Those were Mac's words after hearing our real estate agent talk about selling or not selling our house...as actually the person who wants to buy our house is not offering enough $$$, so the deal will probably not go through...but when the agent left, Mac turned and said, 'i own a house??. I explained, that we do own a house - we are trying to sell it at this time..."Oh, said mac - that's news to me...' So i went into the fact that we did live in Chateauguay...well he connects with the word Chateauguay...and so he kind of got the message...
But, it was funny how it connected as we were going to the lake today, as usual we have to cross about 4 streets...when all the traffic stops for us at certain places - where there isn't a light...Mac is always impressed with the polite drivers..here...so I said, 'yes we're not in Chateauguay, where we never were able to do that...i.e. just step off the curb..and the traffic stops....so the next street same thing...all the cars stopped and we stepped on to the white stripes and walked...freely and safely, and mac said 'never did this for us in St. henri...' ...i laughed, as i can't even remember walking and worrying about crossing streets in St. Henri...but that's THE PLACE..so i just said; right, both the drivers in Chateauguay and St. Henri, are not as polite as the drivers in Lachine...no sooner said that and a driver swerved around the corner at the next street just as we were crossing...Mac just said his usual words...Hey there you B...!!! actually that was a real surprise as i think that's a first in Lachine.
We are though enjoying life and especially in this warm weather...here in Lachine, the people in the stores, the runners and walkers on the path by the lake, the people on the street as well as the cars all combine to be friendly ...and an added surprise was meeting a former student of mine...and being deaf we communicated in sign language...well surprise Mac remembered that I spoke sign language..and was quite comfortable but we both were taken aback by a Sikh man, who stood real close to us and watched the whole proceding..then wanted to know all about us..so this gave me the opportunity to ask, why Sikh people take their shoes off when they sit down by the lake....now mac and i know why..it's so they can Pray.. well that was interesting, as many Sikh pray 5 x a day...this man doesn't - he only prays twice a day...
later mac said ' i don't pray at all, i said, 'not to worry - I pray for both of us.. and so i do..g'nite...
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