‘We have a minor problem! You can’t see it but we have about half and inch of ice on every surface outside. My backup diesel generator is running ...o we will have heat, lights and water, but it is too dangerous for the cook, maid, or nurse to drive out here. The generator has fuel enough for about two months, which is good because both our electricity and telephone service, except for cell phone, are out for the foreseeable future. This freezing rain has crippled three counties, with ours as the. She nodded toward the front of the store. ‘It’s not usually like that, is it?’ The expression on her face told me she disapproved of the posters, possibly politics in general, and I was quick to assure her that by tomorrow they would be gone forever. ‘John’s in the back, want me to grab him?’ ‘Actually I’m here to see you,’ she answered. ‘Thought I’d get the lay of the land and report back to my photographer.’ I had half expected her suggestion of photographing my shop to be an offhand remark. They toldher they were not, but thanked her for the compliment. After the womanwalked away, Nicole and Nathan took a picture together copying the posein front of the store window with the original image behind them.The girls also stopped at Victoria's Secret to get a couple things theywere curious about trying. The boys wanted to know what the girlsbought, but they told them it was a secret and didn't show them. Theytook their bags to the car and the boys bought tickets for a romancefilm. . A few years ago I was working in Suffolk during June and I had a free day between appointments for a spot of sightseeing and sunbathing. I had booked into an old seaside hotel and on the first night I went down to the bar to see if anyone could recommend a good beach. It is always difficult asking outright for directions to a nudist beach so I usually ask for a quiet, secluded beach. When I entered the bar it was full of jolly old people – most of them were at least 40 years older than me.