Show c- c ff fc f- f I. I y 1 9 t Days of summer L V 5 Vic Vicki i McPhail il J J Staff Writer About this time of year most of us become eager for the long hot days of sum summer mer-espe- mer especially espe- espe b when we get a few warm weather teasers i 4 to whet our appetites This is the time of year 1 when swim suit sales soar and diet club memberships mem mem- j skyrocket Exercise clubs also attract hordes i We become so impatient that we dont don't even mind donning our new summer apparel on days that are still just ius a little too brisk V Have you ever seen people as anxious to mow the lawn in August as they arc are in April Hearing losses are also more prevalent in the wa warm m weather causing ones one's stereo volume to increase For is it the theother theother theother other way around Along with all the blossoming vegetation and its accompanying accompanying accompanying pollen count hay fever season will soon be upon us The pharmaceutical companies are probably counting their profits already And for those of us who have children there are arc added pleasures awaiting Big wheels thundering down tle the sidewalk outside your bedroom window until l 10 pm p.m. in the emergency room and a quart of sand down the bathtub drain every night arc are ju just t a few examples Every parent knows that squirt gun season is already upon us although the official kick off will come when we can collect enough backyard pop- pop sticks for fire kindling in one afternoon Then there are the sun burns Theres There's nothing quite like the first burn of the year to initiate the tanning season for the tho olive skins and to chase the fair skins back indoors After the mercury hovers at the century mark for days on end and weve we've eaten a truckload of potato salad and watermelon watermelon watermelon water water- melon broken the floor sweeping record several times over to death and recovered from family vacations many of us will be ready for a change About that time of year most of us will be eager for the shorter cool days of fall faiL |