. there were red dots.I didn’t get Ted ... Ted is window dressing. Ted is there to impress the fish.When I bought the 150 I’d never seen a Cessna.... I’d looked at a Cub, a Taylorcraft, an Aeronica, a Commander, even a Texan, but I bought the 150 sight unseen. It was cheap. So ... I had no idea what I was getting into when I unlocked the doors. Right away I knew that entry precluded modesty. It’s a step. Standing on the tire means a stretch. No celebrating my Scots Irish ancestry. I swung into the. She gave me a hand towel to dry myself off. It wasn't really big enough but the bath towels were hers and she didn't want me to get them all dirty. Still damp, still shivering, she led me back into the lounge where she had me lie down as a footrest. I was worried that my scrawny body would be uncomfortable for her, that I wouldn't be padded enough, but she was gracious enough not to mind and, that is how we were for the rest of the evening.Sandra likes to go to retire early so it wasn't long. Where it all started ... yeah, I heard they had some trouble with that, something about superconducting magnets or something." They fixed that problem; and they entered a new stage of investigation; about a year ago." Farnsworth took a shuddering breath over the phone."By creating energy signatures identical to this ... this being ... I can conclude that they attracted ... something to our world. An alien entity that doesn't travel in big, science-fiction tin-can ships through interstellar. . yeah, and that was three days ago and I haven't heard from her since to ... um ... reschedule." I didn't like how formal the word sounded, but I couldn't spontaneously come up with a better word."You know you're not going steady with Jenny, right?" Maddux said as if I was a dummy. When it came to girls there was a good chance I was. "You broke up. It's just sex between you two now." Yeah, I know." I was there when Jenny and I broke up. Of course, Maddux did help smooth the way for an amicable.