p 4 weekender june 3 1995 staix look out for man who wields the axe duck premier mike harris is about to swing a very large axe iri his effort to control the spiralling deficit and expenditures rung up by the previous government and the swath of that axe will likely come within a hair of touching most of us who live in the gta finance minister ernie eves is set to make more than a billion dollars in cuts next week mainly from the areas of welfare and transportation we can safely say the new toronto subway lines which have begun con struction will be halted almost immediately major viewpoint andrew mair highway projects are like ly to fall to the axe as well does this mean the long- awaited hwy 407 will once again be put on hold it is now nearly a decade since thenpremier david peterson made his clarion call of 407 in w that highway was sorely needed then it is urgently needed now of less importance is the 404 extension to lake simcoe you couldnt get a las vegas oddsmaker to take a bet on the future of that stretch of road its gone the catch 22 harris is facing is that ontario needs to redevelop its infrastructure to remain competitive but at the same time we are in a position of financial des peration our roads are in sorry shape from jbhe lowliest of rural backroads to the deteriorating pile of rub ble known as the qew but we cannot afford to fix them up this means geographical areas like northern ontario and the eastern portion of the province will continue to wallow economically from a lack of infrastructure in the gta we will con tinue to grow without the transportation networks to successfully cope with the growth its a real quandary we hope harris will halt the swing of his budget axe at as many of the vital roads projects as possible but dont hold your breath the former golf pro- turnedpremier has been known to have a wicked slice the tribune weekender edition ametrotaad oomiaunlty newspaper patricia pappas publisher jo ann stevenson editorinchief andrew hair 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without written per mission from the publisher permit f 1247 hazards of modern living wfwiriw adam by brian basset there was a time not so very- long ago when occupational injuries were easy to spot a woman with a beauty mark on her cheek was most likely an actress or a dancer a man hop ping about on a peg leg or sport ing a hook wherehis hand should be was probably a pirate if his front teeth were missing there was a good chance he played pro hockey but that was back in the good old simple days before we found ourselves with too much time on our hands and had to invent ways to pass our leisure hours i callit the pff era pff prefrisbee finger thats an injury that began to be report ed back in the 60s shortly after someone discovered that you could have a lot of fun tossing a plastic pie plate back and forth in a park it wasnt difficult you simply grasped the frisbee by its edge with your throwing hand and with a kind of underhand flick you launched it at your partner who was waiting to catch it across the field trouble was if you played fris bee long enough you came down with a case of frisbee finger a painful throbbing and swelling of the digit that rubbed against the frisbee when you flicked it sky ward not everybody plays frisbee of course some couch potatoes pre fer to stay inside locked in mortal combat with their game boys sega or nintendo games their reward nintendo thumb doctors claim some vic tims play with such intensity that they squeeze the blood right out of their thumbs which smarts weve always had conventional sports injuries of course tennis elbow golfers wrist and wonky knees from contact sports such as football and soccer but it took the fitness craze of the past few years to introduce us to the mis ery of joggers nipple this is an ailment caused by a runners syn- arthur black thetic jersey repeatedly rubbing against his or her chest sounds funny it aint then theres surfers toe human beach rats who spend their summers clinging to surf boards in the ocean waiting for the perfect wave come down with this one surfers toe is basically a callous that builds up on the big toe itfs caused by what else too much rubbing up against a surfboard but you dont have to be a jock to suffer from modernday mal adies take musicians you would think a symphony orches tra would be a pretty safe place to hide from bodily aches and pains would you not dont believe it a few years back an australian surgeon did an extensive medical study of members of eight orchestras some of the problems he uncov ered pipers pinkie the players baby finger becomes rigid and immobile from being held stiff for long periods violinists neck a painful con dition caused by holding the vio lin in the standard position between chin and left shoulder cellists back low back pain resulting from hours of sitting in a restricted position there is also clarinetists and oboeisfs thumb bassoonists hands flautists elbow cym balists shoulder percussionists palsy and my favorite trum peters piles i ask you what did musicians ever do to deserve fates like these all they want to do is make beautiful sounds theyd be safer opening a kosher hot dog stand in downtown beirut