Pau. St. PIERRE @ © Paulitics & Perspectives HERE IT is the end of March. Time to make 1990 New Year’s resolutions again. One of the first is to procrasti- nate more this year. Most of the things we think need to be done today could be done just as well tomorrow. That in- cludes paying bills, marrying and going on a diet, although maybe not buying fire insurance. The people who object to your procrastinating, on the off-chance that you are prone to it, do not have your best interests in mind. They are thinking of themselves, rascals that they are. Do others complain when you procrastinate about billing them? Does The Queen protest when you are tardy in claiming an Income Tax refund? Does the bunko artist object about procrastination in the courts which results in all the witnesses against him dying of old age? ce EF very morning ail the family is going to line up just after teeth and before the boiled eggs and we skall say, 20 times, ‘None of your business.’ ’’ Not on your Nelly. In this bright new year of 1990 which seems to have crept up on us unnoticed, there is going to be a lot less answering of questions in our house. Every morning all the family is going to line up just after teeth and before the boiled eggs and we shall all say, 20 times, ‘‘None of your business.” We are going to practise those words so hard that by summer or early fall we are going to be able to say them in public. When some otherwise decent man or woman intcrrupts our Sunday to seek our most private thoughts about religion we shall speak the truth, telling them that it is none of their business. We shall say the same thing to pollsters who ask our opinion of Premier Vander Zalm, one of God’s associates. We shall say ‘“‘None of your business’’ to all those who want to know if we use lemon-scented soap, if we own a computer or if we suspect that racial prejudice was a factor in our losing the egg and spoon race at the church pic- nic 50 years ago. §f more of us would use those simple words, by the cnd of 1990 a Jot of pollsters and other pryers would be idle and we could chop them up for fish bait. NORTH VANCOUVER 251-1116 Busybodies excepted, the resolve is to be more polite in 1990. It costs nothing and your shins don’t get kicked. On this old anthill of ours we are bumping into one another so often that society isn’t going to keep running unless we develop some firm, unwritten rules of courtesy which everybody knows. Immigrants from Asia are prob- ably going to be a help. They’ve been practising courtesy in crowd- ed circumstances for a few thou- sand years now. it’s also not a bad idea to observe The Queen now and then. She sets an unfailing example of good manners, no matter what the provocation. Keep your eye on the Queen, not her husband. Minding my own business is something I plan more of this year. That does not mean getting out of stocks and real estate and into bonds and Swiss banks, great ideas though those might be. i think of minding my own business =s keep- ing the nose out of other people’s. Canadians have not been doing very well at this. We seem to feel we have a duty to tell the Brazilians they don’t know how to manage their rain- forest. We lecture the starving people in Africa about their wan- ton birth rates. Here at home we want policemen to come around and tell the neighbors that they're letting the grass grow too long on their lawn. All those other people have their own interests, their triumphs, sins, problems, failures, appetites, turgid urges, rages, loves, supersti- tions beyond numbering and the gold and bronze sound of a big church bell at sunset. Might we not just leave them to it? Wouldn’t the world be a happier place, as well as quieter, if the multitudes were left to work out those matters privately, without shouts and imprecations from the rest of us? 1 also plan to be happier in 1990. f shall manage this by refusing to listen to the latest list of cancer-causing substances. I will reject the news that another Ice Age is coming or that the oceans are boiling with chemical wastes. Instead, I am going to repair regularly to a small, still lake at sunset where I shall find a stump and solitude. There, in the