So then I got Kyle and Keri upstairs and I s-- "Write your name." Neither one of them knew what was- so they wrote their name. And I says, "Now write Kyle's name, Keri and Kyle, write Keri's name." So- so they did. Well Keri's left-handed and Kyle's right-handed so obviously, there's a big difference in it.

Speaker: ... she kept borrowing my pic-- picture albums. Interviewer: Oh. Speaker: And she said, "Well you-know mom there's a lot of pictures there that I don't have and I'm going to copy them. I'm going to scan them and put them on my (inc)." I says "Okay fine." I didn't think anything of it. But this is what they were going for. Interviewer: And this is for your Christmas present right? Speaker: This was my birthday present.

And she'd had the flu and I had told her, I says "Any time you want the apartment, it's yours. Just let me know. I can give my tenants their notice." She says "Oh I'm doing okay."

Interviewer: So this is your mom saying that? Speaker: (Laughs) Yeah. Interviewer: (Laughs) Speaker: Well I- that's more-or-less just saying- somebody else told me the same thing that you can't play bridge and talk. I says, "Well that leaves me out." But ah- now there was five-hundred and euchre. Pe-- it's all- the- the pe-- the- played in pairs. You had a partner. They're all games that are played with a partner.

And so I was only there for three days and they- and I said- they started talking about the C-P-Rs and the A- A-R-Is and this and that and I says, "I have no idea what any of those are." They said, "But you better learn fast 'cause you're on this committee and you got one year to transfer this entire operation to Quebec." But with all the accounting background I had no trouble.

... and because of all my experience I- when I was there on the board the chairman, you-know, had no idea how to run a business and they talk about the same thing for five meetings in a row and one time I says, "I can't stand this."

... she says, "Would you like to go see- I've got a brother," she says, "Do you want to meet him?" I say, "Oh yeah, okay, some day." So one Saturday afternoon he called me and he says ah, "Do you want to go out?" And I says, "Well," I says, "Well, okay." I says, "Meet me at the telephone office." And I told my mom, I says, "Well, I'll go out with him. If I don't like him, I'll be home early." Well, I guess I didn't come home too ear-- too late- too- yeah (laughs).

Speaker: ... I confess I had some difficult customers. Speaker: Oh yes. I- Interviewer: Did you have any? Speaker: Oh I had one that ah, he swore at me and I says, "Thank you, have a nice day." (Laughs)

... I gave him two dollars for coffee. And he didn't say nothing, "Wa wa wa." So we were just sitting, and this other guy comes. He says, "Ah, yous wouldn't have a cigarette, eh?" I says, "You know what, we just gave it to that guy." He says, "Ah, to him, he's so miserable!" And I said, "I gave him two dollars, too." "Oh," he says, "I could have used that."

He came home what night- he would never go anywhere. And he came home one night, says, "We're going on holidays." I s-- "Oh. Where are we going?" He says, "Acapulco." I says, "You-know," I says, "That's the hottest place to go," and I said, "You don't like the sun." "I don't care," he says, "I'm going." So Monday morning I was right there, right away, getting tickets, eh (laughs)? So after that we went every year.

When they got out of hand, she used to say like ah "Hey Den the kids are not listening." And all I have to do is speak to them. That- that's it. They n-- knew that I was ah serious just by ah the- h-- I says- ah i-- w-- ah my dad never had to- even have to lay a hand. All he does is look our way and say "That's enough now," and that's it. And they stop. Yeah, basically that's all I used to do.

And ah I went in there and the next day I'm having lunch in the- in the- in they- w-- what they- owner's wife said ah, "You're wanted on the phone." I said, "Oh." I said, "Who is it?" She says- I says, "Not Gabby is it?" "No, no it's Gabby." That's my wife. So I went in and went into the phone in- in the office there and ah it was Jacob the ah- the mayor of ah of Haileybury. And he said, "I want to see you."

And this guy- and this is all on the phone. I never said it publicly. The next thing- that was one session and they- about a month later there was another one. He phoned again, you-see? And I says- and I jokingly said, "Ah," I said, "You-know I'll just-" I said, "You-know what I'll do?" I said, "I'll buy the- the Indian chiefs off with a case of goof."

Speaker: To- in and out of town, for a cup of coffee. I says, "I got to have my people fix." That's what it is. Interviewer: So when you go- come in to town, you meet up with people that you-

And the other lady says, "Oh isn't that nice." She says, "That's so thoughtful of you." She said, "I hope that people- when you get to be that age that they will remember to visit you." And I said, "Madam if I have to be- come in here," I says, "I'm going to get a little pill and I won't be in here before I come in this place." (Laughs)

Speaker: And ah another cat came across, our cat took after him. Cat ran out on the road and got killed (laughs)- Interviewer: Aw. Speaker: On the highway (laughs). Our cat stopped at the egde. I put the cat in a box and I went over to the neighbours and I says "Your cat just got hit with a car. I don't want the kids to see it." Ah I didn't tell them- (laughs) didn't tell them how it got killed.

I said, "I- I don't mind getting that pay working for you, but not for the two of you." He says, "Well we'll talk about it." I says, "Doctor-Berkley, you're a sweet-heart, but you'll never get around to talking about it." (Laughs) Which was true, I knew he wouldn't.

Speaker: And she says, "Too bad we can't get ah it'll be like the love-boat." I says, "Yeah, I know what we can do." So I got a roll of toilet-paper out of the bathroom. I says, "Well take this." She says, "What are you going to do?" I said, "You'll see." (Laughs)

And ah then we just ha-- had a wonderful time and then we went to ah dinner on King-Street and were walking along King-Street towards the theatre, and I says, "Come-on, go in- we'll go into the Royal-Alley, it's a real old theatre," He- I said, "You'll like to see it." He said, "We can't do that."

It doesn't matter where you go you always meet somebody from Kirkland-Lake." And the girl sitting in front of me turned around and said, "Who's from Kirkland-Lake?" I said, "We are." She says, "My mother went to high-school in Kirkland-Lake. Her name was Alison-Henessy." I says, "She was in my room and so was your aunt Martha. And never mind that I work with your cousin-jorge at the health-unit." (Laughs) (inc) he couldn't believe it (laughs).