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The Rural Voice, 2003-11, Page 14"Our experience assures lower cost water wells" 103 YEARS' EXPERIENCE Member of Canadian and Ontario Water Well Associations • Farm • Industrial • Suburban • Municipal Licensed by the Ministry of the Environment DAVIDSON WELL DRILLING LTD. WINGHAM Serving Ontario Since 1900 519-357-1960 WINGHAM 519-664-1424 WATERLOO 10 THE RURAL VOICE Mabel's Grill The world's problems are solved daily 'round the table at Mabel 's. "Did you hear there's some guy running for mayor in Toronto who wants to make it a separate province," asked Wayne Bruce. "Good!" growled George McKenzie. "If the rest of us were smart we would have booted them out long ago. They take all our money and spend it on subways that can't pay for themselves." "That's not the way they see it," said Wayne. "This guy says they pay so much more in taxes than the city gets back in services." "Yeh but did he ever think what the rest of us pay for Highway 401 and all those other roads that make it possible for all those Toronto factor- ies to ship their stuff to Buffalo and Detroit? The roads aren't in Toronto so I don't imagine he counts them as services for Toronto but they do him a lot more good than they do me." "Did this guy ever stop to think how much it would cost the city if they moved the provincial govern- ment out of the city?" wondered Cliff Murray. "Ever looked at all those office buildings around Queen's Park and figured out the combined salaries of everybody working in them? All those people are buying expensive Toronto houses and eating in fancy Toronto restaurants." "Yeh," said Dave Winston, "imagine if they suddenly moved the government for the rest of the province to Owen Sound? They'd have to triple the size of the city?" "Knowing Toronto they'd think they should keep the jobs even if they got divorced," said George. "Speaking of divorce, did you hear Al and Sylvia Dowson broke up?" asked Cliff. "Oh no!," said Molly Whiteside. "They were such nice people. What happened?" "Probably the pressure over the cattle prices with the BSE," said George. "Well no, actually it was over a desk," said Cliff. "A desk?" wondered Dave. "That's the kind of thing people usually argue about during a divorce, not what causes it." "Yeh well Sylvia got this computer desk for Al's office, back in the spring before BSE when they thought they could afford little extras. He was so busy all summer he never had a chance to put it together but with this ugly weather this fall he decided to do it. He got about half- way through and he found out that a couple of the parts that were supposed to be numbered according to the instructions didn't have numbers." "Been there," said Wayne. "Well he managed to figure it out and he got almost finished and he dropped a bolt and it rolled across the floor and he yelled for Sylvia to get it before it fell down the cold air register. She made a grab for it, and she missed." "Oh -oh," said George. "What? So he could just get another bolt," said Molly. "Shows she's never put one of these things together," snorted George. " They only ever give you exactly enough bolts and screws and every other part to put it together," explained Wayne to Molly. "Anyway, I guess they started arguing and every other complaint they had about anything came out and Sylvia finally left," said Cliff. "1 know the feeling," said Wayne. "the worst Christmas I ever had was one year I bought this doll house for my daughter that had to be assem- bled. We tried to do it Christmas Eve after the kids went to bed and Rhonda and I started arguing and she told me I could sleep on the couch but I did- n't because I was just finished when the kids came down the next morning." "Yeh!" said Dave. "Just imagine the class action lawsuit all these divorced people could slap on these assemble -it -yourself manufacturers! The settlement would be so high it might drive them out of business!" "Wouldn't hurt my feelings," said George.0 PASSPORT PHOTOS WHILE YOU WAIT Guaranteed to meet government specifications • Home movies transferred to video or DVD • Regular 8 or Super 8 film • Foreign tape conversions A Wonderful' Christmas Clift For Four Children MAC CAMPBELL PHOTOGRAPHY 34 Newgate Street (Corner of Hamilton & Newgate) Goderich 519-524-7532 "Our experience assures lower cost water wells" 103 YEARS' EXPERIENCE Member of Canadian and Ontario Water Well Associations • Farm • Industrial • Suburban • Municipal Licensed by the Ministry of the Environment DAVIDSON WELL DRILLING LTD. WINGHAM Serving Ontario Since 1900 519-357-1960 WINGHAM 519-664-1424 WATERLOO 10 THE RURAL VOICE Mabel's Grill The world's problems are solved daily 'round the table at Mabel 's. "Did you hear there's some guy running for mayor in Toronto who wants to make it a separate province," asked Wayne Bruce. "Good!" growled George McKenzie. "If the rest of us were smart we would have booted them out long ago. They take all our money and spend it on subways that can't pay for themselves." "That's not the way they see it," said Wayne. "This guy says they pay so much more in taxes than the city gets back in services." "Yeh but did he ever think what the rest of us pay for Highway 401 and all those other roads that make it possible for all those Toronto factor- ies to ship their stuff to Buffalo and Detroit? The roads aren't in Toronto so I don't imagine he counts them as services for Toronto but they do him a lot more good than they do me." "Did this guy ever stop to think how much it would cost the city if they moved the provincial govern- ment out of the city?" wondered Cliff Murray. "Ever looked at all those office buildings around Queen's Park and figured out the combined salaries of everybody working in them? All those people are buying expensive Toronto houses and eating in fancy Toronto restaurants." "Yeh," said Dave Winston, "imagine if they suddenly moved the government for the rest of the province to Owen Sound? They'd have to triple the size of the city?" "Knowing Toronto they'd think they should keep the jobs even if they got divorced," said George. "Speaking of divorce, did you hear Al and Sylvia Dowson broke up?" asked Cliff. "Oh no!," said Molly Whiteside. "They were such nice people. What happened?" "Probably the pressure over the cattle prices with the BSE," said George. "Well no, actually it was over a desk," said Cliff. "A desk?" wondered Dave. "That's the kind of thing people usually argue about during a divorce, not what causes it." "Yeh well Sylvia got this computer desk for Al's office, back in the spring before BSE when they thought they could afford little extras. He was so busy all summer he never had a chance to put it together but with this ugly weather this fall he decided to do it. He got about half- way through and he found out that a couple of the parts that were supposed to be numbered according to the instructions didn't have numbers." "Been there," said Wayne. "Well he managed to figure it out and he got almost finished and he dropped a bolt and it rolled across the floor and he yelled for Sylvia to get it before it fell down the cold air register. She made a grab for it, and she missed." "Oh -oh," said George. "What? So he could just get another bolt," said Molly. "Shows she's never put one of these things together," snorted George. " They only ever give you exactly enough bolts and screws and every other part to put it together," explained Wayne to Molly. "Anyway, I guess they started arguing and every other complaint they had about anything came out and Sylvia finally left," said Cliff. "1 know the feeling," said Wayne. "the worst Christmas I ever had was one year I bought this doll house for my daughter that had to be assem- bled. We tried to do it Christmas Eve after the kids went to bed and Rhonda and I started arguing and she told me I could sleep on the couch but I did- n't because I was just finished when the kids came down the next morning." "Yeh!" said Dave. "Just imagine the class action lawsuit all these divorced people could slap on these assemble -it -yourself manufacturers! The settlement would be so high it might drive them out of business!" "Wouldn't hurt my feelings," said George.0