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By Julian Benbow GLOBE STAFF It wasn't going to be a standard retirement announcement. Instead, it was part going-away party, part memory-lane stroll, part comedy routine. Shaquille O'Neal sat at a stage yesterday in his suburban Orlando, Fla., home in front of the media and a televised audience he had invited as if they were lifelong friends. ``First of all, I want to thank everyone for coming out,'' he said. ``Appreciate you guys very, very much. Never thought this day would come. Fath