“I'm lt.Mac , new engineer” she introduced herself back and smiled. “Can I get you another drink Captain?” I asked. She nodded and accepted. I... bought her one and we kept talking, she told me about how she had lost her long time boyfriend who was the stations head of security and how a lot of her oldest friends had moved on with their lives away from the station.Hours past and we kept talking, she was drinking heavily and you could tell she was becoming intoxicated. Quark finally kicked us out. We locked lips and exchanged an urgent French kiss that expressed exactly what we wanted. Tasha plastered her body against mine and moaned softly into my mouth as we kissed. She broke the kiss and took a couple of deep breaths, then released me, straightened her clothes, and sat down.“See you on Tuesday,” I said.“Yeah, Tuesday,” she breathed, trying to regain her composure.November 15, 1987, Chicago, Illinois“Morning, Babe. How was the ER last night?” I asked when Jessica came through the doors. S. Railroads.Why did the English build them like that?Because the first rail lines were built by the same people who built the pre-railroad tramways, and that’s the gauge they used.Why did ‘they’ use that gauge then?Because the people who built the tramways used the same jigs and tools that they had used for building wagons, which used that wheel spacing.Why did the wagons have that particular odd wheel spacing?Well, if they tried to use any other spacing, the wagon wheels would break on some. "SO THEREstands for Spotted Owl. The Heroes Excelsior Right Expedient." What?" asked the new Dharma, unenlightened."We're trying to save the spotted owl from capitalistic, mindlessexpansion!" said her newly acquired mom."Say again? - Look, you must realize - except for Finkelstein - thatcapitalism is mindless - that the reason its so popular and successfulis that people don't like to think! They like to consume!"They looked at him in amazement, except for Finkelstein, who asked,"Who's.