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MESSAGE FROM YOUR CHAIRMAN
Hi everyone Well it’s now over 18 months since we all met at our monthly members meeting and all our group meetings. I don’t know about you but I have missed our meetings and our groups we should hopefully all be back together again with our groups up and running. I must, at this point, give my thanks to our Committee who have worked tirelessly behind the scenes, keeping our U3A open. Next year looks full of good and interesting things, hopefully with some new groups, with lots of trips that I have arranged and interesting speakers, etc. Regards Diane Chairman
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1. Caves and calves. 2. Medication and decimation. 3. £6.68. 4. a) hostelry, b) piercing, c) hospital
Equals puzzle answer: 15
Riddle time answer
The answer is Frank. Each child’s first name begins with the first letters of the days of the week: M, T, W, and T. So, Frank begins with an F, for Friday.
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***DON’T FORGET TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE***
www.u3asites.org.uk/canvey-thameside
There’s lots of information about our U3A, events details, groups information, news, etc.
and on the ‘Links’ page there are links to other websites that are full of help and information.
E.g. local services, local travel information, sites that warn of scams, etc. etc. etc.
Please bookmark our site or add it to your favourites in your web browsers.
If this is all Greek to you why not join the computer group!
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If your name is not shown here your birth date was omitted from your membership form.
Please let Jan know your birthday and year to add to our records.
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3rd Maureen Heatlie
6th Janet Thorne
6th Julia Clarke
8th John Clarke
8th Maureen Powell
9th Trevor Moon
10th Carole Daley
13th Jan Eagle
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Please contact Linda, our Groups Co-
WATCH THIS SPACE FOR DETAILS OF UPCOMING EVENTS
IF A GROUP YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN IS FULL, WHY NOT START ANOTHER? CONTACT LINDA FOR MORE INFORMATION
14th Geraldine Denmark
15th Stephen Caulfield
16th Christine Pym
20th Avis McDonald
27th Barbara Roycroft
28th Salvina Kemp
30th Jan Dowdall
31st Janet Williams
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WATCH THIS SPACE FOR DETAILS OF UPCOMING DINING DATES AND
VENUES
AUNTY ACID A FEW
THOUGHTS
MANY THANKS TO FRANCES BARBOUR FOR MOST OF THE FUNNIES
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The Indoor Games group meets every other Wednesday at the Jubilee Hall from 1.45pm till 3.45pm.
We play a variety of games - mostly board and card games.
We are a small very friendly group and always have lots of fun and laughter. It also keeps our brains very active.
New members are more than welcome to join us.
Regards, Jan & Den
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These are the 2021 Friday monthly meeting
dates for your diary
We would ask that our members do not
arrive at the car park until after 9.30 please
MENSA BRAIN TEASERS
1. Find a word to fit the first clue, then add one letter to give a word to fit the second clue.
'UNDERGROUND SPACES' 'YOUNG ANIMALS' 2. Rearrange the following letters to give two 10-letter words. What are they?
A C D E I I M N O T 3. A certain item was introduced at a special offer price. 17 were sold at £4 each, and after the special offer finished, a further 50 were sold at the regular price. The average amount paid for the item was £6. What was the regular price of the item? 4. For each of the following, place the two words together and Rearrange the letters to give one word. What are the words? a) HOLY REST b) GIN PRICE c) SHOP TAIL
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IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO START A GROUP PLEASE CONTACT LINDA FOR MORE INFORMATION
In this crossword there are two clues for each word. Can you work out which is true and which is false.
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ACROSS 1. Spin / Bounce (6) 4. Calculating machine / Sewing machine (6) 9. Snack / Feast (7) 10. Leg bone / arm bone (5) 11. Revolved / Descended (7) 12. Fast / Consume (3) 13. Refused / Requested (5) 15. Fine / Coarse (5) 20. Flourish / Decay (3) 22. Bandages / Pills (7) 24. More / Less (5) 25. Insect / Mammal (7) 26. A gross / A score (6) 27. Brash / Polite (6)
DOWN 1. Animal / Fish (6) 2. Bones / Sinews (7) 3. Part of the foot / Part of the hand (5) 5. Large rock / Pebble (7) 6. Steamer / Small boat (5) 7. Gremlin / Good luck (6) 8. Express / Remain silent (5) 14. Excerpt / Full version (7) 16. Love / Hate (7) 17. Unimportant / Pressing (6) 18. Increase in intensity / Decrease in intensity (5) 19. Generous / Avaricious (6) 21. Paragraph / Heading (5) 23. Planet / Meteorite (5)
My forgetter's getting better
But my rememberer is broke
To you that may seem funny
But, to me, that is no joke.
