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i SMALL TALK By Donna Fairey The dictionary describes describes "the blahs" as a state of boredom and discomfort. And though Webster doesn't say it, we all know it's an affliction which traditionally traditionally strikes shortly after the new year and disappears with the first crocus. Moreover, the blahs are totally unpredictable, unpredictable, varying in duration and severity from victim victim to victim. One person person may suffer a mild case for a brief period while another may boot around in the pits for several weeks. Then there's the rare untouched untouched - the lucky individuals individuals apparently blessed with an immunity immunity to the disease. Indeed, some people are affected to the extent extent that medication is required in order to ease the mental anguish. anguish. I once knew a person who suffered severe severe cases of the blahs and could count upon an annual bout which lasted anywhere from six weeks to three months. Moreover, she could almost determine determine to the day when the illness would begin and perceived the experience experience with dread. In any event, when the blahs strike, mild or otherwise, everyday occurrences occurrences which would normally be taken in stride become disproportionately disproportionately magnified. magnified. Now ordinarily, f RfcfltM VMW, RfrfrlM W/m WMM Make a Sound Investment... A Phone Call to Re/Max If you're in the market to buy a new home or to sell your present one, a phone call to me at Re/Max could get things rolling. Re/Max is that new real estate company you've been hearing so much about. They believe in hiring only qualified professional salespeople and offering better compensations. The result is better customer service and that's where you come in. Your transaction will be ■administered in a professional and businesslike manner. If you're a prospective buyer or seller phone Re/Max and ask for Doug Humphrey. Re/Max... .Only for the Proven Professional Salespeople! ,ft*- Cornerstone Realty Ltd. rjJW < RLTR > Cfuvtdf' OM 112 King St. E., Bowmanville DOUG HUMPHREY 623-6000 RM/IKX f^VIKK RfcMN RVMM RfrMNK I might see the amusement amusement in falling on my face while the world watched. But my own January encounter with the blahs prevented prevented it. In fact, it was the fall which seemingly seemingly set off a hail of minor disasters that culminated in a giant crescendo before my turn at the blahs ended. It started off two weeks ago as I rushed to a photo assignment. It was icy and next thing you know I became a large fur ball, skidding along the sidewalk on my stomach. It was a long skid for there was plenty of time for mortification. mortification. It's difficult to be gracious when you're crawling around the main street on all fours trying to retrieve your purse and camera equipment from the gutter. How lucky, I thought, that no bones were broken. broken. How fortunate I didn't rip a sleeve from my fur coat. But I've always always believed that if at first you don't succeed, keep trying until you get it right. Two days later I was wallpapering wallpapering when I fell backwards backwards off the top rung of a ladder. It was an incredible incredible feat. It's a narrow narrow kitchen and I managed managed to miss the countertop, countertop, stove, fridge and dishwasher before making a three point landing on the cushion floor. Again, nothing was fractured. The result result was more like a complete body sprain. Anyway, the blahs continued to escalate. While daydreaming I REAL ESTATE LIMITED 181 Church St. Bowmanville, Ont. L1C3K8 623-4428 GEORGE VAN DYK BROKER 50 NEW HOMES TO BE BUILT IN BOWMANVILLE First homes to be completed by the 15th of June, 1985. We are the exclusive agents for this new subdivision. Therefore we are in immediate need of sales staff. Other benefits are: • An excellent commission split • Broker support and assistance • Professional and friendly working conditions in spacious modernized office • Computer services • Established for 12 years f * Ui ti t i". i For personal and confidential interview, please contact George Van Dyk at 623-4428. t * • Capped Mortgages Available • Lot size 100' x 220' • Model home open Sun. 1 ■ 4 For further information call Dianna Mandzuk 1-705-277-2652 ■e--+ By: Halminen Homes Limited 0 "' c tK , ^7^œi:r n ; s '"" (WetaleHatVHfogel HOCKIN REAL ESTATE LTD. 123 KING ST. EAST -- , , _ BOWMANVILLE 16^110116 623-4115 BONNIE FABER NORTH END TWO-STOREY -- 53' x 11G' loncod loi, -1 bedrooms, oat-in kllchon, dining room, finished roc room, paved drive. $92,900.00. COUNTRY BUNGALOW - Cozy, brick homo on largo, 1 aero plus lot with small horsu barn. Highway location only mlnulos Irom town. $89,900.00, COUNTRY HOME - Orono area - -15 aero (arm, 15 acres workable, modern lour