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Vacations can be wonderful regeneration times for families. Take loved ones who have not had time in past month.s to talk - we mean here really meaningftil talk - weIl..lock thema for two days in a car. What do you get? iàkely what youll get is a car ful of people who -won't talk to one another. 1But before the vacation cornes the preparations. You know littie things such as arranging: Dog boarding;- ("At that price, we'll take her with us.") Cat care. (The boy next door agrees to twice daily feedings. He's not so confident of tackling kitty litter.) Garden care. (Also the boy next door.) Transportation. (The wonderful people at R&C Motors volunteered Wo seil us a car to replace the 11-year-old rusting hulk.) ÇTm not going anywhere in that old car. It could die axiy moment, like ini downtown, Montreal.") Money. (Remember the cliché? Take half the clothes and twice the money. Fortunately, modem bankers can neyer do enough for you.) ("Are you sure that'senough?' "We can't afford any more." "No, no. 1'm a banker. Myjob is Wo give people money - you must take more. My job depends on it.") S Accommodation. This is divded inWo two types: places Wo stay o n the way Wo where you're going, and places Wo stay when you geL Wo where you're going. Both require more rooney than you had expected, which may mean another trip tW the bank. C"I need more money." "Have you priced cottage rentai lately?" "Mere. Here's two more bagsful. Cali if you need even more."l), Now some people rnight suggest that you c an save loads ofmroney by aiming Wo go where relatives are, and staying there. That is a good idea. In fact, this column is being written on my in-laws' dining room table. (It is nine forty nine on Tuesday morming. With luck and the miracle of fax, M'i make Maurice's noon deadline. If you're reading this, I did.) And yes, bunking with in-laws can be economicai. Unlees, of course, relatives not seen fbr years become instant shopping partners. Budgets were meant Wo be broken. ("Dear banker: Please send more money.") Up tiiis point, wde'ebeen talking-about vacation as a theory. The practice is diffrent What happens is this: you geL ini the new car,, turn on the air Co nditioming and drive for two, days. Only the second dayyou don't need the air conditioning sice you're now in New Brunswick where nobody can afford air conditioning, they keep the outside temperature constantly at 16 degrees se eveiybodys always comf:y. Also that second day we bit Nova Scotia, at the same Lime as Hurricane Bertha. Only they blame the six fiches (15 centimetres) ofrain on a warm front fo Ontario. Ha! In Nova Scotia they blame everytbing on Ontario. Somewhere in here we were talking about amnnmodation. And relatives, which ail things considered, are more economia (iLe. cheaper) than the rentai cottage. (that's next week). We did mention that we brougbt the dog with us. Better for the dog. Good for company. Cheaper, too. --What- hasn't been' mentioned yet shouldnt be On holiday I I fmm he 35rmyEARS13 161AGO dn f h from thTursdayly l13w ,&6 tion ofth * New water mains are beng constructed on Green Street. * Mrs. John H. Stiner died on July il at the age of 96. * Three seperato United Church conferenoes will b. held this summer at the Ontario Ladies' College. * Whitby Ontario Provincial Polioeinvesfigated 24 aedentsastweekend. 100 YEARS AGO from the Friday, JuIy 17, 1896 edition of the WHITY CUONICLE . A new bell tower i. beingcoenstructed on the Brooklin Public School. * The first earthquake in about 27years shookWhitby on July 13. *Today is Decoration Day at St. John's Anglican and Union Cemeteries. Mayor James' J.W. DISNEY'S LIVERly BAIRNq MYRTLE STATION, C.'1910, This livery barn on the seuth side of the CPR tracks atMyrtle Station, was bufit in the early 1900s and demolished i October 1927. John Birkett', who tore the building down, rebufit it into a numaber of hen houses. MyrtleStation was once a busy shipping point for livestock. mmmzýw 10 yBARS AGO firm the Wednesday, juIy 169,1986 edition of'the WHITY' FREE PRES *Larry Morrow, of YKanata, in Whitby>s new Parka and Recreation Diroctor. * Corridor Area Ratepayers Association will fight a proposai to build subsidized housing In the Bluegrass Meadows subdivision. *A study on the future use of the Centennial Building will b. conducted this year. * Ground was broken for the. Byron Estate Garden Home condominiums at Byron and Mary Streets on July il. 1