Here’s Nick’s Bio:

Hello to all my friends and ones I have yet to meet. This is such an honour and I am caught off guard. All I can say is that since the day I became a member at Adland I have never been so happy. Being on disability and not being able to move around a lot I have found a place that keeps my mind active and where I can interact with the most interesting people on the net.  I truly love you all for all the comments that have been left about my writings and for my fellow writers at Adland who give me the confidence to continue to use my imagination and sense of humour. You are all truly the real meaning of friends. Thank You and God bless you all.  

Some Words on my Bio

I was born June 13 -1951 in a small village in Holland. I was told I was a big boy of 9 pounds and a good baby. For some reason I never cried and seemed to be very content. In 1954 we immigrated to Canada and made it our home. We stayed with friends for two weeks and moved in our own apartment. I had done some crazy things when I was much younger. One day a lady came to the door and told my mother that I was drinking the milk and cream from the neighbour’s bottles that were standing on the porch. Back in that time the milkman left them early so when I went to school I would drink all the milk and cream before the school bus came. The neighbours were only scared that I would get sick. I was an inventive kid. One day I had a carton box and was making wings for it and a little wheel, when finished I said "Mom open the window, I am going to fly”. I also went to Catholic school and if a child was not behaving the nuns would put the kid on his knees under a statue and left them there. The nun had told me I would be going to h*ll for all my mischievous ways. I had nightmares and would wake up petrified, so I was transferred to a public school. When I was 5 my baby brother was born and I loved him so much, it was like getting a new toy to play with. Another five years passed and I was blessed with a little baby sister. There were so many incidents but these are just a few. I went to high school and after that became a general machinist apprentice. I got a job at A.W. Henley Machine & Tool and worked there for 18 years. I married in 1976. After 18 years of marriage I divorced. It took a couple of years to get it all together. I had three back operations and am still fighting to have my WSIB file re-opened. Then I met Yvette and we have been together ten years. We go through thick and thin. At times to keep myself busy, I started a cigarette tin foil ball. I have got so many friends to save the foil and started it the day I met Yvette. The ball is now about 43lbs, so save your empty packs as this is going into the Guinness Book of Records. I try to be a very caring person and if I have some problems that I cannot resolve myself then I always have Yvette who is also my best friend.

Nickolaas Anthony Sym

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