And that's one good thing. We have a twenty-four hour gas-bar and corner store. Some communities don't have that.

So then he was kind-of bouncing around- and that's where he did ah like he worked in the liquor store for a couple years on and off, he worked in the beer store for a couple years. He was a meter maid for about a year or two. Um and then he worked ah at um- there's a- the Canadian-Tire-Gas-Bar. Not the one that's built now, there's a smaller one. There used to be. Across from the Canadian-Tire. <6> Oh yeah. <073> Store used a small Canadian-Tire-Gas-Bar. He worked there for about ah I-think a-year-and-a-half.

And then in between there and over here it was- it was a soccer field and a ball field and we call it- and this is where we played as kids and-that, eh? And then 'course you-know with the development of Hortons and ah, Canadian-Tire gas-bar and s-- everything else, but- but anyways they wanted to do something here to ah, you-know add to the community I-guess you'd say.

Speaker: And there was a little- there used to be right there where the- where the- what do you call is it now? Where you get your gas? Interviewer: Downtown? Speaker: Right at the- as you going out forty-four, there's a gas bar there.

You can drive them- steer them "gee" to the right, "haw" to the left. You- Interviewer: "Gee"? Speaker: "Gee" to the right and "haw" to the left, yeah.

After a while, you could be driving and you'd say "Gee," and they'll turn themselves once they know you.

And he would just tell them "gee" and "haw" and they'd wind their way

Um, there was always the horse lingo with the gee and the haw kind-of-thing and ah but um, you-know we even- we even road them at times, there were times when um, we didn't have um- you-know the roads could be closed for three or four days with the- with the snow and we had cattle at this farm but we also had cattle up at this farm, up- you-know just up the road a little piece.

You-know, 'cause they've never heard of that ah you-know it- it might be a piece of machinery or um a way that you-know like when we talk to the horses it's gee or haw you-know 'cause that's the way they know to go right or left kind-of-thing.

Horses. And in retrospect, I always think, "If I were to ever do that again, I'd probably get a gelding because mares are like really finicky and moody and-stuff…

So I- I couldn 't tell when he wrote it but he tr-- he did say "If she appears to be too wordy," he said ah "You 've got the gift the Irish- the gift of gab."

And I was like, "Ba-ba-du-ba," like I didn't know what to say. I'm like- I am not one to be struck dumb, the gift of the gab is one of my like gifts of the world, I could not think of a thing to say.

Interviewer: So what was it like to be working in that confectionery? Speaker: Well it was quite an experience. Interviewer: I bet you. Speaker: That's what I get- ah you-know, obtain my gift of the gab you-know (laughs)? We used to ah- we'd open at eight-thirty in the morning.

Oh yeah, they- they used to say, "I'm going to give you a tin ear if you don't get out of my way," whatever that meant, I guess (laughs)- it was from that era.

And it's- it's always been like that. And it goes- depending on what the issue is, it- everybody gnashes their teeth. (laughs)

I don't think that, that's even done, I mean I think the thing has gone by the board.

But they- that thing's gone by the board today; nobody wants milk like that.

I think that Toronto used to be the city for public-health, but now it isn 't anymore. Everything has gone, by the board. Its ah too bad. And we had child-health-centres for each area where the people came and brought their babies and we had two doctors who usually came in and ah, would see them.

So ah there was a lot of- a lot of hugger-mugger and and things went by the- go- go by the board suddenly um, and that 's when I- I think the- the- the lessons- the lessons ended.

They used to- now they used to put- there was a baseball diamond- two of them here. Um, that went by the board. But- eith-- I don 't know if it was because of complaints from the residents.