bedroom homo, family room with llroplaco and two barns. $169,900.00, M.L.S. HARMONY ROAD NORTH - Four bedroom, Iwo storey, brick and Iramo homo, loncod yard, patio doors Irom dining room, nttnehod garage, pavod drive, close lo schools. $82,500.00, M.L.S. BROWN STRfcET -- Nnal, Iwo bodroom, Iramo and aluminum bungalow, now rool, now oloctrlc lurnace, upgraded plumbing and wiring, lot GG'X1G5'. $59,900,00. M.L.S. SOMERVILLE DRIVE, ORONO - 3 bodroom, custom built, brick bungalow, large ravine lot, Inground pool, malnlonance-lreo exterior. $87,500.00. M.L.S. MOBILE HOME - 1971 Hillcrost, 16' x 60', two bedrooms, must be moved from present location. Excellent value at $15,500.00, VENDOR FINANCING AT 10% - 3 bedroom, ranch bungalow In Orono area, attached garage, llroplaco In roc room, -12 acres ol mixed bush, 2-1' x 32' stool shod, Graham Crook crosses proporty. Asking $109,900.00, M.L.S. MAPLE GROVE - Four hodroom, Florida style, brick bungalow, 1 aero lot, largo living room with llroplaco, $79,900.00. M.L.S. HobSlovons Madeleine Williams. Marg lltiln .., 623-3090 . ,,mi7--l235 . ..G23-2GG1 Uonnle Faber ,, Joan Fry I'al Marjenison Liz Meade ,.133-6170 . 907-1922 , 023-2470 , 6/G-55Ü2 Mary Lou Mlntz.,. Jack Hlcnrd Kon llockln , 5/6-3205 , 433-003G . 023-5005 absent mindedly scribbled scribbled with a pen all over one leg of my new wool' slacks. It was their first wearing. I ran out of wallpaper before the job was gone. My favourite plant, a beautiful hibiscus, hibiscus, died. Our cat, the mentally deficient one, climbed to the top of the neighbor's 100 foot tall pine tree and I shivered shivered in the cold for nearly three hours trying trying to talk him down. And the list of upsets continued. I lost my purse. The water company company threatened to cut off my supply. I didn't know about their new billing procedures. I'm advised that they've apparently apparently wearied of unheeded unheeded warnings regarding regarding payment dates L The newHëal involves telling customers once and meaning it. One bad experience led to another until the escalation peaked with the biggie on the weekend. Yer friendly columnist here, sadly carved another notch on her birthday chart. That development cer- Send Your Love the Special Way, With Flowers VVVVtMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMP V V V V V V V V V We ve got a great y selection of floral gift „ ideas, just perfect for ^ your Valentine " CALL OR VISIT v EARLY, WE'LL TAKE w CARE OF THE REST J © V V V V v V V 33 Division St. Bowmanville, Ont. V V Sà v y 623-7141 " 623-5577 v VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV TheVonagon Camper. It's good for driving to work. And driving to the supermarket. And driving to Mom & Dads house. And driving the kids to school. And driving to antique auctions, And driving the team to the game. And driving to Sunday school picnics. And driving to the lumberyard. And driving to the cottage, And driving the guys to the golf course. And it's good for camping. Come in and look over the Vanagon Camper. You could be driving somewhere today. owasco ItMlili AviIUMmI cmhIMvi Men ImMr| Calgary, Vntfuvirl turape, VOLKSWAGEN Lid. 1425 DUNDASST. E„ WHITBY 661-9383, TORONTO LINE 361-1128 HWl.l ttWDItlM. ■ OWASCO The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, February 6,1985 morning, February 6fh. At 4:45 a.m. the '78 CMC tractor trailer was southbound on Highway 115 when it went off the snow covered road onto the gravel shoulder, and slid into the ditch. The trailer was carrying lumber, from Fraymond Lumber in Bancroft. 15 .tainly is not the medicine from which a cure for the blahs is made. What's that you say? It wasn't the blahs at all but depression over ad- ding another candle to the cake. That assumption assumption forces me to level with you. I didn't mind the extra candle much. However, it was demoralizing demoralizing last week when my son asked me if I ever saw Hitler or Winston Churchill in person. He accused me of fibbing when I told him that when Hitler died I was but a babe in arms. So you see,' I insist insist that the blahs had nothing to do with my birthday. Most women may hate them, but not me. Man Injured In Accident A 26 year-old Bancroft man, Kenneth Bay, sustained sustained minor injuries when the tractor trailer he was driving slid off the road just outside Orono. Driving conditions were abysmal on Wednesday Fire Damage Set at *2,500 Damages were estimated at $2,500 in a fire which occurred occurred early this morning near the Oshawa-Newcastle boundary. Newcastle Fire Department's Department's Station Four responded responded to the 1:44 a.m. blaze which damaged the wall of a house located at Lot 35, Concession 3 of Darlington Darlington Township. There were no injuries. 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