The Magnet 0006 — Coconut Scraping Bench
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Coconut scraping bench
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In 2003, my family sold our house and moved to an island called Rarotonga in the South Pacific. During the first couple of months — before we got hit with a smorgasbord of tropical ailments — ringworm, lice, toenail fungus, fevers, flu, bronchitis, and pneumonia (which my 12-week-old daughter got) — we enjoyed living on the i…