tM IV WYf IMS~ WLMID FERUARY 18. 1991, PAGE 7 PAGE SEVEN / COLLATM A&&E \c5 A NEC-AT1 VE w iet or5VDE E~FFFC:1OF~ ORDMNAI'.CE ~-~Àr (5 LSUN FOR TUNAIE L'/lA EE55IY SWE ARE Tb PKOPERLi[ NEL4TP.Ll ZE 131G1 'TDA'55T5,, APPILY' WE P~NA~$.~L T~NUP\BER Avstfrom Grandad T:T1bT~' I was urprised ti te day to meet my grandfather. Surprxsed, sm insa particular grandf'ather, whose name I bear, died in 1954. 'Well hi there » I said. 'Tac meeting you" "Gttime to show; me aun?" "le tiie Pope in the woods?"IlW-.- "Remember your oid Victrola? With the wind-up handie, and ii -N the record I liked when I was six in which the rnery-go-round ~ winds down, doWh, down ... and then speeds up?" ~~- "Could I forgeot?' You layed that every time you visited." *Until I was seven. sali, well, here's my new stereo with ~,.\fi! wrap-around sound and digital recordings that sound just like - the real thing. Ain't that somethingl?" -1Ic< Oreah." But instead of listening ta the miracle of modern sound, Grandfather was rubbing t he simulated wood grain on the speakers. "What's this?" ho asks. "Can't anyone afford good ~9 solid hrwood anymore?". I ignore the question. "An~d my twenty-four hundred dollar cabinets." Again ho examines the woodwork. In his working life ho was ____________________________ a cabinet maker. 'What's tis? More laminated finish? This is_____ ______________________________ whatun my daywe p t onunk." Mieta change the topmc. "tOka. Se., in my driveway. Two cars. Bet you couldn't "How can you afford the gas?" ho asks. 'Farty miles ta tue gallon, each one," I reply. "That coesame about a hundred or en, a month." "And insuranoe?' "About one twenty a month." "Insurance that caes more than gas? You cail that progrees? You don. anything worthwile? Hv you got central heating?" K "Grandpa, even in. the iaesm had ail central heat before, after you ... depamted. But now we have this box wood stove thatjust pumps out the heat in the family zoomi, heats the whole house." "Trom coal to cil heat ta, wood? My grandfather had wood MOlç, came inta the Itchen. Look. Therels the dishwasher. Plumbed right intb pressurized pipes. Itil zip the dishes dlean in just forty minutes." 'Tour grandmother did them by hand in fflfeen minutes. Teil me, though. Remember that slop bucet she used ta keep under the sink? If yau've got rid of that you've got my admiration." "Have we got rid of it. Hey, running watem, powver everything, 1 we could even have an electric garbage disposa iif we wanted. r 'But the slap pail?" j "FirErt, a sink ta, drain everything away, hot and cold running water. A microwave aven, a canventional electric range, a toaster aven, a..F '¶1ok." I pull a plastic supemomarket plastic bag out froni under the counter. I t i af uof banana peels, apple cares,BUND UTRIS0BUTNLMERC PAYFBUAY915 table-scraps-and fruit1f1es. "Our cOUTXJXi.fOueBrunton LumbrCmaywsetblishdin1941aW itb AR e .t a1th5ai "Lt~talk muic. No mare ofthat baring aId tyme fiddle stufl. Today we have eally popular,,musc: rap, heavy nuetal, loud,2 ER G ineta, classic rock, new rock, ..." fritue Thursday, February 10, 1966 edition of tue "Where I am," luerepies, "we don't have that. You *ant ta WaiHTBT WIELY NEWS listen ta, that sufyuhaeta go ta ... elsewhere." This issue is missing. fooHng.,from the Thursday, February 10, 1916 editian of the 'TYOU don't say?" WHITBY GAZE¶TFE AMD CHRONICLE "And remember when annuel wages were $1,500 a year? And e A seriaus lire gutted William B. Pringlels grocery store at Brock and Caîborne Streets an- a hause might coSt a year's pay? Intere3t at six per cent? Well, February 8. we've gat theni up to eleven, twelve per cent, once even up ta e Mm. and Mrs. John Baird Laidlaw are loaning their home, 'Tii. Grange," on Mary Street Haw's that for pogresT' * Seventy-nine employees of the Ontaria HSpital for the Insane have enlisted for military 'TYau've done wonders, Billy. But teil you what. Fin just here service. for tue day. I think I better go rest on a cloud for a bit now. Pringles Hardware is selling the Waverley washing machine for $9.50. Catch yau in anotuer forty year. You bet." J - ..- - - . .- N