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The episode with the pastor being in sales, not management, happened to me about twenty years ago. I was a Scout leader, and we were camping in the late spring. It was a typical upstate NY camping trip, which meant it was wet, cold, and rainy. No big deal. The Scouts were also serious about ‘A Scout is reverent’, item 12 on the list, so we had a local preacher come in on Saturday night for an ecumenical service. It was sheer chance that I knew the pastor, and I asked if he could do something about the rain. I got the response, “Sorry, I’m in sales, not management.”

That wasn’t the funniest tale I have about Scouting and religion, but it’s the only one I can work into a story. FYI, my son made Eagle Scout in that troop.

As I was writing this story, I realized I was just too old to understand dating apps. The last time I needed to meet a girl I had to do it the old-fashioned way, by meeting them at a party and praying I didn’t fuck up. (Other useful tools included begging and pleading.) It worked, too; we’ve been married 46 years. Anyway, I put out a blog post asking for assistance. While the story took a different turn, I was able to use several of the incidents readers mentioned in the story. (The hourly rate was one, the diner and cheap motel was another.) Many thanks!

The restaurants I mention are real restaurants. Ruth’s Chris is ludicrously expensive. Black & Blue is slightly less costly, only in the ridiculously expensive range. I took my wife there and told her I learned about it doing research. She said thank you and added, “Just remember, you earn it, I spend it.” I spent it that night!

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Let’s see what happens with a few of the owners of Tropic Desire Inc. Jack and Megan were simply mentioned in passing in Island Delight so I decided to bring them into the story this time. Megan is the least knowledgeable about the lotion but has certainly figured out how useful it is.

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Von_in_Your_Mind reminded me that I hadn’t put Tropic Desire in the Island Delight Universe. Goood catch! Thanks!

Sorry to say, but there is no Baxter Mountain Resort. It sounds like a fun place to visit. I’m sure it would be a great place to do sample distribution and get customer feedback.

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Sorry for the delay. Sometimes life just gets in the way.

Free samples are a widely used method of building sales. Who doesn’t want something for free? The trick is going to be marketing the buttplugs and dildos. It wouldn’t be a problem at home, but anybody using a corporate smartphone or corporate network will have problems. Corporate networks have antivirus and firewall protection that prevent most access to adult sites. Buttplugs, dildos, and sex toys will definitely violate that access. Instead, they will need to call them something else. The most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen is Malibu Strings calling buttplugs ‘paperweights’. Think the boss might have something to say if he found that kind of thing sitting on the desk?

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Many thanks to all those who bought a copy of Tropic Desire. My wife appreciates it, too. As Kelly Reaper repeatedly told the Grim Reaper, “Just remember, you earn it, I spend it.” I know that marriage is supposed to be a sharing and caring partnership. but after 46 years, I’ve learned to simply say, ‘Yes, dear.’

Before I retired, I was a corporate IT manager and webmaster. I just wish I had been working for a company that didn’t sell something so boring as houses. I’d have loved to have sold sex lotion! I wonder what I’d have said when the kids asked me if I brought anything home from work. I’m sure our corporate sales banquets would have been more interesting.

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