Each time they pass a test their confidence grows.”Melinda said, “Interesting observation.”“You’ve seen it. Those kids working for you when ...you built the trebuchet were being trained to take a pile of rubbish and turn it into a weapon. Those four kids had competed to see who would get to help Mike. You got the best four of all of the kids who wanted to help,” Shelly said.“I didn’t realize that,” Melinda said. She had never seen kids that age work so hard on something. It had been hard. "Hey, a shaved fanny," yelled a girl in front of her and eyes descended on Grace. She was stroked, fondled and manhandled as every guy in the room wanted to feel her smooth, glabrous womanhood. She looked around, she was the only woman in the room she could see without pubic hair and a couple of gentleman took an unusual interest in her all of a sudden. Perhaps she looked a bit too young, and they were creepy.Grace was used to undesirable gentleman, half of the men at the parlour were what. Several men were sitting at it, they quickly moved when they saw John approaching. The bartender tentatively brought John a glass of the rot gut they served here.John's hand flashed out grabbing the man's shirt sleeve. "Ya hear anything let me know. Hate ta have to kill ya." Yes sir." the bartender quickly replied.A few of the men closer to the two started to move further away. John let the man go, watching as he scurried as fast as he could back behind the bar.At first the bartender thought of. How did I get here so fast? Where did the years go and where did my youth go?I remember well seeing older people through the years and thinking that those older people were years away from me and that I was only on the first hole and the back nine was so far off that I could not fathom it or imagine fully what it would be like.But, here it is ... my friends are retired and getting grey ... they move slower and I see an older person now. Some are in better and some worse shape than me ... but, I.