joining the Rotary club is the go..
Jan 16th 2004, 1:03 am
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joining the Rotary club is the go..
My cousin (ex Pom) has introduced me to the local Rotary club.
I suspect in the UK it's almost masonic - over here you turn up, crack a few jokes, join in the banter and eventually they ask you..I visited as a guest about 10 times in 2002 and now I will be applying..I had to turn them down last year. There will be one man in each field, but now they have widened it to 5, so I will be "software engineer" - strangely enough the only one. Suits me ;-) but I could have chosen web designer, systems architect, etc etc they get around it if there are 5 blokes with the same job description.
the fellas are older say 35+ (with many in 50s, 60s and 70s) but they are to a man good blokes. The night is 2 course dinner, port, coffee, (with waiter service) at the local golf club (good feed, cheap beer) over announcements, guest speaker on any topic, fines by the Sergeant at Arms - a well known Sydney historian Professor and writer (very funny - everyone gets hit for a reason, often subtle - I normally get fined for some pommy mistake or misfortune). It's quite formal in a traditional way, loads of "Mr President this" and "fellas I have an announcement that" (with microphone being passed around) but loads of banter and jokes. All the bigwigs in the community are there.
Afterwards I chatted to a few blokes, one a mechanic, one a poultry farmer, (the youngest there at 38 - I am 31), a QUANTAS pilot - my tendency to like FORD was riduculed but they cheered up when I realised I wasn't an owner. One guy says he can get a bullbar put on my ute for a good price- they all suggested job opps.
Great way to make business contacts - belonging to Rotary was the one reason my cousin got a mortgage so quick when he was a temporary worker 10 years ago.
All the wives contribute with cooking and providing accomodation and support to visiting members from other factions so there is something for everyone.
Badge
I suspect in the UK it's almost masonic - over here you turn up, crack a few jokes, join in the banter and eventually they ask you..I visited as a guest about 10 times in 2002 and now I will be applying..I had to turn them down last year. There will be one man in each field, but now they have widened it to 5, so I will be "software engineer" - strangely enough the only one. Suits me ;-) but I could have chosen web designer, systems architect, etc etc they get around it if there are 5 blokes with the same job description.
the fellas are older say 35+ (with many in 50s, 60s and 70s) but they are to a man good blokes. The night is 2 course dinner, port, coffee, (with waiter service) at the local golf club (good feed, cheap beer) over announcements, guest speaker on any topic, fines by the Sergeant at Arms - a well known Sydney historian Professor and writer (very funny - everyone gets hit for a reason, often subtle - I normally get fined for some pommy mistake or misfortune). It's quite formal in a traditional way, loads of "Mr President this" and "fellas I have an announcement that" (with microphone being passed around) but loads of banter and jokes. All the bigwigs in the community are there.
Afterwards I chatted to a few blokes, one a mechanic, one a poultry farmer, (the youngest there at 38 - I am 31), a QUANTAS pilot - my tendency to like FORD was riduculed but they cheered up when I realised I wasn't an owner. One guy says he can get a bullbar put on my ute for a good price- they all suggested job opps.
Great way to make business contacts - belonging to Rotary was the one reason my cousin got a mortgage so quick when he was a temporary worker 10 years ago.
All the wives contribute with cooking and providing accomodation and support to visiting members from other factions so there is something for everyone.
Badge
Jan 16th 2004, 3:18 am
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Re: joining the Rotary club is the go..
Originally posted by badgersmount
the fellas are older say 35+ (with many in 50s, 60s and 70s) but they are to a man good blokes.
the fellas are older say 35+ (with many in 50s, 60s and 70s) but they are to a man good blokes.
Originally posted by badgersmount
All the wives contribute with cooking and providing accomodation and support to visiting members from other factions so there is something for everyone.
All the wives contribute with cooking and providing accomodation and support to visiting members from other factions so there is something for everyone.
