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Exeter Times—Advocate
Wednesday, August 3, 2005
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Seniors' perspective
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before I was allowed to be proud of myself.
I just can't recall how bored we were without comput-
ers, Play Station, Nintendo, X -box or 270 digital TV
cable stations.
Oh yeah... and where was the Benadryl and steriliza-
tion kit when I got that bee sting? I could have been
killed!
We played 'king of the hill' on piles of gravel left on
vacant construction sites, and when we got hurt, Mom
pulled out the 48 -cent bottle of Mercurochrome (kids
liked it better because it didn't sting like iodine did) and
then we got our butt spanked. Now it's a trip the emer-
gency room, followed by a 10 -day dose of a $49 bottle of
antibiotics, and then Mom calls the attorney to sue the
contractor for leaving a horribly vicious pile of gravel
where it was such a threat.
We didn't act up at the neighbor's house either
because if we did, we got our butt spanked there and
then we got butt spanked again when we got home.
I recall Donny Reynolds from next door, coming over
and doing his tricks on the front stoop, just before he fell
off. Little did his Mom know that she could have owned
our house, instead, she picked him up and swatted him
for being such a goof. It was a neighborhood run amuck.
To top it off, not a single person I knew had ever been
told that they were from a dysfunctional family. How
could we possibly have known that? We needed to get
into group therapy and anger management classes? We
were obviously so duped by so many societal ills, that we
didn't even notice that the entire country wasn't taking
Prozac!
How did we ever survive?
LOVE TO ALL OF US WHO SHARED THIS ERA AND
TO ALL WHO DIDN'T- SORRY FOR WHAT YOU
MISSED.I WOULDN'T TRADE IT FOR ANYTHING
Subject: FW: Hollywood Squares
If you remember The Original Hollywood Squares
and its comics, this will bring a tear to your eye and
a smile to your face. These great questions and
answers are from the days when "Hollywood
Squares" game show responses were spontaneous!
Peter Marshall was the host asking the questions, of
course.
Q. Do female frogs croak?
A. Paul Lynde: If you hold their little heads under
water long enough.
Q. If you're going to make a parachute jump, at
least how high should you be?
A. Charley Weaver: Three days of steady
drinking should do it.
Q. True or False, a pea can last as long as
5,000 years.
A. George Gobel: Boy, it sure seems that
way sometimes.
Q. You've been having trouble going to
sleep. Are you probably a man or a
woman?
A. Don Knotts: That's what's been
keeping me awake.
Q. According to Cosmo, if you meet
a stranger at a party and you think
that he is attractive, is it okay to come out and ask
him if he's married?
A. Rose Marie: No, wait until morning.
Q. Which of your five senses tends to diminish as
you get older?
A. Charley Weaver: My sense of decency.
Q. In Hawaiian, does it take more than three words
to say "I Love You"?
A. Vincent Price: No, you can say it with a pineap-
ple and a twenty.
Q. As you grow older, do you tend to gesture more
or less with your hands while talking?
A. Rose Marie: You ask me one more growing old
question Peter, and I'll give you a gesture you'll
never forget.
Q. Paul, why do Hell's Angels wear leather?
A. Because chiffon wrinkles too easily.
Q. Charley, you've just decided to grow strawber-
ries. Are you going to get any during the first year?
A. Charley Weaver: Of course not, I'll be too busy
growing strawberries.
Q. It is considered in bad taste to discuss two sub-
jects at nudist camps.
One is politics, what is the other?
A. Paul Lynde: Tape measures.
Q. Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls?
A. Marty Allen: Only after lights out.
Q. When you pat a dog on its head he
will wag his tail. What will a goose
do?
A. Paul Lynde: Make him bark?
Q. According to Ann Landers, is
their anything wrong with getting
into the habit of kissing a lot of peo-
ple?
A. Charley Weaver: It got me out of the
army.
Q. Back in the old days, when Great Grandpa put
horseradish on his head, what was he trying to do?
A. George Gobel: Get it into his mouth.
Q. Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time,
your wife or your elephant?
A. Paul Lynde: Who told you about my elephant?
Q. Jackie Gleason recently revealed that he firmly
believes in them and has actually seen them on at
least two occasions. What are they?
A. Charley Weaver: His feet.
Q. According to Ann Landers, what are two things
you should never do in bed?
A. Paul Lynde: Point and Laugh
1•
Please be patient
Dear Citizen ComplainAnt,
I am sorry about the standing water on the corner
of Pryde Blvd and John St. in Exeter. It is not our
intention to create anything unsightly. I am in the
process of developing these properties and this takes
time and your patience would be greatly appreciat-
ed.
Prior to the printing of this letter I will have taken
action to temporarily fix this problem. I would like to
explain why the site is in the condition that it is in.
These lots, as is the case with most building lots, are
low prior to construction. This is not a bad thing. It
only means that less materials will have to be hauled
away to facilitate construction.
