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The new regulations to be considered by Parliament â€" earlier proposals died on the order paper last year â€" would require those buying or borrowing firearms to have a certificate in most cases but would not require a guarantor as had been suggested a year ago. News item: Justice Minister Ronald Basford brought out his proposed new â€" and softened â€" gun control legislation yesterday and said anyone who didn't like it had better speak up. Wednesday afternoon, two strong men with a truck and a lot of know-how dragged an enormous old piano into my dining room. ‘ Three more kids’were pressed into the piano school ofvtheir choice. ’ ' ' ’l‘his biano left that very room about two years ago when we moved in. I thought then there wasn’t room for all of us. But I see I was wrong. There is always room for a piano. We will just have to start eating in the kitchen. Standing up. Pianos are quite a responsibility, not to be taken on lightly. Any one who has ever tried to move one kn,;ws this. [regard this step in our lives as a Sign we are ready to take on the burdens of adulthood, and truly settle down‘ We didn‘t always feel this way. '1 particular piano is so _well travelled Person A. who owns the piano, moved from home to an apartment years ago. She had neither the room, nor the muscles. nor the maturity, to take her piano with her. So she left it with Person B, the landlady. But when we moved in, we refused to keep it. I said I would rather have a sofa than a piano. Relative C refinished the piano with loving care and signed her kids up for piano iessons. H bwner A kept getting telephone calls from these budding musicians asking her when in heaven‘s name she was going to take her? piano back._ So Landlady B passed it on to the Relative C on the condition Owner A could have it back when she wished. 'l‘hen Gvranclfather D had 10 give up housekeeping and gave his lovely piano to Relative C. First of all, they fight. Second, no one wants to have to stand up all the time just so there are in- struments available for friends to play duets of Chopsticks at parties.‘ OWner A stilf didn‘t have a house. So the piano was reloaned to Stranger E. There were three very happy people in the house when we finished our addition. The piano came home at last. Now everyone knows you can’t keep two piarios in one house. If you know Ea nice man who wants a good woman with a bad piano, I can help. Mind you, the piano doesn‘t belong to us. We are merely holding it in trust for Owner A. You see, this piano knows it has been rejected by a whole string of people. It doesn‘t feel particularly good about it. It shows it too. For example, it refuses to play either A or B flat. Now, that doesn‘t seem too bad. It’s only two notes out of a possible 88. But thére aren't many pieces around that don’t suffer from the lack of those two notes. Choosing your piece carefully becomes a very important part of the recital. I was the one who said if I was goingâ€"to have a piano taking up one-quarter of my living space, it wouldn‘t be an old wreck like that. But I said those things before I had 'priced new pianos The piano seems to be particularly annoyed at me I don't blame ital wasrthe one who gave it the toe m?!“ F p J reedom for gunmen! (EVERYONE WELCOME OPENING NIGHT) Thornljill Community Centre BEGINS FRI. MAY 6 - 8 PM. --â€"-â€"---_- Regular Program Teenagers and Adults Fridays and Saturdays 8 pm. to 11 pm Open Skating for Everyone Wednesdays: 730 pm. to 10.30 pm. _ Sundays: 2 pm. to 5 pm. - ---------------------- ------_----J ROLLER SKATING ADMISSIONS TEENAGERS AND ADULTS: “1.75 CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER: ‘1 .00 --u--------------------------------! Tra ve/l/ng piano / annoy piano 2 pianos fight Bayview & John Stfeet Sharon’s sunshine Bv Sharon Brain By Jim Irving That‘s why this k Rejected, dejected A am / and my piano It gave me a bit of a start, as I had been planning to knock over a milk store that night and now I was faced with the problem of carrying a hair trigger gun down my pant leg and risking the possibility of being jostled in the subway. I could be severely injured. (The main difference from the law proposed earlier was it wouldn't require the three million rifle and shotgun owners in Canada to get a fitness