Fortnightly News 28/2/2025
Issue 04 of 2025
28 February 2025
Dates to Remember
Good News – it pays to read the Woden Seniors Newsletter !!
The notice in our last newsletter about the wedding album and photos found amongst donations for the Book Fair led to the very speedy return of these items to their owner. So glad we could make this happen.
BOOK FAIR – TIME !!
The Book Fair is fast approaching. It is now time to spread the word far and wide.
Members can help do this by
The key information to include in any publication is:
Woden Seniors BIG Bookfair is on again on Friday 4 April, Saturday 5 April and Sunday 6 April from 10 am to 4 pm daily at Woden Seniors Club 12 Corinna St Phillip (opposite the Woden Library).
In addition to thousands of books for all ages and tastes there will be CDs, DVDs, jigsaws, and games and a good selection of stunning water colour paintings.
OUR PARKING PROBLEM
Members will be all too aware of the problem we have been experiencing – over a very long period – of unauthorised persons helping themselves to our parking spaces.
We are hoping that the plan we are about to put into operation will be solution we have been looking for.
In the next week or two, signs will be placed at the entry points to the Club parking area to the effect that it is now a towaway zone. Vehicles which our Club volunteer spotters identify as unauthorised will in the first instance have a warning notice attached to their vehicle. If the vehicle is observed in our carpark again, we will ask the towaway operator to remove it. Once this has happened it is then a matter between the vehicle owner and the tow company to arrange for its return – which will be at a very considerable cost to the owner.
We very much do not want to cause a problem for members when this gets under way.
As you know, we have a database of members’ number plates which is linked to their membership details. We can immediately identify any vehicle which belongs to a member who has paid for parking along with their membership.
SO…. IT WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT THAT
1. MEMBERS ENSURE THAT THEIR MEMBERSHIP AND PARKING STATUS ARE CURRENT, AND
2. THAT THE INFORMATION REGARDING THEIR NUMBER PLATE DETAILS HELD IS CORRECT.
If you occasionally come to the Club in a different car – no problem. Simply ask Polly to add that car’s number plate to your membership info. People dropping off members to the Club (partner, friend, carer, Uber…) are of course welcome and permitted to drive into the carpark as are people bringing books or otherwise visiting the Club for any reason.
will also be very helpful to the abovementioned volunteer ‘spotters’ if you display your Club parking permit when parking at the Club. If you have lost yours or don’t have one for any reason, Polly will be happy to provide you with a new one.
If by some chance you receive a warning notice in error, please just take it to Polly and she will check that your details and car rego are correctly listed to ensure that no further action is taken.
Note that there is no cost to the Club for the service – the tow operator charges the owners as and when a vehicle is towed.
If you have any questions, concerns or issues now or in the future about any of this, PLEASE do get in touch with me (contact details in the Newsletter). The whole purpose of the exercise is to ensure that members are able access a parking space at their own Club , its only the freeloaders we want to target!
CARD MAKING ACTIVITY
This is a new Club activity – the card making group meets on Thursdays from 12.30 to 2.30pm and beginners are very welcome. Look what some of our beginners have done already!!
IN CASE OF BATS….
One of our members recently had a little bat land in her house, and really didn’t know what to do for it. She found the following information to help anyone else who might have the same thing happen.
“Hello .. I’m a bat…. I don’t suck blood and I don’t want to get stuck in your hair. If I accidentally walk into your house, please don’t hit me with sticks or brooms, it really hurts and I’m very scared. It was an accident, I didn’t mean to scare you. If I land, I may not be able to get up and I need your help. Just use a towel to get me out and I’ll fly right away. I promise. I eat mosquitoes and many other insects. Our houses are being demolished for other buildings and we only have a few places to shelter. So, if I fly into your house, turn off the lights, leave the outside light on and leave the door open. I’ll be out in a heartbeat. Be a human, I want to live too.”
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Jenny Gregory
President
Woden Seniors Inc.
PO Box 345, Woden ACT 2606 Tel: (02) 6282 2573
Email: president@wodenseniors.org.au
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Murphy’s Other Laws
1. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
2. A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.
3. He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
4. A day without sunshine is like, well, night.
5. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
6. Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don’t.
8. The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there’s a 90% probability you’ll get it wrong.
9. It is said that if you line up all the cars in the world end-to-end, someone from Florida would be stupid enough to try to pass them.
10. If the shoe fits, get another one just like it.
11. The things that come to those who wait, may be the things left by those who got there first.
12. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day drinking beer.
13. Flashlight: A case for holding dead batteries.
14. God gave you toes as a device for finding furniture in the dark.
15. When you go into court, you are putting yourself in the hands of twelve people, who weren’t smart enough to get out of jury duty.
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