The Rural Voice, 2006-01, Page 16The
world's
problems
are
solved
daily
'round
the table
at
Mabel's.
"Okay, I'm ready for spring," said
Dave the other day as he brushed
snow off his shoulders on the way
into Mabel's Grill.
"Winter only officially started just
the other day," Molly Whiteside
reminded him as she carried George
McKenzie's coffee over to the table
where the rest of the gang were
waiting.
"So all that snow we got in late
November and early December was
just unofficial snow," said Cliff
Murray. "I guess that means that
sheer -pin I broke in the snowblower
was an unofficial break too."
"Here I thought with all the
politicians spouting all that hot air
Mabel's Grill
we'd be in for a warm spell,"
grumbled George.
"Hey!" warned Mabel from over
at the,,counter. "Remember there's a
ban on talking politics in here."
"Oh believe me, the last thing I
want is to talk about the election,"
said George.
"Tell me about it!" said Dave.
"See that thumb?" He held up a
bandaged right thumb. "That's the
result of flicking the remote control
too much trying to avoid election
advertising and the guys on the news
who are determined I should be well
informed about the issues."
"Yeh, I was so glad for something
to distract me I didn't even mind all
the stuff about that guy who won $30
million in the lottery and tried to
keep it from his wife," said Cliff.
"Sounds like that's been a real
mess," said Molly. "I guess it just
goes to show you that money can't
buy happiness."
"No, what it shows is that even
idiots can win lotteries," said George.
"Yeh, I mean after all, what did
the guy expect? How many guys
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would marry a stripper they met in a
bar?" said Cliff.
"Yeh, they just dream about it,"
said Dave.
"You guys keep up this line of
talk and I might be forced to lift the
ban on politics just to make the
conversation more refined," said
Mabel.
"I guess there's not so much
difference between dumb guys who
win the lottery and these athletes they
keep giving big money to," said
Cliff. "I mean did you see all the loot
the Blue Jays gave those guys they
signed? And one of them has only
won one more game than he lost."
"Yeh, that kind of success rate on
the farm and the university econom-
ists will be saying you don't deserve
to be farming anyway," said George.
"Seems to me that's the way it is
in farming," said Cliff. "You win
some and your lose some and as long
as you won the last one you get to
keep farming for another year."
"Oh you guys keep complaining,"
said Molly, "but if things are so bad
why do farmers from other places in
the world keep coming here to buy
farms? I just read the other day about
this guy who had the 10th best dairy
herd in Britain who's sold out and
wants to come to Canada."
"If they'll let him in," said Cliff.
"I heard the government warned the
family they might have to wait three
years to get a visa to let them work
here."
"Darned good thing too," said
George with just the touch of a
smirk. "Wouldn't want to let in
somebody who wants to invest in the
country and bring skills to really
contribute."
"I don't know why it's so hard for
good people to get into this country,"
said Mabel. "I mean we've got
doctors driving taxi cabs while we're
short of doctors. We've got engineers
working in parking garages.
Something's wrong here!"
"Yeh well I could make the whole
immigration process a lot easier,"
said Dave. "You just bring these
people in for the month of January
and plunk them down here in the
snowbelt. If they can stick it out
they've earned the right to be real
Canadians."0