inquiring | We differ from Yanks reporter by Barrett Fisher FOR THREE days beginning the week of June 17, 40-million litres of raw sewage will be released into the Fraser River while work is done on a sewage main to make way for a ramp of the Annacis Bridge. While some believe the sewage will affect public beaches, others say the force of the river will easily dilute and wash the sewage away. To- day’s question is: What do you think of sewage dumping? Lorraine Wareham North Vancouver I think it stinks. Dean Cummer Vancouver They should have had better preparation by having a back-up sewer system. It just shows the city’s lack of planning. Norma Varga North Vancouver I think it’s poor planning. Why didn’t they an- ticipate this a year ago? In the middle of summer I think it stinks. Barb Keen North Vancouver Actually I fect if there is no other alternative and it has to be done, hopefully the engineering study is accurate and the flow will take it far enough out to sea and it will be diluted. Paul Leduc North Vancouver I think the politicians responsible for making that decision should be dipped into the Fraser River immediately after the discharge of the ef- fluent. From Page 4 being, well, frankly, shallow, coarse, maybe even slightly dangerous, Be that as it may -- different strokes, ] say -- they are also the world's paramount hustlers. ° While a successful businessman like Jimmy Pattison is so rare a bird in Canada that folks take out their binoculars when he goes by, there are millions of Pattison clones in the States. They thrive there. They elect Reagan and all that sort of thing, but, then, that’s their inalienable right. Why, when it came to free trade, my ex-roofer from Oklahoma wanted to know, weren't Canadians pounding on the doors, hegging America to throw them open, instead of making grumpy noises and nervously clearing their throats. } could point out that my own province's premier had just recently agreed with the other Western premiers that free trade should be pur- sued, Why wasn’t something happening then? Well, the central provinces where the bulk of the population fives. don’t want to endanger their shaky tariff-protected manufacturing industry by actually forcing it to com- pete with American goods, He shook his head. “If you can’t stand on yer own twa feet you're dead anyways." Taken in a world trade context, |} couldn’: immediately think of anything to say back. But isn't it the fear of the economy of scale that holds back?) Our own little businesses would be taken over by big American outfits in no time at all, wouldn't they? Came the reply | knew was coming: ‘‘Pardon me, but don’t we own most of it anyways?’' Maybe, J countered, but then you'd own it all. That's when he made his remark about us saddling up together and {the missuz allowed as how she couldn't figure out why us Canadians hadn't done it already. I realized [ couldn’: éx- _ 7:30 to 9:30 p.m,, room A117 fl ‘Pace Plano: Wednesday, June 12. 4:30 to 6:30 p.m,,' room H113-~ THE VANCOUVER WALDORF SCHOOL f: Thursday; June 1 3-5 accept the following numbers of students for September 85 Pre-school Kindergarden waiting list waiting list .4 students students students students students students students students students students students student or further information 985-7435 plain in terms they'd unders- tand. In their view, if you had a vastly bigger market you could make vastly greater profits. You could get the monkey of tariffs off your back. Lower taxes. A better dollar. A chance to set up shop smack in the middle of the world's greatest bazaar. So instead of trying to put the answer together in a configuration they could follow, | gave up and made a joke. We all laughed and moved on to the next topic. And I remembered an an- cient truth: A lot of people think American and Can- dians speak the same language. We don't. Computerized Water Analysis : Vol. Ili No. 87 Sunday, 9 June, 1985 by | Len Macht No New Formula You probably won't believe this. I bet you'll try it anyways. Next time you're coming back to the North Shore over the 2nd Narrows, look to your left towards Park and Tilford. Then, if you squint (not too long though) you'll see bubbly ef- fervescence rising above the buildings. That’s our sparkling personalities, and why we're filling our shop to double what we normally handle. Busy, busy. Our provincial soothsayers of economic wisdom who tell us how bad things are, must be wrong. Maybe they just haven't gotten around to counting the cars in our shop. We find when we're fixing cars at peak volume we get more ef- ficient. The pursuit of finishing your car on time, well done, and making you happy is our personality. Gleam, Dept. Have you ever witnessed a body shop bloom? Wait til you see the back of our building. We've added about 5000 square feet of efficiently engineered body shop. There will be the equivalent of 12 frame machines (we do straighten frames} and new hoists, ready for ac- tion July 1. We've got high tech environmental equipment in (air cleaners) for the good health of our guys inside as well as you outside. We figure happy, healthy guys will do a better job on your car. And, impart a little of our sparkling personality on to your car making it good as new.