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stux wktmwmiwm9wrtv store not upfront about its topless special i dont know where ron stroud is these days but i do know that wherever hes hanging his hat hes proba bly getting a big chuckle out of this whole topless business that has quickly become a nobrainer for newspapers looking to fill space on those slow news days of summer when i knew ron a decade or so back he was a retired lcbo employee who would spend his summers at an area trailer park while retreating to the warmer climes of florida in winter he rented a room in my house while recovering from a bout with cancer one winter spending much of his time regaling me with tales of his experiences in the sunny south one of these stories involved his success in finding a barber shop in ft myers fla that was sensitive to a thinning hair line that left him a little light on the top of his head this outlet was in the habit of luring customers in with an offer of a topless special to rons delight and the disap pointment of wouldbe patrons looking for a little titillation the comeon involved a half price hair cut for men with little or nothing on top of their scalp as in balding ron even made a point of send ing me a picture of the shop and its attentiongetting sign when he returned the next winter so i wouldnt think he was pulling my leg i dont know what ron would think of the current crusade by female sunbathers window washers and lawn cutters alike to convince women long oppressed by the statutes of common decency and selfrespecting modesty to shed their tops along with their traditional inhibitions like most men he probably finds it somewhat amusing a sure fire way of initiating con versation with a stranger at a bus stop or in an elevator i suppose it beats the timeworn ontario custom of talking about the weather but for me it all brings back memories of past hilarious expe riences involving females who wittingly or otherwise found themselves temporarily exposed the first came while my wife susan and i were honeymooning in greece where toplessness is a way of life on beaches and around hotelpools so enthralled by the prospect of joining their european sisters in removing their bathing suit tops were a pair of canadian teenaged females that they obviously for got to take the precautions to protect areas of the body more prone to sunburn the following day found them draped from neck to knees and less than enthusiastic about their exhila rating new hobby a second experience involved susan herself during a caribbean getaway two winters back four months pregnant with our from where i live bruce stapley second child she realized she was pushing things a little by bedecking herself in a two piece bathing suit but she persevered determined to soak up enough sun to see her through the long canadian win ter as she stood up after a sun ses sion lying on a towel her bathing suit top suddenly and without warning popped its clasp and flew to the sand mortified my proper and very traditional wife plunged to the ground grasping and clucking while she wrapped herself in her towel but now that toplessness is well on its way to becoming as com mon place as ice cream cones and barbe- i cant help but think that the whole cues in summertime i suppose such sto- thing has ron stroud feeling like a mod- ries will soon become passe and without ern day prophet a man who turned out to comic merit be a decade or so ahead of his time relax in the comfort of your i backyard in a beachcomber hot tub using your own private beachcomber hot tub in your backyard is like having avacafion every day for the cost of just one traditional vacation you can holiday at home year round no bags no tickets no crowds just warm soothing wafer melt away the stress of the day with a new beachcomber hot tub fob this montmwy 50 niqrepqw me2uiminisil wjoui super buy a selected model hot tub from beachcomber this month and get 50 more horse power for just 29 offer expires june 3097 away ggsgi i jmjitmws uarkyioei uaa 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