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Sumnmer'ys got me thinking Some random summuer thoughts. Why? Because summer started Monday -Theres no doubt theres a parking prob- lem in Milton, especialiy in the new sections. The Town probably should have forced the building of two-car driveways in their new home permits, but they didn't, and 1 don't even know if they could. in any event, i bave the solution: valet parking. Thats right. Each area bas its own crew;'ail you have to do is cali the special hotiine and they corne and take your car away or bring it back. eThe other day 1 was determined 1 was flnally going to quit smoking. i got every- thing ready: bought some unhealthy snacks, cleared my calendar, got rid of ail my ciga- rettes, and prepared myseif mentally The next thing i did was go to the store and get more cigarettes. One of these days. eI donft like soccer, and 1 don't get into the World Cup spirit. Even so, every four years l'Il watch tbe games and cheer for the underdogs. Except this year. i tuned in sever- ai times and might have actually enjoyed it, except for those vuvuzela horns biaring throughouî the entire game. It was worse than a mosquito buzzing in my car. l'Il try again in another four years. eI was at the hospitai recently to welcome my third granddaugbter, ail three of themn born in Milton. When I Ieft and saw my parking cbarge i tried to paint my namne on the parking spot, but was informed that you don't get to keep the parking space - its only a rentai fee. Nice hospital, great staff, excellent care, borrendous parking rates. On the loose Maybe thats another solution to the parking problem. Let people park on the streets but charge them the saine rates as they do at the Milton hospital. At that cost nobody will be parking on the streets for long. eSpeaking of public service announce- ments, you might get confused like me on bulk garbage days wben you put stuif out and some of it is stili there after the garbage truck goes by If an object is mostly metal they won't take it, and spart from that they only take three bulk items per household to ensure tbey have enough space in the truck. For special metal pick-up you can cail 311 and they'li schedule a date for you. l ime for teens to find a sommer job, if they stil do that nowadays. When i was a teen everybody bad to get one. The worst one 1 bad was working the midnight shift in a plastics factory lifting 50-pound bags al night while my boss sîept and my supposed partner drank mysterious liquida from a paper bag. The best was in a refrigerated gro- cety chain warehousel- nîce and cool and ail the fruit you could est, as long as it bad fallen on the floor firat. CLOSING SA-E! Un Brampton ONLY 4 WEEKENDS LEFTr Now until JuIy 18! OPEN Thurs-Sun SAVE DIRECT FROM MANUFACTURERI 1S WMUP TO Get Out of Your Lease Today and... " Save on early termination fees " Save on lease deficiency penalties * Save timne and get out of your lease now * Save on your replacement vehicle by seflmig your current lease today And, between now andJuly isT, 2010, Save on the HST! mI.C IN COUPON TO This coupon mnust be given RIVEMJM L to the cashier at mre of ECEIE ANADT A 1 l s purchase. Not vald with PUCUUSTA L OFF chier discounts. Exp ires July 18,2010. 16 - -- -- 1 - - ___ -