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AKA Saw Dust
Laurieton Men’s Shed
The Editor: [email protected]
FROM THE SOCIAL SIDE OF THINGS…….
OUR MOTTO You’re never too old to have fun, to
learn something new or to try for the first time.
No 31
April 2015
OUR GOAL...to have you
experience our motto.
PROVERB: An empty head thinks mischief is fun, but a mindeful person relishes wisdom.
The General meeting on Tuesday, 21st April is your opportunity to find out what has been
happening in and around the Shed…... Have we got any money left in the till??? ……
Who has been doing what! ……..All will be revealed at the meeting. 10am for a 10.30am
start. AND THEN…..
Stay on for our ‘sports day’ social event. This will run through the afternoon, with things
to do and people to get to know. A good lunch will be provided, and a can of the “cold stuff”
for $2, or a soft one for $1. Join the blokes for a good afternoon out. If you are able,
let Erroll know you are going to be there, so he can organise the food.
Call 65599784 or e-mail to: [email protected] .
Nils Hoff from Air Liquide, will be a guest speaker at our Tue. meeting,
April 21st. Specialist advice on sleep apnea and respiratory problems.
There are ongoing discussions with Council regarding the possible
subdivision of the land on which our Shed is located. Further
announcements will come as this progresses……THE CHOOKS ………
following some dissatisfaction from neighbours, the relocation of the
chooks is being pursued. Or it maybe that the chooks have to
go………….Certificate of Occupancy. We are almost there, when we have
it we will be able to promote ourselves and maybe functions, to the
wider community………..Hats, there are LMS hats and caps available, $15.
See Reg Wood or Ellis…………..………….There is a plan to have a “GARAGE SALE” in the near
future. (our Compliance cert. will allow this kind of thing at our Shed). We hope to cash in
some of the ‘stuff’ that surrounds us……………….The BIG CHAIR (BOAT??) idea for
Laurieton is still in the pipeline. The Shed will be involved……….Our caretaker, Mick Glover
is retiring from the position. Thank you Mick for all you have done for the Shed and we
wish you well………
A big “thank you” to all who have been part of our Garden.
With the paths now down, all we have to do is wait for things
to grow. And there is the opportunity for you ‘to grow’ your
own things. Talk to Erroll about getting your fingers ‘greened’.
Here is the news
NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS…...unfinancial members cease to
be members on 1st May.
OUT AND ABOUT THE SHED …..THROUGH THE EYE OF THE CAMERA…. …..…...
Steady
hands…..and
a good eye….
We had a visit by members of the Windale Men’s Shed.
Roger Greenan and some friends were doing ‘the north
coast run’ , and called in to have a look at our Shed.
Roger had contact in the early days with Rob Rule and
the committee, and gave some hints, from his experience of Men’s Sheds. He was impressed with what he
saw and especially the involvement of so many men, and
the Green Meadows group.
President Rob
gave the Windale
men (and women) a
tour of our LMS.
(And they all look
happy)
Our Morris is looking
‘tired’.
A lot of very good
wood-work comes
from this part of the
Shed
Green Meadows is
about to have new
residents….
Guinea Pigs… they
have to live somewhere, so an old
table is converted to
‘Guinea Pig Hilton’.
Here is a
neat idea for
that corner.
Cut a door in
halves, paint
a contrast
colour, then
add shelves.
Really
dresses a
room up.
Editors Bit;…... I suspect that many, like me, were shocked to open your Courier,
1 April, to see the story of the lights and cable car on our “sacred” Big Brother
Mountain. I was ready to lead the revolt, then I remembered the date, April 1st.
(Kate, you got me good). Over the years their have been many April Fools jokes
that have taken us in. Here is one that got the good people of Switzerland taken in.
The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest…..
In 1957 the respected BBC news show,
Panorama, announced that thanks to a very mild winter and the virtual
elimination of the dreaded spaghetti weevil, Swiss farmers were enjoying a
bumper spaghetti crop. It accompanied this announcement with footage of
Swiss peasants pulling strands of spaghetti down from trees. Huge numbers of
viewers were taken in, and many called up wanting to know how they could
grow their own spaghetti trees. To this question, the BBC diplomatically replied
that they should "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope
for the best."