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JUST A LITTLE TOUCH COULD MEAN BIG SAVINGS Call Halton Hills This Week to place your ad... 873-2254 Classified Advertising Rates Word Ads - Wednesday & Saturday, 15 words - $10 + GST; 10* each extra word Garage Sale Ads - Wednesday - $10 + GST Deadlines For Wednesday's edition, the deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. For Saturday's edition, the deadline is Thursday at 5 p.m. Halton Hills This Week, Saturday, September 19, 1992, Page 17 Bicycles Send Friendship With Neighbors Off-Course Deans Ally DEAR ABBY: About a week ago, my new neighbors asked to borrow my children’s bicycles. I told them that we had only two bicycles that were in good shape. They needed three. We did have a bike that wasn’t working properly, but we never got around to having it repaired. The new neighbor said her hus- band was a mechanic and she’d ask him to look at it and see | if maybe he could fix it. I said, “OK,” so she took the bike, which made three. next day, I got a call from this neighbor telling me that her husband had fixed the bike and said she was bringing it over. So, she brought the three bikes over and said, “You owe me $10.” I nearly fainted. I did not pay her anything because I thought her husband was fixing the bike as a favor, because we let his kids use the two ee that were in really good shapé I nate: = get on the bad side of Should I pay them? Our kids play together. They are not hard up. I would say we are in about the same circumstances. LITTLE TOWN IN TEXAS DEAR LITTLE TOWN: You didn’t ask your neighbor to repair the e — it was repaired voluntarily. offered, and you accepted her offer.) Nothing was said about had a right to assume that your neighbor repaired it as a favor. Perhaps you should remind her. ee % DEAR ABBY: I just received some responses from my wedding invitations, and was shocked to receive a blunt “NO” with a check enclosed. There was no explanation, or any kind of message wishing the bridal couple we ithout mentioning any names, I told a friend about this, and she By Abigail Van Buren (© 1992 Universal Press Syndicate said she had received two such responses to her wedding invita- tions. We both had the feeling that these people sent checks as though they were discharging some kind of obligation. ‘Abby, how do you see this? ALITTLE RAIN ON MY WEDDING DEAR RAIN: It would appear that the wedding invitation was perceived as a “bill,” which was promptly paid by the recipient. Nota very gracious way to give a wedding gift, but at Teast the invitee Tet the bride know he or she would not attend the wed- ding, which is more than many invitees do, I’m told. eee DEAR ABBY: You often warn readers not to leave pets locked in cars in the summertime. I work in the emergency room of a hospital. We have had many small children brought in screaming uncontrol- mn red mark on the child’s abdomen — which proved to be a burn. Abby, the buckle of a seat belt gets hot enough to blister a baby’s sensitive skin, so please warn your readers about buckling a child in a car that’s been sitting in the hot sun. JOSEPH A. DORBEY, BALTIMORE DEAR JOSEPH DORBEY: This is a “first”; thanks for the ti one’s for everybody, from teens Abby, Anger Booklet, P.O. Mount Morris, TI. 61054. (Postage is include / ALEX TRENTON 25° On Towards the purchase of any new dentures 18 Church St., Georgetown Alexander W. Trenton, D.T. (416) 877-2359 \ Making quality dentures in Halton Hills for over 10 years ~ We Care About Your Smile! y, * Same-day * 1-Hour * Lab located Reline Service Denture Repair Service on premises