{"id":61,"date":"2007-12-24T12:10:15","date_gmt":"2007-12-24T16:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heroesinrehab.ca\/blog\/2007\/12\/24\/merry-christmas-and-happy-holidays\/"},"modified":"2007-12-24T12:12:56","modified_gmt":"2007-12-24T16:12:56","slug":"merry-christmas-and-happy-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/heroesinrehab.ca\/blog\/2007\/12\/24\/merry-christmas-and-happy-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nI was reminded of the passing of time the other day in an unusual way. I was in the local Canadian Tire store (kind of a giant combination hardware-automotive-gardening store, for those of you south of the border) on Saturday; in addition to doing some last minute Christmas shopping, I was getting some very specific holiday supplies. My mission was to build a device that could make watering the tree a little easier: the design called for a funnel with a length of clear plastic hose attached to it; the device would be painted green (for camouflage purposes) and then fastened (hopefully invisibly) to the trunk of the tree with the hose extending downwards into the tree stand. <\/p>\n

Getting the funnel was no problem, but finding the length of clear plastic hose was proving more difficult. I asked the guy working at the auto parts counter if he might know where to find tubing of the correct size, and I held up the funnel to show him the end I wanted to attach it to. The guy working at the counter was in his mid twenties, and as soon as I held up the funnel, his face broke into a broad grin and he begin nodding vigorously. “Right on,” he said and disappeared into the stock room behind the counter. For a moment or two, I wondered why he seemed to immediately understand my purpose and why he was so stoked about it. <\/p>\n

Then I thought about it – I had shown a funnel to a twenty-five year old and asked for a length of hose to fit on the end of it. He is of course young enough to assume that I was going to fill the contraption with beer and drink from it. When he returned from the stock room empty-handed, he looked a little vexed; he apologetically told me that he had been unable to find any tubing of the necessary diameter and suggested that I check in the hardware section (far corner) to see if there was any there. I briefly considered telling him about the true purpose behind my funnel\/tubing gizmo; instead, I thanked him for his help and wandered off towards hardware with my street cred intact.<\/p>\n

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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