You sure made both of us – two very happy men.” Rev. McCoy told him and shook his hand.“Hoot, you got to make me one promise though, since I’m... giving it to you.”“Sure Mr. Michaels, whatever it is, you got it,” Hoot agreed.“Well, my little granddaughter always wanted to ride on the Harley, if I ever got it out of the barn. I hope you’ll give her a ride on it for me when she comes to stay one weekend before school starts.”“You got it Mr. Michaels I’d be proud to give her a ride,” Hoot could see. Indeed, our kitchen became a haven for them. They had shown their gratitude, or at least I had thought so at the time, by doing little extra things in our house free of charge, and they were quite generous in doing so.Let me offer an example - our house was small and I wanted a hobby room and so bought a wooden garden building. It had been brought to us and part of the deal was that the guys that delivered it would also set it up for us. So they duly arrived. Our building friends noted this and. I had had a few conversations with guys who wanted to meet me but I only wanted local friends to pop in. I had even opened up my own "Andover, Hants bi sub cd cock fun very local only" chatroom.Unfortunately, all my buddies seemed to be away! Just after lunch, I was chatting with a friend when all of a sudden, one of my local buddies appeared. We had never met but had been planning to for some time. He thought he might be able to pop out but the arrangement was complicated by me expecting some. ‘I’d like to try out for the team.’ ‘Sure, check with the office to make sure I’m not gonna have any trouble from the academics board.’ ‘Already have Coach.’ ‘You are getting in under the wire. First practice is tomorrow at four, come in at three and draw your equipment.’ ‘Fair enough coach,’ I replied as I turned for the door. ‘Sorry about your dad son.’ It was a whisper. It must have choked the bastard to say a kind word. ‘Thanks,’ I replied not even looking back. My eighteenth birthday was.