However my immediate concern was survival and that meant that I needed to eat. "Yes, I am hungry." I stated. "Of course you are." "After all you haven...t eaten in over a day." "Poor Mr. Duncan." "I will give you something to eat, if you will play with me." Her promise to give me something to eat got my full attention. "What do you want me to do?" I asked. "Take all of your clothing off," asked the voice. "What?" I asked shocked by her request. "Take all of your clothing off," demanded the voice.. My friend Stacy almost lost her black plastic sheet at a rainy football game, a much funnier story.Then there’s Samuel’s physical fitness story. We were home for Christmas and he found my Mr. Howdy and put him on the far side of his bed, hostage. When I snuck in for a rescue, it was a trap, pretty fun for a cold winter’s night.At breakfast Dad asked what was the banging about. Samuel said he did pushups every day, but had forgotten until he was in bed. You can’t do real pushups on a mattress,. "You know your father and I are in a convenience marriage," she said."True ... just the same..." Wendy said.Steps clattered on the dock and the boat jiggled a little as someone stepped aboard."Ursula? Sweetheart?" a male voice asked."Yes, Marcus," said Ursula.The outer hatch opened, "Bad news, Ursula," then he caught sight of us."Who?" My stepchildren, David and Wendy Valmaat, Marcus," Ursula said. "What bad news?" My rat bastard father, he sold my boat," Marcus Toivonen said. "Some punk rich. "We all had breakfast then while the girls played in the cereal left on the trays of their highchairs."I need to go over the stuff we got from that bunch yesterday," I told everyone during breakfast."I'll give you a hand, Bill," Ed volunteered, as he finished eating. He was still as thin as he had always been for as long as I have known him. I knew that Esther kept him fed at least as well as Ashley did me, and I had gained ten pounds since we had been married."I'll clean up in here and mind.