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Page 1 NORTH RYDE COMBINED PROBUS CLUB INC. PO Box 530 Epping NSW 1710 hp://www.probussouthpacific.org/microsites/northrydecombined NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2020 President Warren Bowden 0414 344 430 [email protected] Vice President Vacant Past President Helen James 9416 7764 Secretary Norman West 9804 0320 [email protected] Treasurer David Wright 9869 1606 [email protected] Auditor Alan Hamilton 9816 4082 Bike Riding John Harper 9879 3429 0427 464 956 Breakfast Regina Lyon 9807 3807 Cheap and Cheerful Margaret Hood 0438 952 207 Dorothy Zelma 0417 270 897 Guest Speakers Library Graham Jones 9484 4220 Membership Margaret Feltham 0412 896 590 [email protected] Newsleer Lesley Bowden 9949 7327 [email protected] Public Officer Peter Kelly 9816 5516 TAFE Dinners Bey O’Neill 9743 2404 0448 751 488 Theatre Acvies Graham Jones 0414 871 809 Gail Jones 0412 118 696 [email protected] Tours Margaret Wright 0417 289 733 9869 1606 [email protected] Walks John Harper 9879 3429 0427 464 956 [email protected] Welfare Vacant Website Di Ash 0405 638 002 [email protected] Don’t forget our get together for lunch at the Manly Wharf Bar on Thursday, 29 October, 2020 at Midday. There is the Thursday $10 steak deal and of course other opons for those who don’t like steak. Anyone who doesn’t want to catch public transport, Manly has free parking for 2 hours in Whistler Street, Manly which is close to the Wharf. Please let Margaret Hood or Dorothy know if you intend to come. The Wharf Bar have closed all entrances except one. I have aached a separate file to let those coming know which entrance to use. We have not booked any tables so please enter singly and then queue to pur- chase your food as we have done on previous occasions. You will need to do a QR entry (for those with the provision on your phone) and also have a tempera- ture test. The next walk will be on Thursday, 5 November, Sydney Botanic Garden. We will meet at Wharf 3, Circular Quay at 9.30 am and walk into the Botanic Gar- dens to have morning tea at the Gardens Café. We will then do a walk through the Gardens stopping at Government House Gardens, the new display at the Calyx, the fernery, the succulents garden and many of the other Gardens high- lights. Bring lunch and a drink to have along the way. Please let John know if you intend to come. [email protected] or 0427 464 956. Don’t forget our next picnic on 19 November at 11.30 am at Kissing Point Park, at the juncon of Charles and Waterview Streets, Putney. Bring your own chair, food and drinks. Perhaps if you have a book or jigsaw that you would like to swap bring that along too! There is also a barbeque! Please let either Margaret Hood 0438 952 207 or Dorothy 0417 270 897 know if you intend to come. Thank you again Leon for your contribuon to the Newsleer. Happy birthday and wedding anniversary to the following members. BIRTHDAYS 1st Ronnie Hamilton, 3rd Irene Tapper, 7th Leon Arkinstall, 8th Peter Mitchell and Merv Linnegar, 13th Margaret Williams and John Richardson, 19th Beverley Coon and Paul Auberson, 22nd Jean Browning, 24th Colin Osborne, 25th Kate Harrison, 26th James Tapper and Barbara Lee, 30th June Knappick WEDDING ANNIVERSARY 6th Marguerita and Cedric Morrison, 31st Kay and James Watson. Issue 15
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NORTH RYDE COMBINED PROBUS CLUB INC.
PO Box 530 Epping NSW 1710
http://www.probussouthpacific.org/microsites/northrydecombined
NEWSLETTER
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President Warren Bowden 0414 344 430 [email protected] Vice President Vacant Past President Helen James 9416 7764 Secretary Norman West 9804 0320 [email protected] Treasurer David Wright 9869 1606 [email protected] Auditor Alan Hamilton 9816 4082 Bike Riding John Harper 9879 3429 0427 464 956 Breakfast Regina Lyon 9807 3807 Cheap and Cheerful Margaret Hood 0438 952 207 Dorothy Zelma 0417 270 897 Guest Speakers Library Graham Jones 9484 4220 Membership Margaret Feltham 0412 896 590 [email protected] Newsletter Lesley Bowden 9949 7327 [email protected] Public Officer Peter Kelly 9816 5516 TAFE Dinners Betty O’Neill 9743 2404 0448 751 488 Theatre Activities Graham Jones 0414 871 809 Gail Jones 0412 118 696 [email protected] Tours Margaret Wright 0417 289 733 9869 1606 [email protected] Walks John Harper 9879 3429 0427 464 956 [email protected] Welfare Vacant Website Di Ash 0405 638 002 [email protected]
Don’t forget our get together for lunch at the Manly Wharf Bar on Thursday, 29 October, 2020 at Midday. There is the Thursday $10 steak deal and of course other options for those who don’t like steak. Anyone who doesn’t want to catch public transport, Manly has free parking for 2 hours in Whistler Street, Manly which is close to the Wharf. Please let Margaret Hood or Dorothy know if you intend to come. The Wharf Bar have closed all entrances except one. I have attached a separate file to let those coming know which entrance to use. We have not booked any tables so please enter singly and then queue to pur-chase your food as we have done on previous occasions. You will need to do a QR entry (for those with the provision on your phone) and also have a tempera-ture test. The next walk will be on Thursday, 5 November, Sydney Botanic Garden. We will meet at Wharf 3, Circular Quay at 9.30 am and walk into the Botanic Gar-dens to have morning tea at the Gardens Café. We will then do a walk through the Gardens stopping at Government House Gardens, the new display at the Calyx, the fernery, the succulents garden and many of the other Gardens high-lights. Bring lunch and a drink to have along the way. Please let John know if you intend to come. [email protected] or 0427 464 956. Don’t forget our next picnic on 19 November at 11.30 am at Kissing Point Park, at the junction of Charles and Waterview Streets, Putney. Bring your own chair, food and drinks. Perhaps if you have a book or jigsaw that you would like to swap bring that along too! There is also a barbeque! Please let either Margaret Hood 0438 952 207 or Dorothy 0417 270 897 know if you intend to come. Thank you again Leon for your contribution to the Newsletter.
