(This is the smile Miles had when the manuscript of the new book was retrieved from digital oblivion).

So, the manuscript based on research by Vic and some of the Boomers may have showed up after Splash leaned over the TAHE box at the end of tte table. The controversy had been about where the 235 pages of solid wry humor and perceptive analysis had been gobbled up by an “end of session” key that ended 28 hours of labor to save. Another five hours before the big Happy Hour at Mike’s suburban saloon down in Fairfax.

The crowd included two former directors of Combat Support Agencies and a crowd that shared memories going back a half century. With sufficient beer, it was a delightful afternoon. Rocket said he asked TAHE to cover up the daily production and the box assured him it would collate a great story ready as soon as the crowd got back from the annual meeting of the Naval Intelligence Professional.

We will tell you tomorrow whether the labor-saving device on which the Salts spent a couple dozen hours of labor actually worked.

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