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Birthday
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'Pornehow,we've been cheated.
It's nothing blatantly obvious but it's
there and I'm convinced it has
something to do with my good fortune
or rather lacked it,
If. any readers are disgruntled over
the good weather on the long weekend,
- feel free to blame me.
I will take full responsibility. • '
It seems only fair: You see weather_
has a habit -of fouling up my plans to the
point where I am convinced that rain
- clod& hover over my leisure time in an.
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But Surely I am not alone in this
plight.
You see, as longas this correspon-
dent.. is working to some fashion, the
weather is ideal. As: long as there is
work to be done the sun is present, the
• sky cloudless and the temperatures,
• balmy.
I've come to expect it. :
And as Ionas I would remain in-
doors laboring over -a project the
weather would remala, such. But if I
immediately went outside to indulge
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myseltin some enjoyable leisure time
acti*y it would begin to rain.
Afterall, you can't tool mother nature
as the commercials prophecy.
I have been of the belief that I suf-
fered this affliction in solitude and that
'weather ortly fouled, up my plans, which'
- ---ta why I volunteered 1,1). accept
, rresnpsonsibility for the long weekend
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I made the mistake of planning.
Plan ing_seems to be one of my weak
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points Anything that is given my at-
tend'? an appreciable amount of tkme
before- it is to take place gets screwed
up.
To be frank, 1 hate planning.
.But, deciding that a few days off
from hammering -CIA -this silly dribble
was needed, a long weekend excursion
to my hometown was planned, A golf
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was arranged with seldom seen
friends.
.. A day out .with the boys. And the
thoughts of the wild and crazy times
that would evolve from this porecise
tphlanknainbgouwtere almost to excitable to
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Consider the evidence. A bunch of
crazy guys out for some golf,add a'
couple beer and the town people were
sure tolock up their women folk. The
boys were on the loose.
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Or so it was planned.
By the time Saturday rolled around ,
one needed a canoe to get around but it
didn't dampen our enthusiasm, the
game was on.
I knew my plans were in trouble
when the' guy who was driving needed
three boos" before we finally got his
car headed in the direction of the golf
course.
He- had been indulging in a few
beverages the night before and left his
lights on when he went home.
Nota good start to the day but it was
going as planned.
It was raining at the golf course. But
golferssimply ignore rain and,they are
a weird lot to be stir -67
• The only time it rains on the' golf
course is when you've reached' the
farthest point from the club house. We
stood in the middleef the 12th fairway7
92 miles from the clubhouse, and it
poured for 20 minutes.
We were under umbrellas and
watched the stampede of golfers off the
course. We were stupid, simply stood in
the middle of nowhere and :waited it
out. •
It soon stopped and soaked we
continued our round despite huge
puddles on the green, fairways and In
our golf bagi. No matter.
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After the round, being the crazy
• kind'a guys we are, smoothed back a
couple beer and took the round apart
sot by Shot, with emphasis on the putts
that should have dropped and the good
score that could have been recorded if
there were no trees, traps or.out Of t,
bounds. •
You carjudge SY the frenetic ac-
tivity -that this columnist had a wild.
-weekend with the boys to be envied by '
anyone.
It's good to be back to work ,I just
cant..handle weekends with the boys
like that.
GODERICH_SIGNAi -STAR, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1979
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The bands in Auburn's 125th birthdayparade-Tlieur long parade and penple-litred the streets to
• marched bravely on despite the heavy rain on watch:-(-Pitcrto by Joanne Buchanan)
- Saturday—There were over 100 floats entered in the
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The Auburn Horticultural Society, which was formed in 1950,
entered a 'fltiat in the shape of a huge basket of flowers in
Auburn's 125th brithday parade on„Saturclay. Jim..Sehneider,
owner of he Auburn Hardware Store.and a beard contest winner,
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pulled the float with his tractor. There were over 100 floats in the
hour long parade and mapy people gathered to watch it despite
the rain. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan)
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The Iluron „county Junior Farrners-paidtribute to
Auburn's 125th birthday with this birthday cake
float which they entered in the hour long parade on
Saturday. All together there were over 100 floats in
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There were many family floats, like this one entered by the Dobie which went on despite a downpour. Many- of the people riding on
fondly, in the 125th birthday -parade'in Auburn on Saturday. the floats and many of those in the audience sported umbrellas —
There were over 100 floats all together in the hour long parade ahattempt to keep dry. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan)
• Sky Lab is coming. It's just over a
week from its uinvited arrival and
public relations people at NASA are
working round the clock preparing
apologetic form letters for victims of
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...Sky Lab':
NASA-- is attempting to cover
everything in the form letter marathon
session and hopes' to need nothing_roore
than' a list of victims and their ad- -
• dresses to send condolences to those
unfortunate enough to'be in the way of
• the falling space lab.
Some ofithe letters sound bizarre but
then what, s More baZarre than 79 tons
of junk hovering over the earth waiting -
to land- irr your living room:
There's one letter waiting to go out to,
the little :6Id lady whose garden_
probably be messed up whe.n1 the lab
' falls in her yard. It reads, Dear Mrs.i
Sorry to hear about the loss of your!
prize petunias. We at NASA appreciate
the concern over your loss knowing
that the flowers, were the envy of the
neighborhood. But weTunderstand all is.
not bad. That nasty neighborhood dog
that dug up yew, flowers -as fast as YOU
put them in, well, we hear that he had
the misfortune of digging at the wrong
time. TWO dozen petunias have been
ordered for you to replace those lost
- when the solar deflector landed at your
• house. As 'soon" as the nursery we
dered them:from gets th'e radar screen
off his delivery van the flows -will be
dropped off at your door. Sincerely
,NASA- ••
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Another letter has been prepared for
a man whose backyard barbecue was
. temporarily delayed by the arrival of a
piece of Sky Lab. It reads Dear Mr.
Isn't it fortunate that your daughter
decided to play last Ono tti tile p'd6Thas
.-16 d,o the dish -es When she did?
Investigators that checked out the
unscheduled landing of our Sky Lab in
your yard told us in their report that
your Jam ily may just be the recipient of
our ClOse caIl aWard. The report in-
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dicates that your family arid guests
were all heating the heat in your back
yard pool when the main thrust engines
landed on your gas barbecue. We were
dismayed to hear that the explosion of
the tank on the barbecue redistributed
your patio door and advise that you
contact your gas company for
replacement. You may be interested to
know that the steaks you were bar:
becuing are no* iln orbit and our
tracking station in Greenland reports
that they cross over your home once
every four days. The boys, in the
tracking station - were so impressed
with yoursteak launching they decided
to take up a collection and are sending,
you 10 pounds of choice steak. When
you get around to landscaping your
yard we' would appreciate it if you
would just put the thruster erigine,aut
with your regular weekly garbage. We:.
have an arrangement with your gar-
bage contractor to salvage parts of the
Sky Lab and send the,m to us for
research. We will keep you informed as
to the progress of your orbiting steaks.
• By the way, -the steaks are due to crash
in August of 1982. WO any luck you
could end up with a novel party.
Imagine' eating steakin 1982 that were
put orr-theharbeco in 1979. Regards,
...
NASA.
Another letter has been prepared for
the executive who calls his pretty
secretary into the office after hours to
take some urgent dictation,' The letter
is'simple and to.the point. It,reads Dear
Mr. We won't -tell if yob don't. It's a
small world.. NASA.
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