Speaker: And "wee tote" was a little child, eh. That's what I have on my license plate. My dad called us all "wee totes". (laughs) Interviewer: "wee totes", now that's a new one to me. Speaker: I-guess it's "wee tot", but I don't know. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: He called it "wee tote". "Come here, wee tote!" he'd say, and we'd get up on his knee, eh? Yeah. (laughs) Interviewer: And that's on your license plate. Speaker: That what I-- yeah, the kids give me that for- we all have one, the f-- four of us sisters. I'm Wee Tote Two, and Wee Tote One, and-so-on.

I wasn't very old, in nineteen-thirty-four. Just a wee kid.

Well, he knew damn well that I'd cut my hand half off if I tried that. So- yeah I don't have many yards in Middleville we did. And we went all over the place cutting little wee places…

And they'd have a little wee garden and- and everything else grew up in hay. So my dad would go in there and cut the hay. And usually, you couldn't even use a team anymore. You'd have to cut it (inc). And I have been on the end of a (inc) lots of times cutting hay.

You coil it. You coil it into little- into little- into little wee mounds and let it dry. Like it has to dry- it has to dry first.

... they went up in the lifeguard- tower. And they did it just because they could. And then we went across and we built a little bonfire, was it? Interviewer: Yeah. And made a weenie-roast. Speaker: We had a weenie-roast. And again, just 'cause you could. Interviewer 2: Yeah, just 'cause you could. And I mean, you could see the stars for once.

And the other side of that was the sandy beach. Trees right to the water. And we used to cut some of the trees down on water, make a spot where it was sandy. Have our picnics. Corn roast, corn- weiner roast down there as kids.

And he wouldn't pay any attention to me of-course. He thought I was just a kid and I would dream up or-something and he after a while, he said, "What the Sam-Hill what are you talking about?" I said, "The lake is gone!" It was only a puddle.

All old Timmy would ever say was "Suffering old bald-headed- what the Sam-Hill's wrong with you?"

And you walked out there in the wintertime, and in the summertime you wheeled out. And you wheeled out for your dinner, and back in.

Speaker: Like jibbing and wheeling. Like what is that? I don't know what that means. Interviewer 1: Wait, what was the first one? Speaker: Jibbing. Interviewer 1: What's- I don't even know what that means. Speaker: It's like going on a skidoo ride. Interviewer 2: What? Speaker: It's jib-- yeah, I-don't-know.

Interviewer: I always find that- I'm not from Toronto I'm from B-C, and if this weather were already there in B-C, it would be there to stay, but kind-of have to expect the worst here, don't you? Speaker: Whereabouts in B-C you come from? Interviewer: Vancouver-Island. Speaker: Oh okay, 'cause my friend's sister's down from Vancouver Interviewer: Oh okay.

Interviewer: And does your Dad still live in Orillia? Speaker: He lives outside Orillia now, he's remarried and he has two kids um... whereabouts? Literally just outside Barrie.

Speaker: So whereabouts do you live in Victoria? Interviewer: In Nanaimo actually; it's North of Victoria. Speaker: Oh Nanaimo? Yeah, I know Nanaimo. It's awesome.

... I see her on the path and I'm like "Susy!", that's her- that was her name. And I'm like "Susy!." She's like "Hey!." I'm like "So whereabouts in College do you live?" And she's like "Oh I live on Clinton." I'm like "No way, I live on Bathurst. I used to go to Harbord Collegiate." And she's like "Oh wow, well maybe I'll see you around some time."

Interviewer: ... about that Queen-Street area, have you been to Jeff-Healey's club? Speaker: No, I keep hearing about it- Interviewer: yeah Speaker: I love Jeff-Healey. I love his music. Interviewer: He plays there every Thursday. So you- no matter what, you can see him. Speaker: Now that's what people say. Yeah, whereabouts is he on Queen-West? Interviewer: He's right at Queen-and-Bathurst. Speaker: Right at Queen-and-Bathurst. Interviewer: Yeah, it's the- Speaker: 'Cause I know where the Black-Bull is. That's a couple over. Interviewer: Southwest corner.

Interviewer: It's a week and they go crazy. They just go drunk for a week. Speaker: Yeah. Speaker 2: That's cool. Speaker: It's carnival. Interviewer: Yeah. It's- it's like- yeah, it's like Mardi-Gras but German dress-up. Speaker: Yeah. Whereabouts in Germany? Interviewer: My dad's from Ulm. Speaker: Where 's that? Interviewer: South-central-Germany.

And ah one of the members of the band was going out with a girl and ah so we got talking and ah I said, "Oh, are you from Toronto?" She said, "Yeah. I live in Toronto." I said "Well, whereabouts do you live?" And she said, "Oh, the High-Park area." And I said "Oh, I used to live in the High-Park area." And I said, "What street did you live on?" She says, "Quebec. You know where Quebec-Avenue is?"

Speaker: Are you living in Toronto? Interviewer: Yup. Speaker: Yeah do you like? Whereabouts? Interviewer: Um close to where you used to live in East-York. Speaker: Yeah. Interviewer: Ah Saint-Clair and O'Conner. Speaker: Oh yeah I know where that is. Used to be a race-track up there. Interviewer: Not in my time.

Interviewer: 'Cause I've only been back ten years. I've been, I was in England before then. Speaker: Is that right? Whereabouts? Interviewer: York. Speaker: Okay. My family's from Scotland. Interviewer: Whereabouts in Scotland? Speaker: Lilliesleaf. And Glasgow.