The excavated area on these lots were created
when we stripped the topsoil to complete the grading
on the neighbouring two lots. This aggravates the
problem because water does not soak into the native
clay as readily as the topsoil. The first two lots did
not have any topsoil which is why it was necessary to
strip the next two. The only other option would be to
haul more topsoil in only to haul it out later.
To fully comply with this bylaw it would be neces-
sary to fill this hole to the top to facilitate drainage.
This will require many truck loads of fill as I will
need to replace not only the volume of the
topsoil that I used next door but also, I will
have to fill higher as this corner has always
retained water. Then when I commence
construction I will need to haul away the
loads that I brought in plus the many loads
required to cut the foundation to grade.
This will mean many trucks running up and
down the road which causes wear and tear
on the road, the trucks, the environment and
my pocketbook. This action would be incredibly
irrational.
This is not the only development in the municipali-
ty. Most other developments have the same issues
with ponding. The excess fill materials from the first
two detached homes in this development were
hauled away and were used within the town of
Exeter to fill ponding areas in a development up to
grade. My development for a short time looks
unsightly while another improves. As the saying goes
"It's got to get worse before it gets better". This is
the worst and it will improve. Again I ask for your
patience. If you are not satisfied with my temporary
solution please contact me directly at 235-4726 as
the municipality insists on using a lawyer for these
matters and their current rate is $600.00 per letter.
Your truly,
DEAN DUCHARME
Huron Contractors Inc.
Registered Home Builders
Writer takes offense
to t -shirt
Dear Editor:
Walking down Main St. in Exeter on Saturday
morning July 23, I saw a T-shirt in the window of RSD
Sport Den- the message on the T-shirt read -Save The
Alligator -Feed him a White Squirrel.
I find this so offensive and so unkind and here it is
is a store window in Exeter "The Home of the White
Squirrel"!
Squirrel's Friend,
ANDY DEBOER
Thanks for
all your help
Dear Editor,
Like many in the area, our plans for Saturday July
16th were affected drastically by the
weather. As rain doused the
golfers and their
hopes for the annu-
al JMR Electric golf
tournament,
water flooded part
of the first floor of
the clubhouse in
unprecedented
fashion. As we
bailed and
hauled out pumps
and hoses, blindly fling-
ing water out into the con-
tinuing downpour, we were
joined by a large group of
JMR employees and suppliers. With their able and
uncomplaining participation, working at times in water
ankle deep, the situation was brought under control.
Their assistance was invaluable: we would not have
managed without them. Yet they modestly deflected
out thanks and politely refused any reward.
I have heard of a grassroots movement to do a good
deed a day and 'pass it on'. Our appreciation to these
men can really only be expressed by passing on their
good will in our interactions with others, and in this
way I think that people like the men of JMR make our
community a better place.
Sincerely,
BOB AND JANET MASON
Exeter Golf Club
Letters
to the
Editor
Support is appreciated
Dear Editor,
I wish to thank Scott Nixon and the staff of the Exeter
Times Advocate for your continued support with the
Terry Fox Run. With Sun. Sept. 18 (from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m.) being the 25th anniversary for the run we are
working hard to spread the work Terry started 25
years ago. Terry believed the true act of giving
involved an unconditional compassion and care for
others, with no favours exchanged. That is why it is a
grass root community fundraiser. His vision of $1 at a
time is still going. It is the second largest fundraiser for
cancer research in Canada with a total of $342 million
(CDN) raised to date. The Terry Fox head office works
off less than two per cent administration expense and
10 percent fundraising with the balance being given to
cancer research. There are over 50 countries and
4,100 international Terry Fox Run sites throughout the
world.
The following is some information about the local run
site: -in 1982 started by Doug Ellison, $1,834.95 raised
with 78 participants; -continued by Jane Hundey in
1994, $1,275.00 raised with 36 participants; -co-
chaired by Jane Hundey and Ann DeVries in 2002,
$11,789.04 raised with 159 participants; -in 2004,
$12,234.13 raised with 126 participants; -in 2005
chaired by Ann DeVries and family, setting the goal for
the best run results yet!
The Exeter Terry Fox Run site has raised a total of
$88,371.86 for cancer research from 1982-2004! Terry
said "If you've given a dollar, you are part of the
Marathon of Hope."
"Quite simply, every dollar raised for cancer research
is generated through the efforts of our volunteers.
They give the public the chance to contribute to a
cause that affects all of us. Our promise to them is to
fund the best quality research in Canada," says Darrell
Fox, national director of the Terry Fox Foundation.
On Fri. Sept.16, the schools in the area along with the
rest of Canada's schools are hoping to support The
Terry Fox Run by running coast to coast keeping
Terry's dream of Hope alive.
ANN DEVRIES
Exeter Terry Fox Run
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