HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 2009-01-14, Page 9Goderich Signal -Star, Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - Page A9
Zipping up a problem when things get hot
Have you ever done anything
that rubbed against the grain of
common sense?
You know - something so back-
wards you even surprised your-
self?
ourself?
I'm talking one of those big
blunders that you could have seen
coming from a mile away if yoy
just thought about the situation.
Well, folks, let me tell you
about my blue sweater.
I was at work on Friday, as I
normally am, enjoying the heck
out of a cup of coffee. It was
still hot, still vaguely aromatic
and most importantly, still in the
cup. Fate, however, was about to
hand me an Arabian blend of hot,
brown kismet.
Following a brief meeting, I
was going back to my desk and
I spilled my coffee all over my
favourite blue hoodie... the one
with the zipper that I had lost for a
few years and then came back to
me. My prodigal sweater, if you
will.
Well, 1 had just finished doing
laundry the night before and was
pretty choked that I messed up
my favourite sweater two hours
into wearing it.
But, what can you do? Coffee -
related mishaps are responsible
for many office casualties.
If I own it, I have spilled coffee
on it. If I haven't, t soon will.
So I sprang
into action, not
the least because
hot coffee was
burning me.
Iwenttothe
sink and start-
ed rinsing the
sweater. Once
the coffee was
out, I needed to
dry it — fast! You
can't be biking in the wintertime
wearing a soaking wet sweater.
I'd be a pop -cycle! Ba-dum-dum.
So... let's see... How can I dry
this sweater quick?
A SPACE HEATER!
At first, it wasn't working. Alas,
I had only exchanged one liquid
for another.
That's when I noticed the ther-
mostat knob was on the low set-
ting. I cranked up the heater and
stuck my sweater very close.
When 1 put it back on, I noticed
two things.
One was the searing pain of
flesh burning.
The other was that the pain
wasn't going away.
Turns out, I had a plastic zipper
that was oozing onto my thumb.
I'm glad I was alone when it
happened. Nolxxly should ever
have to hear that kind of talk.
Saltier than the Dead Sea it was.
Sure, I was safe, but at what
Driver flees collision scene
On Dec. 29, 2008 at approxi-
mately 4:30 p.m. a collision
occurred at the intersection of
North Street and Nelson Street
in Goderich. A black Ford
pickup truck bearing Ontario
marker No. 872 9RS failed to
stop for a stop sign on Nelson
Street and struck another ve-
hicle. Both vehicles suffered
significant damage. The pickup
truck driver exited his vehicle,
yelled at the other motorist and
then left the scene with his front
wheel dragging.
The male driver is described
as tall, late 30s to early 40s
and white. He was wearing a
ball cap, black jacket and blue
jeans.
Police investigation is mak-
ing it difficult to locate the
owner of the vehicle as it is not
currently registered correctly.
Anyone with information on
the vehicle or the identity of the
driver is encouraged to call the
Huron OPP at 1-800-310-1122
or CRIME STOPPERS at
l -800-222-T.1.P.S.
County questions libraries
Coun. Max Demaray (Howick)
wants to know if it is necessary to
compensate county library staff
for travel between branches.
County librarian ian Beth Ross
reports it is county policy to rt
imbur a employees for midge
wracked up on county business:
• She notes the county trea-
surer sets mileage
monthly. 44-1;‘,44,7
While Dernaray questioned the
need for the practice, Ross point-
ed out the structure of the library -
staffing system and the varying
bourn require branches to sham
responsibili
Y
"We serve county wide, that's
the policy," says Ross.
Colin. Demaray is also won-
dering whether a change in li-
brary hours is in order.
Demaray says some constitu-
ents in his home municipality
are displeased with the -
branch library -hour changes.
County librarian Beth Ross ret
posts the hour changes arrived on
the heels of a countywide library -
services survey.
The warden pledged the issue
would be further discussed at the
next library -board meeting, sft
for 9 a.m. Jan. 20,
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cost?
The zipper is now permanently
stuck inside a lump of plastic.
The front of the sweater is
seared.
My thumb is better, but the
sweater is ruined and I don't
know about you, but I hate to say
goodbye to an old hoodie.
This sweater ha.s rocked stages,
filled pages, and earned wages
throughout the ages. It has been
through three different jobs, four
apartments and a handful of loves
and losts with me.
Now it's ready for retirement
barring an emergency zipper -
transplant surgery.
What was I thinking setting it
toxo close to the heater?
I'm going to miss it, the victim
of my own shortsightedness. .
I suppose the moral is if you
play with plastic you get burned.
As much as this could easily be
a fire safety lesson, I don't want to
pin anything on the space heater. I
just think next time I'll move the
sweater back a bit and wait for it
to cool before zipping it up. Or
maybe try the microwave.
It's easier than not spilling cof-
fee on it.
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