Ego" She said. " See, I knew I should have kept my mouth shut" I said sort of shaking my head. " No no. It's ok. I asked you to tell me. So, Mr. Ladie...s' man. What is it that makes you so irresistible to women?" " Bree, we should stop now. I'm a little uncomfortable talking about this with such a nice girl like you." " I'm not that nice." I lied about that. I actually was nice. " You really want to know?" " Yes! Tell me!" " Well, I am sort of a freak when it comes to my endowment." Why this. " Not very well? It was a disgrace which every self-respecting engineer should be ashamed of." It's all very well for you to say that in hindsight. It was a very tricky project." Really? Running in a mains supply, fitting distribution boxes and then wiring a whole lot of houses and street lights doesn't sound very tricky to me." It wasn't as easy as that. Everything had to be coordinated with the other work that was going on." That's standard for any but the simplest of projects." Yes but there. This is one of them. I have Ben’s permission to recite it here:“In the summer of 1966, I was attending college in Colorado. When my sophomore year was over, I took a job for the summer working on a farm. A mixed grain and cattle operation. Alex and Lucy owned the farm and they needed a couple of workers to help them from spring seeding time to fall combining. Their farm house was a 1,500 square foot ranch bungalow. There were two bedrooms and a bath room in the basement. The main floor. ”“They wanted details. All I said was that you were very nurturing last night.”“And, what did they say to that?”“Gina said she wished she had a nurturing boyfriend and Carla said she wished she had a boyfriend, period. So I guess they thought I’m pretty lucky. I think I’m pretty lucky.”“I know I’m pretty lucky ... Helen -- I know it’s your turn to make dinner. You’ve been working long days and I have some burgers in the freezer I could put on the grill...”“I have dinner planned. Let me change.