WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTE1MBER 21, 1988, PAGE 5 Mean, ornery forces are afoot in this* world, or- ganized to keep you from enjoying life. I'm not talking about your hurricanes and tor- nadoes, nor being eliminated from the medal round at the Olympics. No, these are challenges that bring out the best in anyone. It's the little things that make us clench our teeth. Like the day you get your income tax refund and your car drops its calipers into its own differential hub, andgives you the gears, so to speak? Or those wonderful new toothpaste pumps run out of jûice twice as fast as the old tubes, and you know there's just got to be a lot of stuff left in there but you can't get at it? Try taking that complaint to your average super- market. And have you ever tried to phone your neigh- borhood supermarket? If you haven't, don't try - you already have enough small frustrations in your life. Speaking of supermarkets, that new product code price marking system sure is smooth, eh? Try com- paring the price of the next jar of peanut butter you bought with the empty one at home. Try going out and buying razor blades to fit your rázor. Neat, eh? You can't remember what kind your razor is, so you end up buying a new razor to make sure the blades fit. We ,all know that when we rent movies we are responsible for damage or loss, right? Try asking for a receipt when you next take your movies back. Most places the clerks look at you as though you were some kind of nerd from another planet. (They're partly right.) Ever wonder why mugs and tumblers are made with the little indentations in the bottom? You know - you turn the vessel upside down, and the bottom will hold almost as much as the cup itself. WITH OUR FEET UP by Bill Swan Ornery forces Put them on the bottom rack of the dishwasher and even on power dry and upside down, those little indentations hold up to eight ounces of soapy liquid. Which now spills all over the rest of the dishes, which were amost dry. You end up either drying by hand or runing the power cycle again. You think that kind of thing is accidental? While we're in the kitchen, let's take your average food processor. Handy little brute, isn't it? So versatile we use it for almost every meal. Can't resist the tex- ture of corn flakes crunched up for just a few seconds. Great. Now comes time to clean it. Let's look at the design again. First, it takes a genius to design a food processor to be se useful, se easy te use. That's the first sign. That it is also designed to be impossible to wash by hand really underscores the point; this part didn't happen by accident either. The cruncher comes after you've thrown it in the dishwasher. The same loving care to design has been lavished on it once again. Not only does the machine have parts the dish- washer will never reach. But the darned thing doesn't fit, either. The net result: what seems to be a wonderful de- vice which will make life easier causes more frus- tration than it relieves. Not only that, but most of us don't realize it, and keep on using the little sucker. Out in the garden, the same principle applies. Re- member that old story about the carburetor that will never come on the market because the big oil comp- anies bought up the patent? Along the same line, a lawn mower has been in- vented which cuts grass smoothly, quiet enough for a. Sunday morning, no fumes, no cord, weighs half of the average power mower and is therefore easier to push, and consumes ABSOLUTELY NO GASOLINE AT ALL. Not only that, it will last three to four times as long as your gas powered hulk, because it has fewer parts to wear out. And it is on the market right now! Sounds bizarre, I know. But such a device is part of the test marketing plan of Blogs, aliens from the planet Blusthil. They're behind food processors, best before dates, changes in the income tax act, and warranty rules for new homes. They have been in charge of Workers' Compensation in Ontario for sev- eral-decades. Their purpose? To drive us crazy before they in- vade. Whom the Blogs would destroy, they first make mad. Whitby OPP officer injured iii head-on collision A' Whitby OPP officer was seriously injured in a head-on collision shortly after midnight Sunday morning. Whitby OPP say that Const. W.I, Muldoon, 48, was driving through the . intersection of Hwy 47 and Wagg Rd. (close to the intersection of Hwy 47 and Brock Rd.) when his vehicle collided head-on with a vehicle driven by Anthony Mezenberg, 19, of Ux- bridge. Muldoon was driving a police cruiser at the time. The police officer was sent to 'St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto with a fractured left leg and arm and pelvic injuries. ±v±ezenerg wastaspre Correction Sunnybrook-Hospital (Toronto) with severe head and facial Based on information received injuries, a frectured leg and from police, it was incorrectly.internai injuries. stated in last week's edition that a Whitby boy was at a birthday Police are seeking further party before he died when in- information te assist in the volved in a traffic accident. investigation of the accident,-end 'T'he boy was not at a birthday would like anyone with infor- prybut coming from another pao mation or knowledge of accident homme. details to call' 668-3388 or 725-6581 or 686-4581. Investigated Durham Regional Police are still investigating an accident at Walnut St. and Lee Ave. on the weekend after a 15-year-old male lost control of a car he was driving. Police say the youth was. heading west on Walnut St. when he lost control as he made a left turn onto Lee Ave. The youth struck a 1983 Toyota parked on Lee Ave. Damage to the Toyota is estimated at $1,400 while dam- age to the Volkswagen driven by the youth is estimated at $3,000. No charges have yet been laid. TIHE 'TOTAL' SOLUTION TO YOUR r ý L DRAFTING NEEDS IREPRODUCTIONS Ic. • DRAFTING SUPPLIES • WHITEPRINTS • PHOTOCOPIES 1751 WENTWORTH WHITBY, ONT. 434-5651 I I w ~ I -, - - ..~. ... ~ <!v'-,~' 'tbl ~ sC'~-~ £ * ~ 4 ~L d~ *'.~ d~* e WHITBY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PETER PERRY AWARD for Whitby's Outstanding Citizen of 1988 Tuesday, November, 15th -1988 - 5:30p.m. Heydenshore Pavilion presenting Laurie Skreslet The first Canadian to reach the summit of Mount Everest $30.00 per person Tickets and nomination forms available at: • Whitby Chamber of Commerce, Centennial Building, 416 Centre St. S. * Middleton's Stationery, 113 Dundas St. W. • Marigold Lincoln Mercury, 1120 Dundas St. E. • Whitby Chiropractic Group, 420 Green St. • Whitby BIA office, 105 Mary St. W. (3rd floor above Patricia's) Deadline for Nominations is 4p.m. October 6th, 1988 Received at Chamber Office. Centennial Building