The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Pa ge 1 2 T hu rs da y, N ov em be r 1 9, 2 01 5 - T he IF P - H al to n H ill s - w w w .th ei fp .c a C C T I L EE RAM I 416-989-7809 905-877-1936Dave LoDuca • Ceramic & Porcelain Tile Installation • Bathroom Renovations • Kitchen Backsplashes • Heated Floors Favourite Contractor 4 years in a row! 294 Queen St. Acton | 519-853-5775 www.rallisburger.com BURGER & GRILL RALLIS Serving All-Day Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner Can't make it home for dinner, stop by Rallis for fresh & fast home cooked meals! Chicken Souvlaki Dinner (chicken skewer, rice, fries, pita, greek salad & tzatziki) Available for Take-Out or Dine-In OPEN 7 DAYS AWEEK 8am - 9pm Souvlaki Dinner $500 OFF any order of$25 or morebefore tax. ✃ 372 Queen Street, Acton • 519-853-9292 333 Mountainview Road South, Georgetown | 905-873-3103 | www.eramosaphysio.com • It is well known that almost half of all pregnant women and 25% of postpartum women suffer from pelvic and/or low back pain • 1 in 2 childbearing women will suffer with some form of pelvic dysfunction, including pelvic pain, incontinence and prolapse. • Over 40% of women experience Urinary Incontinence during their first pregnancy and up to 25% of women after their first pregnancy will experience altered fecal continence. • Like incontinence, prolapse is common, with 1 in 2 women experiencing some degree of prolapse. Common symptoms that occur with prolapse are sensation of heaviness, irritation, pressure or pain. • In a large study of women after their first pregnancy; 62% had pain with intimacy at 3 months post partum Stop living in the statistics. Physiotherapy can help Did you know that after pregnancy it is COMMON, but not NORMAL to suffer from: 1. Low Back Pain 2. Incontinence 3. Pelvic Organ Prolapse 4. Sexual Dysfunction 5. Pelvic Pain 6. Block Ducts and Mastitis COMMENT Maybe it's the fact we've had an unseasonably warm November, and Remembrance Day is now past. Or perhaps it's the fact that the past couple years I've been shirking my duties around the ex- terior of the house. Regardless of the reason, I got caught last Sat- urday. I broke down and bought some Christmas decorations. Okay, to be clear, I didn't exactly buy some dec- orations-- more accurately, I took part in the pur- chase of them. I stood by as The Sidekick bought them. And I actually kinda, sorta, perhaps a little, teeny tiny bit, enjoyed it. I blame Daughter Number Four for starting the ball rolling. All my daughters are certifiable Christ- mas decoration junkies. When they were in school, they all took a stint working the Santa booth at the mall, and were consequently addicted by the over- dose of Christmas decorations, music and Santa himself, as they performed their duties taking pho- tos of little kids on the old elf's knee. So Daughter Number Four sent out an email to all the family, reminding us of the fact that "Christ- mas is only 40 days away, and we really should be…" That started it. Soon after, The Sidekick, another Christmas softy, started poring over the flyers in last week's newspapers. "There's 'porch trees' on sale at…." She men- tioned in passing. "Maybe we should look at them when we go to town today. They might look nice on the veranda. They're only $74.99 each…" Mention of decorating the veranda-- okay, the entire exterior of the house-- always brings out a few twangs of guilt in me. You see, the past couple years, exterior decorations at the Brown residence have been a bit sparse. Okay, more accurately non- existent. So I agreed to 'take a look' at the porch trees that were on sale. The trees in question were nice little five foot ar- tificial fir trees, with twinkle lights already mount- ed on them. Immediately I got into 'consumer mode' and started to check other flyers to see what else was available. I found another source of trees, the same height, with 150 lights. The big difference-- they were 'on sale' at $129.99 each. That's quite a price span. The first ones were looking better and better. Once in the store, we read the box, to see how many lights it had, tree width, and all the specifi- cations. You can't be too careful when it comes to buying a porch tree. Ah haaa! The one we were looking at was 36 inches at the base, while the $129.99 ones were 32 inches! This was a deal! There's an Ikea commercial where the woman looks at the price tag, and rushes to the car with the item, to get out of the store before someone notic- es, on the assumption it was priced wrong. Once in the store, looking at a five-foot-tall porch tree, com- plete with 150 warm white twinkle lights, AND a 36 inch wide base-- it doesn't get any better. I became that Ikea woman. "Get two of them!" I said to The Sidekick. I'm sure she thought I was losing my mind, but if she's gonna score a couple of porch trees, and also have some decorations up on NOVEMBER 15! Well, I'm pretty sure she'll accept my sudden senility. Once home, we unpacked them and set 'em on the veranda, one on either side of the front door. They do look nice, giving a warm fuzzy feeling to all who pass by. The Sidekick ain't no dummy. She knows that since the ball is rolling (thanks to Daughter Num- ber Four's email) I'll be inspired to finish the out- door decorations. My obsessive-compulsive indi- cations won't let me stand by to see it half done. So this is a record year- we have decorations up on Nov. 15, and more importantly... there's more to come. A Ted Bit You can't be too careful when buying a porch tree By Ted Brown tedbit@hotmail.com