46 - Sunday, December 14, 1986 - North Shore News

TODAY WAS a day that people choose to remember when
they live in British Columbia. Despite the news from the
calendar, the words from Winnipeg — do you need to be up
to your armpits in snow? — and a dire warning from the
weather jocks that this is temporary, we basked.

December? My daughter and |
went shopping in long-sleeve
sweaters.

The sun was so hot on my desk
this morning that I had to close the
curtains and drap the heating to
zip.

What a marvellous day to get in
your car and head for Whistler! Or
the Interior. Or anywhere where
you'd meet crisp snow with sun-
shine.

travel
wise

by Barbara
McCreadie
R207, Cane OEE

And, if you're anything like the
average Lower: Mainland dweller,
you'd head-off in your long-sleev-
ed sweater. What, me worry?

In a way, we're like Califor-
nians. They leave L.A. or San
Diego in shorts. They might have
their ski equipment aboard, but
they are singing a happy song as
they head for the mountains — in
December. Even over the Donner
Pass. Some of us have heard what
happened to a'party that tried that

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im winter, nearly a century.-ago —

and they had axes, warm clothing
and shelter.

There are very few as un-
prepared for adverse weather than
today’s motorists. _

How about the young couple
that skidded off the road? They
had a full tank of gas and ran the
engine to keep the car warm. Pity
they didn’t notice that the exhaust
pipe was firmly entrenched in a
snowbank, They’re statistics.

And then there was the family
that did the same nose-dive off the

highway. They didn’t skid into the ©

ditch, but stayed on the shoulder.
Pity they didn’t have any flares —
z semi went wide on the corner and
spoiled their vacation. Permanent-
ly.

Others freeze to death. Others
are so badly injured that come the

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first thaw, road workers have the
sorry job of removing the remains.

I'm from the Alberta prairies. If
we didn’t have much in the way of
entertainment, all we had to do
was tune in Co the parent's stories
when it came to winter survival!

Despite what my kids toss my
way about the stone age it wasn't
all that long ago that my dad near-
ly died on the highway between his
farm and Medicine Hat. His gas
line froze as he merrily motored
along. By the time he was found he
was comatose. All that in’ cight
miles between his farm and the
Hat.

Kids think they’re immortai.
No, not quite true. Not only are
they immortal, but all the bad
things happen to Not Me or Nerds
or The Other Guy.

The next biggest risk group is
men. All of the above seems to
apply — a known fact that any
woman will testify to — under
oath — as the whole truth.

Of course I have a message to
impart. How come? Just the other
night I was busily building an ofd-
fashioned buddy burner.

1 got even fancier. i made a fit-
in snow melter and the whole thing
cost me a couple of old tin cans
and equally old candle stubs.

This time, 1 didn’t save anyone’s

life — but, had a disaster occur- .

red, one immortal kid might have
saved his life by firing-up this con-
traption.

Instructions to All Sensible
Winter Travellers
Re: Construction of Buddy
Burners
(with snow-melting inserts)
Materials:
1-48 oz. tin (tall)
One bottle cap (i used one out of 2
retired bottle of Canadian Club.
Other brands are equally ‘suitable.
Do make sure the bottle is empty,
to avoid confrontation with
spouse).

Elmer's Glue, Crazy Glue or fac-
simile
Old candle stubs
One hunk of Kleenex, in case your
stubs don't fit the bottle cap.
For insert, one 28-oz, tin can, also
empty and especially well-scrubb-
ed, Who needs leftover tomatoes
in bis melted snow?

Punch holes along the bottom
edge of 48-02 tin about every

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Provide smaller tin to tip over
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