Fortnightly News 31/3/2023
Issue 06 of 2023
31 March 2023
DATES TO REMEMBER
**31 March, 1 and 2 April 2023 – our BIG BOOK FAIR**
………IT’S HERE – AND NOW!!
Sunday 2nd April – end of Daylight Saving – yippeeeeee!!
BIG Book Fair
A busy afternoon at the Club on Thursday as our building was transformed from it’s usual familiar format into the venue for the Big Book Fair. This past week has been a flurry of unloading tables and crates, moving chairs and other bits and pieces (like the piano), and trolleying hundreds of boxes of books from the storage container. Then on to setting up the areas for childrens’, fiction and non-fiction books as well as CDs, DVDs and games in Halls 1 and 2 and the verandahs, and for better books and art works in the sitting room. Thanks to the many volunteers who have given so much time already – only three more days!! And to everyone whose usual weekly activities have been suspended in favour of the Book Fair.
And to everyone else – come along between 10am and 4pm this Friday, Saturday or Sunday and buy yourself some happiness in the form of a book, some music or a painting.
SOME REPAIRS
More thanks to everyone who has been dancing, exercising and playing around King Richard III’s throne in Hall 1. We are hoping that the needed repair to the floor under the throne will be able to be done during the forthcoming school holidays.
Also during the school holidays our plumbing contractor will be cutting a hole in the concrete apron just a little way outside the front door. This is to allow installation of an inspection pit which we are hoping will help to solve an ongoing drainage problem under our building. Walk in and ramp access to the front entrance will continue to be possible while this work is being done.
OUR CHOIR NEEDS YOU
Are you a pianist or guitarist? Have you some time to spare on some Monday mornings and/or Thursday afternoons? Our choir are looking for an additional accompanist to share the joy of rehearsals on Monday mornings at the Club and/or performances at local nursing homes on Thursday afternoons. Choir leader Gail Guiliano would love to hear from you – or let Polly know if you are interested.
MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION SESSIONS
Cathy Mauk, who has led mindfulness and guided meditation group mornings for us last year and earlier this year, is available to lead another four classes in May/June. The proposed dates are Tuesday 16 May, Tuesday 30 May, Tuesday 6 June and Tuesday 13 June, each starting at 10.00am. The first session on 16 May will include an introduction to the practice of mindfulness and meditation for any new participants, and the four mornings will cover the four Brahma viharas: loving kindness, compassion, empathetic joy and equanimity. Please leave your name and email or phone contact details with Polly if you are interested in taking part.
Jenny Gregory
President
Woden Seniors Inc.
PO Box 345, Woden ACT 2606
Tel: (02) 6282 2573
Email: president@wodenseniors.org.au
New Heavy Element
A major research institution has recently announced the
discovery of the heaviest element yet known to
science. This new element has been tentatively named
“Administratium.”
Administratium has 1 neutron, 12 assistant
neutrons, 75 deputy neutrons, and 111 assistant
deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312.
These 312 particles are held together by a force called
morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of
Lemming-like particles called peons.
Since Administratium has no electrons, it is inert.
However, it can be detected as it impedes every reaction
with which it comes into contact. A minute amount of
Administratium causes one reaction to take over 4 days
to complete, when it would normally take less than a second.
Administratium has a normal half-life of 3 years. It
does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganization,
in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and
deputy neutrons and assistant deputy neutrons
exchange places. In fact, Administratium’s mass will
actually increase over time, since each reorganization
causes some morons to become neutrons forming isodopes.
This characteristic of moron-promotion leads some
scientists to speculate that Administratium is formed
whenever morons reach a certain quantity in concentration.
This hypothetical quantity is referred to as “Critical Morass.”
You will know it when you see it.