.." I say, picking my words with extreme care. "...I want your mumto come as she's the only adult I can trust. I mean, of course- I'd wantyour support... but-" You want this to be done properly," Sarah finishes my sentence. "It'sokay, I get it. Can I come if I promise to be quiet?" There's a first time for everything," Beverly snipes with a smug smileon her face, laughing when her daughter sticks her tongue out at her."The big question is- do you go as Nick or Nikki?" Sarah asks. Beverly,however,. ”My brown-haired sister/lover/wife. How did THIS thing find all my buttons and know how to push them?Haley’s turn:“Grass strips’re cheating,” Rob said. “Don’t get lured into the trap.”“Trap?” I asked back.“Yeah. Grass has some ‘give’. You can slide just a little bit, so if you’re not exactly straight when your wheels touch, you slide just a little and you think ‘Hey, I’m pretty good.’”“Excellent analogy,” I laughed.“‘Analogy’. Last time I teach an engineering student,” he retorted.“No, I. ”“Actually, it is a multi-purpose stealth destroyer with a command platform. But the version you are looking at is a luxury yacht with a helicopter pad, hanger, pool, diving platform and small boat launch. At lower sea states, the helicopter can be lashed to the landing pad, and the hanger turns into a gym. You don’t want a gym in rough weather anyway.”The girls and Kevin run from being stunned into silence to excitedly looking at all the blueprints. Grandpa has been building ships since WW2. I’m very innocent only having had one girlfriend. She’s just dumped me! The reason I’m girl less is that my guitar is my life; sad but true. While playing in a bar in the West Midlands (UK) a rugged bearded long haired fat ‘rock’ type man, late twenties, about 5ft 7 bought me a drink followed by searching personal questions. Wary, as I’m as straight as a rod, until his attractive big busted and shapely girlfriend latches onto his arm, “you are wasted playing here,” he says passing me his card.