81. About a million couples divorce each year in the United States, and most, like my ex and me, start out striving to keep the split amicable. 82. We had some problems at first, but now things are going just great. 83. Love is meant for our imperfect world where things go wrong. 84. There have been a few anxious moments since then, but on balance things have gone much better than we had any right to expect. 85. Things can go wrong on a big scale, as a number of people recently discovered in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney. 86. But in nineteen seventy nine things did go wrong. 87. We had so many breakdowns and strange things were going on that one of the guys went to see a medium in Germany. 88. As a result we had a demoralised and demotivated workforce and needed a completely fresh start -- a sign that things were going to work differently. 89. Captain Biggins had had this crew for fourteen missions now, few things had gone seriously wrong, and his skill and judgement were fully trusted. 90. And through this, Charles inspired awe in those who fought along with him and encouraged them all to a confident hope that things would go well for them. |