ANGELS IN OUR MIDST

SOMEONE OUT THERE WAS TRYING TO MAKE MY DAY BY EXPLAINING THE OC TRANSPO STRIKE - AND BY ASSUMING I WAS SOMEONE I WASN'T - SOMEONE HE KNOWS....I WAS WAITING TO PAY A SMALL FORTUNE TO FILL UP THE CAR I WOULD PREFER NOT TO BE DRIVING WHEN A PEDESTRIAN STOPPED BY AND TOLD ME HOW NICE IT WAS TO SEE ME AGAIN - WE CHATTED FOR AS LONG AS IT TOOK TO FILL THE TANK (I ADMIT I PAY MORE - ONE OF THE FEW NON-SIMPLICITY BAD HABITS I HAVE - BECAUSE THE ESSO STATION AT THE CORNER OF RICHMOND ROAD AND ISLAND PARK DRIVE IN OTTAWA'S WEST END HAS THE MOST FRIENDLY STAFF IMAGINABLE - THERE IS NOTHING LIKE COMMON COURTESY TO MAKE YOUR DAY...BUT I DIGRESS - TURNS OUT THIS FELLOW IS A FOLLOWER OF 'TARGETED BY THE OLD BOYS NETWORK' - I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT IS, BUT HE MADE MY DAY...