"We can splash around for a while till the food's ready," he observed."I'll go out and get our suits," Max agreed.Jackie found it difficult not to sta...re at Hal. He wore a pair of racing-type briefs that struck her as the ultimate in brevity, and she wondered at the way they bulged out in front. Apparently he had a truly massive hunk of sexual machinery stored behind the thin black nylon!"Why don't you drop the steaks on, Hal? I'll stay here and change too," Pris told her husband."All right,. "Mary Lu said, "This car is about as old as the hills. I really shouldreplace it outright. Say what is under that tarp?"I said, "Oh that is my tools, personal gear, and a Harley DavidsonMotorcycle. I can tow you to town and get the coolant and water."In about five minutes we were on our way. I found out we were to reportto the same unit. I went straight to the base. On base I sealed thehole with an old cartridge case and solder. I added the coolant andwater and started the engine. It ran well. I only need one vehicle to get around, so I traded in the car and got the truck. It is amazing how much stuff I can haul around in it without worrying about getting the back seat dirty.’ Looking stricken, she cried, ‘How could you trade in my car? That wasn’t right. I didn’t say you could trade it or sell it. What’s wrong with you. You know that car was my parent’s before they died and that is all I had left to remind me of them. You self-serving bastard! I’ll bet you traded it in the day after. The entire docking section of their ship was blown out into space all the way from the core outward. The ship was crippled. Their cryogenic gas dewars had been damaged. They were getting low on air and they were calling for rescue. Earth had nothing of the scale required or that could make it to the outer belt in time. Every great mining ship in the system immediately set course for their last known position. It was a frantic race to dig down to the habitable space from the nose of the ship,.