| Wrestling with annual resol

I guess everyone is
busy working on their
New Year’s resolutions.
I know I am.

T always feel so enthusias-
tie about improving myself i
the first couple weeks of
new vear, It's like a rebirth
tor me. I get to dismiss all
that was rotten about me in
the previous year and set tar-
gets for a new, improved
Shannon. Sort of like a snake
shedding an old skin.

I wish the rest of my fami-
ly felt as inspired by New
Year’s resolutions as I do.
They apparently all feel pretty
good about themselves,
because no one ever volun-
teers to make any positive
change with the new year.

f have a friend, a Martha
Stewart-type who always has
marvelous ideas for things.

Every new year she and
her family sit down to discuss

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Pear Editor:

Re: Runaway trucks.

Official responses to the
problem have not added
much to truck owner Sarbjit
Sil’'s post-crash comments
(as quoted in the News):
“My brain is not working
properly right now.”

We therefore propose the

Licence
system
suspect

Dear Editor:
Re: Timothy Renshaw’s

Sunday, Dec. 21, column
entitled “It’s truck stopping
time.”

In his article Mr. Renshaw
posed the question, “Is any-
one else our there concerned
that peopic who have only a
passing grasp of English can
still qualify for a professional
truck driver’s licence in
B.C.2”

As one person who is defi-
nitely concerned, I also
learned that to legally operate
a vehicle the size and weight
of the vehicle in question, the
driver, in addition to having a
valid driver’s licence, must
also hold a valid airbrake cer-

“tificatinn certificate, Class 1.

Yo obrain such certitica-
tion, classroom attendance of
some 16 hours followed by
written driving tests are nee-
essary.

Then a final written test at
the Motor Vehicle Branch
must be completed.

If passed satisfactorily,
only a learner's permit ts
granted. Subsequent experi-
ence and testing is necessary
before upgrading to perma-
nent status,

This certainly begs the
question of how somebody
with little knowledge of the
hinguage can qualify to be a
profes: ronal operator unless
there are certain loopholes in
the system thar allows for
rubber-stamping. If this is the
case, the carnage will contin-
ue. You can bet on it.

J.W. Campbell
North Vancouver

their resolutions. Together
they work out something rea-
sonable for cach member of
the family, kids included.

They follow up on a
weekly basis at 2 family meet-
ing, for which she types an
agenda and bakes cookies.
She clainis this really works,
that her children have learned
some valuable seif-improve-
ment techniques.

She says that the mutual
support of family members
makes New Year's resolutions
fun and easy. (F might add
that this same woman has

following:

All North Shore exits off

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Vehicles exiting the high-
way are immediately faced
with a short and steep
descent ending in a T-
junction and large concrete
wall.

Those vehicles and dri-

been known to carve rosettes
out of radishes. }

iam so impressed with
my friend's system that this
year | organized my own
family to sit down to work on
our New Year's resolutions.
The conversation went some:
thing like this:

Me: “Who has a resolu.
tion they want to make for
1998?"

Dead silence.

Me: “Cim’on, PH start.
I'm going to lose 10
pounds.”

Husband: “Wasn't that
vour resolution from fast
year?”

Me: “This is a new year.”

Husband: “Tim sure that
was vour last vear’s resohu-
tion.”

Me: “Somebody must
have scmerhing they want to
work on?”

Sor: “Pm hunery, How
‘bout we work on that"

Husband: “Whai ume
does the football game come
on?

Other Son: “Hts starting
now, PIE ger the chips 7

Me: (staring with daugers
in mv eves at my husband)
“Please, this is important to
me.

The men in the family
hastily scribble something
onto their pigces of paper and
bolt for the den te watch the
game.

Only my daughter and 1
remain at the table. *Don't
worry hlom,” she says. “1
have a ftin idea. Let's throw
these resolutions into a hat
and we'll all draw one

Veeling quite discouraged
by the lack of enthusiasm for
my little project, [agree to
her seemingly ridiculous plan.

But guess what? This plan
has some dennite advantages
over uadivonal resolution
making. So far, everyone is

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vers unable to hold their
brakes to make the turn
automatically remeve them-
selves as a threat ro the rest
of us.

Any heavy truck driver
unwillieg to stake his own
life on his adjustments
would the: not be risking
the lives of North Shore

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having some success and teel
ing good about themaclves as
aresulr.

My son got my resolution,

I modified to “getting
in shape.” The kid plavs
hockev four times a week and
snowboarding season has
begun so he is getting into
great shape.

My daughter got my hus-
band’s resolution, which was
tO not get so stressed out
when he is watching televised
sports. She is incredibly calm
when she watches sports on
TV.

Even my youngest son is
making out all right with the
resolution be drew trom the
hat. It was my daughter's res-
olution to brush her hair one
hundred strokes every night.
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] got my eldest son's reso-
lution: to quit getting into
fights at hockey games. So far
so geod for me: T have not
been in a hockey fight yet
this year. (OK, so Dhave
come close a coupie of times;
I consider fighting to mean
actual physical contact with
injury resulting. }

And my husband, who gor
my voungest son’s resolution,
is also doing well. He hasn't
left his bike our in the rain
vet this vear.

The whole thing is going
so well that [ think nest vear
we may do the same thing
with our New Year's resolu-
tions.

1 was getting pretty sick of
losing that same ald 1@
pounds anyway.

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