HAPPY NEW YEAR to all our members and their family.
Dates for Your Diary
Tuesday 3rd February
General Meeting
Date to be confirmed - February
Tour of Volvo Truck and Bus Factory
Saturday 2nd May
Maleny Wood Show. It is proposed, at this stage, that we will have a bus trip organized.
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From the President’s Desk
I would like to thank those members who stepped up to cover my role while I was on leave. I would especially like to thank Hugh Wells for managing the Shed Captain roster and compiling the 2015 roster.
As we go into a new year it is appropriate to look back at what was achieved in 2014 not the least being the realisation of the extension. Thanks to all who have contributed to the success of our Shed and to those who have made a contribution towards the extension. We still have a way to go with the mezzanine and electrics but we will get there. All good things come to those who wait.
I am pleased to advise that Bob Holmes was successful in obtaining a grant of $1,000 from Stockland and this will go to obtaining some books and cd’s for use in the Shed. It is hoped that another application will be successful and we will be able to buy a purpose built trailer. Thanks to Ken Strobel and Bob Miller for continuing to manage the collection and distribution of timber.
We should all look forward to this new year in anticipation of further Shed growth and increased community spirit in a happy and safer environment.
Cheers,
Bots
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This is what happens to members who break bandsaw blades. Ten minutes in the naughty corner with Bob Miller being the first victim.
Membership
Our membership continues to grow however there are some who have not paid their 2014/15 membership fees.
As at 1st January 2015
MEMBERSHIP128
MEMBERS PAID 94
MEMBERS UNPAID 34
HAVE YOU PAID?
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Shed Extension
The extension is not quite finished but we are using it. The mezzanine floor, toilet, lounge area and the electrics are yet to be completed. All of this will happen early in the year.
At the recently held QMSA AGM, the outdoor area proved a great success with the cooks being able to work out of the sun and with plenty of room.
Christmas 2014
Seventy attended our Christmas lunch at Paradise Point Bowls Club. It was a great success again and our thanks go to Chef Peter and his staff for the sensational meal and to Ken Strobel for organising the event.
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A Christmas Story
When four of Santa's elves got sick, the trainee elves did not produce toys as fast as the regular
ones, and Santa began to feel the Pre-Christmas pressure.
Then Mrs. Claus told Santa her Mother was coming to visit, which stressed Santa even more.
When he went to harness the reindeer, he found that three of them were about to give birth and
two others had jumped the fence and were out, Heaven knows where.
Then when he began to load the sleigh, one of the floorboards cracked, the toy bag fell to the ground and all the toys were scattered.
Frustrated, Santa went in the house for a cup of apple cider and a shot of rum. When he went to the cupboard, he discovered the elves had drunk all the cider and hidden the liquor.
In his frustration,he accidentally dropped the cider jug, and it broke into hundreds of little glass pieces all over the kitchen floor.
He went to get the broom and found the mice had eaten all the straw off the end of the broom.
Just then the doorbell rang, and an irritated Santa marched to the door, yanked it open, and there stood a little angel with a great big Christmas tree.
The angel said very cheerfully, 'Merry Christmas, Santa. Isn't this a lovely day? I have a beautiful tree for you. Where would you like me to stick it?'
And so began the tradition of the little angel on top of the Christmas tree.
Not a lot of people know this.
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Paddy's been arrested for punching his wife, again.
The judge asks, "Tell me, Mr. Molloy, why do you keep beating her?"
Paddy replies, "I think it's my weight advantage, longer reach and superior footwork !"
The Art of Aging
ROMANCE
Lorraine was lying in bed one night. Wally was falling asleep but Lorraine was in a romantic mood and wanted to talk.
She said: "You used to hold my hand when we were courting.."
Wearily he reached across, held her hand for a second and tried to get back to sleep.
A few moments later she said: "Then you used to kiss me.."
Mildly irritated, he reached across, gave her a peck on the cheek and settled down to sleep.
Thirty seconds later she said: "Then you used to bite my Neck..."
Angrily, Wally threw back the bed clothes and got out of bed.
"Where are you going?" Lorraine asked..
"To get my teeth!"
DOWN AT THE RETIREMENT CENTER
80-year old Bessie bursts into the rec room at the retirement home.
She holds her clenched fist in the air and announces, "Anyone who can guess what’s in my hand can have sex with me tonight!!"
An elderly gentleman in the rear shouts out, "An elephant?"
Bessie thinks a minute and says, "Close enough."
OLD FRIENDS
Two elderly ladies had been friends for many decades. Over the years, they had shared all kinds of activities and adventures.
Lately, their activities had been limited to meeting a few times a week to play cards.
One day, they were playing cards when one looked at the other and said, "Now don’t get mad at me... I know we’ve been friends for a long time but I just cant think of your name.. I’ve thought and thought, but I cant remember it. Please tell me what your name is."
Her friend glared at her. For at least three minutes she just stared and glared at her.
Finally she said, "How soon do you need to Know?"
SENIOR DRIVING
As a senior citizen was driving down the motorway, his car phone rang.
Answering, he heard his wife’s voice urgently warning him, "Vernon , I just heard on the news that there’s a car going the wrong way on the M25. Please be careful!"
"Hell," said Vernon , "Its not just one car.. Its hundreds of them!"
SUPERSEX
A little old lady who had lost her marbles was running up and down the halls in a nursing home.
As she ran, she would flip up the hem of her nightgown and say "Supersex."
She ran up to an elderly man in a wheelchair, flipping her gown at him, she said, "Supersex."
He sat silently for a moment or two and finally answered, "Ill take the soup."
John BotwrightMatt Haydock
Graeme RaymondHank Timmers
Bill Weatherhog