Happy birthday and wedding anniversary to the following members.
BIRTHDAYS 1st Ronnie Hamilton, 3rd Irene Tapper, 7th Leon Arkinstall, 8th Peter Mitchell and Merv Linnegar, 13th Margaret Williams and John Richardson, 19th Beverley Cotton and Paul Auberson, 22nd Jean Browning, 24th Colin Osborne, 25th Kate Harrison, 26th James Tapper and Barbara Lee, 30th June Knappick
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY 6th Marguerita and Cedric Morrison, 31st Kay and James Watson.
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Rearrange these letters to make a single word
ERSEUF
3 3- 12x 2÷
2÷
2 4+
4+ 2÷
KENKEN
Rearrange these letters to make a sin-
gle word
YSTEICRU
No Trick Questions!
1. Name the one sport in which neither the
spectators nor the participants know the
score until the contest ends?
2. What famous North American landmark is
constantly moving backward?
3. Of all the vegetables, only two can live to pro-
duce on their own for several growing sea-
sons. What are they?
4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
5. Only three words in standard English begin
with the letters, ‘dw’ and they are all common
words. Name 2.
6. There are 14 punctuation marks in English
grammar. Can you name at least half of
them?
7. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never
sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked or in
any other form except fresh.
8. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on
your feet beginning with the letter “S”
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1 2 3 4
2
3
3
1. Fat used in cookery
2. Open (a parcel)
3. Biblical garden
4. Sound quality
This way and that
1 2 3 4
2
3
4
1. Spell of hard work
2. Adore
3. Above
4. Micro-organism
Words with No Vowels
A wildcat glyph
A conjunction of heavenly bodies flysch
A hieroglyphic character or symbol sylph
A fragrant gum resin scry
A sedimentary deposit wych
A narrow mountain stream or ravine syzygy
An imaginary spirit of the air tryst
Foretell the future using a crystal ball Lynx
A private romantic rendezvous between ghyll
Sydney Suburban Tourist Attractions
Featherdale Wildlife Park Wilberforce
Elizabeth Farm Newtown
Australian Pioneer Village Watsons Bay
Koala Park Sanctuary Palm Beach
The Enmore Theatre Rosehill
Taronga Zoo Milson’s Point
Hornby Lighthouse Pennant Hills
Barrenjoey Lighthouse Doonside
Luna Park North Head, Manly
Fairfax Lookout Mosman
MATCH THE WORDS ON THE LEFT WITH THE WORDS ON THE RIGHT
Fascinators for Melbourne Cup 2020
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The information contained in this Newsletter is Private and Confidential for Probus use only and is not to be used for any other purpose.
Answers:
Rearrange to make a single word: REFUSE Rearrange to make a single word: SECURITY
No trick questions: 1. Boxing, 2. Niagara Falls, 3. Asparagus and rhubarb. 4. Strawberry, 5. Dwarf, dwell and dwin-dle, 6. Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation mark, quotation mark, brackets, parenthesis, braces and ellipses. 7. Lettuce, 8. shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilts.
Words with No vowels: lynx; syzygy; glyph; myrrh; flysch; ghyll; sylph; scry; tryst.Sydney Tourist Attractions: Doon-
side; Rosehill; Wilberforce; Pennant Hills; Newtown; Mosman; Watson’s Bary; Palm Beach; Milson’s Point; North Head
Manly.
Complete the four words: This way and that: 1. slog, 2. love, 3. over, 4. germ. 1. suet, 2. undo, 3. Eden. 4. Tone.
Missing Letters: Down: Iran, Iraq, Nancy Across: India, Ankara, Milan
D
R I R
K R
Q I
F C
R R Y
M L
Todays subject is:
Cities and Countries
YOU ONLY HAD ONE JOB!!!
Interesting facts:
The fattest knight at King Arthur’s
round table was Sir Cumference. He
acquired his size from too much pi.
I thought I saw an eye-doctor on an
Alaskan Island, but it turned out to be
an optical Aleutian.
She was only a whiskey-maker, but he
loved her still.
A rubber bank pistol was confiscated
from an algebra class, because it was a
weapon of math disruption.
No matter how much you push the
envelope, it will still be stationery.
