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Suite 20 Waterioo, Ontario N2J 3H8 886â€" 2830 Fax: K86â€"9 38 1 ww w. waterloochronicle.ca al Standard Serial ubli iblications Mail Sales Agreement Number waterloochromecle c d to Waterloo C hrom Suite 20. Waterloo e is published each ledra Group Inc . a orporation Suite Letters man 1 Mum ieie d seeie e 2 ier physical activity and healthier living. Doorâ€"toâ€"door studies and surveys hassle, but this one has merit. Don‘t ien The results could influence future development in the Cily in a way that ar The study involves a q about themselves and their physical activity log in whid about their physical activit period. "It‘s important that we look at neighbourhoods are designed to factors that limit or enhance the have to be active on a dagty basis," PhD candidate who is conducting t toral thesis. : Mn en on td Rhoeatcl_ °.o Aug. 2, 2006). Chronicle columnists are free to table mdmmnflasbngasflmr Ttiike is neitherlibelousmmalidonnlnmecaeoflm B,mr‘kc’scohxmn.y’venitwasnotanewssmry,nei. 'f'“h‘""”henflwumeobfigamdwm orpmmeodnaandidatudmmnnm:ghr mflyflfinflleNmunbermnnnidpalm' Readers who would like to highlight others in the noem\'dmu_neloabmhalautodnm Study organizers believe there could be direct correlaâ€" tion between the way neighbourhoods are designed and rising obesity rates. The study is looking at how hoods in this city are impacting els of local residents. or those of you who are Fal your door this mon conducted by the city a loo, please answer. Physical activity _ study is a great idea The Chronicle has received many calls and letâ€" ters regarding Brian Bourke‘s opinion columpn, "Will a new politician please stand up" (Chronicle Ano > »nam ma _ : ." . & Editor‘s note 2 ‘nvoives a questionnaire for residents selves and their neighbourhood as well as a ivity log in which to record various details physical activity episodes for a oneâ€"week T Wl oi n ae eoeeeee s s on nien who is conducting the project for his doc °C aesigned to better understand the t or enhance the opportunities people on a dagty basis," said Andy Kaczynski, a $NHgIEE 1 : 1 ... SO THE BIG BAD WOLF _ ig at how the design of neighbour impacting the physical activity lev T MSC Ns in a way that encourages more ie t 0 are lucky enough to get a knock month regarding a study being city and the University of Waterâ€" surveys may seem like a Don‘t ignore the bell. at how communities and planning and VIEWPOINT "Hi Bob, this is Paul," said the "pizza bov." Just before I stupid it was d’u'medl'nagai. tion I managed to recite the order. stumbling over the red onions. but something seemed ominously familiar about the voice on the other end. "Would you like that baked?"~ he finally asked. Of course. 1‘d like that baked. What a stupid quesâ€" ~Yes. I‘d like to order two pizzas." I said. ~"OK." replied the relucâ€" tant voice. "So, what would you like on them?~ After looking up the number, I lazily dialed. ~Hello." _ the â€" voice answered. There was someâ€" thing missing from the scripted telephone response I‘ve come to expect when calling this chain. but 1 trudged on anyway. Case in point. last week I was too tired to cook. or burn things on the barbeâ€" cue, so I decided to order a pizza for dinner. Is it the heat? The humidâ€" ity? Or am I just getting old? I thought I was too young for a senior moment. but maybe my delayed childâ€" hood was finally getting to had to remind myself a Il’e\\ times before sitting down that this was a colâ€" umn dedicated to memory â€" or. in my case. the lack there of. And once it‘s lost, how do you get it back again? You know it starts with small spasms. then all of a sudden big chunks of your mind seem to disappear. I told him how s. the voiced alt this was a colâ€" ated to memory y case. the lack My wife is a little better organized. She has folders. kitchen I have more of a spatial memory. and can visually remember putting the tickâ€" ets on an open shelf in our Of course when 1 asked my wife for the tickets. they were nowhere to be found. That‘s where the differâ€" ence in how 1 remember things versus my wife‘s way of doing things came into focus. And it gets better. The next day we were preparing for an evening at the theatre. We had the babysitter all lined up. and the tickets had been in our possession for more than a month. Paul, of course, was a friend of ours who just lived around the corner. Before I could flub out an apology and laugh at the whole thing. 1 embarrassingly passed the phone to my wife. ~Paul? Paul who?" 1 So we went to the movie instead. Not a bad night â€" once I found my car. "I have it written right here in my calendar," she said. "The tickets were for 2 p.m. We‘re supposed to attend the matinee." Well. with halfâ€"past five showing on the clock. we both realized we were a little late for the first curtain, new ermind the final one. And we were both too proud to While we both refused to give an inch in the battle of foggy _ recollections, I glanced at the tickets. ~Tara, what time was the show supposed to start?" 1 asked my personal organizâ€" 20000005 20009 200 prOUO h all the babysitter and can "The last time I saw them they were on the shelf, and 1 know 1 didn‘t move them," I said. The "Nanâ€"nanâ€"naâ€"nanâ€" naâ€"na." part was of course left unsaid. 1 _ couldn‘t honestly remember, but I did manage to mount a spirited defence. An hourâ€"andâ€"aâ€"half later after searching everywhere, including our fireâ€"proof storage box. my wife checked in the last place she could think of â€" the box with all the paid bills she keeps under the bed. Tara finally handed me the tickets, but not without a little shot. "You must have put the tickets with all the paid bills and got me to put them away," she said rather triumphantly. While 1 in\isu;;i 1 never moved the tickets. she did the same. drawers and calendars for these types of things. An hourâ€"and â€"a