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I really enjoy my mail —
most of the time! I just
received an unsigned note
from “Ex-Cab Driver” who

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when they see stuff that was
locked away in a tomb for
2,300 years and hauled out in
1977.

fares get too high. I've never
met his family! Frankly ['m
scared to death. What
should I expect? Will the

acedonia

problems. The kids thrived!
When they got tired, I

stuffed them into the nearest

chesterfield with a pillow

informed me: However, if you're taking kids be safe when their and blanket where they slept
“If a cabdriver adres a a couple of teen-agers, relatives start to feed them until the gathering broke up.
female patron ‘Listen Honey’ expect them to want some local foods? Will the parents YOURSELF: bring
hi dont tink of her as a‘nice kind of super lunch after, hate me? Suitable gifts — see back
lady’.” followed by a shopping trip. Both my husband and I columns on possibles — for
In a way, I’ve got to take work — the kids are left everyone, including the kids.

that as a compliment! After
all, ladies of the night surely
are better looking than any
middle-aged housewife in a
two-year-old pantsuit! Good
Grief! Think of the potential
in that market.

DEAR EX-CABDRIVER:
You probably wouldn't trust
your own mother. With good
reason. 7

each day in a daycare
center. Will that be a “mark
against me” as a mother? As
you can see, I'm really afraid
of this visit. I don’t want to
have to defend our lifestyle.
For two cents, 'd stay home.
ANSWER: il try to
answer your letter in parts!
KIDS: They'll get spoiled

Canadian T-shirts and ball
point pens with the maple
leaf are great to keep in
reserve. Expect to be “aut of
the conversation” some of
the time. The family will
chatter like mad in Italian
and you'll have to sit around
with a smile on your face.
Don’t embarrass

out of their little minds. husband by” being a
. “** Don't worry, most kids “Canadian wife” — _ the
A few years ago, King recover from - occasional Italian ladies are working on

Tut's treasure was brought to
the USA and some of us got
a chance to view these
priceless artifacts.

I went to Seattle, with my
neighbour and our two
oldest kids. We dragged
ourselves out of bed at 4
a.m., drove to the bus and
arrived in time for the
opening — I think about

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spoiling. The grandparents,
aunts, uncles and cousins
will feed them all sorts of
goodies and after a feast of
sweets they may be a little
green. Don’t worry too much
about the safety of the foods
— my kids eat and drink
everything in Italy and have
never been ill. Below Rome,

the problem but
time!

HUSBAND: He's going to
want to show his Italian
family that he’s made a gdod
life in Canada.That means
that it’s a macho show for his
benefit. If you can, be the
“super-wife”, well groomed,
neat kids and closed mouth.

it takes

your

FOR A FEEL of the ancient majesty of Macedonia,
one does not have to go there, as an exhibit of artifacts

Me C ia e a d 1 e I watch the water. Anticipate the hugs -and is touring North America.

nine. What a day! We all ‘ Your kids will be expected kisses from every elderly

looked, then looked again, WRN «to )«sattend) $=any family member of his family. Paste Don’t worry about the

— everyone returning to “ ' gathering — baby sitters are a smile on your face and “day-care” bit. Most Italian

their own special favorite The old world and the almost unheard of. keep it there. After all, kids go to nurseries and passport

relic. There was no problem “new world” have something It will be a help to you if didn'the try toadapttoyour kindergartens from age

with two fourteen-year-old 2 common — GREED! your kids are fairly adap- family in Canada? three. Just don't get photo S
girls — they were fascinated “** table. Mine were great! They It’s a different world over defensive. If your kids are while you wait
with the whole display, each DEAR BARBABA: We are accepted all the hugs, food there. 1 know it sounds awful fairly adapted and can North Shore Darkroom
enmeshed in the timeless an “Italian-Canadian” family

delight of seeing another
world. None of us wanted to
leave!

The same organization is
bringing another exhibit to

— at least, my husband ts
formerly Italian and I'm
Canadian from Saskat-
chewan. We met kere and
got married. Now, we have

and late hours with aplomb.
My Italian friends cuddled
the kids, shoved them in cars
and went racing down the
freeways at 2 a.m. often

but a short visit, keeping to
the rules, isn’t going to kill
you.

accept all sorts of elderly
relatives wanting “lap-time’”,
you'll have a beautiful visit.

when I was in a separate car.
the USA, this time two littl kids and my Dear elderly ladies produced Co to S
‘Macedonian § aartifacts, husband wants all ofastogo “sweets” out of deep pockets me ca e

probably from the tomb of
King Phillip I, father of

Alexander the Great.
Unfortunately, they aren't L=)
sure about the original if |
owner but the artifacts are ee wigs
unique. ~“

Will you be in:

Washingon DC _ before
April 5, 1981

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sep est May 16 to Seattle is the per-

Boston from Oct. 23 to fect place to play
Jan. 19, 1982

San Francisco from Feb.
19 to May 16, 1982

If you can work this
display into your timetable,
don't miss it. The show is
sponsored by Tithe, Inc, and
the National Bank
Greece.

Take your kids — they
will probably be as dumb
founded as ours were when
they glimpsed King Tut's
treasures. Time marches on!

All Canadian kids get a
basic background of history
in Grade Scven, tearning
about the “Ancient World”
It ts a smack in the chops

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