INTRODUCTION
Good Morning. You all know me and are aware of some
of my idiosynchroncies.
I am no longer the Probus newsletter
editor. Shirley and I are into Day 3 of our
self-imposed self- isolation. So, I need something to do, that is
light-hearted and maybe brings a smile to a few faces.The following image is a start.
BULLETIN NAME
The word “SILLY” seems appropriate.
However, I have not yet had time to get some meaning for the acronym. So, we
come to our first puzzle. Please put your thinking caps on and
help me find a suitable acronym.
The winner will be rewarded and have
their name published in a subsequent bulletin. I obviously cannot deliver prizes so
we will have a points system, to be tallied as we progress through this phase
of our life.
READER
CONTRIBUTIONS
You are welcome to submit articles to
the editor, who is me. Articles may be serious or humorous or any other
category that you can dream up, and suitable for a wide audience.
DISTRIBUTION
I will send all bulletins via email
via BCC – for privacy reasons. I may later decide to do a blog – just for
something different. 😊 You are welcome to forward bulletins
to those you know and love. So if you are getting this bulletin
from a third party, you know that they “know and love” you.
If you want to get your copy directly
from me please send me an email. If you don’t know my email please
check out the email that this came with.
MATERIAL
I will be using third party material
(with appropriate copyright permission), as there is much humour floating about
that needs to be shared. I make no apologies if you have
already seen these bits of humour. Third party contributions will have a
“decency” test applied to them.
ISOLATION - WHY & FOR HOW
LONG
I don’t think that Shirley and I are
in the severely worried class of people. However, we are concerned that many
people are ignoring the government warnings.
We do not want to be the conduit of
COVID-19 (from hereon call C19) from one person to another.
So, on the broad assumption that we do
not have it already, self-isolation will prevent us from transferring it to
someone else – and also getting it ourselves.
Our self-isolation is currently
defined as “staying home unless necessary provisions are required”. Necessary
provisions are defined as food and medicine – not alcohol. Food, in the short
term at least, will be defined as perishables.
We may even try online ordering from a
supermarket. If I run out of wood to “play” with, I may
need to cut down a tree. Staying away from Bunnings will be hard.
So, what have we been doing. Please read on.
HEALTH
Personally, my health has improved
already, courtesy of missing two boozy lunches in the City – both at my
favourite pizza place. This is a good time to put in a plug for the The
Hardware Club in
Hardware Lane. No value at the moment, but at the end of this crisis it is
worth a visit.
After
spending five days at Cobram with top Probus friends I have had three AFDs
(alcohol free days) so that adds to my good health (fourth AFD if I last
another 3 hours). To cap it
all off, there is no rush to get out of bed, so sleep is all good as well.
ACTIVITIES – Drums
A week or two ago I made a “tongue drum” (figure 1) for
our grand-daughters. It was such a success I converted a large paint drum into
another thing of noise. (figure 2).
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| Figure 1 |
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| Figure 2 |
BITCH NO
1 - AFL
If you watch
the Melbourne Channel 7 news you could be forgiven for thinking that the AFL is
the only industry (if I can call it that) to suffer financially from C19. The poor
footballers have been asked to suffer an 80% pay cut – while many other lesser-paid
workers are out of a job. I know that
some of them are on the basic wage and have a mortgage, but so are millions of
others.
BITCH NO
2 - MUCK ON GOVERNMENTS
It would be nice to see the press and high profile people
pulling their head in and stop throwing muck at our state and federal
governments.
This is a first for us all and even the experts are
feeling their way. Some decisions may be less than perfect. We may not agree
with some.
We have to be confident that the governments are making
decisions based on expert advice (and the odd guess).
Let’s be positive and support our leaders – even if we
are not a fan of their everyday policies.
ACTIVITIES – Easter Island Statues
When in
Cobram last week Shirley and I procured a few stone “heads” from a winery that
considered them superfluous to requirements. Refer
figure 3 below. |
| Figure 3 |
ACTIVITIES –
Scones
We are one of a block of five unit.
All contain retired people. All are lovely people. Today was scone day. All interested parties received two
scones each, directly from the oven and without being touched by human hands
after leaving the oven.
Shirley and I only got one each. They
(the scones) made people happy. 😊
ACTIVITIES – Bee
House
For some reason Shirley is keen on me
building a bee house. So stay tuned for progress on that project.
WASHING HANDS
There is a great video on Facebook
about how to wash your hands. It is a great reminder, at this time, how
important it is to wash every part of both hands.Click on the following to get a good idea of what you need to do:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UyucwRzp00
PROOF READING
If you find typos in this blog please feel free to send me a Comment or an email with specific details on what you have found to be wrong.
LIMERICK
On our round-Oz caravan trip last year
a few of us tried writing the odd limerick, usually based on towns that we were
travelling through.
Brownie points will be awarded to
anyone who can submit a limerick that is able to be included in a bulletin. The
decency test will apply here.
A sample follows:
The was a young lad
from Nhill
Whose was considered a bit of a dill
He loved a cold beer
And he said with a leer
I will be glad when I have had my fill.
Whose was considered a bit of a dill
He loved a cold beer
And he said with a leer
I will be glad when I have had my fill.
FRUSTRATION
Is when you have two Sudoku books with
easy, medium, hard and extra hard puzzles. In one book the extra hard
puzzles are very easy. In the other the easy puzzles are nearly
impossible to do.
HOLIDAYS
Our usual winter caravan trip is in
grave danger of not happening. I have already had a few grumbles from friends
about no blog to read this year. Maybe I can make up a fictional trip
from places that we have been to in the past – and do a blog to suit that trip. All ideas are welcome.
PLEASE REMEMBER
That laughter is the best medicine.
If you cannot laugh try to phone a friend, particularly one who is a good listener. 😊
GHOST
HUG
The following image is for our
friends who are either in need of a hug or love getting them anyway.
Please:
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