Some of you have even been a participant in some of the events, wittingly or unwittingly; but it’s past time that you all know what I’m going to s...ay.”Without going into detail about where or how much, I told them about finding gold up north before my first visit to Las Cruces, and how I’d spent the last three and a half years mining that gold, and making periodic trips to Santa Fe to put it in the bank. I described the precautions I’d taken during my trips to Santa Fe to make those deposits and. "What's going on? Jenny?" Brianna still hadn't moved."Why don't I get you both something to drink and we'll sit out on thepatio while Doreen finishes getting dinner ready," Jenny pushed themtoward the patio.She poured drinks and looked at Doreen. "Well, at least they didn'trun right away." She went out onto the patio.An hour later Doreen appeared at the patio door just in time to hearJenny say, "and rather than start going out doing things, except foran occasional walk at night to the gelato. Kevin was pulled in on a huge project, and ended up traveling a lot. The group just drifted apart. It was a beautiful Saturday morning when my world fell apart. I was cutting the joint on a ten by twelve inch main post. I needed to pick up one end just a little, move it over on the sawhorse, and then turn it over. Working with heavy timber, you need to keep everything centered on sawhorses, or they tip over. I knew this, and it didn’t tip over. As I lifted the post just that little bit, my leg. The winner gets to take clothes off the loser. The problem is you ladies are all wearing cover-ups over your bikinis so you have a 3 to 1 advantage over us. So you should all lose them and we’ll put on a T-shirt so we’re evenly matched. Clothes should come off VERY slowly, teasingly, or even partially. Tops though can come off quickly. Let’s start. Ed?”All four women removed their wispy cover-ups and I lined up several tequila shots nearby. First flip was TAIL. Cathy teased Don’s shirt off and.