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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-02-08, Page 19Think Pounds - Not Portion or kg, ss. ss. • • • i1IIj.ti By LouiSaRusi Friends often ask it advice on their t. , bleins over the te1phone, and this is sometimes rather • difficult to without actual- ly seeing their knitting.' Jerry *lug a beginner who lovealoitelat tries hard, •but doesn't have „too *Ugh time to devote to it; though she perseveres. She called the other day and was having. a great deal of trouble pick- ing up the stitches around theneeine She was finding it hard to do, and just couldn't get any more stit- ches on the needle, and didn't 17.thinkiihe Welkinwith 4 circi dle rather. tkakf,c''01 'number twelve neediesT I asked her to read the instructions to me over the phone. It sounded feaN 010 me, but she inalet91431440a just couldn't mampulate'1,i needle to put any xnere, stitches on, even though some stitches from the from, back and sleeves, were on stitch holders. 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Monday Saturday Monday February 13 February 18 ' February 20 Kitchener Kitchener Kitchener 7:00-90:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. 9 am. -12 noon Cambridge Cambridge Cambridge 6:30-9:30 p.m. 8:30-3:00 p.m. 8:30-11:30 4 weeks 4 weeks 4 weeks For Information on next course phone • Kitchener Centre 579-4800 • Cambridge Centre 623-6730 • Waterloo Centre 579-4800 VISA 1111... 14k7sterCard. INSTANT PRINTING "••••-•‘,,,s's • Was 'at the beginning„ • theonehou1der seam ; 1 heard • taint gasp fr�fli theother end yesW ,..ito•get the sweater flnished, she had read the”Iirectios tlaleMY • andamp(b�th shoulder seams,. No wonder she was haTing:diglculty picking up the- itenea..„ Unfortunately, when we are tired we tend 0'110 Over • a senteneeceind sometimes have to readit tiYi0 to Set its real Meaturapoll/te ideal way t�.read the directions as 'faras the first comma•or punctuation, then knit that 'pOrtion. Proceed to the next comma, and work that sec- tion, and so on. There Is a great art in writing knitting and crochet instructions' so that only one meaning can be obtained. Of course faults do Slip through, whether typo - ioaPftleul . 0 hetbe fai W. ...VOA. Wee item is for grandmothers who. like- to • crohet, but.moth&s too are 7 invitedViertet this Orely Sartli84000.100: belt practical ,,,for the • .iy7141eara."'niritSte :Y?4elrns.arfor •t;„1-70° No.0770,tb! asZr 7k..6' se cents phis a staMped. „self addres- sed return envelope. If you do not have' a stamp or en- velope; please enclose an extra 50 cents to cover the cost of handling and print your name and address, $end to; Louisa Rush, "Craft Talk" 486 $ontford Drive, •D,011ai:d des Ormeaux, P.Q., 149G 1M6. Please be sure to state pattern numbers cor- reedit' when ordering and to enclose your stamped ad- dressed return envelope for faster service. • • If 4 .1„ fa!" , , • • , • ; • sC412.f.sr°?dis—, ss.ssonsisss • Your • Handwriting Tells By Dorothy St. John Jackson Certified Master Graphoanalyst Dear Dorothy: My hus- band tells fine that I'm too curious a person, and "cu- riosity killed the cat." He' says I talk too much, and that my gossip will get me WHILE. WAIT* We have just installed a Xerox 9200 which is able to make up to 7,500,copies per hour. It can copy on any size paper from 81/2 x 11 to 81/2 x 14 and on both sides. Coming Soon - ••/ Installation of our nevp2 colour press. on most orders Bowen Printing 1 25 Elma E. Listowel A Division of Harrison Print & Utho Inc. 291-3901 1 into trouble, especially liv- ing in a, small community. But I like to talk and can't help myself. — P.Y. Dear P.Y.: Curiosity killed the cat simply means that if you go around pushing yourself into other people's busi- ness, you're liable to run yourself into a whole lot of trouble. There is nothing wrong with being curious. It de- pends upon your motive. If you're prying is ac- companied by sympathetic interest and desire to help, the motive is good. If, on the other hand; it is your desire to obtain certain in- formation that you can hold over another's head, then of course the motive is bad. And, pure gossip is based on the hope of find- ing out some belittling thing about someone else. Yes, you like to talk, sesTsi in the wide open tops on o's. Basically, you talk because you feel inade- quate and frustrated. You are craving atten- tion, seen in the upswing endings. You like to be no- ticed and considered dif- ferent, seen in the circle i dot. And, what better way to get it all than to be an incessant talker? You are an easily influ- enced person, seen in the slurred or rounded s's. Your mouth is loosely hinged, and can be activat- ed by anyone who en- courages you or gives you any leeway. Just remember that fly- ing Words are not retriev- able. When you speak, ask yourself if what you said was worth the silence you broke. Then, it's enough to say that we were all born with one 'Muth and two ears. That gives ns,a pretty di- rect message, •Canadians. Son.the whole, • goie are probably"•,boring De conversatioflalists "thee4i- justas dull tire world. 