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The Brain Teaser
First, think of the colour of the clouds. Next, think of the colour of the snow. Now, think of the colour of a bright full moon. Now answer quickly: what do cows drink?
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Member Update – Barry Patten - Member 325
Barry introduced himself as the longest serving currently Active Rotarian. Barry was introduced to Rotary by Jack Tucker and inducted on 1 April 1982. Bill Wood was the President at the time.
Barry had returned from Sydney and started his own business with Trisch. Jack asked him to come and try, and he figured if he did not accept, Jack would continue to pester him. In those days there were about 80 in the club and if you could not attend a meeting, 2 older members would pick you up and take you to Narrandera the following week for a makeup.
His best time in Rotary was in 1986 when 4 members of Leeton Rotary and 4 from Leeton Central went to Bougainville to build an ablution block at a school. There were moments when the equipment supplied was way less than what they were used to, and when the componentry did not meet expectations e.g. a 4” pipe was replaced with 2x 2” pipes and expected to do the same task! The trip also meant they could visit a tin mine. Catering was somewhat different. One evening they returned home and found 3 live chickens tethered to the post of the hut. These poor creatures were to be dinner for the night.
At home Barry has been a successful and long-term electrician and, over the years, has trained many an apprentice and ferried around heaps of work experience students. Mind you - one left during the day and never returned to school or work experience again
Barry’s philosophy of Rotary is that if you enjoy what you are doing it, then keep doing it! After 42 years you must have had a lot of fun Barry.
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Sergeants Session –Matt Rhodes
Matt engaged in a traditional fine session – (mind you he had not read the Bulletin and was caught unawares). It was a great session, concluding with our member-updater Barry winning the raffle.
George Weston is now to be referred to as Mr. Maxi Mayor after his political triumph on Tuesday night.
Answer: Water
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Sad Story
Bill, Jim and Scott were at a convention together sharing a large suite at the top of a 75-story hotel. After a long day of meetings, they were shocked to hear that the elevators in their hotel were broken, and they would have to climb 75 flights of stairs to get to their room.
Bill said to Jim and Scott, “Let’s break the monotony of this unpleasant task by concentrating on something interesting. I’ll tell jokes for 25 flights, Jim can sing songs for the next 25 flights and Scott will tell sad stories for the rest of the way.” At the 26th floor, Bill stopped telling jokes and Jim began to sing. At the 51st floor, Jim stopped singing and Scott began to tell sad stories.
“I will tell my saddest story first,” he said. “I left the room key in the car.”
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Thanks
A big thanks to Brian for the information and pics. The editor was, once again, missing-in-action.
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