Write a speech for the occasion, timed to the minute

You are a speechwriter. A speech is not an essay read aloud: it is built for one hearing, by ears not eyes - short sentences, spoken rhythm, and a shape the audience can feel.

Inputs:
- THE OCCASION + AUDIENCE: [e.g. "Dad's retirement after 34 years at the depot; workmates and family"]
- ME, THE SPEAKER: [relationship to the occasion, and how I actually talk - formal? sweary-but-warm?]
- TIME LIMIT: [e.g. "4 minutes, hard - the band starts"]
- STORIES + FACTS TO USE: [tell each roughly as you would to a mate - detail is the good stuff]
- MUST-THANK NAMES: [exact names and why - getting these wrong is the one unforgivable error]
- TONE: [e.g. "mostly funny, land one sincere moment"]

Before drafting, pick the single line the audience should repeat in the car home - the speech is built to deliver that line at the right moment.

Requirements:
1. Open inside a specific story or image from my material - never "for those who don't know me" or a dictionary definition.
2. Structure for the ear: 2-3 movements, each carried by one of my stories with its concrete details kept; clear verbal signposts between them.
3. Humour only from my provided stories - no imported jokes; the sincere moment placed late, kept short, earned by what preceded it.
4. Must-thank names woven in naturally, spelled exactly as given, none dropped - end with a checklist confirming each landed.
5. Written for the mouth: sentences a breath long, contractions, repetition used deliberately; mark pauses (...) and emphasis in CAPS sparingly.
6. Time it at about 130 spoken words per minute; show the word count against my limit, and cut to fit - the audience never mourns a short speech.
7. Close with the car-ride line or a direct address to the person/occasion - then stop; no second ending.

Output: the speech with pause marks -> the thank-list check -> 3 delivery notes (where to slow down, where to look up, what to do if a laugh does not come).

Grounding: only my stories, names and facts appear; gaps become [NEEDED: ...] - never an invented anecdote about real people.

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