For when I'm 'here' I'm wondering
If I really should be 'there'
And, when I try to think it through,
I haven't got a prayer!
Often times I walk into a room,
Say "what am I here for?"
I wrack my brain, but all in vain
A zero, is my score.
At times I put something away
Where it is safe, but, Gee!
The person it is safest from
Is, generally, me!
When shopping I may see someone,
Say "Hi" and have a chat,
Then, when the person walks away
I ask myself, "who was that?"
Yes, my forgetter's getting better
While my rememberer is broke,
And it's driving me plumb crazy
And that isn't any joke.
The PC/Laptop and Photographic groups meet regularly every two weeks, from 1.30–3.30pm, at B.O.P.H, Charfleets Close.
Please check the online diary for future meeting dates.
If anyone has old photos they wish repaired or transferred to disc, we are willing to do this.
A small donation would be welcome for this service, if possible. (Please see page 16)
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One March evening, the boss of a big company needed to call one of his employees about an urgent problem with one of the main computers, dialled the employee's home phone number and was greeted with a child's whisper. ' Hello.' 'Is your daddy home?' he asked. ' Yes, 'whispered the small voice. 'May I talk with him?' The child whispered, 'No.' Surprised, and wanting to talk with an adult, the boss asked, 'Is your Mommy there?' ' Yes.' 'May I talk with her?' Again the small voice whispered, 'No.' Hoping there was somebody with whom he could leave a message, the boss asked, 'Is anybody else there?' ' Yes, 'whispered the child, 'a policeman.'
Wondering what a cop would be doing at his employee's home, the boss asked, 'May I speak with the policeman?' ' No, he's busy' , whispered the child. 'Busy doing what?' ' Talking to Daddy and Mommy and the Fireman, 'came the whispered answer. Growing concerned and even worried as he heard what
sounded like a Helicopter through the earpiece on the phone the boss asked, 'What is that noise?' 'A hello-copper' answered the whispering voice. 'What is going on there?' asked the boss, now truly alarmed. In an awed whispering voice the child answered, 'The search team just landed the hello-copper.' Alarmed, concerned, and even more then just a little frustrated the boss asked, 'What are they searching for?' Still whispering, the young voice replied along with a muffled giggle: 'ME.'
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO START A GROUP PLEASE CONTACT LINDA FOR MORE INFORMATION
IF A GROUP YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN IS FULL, WHY NOT START
ANOTHER? CONTACT LINDA FOR MORE INFORMATION
FUN FACTS
‘Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia’ is the fear of long words.
‘Svangerskabsforebyggende middle’ is a Danish word for condom.
In Greek mythology, it was believed that redheads turn into vampires when they die
Construction workers in Brazil cemented a car on a pavement after its driver refused to move it The most overdue library book was returned 288 years late.
The word ‘mortgage’ comes from a French word that means ‘death contract’.
34. Epidermis (7) 35. Even (5) 37. Sailor's dance (8) 38. Moguls (8) 41. Sense organ (3) 42. Not difficult (4) 43. Enduring (7) 44. Mature (4) 45. In the past (3) 48. Height (8) 49. Dwelling (8) 50. Panache (5) 52. A small piece of anything (7) 54. Loss of memory (7) 55. Article of clothing (7)
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MANY THANKS TO FRANCES BARBOUR FOR MOST OF THE FUNNIES
IF A GROUP YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN IS FULL, WHY NOT START ANOTHER? CONTACT LINDA FOR MORE INFORMATION
1. Visual communication (5) 4. Show for kids, mainly (9) 8. Exuberant (9) 12. Fair (9) 13. A person's brother or sister (7) 15. Humiliation (7) 17. Wall painting (5) 18. Pandemonium (5) 20. Acute (7) 21. Topic (5) 22. Charge per unit (4) 23. A drink before a meal (8) 25. Mixture (10) 30. Pensive (7) 31. Building (7)
57. Unbelievable (10) 59. Anatomical structure (8) 60. Performs (4) 64. Bulbous plant (5) 66. Apparition (7) 68. Small boat (5) 69. 4th letter of the Greek alphabet (5) 70. Rebukes (7) 71. Train (7) 72. Asked (9) 73. Worthy of imitation (9) 74. Cognition (9) 75. Display tripod (5)
1. Flash of light (7) 2. Equipment (9) 3. Harbinger (6) 4. Head teacher (9) 5. Nothing (3) 6. Fertile part of a desert (5) 7. Decree (5) 8. Locomotives (7) 9. Relative (5) 10. Spooky (5) 11. Bicycle for two (6) 14. A short duration (5) 16. Try (7) 19. Anteater (8)
