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The Brain Teaser
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Director’s Roundup
- Acting Secretary Geoff:
- Talked about the Discussion Sessions on Regionalisation. If you didn’t catch up, they have been recorded.
- District 9705 Conference is in Queanbeyan 20 – 22 October.
- An active discussion is now occurring on club groupings in the new regionalized structure.
- There has been an enquiry about living conditions for our E Timor student. They are obviously taking child protection seriously.
- Nicholas:
- Next week will be on the veranda because the main room is being re-varnished. There will not be a formal speaker.
- Barry: Markets on Saturday (2nd Sep).
- Jennifer: The Regionalisation sessions were excellent. The groupings are important. There is a web site (creatingtomorrowrotary.org).
- A: The next number is 5. Each number is the number of pieces the number before it has. The digital 8 has 7 pieces, the 7 has 3 pieces, and so on.
- Javian:
- Helped with the breakfast on 27th.
- watched a school rugby game - he will probably stick with Soccer.
- Stop Press: Informed sources (Len Wade) say Javian kicked a goal in Leeton United's 2 - 0 win on Saturday.
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Sergeant’s Session: George Weston
Another good fines session led by George. Probably the highlight was Geoff’s story about ‘lost in North Sydney’.
A good weekend for Bill Aliendi – watched his grandson win his football grand final and THEN watched Melbourne beat the Swans.
Lots of members new August was Membership month but few knew that September was New Procedures month.
Carmel for THAT picture of Bear eating our left-overs.
Laurie won the raffle (Yippee!)
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Market Day – 2nd September
‘Twas hard work for some!
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Jokes?
On the first day, God created the dog and said, sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this I will give you a life span of twenty years.
The dog said, "That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?"
And God said that it was good.
On the second day, God created the monkey and said, "Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I'll give you a twenty-year life span."
The monkey said, "Monkey tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back ten like the dog did?"
And God again said that it was good.
On the third day, God created the cow and said, "You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer's family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years."
The cow said, "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. How about twenty and I'll give back the other forty?"
And God agreed it was good.
On the fourth day, God created humans and said, "Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you twenty years."
But the human said, "Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?"
"Okay," said God, "You asked for it."
So that is why for our first twenty years, we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves.
For the next forty years, we slave in the sun to support our family.
For the next ten years, we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren.
And for the last ten years, we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.
Acknowledgement to the Rotary Club of Encounter Bay
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Peter’s Quote
Never a night or a problem that can defeat sunrise or hope.
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