russet last light of day, I shall sit and think. Sometimes all I'll do is sit. Maybe, of course, 1990 will not turn out well, But should it turn out that this is the year the world comes to an end, I won't worry. | will take the ferry to Victoria, where everything happens 20 years later. WEST VANCOUVER 926-5541 9 - Friday, March 30, 1990 - North Shore News CRIME ALERT FROM THE NORTH SHORE’S POLICE FILES THE FOLLOWING is a list of re- cent North Shore crimes: NORTH VANCOUVER CAPILANO Break and enter — 3000-bik. Delbrook. Eniry gained by prying rear door. Stolen: cigarettes, scratch and win tickets, and small amount of cash. Break and enter — 4000-blk. Maple Ridge Dr. Entry gained through unlocked patio door. Stolen: key holder, tote bag and ring. Break and enter — 800-bIk. W. Queens Rd. Entry gained through main door. Stolen: computer. Break and enter -- 400-blk. Vienna Cres. Entry gained through broken basement window. Stolen: liquor, CD player, camera, case, zoom lens and flash, movie camera, straw hat and jewelry. Break and enter — 3000-bik. Delbrook. Entry gained by forcing rear door. Stolen: Nintendo game, VCR, Ninten- do game cartridges, magazine, food and cigarettes plus videos. CITY NORTH Break and enter — 200-bIk. E. 17th St. Entry gained through kitchen window. Stolen: stereo,, VCR, TV, cameras, barometer, cash, telescope, electric razor, calculator, walkman, radio tele- phone and jewelry. CITY SOUTH Break and enter — 200-blk. W. Sth St. Entry gained through bedroom win- dow. Stolen: leather jacket, flag, Sony walkman, camera and jewelry. Break and enter — 200-bik. W. 6th St. Entry gained by prying kitchen win- dow. Stolen: tote bag, VCR, piggy bank containing change, American currency, watch. Break and enter — 200-bIk. E. Sth St. Entry gained by prying patio door. Stolen: cash, liquor, VCR, camera and flash, jewelry. Break and enter — 100-blk. W. 4th St. Entry gained through second floor sliding balcony door. Stolen: VHS VCR, am/fm ghetto blaster with speakers, pillow case and change. LYNN VALLEY Break and enter — 3000-bik. Laurence WESTPRESS DESIGN PRINTING FROM CONCEPT TO FINISHED PRODUCT Recyeiled paper availa: 2443 Marine Drive, West Vancouver LW 922-0247 Bewen 947-9745 Pl. Entry gained through rear door. Stolen: receiver. Break and enter — 1000-bIk. Lynn Valley Rd. Entry gained through car- port basement door. Stolen: TV, guitar, table and chairs (antiques). PEMBERTON Break and enter — 1000-blk. Churchill Cres. Entry gained by smashing front door with rock. Stolen: scuba diving gear. Break and enter — 1000-bIk. Garden Ave. Entry gained through insecure window. Stolen: leather jacket, Bowie knife, cash. Break and enter — 1000-bik. Hope Rd. Entry gained through basement win- dow. Stolen: 18 speed bike, VCR, stereo tuner. Break and enter — 1000-bIk. Lioyd Ave. Entry gained by smashing win- dow. Stolen: coins, fire extinguisher. Break and enter — 900-bIk. W. Ist St. Entry gained by smashing front glass door. Stolen: smal} amount of cash and food. SEYMOUR Break and enter — 1000-bIk. Purcell Way. Entry gained through basement sliding window. Stolen: Nintendo set and cassettes and purifier. Break and enter — 1!000-blk. Layton Dr. Entry gained by prying basement door. Stolen: TV, jewelry box contain- ing (wo watches, jewelry. Break and enter 2000-bik. Swineburne. Entry gained by smashing door. Stolen: cameras and lens. Break and enter — 400-bIk. Mountain Highway. Entry gained by smashing rear door. Stolen: mail. THEFT FROM VEHICLES 300-bik. West 27th St. Stofen: wallet containing bank cards. 990-bIk. Marine Dr. Stolen: corder. ith & Moody. Stolen: pocket knife. 200-bik. W. Ist St. Stolen: umbrella. 300-blk. E. 10th St. Stolen: $5 change. 100-bik. E. Keith Rd. Stolen: stereo. 4000-bik, Hoskins Rd. Stolen: carrying case with papers, briefcase, eel skin folders, daytimer, leather directory, calculator. 1000-bIk. detector. 3000-bIk. Sunpyhurst. Stolen: Vuarnet sunglasses. 200-bik. Plateau Dr. Stolen: steering wheel. 2000-bIk. Dollacton Hwy. Stolen: cellular phone, battery pack, sunglasses, stereo speakers. More Alert tape re- pager and Rufus Dr. Stolen: radar PARK SHORE BMW 1500 FELL AVE. NORTH VANCOUVER 985-9344