3rd August 2010
This Day Tonight
- The big social night at the Premiers Room of Geelong’s Skilled Stadium on 31/8 will be a highlight of our August programmes. If you haven’t yet registered, contact Gary Golding. It will be a partner’s night, and the cost will be $33. Whilst on the subject of Footy, Rod Greer won the bottles of red over each of the last two weekends. Bill Walton Still leads, but there are several members getting itchy on the interchange bench, including Gary Golding, Noel Emselle, Geoff Chandler, and Ian Bent.
- President Noel represented us at the Groups 9 & 10 meeting of club presidents last night and referred to several developments, including progress with the few remaining vestiges of Polio, on which a video is available. Shelterbox guru Tom Henderson will address a meeting in Melbourne this Thursday at 7.45pm. Geoff Brentnall will be your chauffeur if you can join him. RC Corio has changed its name to RC Corio Bay. I wonder why.
- Our district raised $42,000 for Interplast last year, and that may give you an opportunity to join an excursion to Kalamantan [Eastern side of Indonesian Borneo] next year.
- Heads-of-project Bill Walton and Peter Cullen advised that the planned rostering of club members for the daily watering of the grass at the Lookout Reserve has been put on hold. It appears that God took pity on the 6 volunteers reported in these pages last week, by delivering an inch of rain last weekend. I reckon ‘an inch’ looks much better than 25mm!
- John Eyles is still seeking nominations for our ‘Pride of Workmanship’ awards.
- Rod Greer visited poor little Cody in hospital last week. He has 7 tubes hanging from a stand and leading into his little body.
- Market chairman Geoffrey Cummins reported the first of what we hope to be numerous market season bookings, and the start of our sponsorship program.
- Ingrid Cummins reminded the ‘fellas’ to remind the ladies about the ‘Café on Trak’ [Davidsons] luncheon on 16th August, and we are all invited to enthuse about the likely film night at the Leopold mini theatre, sometime in October.
- Roving ambassador Heather Wallace has attended a meeting of the Bellarine Community Support Register.
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| Bill Walton reports on the Lookout Reserve project. |
A She’s the one wearing the black tennis skirt.
And the Eyes have it
A man is dining in a fancy restaurant and there is a gorgeous brunette sitting at the next table. He has been checking her out since he sat down, but lacks the nerve to talk to her. Suddenly she sneezes, and her glass eye comes flying out of its socket toward the man. He reflexively reaches out, grabs it out of the air, and hands it back. “Oh my, I am so sorry”, the woman says as sho pops her eye back in place. “Let me buy you dinner to make it up to you”, she says. They enjoy a wonderful dinner together, and afterwards they go to the theatre, followed by drinks. They talk, they laugh, she shares her deepest dreams and he shares his. She listens!
After paying for everything, she asks him if he would like to come to her place for a nightcap and stay for breakfast. They had a wonderful, wonderful time. The next morning, she cooks a gourmet meal, with all the trimmings. The guy is amazed. Everything had been so incredible. “You know”, he said, “You are the perfect woman. Are you this nice to every guy you meet?”
“No”, she replies. “ You just happened to catch my eye”.
Three fascinating, but otherwise quite useless pieces of information
· In 1893, New Zealand became the first country to allow all its women to vote.
· The lead in pencils has never contained lead. Pencils were developed from graphite sticks.
· The Romans built 85,000 kilometres of roads across their empire. [Probably faster than Vicroads!]
If a member of a team of synchronized swimmers drowns, do the rest of the team drown too?
Cody’s day was an extraordinary show of support from the people of Ocean Grove!
Following on from Cody Strahan’s great day at the Ocean Grove Hotel on Sunday, 25th July, and my reporting of it, the Geelong Advertiser featured him on page 11 of last Thursday’s edition. The total amount raised on that one-day effort was $21,000. HOW ABOUT THAT?
What if there were no hypothetical questions?
Early Days in Rotary’s Club No. 1
Several members wanted the club to reach for higher, altruistic goals. This was due, in part, to scattered press reports criticising Rotarians for selfish motives, but largely because members wanted to give something back to their community, to make it a better place.
Frederick H Tweed, a glass sign manufacturer, used Donald M Carter as a patent attorney. In 1906, Tweed visited Carter to acquaint him with Rotary, and persuaded him to join. Carter was both flattered and interested, and he enquired as to the club’s objectives. When Tweed explained that it had two – to boost everyone’s business and promote friendship- Carter was not satisfied.
“What about the purpose of the Rotary Club? The way it looks,” Carter said, after reviewing the existing constitution, “such a club has great possibilities if it could do something of some benefit to people besides its own members. I believe it should do civic service of some kind.”
Tweed responded with an offhand suggestion that would have ramifications both immediately and for 100 years to come. “Why don’t you join the club, and perhaps we could amend the constitution the way you think it should be done.” Carter joined in May 1906 and a third object was added in 1907.;
‘The advancement of the best interests of Chicago and the spreading of the spirit of civic pride and loyalty among its citizens.’ Those concepts were built into Rotary ideals 103 years ago and embody the spirit of Rotary
Laws of Nature Law of close encounters
The probability of meeting someone you know increases dramatically when you are with someone you don’t want to be seen with.
Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday 10th August, 6.00 for 6.30
Subject Children’s Books Speaker Justin D’ath [author] Chairman Margaret Campbell Assistant Cashier & Thanker John Eyles Greeter & Assistant Sergeant John Dodgshun
Birthday 15th Hans Franken
Moses went back to the mountain. “Excuse me god, I just want to get this straight. The Arabs get all the oil and we get to cut the ends off our what????”
The Union Cycliste International event for Geelong, 29th September – 3rd October
It will, according to COGG’s Keelie Hamilton, be easily the biggest 2-wheel event to hit the town ever. The event is in its 77th year, and our city may be flooded by up to 300,000 visitors during those 5 days. It is only the 6th time it has been held outside Europe, and a 1st for Australia. If you are aiming to drive to OG after a northern holiday on the Sunday [like I will be], don’t expect it to be easy!
Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday 17th August, 6.00 for 6.30
Subject The scuttled Frigate H.M.A.S. Canberra Speaker Allan Beckhirst, ‘Dive Victoria’
Chairman Phil Edwards Assistant Cashier and Thanker Ian Downing
Greeter & Assistant Sergeant Rod Bush Birthdays & Anniversaries 17th Norman Elliott 18th Geoff Chandler, Moyra McArdle. 22nd Rod & Judy Greer 23rd Trish Emselle
John Fox 0600, 04/08/10 I hit the delete button at the wrong time last night!
