"They'll just keep coming anyway," Doc points out with a sigh. Even back in his day people were fairly transient. There has always been plenty more warm bodies to replace the cold and stiff ones, whether it is a bar or a bordello.

"I'm learning as I go," he admits. "Getting help with the telephone. Taught myself to drive. Trial and error with the microwave. Rosita, she-- an old friend. She is helping with the paperwork and the-... computer stuff required to run the bar. There are certainly things I don't miss about the Frontier. But there were fewer rules to live by. You make a living where you can, honest work if you can or wanna get it. Do right by your woman. And if some asshole decided he ain't gon' play nice you can settle all manner of problems at high noon. There wa'n't any of this other... stuff."