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GaorgetownActon Wednesday March 1983 B9 It s been an odd winter how about yours About which many people nave been most unhappy For and snowmobile tmrf ski resort operators ice fishermen and owners this winter has been the pita For people who get sick to death of shovelling of driving in buzzards of wading to the thighs through snow banks to get to work this winter has been a I In the second category but I not raving about this particular open winter I don t like bitter cold and I detest battling by Bill Smiley However it been a dreary winter Too much rain mud ice too little sun Dull day after dull day makes Jack a dull tool and even the winter worry wart would like to see a bit of sunshine It s also been a rotten winter for the health I don know whether the wild swings of temperature have anything to do with anything but I ve never seen so many people so with flu and colds Seems that a bright cold crispy winter is better suited to the Canadian physique than the kind of hermaphrodite we ve been through this year Besides the head it been a tough winter on the other end because of freezing rain wonder how many Cana busted their bums this winter slipping on ice Recently I slithered out the back door skidded down the back steps and went on hands and knees to the car Arrived at the school parking lot which was like a skating rink and almost wiped out a couple of cars when I tried to stop Crept from car to school like ancient Chinese cootie Score for the day one teacher with badly broken wrist one teacher with badly wrenched back one teacher wife with badly bent head Didnt mind the broken wrist It waa only a guidance teacher But I was fed up with the rest The wrenched back belonged to one of my English teachers and I had two missing already Hed come down his front steps taken a flier and landed on his not inconsiderable back Thought he d shake off the pain and shock drove his daughter to school and by this time waa ready to head for the hospital Had just checked in to tell the great white sahibs of his tiona when he got a phone call saying his wife had gone down their steps still un In similar fashion knocking her head hard on every step They went off to the hospital hand in hand put with teachers staying home I with minor things like heart attacks but when they take a day off for a twisted back just because they can get out of their car or up from a chair that a a bit much forcing me to soldier on with hang nails and a com on the sole of my foot Hoping to cheer myself up I took a look at the fashion page in the newspaper featuring the new spring models by Chanel of Pans Thank the Lord I m not a woman That peek at the paper would have plunged me into a deep depression Here are some of the items The deceptively demure dinner dress in navy silk with a wide waistline defined by stitching the revised Chanel suit has a cropped Jacket over a slender skirt worn over a tucked silk blouse Separates are a knit cardigan and a wrap skirt How would you like to read that If your old man had just been laid off in definitely For a miserable you get a dinner dress a suit and a casual outfit None of which you could wear more than once twice at the outside Some Idiot once remarked that the poor are always with us They are indeed but that obvious No so obvious is the fact the rich are always with us come hell high water shaky economy unemployment down right depression Something else that failed to cheer me up this winter was The Night of the Long Knives when the Tory party once more made a national ass of Itself by indulging in its favorite game cutting its leader into large chunks and throwing them to the wolves Hear those Liberals laughing Oh the winter t been all dark and gloomy My tailpipe has not fallen off Yet My rubber boots haven sprung a leak My wife wracked up neither the car nor the garage as is her wont One cheery note My old lady finally and fibe plays it so loud she can talk to me though she tries oh she tries mouthing words while I just put my hand to my ear Sometimes I even get the paper read And there a bonus The kids gave us a rag time and to couple of Jazz records for Christmas After forcing the classics on longsufferlng me for years the old girl has discovered she loves jazz Unfortunately she has insomnia and lam awakened by the booming of ragtime dixieland or farout modem Jazz shaking the very foundations Hike it but there is a time and a place Yes it been an odd sort of winter How about yours THIS AD COULD BE STANDING BETWEEN YOU On the surface its not difficult to have a mis taken impression about foster care And if you never take the time to crack the surface and find out the facts might very well be denying yourself and a foster child a very rewarding experience Your willingness to care may be all the you need to be a foster parent Financial assistance guidance and support are available to foster parents The personal rewards of love with a child or young person ho really needs vou are very great Please 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