certificate signed by two guarantors.) I was sitting at home the other day sawing off the barrel of my shotgun, when it suddenly exploded into action. blowing off the wig of my grandmother, who was over in the comer doing pushups. Still, I wish it wouldn't hold a grudge. I wish it wouldn't play wrong notes so often. I wish it wouldn‘t stop dead in the middle of pieces just when everyone decides to sing along. I wish it wouldn't fight me every inch of the way. Last night the landlord told me he particularly enjoyed my rendition of Sixteen 'l‘ons. l was playing King of the Road. I didn‘t think he was funny. Neither did he. My husband says at least it has cut down on my singing. He feels that alone is worth the price of two pianos. He also agreed with his father about Sixteen 'l‘ons. Some families have no ear for music. ’ / CI I“ 'I' # Gives Satisfaction Always! What to do? I asked my grandmothei‘ if ’she would Rib knit cardlgans in a wide variety o1 stripes and colours Misses‘: s-M-L. COSY STRIPED CARDIGANS IN 100% ACRYLIC carqlgans_ I SUPER SHEER PANTY HOSE Sandalfool Nylon hose with mesh stocking & nude heel. Cinnamon, Spice, Maple 3. Dawn. S-M-L-X-Long. mind doing her exercises elsewhere. and then I opened my/gun and took out the spent shell. Must remember not to be so careless after this. Working with a loaded gun was bad; it could have been me who was hit. I got out two more shells from my cuff link box and fingered them gently. What well organized little mechanisms they were; to think that so much power could be stored in those two cardboard containers, as harmless looking as a roll of dimes. I got a little giddy just looking at them. as I pon- dered whether I should put them in the gun right then, or wait until just before I went into the store. So to calm myself I went over to the desk and sniffed a little glue from the back of a stamp â€" one of those big, air mail onesâ€" and started to feel better. I finished sawing off the barrel so it was just long enough to tuck under my belt and not be too obvious under my jacket. I liked that jacket, its bright yellow color removed that brooding look from my eyes, so I assumed a friendlier stare, that of a guy who was going into a store for groceries and not to clean out the till. It‘s important to look nice when you do that sort of thing; the image is all. The last thing you want when you're a thug. is to look like one. I decided to wear my black pants. so the rifle butt wouldn't be too noticeable if it stuck out a bit, and then I got out a file from my filing cabinet and smoothed down some of the rough spots on the gun barreL That was better, no danger of cutting my self now It was as smooth as old Basford's dome. In fact. I was really looking forward to the outing Murderous anticipation Sawedâ€"off barrel \v "y t - ur'r atisfaction Always! remember mom [ ,1 with these terrific ‘gift ideas’ ()n \(l/(' /W(I_\’ 4!}! In 71/) 0 H'lu/z‘ “:3 4’ ' ’ er(lIl/III(’\ Law We l'('\l‘I‘\ c I/u' ‘ ‘ rig/II In IIIHII QIHIHIIIIIW Don’t forget. . . Mother’s Day Sunday May the 8th COMFORTABLE SAVE 10 SHORT STYLE ON A LOU OER NIGHT GOWNS SHE’LL LOVE! Cool. 35% Conan. 65% Polyester short gowns with short sleeves and elastic gathered neckline. Lovely prlms a. shades. S-M-L. Smooth Polyester loungers In iron! and back zip styles, both with long sleeves. Border prints in new Spring tones. S-M-L. K mart Reqular Llst Price 2913A Maybe someone would even try to give me a bad time and I could test that hair trigger; see how good the guy was at doing a soft shoe. In a quick burst of decision, I grabbed the gun. opened the breach. shoved in the two shells, put the safety on and slipped the gun down inside my pant leg. I was as ready as I would ever be. No, not quite, I had to make sure just exactly where that store was. so I got out my map of the city. I wanted a place in the other end of town, to lessen the chances of ever being spotted again. She gave me a dollar and I took off, feeling a bit high. and flushed with the sense of adventure ahead of me. After finding the area I wanted. I put the map back on the shelf and started out the door. Then I realized I didn‘t have subway fare and called to my grand- mother. I hardly recognized her when she came in. resplendent in a new. bright red wig. 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