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Liza McCosh
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Dr Liza McCosh President 2019/2020
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Liza's Chat 44
Hello members of Daybreak and welcome to Bulletin 44.
 
We are now into the month of May which is Youth Service Month on the Rotary Calendar and also the month when we usually celebrate the May Racing Carnival.  We missed our May Race meeting with the Rotary Club of Warrnambool East but will make sure the event is well celebrated in May 2021.
 
Waffle with Wine Meetings – We had a couple of special guests join us at last week’s zoom meeting, namely Ian and Sherril Mackay; such is one advantage of electronic meetings when we can have guests zoomed in from further afield.  Members enjoyed the catch up with Ian and Sherril and hearing how Rotary is operating in their current location of Mount Gambier.  It seems Rotary Clubs far and wide have adopted the zoom platform for meetings and can see some advantages of retaining its use for some extra meetings in the Rotary year; all agree though, that there is nothing like catching up with members face to face and we look forward to resuming our breakfast meetings when restrictions are lifted.
 
Our next Zoom meeting scheduled for Friday May 8 will also have some guests.  Peter Smid has organized Andy Alt and Helen Flanders both past Warrnambool residents now living on Elcho Island.  Andy is currently working in school counselling for the NT Education Department on some of the islands of Arnhem Land and Helen is working in the language school on Elcho Island.
 
Care Program Update – Glenn reported that at the information session held by Anglicare there were approximately twenty volunteers that showed interest in working on the Care Program during the interim period while Daybreak members are not available.  The first day of the re-introduced program was Sunday May 3 and unfortunately only one client attended the service.  The weather was not the best on that day and it is likely that was the reason for non-attendance; hopefully there will be an increased participation by clients this coming weekend.
 
Membership Minute –figures released from the District reveal some of the reasons why Rotary loses members and the percentages relevant to each reason: 30% of members leave because of the cost of being a member and/or the time commitment involved, 23% leave because of the Club environment and 19% leave because their expectations are  not met.  These are interesting figures and worth considering as we do a Health Check on our Club moving into the new Rotary year.
 
Down Memory Lane – As we have suspended out service programs for the time being, I have less information and pictures to put in each week’s Bulletin.  Chris and Janey’s Moonraker photos from last week stirred some interest in the Club members and I thought it might be a good idea to feature a Daybreak memory in the Bulletin each week.  If members have some pictures from past Daybreak social events or service projects, please send through to me with a small paragraph that relates to the picture.  Also, if members have any brags or fines for other members, please forward to me.
 
 
Bowelscan Month – As mentioned last week, May is Rotary Bowelscan Month; however kits are not available in pharmacies this year.  The kits can still be purchased at www.rotarybowelscan.com.au at a cost of $20.  Please pass the word on and help save a life.
 
District Meeting and Assembly – A reminder that the Assembly is taking place online during the month of May.  This is a great opportunity to up-skill so join in online and enrol in the training sessions relevant to the Committee you will be working with in 2020-21.
 
 
2020 Rotary Virtual Convention – As the Rotary International Conference was cancelled, RI have decided to hold a virtual convention from June 20-26.  This will be a great opportunity to participate in an event that will truly signal Rotary as Connecting the World and you will be able to do this from your own house.  We will circulate more about this event as it is circulated from RI.
 
Directors and Committees 2020-21 – Peter and Cheryl have organized and circulated the Club Leadership Plan for 2020-21.  Thank you to those members who have stepped up to a Director position and to all members who have indicated their willingness to work within a committee.  We still have a vacancy for President Elect and would like to fill this position so that the Club has certainty into the future.  For anyone considering they would like to nominate please contact Peter or Cheryl for further information.
 
Updating Details – Secretary Cheryl has been busy preparing for the 2020-21 Rotary year.  Please make sure that all your details on Clubrunner are up to date and that you know your login and passwords for both Clubrunner and Club Central/My Rotary as this will make her job much easier. If you do not know these details please contact Clubrunner who will be able to assist you.
 
Birthdays and Anniversaries – We have no birthdays this week but we do congratulate Sandra Batten on seventeen years as a Daybreaker.  Sandra joined Rotary on May 14, 2003.
 
I’d like to wish all the Mums in our Club and beyond a very happy Mother’s Day 2020.
Stay safe and stay connected.
 
Liza
 
 
 
 
Someone may have been busy during this period of isolation. A new fence has appeared out front of a Daybreaker's house.
 
 

Maybe we don't have it that bad?

