We'd kill our beef but then you- one farmer had to go and deliver it and yet- they'd put all in a white bag- a piece of meat that- there's- all they had was the old ice- the ice ah, blocks, eh?

Yeah, for those dinners, every week they'd kill a beef, eh. I remember I was at (inc) we'd get our wheat to the deliver and- the ah, we got chunks of meat and…

Then she'd can beef in the sum-- like for, oh, kill a beef and they'd can it and that would keep over the- over the summer

Speaker: And then when that was gone then the next person would have to put a beef in and that one would be slaughtered and- Interviewer: Oh, okay. Speaker: Divided up- Interviewer: yeah. Speaker: Amongst the- the neighbours, that was- and he said the slaughterhouse was at Henry-Grier's. I don't remember that.

Sh-- and my mother and the lady next door scared the bejeebers out of us because they hid and we were telling ghost stories and they snuck up on us and scared us and we thought the ghosts were there.

So you-know they're throwing it on for free now and anybody can buy a you-know decent camera. Now knowing how to use it is a different- and of-course there's other bells and whistles and-stuff that you-know the more pro stuff gives you but um- it's just come a long long way.

Interviewer: Yeah. Is that- is there any other significant job that you 've held that you feel is something that you 've- Speaker: I used to work for Admiral, that 's how I ended up at Chrysler. Interviewer: Okay. Speaker: I worked there for six years, and then uh, went belly up.

I- no I- I- my first job was with ah- with this company called Ha-- Bill-Hall, Hall-Electric. Electro-company. I worked with them 'til he ah- 'til he went belly up (laughs) just about.

No no, no we had a cow bier and we put the cows in and you'd tie them w-- b-- they had chain around their neck.

Like mine, in regards to London, as where someone smaller thinks that- thinks London's like big-time. And I mean, I guess in a way that can turn you into a bit of a snob, and maybe that's what they mean, but I don't know.

We were like I suppose girlfriend and boyfriend. Like what does that even mean? And then my best friend stole him. Wait a minute. Yeah. big-time, okay.

It was like the worst thing ever. It was like death. Yeah. That 's where you have your problem. big-time problem. Not-to-mention I have obsessive-compulsive- disorder which only happens when I 'm in my house.

But what, what is really really upsetting me is urban-sprawl. Is- it 's out- of-control big-time.

Interviewer: Hide-and-go-seek. Those were the games. Speaker: Yeah. That was like- that was big-time.

And he offered me eighty dollars a week. So- so I- now I 'm in the big-time. And I says, "Okay." And I went and did that job and I told the- the- the guy, "I'm ah not going" to be here.

Interviewer: Did they have fun? Speaker: Yeah, yeah. They say- 'cause they 're big time fucking chronic pot-heads right so they 're fucking loving it.

Speaker: Yeah so now it all looks like any other street anywhere else in Toronto! That- that 's what I can tell you I 've noticed is changed big time, just the um the retail.

Interviewer: Wow. Did you enjoy your mini-bike? Speaker 1: Oh yeah. big time. Yeah

Interviewer: There 's a difference that ten years makes. Yeah oh for sure! Speaker: Oh yeah, big time.

Speaker 2: See I never went with these guys we had our own family ones. Speaker 1: Playing poker. Oh yeah big time.