Gary McDonald "inRefinement" by A. McPope

How, why, moving, renovating and everything else could possibly take place when I’m staring eighty years of age in less than four months? Around 2017 the thought became a project: to find a Condo with lots of space and a view from an expansive balcony. That didn’t appear to be too difficult in an area from Burlington along the lakefront east to Marine Parade Drive in Etobicoke. We started looking, receiving assistance from professionals, guidance from friends and spending delightful hours driving around and seeing the listings and surrounds of places that met our criteria. For four years every place was evaluated by us and found wanting for many different reasons: to small, wrong neighbourhood, no balcony, too cheap, too rich, no washer and dryer hookup, too dark, too light, single file entrance or hallway et al. I could add more reasons that add up to the passing of four years of looking and saying, “no thanks.” During all of this time we had our eye on 66 High Street East (one half b...

Back row, left to right: Don E, Bill, Gary, Ron, ?, ?, ?, Don K Front Row, ?, Roy, Ernie, ?, Bill M. Yesterday (June 4, 2021) on the par three seventh hole at Brampton Golf Club my five wood shot stopped 6" away from a Hole-in-one that would have been my fourth for all time. I was playing with Ray Coole, Paul Hurley and Dave Hastie on our regular Friday game. Ray is eighty-nine years old, a past Ontario Amateur Champion who has been playing at our Brampton Golf Club for fifty-five years. We are a foursome who never keep score, play from the forward green tees and have a very nice time out there.  There is plenty more on Ray Coole two paragraphs below.  Other friends of mine have a regular tee time on Wednesdays around noon hour for twenty-four of our mates where we wager $10 per man and the four players rotate each week, so in time one will be partnered with all twenty-four. We've been doing this for years now, but not for all of the 37 years I've been a member. With that ...