<div class="floatleft">(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/7297/tzuhccaneoolbdb6g.jpg) <span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span><div align="center"><strong> <span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Steffy – CC</span></strong></div></div>Does one say ‘I’ve been klaxoned’?  There was a klaxon and I don’t know why it was going off.<br/><br/>Now, if one ever has a question like what's going on, where might one find the answer?<br/><br/>Answer: generally, a bar.<br/><br/>Getting more specific, to get an answer which is on point and useful one wants a bar that is sort of like a Google pub.  You walk in, you get the ball rolling in a general way and then try to steer to the subject you’re interested in.  In other words, you (or I) go to the Steel Horse.<br/><br/>So I walk into the Steel Horse and lord have mercy, I see the collection of know-somethings.  A good start.  I decide I’ll keep it low-key to begin:  “Hi, y’all.”  That’s a bit of taking on airs since I am not a southern belle, but it’s a good ploy since it can serve to stir Jaclyn a bit.  Stirred, not shaken.<br/><br/>I’m glad I spent some time thinking over my bar-wear.  I see Al there—he’s a leather guy I believe.  So hopefully he won’t not see me.  Taffy might not take to the outfit, but have some subtle comment (maybe); Mechelle too.<br/><br/>Personally, I just don’t think you walk into a bar like you’re just off the pitch.  (‘Pitch’ is a Brit word I’ve learned recently.  Maybe I can slip that in during some conversation.)<br/><br/>And I relax because at least I can answer one question immediately: “I don’t know who Lydia is.  So no, can’t say I’ve seen her.”  Yayay!  I am now in the positive column of answering one more question than I’ve asked (1 answered; none asked).  (Smile).<br/><br/>Next, I’m going to show off.  I offer a coy smile and sort of nod at everyone I see around the bar.  “Can a girl named Steffy or whomever possibly get a vodka martini with a rhubarb shrub base?”  I smile happily, “Hmmm?”<br/><br/>That evens the score: one answered; one asked.<br/>