From the editors Desk

Hi everyone, well it’s that time of year again, election fever is in the air. It’s a time of renewal & change, it’s also a good time to remember what the club is all about, where we go from here, how as a group we want to be seen by others & and how we feel individually about the club. Lets all pull together and make this branch the best it can be. 

On that note I would also like to let everyone know that the position of Newsletter Editor is up for grabs, this will be the last one that I produce, I have enjoyed putting them together but with working 2 jobs, kids, and partner I’m just not getting the time to do the quality of job I would prefer, not to mention more rides (any rides) that I would like to do. 

I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of the members to thank all committee members who are not running again for the effort & dedication they put into the club this past year and all members running for positions on the committee, best of luck. 

Keep Smilin

Nobby

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EX OFFICIO POSITIONS

Presidents Report

February 2004

Hi Folks 

Last report from me.  Thanks for your time over the past year.  It’s A.G.M. time again; I hope your memberships are paid up so that you can vote.  Good luck to those who have nominated; I hope you have as good a year as I had. 

It was good to see so many support the Club’s Australia Day commitments.  To those of you who did – Thank you for your patriotism.  

Our Last Roundup Ride was a fun afternoon; the weather was on our side.  The steady ride along the Mountains in the late afternoon was beautiful to say the least and the meal was as enjoyable as the company with which we dined.  To all those who attended – “Thanks.”   To those who didn’t – “Stiff.” 

It was a privilege as your leader at this time to be able to present, with Kickan, the cheque for $2000, nominated by the members, to Carol Haffke, who graciously accepted on behalf of Careflight, and who enlightened our members to the functioning of this great service.  A big thank you to Dutchie, Chazza and Royal for being the nominators of this worthy organisation.

 There will be a new Ride Co-ordinator after the A.G.M.   Please help him (or her) to compile a Ride Calendar by giving him ride suggestions to where ever you fancy and support these rides.  After all, we are a social motorcycle club, not just a bunch of posers.  Or are we? 

Ride safe, ride far 

Cowboy

 IT’S OFFICIAL – WE’RE OLD

The following article was sent to me by Royal and Kickan – thought you might like to read it.  It is so very true.

Dellis 

According to today’s regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and early 80’s probably shouldn’t have survived. Because…… 

Our baby cots were covered with brightly coloured lead-based paint that was promptly chewed and licked. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles or latches on doors or cabinets and it was fine to play with pans. When we rode our bikes, we wore no helmets, just flip-flops and fluorescent “clackers” on our wheels. We would as children ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags – riding in the passenger seat was a treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle and it tasted the same. 

We ate dripping sandwiches, bread and butter pudding and drank fizzy pop with sugar in it but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing. We shared one drink with four friends, from one bottle or can and no one actually died from this. We would spend hours building go-carts out of scraps and then went top speed down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes.  After running into stinging nettles a few times, we leaned to solve the problem. 

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back before it got dark.  No one was able to reach us all day and no one minded. We did not have Play stations or X-Boxes, no video games at all.  No 99 channels on TV, no videotape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no personal computers, and no Internet chat rooms. We had friends, we went outside and found them.  We played elastics and street rounders, and sometimes that ball really hurt. We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits.  They were accidents.  We learnt not to do the same thing again. We had fights, punched each other hard, and got black and blue; we learned to “get over it”. 

We walked or rode a bike to friends’ homes. We also, believe it or not, WALKED or rode to school; we didn’t rely on mummy or daddy to drive us to school, which was just round the corner. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate live stuff, and although we were told it would happen, we did not have very many eyes out, nor did the live stuff live inside us forever. Our actions were our own.  Consequences were expected.  The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of.  They actually sided with the law.  Imagine that! 

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors ever.  The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all. 

And you’re one of them.  Congratulations!! 

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Humorous Stuff

The Nine Most Important Men in a Womans Life.

1.      The doctor because he says take your cloths off.

2.      The dentist because he says open wide.

3.      The hairdresser because he says do you want it teased or blown.

4.      The milkman because he says do you want it in the front or back.

5.      The interior decorator because he says once in you will love it.

6.      The sharebroker because he says it will rise gradually and maintain its peak for a long time

7.      The banker because he says if you take it out to soon you will lose interest.

8.      The hunter because he goes deep into the bush, shoots twice and always eats what he shoots.

9.      The Telstra guy because he says would you like it on the table or against the wall.

WHY GOD CREATED CHILDREN (AND IN THE PROCESS GRANDCHILDREN)
To those of us who have children in our lives, whether they are our own, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or students...here is something to make you chuckle.

Whenever your children are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought that even God's omnipotence did not extend to His own children. After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve. And the first thing he said was "DON'T!"
"Don't what?" Adam replied.
"Don't eat the forbidden fruit." God said.
"Forbidden fruit? We have forbidden fruit? Hey Eve...we have forbidden fruit!!!!!"
"No Way!"
"Yes way!"
"Do NOT eat the fruit!" said God.
"Why"

"Because I am your Father and I said so!" God replied, wondering why he hadn’t stopped creation after making the elephants. A few minutes later, God saw his children having an apple break and He was ticked!
"Didn't I tell you not to eat the fruit?" God asked.
"Uh huh," Adam replied

"Then why did you?" said the Father.
"I don't know," said Eve.
"She started it!" Adam said
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"DID NOT!"
Having had it with the two of them, God's punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own. Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed.
BUT THERE IS REASSURANCE IN THE STORY!
If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children wisdom and they haven't taken it, don't be hard on yourself. If God had trouble raising children, what makes you think it would be a piece of cake for you?
 

Garth Whyte