Trachoma is a bacterial infection that is the leading infectious cause of preventable blindness in the world.  It is linked to poor living conditions and poor access to clean water and toilets.  It has been a long term problem in Australia, particularly in remote indigenous communities.  End Trachoma is a Rotary Australia project to eliminate trachoma in Australia.  They bring us this update.

 

With a big bowls tournament on at the Bowlo, we convened at the RSL for a casual lunch this week.  Very little to report other than it was an excellent meal with friends.

 

 

 

Sorry Robbo, that was unkind.  By way of an apology, allow me to relabel these photos.

 

 

 

Essendon are one of the form teams of the competition right now.  After finding no luck in their previous seventeen starts, the mighty Bombers were cherry ripe going into their clash against the barnstorming but unreliable Dees.

 

The big question is, did anyone tip the mighty Bombers?  Obviously Essendon tragics like yours truly tip the Bombers every week, and several times a year this choice is vindicated by subsequent events.  But, did anyone else tip the Bombers?

 

Robbo has a long history of winning our footy tipping contest and did predict last week that the Dees might be in trouble against the Dons.  Well done Robbo!  Well done also to the sixteen expert tipsters in The Age, who apparently all tipped the Bombers.

 

Did anyone not tip the Dons to end their run of outs against Melbourne this week?  No doubt we will have a chance explore this question further in the fines session this week. 

 

This week Lew brought to our attention another story in the news about how Lego is being used by organsied crime syndicates to launder money.  Lew also mentioned Bono's recent efforts to help distribute Lego sets to local farmers who have been doing it tough.  Members will be pleased to know those local farmers and their families will now be able to purchase what ever they desire on the black market from organised crime gangs.  Seems like a win-win.

 

  

 

 

Lew writes.

Ten Years Ago.

 

Ten years ago, we discussed the potential value appreciation of Lego sets that are out of production, and the use of Lego by organised crime to launder and store their money.  Ten years ago we also mentioned a Lego Portaloo set that was on sale at the time for $25.  No doubt members bought dozens of the sets and tucked them away in their garages.  The price of the set today, new and still in a sealed box?  The cheapest one available on Amazon is $154.