" BACK SCRATCHING "

ABSOLUTELY NO ONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND DOES NOT LIKE TO GET THEIR BACK SCRATCHED-RIGHT??  I SHOULD KNOW, BECAUSE MIKE AND I RAISED AN ENTIRE FAMILY OF BACK SCRATCHERS.  HOWEVER, ALL OF THEM WILL READILY AGREE, THAT MIKE IS THE VERY BEST BACK SCRATCHER OF THEM ALL.  ALL OF US PLAY GAMES (MOSTLY BACKGAMMON) FOR BACK SCRATCHING TIME.  SADLY, I'M MORE THAN A LITTLE ASHAMED TO ADMIT THAT LATELY I HAVE TAKEN SOME ADVANTAGE OF MIKE'S DIMINISHING PLAYING SKILLS, TO GET IN A LITTLE EXTRA BACK SCRATCHING TIME FOR MYSELF.  IN CASE YOU ARE ALL WONDERING RIGHT ABOUT NOW WHAT ALL THIS IS LEADING UP TO, I'M JUST NOW GETTING TO THE POINT OF IT ALL.  NO MATTER HOW MUCH A PERSON MAY LOVE GETTING THEIR BACK SCRATCHED, I DARE SAY NONE OF THEM WOULD LIKE TO BE WOKEN UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BY IT.  YES, THAT'S CORRECT, AND THAT IS UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THOSE THINGS I'M CERTAIN I WILL MISS IF AND WHEN ANYTHING SHOULD HAPPEN TO MIKE.   BUT, AND THIS IS A RATHER LARGE BUT, I'M HONESTLY NOT TOO CRAZY ABOUT HAVING IT DONE AT THAT TIME OF THE MORNING.  PICTURE THIS-YOU ARE IN A SOUND SLEEP (FINALLY, AFTER A NOT SO EASY DAY OF IT, AND A ROCKY START TO YOUR NIGHT).  NOW AROUND 3AM, YOU AWAKEN TO SCRATCH-PAT PAT, SCRATCH-PAT PAT, SCRATCH-PAT PAT.  IT'S AS IF MIKE WANTS TO MAKE SURE I AM AWAKE ENOUGH TO ENJOY HIS SCRATCHING.  TALK ABOUT YOUR MIXED EMOTIONS!!  DO I STOP HIM FROM DOING SOMETHING I LOVE-JUST TO GET A LITTLE MORE SLEEP, OR DO I JUST TRY AND ENJOY IT THE BEST I CAN WHILE I AM WAITING FOR HIS HAND TO TIRE OUT (USUALLY 15-20 MINUTES)??  WHAT WOULD YOU DO???  WELL, I USUALLY JUST LET HIM GO FOR IT, AS I KNOW ONE DAY HE MAY LOSE THAT MAGIC TOUCH, AND IT WILL BE SORELY MISSED-EVEN AT 3AM!!!       ON A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT NOTE, I POSTED AN EVENT ON CRAIGSLIST TODAY CALLED "PASS GAS ON MAY 15TH".  I AM TRYING TO UNITE ALL SENIORS (YOUNGER FOLKS TOO) TO PASS THE WORD, AND THEN PASS THE GAS ON MAY 15TH, TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THE GAS LORDS TO LOWER THE COST AT THE PUMP!! WON'T YOU JOIN US?? LET'S SEE HOW BIG A STINK WE CAN ALL CREATE!!!  TILL TOMORROW-JUST ME