Let's get it up to thirty-five hundred volts."I remembered working in powerhouses where that procedure would've involved turning a large wheel. That w...as the old way. This was state-of-the-art. A mouse moved the pointer on the screen and a couple of clicks were made and I watched the voltage climb. 25 percent. "Okay," I said, "let's go to seven thousand."That was easy. At seven thousand volts there was no sign of any problem. "Okay," I said. "ten five." That was close enough to seventy-five. Grant has noticed her body as he had been getting older and was often sneak looks at her as he worked around her house. Though he was not ready for the treat that was awaiting him when he went to ask Phyllis when she wanted her jobs around her yard done. The day that Grant went to do the chores was very hot and after some lunch he went next door. Grant walked around to the side of the house as always opening the gate leading to the pool. As Grant got to the corner of the house he could see that. Puzzled, all I could see were private planes of all sizes and a few executive business jets. She would not respond to my questions except that we were at the right terminal and to get the bags and follow her. We checked in and were cleared to leave the terminal. As I followed her out she walked directly to a Learjet Global 5000 airplane where she was greeted by the pilot, copilot and a very attractive stewardess and a very non-stewardess uniform at the foot of the stairs. Alexis explained this. At the time I didn't exactly know why. Now, of course, I do.She got up and repeated her trip over to the mirror. "Come on over here, would you?" she said to me. Of course I jumped at the opportunity. But it took me a moment to rearrange myself as I stood up from my salesman's bench. I walked over to her, hoping for a repeat of my game with the mirror. She gave me the opportunity."How do they look?" she asked. "I can hardly see anything with this stupid skirt in the way. I should have worn.
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