Jim Foster

Why a wild animal, or for that matter any thinking creature, would want to go to Barrie at any time is a bit of a mystery.

It is difficult to show the girl of your dreams (or your wife) that you are brave and manly. Fortunately I can suggest a few things…

But as I was about to say, there are several signs that the man waiting at the front of the church is not the man for you.

You know what I can never find, ballpoint pens.

True story, I once worked all day typing 60 pages of a book on Word Perfect and when…

Orillia Water Light and Power would stand me on the end of the town dock during power outages so cruisers wouldn’t drive into the side of the Legion in the fog or the dark of night.

Then there was that sunny afternoon when Cleopatra floated down the Nile with her bare feet dangling over the side of the Royal barge

I’m not sure if the Gideon Society realizes their main contribution to the hotel industry is not the saving of souls but…

This scientific wonder can tell me my heart rate, my blood pressure and even the time of the month when I am most fertile.

Not to sound scholarly, but I wonder if it is just the inevitable evolution of the English language caused by the influx of other cultures and we might as well get used to it.