PEPER Fase pee Oy j “ consider the basic. motives. 2 : jhe this. ars aes Soe ag Set See EE gg ce ST nares page 31, August 24, 1971- ‘North Shore News - , . oo - oo , He would’ jog dows “into sag ot ee North Van_ for’supplies; and I. once: ‘Spotted: him thumping his way. across Lonsdale .at:.:"We even had a’woman who 19th, a loaf of bread tucked. . walked the streets at twilight. “ander. one arm and waving — for.a time, having animated. an. old’ sock in. “front: of his “conversations with @ person "Bose. Fumes, ‘no doubt. “.. 7. who was to us invisible. But: eha.- on she seems to have vanished . -- mow as well. Plus, we are “The last® ‘time: 1 saw : him presently graced witha little “was ata track meet. in Lynn ‘chap who is: seen in various ‘Valley. H 6 entered. the. imile, : last. by - some - | 7 “but. nonetheless received ‘a proper. applause. And then one day he just "jogged away. People say he. ‘ran..up into the Interior - somewhere, but I don’ t think anyone knows for : sure. On ‘any. working day on. a crowded _ downtown - street, one would be hard pressed to mark much | of a: difference: between the hustling. legions , of accountants,:‘ad -'men, . stockbrokers. and office man-~ agers as they scurry about in. ' groups of.two or three; or-sit hunched ~. at.. some “ Junch ‘counter — ‘muttering ~ _ about. trends ‘and” ‘decimal “poi True, the ad ‘men mig ht. idress.a bit .more “foppishly. ‘than the accountants, | ut: and large you: can’t tell the’ : difference between a govern: _ment clerk and a municipal . mayor. at ten feet ... and’ considering, the vast diversity” of the human character, this ~ strange ‘uniformity is” “truly amazing. “n Ties'a billy ‘club for proof. For. ‘a - while. he. guarded a. high-rise construction site at - Keith:.and ‘Lonsdale, and_- acquired = an — understudy. “somewhat. older than. him- self... But: the | partnership “appears to have broken up. Most times now he contents himself. with watching. over. the graveyard shift. at. the Seven Eleven Store on 3rd _ Similarly, blue collar work: | éts.. tend sink < their” ‘Sndividwatity in olive drab or. brown fatigues. Every” year fashion _designers make a- killing ~on-.’. those. -.. women” wealthy enought to‘afford the: newest ‘uniform . ExXpressilig their femininity. And | ‘what _do-we do when‘ we>go home? ~ Work on the house, take. the” - kids ‘ swimming’or | watch | “-television.“Any other. activity “usually involves too: ‘much energy, creativity or risk. We also have an old ‘gen 7 - whose tasteruns to 9 three-foot This learned behavior.is isn’ ‘ really so. strange when you: You'ti yourself and your ; pian. usuaily- -involves the better. ‘part‘of a. lifetime; ~ fora: computer’: | ; | a | “ _ programmer, or a tug boat. TEE Sa PR -cook, and for the majority of: - COLORFUL GENTLEMAN with; tape deck entertains Granville Street theatre quenes. ‘us there’s.no real’ escape. | [Dave. 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Ce ~ sagging Guardsmani’s busby, a ‘us to skip off the. treadmill = and whose habit of suddenly | ee * appearing in’ alléyways has’” jolted me.more than once. | yondered, too, at the - eal in a phone booth, high | religi ious persuasion of the. * those: rare. few | who don’t .. fashion style, Nose elevated, thin elie who's ‘compelled seem to give 4 hoot about it." che raised one hand ele pi gant--- io stand at the corner ‘of _ They pe their cecentrici-. ly high above her head, Georgia and Granville. day ties before. us. “ exist on extended the index finger | after day, vacantly display- fhe edge, where they. survive. and make a diving stab — a 3-D picture of ‘the . rom hand to mouth, ‘the on y toward the dial. She dialed a crucifixion. a oy real contact they have with’ number. Back up went the re our: day to. day’ society. finger, paused, then swoop- ' ee Otherwise, their world is eq: down again. If nothing — | | their own. Clinical’ psychi-- else; she’s certainly got the - | But what about the North _ before our time is due. ee 4 ‘ But then there are always’: atrists could carefully tag _ style down. | “Shore? Do we have our own _ them with large, hyphenated ~~ ce _ chapter of this little club? Of. labels; but we know them by | | ', course we do. Every town PE MB AEG ~ae different names. We call the’ ws ‘hasone, 7 SAVE. ‘50% on. your. ‘fall and winter: milder types eccentrics, ie = Then there’s her counter- « _ . | rest just plain crazy. They - part, who. ‘seems to. be © ee _ make us feel vaguely Me the: perpetually waiting for a while mystifying us at the ~ vitallyimportant rendezvous, . Same time; they entertain us. but - whoever she’s waiting _ ner gry Mone were cme like’ little one-man shows for. is. long” overdue.: Her ~ His’ origins are_ ‘couched . in - Yolling down the street. And favorite spot is the bench just. - myth - Tve heard that he was’ we certainly do: ‘remember jinside . the Hudson. Bay's injured :as a- ship builder, them - = they" re like’ members Georgia Street entrance. ‘during the war, also that his’ of a very exclusive ¢ club. She's usually adorned with a. ~ wife Tete him, ‘but whatever. it . kerchief of some description _ was, it. created a unique . Those who've chosen. the. and puffing short and sharp * individual. streets of downtown Vancou-:. - ‘on ahand rolled cigarette. a | nt i ver as their turfiare gevhaps | Co , | as ‘the real charter’ members, = ey pe and foremost among them is. — = ‘He was rumoured to dwell. “the lady who seems to be = 1 watched her make a in a little, shack in Lynn. -. snubbing the. world, She. ph ..e call as well. She stood, Malley - wi a Piano on its... ‘Operates mainly along Gran- marched to the phone and “front porch (which 1 never lle Street, sometimes ven- dialed furiously, The conv- saw), and from there ‘he. turing off down! the ‘side versation began convivially - jogged to all, voints in. 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