NOTES ON THE RUN

Hi Everyone,

ANZAC Day today - and a year where it is even more important to remember the sacrifices that have been made. Lest We Forget.

Thank you for all of the work you have all done - work that truly embodies this spirit. Also, thank you to the helping hands we had on top of Mt Ainslie last night for the ANZAC Vigil. We set up a large number of lanterns and then successfully packed them back up in the truck to go back to their new home. There were quite a few people there and the lanterns looked spectacular when they were lit and the sun set (I must bring along some photos).

I have had a few more donations for the End Trachoma Project. I will do a stocktake tonight and send out the result separately.

This week we have Dr. Stephen Utick coming along to the Commonwealth Club. He will be talking about the Rotary Environmental Program and has promised to bring along props, so it should be an interesting presentation.

Enjoy this lovely Autumn weather.

President Warrick

THIS WEEK'S MEETING (28st of April, 12.15 for 12.30 pm, Commonwealth Club)

Speaker: Dr. Stephen Utick. Topic: The Rotrary Environmental Program

 

DUTY ROSTER: April / May 2022

 

DATE:	April 28th	May 5th	May 12th	May 19th	May 26th
DOOR:	Ross B.	Ross B.	Ross B.	Ross B.	Ross B.
TOAST:	Robert L.	Bill A.	Juris J.	Graeme H.	Russell D.
THANK SPEAKER & NOTES:	Russell D.	Michael R.	Andrea C.	Robert L.	Eric C.
SERGEANT:	Ron R.	Sue L.	Ron R.	Linda W.	Olek G.

 

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ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Ponderisms

Why do peanuts float in a regular coke and sink in a diet coke? Go ahead and try it.

I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes.

Can you cry under water?

How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?

Why do you have to "put your two cents in"... but it’s only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going? 

Once you're in heaven, do you get stuck wearing the clothes you were buried in for eternity?

What disease did cured ham actually have?

How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?

Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up like every two hours?

If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing?

Why are you IN a movie, but you’re ON TV?

Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?

Why do doctors leave the room while you change? They're probably going to see you naked anyway.

Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat?

Can a hearse carrying a corpse drive in the carpool lane?

If the professor on Gilligan's Island can make a radio out of a coconut, why can’t he fix a hole in a boat?

If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, what is baby oil made from?

If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?

Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?

Why did you just try singing the two songs above?

Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him for a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?

How did the man who made the first clock, know what time it was?

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DAYS THIS WEEK

Apr 25: World Malaria Day

April 26: United Republic of Tanzania Union Day; International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day; World Intellectual Property Day

April 27: Sierra Leone Independence Day; South Africa Freedom Day

April 28: Togo National Day; World Day for Safety and Health at Work

April 30: International Jazz Day

May 1: Marshall Islands National Day

NOTABLE HISTORICAL EVENTS THIS WEEK

Apr 25 (1954) Bell Labs announced first solar battery made from silicon. It was about 6% efficent.

Apr 26 (1956) SS Ideal X, the world's first successful container ship, left Port Newark (New Jersey) for Houston (Texas).

 

Apr 27 (1904) Australian Labor Party, under PM Chris Watson, became the first Labor government in the world

April 28 (1789) Fletcher Christian led a mutiny against Captain William Bligh in the South Pacific

April 29 (1864) In the Battle of Gate Pau (Pukehinahina) 1700 British troops suffered the worst defeat of the New Zealand wars at the hands of 230 entrenched Maori warriors in Tauranga

April 30 (1859) Charles Dickens' "Tale of Two Cities" was first published in the literary publication "All the Year Round"

May 1 (1776) Adam Weishaupt founded the secret society of the Illuminati