Well, we are just back from a beautiful place in Fuerteventura, where the sun shone all day and the temperature was 75 to 80deg but tempered with a breeze that came off the sea and filled us with vitality and nice feelings. It is a wonderful island. Strange how relaxing it can be when people are never in a hurry, never seem to get angry, are so tolerant of eachother and those around them, who smile for no obvious reason and who are so patiently forgiving for those not used to driving on their roads. Why can't we be more like that?
We celebrated our birthdays while we were away. E bought me a present of something I must have mentioned ages ago; and forgotten. A Zippo! When we were stumbling through our youthful years, a cigarette lighter was a real step up toward the manhood stakes. But a Zippo!! You had arrived! The feel! The action! The smell! Burnt flint and warm petrol. I don't smoke any more but this Zippo feels good in my pocket. There was a way you could flick it down onto your thigh to open it and up again to strike it. Cool! I'm working on it!
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