You must remember that in the fall of 1949, the road ended for all practical purposes at Edmonton. The little towns west of Edmonton were isolated pra...irie communities linked only by a railroad and the dirt track (And I mean dirt!) we were following.The (only) hotel had but a single available room. I turned away from the registration desk and asked her what she thought we should do. She shrugged, so I rented the room. We had supper and trudged up the stairs.There was only one bed in the room,. We just made it look like suicide." He smiled at me in a knowing way. "Columbus was easier, we just altered his course by momentarily changing his path by a fraction of degrees... thus the fleet was spared." Then I ask you what was that phone conversation all about?" I said pointing to the phone at his desk."That, my good Doctor was a conversation you weren't supposed to hear. You will know soon enough tomorrow." He said smiling.He knew that I was angered. This was my project and they were. As far as I can see the jury is still out on this one, but even given that it is true, in times when contraception is safe, and sexual intercourse can be engaged in with little chance of a resulting pregnancy, why is a loving act between two people so heavily frowned upon?There are those who simply say, "Because it is an unnatural act," but is it, and how do you define an unnatural act?Let me put it this way; it does not make sense to have a law that forbids an act in which no one wants to. The chasm between my parents and Iwas, like many kids and their parents, wide, but mine had grown togigantic proportions, all because of a stupid dress.Nana didn't say much on the way to her house, and that gave me time toreflect on my immediate future. Knowing Nana, she would insist that Idress in a very feminine manner at all times, which meant that I wouldbe wearing lots of lace, satin ribbons and so on, none of which were theleast bit like what any girls I knew wore. I could see a.