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</span><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); font-size: 36pt;">Retirement
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</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;">One
day a man decided to retire...</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><br>
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</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><br>
He
booked himself on a Caribbeancruiseand proceeded to have the
time of his life, that is, until the ship
sank.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;"><br>
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</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><br>
He
soon found himself on an island with no other people, no
supplies, nothing, only bananas and
coconuts.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><br>
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</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><br>
After
about four months, he is lying on the beach one day when the
most gorgeous woman he has ever seen rows up to the
shore.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;"><br>
<b><img width="608" height="415" id="e690a0f1-fb2d-4b27-990e-80854f588e38" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:X.MA4.1296761204@aol.com"></b><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;">In
disbelief, he asks, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(84, 141, 212); font-size: 18pt;">"Where
did you come from? How did you get here?"</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><br>
<br>
She
replies, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-size: 18pt;">"I
rowed over from the other side of the island where I landed
when my cruise ship sank."</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><br>
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</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(84, 141, 212); font-size: 18pt;">"Amazing,"</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;">
he notes. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(84, 141, 212); font-size: 18pt;">"You
were really lucky to have a row boat wash up with
you."</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(36, 64, 97); font-size: 18pt;"><br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-size: 18pt;">"Oh,
this thing?"</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;">
explains the woman. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-size: 18pt;">"I
made the boat out of some raw material I found on the
island.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-size: 18pt;">The
oars were whittled from gum tree branches. I wove the bottom
from palm tree branches, and the sides</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-size: 18pt;">and
stern came from a Eucalyptus tree."<br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(84, 141, 212); font-size: 18pt;">"But,
where did you get the tools?"</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><br>
<br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-size: 18pt;">"Oh,
that was no problem,"</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;">
replied the woman. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-size: 18pt;">"On
the south side of the island, a very unusual
stratum</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-size: 18pt;">of
alluvial rock is exposed. I found that if I fired it to a
certain temperature in my kiln, it melted
into</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-size: 18pt;">ductile
iron I used that to make tools and used the tools to make
the hardware."<br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><br>
The
guy is stunned.<br>
<br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-size: 18pt;">"Let's
row over to my place,"</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;">
she says.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;">So,
after a short time of rowing, she soon docks the boat at a
small wharf.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;">As
the man looks to shore, he nearly falls off the boat. Before
him is a long stone walk leading to an cabin and tree
house.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;"><br>
<b><img width="436" height="362" id="31f9ab59-3428-449c-a452-6387acbbb058" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:X.MA5.1296761204@aol.com"></b><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;">While
the woman ties up the rowboat with an expertly woven hemp
rope, the man can only stare ahead, dumb struck. As they
walk into the house, she says casually,</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-size: 18pt;">"It's
not much, but I call it home. Sit down,
please."<br>
<br>
"Would you like a
drink?"<br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(84, 141, 212); font-size: 18pt;">"No!
No thank you,"</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;">
the man blurts out, still dazed. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(84, 141, 212); font-size: 18pt;">"I
can't take another drop of coconut
juice."<br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-size: 18pt;">"It's
not coconut juice,"</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;">
winks the woman. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-size: 18pt;">"I
have a still. How would you like a Tropical
Spritz?"</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><br>
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</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><br>
Trying
to hide his continued amazement, the man accepts, and they
sit down on her couch to talk.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;">After
they exchange their individual survival stories, the woman
announces,</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-size: 18pt;">"I'm
going to slip into</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-size: 18pt;">something
more comfortable. Would you like to take a shower and shave?
There's a razor in the bathroom cabinet
upstairs."<br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><br>
No
longer questioning anything, the man goes upstairs into the
bathroom. There, in the cabinet is a razor</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;">made
from a piece of tortoise bone. Two shells honed to a hollow
ground edge are fastened on to its end inside a swivel
mechanism.<br>
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</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(84, 141, 212); font-size: 18pt;">"This
woman is amazing,"</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;">
he muses. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(84, 141, 212); font-size: 18pt;">"What's
next?"</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;">When
he returns, she greets him wearing nothing</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;">but
some small flowers on tiny vines, each strategically
positioned, she smelled faintly of
gardenias.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;">She
then beckons for him to sit down next to
her.<br>
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</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-size: 18pt;">"Tell
me,"</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;">
she begins suggestively, slithering closer to
him,</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-size: 18pt;">"We've
both been out here for many months.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-size: 18pt;">You
must have been lonely. There's something I'm certain you
feel like doing right now, something you've been longing
for, right?"</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;">She
stares into his eyes.<br>
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He can't believe what he's
hearing. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(84, 141, 212); font-size: 18pt;">"You
mean.." he swallows excitedly as tears start to form in his
eyes,</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;"></span></div>
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