Sorry Badge, glad you are happy with it, but I think I will pass. I tend to agree with Groucho Marx - I would not want to join a club that would have me as a member.
Cheers,
DagBoy
Jan 16th 2004, 3:20 am
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Sounds like the conservative association. Bet the wives are so content.
Jan 16th 2004, 3:20 am
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What a load of old twonk!
Quote - All the wives contribute with cooking and providing accomodation and support to visiting members from other factions so there is something for everyone. End Quote
I am just dying to be part of this garbage (NOT) - and you compare it favourably with the masons!!!!!
Cheers Sandra
Quote - All the wives contribute with cooking and providing accomodation and support to visiting members from other factions so there is something for everyone. End Quote
I am just dying to be part of this garbage (NOT) - and you compare it favourably with the masons!!!!!
Cheers Sandra
Jan 16th 2004, 3:58 am
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Rotary is only for those willing to invest in networking. Betcha Badgers one.
Jan 16th 2004, 4:00 am
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Originally posted by Megalania
Rotary is only for those willing to invest in networking. Betcha Badgers one.
Rotary is only for those willing to invest in networking. Betcha Badgers one.
Badge - do they have a funny handshake???
Jan 16th 2004, 4:26 am
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Originally posted by Sandra
What a load of old twonk!
Quote - All the wives contribute with cooking and providing accomodation and support to visiting members from other factions so there is something for everyone. End Quote
I am just dying to be part of this garbage (NOT) - and you compare it favourably with the masons!!!!!
Cheers Sandra
What a load of old twonk!
Quote - All the wives contribute with cooking and providing accomodation and support to visiting members from other factions so there is something for everyone. End Quote
I am just dying to be part of this garbage (NOT) - and you compare it favourably with the masons!!!!!
Cheers Sandra
I am sure they have a lovely womens cookbook we could borrow
Pavlova anyone? Must go now have to whip up some meatballs for hubbys dinner.
Jan 16th 2004, 4:28 am
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Originally posted by dotty
I am sure they have a lovely womens cookbook we could borrow
Pavlova anyone? Must go now have to whip up some meatballs for hubbys dinner.
I am sure they have a lovely womens cookbook we could borrow
Pavlova anyone? Must go now have to whip up some meatballs for hubbys dinner.
Jan 16th 2004, 4:37 am
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Originally posted by Megalania
Is that TossPot?
Is that TossPot?
Must dash, have just popped a coconut slice in the oven, always handy to pop in his lunchbox which I do up while making his breakfast and smoko.
Jan 16th 2004, 4:47 am
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Originally posted by dotty
I see you have the good ozzie wives cookbook too, love the handy tips on plastic drinkware and, how to leave hubby enough hot meals if you should inconvenience him by going into hospital for a spell.
Must dash, have just popped a coconut slice in the oven, always handy to pop in his lunchbox which I do up while making his breakfast and smoko.
I see you have the good ozzie wives cookbook too, love the handy tips on plastic drinkware and, how to leave hubby enough hot meals if you should inconvenience him by going into hospital for a spell.
Must dash, have just popped a coconut slice in the oven, always handy to pop in his lunchbox which I do up while making his breakfast and smoko.
Now here's a handy hint:
"To deter bats from roosting inside the house, hang strips of alfoil up in the door-ways that they fly through. This mucks up their radar system so they get disorientated & leave."
Jan 16th 2004, 4:56 am
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Originally posted by Megalania
Ah nice. But can you consistently do nice RumBalls with a pantry restocked once a month river permitting?
Now here's a handy hint:
"To deter bats from roosting inside the house, hang strips of alfoil up in the door-ways that they fly through. This mucks up their radar system so they get disorientated & leave."
Ah nice. But can you consistently do nice RumBalls with a pantry restocked once a month river permitting?
Now here's a handy hint:
"To deter bats from roosting inside the house, hang strips of alfoil up in the door-ways that they fly through. This mucks up their radar system so they get disorientated & leave."
