Zippidy do daw, zippidy eh!

Ken Johnston
Editor

Zippidy do daw, zippidy eh!
Well not quite what I had going on over the weekend but I did have a bit more zip than I wanted.
Friday evening I went out to cover the parade and visit with Santa. I bundled up good know ing that I was frozen to the bone last year.
Well I was warm and when I got home I was really warm. I could not get out of my winter coat... the zipper had separated and separated bad.
Well I was not too surprised, after all I don’t think I have had many coats in the past 10-15 years that I have not had to have the zipper relaced.
It does not matter whether the coat is an expensive one or a cheap one. The one thing that none of the companies seem to do any more is put a decent zipper in them. They are all plastic, not metal like in the old days.
So the next day I put on an old coat and guess what happened that night... the zipper went in it.
So I took my good coat with a new zipper to my neighbour who can sew and said, “It’s me again.” She just chuckles every time she sees me coming with a coat. When I pick it up today I am sure she will say, “See ya soon!”
–Until then,
Ken