`` i will be now that i 'm here with you . '' one went inside and raised a shout . his argument was always , i own a bar for greats sake ! the experience of the evening knocked thirty years off his life . mother met my furious stare and licked her lips nervously . every plant , every flower , every shrub was placed according to her plan . we 'd have ended in that truck , right there and then , and i would n't have met you again , bob . 