl scouts. Isn't that just about the silliest thing you have ever heard?" Mary said. "Well, if you can play baseball with the guys then I ought to be able to be a girl scout," he yelled back at her. Mary's mom came out to see what was going on and she was finally able to get rid of Billy by explaining to him how the rules are different between playing.