We had a board meeting tonight and Lew asked me to write his president’s report for him.He told me what to write, but I didn’t take notes and I can’t clearly remember what he said.
I learnt that last year Pip received a certificate because no members of the club resigned during his year as president.John Krygger resigned, but the club kept hush about it so Pip didn’t have to hand back his certificate.The club is currently refusing to accept the resignations of any members so that Lew can get a certificate as well.
The club is providing the Golden Community raffle with $5,000 worth of prizes, which is the most allowed before we run into some legal difficulties.On that note, the raffle also appears to be fully legal this year, for possibly the first time in the club’s history.Certainly Ronnie seemed comfortable discussing it in front of Shane.
Otherwise everything seems to be going swimmingly well.
Tony Davies (an unreliable memory of a verbal report from Lew Officer)
To err is human, to apologise is divine.
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Minutes.
Robbo reports:
Meeting Report 17/10/18
A most enjoyable meeting, although the minutes are very brief, reflecting the fact that we had a great amount of thoroughly enjoyable “ O'Brien time”. Nooka was a bit uncertain on the attendance, probably because Junior apparently failed to bring cash for about the 47th meeting in a row. 29 or 30 there by the look of it, including Nic Bolden for the 2nd week running. Great to see you whenever you can get there Nic. Guests were Janick from Denmark, and James Mepham’s young but very well-behaved daughter, Elliott.
Peter Lynch gave a very interesting insight into being a racehorse owner, for those of us who, owning 1/20 of 10% of the mighty “Vassa Blue”, are in the game for the 1st time. This magnificence deed came 4th out of 7 at Hamilton the weekend before, resulting in prizemoney of $1170. 10% of that came to us as a group. Out of which we had to pay the trainer 10% of our winnings, the jockey 5%, and the balance of $85 went into consolidated revenue for the syndicate given Kitty is now down to $300. The only possible consolation, and it's a cheap shot at that, is that Bill Quinlan's son had a horse in the same race which finished last or 2nd last. Mind you, that means it was probably just behind VB.
Andy Gray delivered a most enjoyable, if slightly obtuse, fines session based on the season of Spring. Very lucrative, especially when teamed with Janick trying to have members imitate his Danish. I don't think anyone challenged actually avoided paying a fine.
Brendan's jokes went to a new level, to the extent that he even felt moved to end the show with one! Great fellowship. Some extended O'Brien time never hurts.
Bohemian Rhapsody social night.
Members and partners are invited to join us for a casual bar meal at the Warrnambool Hotel at 6.00pm before moving to the cinema next door and enjoying the movie.Talk to Pip to purchase your movie tickets and then please join us for a meal beforehand.
When: Thursday 1st November, 6.00pm.
Where: Warrnambool Hotel (bar not the restaurant).
Cost: Purchase your own meal and drinks.
Fast Facts.
Andy writes;
Denmark has no mountains to speak of – the highest natural point is Ejer Baunehøj at 170.89 metres above sea level. A 13 metres tower was placed on top in 1924 to commemorate the reunion of the south of Jutland which was lost to Prussia in 1864, and reunited with Denmark after the First World War.
Interestingly, the highest point in Denmark has been an emotional subject for the Danes.Until 1847 people thought that Himmelbjerget ("Sky Mountain") was the highest point, however it is only 147 metres above sea level, and Ejer Baunehøj was declared to be higher. In 1874 it was measured to be 170.95 metres above sea level.
Yding Skovhøj, only 3 kilometres away, was declared to be even higher, due to several new measurements in the middle of the 1900's. This was a great disappointment for people involved in Ejer Baunehøj. However, in 1953 the Danish authorities decided that a bronze age burial mound on top of Yding Skovhøj didn't count, so Yding Skovhøj was reduced to 170.89 metres, meaning Ejer Baunehøj won the height competition by only 6 centimetres!
In 2002, the heights were adjusted due to a new general measure method. Ejer Baunehøj was deemed to have sunk 6 centimetres to 170.89 metres, however the same also applied to Yding Skovhøj meaning remained lower than Ejer Baunehøj at 170.83 metres.
The battle of the heights took a dramatic turn in February 2005! A panel of experts comprising a geography professor, an archaeologist, and an officer ofDenmark’s National Geographical Survey, determined that Denmark’s highest point, measuring 170.86 metres was Møllehøj (Mill Top). In this recalibration Ejer Bavnehøj was relegated to third place behind Yding Skovhøj.
Møllehøj is located only 200 metres west of Ejer Bavnehøj on farmland belonging to the same farmer.There is only a minor slope between the two “peaks” so, under the international principle of primary factors, they are defined as one complete top. The attentive reader will have noticed some height anomalies. How could the now third ranked Ejer Bavnehøj still be the tallest point? It is presumed the tower on its top has been counted, possibly because a memorial to the reunification of Jutland is regarded more highly than a bronze age burial mound.
Andy’s Kitchen Scrap Collection.
This environmental service is a win/win if you do not compost your kitchen scraps*!
I will collect your scraps once a week and compost them. I will use the compost tocreate and maintain a flourishing garden and garden produce!
Tell your friends!
See or contact Andy (0438 616462)
* Kitchen scraps– all food waste, excluding meat and bones (which attract vermin, take a long time to break down)
Editors note; this is a great idea from Andy.By compositing you can turn all kitchen scraps apart from meat and bones into fertiliser for the garden.Now, if only there was a way of turning scrap meat and bones into garden fertiliser…
Vassa Blue update.
The ‘Rotary horse’ Vassa Blue had its second run on Sunday in the second race at Horsham.Your correspondent may sometime come across as a bit of a nay-sayer when it comes to these horses, so I want to give credit where it is due.Vassa Blue, whose name is a Gujarati slang term meaning ‘very depressed’, flew home in fifth place out of a field of ten horses entered into the race.This was no mean feat, as our equine champion stormed home to beat all five horses that had been scratched prior to the start. Lew tells me he saw the race, and he tells me that technically daylight was fifth and VB came in a close sixth.
Your correspondent spoke to Hutto, who spoke to Bill Wilde at the Foxhow Road turnoff, who reported that the horse was practically mugged half way around the bend.You can’t help bad luck.When your correspondent first bought into the horse, I asked Lynchie about the experience of owning a share in a race horse.Lynchie just laughed, and said; ‘You will hear every excuse!’
Vassa Blue, seen here nearly at full pace.
Power failure.
Central Spoke relationship expert Bob McMillan reports;
We had an power outage at our place this morning and my PC, laptop, TV, DVD, iPad & my new surround sound music system were all shut down.
Then I discovered that my iPhone battery was flat and to top it off it was raining outside, so I couldn't play golf or even do yard work.
I went into the kitchen to make coffee and then I remembered that this also needs power, so I talked with my wife for a few hours.
She seems like a nice person.
Apologies to people who sent me submissions this week that I have not included. I will include all that stuff next week. - Editor.