It’s a mess out there now. Hard to discern between what’s a real threat and what is just simple panic and hysteria. For a small amount of perspective at this moment, imagine you were born in 1900.   On your 14th birthday, World War I starts, and ends on your 18th birthday. 22 million people perish in that war. Later in the year, a Spanish Flu epidemic hits the planet and runs until your 20th birthday. 50 million people die from it in those two years. Yes, 50 million.   On your 29th birthday, the Great Depression begins. Unemployment hits 25%, the World GDP drops 27%. That runs until you are 33. The country nearly collapses along with the world economy.   When you turn 39, World War II starts. You aren’t even over the hill yet. And don’t try to catch your breath. On your 41st birthday, the United States is fully pulled into WWII. Between your 39th and 45th birthday, 75 million people perish in the war.   Smallpox was epidemic until you were in your 40’s, as it killed 300 million people during your lifetime.    At 50, the Korean War starts. 5 million perish. From your birth, until you were 55, you dealt with the fear of polio epidemics each summer. You experience friends and family contracting polio and being paralyzed and/or dying.    At 55 the Vietnam War begins and doesn’t end for 20 years. 4 million people perish in that conflict. During the Cold War, you lived each day with the fear of nuclear annihilation. On your 62nd birthday you have the Cuban Missile Crisis, a tipping point in the Cold War. Life on our planet, as we know it, almost ended. When you turn 75, the Vietnam War finally ends.  

Think of everyone on the planet born in 1900. How did they endure all of that? When you were a kid in 1985 and didn’t think your 85 year old grandparent understood how hard school was. And how mean that kid in your class was. Yet they survived through everything listed above. Perspective is an amazing art. Refined and enlightening as time goes on. Let’s try and keep things in perspective. Your parents and/or grandparents were called to endure all of the above – you are called to stay home and sit on your  couch.
 
 
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Check out the daybreak Facebook page for the stories. 
 
 

LAUGHTER, THE BEST MEDICINE

 
Paddy, who was on holiday from Ireland on Bondi Beach couldn't seem to make it with any  of the girls. So he asked the local  lifeguard for some advice.
 
‘Mate, it's obvious,’ says the lifeguard, 'You're wearing them old  baggy swimming trunks that  make ya look like an old  geezer.
 
They're  years outta style.
 
Your best bet is to grab yourself a pair of Speedos - about two sizes too small and drop a fist-sized potato down inside  'em. I'm tellin' ya mate...you'll have all the  babes ya want!’                
 
The  following weekend, Paddy hits the beach with his spanking new tight Speedos, and his fist-sized  potato. Everybody on the beach was  disgusted  as he walked by, covering their faces, turning  away, and laughing, looking sick!
 
So Paddy  went back to the lifeguard again and asked him, 'What's  wrong now?'
 
'JAHEESUS!' said the  lifeguard, 'Maaaaate. ...........The potato goes in the front!'
 
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Two blokes from Chesterfield decide to go on a dream holiday for a weeks tuna fishing in Thailand. For the first 6 days they don't even get a bite, but at the last minute on the final day they catch a Tuna. One says to the other " Do you realise, that fish has cost us 15 grand " to which his mate replies " It's a good job we didn't catch any more then"
 
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A blonde man is in the bathroom and his wife shouts, “did you find the shampoo?” He answers, “Yes, but I’m not sure what to do… it’s for dry hair and I just wet mine.”
 
A blond man spots letter on his doormat. It says on the envelope “DO NOT BEND”. He spends the next 2 hours trying to figure out how to pick it up.
 
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A priest was driving and gets stopped for speeding.
 
The cop smells alcohol on the priest's breath and then sees an empty wine bottle on the floor of the car.
 
He says, "Father, have you been drinking?"
 
"Just water", says the priest, fingers crossed.
 
The cop says, "Then why do I smell wine?"
 
The priest looks at the bottle and says, "Praise be to God!  He's done it again".
 
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I sat there waiting for my new doctor to make his way through the file that contained my very extensive medical history.
After he finished all 17 pages, he looked at me and said, "You look better in person than you do on paper."
 
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The Lone Ranger and Tonto are creeping up to a bandit camp on their bellies, when suddenly the Lone Ranger let's out a muffled yelp and clutches his rear end.
 
"Tonto!...I've been bitten by a rattlesnake...quickly, ride to town and ask the doctor what to do!"
 
So Tonto scampers back to the horses, jumps up on his beloved Scout and rides like forty demons are behind him, all the way back to town. Quickly dismounting, he runs into the doctor's office.
 
"Doctor!...The Lone Ranger...he be bitten by snake....what Tonto do?"
 
The doctor looks shocked, but quickly summons his wits about him.
 
"Well, you need to expose the skin, and suck out the poison."
 
Running back to his horse, Tonto leaps into the saddle once more, riding like the wind, he quickly returns to the side of his rapdily fading companion. Weakly, the Lone Ranger lifts his head...
 
"Tonto...thank god....what did the doctor say?"
 
Tonto crossed his arms, looking down at his life-long friend.
 
"Kemo sabe....the doctor say...you gonna die."
 
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Erol, 92 years of age and still kicking. To make sure everything was holding together, he used to go to the doctor once a fortnight for a check-up. The doctor checked Erol as he always did and gave him his prescriptions and advice. As Erol left, the doctor smiled to himself at how well Erol was doing for a 92 year old.
 
The following weekend, the doctor saw Erol out with two gorgeous women. One on each arm. One blonde, one brunette, both buxome and both wearing not very much.
 
When next Erol was in for his check up, the doctor said:
"Well, you're doing really well for yourself aren't you?" to which Erol replied:
"I'm just doing what you told me. You said get two hot mammas and be cheerful"
"No I didn't!" The doctor exclaimed, "I told you you had a heart murmer and be careful."