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Whitby Free Press, 22 Jan 1992, p. 7

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WWrMY EEkEMeibNSt-W 1NU 22, 192,PAÙf 7 Creative, wipe-out -, ' Let us suppose you are fifty-two,ýgeing on ififty-three years old and youhave spent'the afterneen at the. Conversation Authrty toboggan run. à And in deing so, you pcked up the dare of a six-year-old to go down the monster siope, a feat accemplished enly by beth you and the sjix-year-old yelling ~ loudly and cloSing your eyes. // i And even then, miss hitting a pedestrian at thirty miles an hour only by this much. Continuing the supposing. that -at snow-in-the-face speeds,ý the toboggan becoines, airborne. .. Let us divert f-rm the suppoing to a science lesson. ýWhen toboggans become airborne, 'the laws of aerodynarmcs, workmng mn coduniction with the law of gravity, repossee them. And the laws of seredynanuca ______________________________________ firmly state that since toboggans do 'net have wings, toboggans cannot fly._________________________ __________ oct that?___________________________________________ Se if toboggans cannot fly, once they become airboene, it is the dutyef the law cf gravity te remind said ! toboggans that they must return te earth. Th do. Wa resounding thumpi At thirty miles an> heur or se. It seemse faster when you're getting snew in the face and you're headed right for a pile of people wvho wiped eut ahead of you.) Back te the supposing. t . It's the thump that dees it. See, at the time, passengers of said toboggan are aise busy returning te, earth. *Ach 2;, , means thumpi thumpi thunipi right on the tail bonie.mi More firein the world cf science: The tail bone: a combination of cartil r and bone, rigt t te as ofth oine Miewould where theA tail would be attached if human beinga had tails. Which, if they did have tails, would aise be where they curleil said tail up under theniselves and esat on thein. Especially ?ttf $"'It¶i on toboggan runs. Te cushion thes-hock of gg thumpl " thumpl thumupi on the tail bone of a body that isnet as pliable as that of a thirteen-year-old. Kbo Ift!À4 Se suppose y ou were limping around the house due te, such bruising. Wouldn't ycu expect somne sympathr "If you're going te act like a thirteen-year-od, thon you'l just have te get used te feeling your age." Bruised egos (and tail bones) are net the only victims of toboggan 1fun. One day on the siopes might be enough te, convince THE LEWIS HOUCK HOUSE, BYRON AND JOHN VMTRET C. 1910 anyone of any age that'such winter fuun is mnsanity. This'home, now the residence of Dra. Leslie and Margaret Bain, was recently designated. as He1e c f dr your rinvteandrtp*ofetionaleof . ytouréw.ph~ Ho I Like, ti yv etedacranpoto fyu an histeric building under the Ontario Héritage Act It was bufit li 1859,-for a grain' adult e, saytrtyere achieving predictability n o-hn n a ae h eietc two coety judges. (where is this sentence going?) ... ah, forget it. Enough te, say that with lods and toboggans, chaos reigns. An adult weuld imply say: plan your i-un down a vacant part of the hbU.,If you wipe eut part way down, 10 TEARS AGO look first te see who's comning-behind yeu. And then get fr-cin the Wednesday, January 20, 1982 edfition of the the hou eout cf the way. WHITEY R FRPESS Don't ever, even on the junior siope, try te cimb back * Jai] ininates are shevefling snew for senior citizens. Up the siepe you've just corne down. * A new parking lot will be bufit at the GO Transit station. Getting cut off at the knees by a toboggan îoaded with e lme County Town Singera need a new in: three te four. hundred pounds of people may hurt more e Royal Canadman Legion *Branch 112 bas received a'plaque frein Col. Josoph Blinck, a than a bruised tail bonie. Toronto veteran, Who attended a program at Heydenshore Pavilion last year. That's what an aduit would say. But you may notice that adults neyer have quite as much funi as childi-en. What adults have outlived is the joy cf childhood, convinced life is ferever. Children love confusion. The mind of a child says, "Les see how-creatively we can 35 YB SAGO wipe out." from the flmursday, January 24. 1957 edition cf the WaFflYrWEEKLY NEWS Children love chaos. Tcddlers climb straight up the * he Whitby PublieIàbrary Bord'wants an addition te the library at'Byron and Dundas slepe, while eIder brothers aim loaded toboggans straight trees. at them. WoSw, mothers teach their teddlers te dihmb sea, Jury and Lovell has openeda pharmacy at the Whitby Plaza on Brock Street South. inte the face of danger.*A& sshgasoaedeastwfr2cns It des e god fr anadut testad atthetop f te *Grand Master for Ontario, William Jeffrey, attended the Whitby Oddfellow's Lodg on bul and shout things. January 19. "Get off the hIl, yeu stupid louts! Walk up the aide of the bhih! Don't waik up the toboggan i-un. I will feel badly if I1i-un over yeu and hurt my tail bone even mnore!" 10YASAX People on toboggan i-uns tend te ignore people whe r h rdy aury2,82eiie fh about thinglikoethat. WHFte P id y CHnurON,J89Ceitino h As eu elevn-yea-old ut ite* The Brcoklin drMl shed is te be sold by auctiom un January 27. «Hey! When yeu wp out~ you gotta leain te i-ci with e Whitby Townsbip reports about $2,000 i 1891 taxes have not been pai& dnycu'll end un witb a tender tail bone..e A fancy dress wintei- carnival wiI be held at Barnes' skating rink on January 27. W~%misikey wy oel wnte a'pan i the*An indent man named hwin died atùheWhitby Jail last week

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