A good wife must do her best
Monsoon season is testing, but we prepare, if supplies run out I'll just roast some bats. Life on the homestead prepares a woman well.
Jan 16th 2004, 5:01 am
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Hey Badge, its Qantas pilot not Quantas. (No U)
Queensland and Northern Teritory Airways service well something like that, aunty meg will probably know. Formed to rescue homesteader houswifes off of the flooding plains (alright I made that bit up)
Queensland and Northern Teritory Airways service well something like that, aunty meg will probably know. Formed to rescue homesteader houswifes off of the flooding plains (alright I made that bit up)
Jan 16th 2004, 5:15 am
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Chinese Style Bat.
500 gm bat meat,
1 tsp sugar,
1 tsp cornflour,
1 tsp oyster sauce,
1 tsp crushed garlic,
1/2 tsp bi-carb,
1 pinch salt,
2 tsp soy sauce,
2 tsp dry sherry
Slice meat thinly. Mix ingredients in bowl. Marinate at least 5 hours. Quickly fry meat then make sauce.
Sauce:
1 tsp sugar,
3/4 cup water,
2 tbsp dry sherry,
1 tbsp soy sauce,
3 tsp cornflour,
2 chicken stock cubes,
2 tbsp oyster sauce.
Combine ingredients. Bring to boil then add meat and heat through for a few minutes. Server with rice or steamed vegies.
500 gm bat meat,
1 tsp sugar,
1 tsp cornflour,
1 tsp oyster sauce,
1 tsp crushed garlic,
1/2 tsp bi-carb,
1 pinch salt,
2 tsp soy sauce,
2 tsp dry sherry
Slice meat thinly. Mix ingredients in bowl. Marinate at least 5 hours. Quickly fry meat then make sauce.
Sauce:
1 tsp sugar,
3/4 cup water,
2 tbsp dry sherry,
1 tbsp soy sauce,
3 tsp cornflour,
2 chicken stock cubes,
2 tbsp oyster sauce.
Combine ingredients. Bring to boil then add meat and heat through for a few minutes. Server with rice or steamed vegies.
Jan 16th 2004, 5:23 am
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Originally posted by Megalania
Chinese Style Bat.
500 gm bat meat,
1 tsp sugar,
1 tsp cornflour,
1 tsp oyster sauce,
1 tsp crushed garlic,
1/2 tsp bi-carb,
1 pinch salt,
2 tsp soy sauce,
2 tsp dry sherry
Slice meat thinly. Mix ingredients in bowl. Marinate at least 5 hours. Quickly fry meat then make sauce.
Sauce:
1 tsp sugar,
3/4 cup water,
2 tbsp dry sherry,
1 tbsp soy sauce,
3 tsp cornflour,
2 chicken stock cubes,
2 tbsp oyster sauce.
Combine ingredients. Bring to boil then add meat and heat through for a few minutes. Server with rice or steamed vegies.
Chinese Style Bat.
500 gm bat meat,
1 tsp sugar,
1 tsp cornflour,
1 tsp oyster sauce,
1 tsp crushed garlic,
1/2 tsp bi-carb,
1 pinch salt,
2 tsp soy sauce,
2 tsp dry sherry
Slice meat thinly. Mix ingredients in bowl. Marinate at least 5 hours. Quickly fry meat then make sauce.
Sauce:
1 tsp sugar,
3/4 cup water,
2 tbsp dry sherry,
1 tbsp soy sauce,
3 tsp cornflour,
2 chicken stock cubes,
2 tbsp oyster sauce.
Combine ingredients. Bring to boil then add meat and heat through for a few minutes. Server with rice or steamed vegies.
Jan 16th 2004, 6:27 am
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Originally posted by dotty
Wot, you can eat bat, how much a kilo?, dollars are flying overhead everynight and I missed it, thats not like me
Wot, you can eat bat, how much a kilo?, dollars are flying overhead everynight and I missed it, thats not like me