1 don't soy:that t -toot, 4sking -4.4Partienc„ • , e kw, • I se,* from Algoni; :44001,0n when your Month* satio ameleverience. sofUllotjunit'that all'*leatt whyI, Ws '110.t..hare d01eranse; we e a • is grunt, and thenthink , dull people, though we are. you are 1 ere.,argt it not becaugvire're stupid, egreelpg with their plati- because we aren't. nfitions woA, whe4.::what you are to be based father on* Sort trying to as* is1 "Shut UP, of philistinism that :labels turkey." " , • interesting conversation aria As you know,- I always "cissy" pastime, fit or* for save the ,; best to the last. dilettantes, Idealists, Eng- When it comes sto dullness lishmen of 4.,certon hack- supremo in conversation, I ground, educated Europeans have to band it to the tea - and other such intellectual chem. They go on and on and trash. ' on about some kid who just Next time you're at a din- won't do his homework, or ner party or any similar ,'some meaningless memo gathering, lend an ear. The from the office, or some stu- dialogue will depress you dent who decided to spend a deeply. nice day in God's great out - Perhaps the real fault lies of -doors instead of in a dull in the fact that we are, classroom with s rho! fss basically a nation of mater- ialists, and that we have be- come more and more so, with the withering of •the churches and the increasing affluence of our society. Our topics of conversation change with the decades, but remain awesomely inane in their content. , A few decades ago, men could talk for hours about cars and hockey, while women chattered incessant- ly about children and re- cipes. Nowadays, the men 'talk about real estate and boats, and women go on and on about Women's Lib and the trip abroad they have just taken or are just about to take. And they :all say the same thing, or near enough. All of them, especially -the men, are absorbed by their vocations, the sadistic cruel- ty of the revenue depart- ment, and their latest acquisition, whether it's a wer cruiser or a swim- ming pool in the back yard. Get a gaggle of editors together and they 'talk shop, golf, and how much advertis- ing linage they tteried lisl year. Seldom a word about a powerful editorial campaign they are going to launch to halt an evil or promote a good. Dig up a deliberation of doctors, put a glass in each hand and listen to the drivel about the iniquities of medi- care, the ingratitude of pati- ents, the penal taxes they pay, and the condominium they just bought down south. Not a Best nor a Banting in the bunch. Lawyers are just as bad. They may be a bit more sophisticated than the doc- tors, but they're just as dull. Dropping hints of inside dope on politics. Obsessed by the possibility of getting a judge- ship or at the very least, a Q.C. Criers of the blues about the taxes they pay. A party of politicians is even worse. Jostling for at - ten ti on, back-slapping everything that is warm and breathing, needling the enemy, seeing everything in black and white. "They're black; we're white." Behind the politicians, but not far, are the civil ser- vants. Empire builders, de- fenders of the status quo. Everything in quadrupli- cate. Everything secret. The public is the enemy. Always go through channels. Keep your nose clean. Don't get a black mark on your record. Dull, dull. Ah, ha! The farmers have been sitting back enjoying this. They're every bit as bad as the rest. It's the govern- ment's fault. It's the chain stores' greed. It's the fickle public. It's the weather: too hot, too cold, too dry, too wet; or, if the weather is per- fect and the crops are superb, it's taking too much out of the land. Businessmen are just as culpable of devastating dull- ness in their conversation. Too many forms to fill out. Lazy clerks. Second-rate workmen. Those dam' she* ping plazas on the edge Of town. Manufacturers are in the same boat. Wages are too high. Can't get parts, what's the matter with those people? Too much absentee- ism on Monday morning. Profit down .03 per cent last year. Can't compete with those lousy foreigners who work for peanuts. Too much II are& 1) in et eoe- ,efleof finver- . Yee" that's „Veleafie, %;remarks envir• 174.ven't,04'ciFfunauta in Florida. haven't 'even a row;7hoatilet atone a