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22-The Canadian Champion, Friday, May 18, 2001 watch for our A&E section in next Friday's edition. "L4RGEST GROWER 0F BEDDING PW5NS N THEAREA# ROSE 1~SEIDUGRAIUMS E[E BUSHES VAREYOF CORS HN DN reg S2.99 euh 3 8 .8 WATER PLANTS BMy 38CET@ 009hboe lot4T M~lauolse au>40 > 0ic akt AMAZING QUALW( I CE Hiug SeectiOnof FLOWERING vCE AI ANNUALS &VEGETABLE$? ~JQ.99' Please I think lIII need boxers t ram SHOULO on page 16 ose the weight, but what il 1 dont! So lar, I've put on about 10 pounds. Now, I'm blaming editor Karen Smith for some of this. She cut out the last line of the earlier column that stated that if 1 quit smoking, ail weight bets werc off. You can't quit smoking and losc wcight, at the same ime and I think that quitting smoking is more important than losing weight, so I'm officially putting that clause hack into my carlier column. was Iorced 10 watk down the strcet in rny undcrwear, I'm going to need boxers. As far as I'm concemned they're shorts with nothing undemneath, or even just like a bathing suit. Isn't that right? A caring reader sent me a letter in which she suggested that 1 lose the weight, with people pledging the money toward a food bank, and at the same time save people the horror of secing me in my underwear. That was a nice idea, but I figured nobody much would care about this, anyway, and who was 1 to think that anybody would. It was just kidding," 1 said to people who asked about column. "No way," came the replies. This isn't a very understanding town as far as 'm concemred. I have to say, the whole thing has made me rather nervous. Recently, I did my tirst act of attempted weight loss. I went for a walk - fully clothed. The thing is, it made me hungry, and whcn t got back home, I made myself a sandwich. Then another one. That's not going to work. t need a better plan. Or at the very least, some better underwear. What's in style these days? A recent style among teenagers was to wear your pants low and expose your boxers, which makes sense, because then people can actually see them. Theres not much point making a fashion statement, if people can't see the fashion. The only problem is that it looks totally ridicuksus. Not that I plan on anybody seeing my underwear fashion statement on New Year's Day. But, just in case, I'm going to be shopping for boxers. Dark coloured ones. Maybe they'll have panda bears or penguins or little ducks on them. My youngest daughter looked at me with a pained expression afiter seeing this col- umn on the computer and said: "You're writing about your underwear? You know that's embarrassing for me." I can see ber point, but it would be a lot more cmbarrassing for me to walk down the road in my underwear. pENN' NOW OPEN 1 CENTp 900 Steeles Avenue E. JL (at Thompson) PENNZOIL Milton ~ 905-693-0808 We offer a TEN MINUTE QIL CHANGE service - no appointmnent necessary Oi 01, Lube and Filter PACKAGES from $26.99 includmng 12 pt. inspection Ail grades of QIL AND FILTERS avail- able for ALL MAKES AND MODELS of cars and trucks SExclusive PENNZOIL products SEXPERIENCED, friendly staff We accept ail MAJOR CREDIT CARDS, FLEET CARDS and INTERAC DIRECT PAYMENT ~ICOMMERCIAL, MONTHY ACCOUNTS are weîcomne SSTATE 0F THE ART EQUIPMENT NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY- HOURS Monday to Saturday 8 arn to 6 pm Sunday 9 arn to 4 prn NEW CAR WARRANTY APROVÈED r Meet the Personalized, experienced travel experts... ready to handie ail ofyour travel needs! Proudly Owned & Operated by Ken e Shirley Baskett CORPORATE AND LESUIR TRAVEL SPECIALIST SINCE 1986 905-876-1224 550 Ontario St. South, Unit 8, Milton, Ontario L9T 5E4