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Next week's column is goingtp be a real smasher, but in You might be interested. sir, in knowing that our local the meantime. I'm going to clear up a lot of Christmas pipe band, including our favorite paper -hanger, Alastair things, most" of them personal. It you don't like personal Milligan. who 'sounds Irish but doggedly avers he is a Scot, stuff, tum to another page. . l is off to Miami with a pipe band, to play at some football First of all, thanks to my Uncle Ivan for a cheery note. Bowl or other. Perhaps the lastBowel of the Scots. Or the He is now the patriarch of the clan, on my mother's side. last Bowel of the Smileys. if he reads this. thing. When you are a patriarch, you are old and wise and everybody pays attention to you. I am old and stupid and nobody pays attention to me. Except my wife and gradbabby and students. First of all, thanks to my Uncle Ivan for a cheery note. He is now the patriarch of the clan, on my mother's side. I am supposed to look like him, and act like him. I hope it's true, and that I do. rd like to be a patriarch of some- Bless you. Ursula Brady of Vancouver. Remember how we kissed behind the car while Bob White and Pappy War- ren and Dinny McManus tried to get it out of the snow bank. Don't blush. It was beautiful. Thanks. Norm Lightford of Ottawa. You always remem- ber. Do you remember the room we shared at college, with the bay window and the fireplace? Cannel coal on Sunday afternoons stripped to the shorts. talking about life and women and stuff. And do you remember that I left in the middle of the year, and left you as sports editor of Toronton- ensis. and you f lunked your year? George and Elda Cadogan. Do you remember the night you had a party for all the sharp young editors and their wives whom you had met at the newspaper convention? And it was the night of Hurricane Hazel? And only about four of us made it? Hello out there to a couple of characters. First, my "TV repairman." Six times a year I get a pungent comment from him. but there is no identification beyond that. He lives in Westport. Ont. It is always signed the same way. "Your TV repair man." Here's his Christmas card, in part. "Merry Christmas, Smiley, and the biggest surprise of all. I like your column. You. I'm not so sure about. Are you trying to make us think you are old. with the grandpa bit? My kids are in their 50s and I'm not old." And more of the same. How do you deal with that old reprobate? And hello to another nut: Lt. Col. John McEwing/ who sends an annual picture of his pipe band in, of all places, Spokane. Washington. This year% card is a splendid thing with four brilliantly coloured quarters. 1 wish I could in- clude the description of the coat of arms. but space forbids. (Continued from page 6) says there is no significant nutritional difference between fertilized and unfertilized eggs. 6. False 7. False 8. False: All meats, egg yolks, dried beans. lentils green vegetables, whole grain and enriched cereals are excellent sources of iron. 9. False: Both cheddar and process cheddar leg. slices) sup- ply the same amount of calcium and protein. But process cheddar cheese spread or cheese food does contain less calcium and protein. 10. False: Skim milk powder is still our cheapest source of high quality complete protein. 11. True: Adult protein needs are based on .36 grams of protein per pound of body weight and whether Here's a samble: "The parti-colored shield Azure (Blue) and Gules (Red) is quartered saltire-wise by a St. Andrew's Cross, Argent (Silver) teken from tht tid Flag offfotland.1 That‘s the essence. By some wild reach of logic and probability. the remainder of the coat of arms drags in such disparities as the United States Air Force. the Cairn of the MacCrimmons. and Canada. "the home of many fine pipers." The Colonel winds up his message with:, “I continue to greatly enjoy your writing. I have been told that whiskey improved with age." Thank you sir, and if you are correct in translating'the Gaelic motto “Suas Leis A'Phiob Mhoir" as "Up with the Great Highland Bagpipe," I couldn't agree with you more. . Weaving . Embroidery OCrochet O Knitting O Needlepoint 0 Rugs 0 etc. Dailv 9:30 to 6 »7 Thursdays & Fridays to 9 30 Westmount Place Shopping Centre, Waterloo 576-5470 - - - on interesting things you do yourself Nutrition quiz WESTMOUNT WEAVERY ' $hintlllleqr BOOKS you are male or female makes no difference. An exception does occur with pregnant or lactating wo- men whose needs for. pro- tein are increased. 12. True: More protein is needed to repair and rebuild tissues after illness and fever. 13. False: Cereal grains are the main source of pro- tein for 80 percent of the world's population. M. True: High protein foods such as meat or fish do contain calories. In fact six ounces of a relatively lean beef cut. like round steak, has 330 calories. If you have any questions. or if you are not sure you are eating enough protein. please contact the: Nutri- tion Improvement Project at the Adult Recreation Centre, Waterloo, 745-0651. But I wander. I wanted to say that lam pretty disappoint- ed in some people. Not a word from Dutch Kleimeyer. He usually asks me to the Last Reunidn of the Last Fighter Pilots. Not a word this year. Maybe rm the last. and theyYe all goneel wouldn't be surprised. Last time I went to one. I returned on my last legs. rm a little piqued that I haven't heard from Gene Mac- donald. the man from Glengarry. last of the bigtime spenders: and Pete Hvidsten of Uxbridge, last of the vital virile Vikings. These are old newspaper friends. Probably they both think I'm dead. Maybe I am. and rm typing this in heaven, God forbid. Finally, thanks to Mary and Alan. George and Win. John and Helen-Bill and Joan. 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