His answer was a volley of fire from the weapons on the near side of the big ship.Ship rocked when the beams hit, her shields flaring as they absorbed... the energy. “Do it,” Jeff said from his command seat on the bridge, and Ship’s weapons pulsed twice in quick succession. The energy of those two volleys crashed into the alien ship’s shields, immediately causing them to flash a brilliant white shading toward purple. Turning, the giant ship accelerated away.“Do you wish me to follow and continue. My wife had mentioned ‘payback’ before hanging up. Now, nothing. Have to think about this.Put on a happy face. Stood through the speeches by the pols and stars, handed out the awards and decorations, received a few, dismissed the troops. Shook a few hands, gave a few hugs and that was that. No-one from the rear detachment had seen or heard from my family in over a month. Strange.Got a room in the VOQ for the night, being an O-5 has some benefits. Set up an appointment with the post PAC’s deputy. Then after a quick bite we would relax in each other's arms on the sofa in the family room. It was there that we would enjoy our morning screening of porn videos.One benefit of having a massive television in the family room was it made it look like we were in a movie theater. Chad became very interested in some new things he had never known of, which spurred him to try many different positions, as well as ask questions. Inevitably we would try an ever-expanding list of sexual activities,. . and a nice nap.Since it was the first snow, She shifted to lo-lo creeper trans and low range transfer case. Helen drove in a big circle ... mashing down the the snow. When she was satisfied that the cows knew what was going on ... the whole herd was following the truck ... and being damned noisy about it ... she told me to strip off the strings on one bale and keep them.“Don’t lose the strings. The calves will eat them and it could kill the calf,” Helen shouted.Then I split the loose bale in.