"You are the first President to occupy it, in 11,000 Megacycles."Aphelia continued her tour of the house, and its many rooms. The kitchen caused more ...excitement than the holo-deck. There was a food replicater present. It was at that moment that Jim remembered his promise to the children. They would not have to go 'home'. Jim wondered briefly what Jason and the kids would do when they figured out how the thing worked.How things worked. Hmm. That seemed to be the operational thing to remember,. He shaved and brushed his teeth. A good salesman had to look sharp. Lately, that was getting harder and harder to achieve. His waist had expanded a bit, but he was well over six feet at two hundred and fifty pounds. That much weight didn’t necessarily make him fat. In his football days, he weighed a little more than that, but back then it was all muscle. He deluded himself into thinking that all of that muscle had kind of shifted and moved around on his body.His wife came into the bathroom and. I went out and bought some nice casual clothes. I picked up the best wine I could afford, and had no idea what else I should do to spruce myself up and not appear as a classless buffoon.Oh well live by the sword die by the sword.When Saturday rolled around I had nearly convinced myself that she would take one look at me, laugh and run for the hills.I nearly jumped out of my skin when the doorbell rang.I opened my front door and there before me was a goddess! It took all my will power to say,. Do you think I could stay the night?"The monks graciously accept him, feed him dinner, and even fix his car. As the man tries to fall asleep, he hears a strange sound; a sound like no other that he has ever heard.The next morning, he asks the monks what the sound was, but they say,"We can't tell you because you're not a monk."The man is disappointed but thanks them anyway and goes about his merry way. Some years later, the same man breaks down in front of the same monastery.The monks again.