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President's Message
Jan Read
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Ian McKay and wife Sherril
Upcoming Events
Ride to Work Pancake Brekky
Oct 18, 2017
7:00 AM – 9:00 AM
 
World Polio Day
Oct 24, 2017
 
Dog Trials
Nov 04, 2017 – Nov 05, 2017
 
Nelson Fishing & Social Weekend
Nov 10, 2017 – Nov 12, 2017
 
No Events advertised.
 
President's Chat
Jan's Chat 15
Hello Daybreakers,    
 
A big thanks to Janey for sourcing a Richmond themed variation on the traditional Leni Beans for District Governor Ray Herbert this week. As a South Australian, he expected to cop some flack over the AFL Grand Final, he was very quick to say that he’s a Port supporter.
 
There were quite a few announcements on Wednesday that really make it very clear that the winter lull is well and truly ending.
 
Glenn called on a group of helpers to plant trees and move some mulch at the Showgrounds this weekend. No trees have been planted at this stage, but we did “Move some much” – just wait ‘till you see the photos. It was a great effort by a group of people who felt their age at knock off time. Also a big thankyou to Cheryl for supplying drinks and snacks to keep us going for a while.
 
The “Ride to Work” Pancake Breakfast is on the 18th of Oct. on the Civic Green. This will replace our normal meeting, it is a fun morning, and all the important club members will be there !
 
Sandra announced the Movies in the Park dates, which coincide with the Hillside Market dates.
 
The Long Lunch date is set for 25th of February, at Brother Fox Catering –Deakin Uni.
 
Next weeks meeting will be an assembly of sorts.
 
The topics for discussion will be
 
1. Development of a Membership Drive Strategy:
market segmentation,
branding
marketing to prospective members,   
testimonials from our current members,
 
     =  Production of a DL brochure that we can readily hand out to worthy candidates.
 
2. Food Bus – where to from here ( without a bus) …….
 
3. Mid City meeting venue.
 
4. You tell me, is there another discussion group required to discuss another topic. Let me know before next Wednesday, and I’ll gladly add it to the format.
 
As a Daybreaker your input is valued and essential, please attend this weeks meeting.
 
Make a Difference
 
 
Cheers,
Jan
A couple of pictures above of our new barbecue trailer being built
 
 
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LAUGHTER, THE BEST MEDICINE

It's the AFL Grand Final between Richmond and Adelaide and a man makes his way to his seat right behind the goal square. He sits down, noticing that the seat next to him is empty.
 
As it is close to start time, he leans over and asks his neighbour if someone will be sitting there.
"No," says the neighbour. "The seat is empty".
 
This is incredible", said the man. "Who in their right mind would have a seat like this for the Grand final and not use it?"
 
The neighbour says "Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. I was supposed to come with my wife, but she passed away. This is the first Grand Final we haven't been to together since we got married in 1966".
 
"Oh ... I'm sorry to hear that. That's terrible. But couldn't you find someone else, a friend or relative, or even a neighbour to take the seat?"
 
The man shakes his head "No, they're all at the funeral."
 
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A lady walks into a bar and sees a really cute guy sitting at the counter. She goes over and asks him what he is drinking. "Magic Beer", he says. She thinks he's a little crazy, so she walks around the bar, but after noticing that there is no one else worth talking to, she goes back to the man sitting at the bar and says,"That isn't really Magic Beer, is it?" "Yes, I'll show you."
 
He takes a drink of the beer, jumps out the window, flies around the building three times, and comes back through the window.
The lady can't believe it: "I bet you can't-do that again."
"Oh yea?" He smirks.
 
He takes another drink of beer, jumps out the window, flies around the building three times, and comes back through the window.
 
She is amazed and immediately asks for a magic beer of her own.
The guy says to the bartender, "Give her one of what I'm having."
She gets her drink, takes a gulp of the beer, jumps out the window... and immediately plummets 30 stories down.
 
The bartender looks at the guy and says, "You know something, Superman? You're a terrible person when you're drinking."
 
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While trying to explain to our six-year-old daughter how much technology had changed, my husband pointed to our brand-new personal computer and told her that when he was in college, a computer with the same amount of power would have been the size of a house.
 
Wide-eyed, our daughter asked, "How big was the mouse?"
 
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One night a teenage girl brought her new boyfriend home to meet her parents, and they were appalled by his appearance: leather jacket, motorcycle boots, tattoos and pierced nose.
 
Later, the parents pulled their daughter aside and confessed their concern. "Dear," said the mother diplomatically, "he doesn't seem very nice."
 
"Oh please, Mom," replied the daughter, "if he wasn't nice, why would he be doing 500 hours of community service?"
 
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There were some backwoods hillbillies living across the river from each other, who feuded constantly. John hated Clarence with a passion and never passed up a chance to throw rocks across the river at Clarence. This went on for years until one day the Corps of Engineers came to build a bridge across that river. John was elated; he told his wife that finally he was going to get the chance to cross over and whip Clarence.
 
He left the house and returned in a matter of minutes. His wife asked what was wrong, didn't he intend to go over the bridge and whip Clarence?
 
He replied that he never had really seen Clarence up close and didn't realize his size until he started over the bridge and saw the sign: "CLEARANCE 8 FT 3 IN"