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Page 14, Thursday, September 23rd, 1971, WHITBY FREE PRESS HOMETOWN By BARRY MURKAR "You certainly look dejected", my neighbourobserved as he sat down on the back step beside me. "If wehad a doghouse, I'd be in it", I announced. " Y o u shouldn't but s i n c e you're dying of curiosity, 1'il tell you any- way, I i offered. "Gee. . . . someone else is in trouble for a change", my neighbour said. • "I bounced in the other night, only to find the kitchen sinks were plug- g e d ", i r e I ated. "It appeared to be only amatter of unscrewing the cap at the bottom of the elbow and clearing the pipes."Il "Sounds logical to me", my neigh- bour agreed. "First, I placed a large pan under the cap to catch the water", I went on, "then I undid the screw and was near1ly swept in the tidal wave." "Oh my goodness! " "I never worked so hard, so fast, g et t i ng nowhere in my life"l, i said. "First one pan was filled to overflow- ing. i grabbed a second, then a third, thenafourth- and still the water kept rushing at me. It r an all through the cupboard, soaking cereal and every- thing el se it came in contact with. Then it flowed out the cupboard door past my ankles and across the room. The whole place was under water. " "Oh my 9 o o dness!" my neighbour said again. "My wife peered through the door- way and star ted to scream... then cry.. then sob. It was horrible." "Il'il just bet it was", my neighbour agreed. "Just look at my tile floor and my cupboards", screamed my wife. "Now it's running into the dining room onto the hardwood floors.i "My hands are on fire - they're burning up", I cried. "Ilt'sthechemical I put in to unplug the pipes", she explained. My neighbour shifted pos.ition to get more comfortable. "Gee", he said, grinning. 'Ilmopped, and I wiped, and I scrub- b e d. There must have been a t o n of water in that place. To add to the pro- b I e m , the so-c al II ed chemical made every thing slippery - the joint was I ike a skating rink. i fel flat four times. " "Oh my g o o d ness! " my neighbour excl aimed. "Can't you say anything else?", I growled. "Gee, " he replied. 'lit took more than an hour to soak up t h a t mess, and then i got another shock! " "There 's more?" my neighbour asked. "I turned on the taps and the sinks fil led upagain .... the pipes were plugged further down someplace. " "Thenyou called the plumber, " my Announcing this year's pnce increase: What are you doing about the rising cost of living ? Some people are moonlighting. You have seen increased prices wherever you go. Brockway Furniture is fortunate, we don't have to increase prices. Thanks to your patronage and word of mouth advertising we have set sales records for each of the previous five months. We are happy to be able to announce our first annual price increase and it is a big goose egg Corne over to our furniture warehouse any day of the week and see why your neighbour recommends our service, our prices and the quality of our merchandise. We are open daily f rom ten in the morning until ten each night. Saturdays we close at six but we open again each Sunday from one p. m. 936 Dillîngham Rd. BAY RIDGES 839-1332 friend said hopefully. "Ilwent to bed with my sore hands, I muttered. "Oh my goodness-!" 11i don't give up on stubborn cases too easily, " I said. "The next day the sinkswerestill clogged, so I investi- gated further and found another cap at the bottom of the pipe near the cellar floor. " "i don't know whether you have a lot of nerve, or whether you're just stupid, " my neighbour said. "I got the cap off the pipe, " I con- tinued, "a little water came out, so i go t a long wire and pushed it up into the pipe." "Then you got the wire stuck, " my neighbour said. "Yes, Mr. Smart, but when it did come loose, so did the sludge blocking the pipe. " "You got it fixed, "- my neighbour congratulated, "then you were re-in- stated as a hero. " "No that'snotquite it, " I admitted. "i was in deep trouble al 1 over again. " "How come ?I" "When the sludge came down, it was followed by another ton of water... I flooded out the basement." "Oh my goodness!!" letters to the editor'i box 206 whitby ASTROLOGY continued from page 7 wil see the airl ines making i t possible to travel more cheaply, but in astro- logical opinion, theseprices will soon be revised upwards, in fact by the end of May 1972. The Saggitarian influence This Sagittarian influence should be creative for Leo, personal and in- d i v i dual for Sagittarius, with hopes and dreams being fulfilled for Aqua- rius. For Taurus t he re will b e an in- crease i n incarne in the case of their par tner s. Aries w i I I b e more interested in m a t ters concern in g travel and the "higher mind", Cancer people will be m or e i n te rested than ever in their work, and L ibra having Ur anus in their own sign shoul d be more opt imisti c and definitely find it easier to make decis- ion s. People who are born when Saturn (m a ter iali is m) is opposite Neptune (spiritual), seldom have an optimistic attitude, and usually have unpleasant things happen in their lives. With Uranus (the planet of the un- expected) opposite Mars (the planet of action) in a m a I e's horoscope chart, an astrologer can easily read that he is accident prone, while in a female chart, he can usually indicate that he sees trouble regarding divorce. This of course, depends largely on the signs of the zodiac involved.