The next Branch meeting , the last for 2014 will be

on Friday 14th Nov, at Zizzi in Winchester.

I will book the table for 12.30.

Next Meeting Zizzi

Once again we gath-

ered at the Golden

Lion for our Branch

AGM.

A great turnout this

year, from only 3

wanting to attend at

the beginning of

Sept , we actually

had 16 turn up.

Thanks to Jackie and

Rachel who could not

stay but at least

came and said Hi,

nice to see you both.

The meeting was

even more chaotic

than normal, we

were seated at the

long table by the

back door, rather

than at 2 tables at

the front, so I had to

go up and down a few

times to get any

views and pass on

decisions. It seemed

to work though.

The food as ever was

excellent, as you can

see from the photo

Emma’s Steak and

Ale pie was a very

generous size. I

think Sue T made a

slight mistake in or-

dering a starter as

well as a main

course.

Main discussion was

again when and

where we should

meet, I did bring

some menus with me

which were looked at

and mainly rejected,

so only one new ven-

ue next year Maison

Blanc which a couple

of people recom-

mended.

A copy of the

minutes is attached,

please make a note

of the dates.

Winchester’s Pride

Branch AGM 11Sept 2014

N ew s l e t t e r o f th e Wi n ch es te r B r an ch WR AC Asso c i a t i o n

November 2014 Volume 2, Issue 5

Trip to London

Avensis Coaches are running a trip to Winter Wonderland at Hyde Park on 29 Nov, cost is £22.00. Winter Wonder-

land is free to enter although you have to pay for some of the attractions. There is a large Christmas Market, a

Winter Kingdom, Circus and other things. If you don’t want to take the coach we can arrange to meet somewhere.

Let me know if you are interested?

An elderly gentleman had serious

hearing problems for a number of

years. He went to the doctor and the

doctor was able to have him fitted for

a set of hearing aids that allowed the

gentleman to hear 100%.

The elderly gentleman went back in a

month to the doctor and the doctor

said, "Your hearing is perfect. Your

family must be really pleased that you

can hear again."

The gentleman replied, "Oh, I haven't

told my family yet. I just sit around

and listen to the conversations. I've

changed my will three times!"

With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress. The man who fell into an upholstery ma-chine is fully recovered. You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it. Local Area Network in Australia - the LAN down under. Every calendar's days are numbered. A lot of money is tainted - taint yours and taint mine. A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat. He had a photographic memory that was never developed. A midget fortune-teller who escapes from prison is a small medium at large. Once you've seen one shopping centre, you've seen a mall. Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead-to-know basis. Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.

Acupuncture is a jab well done.

The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead". The only city whose name can be spelled completely with vowels is Aiea, Hawaii. Facetious and abstemious contain all the vow-els in the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning "containing arsenic." "Polish" is the only word in the English lan-guage that when capitalized is changed from a noun or a verb to a nationality. "Corduroy" comes from the French, "cord du roi" or "cloth of the king." The slash character is called a virgule, or soli-dus. A URL uses slash characters, not back slash characters. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable. The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate. The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."

For those with a higher I Q Interesting Facts, Trivia and Useful

Information About the Alphabet and Letters

This is Where We're Headed

Winchester’s Pride Page 2

A man was telling his neighbour,

"I just bought a new hearing aid.

It cost me four thousand dollars,

but it's state of the art. It's per-

fect."

"Really," answered the neigh-

bour. "What kind is it?"

"Twelve thirty."

Three old guys are out walking.

First one says, "Windy, isn't it?"

Second one says, "No, it's Thurs-

day!"

Third one says, "So am I. Let's go

get a beer "

Hospital regulations require a wheel-

chair for patients being discharged.

However, while working as a student

nurse, I found one elderly gentleman

already dressed and sitting on the bed

with a suitcase at his feet who insisted

he didn't need my help to leave the

hospital.

After a chat about rules being rules, he

reluctantly let me wheel him to the

elevator. On the way down I asked him

if his wife was meeting him.

"I don't know," he said. "She's still up-

stairs in the bathroom changing out of

"Radio is just a fashion con-

trivance that will soon die

out. It is obvious that there

never will be invented a prop-

er receiver!"

- Thomas Edison

"The wireless music box has

no imaginable commercial val-

ue. Who would pay for a mes-

sage sent to nobody in par-

ticular?"

- David Sarnoff's associates

in response to his urgings for

investment in the radio in the

1920so Communication

"If two people can't see each

other, then it's impossible to

communicate"

- Unknown roman warfare

expert (63 ad.)

"Samuel Morse most have

lost his mind if he believes in

this idea himself!"

- Senator Oliver Hampton

Smith, (1842)

after having seen a demon-

stration of Morse's new in-

vention.