cruiser. lhaven'tatwo,egrgargge, Tharaiti,-,,ITIrMsy. I dont have a suSn' ambit pool or a little Place,: just: 40 acres, country. That's why. I can't stand around with the doctors and lawyers, etc., and commis- erate With them, on the fact that the price of steak is go- ing absolutely out of reach of the ordinary professional man who is making only forty-five thou a year. Backyard •Gardener Try watery route for houseplants Some years ago, while visiting , a friend's home, my wife and I were as- tounded at the veritable jungle of foliage that filled the lady's living room. The reason for our surprise was the light in the room. Though some plants were in a window, most-of_thezeorn_was4mi- tively dim for most of the day. Our friend's secret was issOOCehoiee of plants and in ifairlY Consistent pinch- ing program — chopping off tops to make new plants as the parent plants grew spindly reaching for light. We are. through the shortest days of the year now but many of our plants will show how much they have missed longer and brighter days by their elon- gated appearance. I have one philodendron in a bath- room corner that is posi- tively elegant in its lengthy slimness. Actually, it suits the room perfectly like that and will stay that way till it gets chopped up to make new plants in the • coifing garden this sum- mer. But for the late winter indoor gardener whose ivies and philodendrons are looking unattractively long and skinny, here are a few ideas on making new plants from the old. Cut off a piece of the plant with about four leaves on it. Then, using a sharp knife, make a diago- nal cut just a bit below the bottom leaf node (where the leaf meets the stem). Then remove the bottom leaf. Now at this point you can dip the cut in rooting hormone and insert it in sandy sterilized potting soil. Or you can delve into the easy world of water gardening. Many young plants adapt well to water gardening, philodendrons among them. If you decide to try the watery route, place the cut stem in a container of water. Just make sure that there are no leaves sub- - merged; take off more than one.leaf if necessary. Add a bit of charcoal, ground or lump, to keep the water sweet-smelling,though this isn't necessary if you plan to change the water often. • Add a very weak solu- tion 'of plant food — make iip:tbe solution at no more athttni gtohn e;eqeuaamr tine rel edoedf thean Of package. A transplant- ing formula works well. A bunch of philodendron in water on Otitehen coun- tertop is a most attractive . and dramatic decoration. Given . a clear container their roots, as they form, will show through — a fas- cinating show for the kids. Philodendrons are quite 1361.7 EP. DISCAR ASV CliErnICALLY TREATED W001) YOU 114oliGi4f Tr,D SluTof vouR MEPLA-Ce. yr COULD GIVE OFD TOM C FUMES -Nal WOULD tAskics VOUR FAMILY PIM PE -r5 siERIOUSo? AND CRAMPS TO PNEUMONIA. 1111111•11116111111•111116 • happy in water, which is not surprising since they are native to rain forests. But lots of other indoor plants adapt well to living in water as well, just in case you want,to add some variety to that containerful of philodendron cuttings. All the ivies are easy to keep in water — English ivy, Swedish ivy, Wander- ing Jew among them. I have some ivies trailing from pl.& chianti.tinAticLin , the dimng rooiti. and quite happy they've been for some months now. To add further interest with variety in color and form to your water garden, you might like to try a piece of Chineser aver - green, or buy a very young one and adapt it to water after gently washing its roots. Chinese Evergreen (Aglaonema) is considered one of the easiest plants to grow in water. For a fit of height and drama in a water garden, try a Sansevieria (Snake Plant) or Corn Platit. The trailing Pothos, either green or golden, does well also. If your water plants begin looking a little tatty after awhile, all you have to do is empty the contain- er, cut off the tops of the best pieces, and start all over again with "new" plants. • Remembering the sea Bolivia, striving to re- gain the seacoast it lost to Chile in an 1879-84 that left it a landlocked nation, ob- serves a yearly reminder of its plight called "Dia Del Mar" ("Day of the Sea.") D814 BOXED MEATS • tAstowel, Ont. 291-3922 • Divivsion of Rettinger Meats Ltd: RR No. 1, Formosa, 392-6346 SPECIALS OF THE WEEK • Feb. 9th - Feb. 15th Retting,er's Home Cured Cottage Rolls . _ ib. 1.39 Pride of Canada Bologna. _ _ _ Stillmeadow Chlicken Drumsticks ib..99 Schiheiders - Reg. Price 2.98 ehlicken Burgers, Chicken Fingersbox1.98 Rettingers Homemade All Pork Presh Frozen Farm Style,- 5 Ib. box -• Reg. 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