24. Theatrical performer (8) 25. Dessicated (4) 26. Come to terms (9) 27. Absolutely essential (9) 28. Wealthy (8) 29. Philanthropic (10) 30. Large African antelope (10) 32. Impulsive (9) 33. Flair (4) 36. Fluctuation (9) 37. Dithered (9) 39. Pirate's hoard (8) 40. Imagine (8) 46. Notion (4)
47. One and a half dozen (8) 51. Part of the leg (4) 53. Low wall (7) 55. Monstrous (9) 56. Intensifies (9) 58. Courage (7) 59. Brazilian dance (5) 61. Disgraceful event (7) 62. Unchanging (6) 63. Stick (6) 65. Big (5) 66. Italian dish (5) 67. Large case (5) 68. Fishing basket (5) 72. Pole (3)
SOLUTION PAGE 26
We have been meeting since the U3A started and I have been the convenor. We will meet again eventually at Morrison’s Community Room, fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons from 2pm.
Meetings are a mixture of talks from me to give you ideas for research, support for members who are doing their own family research, talks by other members and members meetings, where each member gives a 10 minute talk about an ancestor with an interesting past.
We can also do research for you, to get you started or solve a puzzle. Everyone has a past ancestry that you may know little about. If you want to find out about that past, we can help you. We use the two main genealogy sites, Find My Past and Ancestry, which many members belong to.
There is always room for new members to join us.
Paul
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IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO START A GROUP PLEASE CONTACT LINDA FOR MORE INFORMATION
ARE YOU AT A LOOSE END/WOULD LIKE COMPANY AT THE WEEKEND?
JOIN THE WEEKEND CLUB
WE HOPE TO MEET ONCE A MONTH, MOSTLY ON SUNDAY, TO HAVE LUNCHES, VISIT PLACES OF INTEREST, ETC.
SUGGESTIONS ARE MOST WELCOME.
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Our group was up and running before lock down. We met 3 times on a Sunday every 4 weeks.
The first time we met at The Oysterfleet when 14 people turned up. I was delighted that so many responded.
The second time, we went to Hockley Garden Centre and then had lunch at The Traveller's Joy in Rayleigh.
The 3rd time was at Affinity Restaurant in Leigh.
I hope to continue the group when we can meet up again because everyone enjoyed themselves each time we went out.
Sylvie
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WATCH THIS SPACE FOR FUTURE
THEATRE EVENTS
Please contact the Theatre Group Convenors for more information on the trips: Barbara: [email protected] or phone 01268 692378
Janice: [email protected] Sylvie: [email protected]
IF A GROUP YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN IS FULL, WHY NOT START
ANOTHER? CONTACT LINDA FOR MORE INFORMATION
The object is to insert the numbers in the boxes to satisfy only one condition: each row, column and 3x3 box must contain the digits 1 through 9 exactly once.
What could be simpler?
SOLUTION PAGE 23
RIDDLE TIME
ANSWER PAGE 26
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We have a full quota of players at the moment as we meet at people’s houses and therefore have limited space. However if you are interested in coming at odd times when people are on holiday, etc. please contact me. Regards Den
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Please contact Linda, our Groups Co-ordinator
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO START A GROUP PLEASE CONTACT LINDA FOR MORE
INFORMATION
IF A GROUP YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN IS FULL, WHY NOT START ANOTHER? CONTACT LINDA FOR MORE INFORMATION
See if you can re-
assemble all the pieces by
filling in the letters and
blocks into the correct
positions in the grid.
The result will be a
symmetrical 15x15
crossword. One 3x3
piece has already been
entered.
SOLUTION PAGE 26
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Can you work out what the ? equals in this puzzle?
ANSWER PAGE 26
If you are hesitant about running a U3A group, or would like to know what’s
involved, we have a booklet that we hope will reassure you.
There are certain reservations that people
commonly have about being a U3A Convenor (group leader).
Our booklet looks at some of these and is designed to put your mind at ease.
Please ask Linda, our Groups Coordinator,
for a Group Convenors Handbook.
YOU MUST BE JOKING