"It is only righteous that

Joshua Coppersmiths, who

has tried to find investors to

finance the development of a

so-called telephone, is ar-

rested for fraud!"

- An article in the Boston

Post (1865)

"The radio has no future!"

- Lord Kelvin, British

Mathematician(1897)

"Use your time on something

useful. All radios this coun-

try will ever need can easily

fit on my desk!"

- W.W. Dean, director of the

American phone company

"W.W. Dean"(1907), to Lee

DeForrest (one of radios

first pioneers)

case, you hear hens cluck

and cackle, and the air

is filled with the pleas-

ing aroma of bacon and

eggs frying.

The bread department fea-

tures the tantalizing

smell of fresh baked

bread and cookies.

I don't buy toilet paper

there anymore.

Sense of Freshness....

A while ago a new super-

market opened in Topeka ,

KS .

It has an automatic water

mister to keep the pro-

duce fresh.

Just before it goes on,

you hear the sound of

distant thunder and the

smell of fresh rain.

When you pass the milk

cases, you hear cows moo-

ing and you experience

the scent of fresh mowed

hay.

In the meat department

there is the aroma of

charcoal grilled steaks

with onions.

When you approach the egg

• Civilian: Runs away from

the snake screaming.

• Paratrooper: Lands on and

kills the snake.

• Armor: runs over snake,

giggles, and looks for more

snakes. • Infantry: "Look, a putty

cat. Come 'ere kitty....Ouch!

Hey, that's not a putty tat."

Funny Quotes about Radio Communication

Reaction to Snakes

Page 3 Volume 2, Issue 5

• MI: analyzes all available

intelligence and national as-

set input on the reptilian sit-

uation; reports sighting of

Godzilla to National Com-

mand Authority. • Army Aviation: Has GPS

grid to snake. Can't find

snake. Back to base for crew

rest and the club and some

sort of drink called "The

Snake."

• Quartermaster: Captures

snake and applies a National

Stock Number (NSN) to it.

Implements a Found On In-

stallation (FOI) procedure

and picks up snake on prop-

erty book. Has company com-

mander sign hand receipt for

"Snake, Green, One Each," as

non-expendable unit proper-

ty.

For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon

Miss H Emary

21 Froxfield Close

Harestock

Winchester

Hants

SO22 6JW

Phone Home: 01962 880212

E-mail: sec.wrac.winchester@gmail.com

N ew s l e t t e r o f t he W i n c h e s t e r B ra n c h W R AC As s o c i a t i o n

With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,

England mourns for her dead across the sea.

Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,

Fallen in the cause of the free.

Solemn the drums thrill: Death august and royal

Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres.

There is music in the midst of desolation

And a glory that shines upon our tears.

They went with songs to the battle, they were young,

Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.

They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,

They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old:

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning

We will remember them.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;

They sit no more at familiar tables of home;

They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;

They sleep beyond England’s foam.

But where our desires are and our hopes profound,

Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,

To the innermost heart of their own land they are known

As the stars are known to the Night;

As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,

Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain,

As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,

Minutes of the AGM of the Winchester Branch WRAC Association

held at

the Golden Lion on 12 Sept 2013 at 19.30 hrs

Welcome and Apologies.

Apologies have been received from Janet who is on holiday, Chips to far to travel, Beth who has just had a hip op,

Ursula, Rowena not yet at Worthy Down and Sue who is looking after her mother .

Reports Secretary and Treasurer

Secretaries Report. We now have a steady membership of 26 Life members and 4 Annual members, and 3 Associ-

ate members.

Of the 26 life members Branch subs are due from 14, 3 are paid up to 14/15, 2 are paid up to 15/16 2 have paid well

in advance and 5 have not paid.

One lady expressed a wish to join us at the Assn AGM, I have spoken to her and sent her copies of the newsletter

but she has not replied.

I have once again asked Tanya to update our membership list but I don’t hold out much hope.

Meetings are usually attended by 11-14 members, but it would be nice to see more faces.

I bit more feedback would be appreciated as to venues for meeting. Nil returns for meetings would also be appreciat-

ed.

On behalf of the Branch I invited the new Regimental Secretary to join us at a meeting. Unfortunately, she declined

saying that as she only visited Worthy Down twice a week she did not have time in her busy day to join us.

Treasurers Report

Balance Sheet

Officials. No offers to be Chairman. Both Herme and Lynn were re-elected.

Branch Meetings next year. Dates and venues for next year are:

Monday Jan 19th Lunch Meeting at Winchester Hotel.

Friday Mar 13th Lunch Meeting at Raymond Blanc.

Thursday May 14th Evening Meeting at Ask.

