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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER il, 1974, PAGE 13 8/RD OS EYE WIEW --J/M OUAI "liWhalt nexte" No matter how much we oldies get involved, Christma 's is really for the kids. In watching their joy on Christmas day we too feel a part of Chf strnas but the kids have it al over us because ta themn the holiday season is one of fun, fantasy and dreams coming true. Most of my married friends have chiidren and they usually give me sage advice, on a regular basis, that goes something like this 1- "Well Jirn, you know you'Ii have to settie down some day, get married and have children!" Oh, sure around Christmas 1 cari see the joy the parents get watching their kîds having fun but l'miflot sure 1 could cope with the boundless energy chiidren have. Besides that lni told parents are supposed ta set ant example for their eilidren. Somehow 1 can't sce kids respectîng a father who wanders around the biouse in pink underwvear, smokes cigars at ail hours, drinks a rum and coke and has a three day-old pizza for breakfast and who sometimes doesn't get home from parties until the next day. Heck, 1 can't even see a devoted wife putting up withi ail that - and those are my god points! But my friends (l th in k) s tii i try to co nvince me how empty their lîves wouid be without children. 1 don't think 1 couId stand the littie surprises like dropping a piece of bread in the toaster, and, after noticirlg a strange smcil, opening the bottom of the toaster to discover that 've just toasted a plastic wheel off my kids' puil-toy. My nerves. are flot ail tha4 good that I could face an irate neighbour and try to explain how my kids frisbee could go through his picture window and land in his beer whiie hee was sitting on the couch watching the football gamie. Nor wouki 1 be very funny whlLe talking ta a store manager explaintîng that mny kid thought he was doîîw, a Sqd deed by openiag the cap d oors and set#Îns amgthe e~$± d pêldd !,MW the Now don't get nie wrong, 1 like childrcn, and as WC Fields points out , "Thecyrie excellent if iîhey're lroperiy cookcd!"-- but i1clon't know if' 1 could stand the suspense of waiting l'or that nexi catastrophe like having to get tip at four ini thc mnornigg ta find a pizza delivery mari at the door hianding nme a super jumibo with the works that "some- body" at niy address phioned- in and asked for,.Flow do yoLi logically expiain ta thc driver that it must be a silly little prank by anc of your 1,ids. 1 have enougli problerns trying ta taik my way out of nîy own prcdicamcnts flow let atone trying ta explain what my kids did afler i get married. 1 I nîcan a, joke's a joke but how hard can you iaugh after drinking a glass of cGL1î and finding out your little Lcroy put five laxatives tabiets after you complained ycsterday of feeling a little "plugged uip". Nor do 1 find mnucli humour Ihe Law and You Q. I bought a tape recorder from a womnan who advertiscd it for sale in the want ads. 1 paid over $ 150 for it. Two weeks later the police camne around and toak it fram me. It turns out that it was stalen. I paid a fair price for it, anid as I tald the police, i had fia way a» knowing or even suspecting that it was stolen. They believed my sîary, but they won't give me the tape recorder back. I'm afraid I've lost it for good. '<hat canri 1do? A. You have no righit ta the tape recorder, and you wil flot be able ta get it back. When goods are stalen and sold. the purchaser has no right over them, even when he has acted in very gaod faith and paid a fair price. Oniy the truc owner or bis agent has the right ta selI. Sinice the thief had no right ta the property. she had fia righits ta transfer ta yau. -However you may apply ta the criminai court which tries the thief under s. 654 of the Criminal Code. The court may arder the accused ta rcpay the purchase price of the tape recorder ta you. Q. My father drinks too much. Lately if's been getting worse. Last Saturday hie passed out in the gutter on hus way back from thehotel. 1 talked ta the manager of the hotel, but they just ýkad as long as ha had the money they hâd ta serve hlîm. We're ail worried. What ifi he isn't foind next timue - or if he fails down i front of a cedQ. in fix ing a flat tire on the neighbour's car at ten above zero aller a cluantity of roafing nails from my recve1it roof- itig job were discovered scattercd on the neighbour's drive- way and sticking out into his back tire which is now with- out air. 1 might flot bc so nervous about gctting rnarried and having cblîdren if I thoughtniy kids werc going ta do al the normai things like tryîng to flush the cat down the toilet, mixing sait in the sugat bowl, scribbling. on the firesiy painted watts with crayon and the like but I'm afraid my kids would turn out ta bc reai helier-3. Samehow 1 can't sec me wandcring around the house, with bloodshot eyes from iack of sleep, and nerves twitch- ing, waiting for the next 'incident' and' rAumbling ta, my- self - "What next" sion) for an interdiction order. If the judge is con- vinced that his drinking disrupts his family, health, or wastes his estates, sucivan order mnay be granted. The proceedings are strictly private. If the order is made, the interdicted persan is for- bidden ta, drink, and must deliver up ail liquor in his possession. The order also farbids the sale of liquor ta the interdictcd persan. Q. I'm afraid that iazy parents might get me into trouble. I run a corner grocery store, and we stay open Sundays. And ail Sunday there is a parade of children through the store buying cigarettes for their parents. I don't wanit ta, send them -away and lose the business and the goodwili, but 1 wauld imagine that I'm breaking some iaw. A. i'm afraid you are breaking the law. Under Ontaria'Is Minor's Protection Act, it is an offense ta furnish "cigarettes, cigars or tobacco in any form" ta chiidren under 18 years of age. You are liable ta, a fine of be- tween $2.00 and $50 on conviction. There is a way out. It is not an offence ta seli ta- bacco ta a child for his parents or guardian if the child brings a written request or order from the parent or guardian. Q. 1 admit that I was a rotten husband. I drank to much and I gat mean when I was drunk. Finally 1 just moved out. I warit te change my ways and remarry, in fact I want t.o make a whoie new start. My wrife doesn't want ta, divorce me. Is there anythiizgl can 'do? A. 1 Under the Divorce Act of 1968 you can get a dfiorce tue zoin4. f quii~~pek*own, even if ye* bave * rted~vo~ ~. Y~ 1é~1~EI f~t 4~1tYCW-I( ~:4' ~ ~2I ~ d~4~àhIL4.'J4~1. 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