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On the 20th Dec Darryl will arrange breakfast at the Pavilion at Kings Beach - if the weather is fine we will walk up to the Centaur Monument.
Roger will do a short talk on the history
We almost toasted the Queen ...
Deborah noted that Pres Jim was in NZ for two weeks
Darryl told us that Jim's shower screen shattered in an earthquake - normal life in NZ
Deborah introduced Saz
Deborah asked if being a Christian was a negative
Stuart mentioned homelessness and "how to get home"
Funding? - Multiple inc State, grants and donations
Renae - what do you need? Volunteers
Ana - CPI
James - ambulance wait times
Stuart - parent's pledge - "any time"
Darryl - Centaur working bee
Judy - help with Xmas party
Roger - funding ideas on home page - Stuart - Christmas wrapping 1st to 24th
Stuart thanked Saz
Below a note of an alternative point of view I found when cleaning up my filing system in the old computer prior to putting it away.
Recently, in a large city in Australia, a poster featuring a young, thin and tan woman appeared in the window of a gym. It said, "This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?"
A middle-aged woman, whose physical characteristics did not match those of the woman on the poster, responded publicly to the question posed by the gym.
To Whom It May Concern,
Whales are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, sea lions, curious humans.)
They have an active sex life, get pregnant and have adorable baby whales.
They have a wonderful time with dolphins stuffing themselves with shrimp.
They play and swim in the seas, seeing wonderful places like Patagonia , the Bering Sea and the coral reefs of Polynesia .
Whales are wonderful singers and have even recorded CDs.
They are incredible creatures and virtually have no predators other than humans.
They are loved, protected and admired by almost everyone in the world.
Mermaids don't exist. If they did exist, they would be lining up outside the offices of Argentinean psychoanalysts due to identity crisis. Fish or human?
They don't have a sex life because they kill men who get close to them, not to mention how could they have sex? Just look at them ... where is IT?
Therefore, they don't have kids either.
Not to mention, who wants to get close to a girl who smells like a fish store?
The choice is perfectly clear to me: I want to be a whale.
P..S. We are in an age when media puts into our heads the idea that only skinny people are beautiful, but I prefer to enjoy an ice cream with my kids, a good dinner with a man who makes me shiver, and a piece of chocolate with my friends.
With time, we gain weight because we accumulate so much information and wisdom in our heads that when there is no more room, it distributes out to the rest of our bodies.
So we aren't heavy, we are enormously cultured, educated and happy.
Beginning today, when I look at my butt in the mirror I will think, ¨Good grief, look how smart I am!¨
Cheers
Chris