b'ARE YOU READY?He is!When Mother NatureThe frame on the sends down 16 inches,right was the start of depend on our DeluxeModelthem all!snowblowers to send it#921046flying up to 50 feet away.$1,925This no-nonsense machine means business. Its geared up and prepared to clear outDons got the Ticket with a 14-inch, 3-blade, high- (continued from page 39 )speed impeller, built to get you back inside faster thanmusicians youve heard on record.you can spell accumulation. And the ticket stubs, theyre my memory bank!DURHAM KUBOTAThefirst70ticketsheframedhungratheranony-4179 Simcoe St. N., Oshawa mously in his basement until Don came up with a more (just 10km south of Port Perry) noveland definitely more visiblelocation.905-655-3291 1-800-575-5656 There are four frames now and theyre on the wall in our main floor bathroom.Needless to say, a lot of guests When Quality Counts see them and it generates a lot of conversation!Attending concerts means buying tickets, and Don has seen that aspect change considerably over the decades.I can remember standing in line for tickets at Sam the HoHo Record Man, and my brothers and sisters lining up at the mall overnight.But that all changed with services like Marty n Mini Ticketmaster.Its been frustrating at times because resell-ers always seem to pick off the best seats.Occasionally, a scalper has provided a last refuge.Ho e Ive shown up at concert venues without a ticket. Once I paid $500 to see The Stones at Landsdowne Park in Ottawa.Hes passed along the concert-going gene to his two children.They also started at a tender age.My daughter was maybe seven or eight when I took her to see The Jonas Brothers.And my son was about 10 when we saw The Black-Eyed Peas, his favourite band at the time.Notsurprisingly,COVIDhascurtailedhisconcert- going.My frequency, going to shows, decreased over time simplybecauseofotherdemandsonmytime.But COVID brought it to a stop, and thats likely to last a long time.Alongtime,forsure.Butsomeday,someway, music concerts will resume, and you can bet that Don MacLeod will be among those thrilled to hear about their return.In the meantime, the music plays on in his memo-ry.Referring to his extensive collection, and borrowing a song title which hit big in both the 60s and 80s, he can say: 905-986-0550 / 905-718-6375 theres always something there to remind me.By Scott Mercer, Focus on Scugog40FOCUS - DECEMBER 2020'