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i ish f-t- kjj i tt iv an 1 1 st comment talks while not fruitful leave room for discussion it still remains a viable plan to look into but sports fans who had hopes pegged on initial talks into the plan to have a shared arena between stouffville and uxbridge should not be holding their breath while it is still early in dis cussions the two mayors met last week to discuss the pos sibility at the behest of mayor wayne emmerson emmerson is keen to have a second ice pad built as it was a cornerstone of his election campaign uxbridge mayor gerri lynn oconnor has also been clam- oring for a second arena which would be a recreation al bonus for a township that already oversees a pool cen tre for seniors and arenacommunity centre but oconnor told the tribune uxbridge has a closer connec tion with port perry and more opportunities for shar ing stouffville has more to lose in this deal aside from uxbridge there are no municipalities within the area to share facilities with and while the issue is not dead it is not exactly on a stable footing however room for discussion is better than closed doors the drive to satisfy both communities recreational desires continues stouffville tribune 6244 main st stouflvllle ont l4a1e2 905 6402100 c905 6492292 classified 905 6402874 fax 905 6405477 trflwvftv mm publisher patricia iapjxts general managereditor andrew mair editorinchief jo ann stevemon director of advertising debet welter retail manager mike rogerson distribution manager barry j goodyear administration vivian oneil operations mgr pamela nichols questions news andrew mair editor jtktn ibtnslkrry julie gtspersen roger belgrave reporters sjperd witteveen 0 somerville photographry retail advertising joan marshman catherine dunkeld classified bonnie rondeau real estate joan marshman distribution arlene maddock the stouffville tribune published every wednesday and saturday is one of the mctroland printing publishing and distribu tion group of community newspapers which includes 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chips and put a cd into our combocdtaperadio machine nothing after checking all connections and lifting the cd player lid i determined that it was busted sure enough the twoyear warranty on the machine ran out in september frustrated but not van quished i plopped in a cas sette it played the first six bars of the first song then ground to a halt busted i flicked on the radio compo nent twenty seconds of cbcs sunday morning filled the kitchen then the cbc went off the air or so i thought in fact the radio had joined its fellow components in electrovalhal la i later in the day i went to slip something in the oven suddenly there was a horrible blinding white flash and the acrid smell of burnt metal a cautious glance inside revealed an element whose warranty had expired in august that had selfimmolated i took out the element threw it in the back of my truck and headed to canadian tire for a minute with replacement typical of the way the day was shaping up i ran over a chuhk of metal on the road and immediately heard the slow hiss of a ruptured tire i managed to make it home before the tire flattened com pletely i can honestly admit that i have never changed a flat before and pledge to never dp it again my truck clarisse is not in the best mechanical condition of its life naturally all its warranties have now expired so it was with increasing anger that i found the spare tire had been fused onto the underside of the vehicle by years of rust and dirt after yanking twisting and cursing i had to hacksaw the spare off i managed to jack up the truck and with some wd- 40 pry the flat off quite proud of myself i managed to bolt the spare on and lowered the jack as the day would have it the left side of the truck continued to sink as i lowered it a flat spare i ransacked the glove com partment found the tire war ranty and of course it had been expired for months completely flabbergasted i went back in the house only to find the fabulous mrs beasley trying to extract the marrow from our remote con trol weve had it since 1988 it had a great warranty against any damage or breakage i emphasize had i didnt blame the dog shes been suffering from a rather nasty parasite that gives her unbearable itching fits and she tries to distract herself apparently she has had this from a young age believe it or not she too came with a warranty it expired in june information superhighway is on my fridge by my fridge shall ye know me hr many households you can glean a surprising amount of information about the inner- lives of the inhabitants by studying the doors of their fridge todays fridge is yester days cave wall a blank canvas on which clues to the attitudes interests and quirks of late twentieth century homo sapiens are regularly affixed organized peoples fridges often incorporate neatly drawn up lists which may comprise anything from chores and shop ping to scheduled practices for the school band appointment cards for doctors dentists and orthodontists are staple items of fridge displays providing an additional useful reminder to those who bother to read them before ifs too late photographs of assorted mem bers of the family in unnatural ly harmonious poses are also commonly to be found these can be hard to reconcile with the daily warfare which occurs around the appliance itself as people seek to apportion blame for such dastardly crimes as fail ing to insert a new milk bag into the jug finishing the last piece of pecan pie without offering to share or neglecting to jettison a neandertal tub of halfeaten yogurt governments have so far over looked fridges as a rich source of information in their struggle to identify potential anarchists indeed the humble fridge door could be regarded as one of the last bastions of true democracy until recently our own fridge display included vulgar post cards inappropriate jokes and naughty ads for condoms which vied for supremacy with a cute photo of the cat perched noncha lantly on top of a tottering pile of laundry and an especially witty christmas card from a friend kates corner l33ft3rssfls ka te qi i d erd a i e circa 19s9 it should be noted that mr wallethead has always tended to be less than sanguine about the motley collection of paper attached to this sturdy mainstay of the gilderdale kitchen which in his archaic view was designed merely for the storage of perishable food and beer his lack of enthusiasm how ever has nothing to do with con tent and everything to do with the fact that if you closed the door with reasonable force the less tenacious magnets- along with the flotsam and jetsam anchored by them plummeted into an untidy heap on the kitchen floor thus it was four or five weeks ago that we reached a compro mise now we have two cork boards attached to the kitchen wall to accommodate our assem bled collection of wit and whim sy mbr for about a week the fridge door shone with unnatural bril liance unencumbered as it was by the messy detritus of bygone days slowly and stealthily how ever it is reverting to its role of advertising benign displays of civil disobedience r the first rogue item to appear was a racy british ad for macin tosh computers which has since been joined by two photographs a video store coupon and a wicked oneliner condemning the phonetic approach to read ing if you want to know more about that special someone in your life the writing is on the fridge