no time better than the present . it was a long , dark walk to my cottage . `` a dime ... '' roger stood up and cracked his back . i point again , this time with feeling . below the screen near the center of the cockpit lay four switches and a sticker labeled `` starting procedure . '' `` are you free for lunch tomorrow ? '' `` bang , you know i found out some more things last night . '' that all of them meant something to him . 