Seems like an odd thing to say, but there it was. Calliope was setting up a blanket and pillow on the couch while explaining her decision to Katriana....“No, it’s fine, I was intimate with him earlier today,” she said, not noticing my entrance, “You and Ashryn can get all cuddly. I was so sweaty with all the body heat between him and Ashryn I woke up soaked.”“Sleeping arrangements, is it?” I asked, closing the door quietly behind me.“Calliope and Katriana are actually fighting over who doesn’t. "Well, we've kept you long enough..."Jeff laughed and motion for them to sit. "You have got to be kidding. No way am I going to let the two of you leave without sharing this with my wives. I've just asked Ship to let them know. They'll be here any minute now. Be ready to be hugged to death."Nat, Nicki, and Whitney must have been closest to the bedroom door when Ship told the wives what had happened, because they beat the others by a few seconds, rounding the corner and racing across the lounge. The porter who carried my luggage up to my room also had a limp. He was using both hands to carry my baggage. He refused a tip. He did not smile either.I had been informed that I could eat at any restaurant in town for free. Just give my room number at the one hotel. So I went out to lunch and passed so many limping folks, or people just walking oddly with unusual postures. I arrived at a restaurant I had seen coming in and was seated immediately by a dour waitress. As I sat she leaned forward. ”“Forget it,” I chuckled. “That’s been around forever! I’m pretty sure the quote is apocryphal, but it does seem like something Socrates or Plato would say - The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the.
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