I’m a man of the world Rick and I’ve had a lot of experiences.”Sue laughed.“And the same goes for you Sue,” Paulo told her. ”If there’s ...anything you want to try don’t be shy about asking and if it’s something that you want keeping just between ourselves then I won’t say anything to Rick.”I looked at him with concern.“Sorry Rick but sometimes wives like to do things with another man that they wouldn’t do with their husbands,” he said to me. “Maybe they have tried to do it but he didn’t enjoy it. It wasn’t his fault that I was the way I was. What was kind of ironic was the truth that he was the way he was because I was the way I was. I just sighed.We pulled up in front of the Gloria and the man walked me to the door. He wasn’t pretty enough to be considered a real date, but I sure was glad I had a friend like him. A guy like me needed friends.“Okay, man, see you tomorrow if you’re around,” he said.“You got it man. But me and Lana might just kind of kick back tomorrow. There’s baseball. He was happy to be my surrogate bidder. Fortunately we were close from childhood, so I had no problem securing his help and for nothing more than a bottle of his favourite drink at Christmas. The next task was to contact the various agencies and laboratories in Italy. I wanted to get my foot in the door and book a slot. Once I started bandying about the name Michelangelo, I began to generate interest and I was pleasantly surprised by the response. Where was the painting from? Why do you think. The larger streaks may have been from small pebbles. I explained to Sarah, “These are the leftovers from a comet. The comet was named …”“Swift-Tuttle!” Sarah interrupted.Now I was really impressed. “You've been holding out on me. You know more than you have been letting on,” I stated. “Ok, one of my jobs a couple of years ago was a layout for a science magazine article on meteor showers. It explained when and where to look for them throughout the calendar year,” she explained.We continued to.