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cwefcbnomrswtoigui paper route tests family ties if youre looking for a real family activity forget the trivial pur suit and balderdash the hockey tickets and the weekend outings instead talk one or more of your kids into getting a regular paper route before you can say what its collection time again youll find the whole family engaged in an absorbing challenging mad dening round of activities that will give new meaning to the word togetherness our job we think of it as our job though it is in fact our sons one day a week job began in nocently enough said son who was always better at riding a bike for what its worth gaxol fyaxd nsz than stopping one took an unplan ned detour through the neighbors garage door how are you plan ning to pay for the damage we inquired figuring that at the rate of his allowance the neighbors would be with the angels before the situation was rectified no problem he replied my friend wants to give up his sunday paper route ill just take it over and so he did how wise we are when looking back if i could relive that one world tent tour presents markham all proceeds k markham stguffville hospital fund l santa glaus parade pancake breakfast two pancakes smothered in syrup butter plus coffee parade day november 28th from 730 am location iga parking lot main st markham special thanks to dan didier iga and gord turney markham pharmacy for the use of their parking lot best bedroom suite buy save5l6 on the suite get a free duvet as well 109 value not exactly as illustrated queen or double bed 7 drawer 4 drawer dressers night table all in solid pine reg 2580 act now save a pocketful of money and get a free duvet as part of the deal you have a choice of our york county or eastern ontario style bed and a choice of the classic country lincoln county or jordon style of dressers get in on it now and youll get it before christmas prech ristmas delivery if you order now sale the pine and oab furniture people schomberg hwys 27 4 9 416 939 2243 from toronto 3633684 barbie cedar pomle park ounlop 4 400 705 726 7827 closed sat thornhilt 8403 yonge si just south ol hwy 7 416 7643697 port carling main street 70s 765 6474 or 765 6012 day i would have simply given him the money and muttered something about extra lawn mow ing and snow shovelling before i continue id like to point out that i said sunday pap er and not wednesday and saturday paper because im sure that none of the things im about to mention have ever hap pened in this fine establishment did you get that guys do i get to keep my column now there are only two basic prob lems with having a paper route delivering the paper and collect ing the money for the paper of the two im not sure which is worse the papers are supposed to be delivered to us between 630 and 7 on sunday mornings according ly my husband sets his alarm for 630 which makes him very grumpy indeed just to make sure that my son has set his and then they both sit in the front hallway until about 930 when the papers actually arrive by this time i have been roused from a well- deserved and much needed beau ty sleep by anxious and over wrought customers who dont want to eat their wheaties without being able to gaze at the sunshine person i am nice to these people on the phone but when they hang up i say unkind things about them their relatives and their forbears into the dead receiver meanwhile downstairs my hus band is pacing and giving the dog i assume hes talking to the dog no one else is listening a lecture on tardiness and irresponsibility and all that other work ethic stuff my son who has heard the lecture many times is calmly whiling away the waiting time in front of thetvy eventually the papers arrive and because of the late hour my husband drives my son on his rounds while they are out some one from the paper phones to say they have had a number of com plaints about the paper being late i say a number of unkind things about them their relatives and their forbears i do not wait until the line is dead this makes me feel much better collecting is just as challenging as delivering ninety percent of the customers are charming gra cious people salt of the earth its the other 10 percent that cause the problem the ones who move without paying for the last two months or who argue about the price every time or who never answer the door but peek through the bedroom curtains for four or five nights in a row these are the same people who complain about the bill being so high when they are finally cornered i suppose its good practice for real life certain members of our little group are getting fed up with the whole thing were still trying to convince the junior partner to look for greener pastures in the meantime does anyone know of a parttime job for a really neat kid with a couple of very industrious parents x imkssi3reasures prechristmas sale royal doulton figurines are timeless top o the hill enjoy savings of up to 50 50 on young master and punch judy man only all others 40 off current 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