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a6 tribune december 17 1986 will hold hands with dix snowshoveller retires with a tear in his eye by jim thomas stouffville hes been gods gift to seniors thats how one longtime stouffviue resident described the helping hand provided by robert bun sellers of harold street for the past 17 seasons buns been clearing snowclogged driveways all over town with up to 35 places on his automatic call list however all good things must come to an end at 57 bun has decided to call it quits turning his oneman operation over to pete turner of lloyd avenue i feel kind of bad about it bun said in an interview friday but it was impossible to plan anything ahead he admits both he and his cus tomers shed a few tears it was back in 1969 that bun purchased his first bobcat the machines were relatively new at the time for bun it was love at first sight he would keep each unit about three years this way he never ran into costly repairs the purchase price back in 69 was 4400 he recalls the last one cost 21000 buns rates for plowing snow didnt escalate quite that fast in itially he charged from five to seven dollars last year it was ten to fifteen after every snowfall regular as clockwork bun was on the job folks enjoyed watching him work and often invited him injor a cup of tea fourteenhour days were not unusual on occasions when he also worked for the town he re mained on the job almost round- theclock sometimes weather conditions were severe but bun came pre pared under five layers of clothes plus three pairs of socks and two pairs of gloves even then hes had his ears and face frozen bun and his bobcat worked together as a team never in 17 seasons of snowplowing did he ever get into any serious scrapes he plans to continue his summer- long contracts with golf courses as many as 15 throughout south ern and central ontario as for the winter the weathers so unpredictable bun says its either a feast or a famine doing nothing or going day and night for all that he honestly admits hes going to miss it not so much the ccld days and the colder nights but the warmth of the friendships hes made so what are you going to do now i asked brush up on my solitaire and hold hands with dix he replied for robert bun sellers of harold street stouffviue his snow- shovelling days are over since 1969 hes been cleaning driveways all over town and making friends wherever he went now with more time he plans to brush up on his solitaire and hold hands with dix jim thomas t0tnvoft an extra tabmqjwd cana0as largest fashion fabric distributor the greatest up to wool super buy classic a price and more last minute gift ideas fothe serious sewer wool checks 150cm wide classic checks in classic shades durable wrinklefree our reg 1298 4 50 m sewing kits only giftboxed scissor kits 3 pair only stacking shelves plastic hangers q98 3 stacking shelves 1 dor hangers 3p pfcg 998 ea 998 set consider a 1 year membership in fabriclands spectacular sewing club only 10 52 weeks of savings up to 15 asx us about mil off eveiytwng the spirit is with us get in on the adtibhat ttly nderfuts m holiday sale an extra 10 off makes last minute nqlidi eveiythjng for ladies eei eveiyttm 8573 mccowan rd north east corner of hwy 7 markham 4711610 new location j markham super centre cwiwas iaksbtv fashion fabric distributor the best in selection and price anywhere