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PG. 50 THE RURAL VOICE, JANUARY 1983
GISELE IRELAND
CHRISTMAS WISHES
I was leafing through the paper and speculating on the $1.44
day specials when I asked my partner in proverty what he wanted
for Christmas.
His wishes were pretty specific. Faster horses, younger
women, older whiskey and more morey.
I'm sure that somewhere in the cry and
whine hit parade is a song with that line in
it because it just wouldn't pop into his lit-
tle Irish head unaided.
The faster horses request should be
simple enough. New plugs and points for
what he calls the "old girls" should in-
crease the horsepower considerably.
They've had a tough year and can stand
some tender loving care. The younger
women part is not impossible either. He 4.
used to tell me that when we were dating 1
could talk the handle off a shovel. I'm just talking more and taster
in the illusion of reversing the years. That simpering little giggle I
had at seventeen is also very evident as I follow him around, bat-
ting my eyelashes at him and telling him what a hero he is. If he
decides to carry the "younger women" theme any further I shall
have to remind him that young pullets are not attracted to older
roosters who don't own their barnyard.
The older whiskey part has already been taken care of. Just
substitute older cider. Super Wrench, under the tutelage of
seasoned cider makers in the area, decided to do a barrel of his
own this year. After much grunting and groaning, the barrel was
installed in the cellar. From the conversations I overheard, I un-
derstand that if things don't go right the barrel could leave the
cellar in a fast hurry and take the house with it. After the cider
barrel took up residence downstairs, I always put on the cellar
light to make sure the stairs were still there before putting wood
in the furnace. The barrel just sat and gurgled and hissed and
foamed for a few days and then nothing. Once it was quiet I was
even more uneasy because 1 didn't trust it all at then, including
the expertise of a new cider maker. He finally decided to taste it,
and to be kind I would have to say it ran somewhere between very
bad apple juice and furniture stripper. He still hasn't figured out
what went wrong.
The more money part is out of my hands. Perhaps sometime in
his farming career he will make ten dollars that doesn't have a
banker's shadow cast over it, but I doubt it. And if there are any
profits looming in the future, the sagging living room has first
claim. It would be nice to sit on a couch and not have to rearrange
the springs so that you don't injure yourself for life.
In this very special season I wish my readers all the joy that can
be had from Christmas, no matter how you choose to celebrate it.
May the year 1983 grace you and your family with health and hap-
piness, because to possess that, you've got it all.
WARD & UPTIGROVE
Chartered Accountants
Listowel 291-3040
Mitchell 348-8412
R.B. Karcher, C.A.
C.D. Newell, C.A.
I.W. Smith, C.A.
R.E. Uptigrove, C.A.
Supervisors
C.W. Brouse, C.A.
R.H. Loree, C.A.