I remembered most - I think some of the brands, e.g. Blackjack gum and P F Flyers, weren't available in Canada. Guess I'm pretty near old as dirt. As a pre-teen and a teen on Dad's rather large (for those days) farm after our hired hand had gone to World War II, I got to play in the dirt quite a lot. ole joyful

I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape, so I got my doctor's permission to join a fitness club and start exercising. I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors. I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour. But, by the time I got my leotards on, the class was over.

Is it O.K. with you, liira (who doesn't look a day over 35) ... ... if we make a half dozen of those posters and hand them out to our favourite characters at several stores? I'll bet they'll have a great time sharing it with other staff persons who resent the non-maskers/mask refusers putting them at increased risk. I'll bet the persons at the door allowing us in one by one'll get a laugh out of it: maybe say you've made their day! And what'll you bet they'll remember you and give you a smile the next time you show your face there? Or: here's an idea - how about carrying one with us as we travel through the store, ... maybe asking the mask refusers if we can paste it on their back? Or ... maybe hang it on on our back? See how many conversations it instigates ... and whether the positive ones outnumber the negative ones? Hope you're all having a great day! I'm still in bed, late to bed, and figure that I need all of the beauty sleep I can get. ole joyfuelled ... who enjoys the daily smiles: thanks, Annie! P.S. to rusty: and after about 30 years of adulthood ... is that about when 2nd childhood begins, do ya figger? o j

Give a man a fish and he eats for the day. Teach a woman to garden and the whole neighborhood gets zucchini.