Thursday Sep 10th Evening Meeting at Golden Lion AGM

Friday Nov 13th Lunch Meeting at Porterhouse.

There is nothing scheduled for Jun, Jul or Aug but there was a general agreement that a visit to Brooklands, for a virtual

trip on Concorde, Lunch and a look round the museum would be popular.

AOB. Subs are due still £3. The following have paid Lesley, Lynn, Rachel, Cath, Herme, Janet, Chips, Jackie, Emma,

Jane F, Maggie, Jane M, Sarah, Penelope, Sue T, Debbie W, Rowena, Kim, Denise, Ursula, Margaret, Beth, Carol,

Amanda, Sue W.

Cash balance (previous year) 15.25

Bank balance (previous year) 553.95

Total Income 110.42

Total Expenditure 187.45

Cash balance (on hand) 10.80

Bank balance (on hand) 481.37

TOTALS 679.62 679.62

1. Farr played what role in MASH?

2. Bug Tussel was where what family used to live?

3. In MASH what was the character Radars full

name?

4. Bart Simpson's middle name is what?

5. On Deep Space Nine, what was the name of the

changeling?

6 In the United States money is still top marital

argument. What is second?

7. Lieutenant Colombo's first name is what?

8. What was the first live televised sporting event

in the UK in 1931?

9. What actress played The Bionic Woman in the

70s?

10. The real name of TV's Mr. Ed character was

what?

11. Peter Falk played the role of Lt. Colombo, but

who was first offered the starring role?

12. Kate Mulgrew played what part in a Gene Rod-

denbery based science fiction series?

13. William Tayton was the first man to do what?

14. In what city are the most TV evangelists

watched per capita?

15. In Sesame street what are the names of the two

headed friendly monster?

16. What actor played Ben Casey?

17. What was the name the first British show to air

on U.S. autumn prime time?

18. What appears on every episode the TV series

ER?

19. In the first voyager program who were the Ma-

quis fighting?

20. In Gunsmoke, what was the name of the saloon?

Old TV Show Trivia - Answers

1: Corporal Clinger 2: The Clampets

3: Walter O'Reilly 4: JoJo

5: Odo 6: What to watch on TV

7: Philip 8: The Derby

9: Lindsey Wagner 10: Bamboo harvester

11: Bing Crosby

12: Captain Katherine Janeway of the Voyager

13: Appear on TV – at Bairds demo

14: Washington DC 15: Frank and Stein

16: Vince Edwards 17: The Avengers

18: A can of orange crush

19: The Cardassians 20: The Longbranch

Old TV Show Trivia

1. What is the surname of the Hungarian inventor

whose multicolored, rotatable cube became a world

cult?

2. How long is the appointed term of office of the sec-

retary general of the United Nations?

3. What is thrown backhand by the people who con-

test the championships of the World Flying Disc As-

sociation held in the USA?

4. What is the term for a person with assets of over

1,000 million dollars?

5. Carlo Collodi wrote a story about a wooden puppet

which became human. What is its title?

6. What is the acronym for the agency set up in 1923

to provide co-operation between police forces world-

wide?

7. What was the surname of Charles, the dog expert,

who organized his first dog show in 1886?

8. What is the term used to denote the unauthorized

and illegal accessing of computer programs, often

with criminal intent?

9. On which spring day is a hoax victim referred to as

a 'gowk' in Scotland and a poisson d'arvril in France?

10. What stands 320 meters tall in the Champ de

Mars and was designed for the 1889 Parts Exhibi-

tion?

11. Which Italian city was buried, along with Hercu-

laneum, when Vesuvius erupted in AD 79?

12. What is the official monetary unit of the Europe-

an Community?

13. What are the Long Man of Wilmington and the

Cerne Abbas Giant?

14. Whose unsuccessful challenge for the Conserva-

tive Party leadership in 1990 brought down Margaret

Thatcher?

15. What was Michelangelo's first name?

16. Which instrument does James Galway play?

17. The failure of which crop caused famine in Ire-

land in 1845?

18. Who lives at number 11 Downing Street?

19. Which International sport uses rings and parallel

bars?

20. Which is the smallest breed of dog?

General knowledge trivia

General Knowledge Trivia– Answers

1: Rubik. 2: Five years. 3: Frisbee.

4: Billionaire. 5: The Adventures of Pinocchio.

6: Interpol. 7: Cruft. 8: Hacking.

9: April Fool's Day / 1 April. 10: Eiffel Tower.

11: Pompeii. 12: ECU. 13: Hill figures.

14: Michael Heseltine. 15: Michelangelo.

16: Flute. 17: Potato.

18: the chancellor of the Exchequer. 19: Gymnastics.

20: Chihuahua.