They're territorial, so they perceive a foot as an invader." How did you get interested in ants?" Oh, I was the usual kid. I collected all sorts of th...ings: stones, flowers, butterflies. Then my folks gave me a copy of Wilson's Insect Societies and I was hooked. A few years ago, they got me The Ants. In between I bought myself a reprint of Wheeler. How did you get into botany?" Oh, I'm from Port Lincoln in South Australia. My dad was a manager at the port. Water all the time. So I grubbed in the. "I love them! Especially the ones with Basil Rathbone."By this time she'd opened the door and we walked into the family room—a room obviously made for entertainment—old movie posters covered the walls and a pair of black leather couches faced the biggest TV I'd ever seen. "Wow, this is like going to a movie in a theater!" You want a Coke or something?" A Coke sounds great. Thanks."After firing up the monster TV, Beth and I settled into a couch to watch Rathbone and Nigel Bruce work their way. He was raised as one of 10 children on a farm in Iowa. The family was dirt poor, but always had a roof over their head, food on the table and enough love to overcome anything. Most of his brothers and sisters were either gone or he didn’t know where they were. His mom and dad had both passed away several years ago. His schooling was done at home and his reading and writing skills weren’t the best. He told me a story that really hit close to home and showed me how much my life was worth in the. I dropped the topic after sometime too.One day my brother called me and said that mum and dad had a big fight and mum got drunk and tore her dress. In her drunken mode she came and slept in my brothers bed cos she din’t want to sleep in the same room as dad. She was still wearing her torn dress with nothing underneath the dress. My bro too removed his shirt and slept hugging mum in just his boxers.Once mum went into her drunken sleep all he had to was lift her dress from one side and she was.