The Rural Voice, 2003-03, Page 16CANADA
-Ts-reet.1-
SERVICE CENTRE INC.
- 479 MacEwan Street, Goderich • N7A 4M1 -
YOUR LOCAL SUPPLIER ISO 9002 REGISTERED
FOR YOUR STEEL
REQUIREMENTS
Beams, Rounds, Hot & Cold
Finished Rounds & Bars,
Channel, Reinforcing Steel,
Square Tubing, Angles. Flat
Bar, Expanded Metal, Bar
Grating, Matt's for Concrete
Work, Primed Beams &
Lintels, Stainless Steel
and Aluminum
Please Call:
TOLL FREE: 1-888-871-7330
PHONE: (519) 524-8484
FAX: (519) 524-2749
INCOME
TAX
SERVICE
• farm, business, or personal
• complete year-round service
including tax audit
representation
• E -File available
Over 20 years' experience
Quality work
at reasonable rates
"FREE CONSULTATION"
Stephen
Thompson
R.R. #2, Clinton
482-7551
12 THE RURAL VOICE
Mabel's Grill
The
world's
problems
are
solved
daily
'round
the table
at
Mabel 's.
"So what was that nonsense from
the groundhog about winter being
over," grumbled George McKenzie
as he lumbered into Mabel's under
three layers of clothes one cold
morning recently.
"Hey, don't blame Wiarton Willie
for getting it wrong," said Dave
Winston in defence of the Bruce
County groundhog. "I mean they
have to wake the poor guy up to get
his prediction. How clear is your
thinking if somebody wakes you up
from a long night's sleep, let alone a
few months' sleep."
"Yeh, I figure it's the humans'
fault," said Cliff Murray. "We're the
ones who set this stupid date for him
to make his prediction. Where'd we
get it from England or something? I
mean around here it's always going
to be winter for six more weeks after
February 2. They should make it
March 2."
"Or April 2," said Dave.
"Please! I don't want six more
weeks of winter after April 2," ,
grumbled George.
"Yeh, that would be like last
year," said Cliff.
"Well to ine we should do with
Wiarton Willie what I do with any
other groundhog I see around the
farm," said George.
"Hey, give the guy a break," said
Molly Whiteside, refilling the cups.
"I mean we don't shoot Environment
Canada when they're wrong."
"That's because we can't find the
buggers," said George. "And now
they're shutting down even more
offices so there are fewer targets."
"Yeh but even if you got rid of
Environment Canada you'd still have
all those private forecasters, and most
of them are in the States," said Cliff.
"At least it would be one less
variation on the forecasts," said
Dave. "I mean you get up in the
morning and you pick the best -
sounding forecast and hope you'll get
it, but you take along enough bad
weather gear to be ready just in case
the worst forecast is true."
"The one thing they all agreed on
lately was that it's going to be cold,"
said Cliff. "So much for global
warming."
"It's all Trudeau's fault," said
George.
"Pardon?" asked Dave, taken
aback by this outburst.
"Well think about it," said
George. "The weather's been
screwed up ever since Trudeau
brought in that stupid metric system.
I mean why shouldn't the weather-
man be confused when we can't even
tell what temperature they're telling
us it's going to be today."
"Oh yeh," said Cliff, nudging
Dave. "And that's about the time
when all this global warming stuff
first started coming up, too."
"You noticed, huh?" said George.
"Well it's nice to see that people
think we farmers can be the solution
to some of this global warming
stuff," said Dave. "Makes me truly
proud — until I start wondering how
much it's going to cost me."
"I hadn't heard about any more
cost to farmers," said Cliff.
"Oh it will," said George. "I mean
we're going to pay more with this
nutrient management stuff so people
can think they're going to have
cleaner water. Then there's this
Country of Origin Labeling in the
U.S. there they figure the consumers
won't pay any more so the farmer
will have to get less because of
course the stores and the packers
couldn't pay for it. In the end, the
buck always stops with the farmer."
"I just wish the buck would get
here a few times so it could stop
here," said Dave. "1 mean I could
afford to pay for some of this stuff if
they'd give me more for my corn or
my pigs but that never happens.
We're just supposed to make it up
by being more efficient."
"Yeh and the way things are going
there won't be enough farmers left to
have a decent coffee club in the
morning," said Cliff.
"Oh how could the world go on?"
wondered Molly.0